Apparatus for a hair wash sink basin neck pillow

Abstract

An apparatus includes a sink adapter that includes a first side and a second side. The second side is shaped to couple to an edge of a hair wash sink basin. The apparatus includes a pillow. The pillow includes a foam cushion. The pillow includes a gel pack coupled to the foam cushion. The foam cushion and the gel pack are disposed inside the pillow. The apparatus includes an attachment. The attachment includes a first coupler and a second coupler. The first coupler is disposed on the first side of the sink adapter and the second coupler is disposed on the pillow. The first coupler couples to the second coupler. The gel pack is disposed between the second coupler and the foam cushion. The apparatus includes a removable cap disposed around the pillow.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a sink adapter comprising a first side and a second side, the second side shaped to couple to an edge of a hair wash sink basin;   a pillow comprising:
 a foam cushion; and 
 a gel pack coupled to the foam cushion, the foam cushion and the gel pack disposed inside the pillow; 
   an attachment comprising a first coupler and a second coupler, the first coupler disposed on the first side of the sink adapter and the second coupler disposed on the pillow, the first coupler coupling to the second coupler, the gel pack disposed between the second coupler and the foam cushion; and   a removable cap disposed around the pillow.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the sink adapter further comprises a flange disposed on the second side and the flange engages with an edge of the hair wash sink basin. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first side of the sink adapter comprises a surface wider than an edge of the hair wash sink basin where the sink adapter is connected. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the sink adapter comprises one or more non-slip surfaces. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the sink adapter further comprises a pliable material adaptable to an edge of the hair wash sink basin. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the pliable material further comprises a polyurethane. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the pillow further comprises a water resistant covering disposed around the foam cushion and the gel pack, the water resistant covering further comprising waterproof sealing. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a width of the pillow is sized to extend around a width of a neck of a user, a height of the pillow is sized to extend less than a height of the neck of the user, and the neck pressing on the gel pack moves one or more portions of gel to one or more side portions of the gel pack, wherein a portion of gel in a side portion of the gel pack pushes an adjacent portion of the foam cushion around the neck. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the foam cushion further comprises one or more of memory foam, low-resistance polyurethane foam, sorbothane, silicone, and neoprene. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive, wherein the adhesive couples the foam cushion to the gel pack. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the adhesive further comprises one or more pieces of two-sided tape. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment further comprises one or more hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment further comprises one or more of one or more snaps and one or more magnets. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the removable cap extends around an edge of the pillow and substantially surrounds the pillow. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the removable cap extends to an edge of the attachment. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the removable cap further comprises one or more of an elastic material, a clear material, a waterproof material, a polyethylene, and a disposable material. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the removable cap further comprises a clear polyethylene sheet with an elastic edge that gathers the removable cap around the pillow. 
     
     
         18 . An apparatus comprising:
 a sink adapter comprising a first side and a second side, the second side shaped to couple to an edge of a hair wash sink basin, the second side comprising a flange that engages with an edge of the hair wash sink basin;   a pillow comprising:
 a foam cushion comprising memory foam; 
 a gel pack coupled to the foam cushion, the foam cushion and the gel pack disposed inside the pillow; 
 an adhesive that couples the foam cushion to the gel pack; and 
 a water resistant covering disposed around the foam cushion and the gel pack, the water resistant covering further comprising waterproof stitching; 
   an attachment comprising a first coupler and a second coupler, the first coupler disposed on the first side of the sink adapter and the second coupler disposed on the pillow, the first coupler coupling to the second coupler, the gel pack disposed between the second coupler and the foam cushion; and   a removable cap disposed around the pillow that substantially surrounds the pillow and extends to an edge of the attachment, the removable cap comprising an elastic, waterproof, disposable, sheet with an elastic edge that gathers the removable cap around the pillow.   
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein a width of the pillow is sized to extend around a width of a neck of a user, a height of the pillow is sized to extend less than a height of the neck of the user, and the neck pressing on the gel pack moves one or more portions of gel to one or more side portions of the gel pack, wherein a portion of gel in a side portion of the gel pack pushes an adjacent portions of the foam cushion around the neck. 
     
     
         20 . An apparatus comprising:
 a sink adapter comprising polyurethane, a first side and a second side, the second side shaped to couple to an edge of a hair wash sink basin, the second side comprising a flange that engages with an edge of the hair wash sink basin;   a pillow comprising:
 a foam cushion comprising memory foam; 
 a gel pack coupled to the foam cushion, the foam cushion and the gel pack disposed inside the pillow, wherein a neck of a user pressing on the gel pack moves one or more portions of gel to one or more side portions of the gel pack, wherein a portion of gel in a side portion of the gel pack pushes an adjacent portion of the foam cushion around the neck; 
 an adhesive comprising one or more pieces of two-sided tape that couples the foam cushion to the gel pack; and 
 a water resistant covering disposed around the foam cushion and the gel pack, the water resistant covering further comprising waterproof stitching; 
   an attachment comprising a first coupler and a second coupler, the first coupler disposed on the first side of the sink adapter and the second coupler disposed on the pillow, the first coupler coupling to the second coupler, the gel pack disposed between the second coupler and the foam cushion, the attachment comprising one or more hook and loop fasteners; and   a removable cap disposed around the pillow that extends around an edge of the pillow, substantially surrounds the pillow, and extends to an edge of the attachment, the removable cap comprising a clear, elastic, waterproof, disposable, polyethylene sheet with an elastic edge that gathers the removable cap around the pillow.