Pedicure foot stool with translating and pivoting top to transition between storage and use states

Abstract

An apparatus includes a plurality of sides configured as a container with at least a front and a back and a cavity therein. A first side of the plurality of sides includes a first major surface and a second major surface, which opposes the first major surface. The second major surface includes a foot support. The first side further includes a forward edge, a back edge, a side that extends between the front and back edges, and a hole in side adjacent to the back edge. A second side of the plurality of sides has a slot extending in a direction between the front and the back. A pin extends through the slot and into the hole securing the first side to the container. The first side pivots with the pin in the slot and translates with the pin in the slot between the front and the back.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a plurality of sides configured as a container with at least a front and a back and a cavity therein;   a first side of the plurality of sides including:
 a first major surface; and a second major surface, which opposes the first major surface, wherein the second major surface includes a foot support attached thereto; 
 a forward edge; and a back edge; 
 a side that extends between the front edge and the back edge; and 
 a hole in side adjacent to the back edge; 
   a second side of the plurality of sides with a slot extending in a direction between the front and the back; and   a pin that extends through the slot and into the hole securing the first side to the container, wherein the first side pivots with the pin in the slot and translates with the pin in the slot between the front and the back.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first side is configured to pivot through one hundred and eighty degrees. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the first side is configured to pivot and translate between a storage position and a use position. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the foot support is disposed in the cavity in the storage position. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the foot support is located outside of the cavity in the use position. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hole includes a threaded sleeve and the pin includes a threaded member, wherein threads of the sleeve are complementary to the threads of threaded member, and the threads of threaded member engage the threads of the sleeve. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hole has a first diameter and the pin has a second diameter, the second diameter is greater than the first diameter, and the pin is secured in the hole via a frictional force between the second diameter and the first diameter. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the second side has an outer surface facing away from the cavity, the slot has a recessed lip around its perimeter and the pin has a cap on and end opposite the hole, and the cap pin sits in the recessed lip flush with the outer surface of the second side. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first side further includes a standoff, wherein a first end of the standoff is affixed to the second major surface and a second end of the standoff is affixed to the foot support. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the second end of the standoff is configured to move with respect to the first end of the standoff. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the second end of the standoff is configured to move in three dimensions with respect to the first end of the standoff. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , further including a locking mechanism to lock the second end of the standoff at a position with respect to the first end of the standoff. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the standoff is a ball and socket bearing. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the container has a square cuboid shape. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the container has a rectangular cuboid shape. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first side has a first recess on the first major surface and a second recess on the second major surface, wherein the first and second recesses are disposed at the forward edge of the first side. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the foot support includes a heal support. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the second major surface further includes at least one instrument holder. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further including at least an inner surface of a bottom side of the container; wherein the inner surface includes at least one instrument holder. 
     
     
         20 . A method, including:
 pivoting a top side of a pedicure foot stool about a pivot with respect to a body of the pedicure foot stool through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees; and   translating the top side of the pedicure foot stool, via the pivot, through a slot in at least one side of the pedicure foot stool,   wherein the pivoting and translating transition the pedicure foot stool between a first state in which a foot support attached to a first major surface of the top side is positioned in a cavity of the pedicure foot stool and a second state in which the foot support attached to the first major surface of the top side is positioned outside of the cavity of the pedicure foot stool.