| 摘要 |
Tanning bed (10) apparatus is provided for providing a person with an artificial suntan. The apparatus includes a lower tanning unit (14) and an upper tanning unit (16) that is movable between an open and a closed position where the units together form a tanning chamber (118). A first longitudinally extending edge (28) of the lower tanning unit (14) is positioned lower than the vertical center of the tanning chamber (118) to ease the task of entering and exiting the chamber (118). A second longitudinally extending edge (29) of the lower tanning unit (14) includes at least one tanning bulb (60t), for example, that is positioned at or above the vertical center of the chamber (118) to eliminate uneven tanning along one longitudinally extending edge (28, 29). At least one tanning bulb (96a), for example, in the first longitudinally extending edge (40) of the upper tanning unit (16) is positioned at or below the vertical center of the chamber (118) to eliminate uneven tanning along the opposite longitudinally extending edges (40, 42). The upper tanning unit (16) includes two rows of tanning bulbs (96, 98) positioned in a staggered configuration that reduces the time required to achieve the desired level of tanning. |
