Patent ID: 7762626

Claim:
A method utilizing a spa chair to perform a manicure procedure, the method comprising: seating an occupant into the spa chair, the spa chair comprising: a seating surface, an arm rest adjacent to the seating surface and protruding upward from the seating surface, a tray coupled to the arm rest and operable to be laterally extended and retracted, and a positioning mechanism, the positioning mechanism comprising: a first portion attached to the arm rest; a second portion attached to the tray; and an elongated shaft connecting the first and second portions, the positioning mechanism operable to lockingly secure the tray between an extended position and a retracted position; displacing the tray in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft; pivoting the tray about the longitudinal axis into the extended position; displacing the tray in a second direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft opposite the first direction; utilizing the tray to perform a manicure procedure; and retracting the tray into the retracted position.