Heading into a hot summer weekend, today’s patent of the day, issued July 11, 1989, to Ted A. Manning on a Spray System for Sun Tanning might come in handy. Ted combined a spray system with a chaise lounger:

Ted’s invention was an improvement of that of Earl Kitover received U.S. Patent No. 3,625,434 on a Device for Sunbathing having Water-Spray-Cooling Means. Earl sprayed water to cool the sun-bather, rather than sun tanning solutions but provided reflectors to promote tanning.