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Chair-type massaging apparatus

US6056707A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1997
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61H2205/081
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An improved chair-type massaging apparatus providing unique massaging effects is provided, which includes a chair body including a seat portion having a substantially horizontally extending seating surface and a backrest portion extending substantially vertically from the seat portion; a first pair of right and left massaging heads disposed inside the backrest portion; a second pair of right and left massaging heads disposed inside the backrest portion and below the first pair of massaging heads; a drive unit for driving each massaging head of the first and second pairs; and a control for controlling the drive unit so as to cause the first and second pairs of massaging heads to perform alternately a first operation such that the left massaging head of the first pair and the right massaging head of the second pair are operated synchronously and a second operation such that the right massaging head of the first pair and the left massaging head of the second pair are operated synchronously.

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