Massage table assembly

• US 8,272,089 B1
• Filed: 11/12/2009
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ellen M. Stokes
• Original Assignee: Ellen M. Stokes
• Inventors: Stokes, Ellen M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Polito, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US12/616,890
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 5/3, 5620-623, 5630-632, 541/7, 542/0, 569/4, 572/2, 572/3, 5728-730, 573/5, 550/31, 565/8, 593/0
• US Class Current: 5/620
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/009 Physiotherapeutic tables, beds or platforms; Chiropractic or osteopathic tables with incorporated massage means A61H2201/0138
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/12 Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/121 Head or neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/122 Upper body, e.g. chest
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1235 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1285 having modular surface parts, e.g. being replaceable or turnable
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 15/125 Head-rests

Abstract

A massage table assembly includes a tabletop with a top side, a bottom side, a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The tabletop has a primary aperture therein extending into the top side nearer to the first end than the second end. The primary aperture is elongated. Each of a plurality of insets is individually positionable in the primary aperture. The insets each have a pair of openings therein configured to receive breasts of a person lying face down on the tabletop. The openings extend into an upper surface and outwardly of a lower surface of each of the insets. Each of the insets has pairs of openings has different sizes with respect to other ones of the insets. A plurality of legs is attached to and extends downwardly from the bottom side.

Claims

1. A massage table assembly comprising:

a tabletop having a top side, a bottom side, a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said tabletop having a primary aperture therein, said primary aperture extending into said top side and being positioned nearer to said first end than said second end, said primary aperture being elongated along a line orientated perpendicular to said first lateral edge;

a plurality of insets, each of said insets being individually positionable in said primary aperture, each of said insets having a pair of openings therein configured to receive breasts of a person lying face down on said tabletop, said openings extending into an upper surface of each of said insets, said openings of each said inset being aligned with each other along a line oriented perpendicular to said first lateral edge when an associated said inset is positioned in said primary aperture, each opening of said pair of openings having a same size with respect to each other, each of said insets having pairs of openings having different sizes with respect to other ones of said insets;

a plurality of legs being attached to and extending downwardly from said bottom side; and

a guide being attached to said bottom side of said tabletop nearer to said first end than said second end; and

a container being removably positioned on said guide and being aligned with said openings when container is placed on said guide to cover breasts extending through said tabletop.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said tabletop has a break therein between said first and second ends to allow said tabletop to be folded.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a primary insert is removably positioned in one of said primary aperture to form a flush surface over said primary aperture with respect to an area adjacent to said primary aperture.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a head support being attached to and extending away from said first end of said tabletop, said head support being U-shaped and including a pair of arms and a central member being attached to and extending between said arms, said arms being attached to said first end, said arms being spaced from each other a distance greater than 7 inches to prevent a face of a person lying on said table from contacting the arms when a forehead of the person is resting on said central member, a cushioning member being positioned on said central member.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a pair of arm supports being attached to said tabletop, each of said first and second lateral edges having one of said arm supports attached thereto, said arm supports being pivotally coupled to said tabletop and pivotable laterally from a corresponding one of said first and second lateral edges, said arm supports remaining coplanar with said tabletop as said arm supports are pivoted with respect to said tabletop.

6. A massage table assembly comprising:

a tabletop having a top side, a bottom side, a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said tabletop having a primary aperture therein, said primary aperture extending into said top side and outwardly of said bottom side and being positioned nearer to said first end than said second end, said primary aperture being elongated along a line orientated perpendicular to said first lateral edge, said tabletop having a break therein between said first and second ends to allow said tabletop to be folded;

a plurality of insets, each of said insets being individually positionable in said primary aperture, each of said insets having a pair of openings therein configured to receive breasts of a person lying face down on said tabletop, said openings extending into an upper surface and outwardly of a lower surface of each of said insets, said openings of each said inset being aligned with each other along a line oriented perpendicular to said first lateral edge when an associated said inset is positioned in said primary aperture, each opening of said pair of openings having a same size with respect to each other, each of said insets having pairs of openings having different sizes with respect to other ones of said insets;

a plurality of legs being attached to and extending downwardly from said bottom side;

a guide being attached to said bottom side of said tabletop nearer to said first end than said second end;

a container being removably positioned on said guide and being aligned with said openings when container is placed on said guide to cover breasts extending through said tabletop;

a primary insert being removably positioned in one of said primary aperture to form a flush surface over said primary aperture with respect to an area adjacent to said primary aperture;

a head support being attached to and extending away from said first end of said tabletop, said head support being U-shaped and including a pair of arms and a central member being attached to and extending between said arms, said arms being attached to said first end, said arms being spaced from each other a distance greater than 7 inches to prevent a face of a person lying on said table from contacting the arms when a forehead of the person is resting on said central member, a cushioning member being positioned on said central member; and

a pair of arm supports being attached to said tabletop, each of said first and second lateral edges having one of said arm supports attached thereto, said arm supports being pivotally coupled to said tabletop and pivotable laterally from a corresponding one of said first and second lateral edges, said arm supports remaining coplanar with said tabletop as said arm supports are pivoted with respect to said tabletop.