Adjustable massage chair

• US 5,762,402 A
• Filed: 12/17/1996
• Issued: 06/09/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nancy Rosenblum
• Original Assignee: Gillotti, Michael
• Inventors: Gillotti, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US08/768,862
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 297/344.18, 297/338, 297/423.11, 297/423.12, 403/109, 403/110, 403/373, 403/327, 403/376, 403/380, 269/268, 269/270, 269/265
• US Class Current: 297/423.11
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 9/005 with forwardly inclined seat, e.g. with a knee-support
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 15/007 Physiotherapeutic chairs with incorporated massage means A61H1/00

Abstract

An adjustable massage chair includes a chest support and a seat hingeably mounted to the outer ends of front and rear arcuate arms, respectively, that telescopically extend out the front and rear ends, respectively, of a stationary arcuate arm. A pair of clamps attached to the ends of the stationary arcuate arm lock the front and rear arcuate arms in their selected positions. A face support is hingeably attached to the top edge of the chest support, and is pivotable and movable fore-and-aft relative to the plane of the chest support. An arm support is hingeably attached to the lower side of the chest support, and is also slidably adjustable relative thereto. The face and chest supports are also slidably adjustable together relative to the end of the front arcuate arm. A pair of locking arms attached to the chest support lock it a selected position. A leg support is positioned between the chest support and the stationary arcuate arm. The hinged supports are all independently adjustable in tilt. Thus the present massage chair includes a multitude of adjustments for fitting different users, and for supporting them in a variety of positions for receiving a massage.

Claims

1. A chair, comprising:

a stationary arc-shaped arm with an upwardly pointing front end and an upwardly pointing rear end;

leg means attached to said stationary arc-shaped arm and supporting said stationary arc-shaped arm along a vertical plane;

a front movable arc-shaped arm slidably attached to said stationary arc-shaped arm and following a common circular path, said front movable arc-shaped arm being extendible and retractable with respect to said front end of said stationary arc-shaped arm;

a chest support attached to an outer end of said front movable arc-shaped arm for supporting a user, so that said chest support is adjustable in height by extending or retracting said front movable arc-shaped arm;

a rear movable arc-shaped arm slidably attached to said stationary arc-shaped arm and following said common circular path, said rear movable arc-shaped arm being extendible and retractable with respect to said rear end of said stationary arc-shaped arm; and

a seat attached to an outer end of said rear movable arc-shaped arm, so that said seat and said chest support are independently adjustable in height.

2. The chair of claim 1, wherein said stationary arc-shaped arm, said front movable arc-shaped arm, and said rear movable arc-shaped arm are telescopically connected together.

3. The chair of claim 1, wherein said seat and said chest support are hingeably attached to respective movable arc-shaped arms so as to be independently adjustable in tilt.

4. The chair of claim 1, wherein said chest support includes a hinged lower panel hingeably attached to said outer end of said front movable arc-shaped arm, a sliding upper panel slidably and parallelly attached on top of said hinged lower panel, and a pad attached on top of said sliding upper parcel, so that said pad and said sliding upper panel are slidably adjustable along said hinged lower panel.

5. The chair of claim 1, further including an arm support hingeably attached to a lower side of said chest support.

6. The chair of claim 1, further including a face support hingeably attached to a top edge of said chest support.

7. The chair of claim 1, including a pair of clamps attached to said front end and said rear end of said stationary arc-shaped arm for respectively securing said front movable arc-shaped arm and said rear movable arc-shaped arm in selected positions.

8. The chair of claim 1, wherein said front movable arc-shaped arm and said rear movable arc-shaped arm are each substantially cylindrical and include opposite flat sides extending longitudinally thereon, said clamps each include a pair of gripping members positioned on either side of a corresponding movable arc-shaped arm, said gripping members including inwardly facing semicircular gripping surfaces with flat portions that cooperate with said flat sides along said corresponding movable arc-shaped arm to prevent said corresponding movable arc-shaped arm from rotating about a longitudinal axis thereof.

9. The chair of claim 1, further including a generally horizontal hind limb support positioned between said stationary arc-shaped arm and said chest support.

10. A chair, comprising:

a stationary arc-shaped arm with an upwardly pointing end;

leg means attached to said stationary arc-shaped arm and supporting said stationary arc-shaped arm along a vertical plane;

a movable arc-shaped arm slidably attached to said stationary arc-shaped arm and following a common circular path, said movable arc-shaped arm being extendible and retractable with respect to said upwardly pointing end of said stationary arc-shaped arm;

a body support attached to an outer end of said movable arc-shaped arm for supporting a user, so that said body support is adjustable in height by extending or retracting said movable arc-shaped arm; and

a generally horizontal hind limb support positioned between said stationary arc-shaped arm and said body support.