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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1996
Akihide Sugawa, Hikone, JP;
Hikoyoshi Hara, Hikone, JP;
Masatoshi Dairin, Hikone, JP;
Hironobu Sakaue, Hikone, JP;
Fumihiro Nishio, Hikone, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A massaging chair is capable of assuring comfortable use, both in the sitting and lying positions. The massaging chair comprises a seat, a reclining backrest pivotally connected about a pivot axis to the seat so as to be movable between an upright position and a horizontal position with respect to the seat, and a massager is disposed on the side of the reclining backrest to give a massage to a back of a user resting on said seat. A pair of armrests are disposed on the opposite sides of said seat. The armrests are designed to extend arcuately substantially about the pivot axis of the backrest. With this arrangement, the user's arms on the armrests can be kept at a fixed comfortable angular relationship with respect to his or her body, irrespective of the varying angles of the reclining backrest on which the user rests with varying posture. Thus, the massaging chair assures enjoyment to the user of a massage in a comfortable posture irrespective of the angular position of the reclining backrest relative to the seat.