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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Hironobu Sakaue, Osaka, JP;
Ryuji Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Haruo Sugai, Osaka, JP;
Akihide Sugawa, Osaka, JP;
Masamichi Miyaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Dairin, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Fukutani, Osaka, JP;
Fumihiro Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hojyo, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a lounger-type massage machine, a back support is reclinable relative to a seat. There is provided a leg rest which is movable between a retracted position where the leg rest is retracted to be held below the seat and a projected position where the leg rest is extended outwardly in front of the seat. A sheet is extended to cover the seat and the leg rest. There is provided a looseness prevention mechanism which pulls an end of the sheet inwardly so as to prevent the loosening of the sheet in both the retracted position and the projected position of the leg rest.