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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Nobuzo Shimizu, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Nobuzo Shimizu, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Daito Electric Machine Industry Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface is oriented frontward. The footrest apparatus according to the invention includes a pair of left and right supporting members () frontwardly projecting from the front portion of a chair (); a footrest () supported between the supporting members () so as to be rotatable about a lateral axis () and provided with a lower limb massaging portion () on one surface and a lower limb resting surface () on the other surface on which the lower limbs () can be rested; and a position switching mechanism () provided between the supporting member () and the footrest () for changing the position of the footrest () between a massaging position in which the lower limb massaging portion () is oriented frontward and a resting position in which the lower limb resting surface () is oriented frontward.