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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Yuki Yoda, Kusatsu, JP;
Daisuke Tsukada, Hikone, JP;
Shinji Tsutsui, Hikone, JP;
Takayoshi Tanizawa, Notogawacho, JP;
Masamichi Miyaguchi, Hikone, JP;
Junji Nakamura, Hikone, JP;
Yousuke Kurata, Hikone, JP;
Motoharu Muto, Osaka, JP;
Takeo Iljima, Hikone, JP;
Yuki Yoda, Kusatsu, JP;
Daisuke Tsukada, Hikone, JP;
Shinji Tsutsui, Hikone, JP;
Takayoshi Tanizawa, Notogawacho, JP;
Masamichi Miyaguchi, Hikone, JP;
Junji Nakamura, Hikone, JP;
Yousuke Kurata, Hikone, JP;
Motoharu Muto, Osaka, JP;
Takeo Iljima, Hikone, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A massage chair has a seating surface, a backrest and armrests at the opposite left and right sides. A covering member vertically displaceable to be opened and closed is provided on the upper surface of an armrest main body of each armrest. A massaging device is provided on at least either one of the lower surface of each covering member and the upper surface of the corresponding armrest main body. The massaging devices are driven with hands and arms tightly held between the lower surfaces of the covering members and the upper surfaces of the armrest main bodies, and the upper surfaces of the covering member serve as arm resting surfaces with the covering members closed and the massaging means not driven. There can be provided a massage chair whose arm resting positions are not restricted when the massage chair is not used to massage the hands and arms.