Bubble massage float apparatus and method
OwnerMichael Howard Bellinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing therapeutic bubbling massage of a person's body. The apparatus may be adapted to float on, for example, a pond, lake or pool. The apparatus may be formed of pressurized pneumatic tubing having an interior volume that is pressurized with air. The pneumatic tubing may form a frame allowing a user to sit, lie, recline or otherwise be disposed on upper surfaces of the pneumatic tubing. The weight of a user disposed on the upper surfaces of the pneumatic tubing may force a portion of the pneumatic tubing below the surface of the fluid in which the apparatus is floating, such that bubbles are formed when the pressurized gas is allowed to escape the pneumatic tubing through openings, impacting the body of the user. The gas may be heated or may be infused with an aroma.
Claims16
A system for providing bubble massage to the epidermis of a user, comprising:
- a floating bubble massage apparatus comprising a plurality of bubbling elements, wherein the plurality of bubbling elements are in pneumatic communication with a first pneumatic tubing and a second pneumatic tubing, wherein the plurality of bubbling elements, the first pneumatic and second pneumatic tubing form an open ladder configuration;
- wherein each of the first pneumatic tubing and second pneumatic tubing comprise a distal end configured to prevent a pressure drop along the first pneumatic tubing and second pneumatic tubing;
- wherein said plurality of bubbling elements are in pneumatic communication with an air blower for pressurizing said plurality of bubbling elements, and each of said plurality of bubbling elements comprise a plurality of openings for producing air bubbles when said plurality of bubbling elements are pressurized by said air blower and submerged in a liquid;
- and wherein at least one flotation element is attached either directly or indirectly to said plurality of bubbling elements;
- wherein, when a user is disposed upon said plurality of bubbling elements of said floating bubble massage apparatus and said floating bubble massage apparatus is disposed on a body of water, at least a portion of said plurality of bubbling elements is submerged in said water, such that said air bubbles escaping from said plurality of bubbling elements through said openings rise through the water against the force of gravity to impact and rise along a portion of an epidermis of the user as said air bubbles rise towards a surface of said water.
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