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US 12,691,029 B2Granted
Rapid heating and cooling system utilizing mechanical and thermal therapy
AssigneeDiferynt Innovation LLC
InventorTodd Howe
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Abstract
A chair including a massaging roller system and a water temperature control system for providing thermal therapy to a user. The water temperature control system includes a cooler for cooling liquid; a heater for heating liquid; an interior liquid pad configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the cooler and heater, where the interior liquid pad disposed within the massage chair, and an exterior liquid pad configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the cooler and heater by a flexible fluid line, where the exterior pad is disposed at an exterior of the massage chair and the flexible fluid line is configured to enable the exterior liquid pad to be moveably positioned on the user's body.
Claims20
A chair, comprising:
- a chair body having a chair back, a chair seat, and a leg section;
- a roller system comprising a plurality of massaging rollers and positioned within at least one of the chair back, the chair seat, and the leg section;
- a liquid temperature control system for providing thermal therapy to a user, comprising:
- a liquid cooler for cooling liquid of the system,
- a liquid heater for heating liquid of the system,
- an interior liquid pad fluidly coupled with said liquid cooler and heater and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, the interior liquid pad disposed within one of the chair back, the chair seat, and the leg section, and
- an exterior liquid pad fluidly coupled with said liquid cooler and heater by a flexible fluid line and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and the liquid heater, wherein the exterior pad is disposed at an exterior of the chair and the flexible fluid line is configured to enable the exterior liquid pad to be moveably positioned on the user's body,
- wherein the interior liquid pad and exterior liquid pad are fluidly coupled with said liquid cooler and heater in parallel by separate liquid pumps such that the liquid temperature control system can independently control the liquid supplied to the interior pad from said liquid cooler and heater and independently control the liquid supplied to the exterior pad from said liquid cooler and heater, wherein the liquid supplied to the exterior pad is controlled separately from the liquid supplied to the interior pad;
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- an attached display configured to present control options to the user for operating the liquid temperature control system and the roller system and control both systems based on inputs received from the user.
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A liquid temperature control system of a therapeutic chair, comprising:
- a liquid cooler for cooling liquid of the system;
- a liquid heater for heating liquid of the system;
- an interior liquid pad fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and heater and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, the interior liquid pad disposed within the therapeutic chair;
- an exterior liquid pad fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and heater by a flexible fluid line and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, wherein the exterior pad is disposed at an exterior of the therapeutic chair and the flexible fluid line is configured to enable the exterior liquid pad to be moveably positioned on a user's body;
- wherein the interior liquid pad and exterior liquid pad are each fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and liquid heater, in parallel, by separate liquid pumps such that the liquid temperature control system independently controls the liquid supply to the interior pad and to the exterior pad, respectively;
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- a display configured to present control options to the user for operating the liquid temperature control system and control the liquid temperature control system based on inputs received from the user, wherein the user inputs comprise a first temperature setpoint for the interior liquid pad and a second temperature setpoint for the exterior liquid pad.
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A chair, comprising:
- a chair body having a chair back, a chair seat, and a leg section;
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- a liquid temperature control system for providing thermal therapy to a user, comprising:
- a liquid cooler for cooling liquid of the system,
- a liquid heater for heating liquid of the system,
- a first interior liquid pad fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and heater and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, the first interior liquid pad disposed within one of the chair back, the chair seat, and the leg section,
- a second interior liquid pad fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and heater and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, the second interior liquid pad disposed within a different one of the chair back, the chair seat, and the leg section than the first interior liquid pad, and
- an exterior liquid pad fluidly coupled with the liquid cooler and heater by a flexible fluid line and configured to be heated and cooled by liquid from the liquid cooler and heater, wherein the exterior pad is disposed at an exterior of the massage chair and the flexible fluid line is configured to enable the exterior liquid pad to be moveably positioned on the user's body,
- wherein the first interior liquid pad, the second interior liquid pad, and the exterior liquid pad are each coupled in parallel with the liquid cooler and liquid heater by separate liquid pumps such that the liquid supply to the first interior liquid pad, the second interior liquid pad, and the exterior liquid pad is independently controlled by the liquid temperature control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.