Massage assembly and massage machine incorporating same
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuji Kan, Nobuaki Takahashi
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Abstract
A massage assembly (20) wherein a massage unit (40) comprising a therapeutic member (50) for massaging the body of the user by a kneading and/or tapping movement is reciprocatingly moved between a pair of frames (22)(23) and which comprises a motion converting mechanism for converting the reciprocating movement of the massage unit (40) to the kneading and/or tapping movement of the therapeutic member (50). The massage assembly (20) is incorporated in a backrest (16) of a chair (12) or a bed to provide a massage machine (10) of the invention.
Claims7
A massage assembly wherein a massage unit comprising a therapeutic member for massaging the body of the user by a kneading and/or tapping movement is reciprocatingly moved between a pair of frames, the massage assembly being characterized in that:
- the assembly comprises a motion converting mechanism for converting the reciprocating movement of the massage unit to the kneading and/or tapping movement of the therapeutic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.