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US 2009/0211584 A1Published application
Support platform
OwnerRebecca Savichinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable personal treatment apparatus that is usable by women of all sizes to enable them to enjoy, without harm, the full healthful benefits of proper and necessary massage and therapy. More particularly, the apparatus permits the proper pressure to be applied to a female patient during massage, or therapeutic treatment, without causing discomfort and possible damage to breast tissue or breast implants.
Claims19
A platform for supporting an individual in a prone position comprising:
- (a) a support frame;
- (b) a resilient body supported by said support frame, said resilient body having opposing upper and lower surfaces, said upper surface having a receiving chamber for receiving the breasts of the individual;
- (c) a support cushion disposed within said receiving chamber for movement between a first lowered position and a second upraised position;
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- (d) a control assembly carried by said support frame for controllably positioning said support cushion.
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A platform for supporting an individual in a prone position comprising:
- (a) a support frame including a forward portion having downwardly extending front legs and a rearward portion having downwardly extending rear legs;
- (b) a resilient body cushion supported by said support frame, said resilient body cushion having a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion having a receiving chamber for receiving the breasts of the individual;
- (c) a resiliently deformable support cushion disposed within said receiving chamber for movement between a first lowered position and a second upraised position;
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- (d) a control assembly carried by said support frame and partially receivable within said receiving chamber for controllably positioning said support cushion.
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A platform for supporting an individual in a prone position comprising:
- (a) support frame including a forward portion having downwardly extending front legs and a rearward portion having downwardly extending rear legs;
- (b) a resilient body cushion supported by said support frame, said resilient body cushion having a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion having a receiving chamber for receiving the breasts of the individual;
- (c) a resiliently deformable support cushion disposed within said receiving chamber for movement between a first lowered position and a second upraised position;
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- (d) a control assembly carried by said support frame and partially receivable within the receiving chamber for controllably positioning said support cushion, said control assembly comprising a scissors lift carried by said frame, said scissors lift including:
- (i) a pair of generally parallel collapsible scissor linkages carried by said support frame, said collapsible scissor linkages being movable from a lowered position to a raised position;
- (ii) a load platform connected to said scissor linkages, said support cushion being carried by said load platform;
- (iii) a threaded shaft rotatably carried by said support frame, said threaded shaft having a first end connected to said scissor linkages and a second end;
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- (iv) a handgrip wheel connected to said second end of said threaded shaft for rotating said threaded shaft to move said collapsible scissor linkages from a lowered position to a raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.