Chair-type air massage device

A massage device, comprising:

• a seat having front and rear edges and an upward facing support surface for supporting a person thereon in a seated position;
• a first plurality of air bags adapted to expand and contract for massaging the buttocks and thighs, the first plurality of air bags being positioned on the support surface beneath a person seated thereon so that the weight of the person is against an expanding one of the first plurality of air bags;
• an elongate backrest cantilevered from the rear edge of the seat adapted to support a back of a person in the seated position, the backrest including a back-engaging surface and a pivot means for positioning the backrest relative to the seat in a reclined position, the pivot means reclining the backrest from a generally vertical orientation to a generally horizontal orientation substantially parallel to the support surface of the seat;
• a second plurality of air bags adapted to expand and contract for massaging the back and waist of a person, the second plurality of air bags being positioned in the backrest adjacent the back and waist of a person in the seated position and so that the weight of the person is against an expanding one of the second plurality of air bags when the backrest is in the reclined position;
• a neck massage pillow movably connected to the backrest adjacent an upper free edge of the backrest, the neck massage pillow extending forwardly from the back-engaging surface of the backrest;
• means for linearly positioning the neck massage pillow along the longitudinal extent of back-engaging surface of the backrest so that the neck massage pillow is positioned at the neck of the person in the seated position;
• a third plurality of air bags adapted to expand and contract, pressure applying members are movable in response to the third plurality of air bags for massaging the neck of a person, the third plurality of air bags being positioned in the neck message pillow and adjacent the neck of a person when the neck massage pillow is correctly positioned on the backrest for the person in the seated position;
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• a control means for supplying and exhausting air to each of the first, second and third plurality of air bags to effect the desired massaging operation.

In a massage device having a chair configuration for massaging a person seated thereon, the massaging device having a seat and a backrest extending upwardly from the seat, a plurality of air bags are provided in the seat and backrest for massaging the person in response to receipt of air from an air source, and a neck massaging device is mounted on the backrest, wherein:

• the neck massaging device extends outwardly from a supporting surface of the backrest, the supporting surface being adapted to receive a back of a person thereon;
• the neck massaging device has two sidewardly spaced air bags adapted to expand and contract, two sidewardly spaced flexible members being respectively mounted closely adjacent the two air bags, and two massaging members being respectively positioned on the two flexible members for massaging opposite sides of a person's neck positioned therebetween in response to the expansion and contraction of the two air bags;
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• means for selectively securing the neck massaging device along the height of the backrest for linearly positioning the neck massaging device at the neck of a person seated on the massage device, the neck massaging device being positioned below the upper edge of the backrest.