Angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus

#The present invention relates to a support for a user's head, chest and arms and, more particularly, to an angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus, which can be positioned on the top of a table to support the head, chest and arms of the user when taking an afternoon nap or having an upper body massage.

#When having an upper body massage or taking an afternoon nap in the office, a person may rest his/her head on his/her crossed hands on top of a table or desk. Being positioned in this manner may cause problems as outlined hereinafter.

#1. When resting the head on crossed hands on top of the table, a stress is produced and given to the abdomen, affecting the functioning of the digestive organs.

#The foregoing will be more readily apparent upon reading the following description in conjunction with the drawings in which like elements in different figures thereof are identified by the same reference numeral and wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus according to the present invention;

#FIG. 2A is a plan view of the positioning base of the angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

#Referring to FIG. 1, an angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus 10 is shown comprised of a positioning base 20, a supporting mattress unit 30, and an angle adjustment unit 40.

#Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, the positioning base 20 comprises a base frame 21 and a bearing mattress 22. The base frame 21 is a flat semicircular frame having a straight peripheral side 211 and two positioning portions 212 bilaterally perpendicularly extending from the straight periphery side 211 and arranged in parallel. The bearing mattress 22 is a soft member stuffed with molded foam or any of a variety of soft materials and fixedly mounted on the base frame 21 along the border of the base frame 21, defining with the base frame 21 a recessed receiving portion 213.

#Referring to FIGS. 3-5, the supporting mattress unit 30 comprises a chest mattress 31 and a head mattress 32. The chest mattress 31 and the head mattress 32 are each stuffed with molded foam or any of a variety of soft materials. The chest mattress 31 comprises two parallel frame rods 311 fixedly secured to the back side thereof. The frame rods 311 each have one end pivotably mounted to the base frame 21 of the positioning base 20 at 313 such that the chest mattress 31 can be pivoted in and out of the recessed receiving portion 213 of the positioning base 20. The other side of the chest mattress 31, namely the front side, curves inwardly (see also FIG. 1) for the resting thereon of the user's chest. The head mattress 32 is shaped like a split ring defining a substantially T-shaped opening 321 for the resting therein of the user's head, and comprises a U-shaped frame rod 322 fixedly secured to the back side of the head mattress 32. The frame rod 322 is pivotably mounted to the frame rods 311 of the chest mattress 31. Two quick release locks 33 are adapted to secure the U-shaped frame rod 322 to the frame rods 311 of the chest mattress 31, for enabling the head mattress 32 to be pivoted relative to the chest mattress 31 within a limited range and locked in the desired angular position relative to the chest mattress 31.