Mattress cover with massaging mechanism and heating element
OwnerKitala Ann Newtoninventor
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Abstract
A mattress cover with massaging mechanism and heating element built in that includes a foam padding structure, positionable over the top of a mattress and having a cavity provided therein, a padding structure cover and a number of multi-fold, massaging ridge members that pass through the cavity and into connection with a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism being controlled by a remote control unit provided to allow a user to adjust the frequency and intensity of the massage, providing movement of the multi-fold, massaging ridge members generated by operation of the drive mechanism while laying down on the padding structure cover; a heating element is optionally added to the padding structure to cover across the user to receive heat treatment while receiving a massage.
Claims1
A massaging mattress cover system comprising:
- a cover assembly including a bottom pad structure and a top pad structure cover member;
- a massage mechanism including an electrically powered drive mechanism having multiple rotary drive outputs each connected to a ridged, rotary massaging element in a manner such that each rotary drive output directly rotates the ridged, rotary massaging element connected thereto when the electrically powered drive mechanism is in operation;
- an electrical heating element;
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- a control unit in controlling connection with the electrically powered drive mechanism and the electrical heating element and including a remote user control that allows the user to control the rotational speed of the rotational drive outputs of the electrically powered drive mechanism and the temperature of the electrical heating element;
- the bottom pad structure having an open top, four sidewalls and a bottom portion that define an open-topped massaging element receiving cavity having therein the multiple, ridged, rotary massaging elements such that each rotary massaging element has a first massage element end rotatably positioned through a first sidewall and into connection with its respective rotary drive output;
- the electrical heating element being positioned within the top pad structure cover member near enough to a user contact surface to transfer heat effectively to the user;
- the top pad structure cover member being securable to the bottom pad structure in a manner to cover the top opening of the open-topped massaging element receiving cavity while being supported by the multiple ridged, rotary massaging elements;
- the top pad structure cover member being sufficiently thin such that the height of any given point on the outer user contact surface of the top pad structure cover member varies directly with the various positions of the multiple ridged, rotary massaging elements allowing a user laying on the outer user contact surface of the top pad structure cover member to receive a massage while not being directly contacted by the multiple, rotating, ridged, rotary massaging elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.