Beds – Mattress – With disparate article or article retention means
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-31
2001-01-30
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3628)
Beds
Mattress
With disparate article or article retention means
C005S915000, C601S057000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06178577
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mattress, and more particularly to a mattress with multiple massage units longitudinally movably attached to a top surface thereof, so that the same one mattress is adaptable to massage users of different heights.
With the quick development in the sciences of communication and information in the nowaday business society, people seem to spend more time sitting still during work and tend to get sore limbs and ached back more frequently. When lacking of adequate treatment or rehabilitation, the sore limbs and ached back would very possibly develop into worse conditions. To enable general consumers to conveniently treat their sore limbs and ached back at home, there are many types of massage devices developed and available in the market.
Among many common massage devices, there are large-sized massage lounges and massage mattresses and small-sized massage rods. Speaking of the massage mattress, it is a massage means requiring least strength to operate. A user needs only to lie on the mattress to have the whole body well massaged. Therefore, the massage mattress is most suitable for the aged and sick people and is most effective in reducing the probability of bedsore.
A conventional massage mattress usually includes several massage units that are concealed and fixedly mounted in the mattress and are therefore not movable in their position. It is therefore possible the massage mattress having fixed and concealed massage units does not match with the heights of different family members to meet everyone's need. Moreover, since the massage units are fixed to only a few predetermined points inside the mattress, they do not massage and accordingly treat all sore and ached areas on the user's body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a mattress with adjustable massage units, so that a user may freely adjust the position of the massage units on the mattress according to his height and actual need. That is, the mattress of the present invention is adaptable to users of different heights.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a mattress with multiple position-adjustable massage units that include a shoulder massage unit, a back massage unit, a waist massage unit, a thigh massage unit, and a shank massage unit to massage almost all areas on a user's body.
To achieve the above and other objects, the mattress of the present invention mainly includes multiple massage units that are provided on a top surface of the mattress at positions generally corresponding to a man's shoulders, back, waist, thighs and shanks. Each of the massage units is formed at a lower side with an open-ended space through which two long locating strips are extended. The long locating strips are sewed up onto the top surface of the mattress at points that are in front of and behind each massage unit by a predetermined distance, so that the massage units are attached to the mattress by the long locating strips while being movable between two sewed points of the long locating strips before and after them. The massage units are provided in their inner spaces with at least one pair of massage elements to massage different areas on a user's body by means of compression or vibration. To enhance the massage effect at waist, thighs and shanks, binding loops may be added to top surfaces of the massage units particularly for these areas, so that the user's waist, thighs and shanks are enclosed in the binding loops when the massage elements act to compress or vibrate these areas.
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patent: 5007410 (1991-04-01), DeLaney
patent: 5437607 (1995-08-01), Taylor
patent: 5437608 (1995-08-01), Cutler
patent: 5606754 (1997-03-01), Hand et al.
Grosz Alexander
Liauh W. Wayne
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