Patent Application
20250090419
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The disclosure relates to massage support devices and more particularly pertains to a new massage support device for supporting a user in a forward leaning position to receive a back massage. The device includes a frame and a torso cushion attached to the frame and a leg cushion attached to the frame and a face cushion spaced upwardly from the torso cushion. The frame is positionable at an angle such that the leg cushion rests on the user's thighs and the user's torso rests on the torso cushion and the user's face rests on the face cushion to retain the user in a forward leaning position to receive a back massage.
The prior art relates to massage support devices including a variety of massage chair devices that each includes a seat to support a user and a support structure to support the user in a forward leaning position. In no instance does the prior art disclose a massage support device that includes a frame that includes a torso cushion for supporting a user's torso and a leg cushion that abuts the user's legs and a face cushion to support the user's face to support the user in a forward leaning position while the user is seated in a chair of any conventional design.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a frame that has a pair of first members each hingedly coupled to a pair of second members and a support bracket pivotally coupled to the pair of first members. A leg cushion is attached to the pair of second members to rest upon a user's thighs when the user is seated in a chair and a torso cushion is slidably disposed on the pair of first members to orient the user in a preferred orientation to receive a back massage. A face cushion bracket is removably attachable to the torso cushion and a face cushion is coupled to the face cushion bracket to support the user's face when the user is seated in the chair.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The frame 12 includes a plurality of stops 32 each extending upwardly from a top surface 34 of a respective one of the second members 16 such that the plurality of stops 32 defines the plurality of engagement points 20. The stops 32 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a full length of the respective second member 16. Additionally, each of the plurality of stops 32 has a back edge 36 that is perpendicularly oriented with the top surface 34 of the respective second member 16 and a front edge 38 which slopes between the back edge 36 and the top surface 34. Furthermore, the support bracket 18 is positionable in a deployed position having the center member 26 resting against the back edge 36 of a respective pair of the stops 32 for retaining the pair of first members 14 at a selected angle with the pair of second members 16.
A leg cushion 40 is attached to the pair of second members 16 of the frame 12 and the leg cushion 40 rests upon thighs 42 of a user 44 when the user 44 is seated in a chair 46. The leg cushion 40 has an upper surface 48 that is attached to a bottom surface 50 of the pair of second members 16. Each of the pair of second members 16 extends outwardly beyond each of a forward side 52 and a rear side 54 of the leg cushion 40. A torso cushion 56 is slidably disposed on the pair of first members 14 and the user's torso 58 rests against the torso cushion 56 when the user 44 is seated in the chair 46 thereby orienting the user 44 in a preferred orientation to receive a back massage. Additionally, the torso cushion 56 is adjustable on the pair of first members 14 to accommodate various sizes of users. The leg cushion 40 may have a fluid impermeable outer covering and the torso cushion 56 may have a fluid impermeable outer covering to protect each of the leg cushion 40 and the torso cushion 56 from bodily fluids.
A pair of first sleeves 60 is provided and each of the first sleeves 60 is attached to a rear surface 62 of the torso cushion 56. Each of the pair of first sleeves 60 is oriented to extend along a line extending between an upper side 64 and a lower side 66 of the torso cushion 56. Additionally, the first sleeves 60 are spaced apart from each other and are aligned with each other on the rear surface 62. Each of the pair of first sleeves 60 slidably receives a respective one of the first members 14 of the frame 12 for slidably attaching the torso cushion 56 to the pair of first members 14. In this way the torso cushion 56 can be slid upwardly or downwardly on the pair of first members 14 to accommodate the user 44.
A pair of first knobs 68 is provided and each of the pair of first knobs 68 includes a threaded shaft 70 which extends through an outer wall 72 of a respective one of the pair of first sleeves 60. The threaded shaft 70 of each of the first knobs 68 compresses against the first member 14 in the respective first sleeve 60 when the first knobs 68 are tightened for retaining the torso cushion 56 at a desired position along the pair of first members 14. The threaded shaft 70 of each of the first knobs 68 is urged away from the respective first member 14 when the first knobs 68 are loosened to facilitate the torso cushion 56 to be adjusted on the first members 14.
A second sleeve 74 is provided and the second sleeve 74 is attached to the rear surface 62 of the torso cushion 56. The second sleeve 74 is positioned between the pair of first sleeves 60 and the second sleeve 74 is oriented parallel to the pair of first sleeves 60. A distance between the second sleeve 74 and the upper side 64 of the torso cushion 56 is less than a distance between the pair of first sleeves 60 and the upper side 64. A second knob 76 is provided which has a threaded shaft 78 that extends through an outer wall 80 of the second sleeve 74.
A face cushion bracket 82 is removably attachable to the torso cushion 56 having the face cushion bracket 82 extending upwardly from the torso cushion 56. The face cushion bracket 82 comprises an attaching member 84 that has a coupled end 86 and a free end 88. The attaching member 84 has a pair of bends 90 forming angles that are congruent with each other thereby defining a lower portion 92 that is oriented parallel to an upper portion 94. The free end 88 is associated with the lower portion 92 and the coupled end 86 is associated with the upper portion 94. The lower portion 92 is insertable through the second sleeve 74 and the threaded shaft 78 of the second knob 76 compresses against the lower portion 92 when the second knob 76 is tightened for retaining the lower portion 92 at a selected height in the second sleeve 74.
The face cushion bracket 82 includes a collar 96 that is attached to the coupled end 86 having the collar 96 being perpendicularly oriented with the upper portion 94 of the attaching member 84. The face cushion bracket 82 includes a cross member 98 which extends through the collar 96 such that the cross member 98 is perpendicularly oriented with the upper portion 94 of the attaching member 84. The cross member 98 has a plurality of fingers 100 each extending upwardly from the cross member 98. The fingers 100 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a full length of the cross member 98 and the collar 96 is positioned between a respective pair of the fingers 100.
A face cushion 102 is coupled to the face cushion bracket 82 to support the user's face 104 when the user 44 is seated in the chair 46. The face cushion 102 has a primary end 106 and a secondary end 108 and the face cushion 102 is curved between the primary end 106 and the secondary end 108 having the primary end 106 being spaced from the secondary end 108. Each of the primary end 106 and the secondary end 108 is coupled to a distal end 110 of a respective one of the plurality of fingers 100 on the cross member 98 of the face cushion bracket 82 such that the face cushion 102 curves upwardly from the face cushion bracket 82. As is most clearly shown in
A pair of lanyards 112 is provided and each of the lanyards 112 is each attached to the frame 12. Each of the lanyards 112 is attached to a respective one of the second members 16 of the frame 12 at a point that is located adjacent to an intersection between the second members 16 of the frame 12 and the first members 14 of the frame 12. A pair of hooks 114 is each coupled to a distal end 116 of a respective one of the lanyards 112. Each of the hooks 114 can be attached to the chair 46 thereby inhibiting the frame 12 from moving a pre-determined distance from the chair 46. Additionally, each of the hooks 114 curves rearwardly toward the distal end 116 of the respective lanyard 112 thereby facilitating the hooks 114 to extend around a structural element of the chair 46.
In use, the user 44 is seated in the chair 46 and the frame 12 is positioned to facilitate the torso cushion 56 to be positioned against the user's torso 58 and the leg cushion 40 to rest upon the user's thighs 42. Additionally, the support bracket 18 is positioned on respective pairs of stops 32 to orient the torso cushion 56 at a desired angle and the hook on each of the lanyards 112 is secured to the chair 46. The face cushion bracket 82 is adjusted to position the face cushion 102 at the optimal position to support the user's face 104. In this way the user 44 is retained in a forward leaning position to receive a back massage. Thus, the user 44 can receive a professional massage while seated in a chair of any conventional design rather than having to employ specialized equipment.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, device and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
