Patent Application
20200222273
The present invention relates to a topical massage device, and a chair and a mat, respectively, provided with the same, and more particularly, to a topical massage device capable of vibrating and massaging a perineal region and an anal region of a user at the same time, and a massage chair and a mat, respectively, provided with the same.
Recently, modern people suffer from various diseases of prostate and anus, which cause great inconvenience to daily life. One example of technologies for curing and preventing these diseases is disclosed in Korean Utility Model No. 20-0413567, entitled ‘Massage apparatus of vibration type for prostate’, in which an upper portion of a seat is provided at a center portion thereof with a vibration unit for vibrating and massaging an anal region of a user.
Another example is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0830027, entitled ‘Massage mat including vibrating and heating devices for perineal region’, in which the massage mat is equipped with a heating member and a vibration motor to build up promotion of health by raising a core temperature which stimulates circulation of blood, and relieves stress.
However, the above patents have a problem in that since the position of the vibrating protrusion is fixed, it is hard to simultaneously massage the perineal region and anal region of the user at the exact positions.
Patent Document 1: Korean Utility Model No. 20-0413567 (Apr. 7, 2006)
Patent Document 2: Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0830027 (May 8, 2008)
Accordingly, the invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems occurring in the related art, and one object of the invention is to provide a topical massage device capable of simultaneously vibrating and massaging a perineal region and anal region of a user, and optionally adjusting a position of a vibrating massage pad.
Another object of the invention is to provide a massage chair including massage rollers for massaging a back and waist of a user by vibration and press, a footrest for massaging a foot and calf of the user by pneumatic pressure, and a topical massage device, thereby allowing the user to get a topical massage, as well as massaging upper and lower bodies.
Also, further object of the invention is to provide a massage seating mat provided with a topical massage device at a center thereof, so that the massage seating mat is put on a general chair or a floor, and then a user gets a massage conveniently.
To accomplish the above-mentioned objects, according to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a topical massage device including: a base plate 12; a plurality of support members 170 engaged to an upper portion of the base plate 12, and made of an elastic material; a vibration plate 160 fixed to an upper portion of the respective support members 170; a massage pad 110 installed to an upper portion of the vibration plate 160 so as to move in forward and rearward directions; and a vibrator 120 engaged to the vibration plate 160 to vibrate the massage pad 110.
The topical massage device further includes transfer screw support portions 134 provided to front and rear portions of the vibration plate 160; a transfer screw 133 rotatably installed to the transfer screw support portions 134 at both ends thereof; a transfer screw rotor 135 engaged to one end of the transfer screw 133 to rotate the transfer screw 133; and a transfer bar 136 provided with at a lower portion thereof with a transfer nut 132 which is threadedly engaged to the transfer screw 133, with the massage pad 110 being detachably engaged to an upper portion of the transfer bar, so that a position of the massage pad 110 is adjusted by rotating the transfer screw rotor 135.
Two transfer screws 133 are installed to front and rear portions of the vibration plate 160, and both ends of the respective transfer screws are supported by the transfer screw support portions 134 so as to rotate independently. A transfer screw rotor 135 is provided to one end of the respective transfer screws 133 to rotate the transfer screw 133. The massage pad 110 includes an anterior massage member 111 with a nut 111a provided on a bottom surface thereof and a posterior massage member 112 with a nut 112a provided on a bottom surface thereof, with the anterior massage member and the posterior massage member being separately provided. The anterior massage member 111 and the posterior massage member 112 are engaged to an upper portion of a transfer bar 136 with a transfer screw support portion 134 formed at one side thereof. Lifting screws 141 pass rotatably through the respective transfer bars 136, and are engaged to the nuts 111a and 112a, respectively.
Transfer screws 133 are installed to front and rear portions of the vibration plate 160, and one end of the transfer screw 133 has a transfer bar 136. The massage pad 110 includes an anterior massage member 111 with a nut 111a provided on a bottom surface thereof and a posterior massage member 112 with a nut 112a provided on a bottom surface thereof, with the anterior massage member and the posterior massage member being separately provided. Lifting screws 141 pass rotatably through the respective transfer bars 136, and are engaged to the nuts 111a and 112a, respectively. An adjustment nut 146 for moving the respective transfer bars 136 in forward and rearward directions is engaged to the transfer screw 133.
The support member 170 has a cylindrical support rubber 172 with upper and lower portions engaged to fastening screws 171 to transmit soft vibration to the massage pad 110. The fastening screw 171 has a screw head 171a formed on one end of the fastening screw, and a recessed portion 171b formed on an engaging surface of the screw head 171a, thereby increasing an engaging force between the upper and lower fastening screws 171 and the support rubber 172.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a chair equipped with the topical massage device, wherein the topical massage device 100 is installed to a center portion of a seating unit 20, and includes a massage pad 110 which protrudes upwardly from the seating unit 20 to intensively massage the perineal region and an anal region of the user by vibrating the massage pad.
A backrest unit 10 is provided to one side of the seating unit 20 to support a back of the user, and the backrest unit 10 includes an upper body stretching member 50 which has a hand lever 51 operated in a vertical direction by a driving force, so that when the hand lever 51 is moved up by both hands, the user can relief upper muscles and ligaments.
According to the other aspect of the invention, there is provided a seating mat equipped with the topical massage device, wherein the topical massage device 100 is installed to a center portion of a seating unit 20, and includes a massage pad 110 which protrudes upwardly from the seating mat to intensively massage the perineal region and anal region of the user by vibration of the massage pad.
With the above configuration of the invention, the perineal region and anal region of the user can be simultaneously massaged by the topical massage device, thereby preventing various diseases of a topical region and relieving the stress.
Also, since the position and height of the vibrating massage pad is easily adjusted, anyone can effectively receive the massage at the optimum position, regardless of the body size.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The invention is characterized in that a topical massage device 100 is installed to a center portion of the seating unit 20 to provide a massage function to a topical region of a body, for example, an anal region and an anal region.
The seating unit 20 supports hips of the user sitting on the chair, and has at the center portion an installation groove 22 for receiving the topical massage device 100 so that only a massage pad 110 protruding from a seating plate comes into direct contact with the topical region.
The vibration plate 160 is provided with the plurality of massage pad engaging grooves 161 for receiving an engaging protrusion 115 formed on a bottom surface of the massage pad 100 at a proper position, and an engaging position of the massage pad engaging groove 161 and the engaging protrusion 115 may be varied according to a position of the wanted topical region of the user.
The base plate 12 and the respective support members 170 are engaged by inserting a fastening screw 171, which is formed on a bottom surface of the support member, into a hole formed in the base plate 12 and then fastening a nut to the fastening screw 171.
The massage pad 110 has an anterior massage member 111 and a posterior massage member 112 which protrude from front and rear portions in a curved shape, like a camel's back. The anterior massage member 111 is formed in a relatively large size to massage the perineal region of the user, while the posterior massage member 112 is formed in a relatively small size to massage the anal sphincter.
A vibrator 120 having an eccentric motor is installed to the base plate 12 or the inner support frame of the seating unit 20, and an eccentric shaft of the vibrator 120 is coupled to an engaging groove 165 formed in the vibration plate 160. The vibrator 120 employs the eccentric motor, but the vibrator may employ various types, such as an ultrasonic vibrator or an electromagnetic vibrator.
The support member 170 has a cylindrical support rubber 172 with upper and lower portions engaged to the fastening screws 171.
The support rubber 172 elastically supports the weight of the user, who sits on the chair, on the base plate 12 in the state of being spaced apart from the vibration plate 160 vibrated by the vibrator 120 at a certain height, and transfers soft vibration to the topical region through the elasticity of the rubber.
A vibration-proof pad may be provided to absorb the noise and vibration generated from the vibrator and thus isolate the noise and the vibration from the outside.
The topical massage device 100 according to the embodiment of the invention is installed to the seating plate of the massage chair 1, and if the power is supplied to the vibrator 120, the vibration plate 160 coupled to the shaft of the vibrator and the massage pad 110 engaged to the upper portion of the vibration plate are softly vibrated at high speed to provide the effective vibration massage to the perineal region and the anal region.
The vibration generated from the vibrator 120 is transmitted to the vibration plate 160, and the support members 170 coupled to the vibration plate 160 buffer the vibration, while reducing the noise, so that the soft vibration is transmitted to the massage pad 110 which comes into direct contact with the topical region.
Also, since the support rubber 172 absorbs the vibration generated from the vibration plate 160, the vibration plate provides stimulation to the topical region of the body in the upper portion of the chair, while vibration energy is not transmitted from the vibration plate to the base plate 12, so that the massage chair equipped with the topical massage device 100 is not wobbled to maintain the stable state.
In the case where the topical massage device is installed to the massage chair, the waist and back of the user is massaged by the massage rollers 40 operating in the backrest unit 10, and the topical region gets the vibration massage, thereby preventing and curing the disease of the prostate, stimulating circulation of blood, and relieving the stress.
Referring to
The upper body stretching member 50 has a lever lifting motor 63, a stationary tube 65 fixed to an upper portion of the lever lifting motor 63, a lifting plunger 54 moved up and down by rotation of a screw 56 which is engaged to a driving shaft of the lever lifting motor 63, and a vertical supporter 52 engaged to an upper portion of the lifting plunger 54 at the center of the hand lever 51. Accordingly, the hand lever 51 is moved up or down by forward or reverse rotation of the lever lifting motor 63.
The lower portion of the backrest unit 10 of the massage chair has a lumbar stretching member 70 having a lumbar supporter 72 which is connected to an actuator 79 using a cylinder or an electric motor and moved up and down by the actuator, and a cushion 73 which is attached to the lumbar supporter 72.
The topical massage device 100 further includes an elongated hole 163 formed in the center portion of the vibration plate 160 in a longitudinal direction, and a transfer screw 133 with both ends being rotatably installed to a transfer screw support portion 134 on a bottom surface of the vibration plate.
The massage pad 110 has a transfer nut 132 protruding downwardly from a bottom surface of the massage pad, and the transfer nut 132 passes through the elongated hole 163, and is engaged to the transfer screw 133. A transfer screw rotor 135 is engaged to one end of the transfer screw 133 to manually or automatically rotate the transfer screw.
The transfer screw rotor 135 may be rotated by a hand to adjust the position of the massage pad 110. Preferably, the transfer screw rotor 135 is connected to a motor with an encoder, so that the user can operate a remote controller 80 or a control panel to easily adjust the position of the massage pad by remote control. Similarly, the vibration intensity or rotating speed of the vibrator 120 can be adjusted by the controller 80 or the control panel thereby to control the massage intensity.
The user can replace the massage pad 110 by one of a different type or material, if required. To this end, a transfer bar 136 is engaged to the upper portion of the transfer nut 132, and the massage pad 110 is coupled to the transfer bar. The bottom surface of the massage pad and the top surface of the transfer bar 136 are provided with an engaging protrusion and an engaging groove or magnets to firmly engage each other.
Since everybody has different positions of the perineal region and the anus, as well as a height, the anterior massage member 111 and the posterior massage member 112 are separately provided. The configuration capable of separately adjusting the positions is shown in
Referring to
Specifically, the massage pad 110 has the anterior massage member 111 and the posterior massage member 112 which are separately installed, and the bottom surfaces of the anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 are provided with the transfer nut 132, respectively. After the respective transfer nuts 132 passes through the elongated hole 163 of the vibration plate 160, and is engaged to the front and rear transfer screws 133.
If the transfer screws 133 positioned at the front and rear sides are independently rotated, the position of the anterior massage member 111 and the position of the posterior massage member 112 are separately adjusted, so that the user can get a proper massage from the anterior and posterior massage members installed at the optimum positions according to the type of his or her body.
If the transfer screw rotor 135 is installed to an arm rest of the massage chair 1, the user can easily adjust the positions of the anterior and posterior massage members in a sitting posture. As illustrated in
One transfer nut 132 provided to the bottom surface of the anterior massage member 111 and the other transfer nut 132 provided to the bottom surface of the posterior massage member 112 are inserted into the elongated hole 163 of the vibration plate 160. The one transfer nut 132 is threadedly engaged to a hollow sleeve threaded tube 131 with a transfer screw rotor 135 coupled to one end, and the other transfer nut 132 is threadedly engaged to a transfer screw 133 provided to one end of a coupling shaft 139 which is positioned in the sleeve threaded tube 131 and is able to freely rotate therein. When the transfer screw rotor 135 provided to the other end of the coupling shaft 139 is rotated, the positions of the anterior and posterior massage members are adjusted.
As described above, the position of the anterior massage member 111 and the position of the posterior massage member 112 can be separately adjusted, and as illustrated in
The bottom surfaces of the separated anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 are provided with nuts 111a and 112a, respectively, and a lifting screw 141 is rotatably installed to the transfer bars 136 which are engaged to the anterior and the posterior massage members 111 and 112, and is engaged to the respective nuts 111a and 112a.
One end of a cable 142 which is a non-linear power transmission medium is fixed to the lower portion of the lifting screw 141, and the other end is engaged to a rotational adjustment knob 144. When the knob 144 is rotated, the lifting screw 141 is rotated, and thus the anterior massage member 111 and the posterior massage member 112 are independently moved up and down, so that the user can conveniently adjust the positions of the anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 according to the body feature of the user.
A transfer screw 133 with a transfer bar 136 formed at one end is provided at the front and rear ends of the vibration plate 160, and an adjustment nut 146 for moving the transfer bar 136 in a horizontal direction is engaged to the transfer screw 133.
The transfer bar 136 is guided along the elongated hole 163 formed in the center portion of the vibration plate 160 in a longitudinal direction, and is moved back and forth by the rotation of the adjustment nut 146. The lifting screw 141 rotatably passes through the center of the respective transfer bars 136, and a lower portion of the lifting screw 141 is connected to the knob 144 for rotating the lifting screw 141 by the cable 142.
The bottom surfaces of the separated anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 are provided with nuts 111a and 112a, and the nuts 111a and 112a are fastened to the lifting screw 141 on the transfer bar 136. The heights of the anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 are separately adjusted by rotating the knob 144, and the positions thereof are adjusted in the horizontal direction by rotating the adjustment nut 146.
In order to accurately adjust the positions of the anterior and posterior massage members 111 and 112 by remote control, the respective transfer screw 133 is supported by the transfer screw support portion 134 so as to be independently rotated, while the adjustment nut 146 is fixed not to rotate. One end of the respective transfer screws 133 is connected to the transfer screw rotor 135 by the cable 137.
It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the anterior massage member 111 or the posterior massage member 112 may be moved up and down by a cylinder unit or an electric motor.
The topical massage device is integrally provided in the seating unit 20 of the massage chair 1 described above, but as illustrated in
When the user sits on the seating mat 200, his or her hips are supported by the upper plate of the seating mat, only the massage pad 110 which comes into contact with the topical region protrudes upwardly from the seating mat 200. In this instance, one side of the seating mat 200 is provided with a controller 80 for controlling a position and height of the massage pad 110 and turning on or off a power.
The configuration of the invention provides the topical massage device which can be installed to the seating mat or various types of chairs, so that anyone can effectively receive the massage, regardless of the body size, thereby preventing various diseases of a topical region, and relieving the stress.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2017-0152551 | Nov 2017 | KR | national |
| 10-2018-0082595 | Jul 2018 | KR | national |
| 10-2018-0112665 | Sep 2018 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2018/013842 | 11/13/2018 | WO | 00 |
