IP Library Patent Application 13148634
Patent Application
App. No. 13/148,634

MASSAGE CHAIR

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Patent No.
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App. No.
13/148,634
Abstract

A massage chair includes a main frame, a seat, and a backrest. The main frame includes a back frame configured to support the backrest and a base frame configured to support the seat. The base frame is formed by combining a plurality of structural members. The plurality of structural members are arranged on positions corresponding to edges of a hexahedron. Part of the back frame serves as part of the structural members of the base frame.

Claims (20)

1 . A massage chair comprising:

a seat on which a user can sit;

a backrest in which a massage head is put, said backrest being configured to support the user's back;

a base frame configured to support the seat; and

a back frame configured to support the backrest,

wherein the base frame is formed by combining a plurality of structural members, said plurality of structural members being arranged on positions corresponding to edges of a hexahedron, and

wherein part of the back frame serves as part of the structural members of the base frame.

2 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein the base frame is constructed in a closed frame shape in a planar view, and

wherein the back frame is constructed in a closed frame shape.

3 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 1 ,

wherein the back frame includes a horizontal rod member elongated in the right-left direction, in the lower end thereof, and

wherein the horizontal rod member serves as a structural member of the base frame, said structural member served by the horizontal rod member being the structural member of a position corresponding to one edge of the front of the hexahedron constructed by the structural members.

4 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 3 , wherein said structural member of the base frame served by the horizontal rod member is the structural member of a position corresponding to the lower front edge of the hexahedron constructed by the structural members.

5 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the horizontal rod member of the back frame is located rearwardly than the front end of the base frame.

6 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 2 ,

wherein the back frame includes a horizontal rod member elongated in the right-left direction, in the lower end thereof, and

wherein the horizontal rod member serves as a structural member of the base frame, said structural member served by the horizontal rod member being the structural member of a position corresponding to one edge of the front of the hexahedron constructed by the structural members.

7 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 6 , wherein said structural member of the base frame served by the horizontal rod member is the structural member of a position corresponding to the lower front edge of the hexahedron constructed by the structural members.

8 . The massage chair as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the horizontal rod member of the back frame is located rearwardly than the front end of the base frame.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 13, 2012
From: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO.,LTD.,
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027697/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2011
From: NANNO, TOSHIAKI; TAKAYA, AKIHIRO; NISHITANI, NOBUYUKI; TAKAHASHI, YOSHIMI
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026723/0074 →