Bed base and bed provided with said bed base, wherein the bed base is provided with massaging means

1. A bed base for fixing to a bed, the bed base comprising:

a plurality of slats positioned one after another so as to define a support plane for a mattress, each of said plurality of slats being placed transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the support plane;

a plurality of contiguous portions placed one after another along the longitudinal direction, said plurality of contiguous portions being hinged to each other by respective hinges, at least some of said plurality of contiguous portions being movable and positionable in at least two configurations, one of the at least two configurations having said plurality of contiguous portions being aligned with respect to each other so as to as form the support plane, another of the at least two configurations having at least one of said plurality of contiguous portions inclined with respect to an adjacent portion of said plurality of contiguous portions;

at least one rotary shaft coupled with said plurality of slats so as to move said plurality of slats vertically by deflection;

a first drive having a first articulated shaft; and

a second drive having a second articulated shaft, wherein said first articulated shaft and said second articulated shaft are mechanically unconnected and independent of each other, the first articulated shaft being connected to a first series of slats of said plurality of slats so as to move the first series of slats, the first series of slats being placed at a first group of said plurality of contiguous portions, the second articulated shaft being connected to a second series of slats of said plurality of slates so as to move the second series of slats, the second series of slats being placed at a second group of said plurality of contiguous portions, wherein said plurality of contiguous portions comprise a first portion and a second portion and a third portion and a fourth portion, the first portion being fixed with respect to the second portion and the third portion, the second portion and the third portion being movable, the first group of the plurality of contiguous portions being the first portion and the second portion, the second group of the plurality of contiguous portions being the third portion and the fourth portion, wherein the first articulated shaft has a first shaft and a second shaft that are connected to each other by a first joint, the second articulated shaft having a third shaft and a fourth shaft connected to each other by a second joint, the first shaft positioned below the first portion, the second shaft positioned below the second portion, the third shaft positioned below the third portion, the fourth shaft positioned below the fourth portion.

2. The bed base of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of cams having an eccentric zone and a non-eccentric zone with respect to a rotational fulcrum of the respective cam, the eccentric zone and the non-eccentric zone being on opposite sides with respect to a center of the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft driving the cam in rotation, each of said plurality of cams being hooked to a corresponding slat of said plurality of slats by a coupling interface, the coupling interface adapted to exert a pushing action so as to lift at least one part of the slat above the support plane when the eccentric zone is facing the slat during the rotation of the cam, the coupling interface adapted to exert a traction force so as to lower at least one part of the slat below the support plane when the non-eccentric zone faces the slat during the rotation of the cam.

3. The bed base of claim 2 , wherein the coupling interface and the cam are hooked to each other.

4. The bed base of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of slats have at least one first end that is freely movable longitudinally within a first seat of a first guiding element when said plurality of slats are moved vertically by deflection by said rotary shaft.

5. The bed base of claim 4 , wherein said plurality of slats have a second end that is fixed to a second guiding element, the second end being prevented from sliding with respect to the second guiding element.

6. The bed base of claim 5 , wherein said each of the first and second guiding elements is a section, the first and second guiding elements being reciprocally opposite with respect to the longitudinal direction so as to form a respective frame for each of said plurality of contiguous portions.

7. The bed base of claim 6 , wherein said wherein each of the first and second guiding elements has a second seat having a generally C-shape, the C-shape having an opening above a first seat, the first and second guiding elements being arranged in which the second seat of the first guiding element is oriented with the opening of the C-shape of the second seat of the second guiding element, the second seats facing each other so as to define and insertion seat for an impermeable cloth.

8. The bed base of claim 7 , the impermeable cloth having a first fixing element on a first transversal end thereof and a second fixing element on a second transversal end thereof, the first fixing element and the second fixing element each having a first zone and a second zone, the first zone having larger section than a section of the second zone, the first fixing element being inserted by the first zone into the second seat of the first guiding element, the second fixing element being inserted by the first zone into the second seat of the second guiding element, the impermeable cloth being transversely blocked by the second seats.

9. The bed base of claim 1 , each of said plurality of slats being formed of a flexible plastic material.

10. The bed base of claim 1 , each of said plurality of slats has a central body in a central zone thereof, the central body having a pair of side wings extending from the central body in reciprocally opposite directions, the central body having a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the pair of side wings, each of the pair of side wings having a strengthening zone of increased thickness, the increased thickness being a bulge formed on a lower part of the slat, the slat having a flat surface at an upper portion thereof.

11. The bed base of claim 2 , wherein the coupling interfaces are reciprocally synchronized with respect to the vertical movement of deflection of said plurality of slats, the coupling interfaces being adapted to flex the corresponding slats along a first longitudinal extension.

12. The bed base of claim 11 , wherein the first longitudinal extension has a length of between 10 and 20 centimeters.

13. The bed base of claim 12 , wherein a group of coupling interfaces is adapted to flex the corresponding slats along a second longitudinal extension.

14. The bed base of claim 13 , wherein the second longitudinal extension has a length of between 10 and 20 centimeters.

15. The bed base of claim 13 , wherein the coupling interfaces have reciprocally adjacent groups along the longitudinal direction.

16. The bed base of claim 1 , wherein the first drive and the second drive are 24 volt motors.

17. The bed base of claim 2 , wherein the coupling interface is configured to move the respective slats of said plurality of slats vertically by deflection for the distance of between 2 and 5 centimeters.

18. The bed base of claim 2 , wherein said coupling interfaces are placed on the first articulated shaft and the second articulated shaft so as to move the slats vertically by deflection in a sinusoidal pattern.

19. A bed comprising a bed base according to claim 1 .