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Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of treatment of persons lying or sitting to enable them to perform exercises, to be manipulated and / or treated, for example for a massage operation or during it. It relates more particularly to a table device for adapting to the curves and / or curvatures of the body of the person to be treated, so that the table adapts to the morphology of the person being treated.
• the type of table referred to here is called "massage table"; the invention is however applicable to all other applications in which a patient / client is placed in a lying position / sitting on a table for him to be provided care, including massage.
• the massage application is therefore preferred, but not limiting.
• the installation of the person to be treated is performed by the practitioner who assesses, by his experience and the feelings of the patient / client, the height of the cushions to use and their location on the table.
• US 5,235,710 A discloses a care bed for disabled persons, wherein the mattress is divided into independent sections of adjustable height.
• the raising / lowering devices of these mattress parts can not be combined and integrated into a table base, in any order. They are instead set in a defined order in a double-walled space surmounted by a tub-type waterproof box, intended to allow the patient to be groomed.
• the goal is to facilitate the care of the disabled and to allow for the selective replacement of soiled mattress pads.
• the intended pivoting (see column 3, lines 6-16) serves only to laterally tilt certain portions of the mattress to allow changing the bed and / or the patient thereby rotating the latter by action on the cylinders in manual operation only.
• the padded table is adjustable in height, as a whole, at one end or both. Only a foot portion (numbered 30 '), away from the sleeping part, but connected at 90 ° with it, can be adjusted separately, but in length to accommodate the size of the patient.
• the table has at one end a narrower portion to allow the patient to leave his arms dangling, and a slot to allow the patient to support his face without pain.
• EP 0 354 271 A2 Document D5 discloses a non-modular mattress support consisting of non-joined slats and connecting pipes for adjusting the pressure of a control fluid. The objective is to avoid that the slats, moving diagonally, can get stuck in the frame where they are placed.
• DE 29 42 287 A1 discloses a massage apparatus in which ramps of unitary massage members are movable by means of electromagnets in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the massage table.
• ramps of unitary massage members are movable by means of electromagnets in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the massage table.
• One or more rows of massage units are thus movable at a time, without the possibility of individualizing one or more elements inside these ramps which form a whole.
• the tabletop device for massage and other care according to the present invention is instead designed so as to allow, whatever the application thus envisaged, an improved use and comfort customizable for the patient / client, which can then be adapted to suitability and without difficulty, or even adapt itself, different parameters of structure and / or equipment of the table, according to its own needs and / or the stage of advancement of massage and other care.
• the table aims to improve the quality of care and massage provided and is more convenient to handle and adjust than existing tables. It also makes it possible to be adapted easily and programmed for each individual patient, according to parameters taking into account the morphology, the type of care to be provided and / or the personality of each patient.
• the present invention aims to propose a new type of massage table, directly adjustable by the patient and / or the practitioner to take into account the morphology of the person to be treated, while dispensing with the use of adjustment cushions.
• the table is no longer monobloc as the standard massage tables, but is composed of cassettes forming roller blocks adjustable in height. In such an arrangement, the table becomes mobile and adapts to the curves and curvatures of the body of the person lying or sitting on the table.
• the invention thus relates to a massage or treatment table consisting of a base for receiving a set of moving elements, wherein the movable elements comprise a plurality of rollers, adjustable in height and on which can rest a person in position lying and / or sitting, while in the space between two consecutive rollers are fixed a binding strip for providing ventral or dorsal protection of the patient, and / or scales for providing lateral protection of the patient.
• Figure 1 schematically illustrates in vertical cross section an embodiment of a complete massage table, according to the invention.
• Figure 2 schematically illustrates in vertical cross section an embodiment of a complete massage table, according to the invention, in a version with tilting back manually or electrically.
• FIG. 3 schematically illustrates, in cross-section and in section along A-A, a roller cassette for a massage table according to the invention.
• FIG. 4 schematically illustrates in cross section a method of fixing a safety strip between two rolls of a roll cassette according to FIG. 3.
• FIG. 5 represents an end view, in elevation, and a diagrammatic section along A-A of a roller comprising a drawer 4 with scent block 5, fan 6 and LED 7.
• the massage or treatment table 1 is composed of a base 2 intended to receive a set of moving parts.
• the movable elements 3 comprise substantially horizontal rollers, adjustable in height and on which can rest a person lying down, while in the space between two consecutive rollers are fixed a connecting strip 3g providing ventral protection or dorsal patient, and / or scales 3f providing lateral protection of the patient.
• rollers 3 are advantageously driven by a motorized rack / pinion system. They can, however, be driven by any other motorization system known to those skilled in the art or be manually controlled.
• Each of the rolls of the roller assembly 3 is part of a cassette comprising:
• the base 2 on which is mounted all the rollers 3 further comprises the electronic equipment necessary for the operation of the table.
• the rollers 3 are covered with a synthetic material.
• rollers 3 are adjustable in height, while the management of this adjustment in height can be achieved under the control of a traditional electronic box.
• the rolls can be of different sizes, if one wishes to assign to each a function more adapted to the part of the body of the patient to which it relates.
• the rolls may be of different shapes and / or sizes, within limits that the skilled person will easily conceive.
• rolls are preferably all or substantially all of the same size or approximate sizes.
• rollers are of substantially cylindrical outer general shape, but this functional form provided by the foam or other external flexible material can be supported on a soul of any shape, for example a square or rectangular section tube, or a spar in U and not just a cylinder or a semi-cylinder.
• the rollers can be limited to semi-rolls, or fractions of rollers, to allow a saving of material and / or volume of the cassettes containing them.
• a foam coating of the rollers it is advantageous that it marries the longitudinal periphery of said rollers, but itself has an outer surface of substantially cylindrical shape.
• rollers may not all be of the same longitudinal dimension.
• the characteristics of the foam coating of said rolls such as, for example, hardness, thickness, shape, etc., may be chosen to suit.
• rollers may be equipped with heating resistors.
• the roll elevation system may include electric motors, hydraulic cylinders, or be manual.
• the rollers are preferably fixed on their horizontal axis.
• the rollers may be movable, in particular by rotation or by oscillation along their longitudinal axis.
• Drive systems with motors, pinions and racks are fully integrated in the rollers.
• the motors, pinions and racks for moving the rollers are actuated by means of a main power supply, advantageously integrated in the base of the table and connected to the actuating devices of the rollers by a functional wiring, for example electric, appropriate.
• the ascents and / or descents of the individual rolls can be driven / adjusted to suit, independently, for example so as to provide a relaxing wave effect.
• the massage table may comprise, in one or more appropriate places, easily determinable by those skilled in the art after probative tests, one or more drawers adapted to receive scent-giving materials, in particular per perfume capsule, as well as LEDs. identical or different to provide visual effects, and / or speakers connected to a sound diffusion apparatus for a sound environment, including a musical ambience and / or prerecorded instructions and broadcast by this apparatus. These additional elements may be reserved for some of the rollers, jointly or separately.
• the scent diffusion drawers can be reserved for the extreme rollers and be functionally associated with at least one fan also integrated in said rollers.
• Foams coating the rollers can be replaced, partially or completely by a silicone element, in particular transparent silicone. In the latter case, one can integrate in at least some of the rollers a chromotherapy effect, using known means of production and light diffusion for this purpose.
• the control motors of the rollers in particular for adjusting the rollers in height, as well as the possibly associated racks, can be integrated in said rollers and thus provide a saving of space.
• All of the aforementioned additional optional functionalities can be controlled via a software application, advantageously of the type of those which can be integrated in touch paddles or "smartphones", especially of a type known under the trade names iPhone or iPad, for a command by wireless link, type WiFi or other.
• the wave effect mentioned above can be provided by successions of descents and climbs of at least some of the rollers equipping the table. It can be achieved by piloting, manual or preferably automated, advantageously according to a prerecorded program, with possibility of variation of the parameters of speed and vertical amplitude or stroke movements.
• the base of the table does not integrate or only a minority of the aforementioned functional elements. In this case, it can take any form and participate in this way, by a design or styling appropriate to the visual identity and / or personalization of the massage table.
• the table shown in Figures 1-2 is intended for the care of a person lying or sitting to allow him to perform exercises, be manipulated and / or treated, for example during a massage operation. It allows adaptation to curves and curvatures of the body. It is the table that adapts to the morphology of the "treated" person.
• the various elements of the table can be arranged and controlled to perform their up and down movements according to a defined program, offering the table itself a ripple movement such a wave, allowing the patient / client disposed on it to feel these effects (relaxation, relaxation, soft body stretching).
• the device according to the invention overcomes these disadvantages.
• the table 11 is a massage table adjustable directly by the patient and / or the practitioner, depending on the morphology of the person to be treated without the use of cushions.
• the table is no longer monoblock like the standard tables, but is composed of cassettes blocks-roller adjustable in height. It is therefore the table that becomes mobile and adapts to the curves of the body.
• the table includes
• This device can be adjustable at any time during the session / treatment.
• This adjustment is done by an electronic control independently managing the twelve rollers constituting the table and managed by the patient and or the practitioner.
• each roller is done by a rack-and-rack system driven by an electric motor.
• the movements of the different rollers can be organized and programmed so that their vertical strokes (up and down), achieve a wave "wave" of the table.
• This wave movement provides the patient / client with a feeling of stretching, relaxation and well-being.
• this new type of massage and care table consists of a base for supporting a table on which a person can lie in a reclining position and is characterized in that:
• the base is the structure on which the table will fit. It is designed so that it can receive the electronics necessary for the proper functioning of the massage table.
• the table consists of twelve cassettes each composed of:
• Roller management is done using an electronic control box that allows height adjustment of each roll individually.
• synthetic materials can be used to provide comfort during use, for example a thermo-compressed foam.
• the new type of table according to the invention in its embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying figures, is designated by the general reference 1. It therefore consists of a base designated by reference 2 supporting a set of rollers reference 3 on which can rest a person lying down.
• the base 2 is constituted such that it will contain the electronics necessary for the operation of the table, can come to integrate an audio set and a diffuser of perfume, (possible options).
• the roll assembly 3 consists of twelve "cassettes", each cassette consists of:
• a wireless remote control for adjusting height rollers, music or fragrance diffuser
• rollers 3, strips 3g and / or flakes 3f are replaced by a technical equivalent consisting of a covering mat (not shown) or a superposition of one or more overlapping mats on a deformable support member, all then being activatable up and down and / or in waves by means equivalent to those described above.
• This table according to the invention is particularly intended for the realization of care, and / or the application of manual or mechanical techniques on a patient / client.

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