ITBA980023U1 - INNOVATIONS ON BEDS, SOFAS, ARMCHAIRS, CHAIRS AND SIMILAR, ON WHICH NETWORKS, FLOORS OR FRAMES, WHERE THE BODY GOES TO LAY, SPEAKERS ARE INCORPORATED - Google Patents

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Industrial utility model with the title: "Innovations in beds, sofas, armchairs, chairs and the like, on which networks, platforms or frames, where the body rests, are incorporated loudspeakers connected to sound diffusion systems, to use sound waves as a massaging effect for everyone, and to stimulate sound perception through bone conduction for the deaf ",

This industrial utility model relates to innovations, originally installed or in do-it-yourself kits, useful for therapeutic, recreational, rest and relaxation purposes, relating to beds, sofas, armchairs, chairs and the like, on which platforms and / or backrests and / or frames, rigid or elastic, whole or split, fixed or reclining, of various, adequate and appropriate inclinations, and / or on whose bases, or (to avoid resonance effects) slats, are incorporated, in suitable "screens and / or mobile loudspeakers", and directly at where the human body rests, simple speakers, or coaxial speakers, or speakers for low and / or medium frequencies, or multiple speaker systems, or loudspeakers multiples, or in general any type and combination of loudspeakers, monophonic, stereo, holophonic or other, in order to use the sound waves as a massaging effect precisely for therapeutic, relaxing, recreational or rest purposes, and as an incentive re the perception of sounds, in addition to the normal aerotympanic conduction, also through bone conduction, both to allow a more global listening of sounds to the hearing impaired, and to provide an alternative perceptive modality to hearing and deaf people for rehabilitation and rehabilitation purposes.

Up to now, every form and kind of acoustic diffuser has generally been used to diffuse music in environments where it was primarily received on the basis of the so-called aerotympanic conduction, thanks to which the sound waves spread in the anus until reaching urge the eardrum. The same mechanism also occurs when listening with headphones: the sound emissions of the speakers placed on the ears agitate the air of the auricle and the acoustic duct until they stimulate the eardrum.

Sometimes, in particular furnishings, some loudspeakers are placed in the headboards of beds, or in special supports possibly positioned laterally and perpendicularly to the backrests of armchairs, at ear height and at a fair distance from them: in both cases a fair space free air always separates the acoustic diffuser from the human body, that is, the speakers are never positioned exactly in correspondence with where a part of the body or the whole body rests or stretches.

Beds, armchairs, sofas, chairs and the like have always been used for rest, comfort and therapeutic purposes, and today there is a wide range of such furnishing or therapeutic elements, with incorporated particular vibrators and various electrical and mechanical mechanisms. able to perform a whole series of stresses and massages on the human body. In some of them there are also transducers which transform any sound coming from any sound diffusion system into electromechanical stresses which set in motion particular vibrators in correspondence with or in contact with different body sectors. Also in this case, however, there is always no vibratory effect, massage or some form of solicitation produced directly by any kind of loudspeaker or acoustic diffuser positioned in correspondence with where the body comes to rest: the sound stimulus activates simply transducers, vibrators and the like that produce only and exclusively their normal operating noise, but from which, for example, the same piece of music or in general the same sounds are never emitted, which are therefore only served as an initial impulse to start the whole process. These sounds, which started the process, are therefore possibly audible only and exclusively through headphones placed on the ears or loudspeakers or loudspeakers positioned at a certain distance from the human body, but never up to now located directly where it rests. In this way there is never perception of the original sound stimuli through direct and accentuated bone resonance of the whole body.

The present utility model consists in the innovative application on networks, platforms, backs or frames, of beds, sofas, armchairs, chairs and the like, exactly in direct correspondence of where the human body goes to rest, of simple loudspeakers, or coaxial loudspeakers. , or speakers for low, medium or high frequencies, or multiple speaker systems, or multiple speakers, or in general any type of loudspeakers, monophonic, stereo, holophonic or other, logically connected to sound and music diffusion systems . In this way, the sound waves coming directly from the loudspeaker, after passing through a short thickness of padding or mattress and no empty space of air, directly stimulate the body, producing a pleasant vibratory and massaging action that it can have, depending on the context, an important therapeutic, relaxing, recreational or rest effect. The sound waves that directly invest the body activate what in acoustics and physiology is normally known as "perception of sounds by bone resonance (or conduction)", which is the other perceptive modality of sounds that man implements together with normal perception via (or conduction) aero-tympanic route. While sounds are perceived through the body by means of bone resonance, the person lying or sitting can also normally perceive sounds via the aerotympanic route. To avoid perceiving the sounds in an attenuated and possibly distorted way due to the body lying on the loudspeakers used, it is possible to place other loudspeakers around the subject lying or sitting, or better yet it is also possible to make him listen directly and unaltered to the sounds. through a headset.

Since perception by bone conduction is normally used for rehabilitation, education and rehabilitation therapy of the hard of hearing and deaf, in this context the use of this model of industrial utility can be of very important therapeutic value.

This new model is also profitably and innovatively usable in the context of that specific branch of medicine and psychology called "music therapy", as it allows a total participation of the patient or subject subjected to the administration of sound and musical stimuli perceived both via aerotympanic and by bone conduction.

In these specific clinical areas, the inventor has already started an adequate experimental research, at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", to evaluate the real relaxing, therapeutic and rehabilitative effects of the new industrial utility model in question, reporting so far a series of confirmations and significant and gratifying results that reinforce the motivation to persevere in the experimentation and improvement of the model itself and its application methods.

Further advantages of the invention are the extreme simplicity of its realization even by a person who is not particularly skilled, and the consequent possibility of marketing beds, armchairs, chairs and the like bearing the innovation in question through assembly kits in kits for the " do-it-yourself"; the possible commercialization of the electronic and electrical part of the innovative system is also possible, supplied as an assembly box in kit for a home or self-managed assembly by the user on the bed, armchair, chair and the like already in his possession.

Lastly, this innovation is characterized by the fact that it can be applied, according to the procedures on and shown below, even to simple boards, or to platforms, parquet and suitable floors, to use sound waves as a massaging effect at the plantar level for everyone and to stimulate the perception of sounds through plantar bone conduction for the deaf.

The utility model is illustrated in the 5 attached tables, through the figures described below.

Figure 1A represents the innovation in the version applied to a flat bed shown in perpendicular section. Loudspeakers (1) are installed on the frame or bed base or top or slats (16) under the support surface (4), duly placed in an "acoustic screen" or in a "diffuser cabinet" (2) for loudspeakers according to the principles and commonly used models, such as: flat acoustic screen, diffuser cabinet open at the rear, infinite acoustic screen, "bass-reflex" diffuser cabinet, "bass-reflex" diffuser cabinet with reflector, acoustic labyrinth, speaker cabinets with load horn, and any other similar or different piece of furniture suitable for optimizing the final effect, also anchored to the surface (16). By way of example, the material for acoustic absorbers and / or acoustic insulation screens (15), made of foam rubber, foamed polyesters, the like and other suitable materials with a similar acoustic insulation effect, can be seen, which can be installed in the diffuser cabinet. depending on the characteristics of the same and of the loudspeaker (s) installed in it.

Figure 16 represents the innovation in the version applied to a flat bed shown in an accidental perspective with an internal view. By way of example, the shatterproof protection grille (3) for the speakers is visible, placed on the flat acoustic screen hole that is interposed between the speaker itself and the support surface (4). In this way, the loudspeakers, in order to support the weight of the body and not be damaged by it, are protected, in correspondence with the net, the platform, the backrest or the frame where they are fixed, by a rigid grid of sturdy plastic or metal material or other suitable material, or similar protection capable of having the same effect without hindering the diffusion of sound waves and without producing annoying effects of resonance or their own vibration.

Figure 2A represents the innovation in the version applied to a bed with anatomical inclinations shown in a perpendicular section. Figure 2B represents the innovation in version applied to a bed with anatomical inclinations shown in an accidental perspective with internal vision. Note the backrest or back support base (6), the seat or support base for the buttocks and thighs (7) and the leg rest for the calves (8), the speakers (1), the mobile acoustic diffusers ( 2), the support base (4), the frame (16) and the external casing (5).

Figure 3A represents the innovation in the version applied to a fixed or reclining chair, with any armrests (17) and footrest (9), shown in perpendicular section. Figure 3B represents the innovation in the same version shown in an accidental perspective with an internal view. Also highlighted are the backrest (6), seat (7), legrest (8), speakers (1), loudspeaker furniture (2), frame (16).

Figure 4 represents the innovation in the version applied to a chair with armrests (17) shown in perpendicular section. The backrest (6), seat (7), speakers (1), loudspeaker furniture (2) are highlighted.

Figure 5A represents the innovation in the version applied to a fixed or reclining chair, with any armrests (17), leg rest (8) and headrest (10), shown in an accidental section with an internal view. Figure 5B represents the innovation in the same version, shown in an accidental perspective with an internal view. Also highlighted are backrest (6), seat (7), speakers (1), loudspeaker furniture (2), frame (16).

Figure 6A represents a typical diagram of the connection of loudspeakers and / or loudspeakers (1) to an amplifier or sound source (11). Loudspeakers or acoustic diffusers (1) of any kind are connected to sound diffusion systems, to use sound waves as a massage effect and to stimulate the perception of sounds through bone conduction.

Figure 6B shows a typical table of connection of loudspeakers and loudspeakers (1) to an amplifier or sound source (11), with possible interposed "separator filter" and / or "volume control" and / or "switch-selector" ( 12) for the particular types of loudspeakers and selective uses that require them.

Figure 6C shows a typical table of connection of loudspeakers and loudspeakers (1) to an amplifier or sound source (11), with the addition of a headphone (13), to allow listening to the sound source.

Figure 6D represents a typical diagram of the connection of loudspeakers and loudspeakers (1) to an amplifier or sound source (11), with the additional connection of external loudspeakers (14) for a further more faithful reception by air of the sounds without the use of the headset.

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Claims 1) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, characterized by the installation, on networks, platforms, backrests or frames, in correspondence of where the human body rests, of loudspeakers or loudspeakers of any kind, connected to sound diffusion systems , to use sound waves as a massaging effect and to stimulate the perception of sounds through bone conduction. 2) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, around the loudspeakers, to improve the sound emission towards the body and / or to limit the volume level of the sound that diffuses into the environment where the utility model in question is installed, an "acoustic screen" or a "diffuser cabinet" for loudspeakers must be built, anchored and / or connected to the network, floor, backrest or frame commonly used models, such as: flat acoustic screen, rear open diffuser cabinet, infinite acoustic screen, "bass-reflex" speaker cabinet, "bass-reflex" speaker cabinet with reflector, acoustic labyrinth, horn-loaded speaker cabinets, and any other similar or different furniture suitable for optimizing the final effect. 3) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the speakers installed, due to their number and type, and the characteristics of the system to which they are to be connected, can be connected in parallel or in series and with monophonic, stereo or such as to allow the use, reception and diffusion of one or more acoustic sources and channels. 4) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the installed speakers must be provided with appropriate cables, or where technology allows, with connections via infrared waves or the like, which can connect the speakers themselves to the sound system, to the high fidelity system, to the amplifier or to any suitable sound source. 5) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the "acoustic screen" or the "diffuser cabinet" for the loudspeakers can be single or multiple, so that depending on the model, a piece of furniture can contain one or more loudspeakers, with the consequence that in the utility model in question there may be one or more mobile loudspeaker diffusers. 6) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that suitable acoustic absorbing materials and / or acoustic insulation screens made of foam rubber can be inserted inside the "diffuser cabinet" and around the loudspeaker , foamed polyesters, the like and more with the same effect. 7) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, in case of use of bases, the most suitable are the so-called "slatted bases", since, due to their particular constitution, they can allow easy anchoring of the loudspeaker supporting structure, even without the need to make an opening such as a flat acoustic screen. 8) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, in case of use of traditional, metal, plastic and any kind of nets that do not allow direct anchoring, the acoustic screens, the diffuser furniture and the loudspeakers must be inserted in a special support structure, at a distance such that the free air space between the loudspeaker mouth, the net, and therefore the mattress, the padding and the human body placed on them is reduced to a minimum or is made absent. 9) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, whatever the type of loudspeaker used, the number of these loudspeakers installed may vary according to the size of the loudspeaker itself and the surface available on the network , on the platform, on the backrest and on the frame of the bed, the armchair, the sofa, the chair and the like. 10) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that any "level control" instruments can be installed between the speakers installed in them and the sound source. 11) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, between the speakers installed in them and the sound source, specific speakers for low, medium or high frequencies can be interposed " separator filters ”for the subdivision of the frequency fields according to how much you want or not to emphasize or minimize the reproductive fidelity of the speakers in favor of the vibrating effect of the sound waves exerted on the body. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, between the speakers installed in them and the sound source, switches and / or selectors may or may not be interposed to insert or exclude the vibrating effect of the waves sound exerted on the body by one or more speakers. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that in correspondence with where the loudspeakers are installed, on the floor, on the backrest or on the frame, suitable holes of suitable size, such as that of a screen, must be left or drilled acoustic plane, in correspondence of each single loudspeaker and of a size proportional to its diameter, so that the sound waves emitted by it can, through the simple padding or the mattress, directly reach the human body placed on it. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the speakers installed, in order to support the weight of the body and not be damaged by it, are protected, in correspondence with the network, the platform, the backrest or the frame where they are fixed by a rigid grid of sturdy plastic or metal or other suitable material, or by a similar protection able to have the same effect without hindering the diffusion of sound waves and without producing annoying effects of resonance or their own vibration. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the installed speakers are connected to an acoustic diffusion system, mono, stereo or other, which can be a turntable, a CD player, a recorder , a tuner, an amplifier and in any case any electronic apparatus of suitable and proportional power to be able to drive the speakers themselves, capable of reproducing and / or amplifying live or recorded music and sounds. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the preceding claim, characterized by the fact that the sound diffusion device or system, monophonic, stereo or other, to which the speakers are connected, can be specific equipment installed directly by the manufacturer of the model of utility in question, or it can be suitable equipment of those universally on the market, supplied separately by the manufacturer or which is provided directly by the customer, the purchaser or the end user of the utility model in question. ) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the sound diffusion device or system, mono, stereo or other, to which the speakers are connected, can be installed separately or integrated into the bed , armchair, chair bearing the innovation in question. 18) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the preceding claim, characterized by the fact that the sound diffusion device or system, monophonic, stereo or other, to which the speakers are connected, can be controlled manually or by a special remote control that facilitates remote control by the user or the operator. 19) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the person lying or seated there can connect to the acoustic diffusion system, used to drive the loudspeakers, also through a headset for the unaltered perception of the sound source. 20) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, optimally, the headset to which the subject is possibly connected can have, although not necessarily, its own independent volume control of the sound intensity or accessory to the one that regulates the loudness of the speakers. 21) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the person lying or seated on it can listen to the sounds produced by the sound source even from acoustic speakers, external and / or separate, of any gender. 22) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, for greater comfort and functionality, footrests can be inserted or attached, where even in them it is possible to install speakers with the characteristics and methods already mentioned. 23) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, for greater convenience and functionality, there can be inserted or attached leg rests, where even in them it is possible to install speakers with the characteristics and methods already mentioned. 24) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, for greater comfort and functionality, armrests can be inserted, where it is also possible to install suitable speakers with the characteristics and methods already in them. mentioned. 25) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that, for greater comfort and functionality, headrests can be inserted, where even in them it is possible to install speakers with the characteristics and methods already mentioned . 26) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the entire innovative system can also be supplied as an assembly kit in kit, for domestic or self-managed assembly by the user. 27) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the electronic and electrical part of the innovative system can be supplied as an assembly box in kit for a home assembly or self-managed by the user on the bed, armchair, chair and the like already in his possession. 28) Bed, armchair, chair and the like, as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that the innovation is applicable to every possible variant of the above, such as beds with more than two squares, round beds, dormers, sofa beds, ergonomic chairs, stools, benches, and any other similar, varied and possible similar support support for the human body. 29) Innovation as in the previous claim, characterized by the fact that it can be applied, according to the procedures set out above, even to simple boards, or to platforms, parquet and suitable floors, to use sound waves as a massaging effect at the plantar level for everyone and to stimulate the perception of sounds through plantar bone conduction for the deaf.