JP2002065783A - Air massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air massage machine by which massage performance is enhanced while obtaining the both of massage performance and cushion performance. SOLUTION: The mat main body 5 of an air massage mat 1 is constituted by holding a first support member 2 which is harder than the respective support members 3 and 4, hardly becomes hollow and is thick between a front(upper) side second support member 3 which is thin and excellent in cushion property and a rear(lower) side third support member 4. A driving part(air suction and exhaust device) 9 is arranged, by which suction and exhaust are performed concerning pluralities of air bags 6. The machine is characterized by covering the main body 5 by a main body cover 10 which is formed by a cloth being thinner than the respective support members 2, 3 and 4, arranging freely extension/contraction possible storage bags 11 on the front surface 10a which faces a person's body and storing the respective air bags 6 in the respective storage bags 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air massaging machine such as a mat type air massaging machine provided with an air bag for massaging a human body by expanding and contracting with supply and exhaust of air.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a human body supporting portion such as a mat for supporting a human body is provided with a soft upper supporting member having a high cushioning property and a supporting member in order from the upper side, that is, from the side of the human body riding on the human body supporting portion. It has a harder lower support member. With such a configuration, this human body support portion prevents the human body from contacting the rigid lower support member,
It has a function that allows the user to obtain a comfortable and relaxed state while maintaining the contact feeling well.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-212271 proposes a construction of a cloth group for an air massage machine utilizing the function of such a mat. This cloth group is, in order from the side close to the human body of the user, an upper layer made of a synthetic resin material having a restoring force against compression, an intermediate layer made of a hard synthetic resin material having a certain degree of hardness against a load, And a lower three-layer structure made of an elastic synthetic resin material having a restoring force. Further, in this cloth group, a bag body as an air bag that expands and contracts with the supply and exhaust of air is sandwiched between the upper layer and the middle layer.

[0004]

In the above-described air massage machine (cloth group), when the bag is inflated, the massage action due to the compressive force caused by the inflation of the bag toward the human body has a cushioning property. As it is absorbed by high upper layers, the massage effect on the human body is reduced.

[0005] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an air massage machine capable of improving massage performance while achieving both massage performance and cushion performance.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an air massage machine according to the first aspect of the present invention provides an air bag which expands and contracts with the supply and exhaust of air, and supplies air to the air bag. An air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air, a first support member made of a cushion material having a hardness capable of suppressing elastic deformation caused by expansion of the air bag, and made of a cushion material softer and thinner than the first support member Wherein the first
A human body support having a second support member disposed above the support member in the thickness direction and a third support member disposed below the support member, wherein the air bag is disposed above the second support member. It is characterized by being arranged.

According to the air massage machine of the present invention,
Since the first support member, which is harder than these, is disposed between the second support member and the third support member forming the front and back surfaces of the human body support portion, and the air bag is disposed above the second support member. Accordingly, the compression force caused by the inflation of the air bag is not absorbed by the cushioning property of the second support member, and the compression force can be directly applied to the human body, and the cushioning property of the entire human body support portion can be improved. It can be secured by the second support member and the third support member.

In practicing the first aspect of the present invention, the human body supporting portion is detachably attached to the human body supporting portion like an air massage machine according to the second aspect of the present invention. It is preferable that a storage portion is provided on the surface of the support portion cover facing the human body, and the air bag is stored in the storage portion.

According to the air massage machine of the present invention,
Since the air bag is accommodated in the accommodating portion provided on the surface of the support cover that covers the human body supporting portion, the compression action due to the inflation of the air bag at the position closest to the human body can be easily transmitted to the human body.

In carrying out the second aspect of the present invention, as in the air massage machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, the accommodating portion is a bag, and the inflating of the air bag is performed. It is good to be able to expand and contract according to contraction.

According to the air massage machine of the present invention,
Since the storage portion is formed of a bag that can expand and contract according to the expansion and contraction of the air bag, the storage bag can follow the expansion and contraction of the air bag during massage.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An air massage machine 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

An air massaging mat 1 as a mat type air massaging machine has an air bag 6 that expands and contracts in accordance with air supply and exhaust, and a drive unit as an air supply and exhaust device that supplies and exhausts air to and from the air bag 6. 9 and a human body supporting portion 5 that supports a human body (not shown) to be massaged.

The mat body 5 as a human body supporting portion is large enough to support a part of the human body to be massaged (massage part or treatment part), and as shown in FIG.
The first support member 2, the second support member 3, and the third support member 4 form a three-layer structure. Surface (upper)
The second support member 3 and the third support member 4 as the back layer (lower side) are made of the same material, and these soften the air massage mat 1 against the human body of the user and relax the user. In order to be able to receive a massage in a state, it is formed of a cushion material with an emphasis on cushion performance, for example, a soft urethane foam such as UEM generally used for a futon or a cushion, and is thinner than the first support member 2. Is formed.
The first support member 2 as an intermediate layer is provided with a second support member 3 so as to prevent the air bag 6 from sinking into the first support member 2 when the air bag 6 described later inflates. And a cushion material harder than the third support member 4, for example, hard urethane foam, is formed to be thicker than the second support member 3 and the third support member 4, and has a function as a core material. ing. At the same time, it is preferable that the first support member 2 has such a flexibility that the air massage mat 1 can be folded and stored, for example. As described above, the mat body 5 includes the second support member 3 and the third support member 4 with an emphasis on cushioning performance on both outer surfaces in the thickness direction of the first support member 2 as a core material.
Are allocated and arranged.

Further, in the air massage mat 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Is covered by a main body cover 10 as a support cover which is detachably attached so as to wrap at least the surface and the peripheral portion, preferably the entirety, from the outside. The main body cover 10 is formed of a material (fabric) thinner than the first to third support members 2, 3, and 4 described above.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of air bladders 6 are arranged, for example, between the human body and the second support member 3 on the side of the second support member 3 which is the front side of the air massage mat 1. . In addition, the air bag 6 may be disposed between the second support member 3 and the main body cover 10. In the air massage mat 1 of the present embodiment, five air bags 6 are provided in a storage portion provided on the main body cover surface 10a facing the human body of the main body cover 10, for example, one for each of the five storage bags 11. Are stored one by one. Each storage bag 11 is formed of a material such as an elastic cloth that can follow the expansion and contraction of each air bag 6. The five air bladders 6 are the air massage mat 1 to which the main body cover 10 is attached.
Are distributed in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction.
In such an arrangement state, each air bladder 6 is inflated and contracted by a driving unit 9 described later. In the air massage mat 1 of the present embodiment, one laterally elongated air bag 6 extended in the width direction is arranged at an end on a side on which a leg (not shown) of a user is placed as one end in the longitudinal direction. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the drive section 9 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and is provided at a part of the first support member 2 at one longitudinal end of the mat body 5. It is mounted so as to be embedded at the part mounting position. The drive unit 9 may be externally attached to the mat body 5, or may be a separate unit that is installed separately from the mat body 5 and connected via an air hose or the like. Inside the drive unit 9 are air compressors 7 for supplying air to each air bag 6 and air supply / exhaust adjusting means for independently supplying and exhausting air from the air compressor 7 to each air bag 6 one by one. And a control unit (not shown). Each air bag 6 is independently connected to the distribution valve 8 using one air supply hose 12 as five pipes provided in the mat body 5 similarly to the drive unit 9. .

The drive unit 9 is connected to a remote control type operation unit 13 via a control unit. The operation unit 13 is connected to the control unit by, for example, an operation unit connection cable 13 a having a length that allows a user to operate the air massage mat 1 while lying down on the air massage mat 1.
The drive unit 9 changes the operation state of the operation unit 1 by the user.
By operating 3, control is performed via the control unit so that the user can obtain a desired massage. Specifically, when the user operates the operation unit 13, the driving unit 9 can inflate and contract each air bag 6 independently, for example, intermittently, via the control unit. At this time, the speed, timing, and rhythm (cycle) of each air bag 6 inflating and deflating are controlled by the user by operating the operation unit 13 via the control unit.
They can be set independently.

According to the air massage mat 1 having the above-described structure, the mat body 5 is formed to be thin on both the front and back surfaces of the first support member 2 as a core material which is formed to be thick and hard to be dented. The second support member 3 and the third support member 4 as cushion materials are arranged. Thereby, even if the user rides on the air massage mat 1 while lying down, the cushioning performance of the second and third support members 3 and 4 mainly causes
The first support member 2, which has a mainly strong strength, can support the entire human body evenly while obtaining a soft touch against the human body and a cushioning property. Further, even when each air bag 6 is inflated and presses against a human body, the degree of each inflating air bag 6 sinking into the first support member 2 can be reduced, and the second support member 3 is thin. Since there is little sinking there, the support performance of the air bag 6 by the mat body 5 can be improved. for that reason,
There is almost no possibility that the massage effect accompanying the inflation and contraction of each air bag 6 is reduced.

Therefore, this air massage mat 1
Can achieve both the cushion performance and the massage performance in a favorable state without impairing both.

At the same time, each air bladder 6 for massaging the human body is provided with a thin body cover 10 covering the mat body 5.
Are stored in elastic storage bags 11 provided on the surface 10a of the storage device. That is, each air bag 6 is arranged above the second support member 3 which is the position closest to the human body, that is, between the second support member 3 and the human body, in a state where there is almost no possibility that their inflation will be hindered. Therefore, it is easy to directly apply the pressing force accompanying the inflation of each air bag 6 to the human body. Therefore, the massage effect by each air bag 6 can be improved. Furthermore, since each storage bag 11 expands and contracts in accordance with the inflation and contraction of each air bag 6, even when each air bag 6 is in a contracted state, there is almost no risk of loosening and wrinkling. Therefore, the main body cover 10 and thus the main body cover 1
The appearance of the air massage mat 1 in a state where 0 is attached can be improved.

Note that this air massage mat 1
When each air bag 6 is not operated, it can be used as a simple bedding, for example, as a mattress.

Next, an air massage mat 21 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The air massage mat 21 of the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the air massage mat 21 is used together with the pad 22, and the other configurations, operations, and effects are the same. Therefore, the different portions will be described, and the same components as those in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

The air massage mat 21 of the present embodiment
As shown in FIG. 2, a pad 22 is attached to the upper surface side, which is the front side facing the human body, as necessary and used. The pad 22 is provided with an electric bedding 23 for heater for warming the human body of the user of the air massage mat 21 (abbreviated as a bedding 23 in the following description) and negative ions to generate blood circulation of the human body. It has a potential electric bed 24 (hereinafter, abbreviated as electric bed 24 in the following description) for promoting the electric potential. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the mattress 23 is integrally fixed to one base fabric 25 by sewing. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
3 are integrally attached. Pat 22 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 4, the base fabric 2 to which the mat 23 and the electric floor belt 24 are integrally attached as described above.
5 is formed by being sandwiched (enveloped) and covered with pad cushion fabrics 26a and 26b from both outer sides in the thickness direction. Each cushion fabric 26a, 26b
Both sides are quilted. As a result, the pat 22 becomes the air massage mat 2
In addition to being able to comfortably feel when touching one human body, the burden on the spreadsheet 23 and the electric floor belt 24 due to the weight of the human body can be reduced, and the causes such as breakdown can be reduced.

The thickness of each of the padding 23, the electric floor strip 24, the base fabric 25, and the cushion fabrics 26a and 26b is determined by the thickness of the pad 22 when these are laminated. Are set to such an extent that each air bag 6 does not interfere with the massage applied to the human body.
At the same time, the inside of the base cloth 25 and each of the cushion cloths 26a and 26b can be softened against the human body without substantially impairing the cushioning performance of the pad 22, and the pad cloth 23 and the electric floor band 24 allow the human body to be softened. It is preferable that the batting is filled with a material that hardly interferes with the warming action and the blood circulation promoting action.

The pad 22 is provided with a connector (not shown) for electrically connecting the mat 23 and the electric floor belt 24 to the drive unit 9 of the air massage mat 21. At the same time, near the four corners of the surface where the pad 22 and the air massage mat 21 face each other, one joint portion 27 is provided for connecting them together without shifting each other. However, in order to make the drawings easy to see, the joints on the pad 22 side are not shown. In this state, when the user operates the operation unit 13 of the air massage mat 21 in a state where the pad 22 is normally attached to the air massage mat 21, the pad 22 and the electric floor belt are controlled via the control unit. The operation of 24 and its cessation and its operating state are controlled.

The air massage mat 21 of the second embodiment is the same as the air massage mat 1 of the first embodiment except for the points described above, so that the object of the present invention can be solved. The second embodiment including the pad 22 having the above structure is excellent in the following points.

The air massage mat 21 of the present embodiment
In, there is almost no risk of hindering the massage performance and cushioning performance, and also warms the human body,
Or putt 2 that can promote blood circulation
2 can be used according to the user's preference. Thereby, this air massage mat 21 can further improve its massage effect without substantially impairing its cushion performance.

The air massage machine according to the present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments. For example, the air massage machine may be formed in a compact substantially square shape in a plan view, and may be used for a seat portion of a chair. Further, the air massage machine may have a configuration in which a frame (not shown) with a reclining mechanism is provided inside the mat body 5. As a result, users of this air massage machine
By setting the posture supported by each mat body 5 to a desired angle, the massage can be received in a more relaxed state. Further, a pocket shape may be formed in which a part of each storage bag 11 in which each air bag 6 is stored is provided with an opening through which each air bag 6 can be taken in and out. This makes it possible to easily repair or replace each air bag 6 together with the main body cover 10 having a configuration detachable from the mat main body 5.

[0031]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the massage effect can be improved by directly applying the compressing action to the human body by the inflating air bag, and the cushioning property and supportability for the human body are improved. It is possible to provide an air massage machine that can carry out both massage performance and cushion performance by being carried by the first to third support members.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the inflation of the air bag is easily transmitted to the human body, and the massage effect can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the invention, which is dependent on the second aspect, the storage bag can follow the inflation and deflation of the air bag during the massage, so that the storage bag is made of the air bag. There is almost no risk of lowering the massage effect, and the storage bag does not loosen, so that the appearance of the support cover and thus the air massage machine is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a partial cross-section of an air massage mat according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an air massage mat and a pad attached to the air massage mat according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the pad shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 21 ... air massage mat (air massage machine) 2 ... first support member 3 ... second support member 4 ... third support member 5 ... mat body (human body support) 6 ... air bag 9 ... drive unit (air supply) Exhaust device) 10: Body cover (support portion cover) 10a: Body cover surface (support portion cover surface) 11: Storage bag (storage portion)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An air bag that expands and contracts with the supply and exhaust of air, an air supply and exhaust device that supplies and exhausts air to and from the air bag, and a hardness that can suppress elastic deformation caused by expansion of the air bag. A first support member made of a cushion material, softer than the first support member, and made of a thin cushion material,
A second support member disposed above the first support member in the thickness direction;
A supporting member, and a human body supporting portion having a third supporting member disposed below the first supporting member in a thickness direction, wherein the air bag is disposed above the second supporting member. Characteristic air massage machine. 2. The human body support portion is covered with a support portion cover detachably attached to the human body support portion,
The air massage machine according to claim 1, wherein a storage portion is provided on a surface of the support portion cover facing the human body, and the air bag is stored in the storage portion. 3. The air massage machine according to claim 2, wherein the storage portion is a bag, and is expandable and contractable following expansion and contraction of the air bag.