JP5147746B2 - Massage machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a massage machine for treating the back of a user.

Conventionally, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a massage machine in which a massage mechanism is provided in a backrest portion provided at a rear portion of a seat portion, and the user's back is treated by the massage mechanism.
In the massage machine of patent document 1, the massage mechanism which has a treatment element in the backrest part is provided, and the cover part which has cushioning properties is provided in the front side (side which contacts a user) of the backrest part of the backrest part. ing.

JP 2000-350758 A

  By the way, in said massage machine, the pillow accommodating part which can accommodate a pillow part is provided in the upper part side of the cover part. That is, the cover part and the pillow part are separate bodies and can be removed. Therefore, there was a possibility that the pillow part may be lost by removing the pillow part.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a massage machine that can prevent the pillow portion from being lost from the cover portion.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a massage mechanism that includes a seat portion on which a user can be seated and a backrest portion provided at a rear portion of the seat portion, and is assembled to the backrest portion. A massage machine for performing massage on the user seated by being actuated, wherein a cover portion for covering the backrest portion is provided on a front surface of the backrest portion, and an upper side of the front portion of the cover portion is configured by the user. A pillow part capable of supporting the head part is provided, and the upper end of the cover part and the upper end of the pillow part are fixed, and the use state in which the pillow part is arranged on the front side of the cover part and the cover part The pillow portion is configured to be changeable to a non-use state in which the pillow portion is arranged on the rear surface side, and a fastener that allows two members to be attached and detached is provided on the opposing surfaces of the pillow portion and the cover portion, and the pillow portion The side fasteners are Than the bar portion of the fastener that the length in the vertical direction is formed to be longer, the pillow portion and the gist thereof that is configured to be position adjustment in the longitudinal direction of the backrest.

  In this invention, the cover part which covers a backrest part is provided in the front surface of a backrest part, and the pillow part which can support a user's head is provided in the front upper side of the cover part. In this way, the cover part and the pillow part are fixed to each other at their upper ends, thereby preventing the pillow part from being lost from the cover part. And since it is configured to be changeable between a use state in which the pillow part is arranged on the front side of the cover part and a non-use state in which the pillow part is arranged on the rear side of the cover part, when the pillow part is used and not used And can be changed relatively easily.

In this invention, the fastener which makes a 2 member removable is provided in the opposing surface of a pillow part and a cover part. Thus, since the pillow part and the cover part can be attached and detached with a fastener, the position of the pillow part can be used more stably during use.
In this invention, the pillow part is comprised so that position adjustment is possible in the longitudinal direction of a backrest part. That is, since the position of the pillow portion can be adjusted in the vertical direction of the user, which is the longitudinal direction of the backrest portion, the pillow portion can be positioned in accordance with the user's physique (sitting height). In particular, when a hook-and-loop fastener is used as a fastener, one of the hook-and-loop fasteners provided in the pillow part and the cover part is configured to be long in the longitudinal direction of the backrest part, so that the pillow can be placed at any position of the long-side hook-and-loop fastener. The part and the cover part can be attached, and the vertical position (height) of the pillow part can be easily adjusted with a simple configuration.

Invention of Claim 2 makes it the summary that the said fastener was comprised with the hook-and-loop fastener in the massage machine of Claim 1 .
In this invention, a fastener can be simply comprised with a hook-and-loop fastener, and attachment or detachment of a pillow part and a cover part can be made easy.

The gist of the invention according to claim 3 is that, in the massage machine according to claim 1 or 2 , the pillow portion is configured to allow a positional shift in a width direction of the backrest portion.

  In this invention, the pillow part is comprised so that position shift can be accept | permitted in the width direction of a backrest part. For this reason, a pillow part can be used even if it does not carry out severe position adjustment to the user's left-right direction which is the width direction of a backrest part. In particular, when a hook-and-loop fastener is used as a fastener, one of the hook-and-loop fasteners provided on the pillow part and the cover part is configured to be long in the width direction of the backrest part, so that the pillow can be positioned at any position on the long-side hook-and-loop fastener. The cover portion and the cover portion can be attached, and the pillow portion can be used even if the position is not severely adjusted with a simple configuration.

Invention of Claim 4 is a massage machine as described in any one of Claims 1-3. At least one opposing surface of the said cover part and a pillow part has a large frictional resistance with respect to the other opposing surface. The gist of the configuration is as follows.

  In this invention, since at least one facing surface of the cover portion and the pillow portion is configured so that the frictional resistance is larger than the other facing surface, a frictional resistance is generated between the facing surfaces, and the pillow portion from the cover portion Can be suppressed. Thereby, the position of the pillow part can be used more stably at the time of use. In particular, if the rear surface of the pillow portion is configured to increase the frictional resistance, the front surface side of the cover portion can avoid the use of processing and materials that particularly increase the frictional resistance. It becomes possible to maintain and improve.

The invention according to claim 5 is the massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the cover portion is provided with an opening corresponding to the operating range of the treatment element of the massage mechanism, The gist is that the lower end of the pillow portion can be arranged at the position of the lower end of the opening or the position below the lower end of the opening.

  In this invention, the cover part is provided with an opening corresponding to the operating range of the treatment element of the massage mechanism, and the lower end of the pillow part can be arranged at the lower end position of the opening part or at a position below the lower end. Configured. In other words, by providing an opening that can penetrate the treatment element in the cover part, it is possible to give a direct massage with treatment elements such as squeezing, rubbing, and hitting, and when the massage mechanism is not used, the pillow part By closing (covering) the opening of the cover, it is possible to prevent the body from falling into the opening. Further, by hiding the opening, it is possible to maintain and improve the appearance quality of the present apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the massage machine which can prevent the loss of the pillow part from a cover part can be provided.

It is a schematic block diagram of the massage machine in this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the cover part and pillow part in the same as the above. (A) (b) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the fastener of a cover part and a pillow part in the same as the above.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, schematic structure of the massage machine 10 of this embodiment is shown. In the massage machine 10 of the present embodiment, legs 11 are placed on the floor surface, and side walls 12 disposed at both ends in the width direction of the massage machine 10 are supported and fixed to the legs 11. Support portions 13 extending upward are fixed to both front and rear end portions of the upper surface of the side wall 12, and an arch-shaped armrest 14 for placing a user's arm, elbow, etc. is spanned on the support portion 13. Has been fixed. A seat 15 on which a user can be seated is fixed between the left and right side walls 12, and an ottoman 16 for the user to put on a foot is provided at the front lower portion of the seat 15. A backrest portion 17 for allowing a seated user to lean on his back is provided at the rear portion of the portion 15 so as to be tiltable.

  The backrest portion 17 is provided with a guide rail (not shown) along the vertical direction of the backrest portion 17 in a main body case (not shown) made of a hard resin material whose front surface is opened, and a massage mechanism is provided along the guide rail in the vertical direction. 18 is assembled. The massage mechanism 18 is provided with various drive motors (not shown). The drive of these various drive motors causes the massage mechanism 18 to move up and down and a predetermined treatment operation by the pair of treatment elements 18a provided in the massage mechanism 18. Is to be done.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the cover part 20 which covers most of the front surface, and the pillow part 21 provided in the front surface of the cover part 20 are provided in the front surface of the backrest part 17 so that attachment or detachment is possible. ing.

  The cover part 20 is provided with, for example, a line fastener 22 at the upper end thereof, and is attached by joining the line fastener 22 and a line fastener 17a provided at the upper end of the backrest part 17, and the line fasteners 22 and 17a are separated from each other. It can be removed.

  Further, the cover 20 is configured such that an opening 20a is formed at a position that is a movable range (operation range) of the treatment element 18a of the massage mechanism 18, and the treatment element 18a can protrude from the opening 20a of the cover part 20. Has been. In addition, a cushion portion 20b in which a cushion member is included is provided on both sides and the upper side of the front side of the cover portion 20, so that the user can comfortably use the apparatus 10 by improving cushioning properties. ing.

  Moreover, the cover part 20 is integrally comprised, for example by sewing the upper end side with the upper end side of the pillow part 21, for example. Therefore, it can be changed between a use state in which the pillow part 21 is arranged on the front side of the cover part 20 and a non-use state in which the pillow part 21 is arranged on the rear surface side of the cover part 20 on the upper end side of the backrest part 17. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the pillow portion 21 is longer in the vertical direction than the vertical length of the opening 20a formed in the cover portion 20 (see FIG. 3B). The lower end position of the opening 20a and the lower end position of the pillow part 21 are configured to be approximately the same. Therefore, the pillow part 21 can cover the opening 20a formed in the cover part 20.

  Surface fasteners 23 and 24 as fasteners are provided on the front surface of the cover portion 20 and the rear surface of the pillow portion 21 so that the cover portion 20 and the pillow portion 21 can be attached and detached. A sheet member 25 made of a polyurethane material having a high frictional resistance is sewn over the entirety.

  The surface fastener 23 on the cover part 20 side is, for example, a loop type surface fastener 23, and is configured to have a longer length in the width direction than the surface fastener 24 on the pillow part 21 side. Further, the surface fastener 24 on the pillow part 21 side is, for example, a hook type surface fastener 24, and the length in the vertical direction is longer than that of the surface fastener 23 on the cover part 20 side, and occupies most of the entire length of the pillow part 21. It is comprised so that it may become length.

  In the massage machine 10 configured as described above, the massage mechanism 18 and the treatment element 18a are driven by a drive motor (not shown), and the massage treatment unit 18a sits on the seat portion 15 to treat each lower back treatment site such as the shoulder and back of the user. Various massages such as rubbing and striking are given to the user.

  Moreover, in the said massage machine 10, since the cover part 20 and the pillow part 21 are being fixed by those upper ends, the loss of the pillow part 21 from the cover part 20 can be prevented. Further, two members (the cover part 20 and the pillow part 21) can be attached to and detached from the front side of the cover part 20 and the rear side of the pillow part 21 by hook and loop fasteners 23 and 24 as fasteners. Since the surface fastener 23 on the cover part 20 side is configured to have a longer length in the width direction than the surface fastener 24 on the pillow part 21 side, the pillow part 21 is covered using the surface fasteners 23 and 24. When attaching to the portion 20, even if the pillow portion 21 is slightly shifted in the width direction (left-right direction), it can be stably attached, and the pillow portion 21 can be used without performing severe position adjustment.

  Further, the surface fastener 24 on the pillow part 21 side is configured to be longer in the vertical direction than the surface fastener 23 on the cover part 20 side, and to occupy most of the entire length of the pillow part 21. Therefore, when attaching the pillow part 21 to the cover part 20 using the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24, since the hook-and-loop fastener 24 can be fixed in the arbitrary positions of the hook-and-loop fastener 23, the vertical position adjustment of the pillow part 21 is performed. be able to. Thereby, positioning of the pillow part 21 matched with a user's physique (sitting height) can be performed, and the massage machine 10 can be used more comfortably. In addition, since the hook type hook and loop fastener 24 is provided on the rear surface of the pillow portion 21, the hook tip side of the hook and loop fastener 24 can be directed to the cover portion 20 side, so that the hook and loop type hook and loop fasteners are formed. It is possible to prevent the tip of the hard hook type side from hitting the back or head of the user among 23 and 24. Moreover, since the surface fastener 23 is not provided in the front side of the cover part 20, an entanglement with a user's hair can be suppressed and it can suppress giving a user a discomfort.

  Moreover, since the rear surface of the pillow part 21 is comprised by the sheet | seat member 25 which consists of a polyurethane material with a large frictional resistance, the frictional force of the opposing surfaces of the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 becomes high, and the massage machine 10 is being used. The position shift of the pillow part 21 can be suppressed.

Next, characteristic effects of the present embodiment will be described.
(1) A cover portion 20 that covers the backrest portion 17 is provided on the front surface of the backrest portion 17, and a pillow portion 21 that can support the user's head is provided on the upper front surface of the cover portion 20. In this way, the cover part 20 and the pillow part 21 are fixed to each other at their upper ends, whereby loss of the pillow part 21 from the cover part 20 can be prevented. And since it is comprised so that it can change into the use state which arranges the pillow part 21 in the front side of the cover part 20, and the non-use state which arranges the pillow part 21 in the rear surface side of the cover part 20, it uses the pillow part 21 The case and the case where it is not used can be changed relatively easily.

  (2) On the rear surface of the pillow portion 21, which is the opposite surface of the pillow portion 21 and the cover portion 20, and the front surface of the cover portion 20, surface fasteners 23 and 24 are provided as fasteners that allow the two members to be attached and detached. Thus, since the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 can be attached or detached with the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24, the position of the pillow part 21 can be used more stably at the time of use.

(3) Moreover, a fastener can be simply comprised by the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24, and attachment / detachment of the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 can be made easy.
(4) The pillow part 21 is configured to be positionally adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the backrest part 17. That is, since the position of the pillow part 21 can be adjusted in the vertical direction of the user, which is the longitudinal direction of the backrest part 17, the pillow part 21 can be positioned according to the user's physique (sitting height). In particular, when the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24 are used as fasteners, one of the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24 provided on the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 (the hook-and-loop fastener 24) is arranged in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the backrest part 17. By making it long, it becomes possible to attach the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 at an arbitrary position of the long fastener 24, and the vertical position (height) of the pillow part 21 with a simple structure. Adjustment can be performed easily.

  (5) The pillow part 21 is configured to allow a positional shift in the width direction of the backrest part 17. For this reason, the pillow part 21 can be used even if it does not perform severe position adjustment to the left-right direction of the user which is the width direction of the backrest part 17. FIG. In particular, when hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24 are used as fasteners, one of the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24 provided on the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 (the hook-and-loop fastener 23) is configured to be long in the width direction of the backrest part 17. Thus, it becomes possible to attach the pillow portion 21 and the cover portion 20 at an arbitrary position of the long surface fastener 23, and the pillow portion 21 can be used without a severe adjustment with a simple configuration. Can do.

  (6) The sheet member 25 having a large frictional resistance is used on the rear surface of the pillow part 21 so that at least one of the opposing surfaces of the cover part 20 and the pillow part 21 has a higher frictional resistance than the other opposing surface. Therefore, the position of the pillow part 21 can be used more stably during use. In particular, in the present embodiment configured to increase the frictional resistance of the rear surface of the pillow portion 21, the front surface side of the cover portion 20 can avoid the use of processing and materials that particularly increase the frictional resistance. It becomes possible to maintain and improve the appearance quality of the 20 front surface.

  (7) The cover portion 20 is provided with an opening 20a corresponding to the operating range of the treatment element 18a of the massage mechanism 18, and the lower end of the pillow portion 21 is arranged at a position approximately the same as the position of the lower end of the opening 20a. Configured to be possible. That is, by providing the opening 20a corresponding to the operating range of the treatment element 18a in the cover 20 part, it becomes possible to give a direct massage by the treatment element 18a such as squeezing, rubbing, and striking, and the massage mechanism 18 is not effective. At the time of use, it becomes possible to prevent the body from falling into the opening 20a by closing (covering) the opening 20a of the cover 20 with the pillow 21. Moreover, it becomes possible to maintain and improve the appearance quality of the apparatus 10 by hiding the opening 20a.

In addition, you may change embodiment of this invention as follows.
In the above embodiment, the rear surface of the pillow portion 21 is configured by the sheet member 25 from a polyurethane material having a high frictional resistance, but is not limited thereto. For example, you may employ | adopt the structure which provides the said sheet | seat member 25 in one part instead of the whole rear surface of the pillow part 21. FIG. Moreover, you may employ | adopt the structure which provides the sheet | seat member 25 in the rear surface of the pillow part 21, and the front surface of the cover part 20. FIG. Further, a configuration in which the sheet member 25 is provided only on the cover portion 20 may be employed. Further, the sheet member 25 may not be provided.

  In the above embodiment, the sheet member 25 made of a polyurethane material having a high frictional resistance is provided so that the frictional force between the opposing surfaces of the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 is increased. 21 and the opposing surface of the cover part 20 may be formed in an uneven shape so that the frictional force between the opposing surfaces increases.

  -In the said embodiment, although the magnitude | size of frictional resistance is not mentioned, in the state which put the user's head on the pillow part 21, the pillow part 21 does not slip from the cover part 20 with the load of a head. It is sufficient if there is frictional resistance, and if the frictional resistance is such that the pillow part 21 can slide from the cover part 20 due to its own weight, the position of the pillow part 21 can be easily adjusted.

  In the above embodiment, the surface fastener 23 on the cover portion 20 side is configured to be longer in the width direction (left-right direction) than the surface fastener 24 on the pillow portion 21 side. You may comprise the fastener 24 so that it may become longer than the surface fastener 23 by the side of the cover part 20 in the width direction (left-right direction). In short, when the pillow portion 21 is fixed using the hook and loop fasteners 23 and 24, the position of the pillow portion 21 can be adjusted in the left-right direction, and the displacement of the pillow portion 21 relative to the cover portion 20 is allowed. What is necessary is just to comprise. Moreover, you may comprise the surface fastener 23 by the side of the cover part 20 in the width direction length equivalent to the surface fastener 24 by the side of the pillow part 21. FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the surface fastener 24 on the pillow part 21 side is configured to be longer in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the backrest part 17 than the surface fastener 23 on the cover part 20 side. The surface fastener 23 on the 20 side may be configured to be longer in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) than the surface fastener 24 on the pillow portion 21 side. The point is that the height (position in the vertical direction) of the pillow part 21 can be adjusted. Moreover, you may comprise the surface fastener 23 by the side of the cover part 20 in the length equivalent to the longitudinal direction (up-down direction) length of the surface fastener 24 by the side of the pillow part 21. FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the surface fastener 23 on the cover portion 20 side is a loop type, and the surface fastener 24 on the pillow portion 21 side is a hook type, but the surface fastener 23 on the cover portion 20 side is a hook type, and the pillow portion 21 side. The surface fastener 24 may be a loop type. Moreover, it is good also as a mohair type of the loop type hook-and-loop fastener 23. FIG. Further, both the hook and loop fasteners 23 and 24 may be a mixed type of loop type and hook type.

  -In the said embodiment, although the fastener was employ | adopted in the hook-and-loop fasteners 23 and 24, it is not restricted to this. For example, the fastener may be configured by providing a button on one of the pillow part 21 and the cover part 20 and providing a button hole on which the button can be hung on the other. In addition, when comprising a fastener with a button, a buttonhole, etc., the position of the pillow part 21 can be adjusted by providing a plurality of buttons and buttonholes.

In the above embodiment, the hook and loop fasteners 23 and 24 as fasteners are provided.
In the above embodiment, the lower end position of the pillow portion 21 is configured to be disposed at a position substantially the same as the lower end position of the opening 20a. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lower end position of the pillow portion 21 is set further downward. May be. Even with this configuration, the same effect as the effect (7) of the above embodiment can be obtained. Moreover, the structure which the lower end position of the pillow part 21 becomes upper than the lower end position of the opening part 20a may be sufficient.

  In the above embodiment, although not particularly mentioned, at least one member of the backrest portion 17, the seat portion 15 and the ottoman 16 is provided with an inflatable and inflatable airbag to give a massage and stretch effect by the airbag. A configuration may be adopted.

  In the above embodiment, the armrest 14 and the ottoman 16 are provided. However, at least one of the armrest 14 and the ottoman 16 may be omitted.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Massage machine, 15 ... Seat part, 17 ... Backrest part, 18 ... Massage mechanism, 18a ... Treatment element, 20 ... Cover part, 20a ... Opening part, 21 ... Pillow part, 23, 24 ... Surface fastener as a fastener .

Claims (5)

A seat portion on which a user can be seated, and a backrest portion provided at the rear portion of the seat portion;
A massage machine for performing massage on the user seated by operating a massage mechanism assembled to the backrest part,
A cover portion that covers the backrest portion is provided on the front surface of the backrest portion, and a pillow portion that can support the user's head is provided on the upper front side of the cover portion,
The upper end of the cover part and the upper end of the pillow part are fixed, and the use state in which the pillow part is arranged on the front side of the cover part and the non-use state in which the pillow part is arranged on the rear side of the cover part Configured to be modifiable ,
On the opposing surfaces of the pillow part and the cover part, a fastener that allows two members to be attached and detached is provided, and the fastener on the pillow part side is longer in the vertical direction than the fastener on the cover part side. By being formed in this way, the pillow part is configured so that the position of the pillow part can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the backrest part . The massage machine according to claim 1 ,
The said fastener was comprised with the hook-and-loop fastener, The massage machine characterized by the above-mentioned. In the massage machine according to claim 1 or claim 2 ,
The massage machine according to claim 1, wherein the pillow part is configured to allow displacement in a width direction of the backrest part. In the massage machine as described in any one of Claims 1-3 ,
A massage machine characterized in that at least one facing surface of the cover portion and the pillow portion has a frictional resistance larger than that of the other facing surface. In the massage machine as described in any one of Claims 1-4 ,
The cover portion is provided with an opening corresponding to the operating range of the treatment element of the massage mechanism, and the lower end of the pillow portion can be arranged at the lower end position of the opening portion or at a position lower than the lower end thereof. A massage machine characterized by being made.

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