US20020043182A1 - Folding and portable table for massage or for any other type of treatment - Google Patents

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US20020043182A1
US20020043182A1 US09/981,264 US98126401A US2002043182A1 US 20020043182 A1 US20020043182 A1 US 20020043182A1 US 98126401 A US98126401 A US 98126401A US 2002043182 A1 US2002043182 A1 US 2002043182A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
    • A61G13/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G13/105—Portable, foldable or collapsible tables, e.g. for surgery or treatment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B3/00—Folding or stowable tables
    • A47B3/12—Stowable tables with detachable top leaves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G13/00—Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor
    • A61G13/009—Physiotherapeutic tables, beds or platforms; Chiropractic or osteopathic tables

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of the treatment of an individual, lying down either directly on the ground or at a raised level, so as to allow him to perform exercises or to be manipulated and/or treated, for example during massage.
  • the underframe is fixed permanently to the top and consists of uprights associated possibly with crossmembers which are articulated to the top and can be folded up against this top, said top also consisting of a number of elements which can be folded one against the other.
  • FR 2 555 422 the top consists of two equal parts hinged together, and is equipped with legs which can be folded against the underside of said top, making it possible, in the folded and closed condition, to have an assembly which is somewhat in the form of a suitcase.
  • the underframe consists of a parallelepipedal block with four vertical faces and forming an open box structure at its base and at its upper part, said vertical faces being hinged one to the next in pairs along their common edge.
  • a solution such as this does, however, pose problems when there is a desire to store and transport the assembly after having collapsed it, given that the side faces of the underframe are simply folded one against the other, thus giving rise to a lengthwise bulk which is twice the width of each side of the base.
  • Patent U.S. Pat. No. 4 138 951 which relates to a collapsible and folding table, also consisting of an underframe and of a top which can be set onto the upper part of the underframe, the side faces of said underframe comprise fold zones making it possible to reduce the bulk of the assembly for storage and transport. Likewise, the top may also be folded at its central part.
  • the invention sets out to propose a novel type of massage table, which can be folded and is portable, and which is not only extremely simple but also makes it possible to obtain perfect stability during use.
  • top can not only be used normally, combined with an underframe, but which can also possibly be used by laying it directly on the ground, thus providing the user with an exercise mat.
  • the novel type of folding and portable table according to the invention is therefore made up of an underframe intended to support a top on which a person can lie down, and in which:
  • the underframe consists of at least one parallelepipedal block having just four vertical faces and forming an open box structure at its base and at its top, said vertical faces being hinged one to the next in pairs along their common edge;
  • the top consists of at least two panels hinged together.
  • the top has a length and a width that exceeds the footprint of the underframe
  • the underside of the top has means capable of fitting onto the underframe and resting around and against the peripheral rim of the box structure forming said underframe;
  • the hinged articulation between the two panels constituting the top is formed of a connecting strip, to each side of which the elemental panels are connected so as to form two articulations, the width of said connecting strip being at least equal to the total thickness of the folded side walls of the box structure or structures that forms or form the underframe, the dimensions of the two elemental portions constituting said top more or less corresponding to the height and to the width of the non-folding side faces of the elemental box structure or structures that forms or form the underframe.
  • the underframe consists of a single parallelepipedal block, the long side faces of which have a number of fold zones.
  • said underframe is preferably made up of two parallelepipedal blocks that can be pushed together, two opposite faces having a fold zone at their central part.
  • the connecting central part comprises, on its underside, means designed to fit onto and around the ends of the panels on each side of the juxtaposed faces of the two elemental blocks that form the underframe, thus improving the stability of the whole.
  • the two box structures can be folded, the two side faces trapping between them the front and rear faces of the box structure which are folded.
  • the box structures thus folded are arranged between the elemental panels that make up the top, held together by any appropriate means such as a strap, so as to form a compact entity that is easy to store and to transport.
  • the top for example consists of a sheet of plastic comprising, along its length, one or two fold zones and covered on its top face with a layer which provides the user with comfort, for example a layer of thermocompressed foam, forming a kind of mat.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates schematically, in perspective, one preferred form of a massage table according to the invention, during its use
  • FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 illustrate, also in perspective, the various phases of operation for collapsing and folding the various elements that make up such a table so as to gather them together (FIG. 5) when there is a desire to move the table;
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an alternative form of box structure for forming the underframe of the table according to the invention
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are, respectively, views in cross section and in longitudinal section of a table produced in accordance with the invention and more specifically showing the way in which the table top is associated with its underframe;
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a simplified form of a variant of a folding underframe for producing a table according to the invention.
  • the invention therefore relates to a novel type of table, denoted by the general reference ( 1 ), which is therefore made up of an underframe, denoted by the general reference ( 2 ), supporting a top ( 3 ) on which a person can lie down.
  • the underframe ( 2 ) consists of two parallelepipedal blocks denoted by the same reference ( 4 ), which are open at their base and at their top and therefore have just four vertical faces ( 5 a, 5 b, 6 a, 6 b ) articulated one to the next in pairs along their common edge ( 7 ), the two opposed faces ( 6 a, 6 b ) having a fold zone ( 8 ) at their central part.
  • the top ( 3 ) has a length and a width that exceed the footprint of the underframe which therefore consists of the two box structures (Sa) pushed together.
  • This top ( 3 ) consists of at least two panels ( 9 ) hinged together.
  • the top is covered on its upper face with a layer of material which provides the patient with comfort.
  • the two main elements ( 9 ) of which the top is made are hinged together by a connecting strip ( 12 ) on each side of which the elemental panels are connected so as to form two hinged articulations ( 13 ).
  • this connecting strip ( 12 ) is shaped as a groove defined between two bulges in relief ( 14 ) which traps the two side faces ( 6 a, 6 b ) of the two elemental box structures (see FIG. 8).
  • a top such as this is preferably made by thermoforming a plastic.
  • the dimensions of the elemental box structures ( 4 ) are such that the area of the side walls (Sa, Sb) correspond to the area of the panels ( 9 ) of which the top is made.
  • the connecting zone ( 12 ) has a width such that it is equal to about eight times the thickness of the side walls of the box structures.
  • the side faces ( 5 a, 5 b ) will be 67 cm tall and 82 cm long, the width of the panel ( 6 ) being 63 cm, the dimensions of the elemental panels ( 9 ) corresponding to those of the lateral panels ( 5 ) and the joining zone ( 12 ) having a width of 14 cm.
  • each box structure being folded in such a way that the faces ( 6 a, 6 b ) fold about the vertical axis ( 8 ) and are held between the side faces ( 5 a, 5 b ), the top is itself also folded and is arranged around the box structures (FIG. 4), the end edges of the tops then being held together by any appropriate means, such as by means of a strap.
  • this operation can be performed very quickly by opening the clasp ( 10 ) (FIG. 5) then by unfolding the box structures (FIG. 4) and the top (FIG. 3). With the two box structures pushed together, the underside of said top is then fitted into the underframe thus formed.
  • additional means may be provided for keeping the elemental box structures folded up, for example by providing attachment means of the “Velcro” type on the folded faces.
  • underframe consists of two elemental box structures, these may have attachment means, also of the “Velcro” type, on the faces facing each other.
  • lateral orifices may be made in the walls of the box structure or structures that forms or form the underframe, these orifices being to hold various accessories.
  • the underframe may just as easily be produced from a single block of parallelepipedal shape.
  • the side faces will have fold zones ( 8 ), while the front and rear faces will, for their part, be formed of rigid panels.
  • the top will preferably be produced as before, with a central zone ( 12 ), thus allowing this element to be used to fold around the underframe in its folded state.

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FR9905143A FR2792523B1 (fr) 1999-04-20 1999-04-20 Table de massage ou pour tout autre type de traitement, pliante et transportable
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