WO2004032819A1

WO2004032819A1 - Long chair having massage function

Info

Publication number: WO2004032819A1
Application number: PCT/JP2002/010473
Authority: WO
Inventors: Perry A. King; Santiago Miranda
Original assignee: Cassina Ixc. Ltd.
Priority date: 2002-10-09
Filing date: 2002-10-09
Publication date: 2004-04-22
Also published as: JPWO2004032819A1; AU2002335232A1

Abstract

A long chair having massage function. A massage device is built in a seating part (30) of the long chair (10). The massage device has an upper body supporting part (50) which is extended in the longitudinal direction of the seating part and supports an upper body of a user lying along the longitudinal direction of the seating part, and a leg supporting part (60) for supporting legs of the user. The upper body supporting part is selectively tilted around a support point (A) located substantially at a center in the longitudinal direction of the seating part between a horizontal mode and an inclined mode in which an outer end side is elevated. The upper body supporting part has an electric massaging mechanism (54) for massaging the upper body of the user.

Description

Long chair with massage function

The present invention relates to a chaise longue with a massage function.

Background art

Automatic massage machines for massaging the back of the human body include: (1) one with a built-in massage mechanism in the back of the chair; (2) one with a pine surge mechanism built in the back of the chair; Depending on the mechanism, the backrest may be inclined backwards and the leg support may be lifted, and (3) the horizontal bed may have a built-in massage mechanism in the mattress portion.

Because these conventional automatic massage machines are large in size and require a large installation floor area, placing an automatic massage machine together with an ordinary lounge chair or an elbow chair, especially in the narrow residential living room, provides extra space. It will be lacking.

Disclosure of the invention

Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic massager for massaging the back of a human body which is easy to use even if the living room of the house is narrow.

The object is that the massage device is built in the seating portion of the long chair, the massaging device extends in the longitudinal direction of the seating portion, and the upper body is supported while the user lies along the longitudinal direction of the seating portion. The upper body support portion has a leg support portion for supporting the leg, and the upper body support portion has a horizontal posture and an inclined posture in which the outer end side is elevated with the fulcrum located at the approximate longitudinal center of the seating portion. In addition to being configured to selectively tilt, the present invention can be achieved by providing a massage chair having a motorized massage mechanism for massaging the upper body of the user.

The preferable form of the said long chair is as follows.

(1) The leg supporting portion interlocks with the tilting of the upper body supporting portion, and the longitudinal orientation of the leg supporting portion substantially corresponding to the horizontal attitude matching the horizontal attitude of the upper body supporting portion and the tilting attitude of the upper body supporting portion A chaise longue that is configured to tilt between a raised posture. (2) The upper body support portion is provided on the base frame by the extension and contraction of the driving device in which each of the both ends is tiltably connected to the end portion on the side adjacent to the leg support portion and the base frame of the long chair. A long chair configured to tilt between a horizontal posture and an inclined posture in which the outer end side rises, with the fulcrum as the center. Usable general purpose devices exist as this drive device. The preferable example is disclosed by Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 7-284513. The disclosed device comprises an inner and outer pipe which can be engaged in a playable manner and a loose fit, and a motor for moving the inner pipe relative to the outer pipe. The drive of the inner pipe is performed by the rotation of a worm wheel externally fitted to the inner pipe. An external thread is formed on the outer periphery of the inner pipe, and the worm wheel has an internal thread to be engaged with the external thread. In addition, the worm gear has a worm gear, in which the gear case and the motor are integrally attached to the outer pipe, and the worm gear attached to the rotary shaft of the motor (the axis of the rotary shaft is perpendicular to the axis of the inner and outer pipes). It is in contact with the teeth formed on the outer periphery. With such a configuration, when the rotation shaft of the motor rotates forward and reverse, the worm wheel rotates in the coupling relationship between the worm gear and the worm wheel, and the inner pipe moves in the axial direction in the coupling relationship between the worm wheel and the inner pipe. It extends out of the outer pipe, and the inner pipe returns to the outer pipe.

(3) The end on the side adjacent to the leg support of the upper body support and the end on the side adjacent to the leg support on the upper body support of the leg support are mutually connected to each other by the link member. A long chair configured to move between the horizontal position and the inclined position by interlocking the leg supports by driving the supports.

The chaise longue according to the present invention can be used separately for a chair that can be used by at least two persons in its original form and a massage device. Therefore, even in the living room of a small house, by installing the chaise longue of the present invention while securing extra space and using it as a massage device, compared to the case where the chaise longue and the massage machine are juxtaposed, Cost savings and space savings can be realized.

When the chaise longue according to the present invention is used as a massager, half of the longitudinal length of the seating unit incorporating the massage device is used as a backrest, and the remaining half is used as a footrest. The upper body support, which is the backrest of the seating section, is moved from the horizontal position to an inclined position in which the outer end side is raised, with the fulcrum located at the approximate longitudinal center of the seating section. It can also be moved. To upper body support There is a built-in motorized massage mechanism that massages the upper body of the user, and the user can apply the back to the upper body support and operate the known motorized massage mechanism to perform massage near the spine. it can. A preferred example of the motorized massage mechanism is of a type in which a massager moves up and down along the spine.

According to the configuration of Item 3 as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an end of the upper body support adjacent to the leg support and an end of the leg support adjacent to the leg support of the upper body support The upper and lower body support portions are inclined because the leg support portions are interlocked to move between the horizontal position and the inclined position by interlocking the link members with each other and driving the upper body support portions. When powered to the posture, the leg support portion becomes an inclined shape posture in which the longitudinal central portion becomes high, and the user mounts the leg along the bent shape. In this state, the user's buttocks are supported by the leg support half body located on the upper body support side, and the user acts on the force acting on the user when the electric massage mechanism is operated. The body is held in place without misalignment.

Moreover, in the long chair of the present invention, in the normal state used as a chair, the cushion member serving as the seat surface is placed on the upper body support portion, and the cushion member is removed when using the massage device. become.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Brief description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a long chair for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a different state of the long chair shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a lounge according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the seating portion is in a horizontal state.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the lounge shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view on arrow V-V in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a long chair according to one embodiment of the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3, in which the seat is in an inclined state, and a massage device can be used.

7 is a view of the long chair shown in FIG. 6 as viewed from the right side in FIG.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Description of the principle of the invention Before describing a specific example, first, the principle of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

The long chair 10 is constituted by the base frames 11 to 19 as a strength member, and has a seating portion 30 and a backrest portion 40. The seating portion 30 incorporates a massaging device, and includes an upper body supporting portion 50 and plate-like bodies 61 and 62 of the leg supporting portion 60.

The upper body support portion 50 is a member having a relatively large thickness, and has a recess 52 along the longitudinal direction on its upper surface side, and a known massage tool 54 is disposed in the recess 52. There is. In addition, the upper body support portion 50 is rotatably elongated at fulcrums A and A at positions near the inner end portion 5 1 (the end portion of the leg support portion 60 close to the plate-like body 61). The base frame 17 is supported by the base frame 17 and 20 in the direction, and is interposed between the inner end 51 and the base frame 18 extending in the transverse direction with respect to the base frame 17 and 20. It is supported by a base frame 18 via a drive unit 70.

The plate-like members 61 and 62 of the leg support portion 60 are each a rectangular plate-like member having a sufficiently high mechanical strength, and the plate-like member 61 adjacent to the upper body support portion 50 is It is rotatably supported by the base frame 17 at fulcrums B and B. The plate-like body 62 is connected to the plate-like body 61 in a tilting manner at positions D and D, and is supported by the base frame so as to be tiltable at fulcrums C and C and displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the seating portion. There is.

Although not shown, the upper body support 50 is covered with a cloth skin having a sufficiently high tensile strength so as to cover the recess 52, and the cushion member Q 1 is used when the massage device is not used. It is placed on the upper body support 50 so that it can be removed freely. Similarly, although not shown, the plate-like members 61 and 62 of the leg support portion 60 are plate-like members having a relatively large thickness, and are covered with a cloth skin having sufficient tensile strength, And the cushion member Q 2 is placed on the plate-like body 62. In FIG. 3, Q 3 is an elbow cushion simply placed on the cushion member Q 1.

The driving device 70 is of the type disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-284513 described in the above item 2, includes a motor 71, and has a worm wheel and a worm gear in an interlocking relationship with each other. The mating inner and outer tubes expand and contract. That is, when the inner pipe extends to the outside with respect to the outer pipe, the inner end 51 of the upper body support 50 is pushed, and the upper body support 50 rotates around the fulcrums A and A to incline. Stand up. The inner pipe advances into the outer pipe When it is inserted, the inner end 51 of the upper body support 50 is pulled, and the upper body support 50 rotates around the fulcrums A and A to return to the horizontal posture.

On the other hand, the inner end 51 of the upper body support 50 and the end of the plate 61 of the leg support 60 are connected by a pair of links 80. Therefore, when the upper body support 50 is rotated around the fulcrums A and A by the operation of the motor 71, the plate-like members 61 and 62 of the leg support 60 have a high inclination at their central portions. It will move between attitude and horizontal attitude. A state in which the plate-like members 61, 62 of the upper body support 50 and the leg support 60 are thus inclined is shown in FIG.

Furthermore, when comparing FIGS. 1 and 2, in FIG. 2, the posture of the backrest 40 is changed. In a normal case, the backrest 40 in the state shown in FIG. 1 is lifted by using the hinge 4 4 provided between the base frame 2 1 and the backrest 40 and rotated by an angle of 90 °. The backrest 40 is in the retracted position shown in FIG. 2 which does not disturb the tilting of the plate-like members 61 and 62 of the upper body support 50 and the leg support 60. The operation panel 41 of the massaging apparatus is attached to the inner side surface of the backrest 40 in the retracted position. In the state of FIG. 2, by activating the massage device, the screw rod 53 can be rotated by a motor (not shown), whereby the massager 54 moves up and down. The massaging device 5.4 is a general-purpose product configured as an integral unit with a motor 56 for performing a massaging movement of the pair of discoid actuators 55.

Example of chaise longue

The basic configuration of the long chair 10 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is the same as that of the long chair 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. In addition, in order to avoid repeated explanation, for the long chair 10 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, structural details that are not described in the long chairs shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. In addition, explanations will be made by citing Figures 1 and 2 as necessary.

(1) Base frame

The base frame is an immobile strength member of a chaise longue 10 comprising four leg seats 22. The frame member of the movable body will be referred to as a reinforcing frame. The base frames are the lower base frames 1 1, 1 2, 1 3, and 1 4 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and the longitudinal base frames 1 5, 1 5 and 1 6 (in FIG. Not included), 19 and 19 and upper base frame 17 and 20 and 21 respectively. The members hanging from the upper base frames 17 and 20 extending in the longitudinal direction of the long chair (only 18 a is shown and the members hanging from the upper base frame 20 are not shown) Crossing foundation frame 18 is connected. One end of the drive unit 70 is connected to this cross base frame 18 so as to be freely tiltable, and the other end is tiltable to a projection piece 5 1 a attached to the inner end 5 1 of the upper body support 50. It is connected. The drive unit 70 includes the motor 71, the outer pipe 72, and the bushing 73 fitted in the outer pipe 72 so as to be able to slide in and out, as described above. The end is connected to the cross base frame 18, and the outer end of the outer tube 72 is connected to the projection 51 a attached to the inner end 51 of the upper body support 50.

(2) Backrest (4 0)

The backrest 40 has a backrest reinforcement frame 4 2 along its longitudinal direction, and the four bifurcated pieces 4 3 extending from the backrest reinforcement frame 4 2 respectively the upper base frame 2 1 through the hinge 4 4 (FIG. 2 It is linked to). Due to the connection relationship via the hinge 44, the backrest 40 is used as the original function of the backrest 40 as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 5, FIG. It can be rotated by an angle of 90 degrees between (Fig. 1, Fig. 3, Fig. 5) and the retracted position (Fig. 2, Fig. 6) when used as a massage device. When the backrest 40 is raised from the horizontal position shown in FIG. 5 to the upright position (or retracted position) (see the phantom line in FIG. 5), the tip of the split piece 4 3 4 3 a Is extended outward beyond the position of the hinge 44, the tip end portion 4 3 a acts as a stopper member that abuts on the outer surface (hinge 4 4 portion) on the base frame 19 side, and the backrest 40 Maintain a stable retreat position (see Figure 2 and Figure 7).

(3) Upper body support (5 0)

The upper body support 50 has an upper body support reinforcing frame 50 A to 50 F (see FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 6). Upper body support reinforcement frames 50 A to 50 D are rectangular as a whole, outer frame force, longitudinally extending reinforcement frames 50 A, 5 0 B, and transverse extension reinforcement frames 50 C, consisting of 5 0 D. Reinforcement frames 5 0 E, 5 0 F are inner frames and extend parallel to the reinforcement frames 5 0 A, 5 0 B at positions close to these, and transverse reinforcement frames 5 0 C, 5 0 D It is comprised in the form which connects. The torso member of the upper body support unit 50 is supported by the upper body support reinforcing frame 50 0 A to 5 0 F. On the other hand, at the position close to the center of the upper base frames 17 and 20 extending in the longitudinal direction, the projecting pieces 17a and 20a are attached to the upper surface of the base frames, and these projecting pieces 1 7a and 2a The shafts of the shaft-mounted projections attached to the lower surface of the upper body support reinforcement frames 50 A and 50 B in the bearing holes of 0 a are respectively received and become the rotation supporting point A of the upper body support 50. There is.

In addition, the upper body support 50 has a projection 51a attached to its inner end 51 (see FIG. 3), and the end of the outer tube 72 of the drive unit 70 is attached to the projection 5la. It is connected rotatably. In this connection, when the inner end 51 of the upper body support 50 is pushed by the outer tube 72 of the drive unit 70, the connection point between the projection 51a and the outer tube 72 is the upper body support Since it is far from the 50 rotation support point A, the upper body support 50 rotates around the support point A as the distance between these two points as the arm length of the rotation moment and stands up in the inclined posture. That is, in the fitting relationship between the outer pipe 72 and the inner pipe 73 of the driving device 70, when the both pipes expand and contract, the upper body support 50 rotates around the fulcrum A, and the horizontal posture and the inclined posture Tilt between.

In addition to the projecting pieces 51a, a pair of projecting pieces 51b are also attached to the inner end 51 of the upper body supporting portion 50 (see FIG. 3). The end portions of the links 80 a and 80 a are rotatably connected to these projecting pieces 5 l b.

(4) Leg support (6 0)

The leg support portion 60 has a reinforcing frame for each of the plate-like members 61, 62 (see FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 6).

The body member of the plate-like body 61 is reinforced with a leg supporting portion reinforcing frame 61A to 61H. The leg support reinforcement frames 61A, 61B, 61C, which are the outer frames, form a U-shape as a whole and extend in the longitudinal direction with the reinforcement frames 61A, 61B, and extend in the transverse direction. It consists of existing reinforcement frame 61 C. From the reinforcing frame 6 1 C, reinforcing frames 6 1 D and 6 1 E extend in the longitudinal direction, and further, the tips of the reinforcing frames 6 1 D and 6 1 E are connected by the transverse reinforcing frame 6 1 F Ru. In addition, reinforcement frames 6 1 A and 6 1 D are connected by transverse reinforcement frames 6 1 G. In addition, reinforcement frames 61 B and 61 E are connected by reinforcement frame 61 H.

The body member of the plate-like body 62 is reinforced by leg supporting portion reinforcing frames 62A to 62F. They are generally rectangular and consist of longitudinally extending reinforcing frames 62 A, 62 B, and transverse extending reinforcing frames 62 C, 62 D. Reinforcement frame 6 2 E, 6 2 F, It is a member that connects the reinforcement frame 6 2 C and the reinforcement frame 6 2 D at a position close to the retaining frame 6 2 A and 6 2 B.

The leg support reinforcement frame 61 C of the plate 61 and the leg support frame 62 C of the plate 62 are separated by a small distance, and both are separated by a pair of hinges 6 3 ( These rotation centers are connected at the support point D).

In addition, projecting pieces 17 b and 2 O b are attached to the upper surface of the upper base frame 17 and 20, and in the bearing holes of these projecting pieces 1 7 b and 20 b, leg supporting portion reinforcing frame 6 1 C A pair of supporting shaft forces are received respectively and become the rotation supporting point B of the plate-like body 61.

Furthermore, projecting pieces 1 7 c and 2 0 c are attached to the upper surface of the upper base frame 1 7 and 20 respectively, and the leg supporting portion is formed of an open slit formed on the projecting pieces 1 7 c and 2 0 c. The support shafts attached to the reinforcing frames 6 2 E and 6 2 F engage with each other so as to be displaceable in the horizontal direction, and these places become the displaceable tilting fulcrums B of the plate-like body 62.

One end of a pair of links 80 is rotatably connected to a location where the transverse reinforcing frame 61 F is connected to the reinforcing frames 61 D and 61 E, and the other ends of the links 80 and 80 Is rotatably connected to a projecting piece 51 b attached to an inner end 51 of the upper body supporting portion 50. Due to the connection of these links, when the upper body support 50 tilts, the front end of the plate 61 is pulled down or pushed up and the plate 61 tilts around the fulcrum B (see FIG. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 6). At this time, since the plate 61 and the plate 62 are tiltably connected by the pair of hinges 61, when the plate 61 is tilted, the plate 62 is supported at the same time Tilt around C. While the plate-like body 62 is tilted about the fulcrum point C, the support shaft on the plate-like body 62 side is displaced in the horizontal direction in the slits formed in the projecting pieces 17 c and 20 c.

(5) Drive unit (7 0)

The drive unit 70 has an outer pipe 72 integrally provided with a drive mechanism portion comprising a motor and a gear, and an inner pipe 73 fitted in the outer pipe 72. It has already been mentioned that when the motor 71 is operated, the fitting relationship between the inner and outer tubes changes and the inner and outer tubes expand and contract. Here, the end of the outer pipe 72 is rotatably connected to the projecting piece 51a attached to the heel end 51 of the upper body support 50, and the end of the inner pipe 73 is in the transverse direction. As the inner and outer tubes expand and contract because the base frame 18 is rotatably connected to the projection attached to the base frame 18, the upper body support portion 50 Tilts around fulcrum A. Also, at the same time, the plate-like members 6 1 and 6 of the leg supporting portion 60 are connected via the pair of links 80 connected to the projecting piece 5 1 b attached to the inner end 5 1 of the upper body supporting portion 50. 2 tilts.

(6) Massage tools (5 4)

When the screw rod 5 3 of the massaging device 5 4 is rotated, the massaging device 5 4 moves up and down as described above. The rotation of the threaded rod 5 3 is performed by the motor 5 7. A drive belt is stretched between a pulley attached to the rotating shaft of the motor 57 and a pulley attached to the end of the screw rod 53. Thus, the screw rod 53 is rotated. (See Figure 4).

As mentioned above, although the structure of 10 of a long chair was demonstrated, the motor 56, 57, 71 which is the drive source, The conductive wire wound around the reel arrange | positioned under the upper-body support part 50 It works by pulling out (see Fig. 3) and connecting it to an external power supply. In addition, the operation of each motor is performed by operating each operation button of the control panel 41 attached to the backrest 40. Each motor can be started and stopped arbitrarily, and the tilt angle of the upper body support 50 and the rising and lowering positions of the massaging device 54 can be appropriately adjusted and set by operation of each operation button.

Industrial applicability

The chaise longue according to the present invention can be used separately for a chair that can be used by at least two persons in its original form and a massage device. ·

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A massage device is built in the seating area of the chaise longue,

The massage device extends in the longitudinal direction of the seating portion, and supports the upper body supporting portion for supporting the upper body, and the leg supporting portion for supporting the leg in a state where the user lies along the longitudinal direction of the seating portion. Have

The upper body support portion is configured to selectively tilt between a horizontal position and an inclined position in which the outer end side is elevated, with a fulcrum located at a generally longitudinal center of the seating portion. In addition, a chaise longue with a massage function equipped with an electric massage mechanism that massages the upper body of the user.

2. The leg support portion interlocks with the tilting of the upper body support portion, and corresponds to a horizontal position aligned with the horizontal position of the upper body support portion, and a longitudinal direction of the leg support portion corresponding to the inclined position of the upper body support portion. 2. A couch with a massaging function according to claim 1, wherein the generally central portion is configured to tilt between a raised and inclined posture.

3. The upper body support portion is formed by extension and contraction of an electric drive unit in which each of the heel end portions is tiltably connected to the end portion adjacent to the leg support portion and the base frame of the long chair, The massage function with memory function described in claim 1, wherein it is configured to tilt between the horizontal posture and the inclined posture in which the outer end side rises with the fulcrum provided on the base frame as a center. Chaise longue.

4. The end portion of the upper body support portion adjacent to the leg support portion, and the end portion of the leg support portion adjacent to the leg support portion of the upper body support portion are connected to each other by a link member. By driving the upper body support, the leg support is interlocked to move between a horizontal posture and an inclined posture. A long chair with a massage function as described in Section.