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Title:
FOOT MASSAGE APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE SEAT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/018983
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention is related to a finger-pressure type finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means which is installed on a bottom surface under a front seat in the air plane, the railroad, the bus, and the passenger car, etc. which are used as a transportation means for a long distance or a bottom surface of an office or home and which can massage to and irradiate the infrared ray on the sole of user’s foot after extracting the device, whereby the user can not feel the tediousness caused by a long distance journey, and it is possible to prevent a thrombus caused by flowing the blood into and solidifying the blood in the blood vessel of the leg the from occurring, and the user pushes the device under the front seat when the device is not used so that the device does not interfere with the passenger’s behavior for seating on the seat and boarding/getting off the transportation means. A finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means of the present invention is consisted of a support body (10) consisted of a bottom plate (11) contacted with a bottom surface (2) of a vehicle and support frames (12) installed fixedly an integrally on both sides of an upper side of the bottom plate (11) and having sliding grooves (12a) formed thereon in a longitudinal direction for mounting a support frame (20) movably frontward and rearward thereto; a support frame (20) consisted of both sliding bars (21) guided by and slid on the sliding grooves (12a) and a holding section (22) bent downward for connecting integrally a front end of the both sliding bars (21) thereto; and an extraction means (40) holding the support frame (20) and releasing the support frame automatically in a response to an operation of a lever (42) to extract the support frame, if necessary.

Inventors:
SUNG-MU CHO (KR)
YOUNG-AE KIM (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2004/002142
Publication Date:
March 03, 2005
Filing Date:
August 26, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SUNG-MU CHO (KR)
YOUNG-AE KIM (KR)
International Classes:
A61H15/00; B60N2/90; B60N3/06; (IPC1-7): B60N2/00; A61H15/00
Foreign References:
KR200315039Y12003-06-02
KR19980049644U1998-10-07
JP2003210548A2003-07-29
US5005560A1991-04-09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sung-mu, Cho (Gangbuk-Gu, Seoul 142-060, KR)
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Claims:
CLAIMS
1. A fingerpressure type massage device for a transportation means comprising a support body 10 consisted of a bottom plate 11 contacted with a bottom surface 2 of a vehicle and support frames 12 installed fixedly an integrally on both sides of an upper side of the bottom plate 11 and having sliding grooves 12a formed thereon in a longitudinal direction for mounting a support frame 20 movably frontward and rearward thereto; a support frame 20 consisted of both sliding bars 21 guided by and slid on the sliding grooves 12a and a holding section 22 bent downward for connecting integrally a front end of the both sliding bars 21 thereto ; and an extraction means 40 holding the support frame 20 and releasing the support frame automatically in a response to an operation of a lever 42 to extract the support frame, if necessary.
2. The fingerpressure type massage device for a transportation means according to Claim 1, wherein the extraction means 40 comprises a hold/release protrusion 23 protruded outward at one of the sliding bar 21 and guided by the guide groove 14 formed on a side wall in a longitudinal direction so as to communicate with the sliding groove 12a of the support frame 12; a protrusion 24 for preventing a deviation of the support frame 20, which is protruded outward at a front end of the one sliding bar 21 to engage with a front end of the guide groove 14 when the device is extracted; a lever bar 41 having the lever 42 protruded to a front surface of the one support frame 12 for enabling the user to push the lever and installed axially on a side wall of the support frame by a first hinge pin 43 corresponded to a middle portion thereof; a connecting bar 44 connected to the other end of the lever bar 41 with a connecting pin 45 through one end and installed axially on a side wall of the support frame 12 with a second hinge pin 46 passed through a middle portion thereof to be seesawed along with the lever 42 and having a hooking jaw 47 formed at the other end so as to hold/release and extract the hold/release protrusion 23; an elastic member 48 installed between a rear end portion of the sliding groove 12a and a rear end of the sliding bar 21 so as to extract elastically the supporting frame 21 when the hooking jaw 47 is released from the hold/release protrusion 23; and a second elastic member 49 installed elastically between a bottom surface of the support frame 12 and a front end of the lever bar 41 so as to enable the lever bar 41 to always restore to its original state.
3. The fingerpressure type massage device for a transportation means according to Claim 1, further comprises an infrared generation section 50 installed on the support frame 12, the infrared generation section generates the infrared and irradiates it on the sole of user's foot when the support frame 20 is extracted so that the blood circulation can be hastened and the metabolism can be maintained smoothly.
4. The fingerpressure type massage device for a transportation means according to Claim 3, wherein the infrared generation section 50 comprises an infrared lamp 51 installed between both support bodies 10 of the support frame 12 to irradiate the infrared on the sole of user's foot; an electricity source unit 52 connected to an electricity source unit of a vehicle for supplying an electric power to the infrared lamp 51 ; a switch 53 mounted to the support frame 12 for turning on and off the electric power of the electricity source unit 52; a microswitch 54 connecting the electricity source unit 52 and the switch 53 for supplying the electric power if the support frame 20 is extracted and for interrupting the electric power if the support frame is pushed, when the electric power is turned on; and a safety protrusion 25 protruded outward at a rear end of the other sliding bar 21 and slid by a guidance of the guide groove 15 formed at a side wall in a longitudinal direction and communicated with the sliding groove 12a of the other support frame 12 so as to turn on/off the microswitch 54.
Description:
FOOT MASSAGE APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE SEAT

Technical field The present invention is related to a finger-pressure type finger-pressure type massage device, and more particularly, to a finger-pressure type finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means which is installed on a bottom surface under a front seat in the air plane, the railroad, the bus, and the passenger car, etc. which are used as a transportation means for a long distance or a bottom surface of an office or home and which can massage to and irradiate the infrared ray on the sole of user's foot after extracting the device, whereby the user can not feel the tediousness caused by a long distance journey, and it is possible to prevent a thrombus caused by flowing the blood into and solidifying the blood in the blood vessel of the leg the from occurring, and the user pushes the device under the front seat when the device is not used so that the device does not interfere with the passenger's behavior for seating on the seat and boarding/getting off the transportation means.

Background Art In general, in a case where the traveler travels for long distance through the air plane, the railroad, the bus and the passenger car, etc. , since the traveler should sit on the seat for long time without a voluntary movement, as compared normal times, the traveler feels the heavier fatigue. In most cases, an interval between the seats in the high class seats or the expensive automobile is somewhat so that there is a space in which the traveler can be moved. In an ordinary seats or the small-sized car, however, an interval between the seats is narrow and a width of the seat is narrow so that the traveler feels a heavier fatigue than that felt by the passenger traveling through the expensive automobile.

Since the passenger only puts own foot on a bottom surface of the air plane, the railroad, a bottom surface of the transportation means can not be used as an exercise assistance instrument for applying the stimulation to the foot and helping a blood

circulation in the foot In these days, in particular, an accident in which the traveler who has rid the transportation such as the air plane, the railroad, the bus and the passenger car, etc. for long time breaks down from exhaustion is caused frequently, This accident is caused by the passenger's sudden movement in a state where the passenger has sat and does not move freely for long times and does not relieve the fatigue of the foot. Therefore, this accident can cause an unfortunate accident through which the passenger loses one's life.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to solve the above mentioned problems and to provide a finger-pressure type finger-pressure type massage device which is installed on a bottom surface of a front seat in the transportation means for long distance such as air plane, the rail road, the bus and the passenger car, etc. and can be extracted by the user, if necessary. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means in which the traveler sitting on the seat extracts a support frame installed under a front seat and puts and stamps one's foot on the press rollers so that a finger-pressure treatment effect on the sole of the user's foot can be obtained, the blood circulation will be promoted and user's fatigue is relieved by a stimulation on the sole of the user's foot to prevent an accident from occurring, and the user can massage the sole of the own foot without feeling a tediousness. Another object of the present invention is to provide a finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means which is pushed under the front seat by the user when the device is not used and does not interfere with the passenger's behavior for seating on the seat and boarding/getting off the transportation means Another object of the present invention is to provide a finger-pressure type massage device in which an infrared generation section is installed and generates the infrared and irradiates it on the sole of user's foot in addition to the massage, if necessary, to haste the blood circulation and maintain the metabolism smoothly for relieving the fatigue.

As a basic characteristic of the present invention, the finger-pressure type massage

device is consisted of a support body installed on a bottom surface of the vehicle and having a sliding groove formed thereon; a support frame guided by and slid frontward and rearward on the sliding groove of the support body and having a plurality of press rollers mounted rotatably thereto; and an extraction means holding the support frame and releasing the support frame in a response to an operation of a lever to extract the support frame automatically, if necessary.

As an additional characteristic of the present invention, the finger-pressure type massage device has an infrared generation section consisted of an infrared lamp installed on the support frame to irradiate the infrared on the sole of user's foot; an electricity source unit connected to an electricity source unit of a vehicle for supplying an electric power to the infrared lamp; a switch mounted to the support frame for turning on and off the electric power of the electricity source unit; and a microswitch connecting the electricity source unit and the switch for supplying the electric power if the support frame is extracted and for interrupting the electric power if the support frame is pushed, when the electric power is turned on.

Please note that a main object of the present invention is to provide the finger- pressure type massage device installed in the vehicle, however, the finger-pressure type massage device of the present invention can be installed simply and used in the home or the office.

Brief Description of Drawings Fig. 1 is an exemplary view showing that the present invention is installed under a seat of a vehicle; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention; Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective showing a state where an upper cover and both side covers in the present invention are detached; Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b are plane views showing the present invention from which an upper cover is removed before operating and after operating, respectively; Fig. 5a and Fig. 5b are right side views of Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b;

Fig. 6a and Fig. 6b are left side views of Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b; and Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view of a selected portion for showing an assembly of a support frame and a sliding bar of the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, a finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means is consisted of a support body 10 installed on a bottom surface 2 of a front seat 1 in the air plane, the railroad, the bus, and the passenger car, etc. , a support frame 20 mounted moveably forward and rearward to the support body 10, and press rollers 30 mounted rotatably to the support frame 20.

As shown in Fig. 4 to Fig. 7, the support body 10 is consisted of a bottom plate 11 contacted with the bottom surface 2 of the vehicle so that the support body is not moveed, support frames 12 installed fixedly and integrally at both sides of an upper portion of the bottom plate 11, and having sliding grooves 12a formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, respectively, to enable the support frame 20 to move forward and backward, and two connecting rods 13 installed at a front side and a rear side of the both support frames 12 to maintain constantly a set space between the both support frame 12. A plurality of pieces 1 la for preventing a sliding are formed on a lower surface of the bottom plate 11 so that a slide of the bottom plate can not be occurred.

As shown in Fig. 4 to Fig. 7, the support frame 20 body 10 is consisted of both sliding bars 21 guided by the sliding grooves 12a of the support frame to slide and a hold section 22 bent downward so as to connect integrally the hold section to a front end of the both sliding bars 21. A plurality of press rollers 30 are installed rotatably on the sliding bars 21.

The hold section 22 is contacted with the bottom surface when the finger-pressure type massage device is extracted so that the hold section holds the finger-pressure type massage device of the present invention to prevent the finger-pressure type massage device

from moving frontward and backward (in a rolling direction) when the sole of the foot is rolled on the finger-pressure type massage device.

As shown in Fig. 4 to Fig. 6, each press roller 60 is consisted of a fixed shaft 31 installed fixedly on the both sliding bar 21s of the support frame 20 with bolts and a roller section 32 by which the fixed shaft 31 is encircled. The roller section 32 is rotated on the fixed shaft 31.

In particular, the present invention is provided with an extraction means 40 which holds the support frame 20 and releases automatically the support frame according to an operation a lever 42, if necessary.

As shown in Fig. 5, the extraction means 40 is consisted of a hold/release protrusion 23 protruded outward at the sliding bar 21 and guided by the guide groove 14 formed on a side wall in a longitudinal direction so as to communicate with a sliding groove 12a of the one support frame 12; a protrusion 24 for preventing a deviation of the support frame 20, which is protruded outward at a front end of the one sliding bar 21 to engage with a front end of the guide groove 14 when the device is extracted; a lever bar 41 having the lever 42 protruded to a front surface of the one support frame 12 for enabling the user to push the protruded lever and installed axially on a side wall of the support frame by a first hinge pin 43 corresponded to a middle portion thereof; a connecting bar 44 connected to the other end of the lever bar 41 with a connecting pin 45 through one end and installed axially on a side wall of the support frame 12 with a second hinge pin 46 passed through a middle portion thereof to be seesawed along with the lever 42 and having a hooking jaw 47 formed at the other end so as to hold/release and extract the hold/release protrusion 23; an elastic member 48 installed between a rear end portion of the sliding groove 12a and a rear end of the sliding bar 21 so as to extract elastically the supporting frame 21 when the hooking jaw 47 is released from the hold/release protrusion 23; and a second elastic member 49 installed elastically between a bottom surface of the support frame 12 and a front end of the lever bar 41 so as to enable the lever bar 41 to always restore to its original state.

Also, the present invention further comprises an infrared generation section 50

installed on the support frame 12, the infrared generation section generates the infrared and irradiates it on the sole of user's foot when the support frame 20 is extracted so that the blood circulation can be hastened and the metabolism can be maintained smoothly.

As shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the infrared generation section 50 comprises an infrared lamp 51 installed between both support bodies 10 of the support frame 12 to irradiate the infrared on the sole of user's foot; an electricity source unit 52 connected to an electricity source unit of a vehicle for supplying an electric power to the infrared lamp 51; a switch 53 mounted to the support frame 12 for turning on and off the electric power of the electricity source unit 52; a microswitch 54 connecting the electricity source unit 52 and the switch 53 for supplying the electric power if the support frame 20 is extracted and for interrupting the electric power if the support frame is pushed, when the electric power is turned on; and a safety protrusion 25 protruded outward at a rear end of the other sliding bar 21 and slid by a guidance of the guide groove 15 so as to turn on/off the microswitch 54. The guide groove is formed at a side wall in a longitudinal direction and communicated with the sliding groove 12a of the other support frame 12.

The finger-pressure type massage device for a transportation means of the present invention as constituted as above is installed on a bottom surface under a front seat of the a transportation means for a long distance such as the air plane, the railroad, the bus, and the passenger car, etc. and can be extracted by the user, if necessary. That is, once a traveler who takes one's seat presses the lever 42 of the finger-pressure type massage device installed on a bottom surface under the front seat, the lever bar 41 is rotated about the first hinge pin 43 in a counterclockwise direction. At this time, the second elastic member 49 which support elastically a front end of the lever bar 41 is compressed, the connecting bar 44 connected to lever bar 41 with the connecting pin 45 is simultaneously seesawed so that the hooking jaw 47 formed at a rear end of the connecting bar 44 is escaped from the hold/release protrusion 29 so as to rotate the connecting bar about the second hinge pin 46 in a clockwise direction. At this time, the support frame 20 is extracted toward the user by an elastic force of the elastic member 48 which was compressed, the both sliding bars 21 of the support frame 20 are slid and guided along the sliding grooves 12a formed at

both support body 10 of the support frame 12, and then the both sliding bars are extruded frontward. When the support frame is extruded, the protrusion 24 for preventing a deviation which is formed at a front end of the one sliding bar 21 and protruded outward is engaged with a front end of the guide groove 14 of the support frame 24 so that the support frame 20 is not extruded any more. Therefore, in a state where the support frame 20 is extracted, once an external force is not applied to the lever 42 any more, the lever bar 41 is pushed upward by an elastic force by which the compressed second elastic member 49 is returned to its origin state so that an operation opposed to the operation as described above is performed and the lever bar 41 and the connecting bar 44 are returned to their origin states.

In the state as described above, once the user puts and stamps one's foot on the press rollers 30, since a finger-pressure treatment effect on the sole of the user's foot can be obtained, the finger-pressure type massage device of the present invention will greatly promote to the blood circulation and relieve of user's fatigue due to a stimulation on the sole of the user's foot so the a safety accident can be prevented, and the user can massage the sole of the own foot without feeling a tediousness.

Also, in a case where the user does not use the device after the device is extracted and used, once the user pushes support frame 20 rearward, the both sliding bars 21 of the support frame 20 is guided by the sliding grooves 12a formed on the both support frames 12 of the support body 10, and then the both sliding bars are pushed and moved rearward.

The extended elastic member 48 is compressed again and, at same time, the hold/release protrusion 23 which is protruded to the one sliding bar 21 is engaged with the hooking jaw of the connecting bar 44 by pushing continuously so that the support frame 20 is inserted completely into the support frame 12.

Of course, there is no apprehend that the support frame 20 is extracted as described above until the user pushes again the lever 42 of the lever bar 41 so that the device of the present invention does not interfere with the passenger or the traveler's movement or action for taking a seat.

And, in a state where the user turns off the switch 43 protruded on a front surface of

the support frame 12, the electricity power is not supplied naturally to the infrared generation section 50, however, in a state where the user turns off the switch 43 and the support frame 20 is inserted, since the safety protrusion 25 protruded on the other sliding bar 21 turns off the micorswitch 54, the electricity power is interrupted. In a case where the support frame 20 is extracted in order to operate the device for obtaining a finger- pressure effect, since the safety protrusion 25 is disengaged from the microswitch 54, the electricity power is supplied automatically to the infrared lamp 51 to generate the infrared ray.

Therefore, the infrared lamp generates the infrared ray and irradiates the infrared ray on the sole of user's foot so that, besides the finger-pressure, the infrared generation section will greatly promote to the blood circulation and maintain the metabolism smoothly to enable the user's fatigue to relieve.

On the contrary, one the support frame 20 is inserted as described above, the safety protrusion 25 turns off the microswitch 54 so that the electricity source is interrupted automatically even though the switch is additionally turned off.

Industrial Applicability The present invention is installed on a bottom surface in the transportation means for long distance such as air plane, the rail road, the bus and the passenger car, etc. and can obtain a finger-pressure treatment effect on the sole of the user's foot by putting and stamping the passenger's foot on the press rollers to promote the blood circulation, to relieve the passenger's fatigue through a stimulation on the sole of the user's foot and to prevent an accident from occurring. The present invention is advantageous in that the press rollers are pushed by the user when the device is not used to avoid an inconvenience when the passenger boards and gets off the transportation means and, in addition to the massage, the metabolism can be maintained smoothly by the blood circulation hasten by the infrared.

It is intended that the embodiments of the present invention described above and illustrated in the drawings should not be construed as limiting the technical spirit of the

present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims. Those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications thereto without departing from its true spirit. Therefore, various changes and modifications obvious to those skilled in the art will fall within the scope of the present invention.