JPH11332930A - Stretch air massage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a stretch air massage machine that can sufficiently reduce stress by performing stretching in addition to massage. A chair 1 having a seat portion 11 and a backrest portion 12 is provided.
6, an air bag 21 provided on the backrest 12, and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from the airbag 21. Stretch handles 25, 26 are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a chair having a seat and a backrest provided with an airbag.
The present invention relates to a stretch air massage machine capable of performing stretching by contraction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a chair-type air massage machine having an airbag provided on a seat portion or a backrest portion of a chair and a supply / exhaust device for inflating and contracting the airbag.

In such a chair-type air massage machine, massage is performed by repeatedly inflating and contracting an air bag by a supply / exhaust device.

[0004]

However, in such a chair type air massage machine, only a part of the body is pressed to massage the pressed part, and for example, the back muscles are lengthened. Since such a stretching action is not positively performed, there is a problem that stress cannot be sufficiently eliminated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a stretch air massage machine which can sufficiently reduce stress by performing stretching.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a chair provided with a seat and a backrest, an airbag provided on the backrest, and an airbag provided on the backrest. A stretch air massage machine comprising an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from the upper body, wherein the backrest portion is provided with a pair of stretching handles, and the upper body is stretched by expanding / contracting the airbag. Is performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chair provided with a seat and a backrest, an airbag provided on the seat, and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from the airbag. A stretch air massager provided with a support portion for supporting a foot at a position below the seat portion, and the leg portion is stretched by expanding and contracting the airbag.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chair provided with a seat portion and a backrest portion, a first airbag provided on the backrest portion, a second airbag provided on the seat portion, A stretch air massage machine comprising an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from a second airbag, wherein a pair of stretching handles are provided on the backrest portion, and a support portion for supporting a foot is provided on the seat. The first and second airbags are inflated and contracted to stretch the upper body and legs.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the backrest portion is provided with a pair of support airbags for holding the waist when inflated and massaging the waist by expansion and contraction.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the chair has an armrest, and the armrest is provided with an acupressure projection capable of moving up and down and an airbag for moving the acupressure projection up and down by inflation and contraction. Then, the acupressure point of the arm is pressed by the acupressure projection.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rechargeable secondary battery, wherein the air supply / exhaust device is driven by the secondary battery.

[0012]

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

A stretch air massage machine 1 shown in FIG.
0 is a seat 11, a backrest 12, and a pair of armrests 1;
An office chair 16 having airbags 4 and 15, airbags 20 to 23, and an air supply / exhaust device 40 (see FIG. 3) are provided.

The seat 11 and the backrest 12 have a structure in which a frame (not shown) holding a cushion of sponge rubber or the like is provided on a frame (not shown), and the main body is covered with a cover (not shown). Has become.

An airbag (second airbag) 2 extends in the left-right direction below the cover and at a position on the front side of the seat 11.
0 is provided. A support bar 18 extending obliquely downward is attached to a frame (not shown) of the seat 11, and a support bar 19 is provided at a tip end of the support bar 18 as a support portion extending left and right. ing. This support bar 19 is located slightly forward of the front end of the seat 11,
The outer periphery of the support bar 19 is covered with a relatively soft elastic member 19a such as rubber.

An airbag 21 (first airbag) extending in the vertical direction is provided at the center of the backrest portion 12, and a pair of airbags (support airbags) are provided on both sides below the backrest portion 12. ) 22, 23 are provided. These airbags 21 to 23 are covered by a cover (not shown). The airbag 21 extends along the spine from the waist position to the shoulder position. When inflated, the airbags 22, 23 sandwich the waist from both sides to support the waist.

A pair of stretching handles 25 and 26 are provided on both sides of the upper portion of the backrest portion 12, respectively.
The stretch handles 25, 26 are fixed to a frame (not shown) of the backrest 12.

Two holes 14a, 14a, 15a, 15a are formed on the rear upper surfaces of the armrests 14, 15, respectively. As shown in FIG. 2, the acupressure projections 27 extend upward from the holes 14a, 14a. , 27 protrude. The acupressure projections 27, 27 are attached to a plate member 28, and an airbag 29 is attached to the plate member 28. The airbag 29 and the plate member 28 are installed in the armrests 14 and 17, and the plate member 28 is urged downward by a spring 30.

When the airbag 29 is inflated, as shown in FIG. 2, the plate member 28 moves upward against the spring 30, and the acupressure projections 27, 27 project from the holes 14a, 14a. When the airbag 29 contracts, the spring 3
The zero pressure lowers the acupressure protrusions 27, 27 and the plate member 28 to the position indicated by the chain line. The inside of the armrest 15 has the same configuration.

An operation section 35 is provided on the outer surface of the armrest 14.
As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 35 includes an upper body stretch switch S1, a leg stretch switch S2, a massage switch S3, a waist up switch S4, and a waist down switch S5. An on / off switch S6 for a power supply is provided.

When the upper body stretch switch S1 is operated, the airbag 21 is inflated and contracted, and when the leg stretch switch S2 is operated, the airbag 20 is inflated and contracted. When the massage switch S3 is operated, the airbags 20 to 23 and 29 are inflated and contracted in order, and the cycle of inflation and contraction is set to be shorter than that in the stretching.

When the waist up switch S4 is pressed, the airbags 22, 23 are inflated only while the waist up switch S4 is pressed, and when the finger is released from the waist up switch S4, the airbags 22, 2 are released.
The expansion of 3 is stopped. When the waist down switch S5 is pressed, the inflated airbags 22, 23 are contracted only while the waist down switch S5 is pressed, and the waist down switch S5 is pressed.
When the finger is released, the contraction of the airbags 22 and 23 stops. These switches S4 and S5 allow the waist to be fixed by the airbags 22 and 23 in accordance with the size of the body.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air supply / exhaust device 40 includes a pump 41 for sending air to each of the air bags 21 to 23, 29, solenoid valves 42 to 46, and solenoid valves 42 to 46.
, A power supply circuit 51, a charging circuit 53 for charging a secondary battery 52, and the like.

The pump 41 and each of the solenoid valves 42 to 45 are connected by a communication pipe 60, and the solenoid valve 46 opens the pump 41 to the atmosphere to exhaust the air in the airbags 21 to 23 and 29. The electromagnetic valve 42 and the airbag 21 are communicated by a communication pipe 61, the electromagnetic valve 43 and the airbags 22 and 23 are communicated by a communication pipe 62, and the electromagnetic valve 44 and the airbag 2 are connected.
0 is communicated by a communication pipe 63, and the solenoid valve 45 and the airbags 29, 29 are communicated by a communication pipe 64.

The control circuit 50 controls the solenoid valves 42 to 46 and the pump 41 based on the operations of the switches S1 to S6.
Although the air supply / exhaust device 40 uses the secondary battery 52 as a power source, when the plug P is connected to an outlet (not shown),
The control circuit 50 and the electromagnetic valves 42 to 46 receive power supply from the power supply circuit 51. At this time, the secondary battery 52 is charged by the charging circuit 53.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air supply / exhaust device 40 is provided in a storage portion 12A provided on the back surface of the backrest portion 12. The solenoid valve of this air supply / exhaust device 40 and 42 to 4
Communication pipes 61 to 6 for communicating the airbags 5 and the airbags 21 to 29
Reference numeral 4 is provided on the lower surface of the seat 11 and on the back of the backrest 12.

Next, the operation of the stretch air massage machine configured as described above will be described.

When performing upper body stretching, first,
The on / off switch S6 is turned on, and then the waist up switch S4 is pressed. While the waist up switch S4 is pressed,
The solenoid valve 43 is opened (the other solenoid valves 42, 44 to 46 are closed), and the pump 41 causes the airbags 22, 2 to close.
3 is expanded. The waist is fixed by the inflation of the airbags 22,23. When the waist is just fixed, release the finger from the waist up switch S4. Thereby, the solenoid valve 43 is closed, and the expansion of the airbags 22, 23 is stopped.

Next, when the upper body stretch switch S1 is pressed, the pump 41 is driven, the solenoid valve 21 is opened, and the air bag 21 is expanded by the pump 41. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the stretch handles 25 and 26 are held. Since the waist is fixed by the airbags 22 and 23 and the stretch handles 25 and 26 are gripped, the back warps as the airbag 21 expands, and the back muscles are stretched. Thereby, stretching is performed.

By the way, since the airbag 21 extends along the spine and from the waist position to the shoulder position, the back muscle can be greatly extended by inflation, whereby the upper body can be stretched sufficiently and stress can be reduced. Can be eliminated. Further, since the waist is fixed, the back muscle can be reliably extended, and stretching can be performed efficiently.

When the airbag 21 expands for a predetermined time, the drive of the pump 41 is stopped, the solenoid valve 46 is opened, and the airbag 21 contracts. These operations are repeatedly performed.

When the massage switch S3 is operated while the upper body is being stretched, the solenoid valve 45 is opened and closed in parallel with the opening and closing operation of the solenoid valve 42, and the airbags 29 are inflated and contracted. Go. Due to the expansion and contraction of the airbags 29, 29, the acupressure projections 27, 27 protrude from the holes 14a, 14a, 15a, 15a, or the holes 14a, 1
4a, 15a, and 15a are immersed, and the arm pot (Sari) is periodically stimulated. That is, the arm pot is periodically stimulated in parallel with the stretching of the upper body, so that stress can be efficiently eliminated.

To stop the upper body stretching, the upper body stretching switch S1 is pressed again. This allows
The operation of the pump 41 is stopped, and the solenoid valves 46 and 4 are stopped.
2, the airbag 21 is contracted. Similarly,
When the massage switch S3 is pressed, the inflation / deflation operation of the airbags 29, 29 also stops.

When the leg is stretched, the leg stretch switch S2 is pressed. As a result, the solenoid valve 46 is closed and the solenoid valve 44 is opened.
3, 45 are closed), and the pump 41 is driven to expand the airbag 20. At this time, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the instep of the foot is hung on the support bar 19. For this reason, as the airbag 20 expands, the legs extend and the stretching is performed.

When the airbag 20 expands for a predetermined time, the drive of the pump 41 is stopped, and the solenoid valve 46 is opened, so that the airbag 20 contracts. These operations are repeatedly performed.

Also in this case, if the massage switch S3 is operated, the airbag 2 is operated in parallel with the stretching of the legs.
9, 29 expands and contracts, and the pot of the arm is periodically stimulated.

In order to stop the stretching, if the leg stretch switch S2 is pressed again, the expansion / contraction of the airbag 20 is stopped in the same manner as described above.

When performing a massage, simply use the chair 16
In a state of sitting on the stretching handle 25,
With only the massage switch S3 pressed, the user does not grip 26 and does not catch the instep on the support bar 19. As a result, the solenoid valves 42 to 45 are sequentially opened and closed, and the airbags 21, 22, 23, and 20 are inflated and expanded in order.
Shrinking. As described above, since the user is merely in a sitting state, soft massage is performed on the back, waist, and legs by inflation and contraction of the airbags 21, 22, 23, and 20.

On the other hand, airbags 21, 22, 23, 20
The opening and closing operation of the electromagnetic valve 45 is performed in parallel with the expansion and contraction of the airbags 29, and the airbags 29 and 29 are expanded and contracted. The inflation and contraction of the airbags 29, 29 cause the acupressure projections 2
7, 27 project from the holes 14a, 14a, 15a, 15a,
The acupoints of the arm (Sari) are periodically stimulated by immersing into the holes 14a, 14a, 15a, 15a.

When the upper body stretch switch S1 and the leg stretch switch S2 are pressed, the two airbags 20, 21 are inflated and contracted, and the upper body stretch and the leg stretch are performed. I have.
In this case, the two airbags 20, 21 are inflated and
The airbags 20 and 21 may be alternately expanded and contracted.

In this case, the massage switch S3
When the airbag 29 is pressed, the airbags 29 are inflated and contracted, and the arm pot is periodically stimulated in parallel with the stretching of the upper body and the stretching of the legs.

In the above embodiment, since the secondary battery 52 is used as the power supply of the air supply / exhaust device 40, the chair 16 can be moved to a desired position to perform stretching.

In the above embodiment, the armrest 1
4, an operation unit 35 is provided on the outer surface. As shown in FIG. 6, a step portion 14B is provided on the outer surface, and the step portion 14B is provided.
The operation unit 35 may be provided on the upper surface of the. Alternatively, the remote control may be operated.

[0044]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the backrest is provided with a pair of stretching handles,
The upper body is stretched by inflating and deflating the airbag, so the back muscle can be extended significantly by inflating and deflating the airbag, and the upper body can be stretched sufficiently, thereby eliminating stress. can do. When the stretching handle is not used, massage by an air bag can be performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the support portion for supporting the foot is provided below the seat portion, and the leg portion is stretched by expanding and contracting the airbag. The leg can be stretched by the expansion and contraction of the back, and stress can be eliminated. When the stretching handle is not used, massage by an air bag can be performed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a pair of stretching handles are provided on the backrest portion, a supporting portion for supporting the foot is provided below the seat portion, and the first and second airbags are inflated and inflated.
Since the upper body and legs are stretched by contracting, the back muscles can be extended significantly by inflating and contracting the airbag, so that the upper body can be stretched sufficiently and the legs are stretched. Can be. Therefore, stress can be sufficiently eliminated. When the stretching handle is not used, massage by an air bag can be performed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the backrest is provided with a pair of support airbags for holding the waist when inflated and massaging the waist by expansion and contraction. The back can fix the waist, so the back can be extended reliably,
The upper body can be stretched efficiently.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the armrest of the chair is provided with the acupressure projections that can move up and down and the airbag that moves the acupressure projections up and down. Points can be stimulated, and stress can be efficiently eliminated.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the secondary battery is used as a power source for driving the air supply / exhaust device, the chair can be moved to a desired position to perform stretching.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a stretch air massage machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of an armrest.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the stretch air massage machine of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a backrest portion.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which stretching is performed.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the operation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Seat part 12 Backrest part 16 Chair 21 Air bag 25 Stretch handle 26 Stretch handle

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A stretch air comprising a chair provided with a seat and a backrest, an airbag provided on the backrest, and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from the airbag. A stretch air massage machine, comprising: a backrest portion provided with a pair of stretching handles; and an upper body stretched by inflating and contracting the airbag. 2. A stretch air massage comprising a chair provided with a seat and a backrest, an airbag provided on the seat, and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from the airbag. A stretch air massage machine, wherein a support portion for supporting a foot is provided at a position below the seat portion, and the leg portion is stretched by expanding and contracting the airbag. 3. A chair provided with a seat and a backrest, a first airbag provided on the backrest, and a second airbag provided on the seat.
What is claimed is: 1. A stretch air massager comprising: an air bag; and an air supply / exhaust device for supplying / exhausting air to / from a first air bag and a second air bag. A stretch air massage machine characterized in that a support portion for supporting the body is provided at a position below the seat portion, and the first and second airbags are inflated and contracted to stretch the upper body and legs. 4. The stretch according to claim 1, wherein a pair of support airbags for holding the waist when inflated and massaging the waist by expansion and contraction are provided on the backrest. Air massage machine. 5. The chair has an armrest, and the armrest is provided with an acupressure protrusion that can move up and down and an airbag that moves the acupressure protrusion up and down by inflation and contraction.
The stretch air massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the airbag is inflated and the acupoint of the arm is pressed by the acupressure projection. 6. The stretch air massage machine according to claim 1, further comprising a rechargeable secondary battery, wherein the secondary battery drives the air supply / exhaust device.