US 11,998,504 B2
Chair including percussive massage therapy
Jaime Sanchez Solana, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,079.
Application 17/931,079 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/833,412, filed on Jun. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,813,221.
Application 17/833,412 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/515,008, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/515,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/824,328, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, granted, now 10,945,915, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 17/515,008 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,955, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,160,723, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 17/515,008 is a continuation of application No. 29/709,815, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now D951470, issued on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,621, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,098, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,424, filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079597 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A47C 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/006 (2013.01) [A47C 1/00 (2013.01); A61H 7/007 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1635 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1669 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1685 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5025 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0431 (2013.01); A61H 2205/06 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01); A61N 2005/066 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A massage chair comprising:
a seat portion;
a back portion;
a leg portion; and
a massage carriage configured to move within the seat portion, the back portion, and the leg portion, wherein the massage carriage comprises:
a percussive massage assembly comprising a motor, a reciprocating shaft coupled to the motor and configured to reciprocate linearly along a reciprocation axis in response to activation of the motor, and a reciprocating massage head coupled to the reciprocating shaft; and
a support mechanism associated with the percussive massage assembly, wherein the support mechanism is configured to support a weight of a user of the massage chair, thereby allowing the reciprocating shaft and the reciprocating massage head of the percussive massage assembly to reciprocate; and wherein:
the percussive massage assembly is mounted on the massage carriage such that the reciprocating massage head is configured to reciprocate linearly between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is more prominent from a platform of the massage carriage than the second position, and
the support mechanism is mounted to the massage carriage and includes a wheel that is less prominent from the platform than the first position of the reciprocating massage head and more prominent from the platform than the second position of the reciprocating massage head.