Abstract:
A massaging apparatus which utilizes an array of air inflatable bladders. The array is to be located in conjunction with a portion of the body of a human. The array can be mounted within a housing such as a flexible belt-type of device or can comprise a rigid stand-type of device within which is incorporated one or more pockets in order to accommodate a human appendage such as a foot. A separate inflation apparatus is associated with the array which is to supply and extract pressurized air to and from the inflatable bladders. The inflation apparatus utilizes at least one opposed piston assembly so that when one piston is supplying pressurized air to certain bladders the other piston is extracting pressurized air from certain other bladders thereby achieving a sequence of alternating pressurizing and depressurizing which produces a desirable massaging effect on the human body.
Abstract:
A bed roll rolling device which enables a sleeping bag or the like to be tightly rolled up for transport or storage, the device being usable for successive manipulation to roll a succession of such bags, and removable for storage or to handle additional bags in similar fashion.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises an inflatable air mattress made up of four similar layers of pressurizable cells. The upper two layers are sequentially pressurizable with air pressure from a pressure generator. The lower two layers are under a constant pressure from the pressure generator. Each layer is divided into three square units containing a transversely disposed interdigitated pair of cells, to provide a wave-like motion to any patient on the mattress.
Abstract:
A ripple bed has an upper and a lower inflatable layer. The upper layer has separate air passages which are independently inflatable and deflatable to provide the rippling effect. The lower layer is separately inflatable to provide support over any area of the upper layer which is deflated.
Abstract:
A facial treatment device wherein an air pumping means and a rotary member are driven by a rotary power source so as to perform skin cleaning and massaging actions with sucking and rotary functions through a sucking or rotary attachment. A stationary shaft having an axial hole is provided in the device to have an end of the hole communicated with air-intake side of the pumping means and the other end exposed to the exterior, and the rotary member is rotatably supported coaxially with the stationary shaft. The sucking attachment is mounted to the stationary shaft at said the other end of its axial hole, whereas the rotary attachment is mounted, in place of the sucking attachment, to the rotary member made accessible thereto on the same side with said end of the stationary shaft to which the sucking attachment is mounted. Preferably, the common axis of the stationary shaft and rotary member is disposed to intersect at right angles the axis of rotary output shaft of the power source.
Abstract:
An inflatable seat unit having a plurality of air cells positioned longitudinally adjacent to each other and fully contained within a cavity in a piece of foam material, the cells being covered by a portion of the foam material to form a seat surface, the portion having a thickness which permits the rise and fall of the air cells to be felt by the occupant of the seat, a back plate for supporting the cells and causing the cells to rise in the direction of the portion of foam material, and a control mechanism for admitting air into the air cells in a controlled manner and fully contained within said piece of foam material and rigidly secured thereto, said control mechanism having a rotating valve which is forced against the valve openings by pressurized air introduced to one side of the valve during rotation.
Abstract:
An electric bed includes a bed support, a cushion container, a vibrating motor, and a retaining belt. The bed support has a hollow portion. The cushion container includes a main body having a top portion received in the hollow portion, a chamber provided inside the main body, and at least one first heat dissipating hole communicated with the chamber to an ambient environment. The vibrating motor is disposed in the chamber of the cushion container. The retaining belt is disposed to the bed support and attached on a bottom edge of the cushion container to fix the cushion container to the bed support. As a result, the vibrating motor can be firmly mounted by a simple way to achieve convenient assembly, and the heat generated by the vibrating motor due to operation for a long period of time can be effectively dissipated.
Abstract:
The present invention is an apparatus and method for use in a treatment for prevention of arthrofibrosis that includes a first and a second substantially L-shaped frames, each L-shaped frame having a first member and a second member extending from the first member in a substantially perpendicular direction and terminating in a first end, a fixed plate extending between the first members of the L-shaped frames, the fixed plate being parallel with the first members of the L-shaped frames, a movable plate pivotally coupled to the first ends of the first members of the L-shaped frames with, a pneumatic piston coupled to the movable plate and the fixed plate, a hand operated valve operatively coupled to the pneumatic piston and a goniometer coupled to the movable plate and one of the L-shaped frames, the goniometer adapted and configured to indicate the angle between the movable plate and the fixed plate.
Abstract:
An adjustable massage board includes a platform, at least one first opening, at least one second opening, at least one first interlocking arm, at least one second interlocking arm, at least one massaging body. The platform that functions as the base component includes a main body and an outer edge. The at least one first opening and the at least one second opening traverse into the main body from the outer edge. The at least one interlocking arm and the at least one second interlocking arm are outwardly connected to the outer edge. The first opening and/or the second opening can be removably engaged with the first interlocking arm and/or the second interlocking arm to create a modular system. The at least one massaging body is slidably engaged onto the main body through a fastening mechanism.