Patent ID: 9339435
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A61H,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A light therapy and massaging apparatus, comprising: a base and a chair assembly, a first movement imparting mechanism being provided for displacing the chair assembly relative to the base in a wave-like back-and-forth motion for providing a repeated wave-like back-and-forth motion to a user located on the chair assembly; at least one light source being configured for delivering energy to the user's thighs, legs and/or buttocks; wherein the at least one light source is a quartz lamp of 500 Watts and is configured to transmit light at wavelengths of at least one of about 633 nm, about 700 nm and about 852 nm; wherein the at least one light source is mounted within the chair assembly, a seat portion of the chair assembly being formed of a light-transmitting material and being moulded to receive the user's thighs and/or buttocks, and the light source being configured to transmit light to reach the user's thighs and/or buttocks through the seat portion; wherein protrusions are provided transversally on the seat portion of the chair assembly defining a plurality of transverse ribs configured to act on the user's legs to create a stretching movement on the user's skin when the chair assembly is displaced in the wave-like back-and-forth motion by the first movement imparting mechanism; and wherein the wave-like back-and-forth motion consists of horizontal and vertical components provided by eccentrically mounted shafts.