Patent ID: 7549966
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A massaging apparatus having a chair-like construction configured to be capable of sandwiching and releasing an arm portion of a user and to be capable of giving pressure stimulation to the sandwiched arm portion of the user, the apparatus comprising: an armrest having a support portion at an upper portion thereof that is configured to support a forearm of the user; and a forearm massager that is removably mounted to the armrest and that has a connecting portion connected with the armrest in a position below the support portion and a forearm massaging portion that is configured to give pressure stimulation to the forearm of the user with the forearm sandwiched, wherein the forearm massager is laterally mounted to the armrest from a side, and the forearm massaging portion is located above the support portion of the armrest with the forearm massager mounted to the armrest; wherein the armrest has a detachable member that is movable along the longitudinal direction of the armrest; wherein the connecting portion of the forearm massager is configured to be detachably connected with the detachable member, and the forearm massager is movable along the longitudinal direction of the armrest with the connecting portion connected with the detachable member; wherein the armrest has a slit extending along the longitudinal direction of the armrest below the support portion, the detachable member is provided in the slit, and the connecting portion and the detachable member are connected with each other via the slit; and wherein the detachable member is movable within a range of the slit.