Patent ID: 6277086
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A massaging bath mat comprising a bath mat for mounting in the inside wall of a bathtub under the water, said bath mat having a plurality of air holes, and a pump unit coupled to said bath mat and controlled to pump air to the air holes of said bath mat for producing air bubbles in the water in the bathtub to massage the user; wherein said bath mat comprisesa bottom flow guide shell, said bottom flow guide shell defining a first flow guide channel, a second flow guide channel, and a third flow guide channel;a top flow guide shell covered on said bottom flow guide shell, said top flow guide shell comprising a valve block disposed at a top side thereof, and a plurality of air inlets respectively disposed in communication with said flow guide channels in said bottom flow guide shell;a valve cover covered on said valve block at said top flow guide shell, said valve cover comprising an inlet tube connected to said pump unit to receive air pumped by said motor assembly;a distribution valve mounted in said valve block, said distribution valve comprising a plurality of valve ports, and a rotary handle for turning by hand to move said valve ports between a first position where said valve ports are disposed in communication with said first flow guide channel, a second position where said valve ports are disposed in communication with said second flow guide channel, a third position where said valve ports are disposed in communication with said third flow guide channel, and a fourth position where said valve ports are disposed in communication with said flow guide channels of said bottom flow guide shell;a series of mat units pivoted to said bottom flow guide shell, said mat units each comprising a plurality of perforated flexible tubes connected in parallel and respectively disposed in communication with said flow guide channels of said bottom flow guide shell.