Patent ID: 6336907
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A47C,A61H

Abstract:
A massaging system comprising:a base sheet carrying a plurality of expandable bags arranged in a plane of said base sheet; a charging and discharging unit connected to said bags for selectively supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid into and from said bags so as to inflate and deflate the bags, selectively; at least one applicator which projects from each of said bags and is adapted in use to come into contact with a portion of a human body for applying a massaging action; whereineach of said bags has a flexible top end wall which is capable of deforming into a curved contour when being inflated, said applicator being made of a hard material and projecting directly from said top end wall of the bag as an integral part of said bag such that said applicator is caused to displace in a direction different from a direction along which said bag inflates and deflates principally, as a consequence of that said flexible top end wall deforms into said curved contour, each of said bags is formed of a flexible material in its entirety including said flexible top end wall, and each of said applicators is made of a hard material inserted into a flexible sheath bonded to said tope end wall of the bag.