Patent ID: 9107508
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47C,A61H

Abstract:
1. A chair-type massage apparatus comprising: a seat; a base frame for supporting the seat on a floor; a backrest disposed at a rear of said seat for support of user's back; and a massage section incorporated in said backrest, for performing a massage on a user sitting on the seat, wherein there is further provided up-and-down means for switchably changing a height of said backrest in a vertical direction within a range between a housing position where a lower part of said backrest is stored under the seat and a protruding position where the lower part of said backrest is raised to be located above the housing position, wherein said protruding position involves a first protruding position where said backrest is in an upwardly-extending state and a second protruding position where said backrest, while assuming the first protruding position, is tilted backward into a reclined condition, and wherein said up-and-down means is designed to move said backrest in the vertical direction between the housing position and the first protruding position, as well as to move said backrest in a front-rear direction between the first protruding position and the second protruding position.