Patent ID: 6957454
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: A61F,A61H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A massaging mattress cover system comprising: a cover assembly including a bottom pad structure and a top pad structure cover member; a massage mechanism including an electrically powered drive mechanism having multiple rotary drive outputs each connected to a ridged, rotary massaging element in a manner such that each rotary drive output directly rotates the ridged, rotary massaging element connected thereto when the electrically powered drive mechanism is in operation; an electrical heating element; and a control unit in controlling connection with the electrically powered drive mechanism and the electrical heating element and including a remote user control that allows the user to control the rotational speed of the rotational drive outputs of the electrically powered drive mechanism and the temperature of the electrical heating element; the bottom pad structure having an open top, four sidewalls and a bottom portion that define an open-topped massaging element receiving cavity having therein the multiple, ridged, rotary massaging elements such that each rotary massaging element has a first massage element end rotatably positioned through a first sidewall and into connection with its respective rotary drive output; the electrical heating element being positioned within the top pad structure cover member near enough to a user contact surface to transfer heat effectively to the user; the top pad structure cover member being securable to the bottom pad structure in a manner to cover the top opening of the open-topped massaging element receiving cavity while being supported by the multiple ridged, rotary massaging elements; the top pad structure cover member being sufficiently thin such that the height of any given point on the outer user contact surface of the top pad structure cover member varies directly with the various positions of the multiple ridged, rotary massaging elements allowing a user laying on the outer user contact surface of the top pad structure cover member to receive a massage while not being directly contacted by the multiple, rotating, ridged, rotary massaging elements.