Patent ID: 7979933
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A47C,A47G,A61G,A61H

Abstract:
1. A headrest assembly for supporting a face of a user of a massage device, the headrest assembly comprising: a support frame that is coupled to the massage device; and a resilient assembly that supports the face of the user and that is coupled to the support frame, the resilient assembly having an interior resilient region and an outer covering that surrounds and protects the interior resilient region, the interior resilient region including a flexible first layer and a flexible second layer, the first layer being stacked on top of the second layer, the first layer having a first stiffness that is at least approximately 80 percent less than a second stiffness of the second layer, the second layer including a plurality of spaced apart elongated slits that are cut into the second layer so as to reduce the lateral stiffness of the second layer, wherein each of the layers is made of foam; and wherein each layer conforms to the face of the user.