Patent ID: 6273865
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61G,A61H

Abstract:
A massage therapy chair, comprising:a massage chair frame having body support structure for supporting a user body, said body support structure comprising a head support structure with a face opening for receiving a user face and having a head contact surface; at least one leg strap and vibrator connected to said leg strap mounted on the frame, such that said leg strap wraps around a user leg and said vibrator delivers vibration into said leg strap and into the user leg;a virtual reality helmet secured within said face opening and having a forward helmet portion to receive and extend around the user face containing at least one virtual reality viewing screen and earphones; anda computer containing a virtual reality program and electrically connected to said forward helmet portion for delivering virtual visual images to said viewing screen and virtual sounds to the earphones corresponding to and synchronized with the virtual visual images.