Therapeutic bed

A therapeutic bed comprises a plurality of elongated tubular wires connected to a pair of bed frames for forming a bed floor to massage or treat various regions of the human body lying prone thereon.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to a therapeutic bed and more particularly, 
to a rubber wire bed which is structured with a plurality of individual 
elongated rubber wires placed in a serpentine configuration on a bed frame 
for manipulating the tissues of the human body reclining thereon. The 
therapeutic bed is utilized by the human being particularly, the pneumatic 
or lumbago patient, for massaging any desired regions of the human body 
lying prone thereon. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
Many types of therapeutic beds are well known in the art which use air bags 
or water containers. However, since these air bags or water containers 
bulge at their central portion, the body lying thereon become unstable. 
Furthermore, because air and/or water is displaced when pressure is 
applied thereto, the pressure force from these bags or containers is not 
concentrated at the desired regions of the body such as joints, bones, or 
muscles of human body which require therapeutic assistance. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
It is therefor an object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic 
bed for massaging desired regions of the human body. 
Another object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic bed 
which is structured with a plurality of individual elongated wires which 
are arranged parallel to each other and disposed within bed frames for 
directly contacting various portions of the human body reclining thereon. 
Other objects and further scope of applicability of the present invention 
will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. It 
should be understood, however, that the detailed description and specific 
examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are 
given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications 
within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those 
skilled in the art from this detailed description. 
Briefly, the present invention relates to a therapeutic bed comprising a 
plurality of substantially parallel rubber wires placed on a bed frame for 
massaging and treating various portions of the human body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
Referring now in detail to the drawings for the purpose of illustrating the 
present invention, the therapeutic bed 10 as shown in FIG. 1 comprises 
base members 11, a pair of longitudinal and transverse frames 12 and 25 
connected to the base members 11, a plurality of individual elongated 
members 16 provided with a thin bed pad 20, and a pair of tapered 
connecting members 13 attached to the top of the base members at the four 
corners for connecting the tensible tubular members 16 thereto. 
The longitudinal and transverse frame 12 and 25 are attached to and 
supported with the base members 11 through nails 24 (FIG. 3). A plurality 
of side panels 14 connects with the longitudinal and transverse frames 12 
and 25. Each base member 11 has a roller 27 disposed on the bottom thereof 
for readily moving the bed 10. The therapeutic bed 10 includes a bedding 
21 along the side walls thereof. 
As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the pair of connecting members 13 are 
attached to the base members through bolts 22 and washers 23. A pair of 
L-shaped brackets 19 are attached to the each pair of connecting members 
13 and are further provided with a plurality of separating partitions 18 
and 18' which alternately extend around the edge of the brackets 19 and a 
plurality of slots 20 disposed at the ends of the alternate partitions 18' 
for holding the tensible wires 16 in the slots 20 and spaces disposed 
between partitions 18 and 18' (FIG. 4). Thus, the parallel wires 16 
connected between the side slots 20 on opposite sides of the longitudinal 
frame form a tensible bed floor for directly contacting various regions of 
the human body. At this time, since the tensible wires 16 extend across 
the bed, the wires 16 can readily massage joint portions, muscles, and 
bones of the human body. Furthermore, since the tensible wires 16 can be 
extended, the pressure power can be varied according to need by tightening 
the wires in order to concentrate the desired pressure to the joint 
portions of human body for treating the lumbago or pneumatic diseases or 
the like. A floor panel 15 is disposed under the wires 16. The tensible 
wires 16 are made of a flexible, stretchable material such as a natural or 
synthetic rubber, a plastic material, a thermoplastic material, or the 
like. The wire 16 should have the property of stretchability in order to 
vary the resistance to the weight of the human body. Although the wires 16 
are typically of solid construction they can also include cord or metal 
wires coated with a rubber or plastic material. 
The bed pad 20 is stopped at a stopper 21 through a nail 21. 
The therapeutic bed can achieve the function of a conventional mattress. 
Furthermore, the air can easily communicate through the spaces disposed 
between the wires-bed floor so that it can help to give the fresh air to 
supply the human body. 
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be 
varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure 
from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as 
would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included in 
the scope of the following claims.