Patent ID: 7708340

Claim:
A massage chair, comprising: a base including a seat; a reclining backrest located at the back of the base; right and left armrests fixed to the base; an electric reclining mechanism for moving the backrest into different sloping positions; a left holding mechanism for holding at least a left forearm of a user to restrain the at least left forearm to the left armrest; a right holding mechanism for holding at least a right forearm of the user to restrain the at least right forearm to the right armrest; and a controller that controls operations of the electric reclining mechanism and the left and right holding mechanisms; wherein the controller separately controls operations of the electric reclining mechanism and the left holding mechanism as well as operations of the electric reclining mechanism and the right holding mechanism, wherein: when controlling operations of the electric reclining mechanism and the left holding mechanism, the controller controls (A) to allow the left holding mechanism to hold the at least left forearm to the left armrest in a fixed position, (B) to allow the electric reclining mechanism to recline the backrest to any of the different sloping positions, (C) to allow the electric reclining mechanism to raise the backrest to any of the different sloping positions, and (D) to allow the left holding mechanism to release the at least left forearm; and when controlling operations of the electric reclining mechanism and the right holding mechanism, the controller controls (a) to allow the right holding mechanism to hold the at least right forearm to the right armrest in a fixed position, (b) to allow the electric reclining mechanism to recline the backrest to any of the different sloping positions, (c) to allow the electric reclining mechanism to raise the backrest to any of the different sloping positions and (d) to allow the right holding mechanism to release the at least right forearm.