Patent ID: 7052476

Claim:
A lie-down massager, comprising: a) a base frame having an elongated top panel, wherein an elongated top opening is formed centrally and lengthwise through the elongated top panel; b) a rider provided below the elongated top panel of base frame; c) a guide member movably engaged between the base frame and the rider so as to enable the rider to make a horizontally reciprocal movement relative to the base frame; d) a lifter, wherein the lifter comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, a vertical actuator that moves the top plate up and down; e) one or more air shock absorbers; f) massage bumps attached on the lifter via the air shock absorbers and moved by the lifter vertically and/or horizontally along the elongated top opening of the elongated top panel of the base frame; and g) a massage plate, wherein the massage bumps are installed on the massage plate, and the air shock absorbers are vertically installed between the massage plate and the top plate, wherein each of the air shock absorbers has a hollow cylinder fixed to the top plate, a plunger that is moved reciprocally in the cylinder, a shaft fixed to the plunger and protruding out of the cylinder, and a bracket fixed to the massage plate, wherein a free end of the shaft is shaped as a ball, and the bracket has semi-spherical recess so that so that the free end of the shaft and the recess of the bracket form a ball and socket joint.