Patent ID: 7998098

Claim:
A massaging apparatus comprising: a bed unit having a main frame, and a rectangular bed body mounted on said main frame, said main frame including a first guiding rail unit disposed above said bed body and having opposite elongate lateral rail rods spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction, a second guiding rail unit mounted slidably on said first guiding rail unit and including two parallel elongate second rail rods that extend between said lateral rail rods of said first guiding rail unit and that are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a mounting seat mounted slidably on said second rail rods of said second guiding rail unit, and a post extending through and mounted movably on said mounting seat such that said post is movable relative to said mounting seat in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction, said post having a bottom end provided with a massage member that is adapted to contact a user's body lying on said bed body; a first drive unit mounted on said main frame of said bed unit for driving said second guiding rail unit to move along said lateral rail rods in the longitudinal direction; a second drive unit mounted on said second guiding rail unit for driving said mounting seat to move along said second rail rods in the transverse direction; a third drive unit mounted on said mounting seat for driving said post to move in the vertical direction; and a control unit connected electrically to said first, second and third drive units, and controlling said first, second and third drive units so as to drive movement of said second guiding rail unit in the longitudinal direction, movement of said mounting seat in the transverse direction, and movement of said post in the vertical direction such that said massage member is moved to contact the user's body at a desired acupuncture point; wherein, after said massage member contacts the user's body, said control unit further controls said third drive unit so as to drive further downward movement of said post, thereby pressing said massage member against the user's body at the desired acupuncture point, and controls said first and second drive units so as to drive movement of said massage member around the desired acupuncture point over the user's body such that the user's body is massaged by said massage member with desired massage pressure corresponding to further downward movement of said post.