Patent ID: 8690239

Claim:
A chair-type massage apparatus comprising: a seat; a base frame for supporting the seat on a floor; a backrest reclinably mounted at a rear end of the seat; and a massage section for giving a massage to a user sitting on the seat, wherein the backrest includes: a lower end and an upper end, and a rail member arranged in a lengthwise direction, with one end thereof extending toward the lower end of the backrest, and an opposite end thereof extending toward the upper end of the backrest, so that during a reclining operation, the upper end of the backrest moves up and down along one vertical line, and wherein the base frame includes: a slidable holding portion for holding the rail member of the backrest for free movement of the backrest in the lengthwise direction, and a rotatable supporting portion for holding the slidable holding portion for free rotation of the slidable holding portion.