Patent ID: 8088087

Claim:
An apparatus for dry hydro-therapy body massage characterized by a low profile enclosure structure surrounding a user support surface at a nominal elevation thereabove, the apparatus comprising a housing structure having an outwardly facing opening, a user support surface sealably covering the opening, and a fluid spray arrangement interiorly within the housing structure for directing a fluid stream at the user support surface for imparting a massaging effect through the support surface to the body of a user thereon, the housing structure having an essentially horizontal perimeter flange extending uninterrupted about the opening and an essentially planar clamp plate affixed in substantially parallel superposed facing relation to the perimeter flange for clamping therebetween of a continuous edge margin of the user support surface, and an enclosure panel having an essentially planar mounting flange affixed in substantially parallel superposed facing relation to the clamp plate and having a skirt portion extending from the mounting flange for outwardly enclosing the housing structure, wherein the mounting flange of the enclosure panel is disposed at a nominal elevation above the user support surface to form a low profile surround thereabout.