Samsung patents massage chair with rotating arm for shoulders and belly
Samsung has been granted a patent for a massage chair that adds a rotating arm to the standard back massage. This arm extends forward from the base to reach the shoulders and then drops down to massage the abdomen. The design allows the chair to target the front of the body in addition to the back.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is a massage apparatus including a base frame, a seat frame coupled to the base frame to form a seating surface on one side, a massage module disposed between the base frame and the seat frame and provided to be movable along the seating surface on a rear side of the seating surface, and an auxiliary massage module formed to pass through the seat frame. The auxiliary massage module may include a rotating member connected to a module mounting portion of the base frame that forms a rotation axis of the auxiliary massage module, a support member formed to extend forward from the rotating member and having a shoulder massage case, and an extension member formed to extend downward from the support member and having an abdominal massage case.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A massage apparatus comprising: a base frame; a seat frame coupled to the base frame to form a seating surface on one side; a massage module disposed between the base frame and the seat frame and provided to be movable along the seating surface on a rear side of the seating surface; and an auxiliary massage module formed to pass through the seat frame, wherein the auxiliary massage module includes: a rotating member connected to a module mounting portion of the base frame that forms a rotation axis of the auxiliary massage module; a support member formed to extend forward from the rotating member and having a shoulder massage case; an extension member formed to extend downward from the support member and having an abdominal massage case; and wherein the seat frame includes a module passing portion formed as an opening in a portion of the seating surface to be positioned on a front of the module mounting portion so that the auxiliary massage module passes therethrough.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Massage apparatus
- Patent number
- US12746175B2
- Application number
- 18141353
- Filed
- Apr 28, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
A61H 15/02 Human necessitiesA61H 15/0078 Human necessitiesA61F 2007/0093 Human necessitiesA61H 2201/0107 Human necessitiesA61H 2201/0149 Human necessitiesA61H 2201/0207 Human necessitiesMore from Samsung in Health & body
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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