KR20220167754A - Hand Massage Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hand massage device mounted on the front end part of an arm massage part of a massage chair to be capable of individually massaging the hands and palms as well as the fingers of a user. The hand massage device according to the present invention comprises: a base member on which a user's hand is seated and supported; a cover member installed on the upper side of the base member to form a space in which a user's hand is accommodated together with the base member; a hand back air cell installed on the lower surface of the rear part of the cover member and inflated by air supplied from the outside to press the back of the user's hand downward; and a plurality of finger air cells arranged at intervals in a lateral direction on the upper surface of the front side of the base member, having the lower parts on both sides formed in an inverted U shape fixated to the upper surface of the front side of the base member so that the user's fingers are individually accommodated in the inner space and inflated by air supplied from the outside to individually press the upper parts and both side parts of the user's fingers against the upper surface of the base member.

Description

Hand Massage Device {Hand Massage Device}

The present invention relates to a massage device, and more particularly, to a hand massage device mounted on the front end of an arm massage unit of a massage chair and capable of massaging not only a user's hand and palm but also fingers individually.

Recently, as the standard of living increases and the population ages, interest in massage devices is increasing as more and more people suffer from muscle paralysis or muscle pain due to lack of exercise and stress.

As a result, various functions and high-performance massage devices are emerging to satisfy the needs of users, away from simple massage functions.

As such a massage device, a chair type massage device (hereinafter referred to as a 'massage chair') in which a user can comfortably sit and receive a massage has been widely used in recent years. , waist, buttocks, arms, legs, and feet are configured to be massaged with a mechanical massage module and/or an air-expandable air cell module.

As a prior art of a massage chair, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1487978 discloses that an air cell having a protrusion in the form of a needle is installed at the front end of an arm massage part of a massage chair, and the air cell has a circular or spherical vibration, rotational movement, or expansion. Disclosed is a massage chair that provides a hand acupressure function capable of acupressure to fingers and palms through exercise or the like.

In addition, Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-2021-0000041 relates to a hand massager including a protective cover having an opening for inserting a hand at one end and an air supply device, and the protective cover is provided on both sides of each finger position, respectively. A finger part on which the third airbag is installed, a palm part on both sides of which the second airbag is installed, and a wrist part on which the first airbag is installed on both sides, wherein the first airbag, the second airbag, and the third airbag are respectively installed in the air. Disclosed is a hand massager capable of massaging fingers, palms, and wrists in communication with a supply device.

However, since the hand massage devices, including the conventional hand massager described above, simply inflate and contract the airbag surrounding the fingers and palm to massage the entire finger by acupressure, the massage function is simple and the massage effect is limited. there is

Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1487978 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1444768 Republic of Korea Utility Model Publication No. 20-2021-0000041

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a hand massage device capable of providing intensive acupressure to the fingers and performing various massage functions.

In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide a hand massage device that can perform various massage functions on the hands and fingers of a user by applying it to an arm massage part of a massage chair.

Hand massage device according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the user's hand is placed on the base member supported; a cover member installed on the upper side of the base member to form a space in which a user's hand is accommodated together with the base member; a back of hand air cell installed on the lower surface of the rear portion of the cover member, inflated by air supplied from the outside, and pressurizing the back of the user's hand downward; And, it is arranged at intervals in the lateral direction on the upper surface of the front part of the base member, and is formed in an inverted 'U' shape in which both lower ends are fixed to the upper surface of the front part of the base member, so that the user's fingers are individually placed in the inner space. and a plurality of finger air cells that are accommodated and inflated by air supplied from the outside to separately press the upper and side portions of the user's fingers against the upper surface of the base member.

The base member may further include a plurality of finger acupressure protrusions installed on the upper surface of the front portion to correspond to the respective finger aircells to acupressure the lower part of the fingers when the finger aircells inflate and press the fingers downward.

The finger acupressure protrusion may be made of a magnet or a mineral material.

The finger acupressure protrusion may be slidably installed along a guide groove formed in the front and rear directions of the base member to correspond to the knuckle of the finger.

The hand massage device of the present invention may further include a palm air cell installed on the upper surface of the rear portion of the base member to face the back of the hand air cell and inflated by air supplied from the outside to press the user's palm upward. there is.

A palm acupressure protrusion and a dorsal acupressure protrusion for acupressure of the user's palm and back of the hand may be installed on each of the palm air cell and the back of the hand air cell.

The cover member may include a rear cover member in which the back of the hand air cell is installed, and a front cover member installed in front of the rear cover member to be separated from the rear cover member to support the finger air cell.

The base member includes a rear base member disposed under the rear cover member and a front base member installed in front of the rear base member to be separated from the rear base member and supporting the finger air cell and the front cover member, The front base member is installed to be movable in the forward and backward directions with respect to the rear base member by the distance adjusting unit, and the distance between the rear base member and the front base member can be adjusted according to the length of the user's finger.

The base member may be installed inside the armrest groove in the form of a 'c'-shaped groove in the arm massage part of the massage chair.

According to the present invention, it is possible to intensively massage the fingers by individually applying pressure to every finger in a state where the arm is mounted on the arm massage arm of the massage chair.

In particular, the finger air cell is in the shape of an inverted 'U', so that the upper part and both sides of the finger excluding the lower part of the finger are pressed against the upper surface of the base member to perform massage without pressing the entire finger.

Therefore, since the finger is pressed against the relatively hard base member for massage, the acupressure force can be increased, and finger acupressure protrusions such as magnets can be configured on the base member to which the finger is acupressure to stimulate the finger, so more effective finger massage can be performed.

In addition, if the position of the finger acupressure protrusion is changed according to the length of the user's finger or the position of the finger air cell is adjusted in the front-back direction, it is possible to effectively massage the fingers of people with various finger lengths.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a hand massage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in an arm massage part of a massage chair.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the hand massage device shown in Figure 1;
3 is a front view of the hand massage device shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of air cells constituting the hand massage device shown in FIG. 1;
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the hand massage device shown in Figure 1;
Figure 6 is a front cross-sectional view showing an operating example of the hand massage device shown in Figure 1;
Figure 7 is a plan view showing a portion of the hand massage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a cross-sectional view along line II of FIG. 7 .
Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of a hand massage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only one preferred example of the disclosed invention, and there may be various modifications that can replace the embodiments and drawings in this specification at the time of filing of the present application.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a hand massage device will be described in detail according to the embodiments described below. Like symbols in the drawings indicate like components.

1 to 6, the hand massage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base member 10, a cover member 20, and the base member 10 forming a space in which a user's hand is accommodated. and a back of the hand air cell 30, a palm air cell 40, and a finger air cell 50 installed inside the cover member 20 to massage the back of the user's hand, palm, and fingers.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hand massage device is installed inside the armrest groove 2 formed in the arm massage part 1 of the massage chair, and massages the user's hand intensively while the user's arm is seated in the armrest groove 2. It is built to be able to. The armrest groove 2 formed in the arm massage part 1 of the massage chair has a 'c'-shaped groove shape with an open inner surface, and inside the armrest groove 2, the lower and/or An air bag (not shown) may be installed to massage by applying pressure upward.

The base member 10 is a support structure in the form of a flat plate on which the user's hand is placed and supported, and may be installed on the lower surface of the armrest groove 2 of the arm massage unit 1 of the massage chair. The base member 10 may be coupled to a support structure provided in the armrest groove 2 of the massage chair by a fastening member such as a screw. To this end, screw fastening bosses 12 for screw fastening may be formed at four corners of the base member 10 .

The cover member 20 is installed on the upper side of the base member 10, and together with the base member 10 forms a space in which a user's hand is accommodated. The cover member 20 serves to provide support when the back of the hand air cell 30 and the finger air cell 50 expand, and may be made of plastic or metal like the base member 10, but otherwise leather. It may also be made of a flexible material such as fabric or fabric. In addition, the cover member 20 may be manufactured integrally with the base member 10, but differently from the base member 10, it may be manufactured as a separate body and then coupled to the base member 10 by a known coupling means.

One side of the cover member 20 may include a thumb insertion portion 23 obliquely extending forward on one side so that the user's thumb can be inserted.

The back of the hand air cell 30 is installed on the rear lower surface of the cover member 20, and is connected to an external air supply device (not shown) such as an air pump installed in a massage chair to receive air and inflate the back of the user's hand. acts to press downward. The back of the hand air cell 30 may be configured singly or may be configured to be divided into a plurality. On the lower surface of the air cell 30 on the back of the hand, acupressure protrusions 32 for acupressure on the back of the hand of the user may be formed to protrude downward.

The palm air cell 40 is installed on the upper surface of the rear part of the base member 10 to face the back of the hand air cell 30, and is inflated by air supplied from an external air supply device (not shown), moving the user's palm upward. Pressurize and massage. Also on the upper surface of the palm air cell 40, a palm acupressure protrusion 42 for acupressure of the user's palm may be formed to protrude upward.

The finger air cells 50 are for individually acupressure to the user's fingers, and a plurality of them are arranged at intervals in the lateral direction on the upper surface of the front part of the base member 10, and the thumb insertion part 23 of the cover member 20 ) is installed on the inside. In addition, the finger air cell 50 has a reverse 'U' shape in which both lower ends are fixed to the upper surface of the front part of the base member 10 and the lower surface of the thumb insertion part 23, so that the user's fingers can be individually placed in the inner space. Accepted. In addition, each finger air cell 50 is individually connected to an external air supply device (not shown) and inflated by air supplied from the air supply device (not shown) to massage the user's fingers. At this time, the finger air cell 50 has an inverted 'U' shape and does not surround the entire finger, but only the upper part and both sides of the finger. When inflated by air, the upper part and both sides of the finger excluding the lower part of the finger Massage is performed by pressing against the upper surface of (10).

The finger air cell 50 may be directly installed on the base member 10, but may also be installed on the support pad 11 made of a flexible material installed on the upper surface of the base member 10 as in this embodiment. The support pad 11 is a part on which the user's fingers are placed, and may be made of soft and flexible resin or fabric to provide a soft touch to the user's fingers, or made of the same material as the finger air cell 50.

In this way, when the finger air cells 50 press individual fingers against the upper surface of the base member 10 to massage, each finger air cell 50 is placed on the upper surface of the base member 10 to improve the massage effect. A plurality of finger acupressure protrusions 52 are formed to protrude upward at positions corresponding to the lower end.

The finger acupressure protrusion 52 acts to further increase the finger massage effect by applying a stimulus to the bottom of the finger when the finger air cell 50 expands and the finger is acupressure downward. Since these finger acupressure protrusions 52 are installed on the base member 10 supporting the fingers rather than being provided in an air cell that expands by air, the bottom of the fingers can be stimulated more effectively.

The finger pressure protrusion 52 may be made of a magnet, or a mineral material such as germanium or jade, but may be made of various materials in addition.

In addition, the finger acupressure projections 52 are preferably arranged to stimulate the knuckles of the user's fingers. Since the user's finger sizes vary, the position of the finger acupressure projections 52 can be adjusted to correspond to the knuckle positions of the fingers. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, guide grooves 55 are formed in the front and rear directions on the upper surface of the support pad 11 or the base member 10 attached to the base member 10, and the finger pressure protrusion 52 may be installed to enable sliding along each guide groove 55.

In addition, the base member 10 may be fixedly installed inside the armrest groove 2 of the arm massage part 1 of the massage chair, but the position of the finger air cell 50 can be changed according to the length of various users' fingers. 9, the cover member 20 is installed separately from the rear cover member 21 in front of the rear cover member 21 where the hand air cell 30 is installed and the rear cover member 21. It is configured by dividing the front cover member 22 supporting the finger air cell 50, and the base member 10 is disposed below the rear cover member 21, the rear base member 10a, and the rear base member ( It is installed separately from the rear base member 10a in front of 10a) and is divided into a front base member 10b supporting the finger air cell 50 and the front cover member 22. And, the front base member (10b) is configured to be movable in the forward and backward directions with respect to the rear base member (10a) by the spacing adjusting unit 60, so that the rear base member (10a) and the front base member are separated according to the length of the user's finger. It may be possible to make the interval of (10b) adjustable.

The spacing adjusting unit 60 may be configured by applying a known linear motion device. In this embodiment, the spacing adjusting unit 60 is a ball screw 61 installed to extend in the front and rear directions on the frame F of the massage chair. ), a motor 62 that rotates the ball screw 61, a screw coupled to the outer surface of the ball screw 61 and connected to the lower part of the front base member 10b, and as the ball screw 61 rotates, the ball screw ( 61) includes a nut portion 63 for moving the front base member 10b in the longitudinal direction while moving in the longitudinal direction.

As described above, the hand massage device of the present invention can massage not only the palm and the back of the hand, but also each finger individually by acupressure. Massage is performed by pressing the upper part and both sides of the finger excluding the lower part of the finger against the upper surface of the base member 10 without pressing the . Therefore, since the massage is performed by pressing the finger against the relatively hard base member 10, the acupressure force can be increased. It is possible to stimulate, so that more effective finger massage can be performed.

In addition, if the position of the finger acupressure protrusion 52 is changed according to the length of the user's finger or the position of the finger air cell 50 is adjusted in the front-back direction, it is possible to effectively massage the fingers of people with various finger lengths. there is.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the examples, but those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs will be able to make various substitutions, additions, and modifications without departing from the technical idea described above. Of course, it should be understood that such modified embodiments also belong to the protection scope of the present invention, which is defined by the appended claims below.

1: arm massage branch 2: armrest home
10: base member 10a: rear base member
10b: front base member 11: support pad
12: screw fastening boss 20: cover member
21: rear cover member 22: front cover member
23: thumb insertion part 30: air cell on the back of the hand
32: acupressure protrusion on the back of the hand 40: palm air cell
42: palm acupressure protrusion 50: finger air cell
52: finger acupressure protrusion 55: guide groove
60: spacing adjustment unit 61: ball screw
62: motor 63: nut part

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hand massage device.

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