Massage mechanism for backrest of upholstered chair or recliner

摘要

A massage mechanism for incorporation in the backrest of upholstered seating or reclining furniture has a baseframe (1) profiled to the contour of the particular item to be fitted. Two sides of the frame (1) are formed by the parallel handed guide rails (2) between which a rectangular carrier (3) is able to move supported on rollers (5) at each of its corners propelled by a traversing motor (7). The carrier (3) transports a massage unit (6) which incorporates a central pair of adjustable massage rollers (9) having a common axis mounted on a spring-loaded pivot arm and two carrier-mounted motors driving modular attachments permit various massage characteristics to be reproduced.