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EP 1639983 B1 20091202 - Mattress vibrator

Title (en)

Mattress vibrator

Title (de)

Vibrationsgerät für Matratzen

Title (fr)

Appareil de vibration pour matelas

Publication

EP 1639983 B1 20091202 (EN)

Application

EP 04022852 A 20040924

Priority

EP 04022852 A 20040924

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1639983A1] A mattress vibrator comprises a mat having a hard plate and an elastic plate which are laminated on each other, and the mat is provided with a vibration generator, a vibrator which generates vibration by operating a moving body in an axial direction of the vibrator is used as the vibration generator, the vibrator is disposed on substantially a central portion of one end of the hard plate, an axis of the vibrator is disposed within a plate thickness of the hard plate.

IPC 8 full level

A61H 23/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61H 23/0218 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0138 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0142 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1639983 A1 20060329; EP 1639983 B1 20091202; DE 602004024398 D1 20100114

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04022852 A 20040924; DE 602004024398 T 20040924