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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293839 | Footrest device A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 6846043 | Adjustable support Method and apparatus providing a rest member having a support surface and a stand for the rest member, with the rest member having a plural multiplicity of apertures therein to permit the adjustment in height thereof with respect to the stand, which can take the for... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6682147 | Adjustable support Method and apparatus providing a rest member having a support surface and a stand for the rest member, with the rest member having a plural multiplicity of apertures therein to permit the adjustment in height thereof with respect to the stand, which can t... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648418 | Collapsible footrest assembly for a gliding ottoman A collapsible footrest assembly for a gliding ottoman with a top structure gliding upon a base. A pair of parallel, elongated slides are movably mounted under the top structure between upper and lower positions with respect to the top structure. A footres... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5238296 | Foot rocker A footrest device is disclosed including a base portion adapted to rock on a lower surface thereof and a foot supporting upright portion adapted to support the feet of a person sitting in a rocking chair. The upright foot support portion includes a pivote... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4873966 | Footrest having heating, vibration and massaging adjusted by user's feet A footrest includes a heater, a vibrating motor and massaging rollers in a compact, lightweight panel construction that is selectively positionable on a base over a range of angles relative to horizontal.... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4328991 | Sitting device A sitting device with a seat, the inclination of which may be altered relative to a floor, supporting means along being arranged below and substantially in front of said seat for the knee or calf leg portions of the user, the supporting means being arrang... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4218093 | Massage ottoman A floor supported furniture piece comprising a cylindrical shell, whose lateral wall extends curvilinearly about a major longitudinal axis and is adapted to engage and be supported and in rolling contact with a supporting floor and having two pairs of fee... | 08/19/1980 |