Shower Cabin Stimulation Device for Self-Service Massage and Scrubbing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shower systems do not effectively combine skin scrubbing and massaging actions, requiring external assistance and limiting privacy and accessibility, especially in smaller shower cabins.
Innovation Solution
A stimulation device installed in a shower cabin wall unit, featuring movable stimulation means with a sliding and rotating roller for scrubbing and massaging, assisted by substance ejection, and a stimulating walking surface for foot stimulation, allowing users to perform these actions independently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a user performs skin scrubbing manually with scrubbing products, then skin exfoliation is achieved, but the user must physically operate the spreading and rubbing which can annoy the user and reduce relaxing action
Solution Approach 1:
The shower system automatically performs skin scrubbing functions through integrated stimulation means that move along the user's body, eliminating the need for manual scrubbing operations. The system serves itself by providing automated massaging and exfoliation actions during the shower process.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical scrubbing operations are replaced with automated mechanical stimulation means that include rollers, vibrating elements, and moving massage components. These automated mechanical systems perform the scrubbing and massaging functions that would otherwise require manual user action.
2Ease of operation
If a user performs massage on themselves, then muscle relaxation is achieved, but the user cannot reach all points of the body
Solution Approach 1:
The stimulation means are designed to move dynamically along the user's body through sliding mechanisms, rotating rollers, and adjustable positioning systems. This dynamic movement allows the stimulation device to reach various body points that would be inaccessible to manual self-massage, providing complete body coverage while maintaining ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If another person is present in the shower cabin to perform massage, then complete body massage is achieved, but privacy is compromised and smaller shower cabins cannot accommodate two persons
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the user to receive complete body massage services from an automated device during their shower, eliminating the need for another person's presence. The stimulation means move along the user's body providing comprehensive massage coverage while maintaining complete privacy and accommodating any shower cabin size.
4Ease of manufacture
If scrubbing substances are applied manually, then skin exfoliation is achieved, but specific products with high cost are required and the spreading operation is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and eliminates the need for separate scrubbing substance application operations. The stimulation means directly perform mechanical exfoliation through rough patterned surfaces and abrasive rollers, removing the requirement for external scrubbing products and their associated application complexity and cost.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a stimulation device (1) configured for interacting with an external body portion of a user, in particular the user's back. The interaction consists of exerting a mechanic action upon the user's body, 5 such as massage stimulation and/or skin scrubbing stimulation. For this purpose, the stimulation device (1) comprises a frame (50) provided with at least one upright element (2) extending along a longitudinal direction (L) preferably corresponding, in use, to a body height of the user, and stimulation means (4), slidably coupled with the upright element (2) according to the 10 longitudinal direction (L). Further, the stimulation device (1) is apt to be installed, in use, in a wall unit (100) for a shower cabin assembly (1000).