Therapeutic chaise longue

Claim 1

A chaise longue for the administration of therapeutic treatment adapted to facilitate total relaxation of a patient, said chaise longue including a first support section for the support of the back and the head of the patient, a second support section for the support of the lower back and a third support section for the shanks of the patient, said first and second support sections having openings formed therein in spaced relationship along the longitudinal centerline of the chaise longue and electroacoustic transducers mounted below said first and second sections and arranged so as to radiate upwardly through said openings onto a patient resting on said chaise longue, said first section having wide band speakers arranged at opposite sides of said centerline so as to be adjacent the head of a patient resting on said chaise longue for transmitting music to said patient wherein alternating current in the sound frequency range of the music is supplied to the wide-band speakers to be listened to by the patient on the chaise longue and means are provided for sensing the first of the repetitive beats of the beat pattern of the music and a signal generator is provided to supply to said electroacoustic transducers a signal based on the repetitive beat pattern sensed by said sensing means, said signal having an adjustable frequency below the audible range.