The present invention provides a
massage system for a vehicle seat comprising a plurality of
inflatable air cells arranged in a series of subsequent air cells (1, 2, 3), a supply
line structure (10, 12; 10a, 12a) from and to each of the plurality of air cells, a pump (14) for supplying air under pressure to the supply
line structure, a control or switch unit for controlling the operation of the pump, venting means for venting the supply
line structure, means for controlling air flow to and from the air cells to provide a sequential inflation / deflation along said series of air cells, characterized in that said means for controlling air flow are provided by a plurality of flow restrictors (R1, R2, R3) having reduced flow cross-sections, said flow restrictors are arranged in such a manner that between each pair of subsequent air cells (1, 2, 3) in said series of air cells (1, 2, 3) a flow restrictor is disposed in the supply line structure such that the flow resistance from the pump and the venting means to any
air cell in said series of air cells (1, 2, 3) is increasing along said series of air cells such that the air cells are inflated in sequence along said series of air cells upon the pump supplying air under pressure to the supply line structure, wherein the flow restrictors are dimensioned such that the
delay time between a
cell reaching 80% of its volume fill capacity to the next subsequent
cell in the series of air cells reaching 80% of its volume fill capacity is between 0,5 s to 30 s, and are deflated in sequence along said series of air cells when venting said supply line structure by said venting means.