R.I.P. John Joseph Houghtaling: ‘Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed’ Inventor
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.22.09 | 9:46 AM ET
Houghtaling invented the coin-operated vibrating bed, which delivered 15 minutes of “tingling relaxation and ease” and, according to the New York Times obit, “shook postwar America, or at least those Americans who stayed overnight in midprice motels.” He was 92.