HeraldNet

Passages: ‘Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed’ inventor

The inventor of the “Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed,” which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of “tingling relaxation and ease” for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday as a pop ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

‘Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed’ inventor dies at 92

MIAMIMIAMI — The inventor of the “Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed,” which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of “tingling relaxation and ease” for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday ...
Miami New Times

Vibrating Bed Pioneer Dies

The Magic Fingers vibrating beds were without a doubt the classiest motel beds of the ’60s and ’70s. Sure, anyone could afford a couple hours at a cheap motel, but only the big ballers could spring ...
The Pantagraph

Inventor of vibrating bed, who spent some of his youth in B-N, dies

MIAMI - The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of "tingling relaxation and ease" for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday as a ...
Los Angeles Times

John Houghtaling dies at 92; invented ‘Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed’

John Houghtaling, inventor of the vibrating Magic Fingers bed that once was pervasive in motel rooms and became a cultural touchstone for a generation of American travelers, has died. He was 92.
Pocono Record

'Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed' inventor dies at 92

MIAMI (AP) — The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of "tingling relaxation and ease" for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

‘Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed’ inventor dies at 92

MIAMI – The inventor of the “Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed,” a coin-operated fixture in American motel rooms in the 1960s and `70s, has died in Florida. John Joseph Houghtaling (HUFF-tay-ling) was 92.