CN110680691A

CN110680691A - Foot massager

Info

Publication number: CN110680691A
Application number: CN201910946811.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄贵锋; 张建锋
Original assignee: Ogawa Intelligent Health Technology Group Co Ltd; Zhangzhou Easepal Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ogawa Intelligent Health Technology Group Co Ltd; Zhangzhou Easepal Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-07
Filing date: 2019-10-07
Publication date: 2020-01-14
Also published as: WO2021068735A1

Abstract

A foot massager comprises a shell for accommodating feet, wherein an air pump and an air valve are arranged in the shell, and abdicating spaces for accommodating the up-and-down movement of toes are arranged in the shell corresponding to the positions of the toes; the upper toe air bag is arranged on the side, opposite to the instep, of the shell corresponding to the position of the toes, the lower toe air bag is arranged on the side, opposite to the sole, of the shell corresponding to the position of the toes, and the upper toe air bag and the lower toe air bag are communicated with the air pump and the air valve to be inflated and expanded to prop the toes to move upwards; the inflation of the air bag on the toes can resist the toes to move downwards. The invention uses the air bags to expand and stretch the toes and fix the feet by using the air bags, thereby avoiding the problems that the massage feet feel hard and the toes can be painful in the existing toe massage device.

Description

Foot massager

Technical Field

The invention relates to a foot massager, in particular to a foot massager mainly used for massaging toes.

Background

A foot massager is an instrument or an apparatus which inherits ancient foot massage manipulation, is manufactured based on modern technology, and massages feet (including soles, instep, ankles and the like) of a human body in different forms so as to achieve the health care effect.

However, the conventional sole massage apparatus mainly massages the instep, ankle, and other areas of the sole, and has little and uncomfortable massage for the toes. Chinese patent application CN101351178A discloses a toe massage device, which comprises a rotating body disposed on a base and capable of rotating in forward and reverse directions, a driving device for driving the rotating body to rotate in forward and reverse directions, a toe fixing mechanism for fixing toes on the rotating body, and a foot pedal pivotally supported on the base. When the rotating body rotates in the forward and reverse directions, the toe side is bent and the instep side is warped alternately. This foot massager can realize the tensile and compression massage of toe, but during the in-service use, because use the tensile and fixed toe of rotor mechanical type, massage foot feel is crude, and can let the toe feel painful, and whole foot massage experience is not good.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a foot massager mainly for massaging toes, which massages toes and other parts of feet by using air pressure, and the massaging experience of toes is comfortable.

In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

a foot massager comprises a shell for accommodating feet, wherein an air pump and an air valve are arranged in the shell, and abdicating spaces for accommodating the up-and-down movement of toes are arranged in the shell corresponding to the positions of the toes; the side of the shell opposite to the instep is provided with a toe upper air bag corresponding to the position of the toes, the side of the shell opposite to the sole is provided with a toe lower air bag corresponding to the position of the toes, and the toe upper air bag and the toe lower air bag are communicated with the air pump and the air valve to be inflated and expanded to prop the toes to move upwards; the inflation of the air bag on the toes can resist the toes to move downwards.

In some embodiments, the toe-on airbag or the toe-off airbag is a multi-layer airbag, and both the toe-on airbag and the toe-off airbag are secured within the abduction space. The multi-layer air bags at the ends of the air bags under the toes, which are close to the arch of the foot, are fixed together, and the multi-layer air bags at the ends of the air bags under the toes, which are far away from the arch of the foot, are separated from each other so as to be rotated to prop against the toes when inflated and expanded.

Furthermore, a toe air bag ring is also arranged and consists of a thumb air bag ring and a little finger air bag ring which are arranged in parallel; the toe upper air bag and the toe lower air bag are simultaneously expanded to fix the toe air bag ring; the thumb air bag ring and the little finger air bag ring expand or contract to massage the thumb and the little finger.

Still further, still include the arch of foot air bag, the air bag is gone up to the toe and the toe is air bag down and toe air bag ring is inflated simultaneously and is expanded can centre gripping fixed toe, and the arch of foot air bag is inflated can push the arch of foot upward movement.

Furthermore, a pedal is arranged in the shell close to the abdicating space; the foot positioning device further comprises a positioning air bag, wherein the feet of a user are placed on the pedal plate, the positioning air bag expands towards the instep of the user, and the feet are fixed in the shell.

In another embodiment, the foot massage device further comprises a foot center air bag, wherein the toe upper air bag and the toe lower air bag are inflated simultaneously to clamp and fix toes, the foot center air bag is inflated to push the foot center to move upwards, the foot center air bag is a multi-layer air bag, and massage convex points are arranged on one side, facing the foot center, of the foot center air bag.

In yet another embodiment, the housing is comprised of an upper housing and a lower housing; an upper splint or a lower splint is arranged in the abdicating space, the upper splint is fixed in the upper shell, and the lower splint is fixed in the lower shell so as to limit the expansion space of the air bag on the toes or the air bag under the toes.

Furthermore, a convex rib is arranged at the position of the lower shell, which is close to the air bag under the toes, and the convex rib is abutted against the toes and the femoral sulcus of the sole to limit the forward and backward movement of the sole on the lower shell when the toes are pressed to move in a vertically stretching mode.

Compared with the prior art, the foot massager has the advantages that the space for containing the toes to move up and down is arranged in the shell, and the air bags on the toes and the air bags under the toes are expanded alternately to push the toes to move up or down, so that the effect of stretching the toes to massage is achieved. The toe upper and lower air bags are used for expanding and stretching the toes and the air bags for fixing the feet, so that the problems that the massage feet feel hard and the toes can be painful in the existing toe massage device are avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the foot massager of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the inventive foot massager.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of the air bag above the toes and the air bag below the toes of the foot massage apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic view of the foot massager of the present invention pressing the toes upward.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of the foot massager of the present invention pressing down on the toes.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing that the air bag on the toes and the air bag under the toes of the foot massager of the present invention are inflated to clamp the feet.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the toe airbag ring of the foot massager of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the toe airbag ring of the foot massage apparatus of the present invention when the foot massage apparatus is placed on the foot.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the foot massager of the present invention with the air bag at the arch of the foot expanded to stretch the toes backwards.

Description of reference numerals:

1. an upper housing; 2. a lower housing; 3. air pockets on toes; 4. a toe-off air bag; 5. positioning the air bag; 6. an arch air bag; 7. a toe airbag ring; 8. an air pump; 9. an air valve;

10. a lower cover; 11. an upper cover; 12. a baffle plate; 13. an upper splint; 14. a lower splint; 15. instep air bag ring; 16. a convex rib 21, a left foot space; 22. a right foot space; 71. a thumb airbag ring; 72. a little finger air bag ring; 111. a function button; 161. a convex rib; 201. a foot pedal.

Detailed Description

The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and embodiments:

embodiment 1, please refer to fig. 1 to 6, the foot massager of this embodiment includes a housing, an air pump 8 and an air valve 9 are disposed in the housing, and the air pump 8 and the air valve 9 supply or discharge air to or from each air bag module disposed in the housing. The shell of the foot massager is made of hard materials, and a yielding space capable of accommodating upward warping and downward bending movement of toes is arranged in the shell corresponding to the toes of a user. The inner wall of the shell, corresponding to the position of the toes, on one side in the shell, opposite to the instep side, inclines in the toe oblique upward direction, the inner wall of the shell, corresponding to the position of the toes, on one side in the shell, opposite to the instep side, inclines in the toe oblique downward direction, and the arrangement provides a large-range abdicating space for upward and downward movement of the toes.

Wherein, the inner wall of the shell, which is inclined along the inclined upper direction of the toes at one side opposite to the instep, is provided with a toe-on air bag 3, and one surface of the toe-on air bag is fixed on the inclined inner wall of the shell, which is inclined at one side opposite to the instep; the inner wall of the shell, which is inclined along the inclined downward direction of the toes at one side opposite to the arch surface, is provided with a toe lower air bag 4, and one surface of the toe lower air bag is fixed on the inclined inner wall of the shell at one side opposite to the arch surface.

The toe upper air bag 3 and the toe lower air bag 4 are both supplied with air by an air pump 8 and are communicated by an air valve 9. The air bag 3 under the toes is inflated to push the toes to move upwards, and the toes are warped upwards to stretch the toes. The air bag 4 under the toes is deflated and contracted, the air bag 3 on the toes is inflated and expanded, and the air bag 3 on the toes resists the toes to bend downwards to press and stretch the toes.

The foot massager with the structure has the advantages that the toe upper air bag 3 and the toe lower air bag 4 are alternatively expanded or contracted to prop the toes to move upwards or downwards, the effect of stretching the toes is achieved, the massaging method is soft and comfortable, and the toes are not painful.

Preferably, the toe upper air bag 3 and the toe lower air bag 4 are multi-layer air bags and are fixed in the abdicating space in the shell. Specifically, the toe-on bag 3 is fixed to the inner wall of the case that inclines upward on the side of the back of the foot on the inner side, and the toe-off bag 4 is fixed to the inner wall of the case that inclines downward on the side of the arch of the foot on the inner side. The toe-up air bag 3 and the toe-down air bag 4 adopt multilayer air bags, so that the expansion stroke of the air bags can be increased, and the air bags can resist the upward or downward movement of the toes more quickly.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the air bag 4 under the toes is a multi-layer air bag, and the edges of the multi-layer air bag at one end close to the arch of the foot are fixed together by glue or a fixing part and are fixed at the position close to the toes of the downward-inclined inner wall at one side of the arch of the foot in the shell; the multi-layer air bags at the end of the air bag 4 far away from the arch of the foot are separated from each other. When the air bag 4 under the toes is inflated, the multi-layered air bag at the end far from the center of the foot is filled with air more than the multi-layered air bag at the end near the center of the foot. The air bag 4 under the toes takes one end fixed on the inner wall of the shell as a fulcrum, and the pressed toes which are expanded and rotated are upwards warped. Similarly, as shown in fig. 5, the air bag 3 on the toes is also a multi-layer air bag, and one end of the air bag close to the arch of the foot is fixed at a position close to the toes on the upwardly inclined inner wall at the instep side in the housing, and the air bag 3 on the toes takes the end fixed on the inner wall of the housing as a fulcrum, and the pressed toes which are inflated and rotated bend downwards.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a foot pedal 201 for placing the foot of the user is disposed in the casing at a position close to the abdicating space, and the foot pedal 201 may be only a foot supporting surface facing the arch direction in the casing. The foot of the user is placed on the pedal 201, the inner wall of the shell body, which is positioned at the instep side and opposite to the instep of the user, is provided with a positioning air bag 5, one surface of the positioning air bag is fixed on the inner wall, and the other surface of the positioning air bag is inflated and then expands towards the instep of the user to apply downward pressure to the instep, so that the foot of the user is fixed between the positioning air bag 5 and the pedal 201 in the shell body. Thus, when the toes are moved upward and downward, the instep and the arch of the foot are not easily moved with respect to the footboard 201, enhancing the massage effect of the toes being stretched upward and downward. Similarly, the foot can be fixed by other methods, such as binding band fixation.

In example 2, as shown in fig. 7 to 9, in addition to the above technical features, the present embodiment further includes a toe airbag ring 7 fixed to the footrest 201 on the side of the footrest 201 in the housing. The toe air bag ring 7 is formed by juxtaposing a thumb air bag ring 71 and a group of little finger air bag rings 72. The thumb air bag ring 71 and the little finger air bag ring 72 are respectively communicated with the air pump 8 and the air valve 9. The toe air bag ring 7 is made of soft materials, and the toe upper air bag 3 and the toe lower air bag 4 in the abdicating space are inflated and expanded simultaneously to fix the toe air bag ring 7. The thumb air bag ring 71 and the little finger air bag ring 72 in the toe air bag ring are controlled by the air valve 9 to inflate or deflate and contract, thereby carrying out clamping massage on the thumb and the little finger of the foot.

Preferably, the foot pedal 201 is provided with a foot center air bag 6 corresponding to the position of the foot center of the user, the toe upper air bag 6 and the toe lower air bag are controlled by an air pump 8 and an air valve 9 to be inflated and expanded to fill the abdicating space, the toe air bag ring 7 is clamped in the horizontal direction, and simultaneously, after the toe air bag ring 7 is inflated and expanded to clamp and fix the toes, the foot center air bag 6 is inflated and expanded to push the foot center to move upwards. At this time, the positioning air bag 5 above the instep is kept in a contracted state to form a space accommodating upward movement of the instep on the instep and the side of the case inside toward the instep. As the toes of the user are fixed by the toe air bag rings 7, the arch of the foot rotates relative to the toes, and the arch air bag 6 generates stretching movement towards the heel direction to the toes.

Similarly, in another embodiment, in the case that the toe airbag 7 is not configured, the toe upper airbag 3 and the toe lower airbag 4 are inflated and expanded only by the air pump 8 and the air valve 9 to fill the abdicating space and clamp and fix the toes in the horizontal direction, and meanwhile, the foot core airbag 6 is also arranged at the position of the foot pedal 201 at the foot core, and the foot core airbag 6 is inflated and expanded to push the foot core to move upwards, so that the foot core airbag 6 can also generate stretching movement towards the heel direction for the toes.

Preferably, the arch airbag 6 of the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of layers, and one side of the multi-layer airbag is fixed to the step 201 and the other side abuts against the arch position to increase the expansion stroke of the arch airbag 6. The side of the arch air bag 6 facing the arch of the foot is also provided with massage salient points to increase the stimulation when the arch air bag 6 props against the arch of the foot.

Embodiment 3, as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the foot massager of the present embodiment further includes an outer cover, the outer cover is composed of an upper cover 11 and a lower cover 10, and the upper cover 11 is provided with a plurality of function buttons 111 to control different pneumatic massage modes, pneumatic massage intensity and heating modes of the foot massager. The outer cover is internally provided with a hard shell which is formed by assembling an upper shell 1 and a lower shell 2. Wherein the lower casing 2 and the lower cover 10 form an accommodating space for accommodating the air pump 8, the air valve 10 and the control circuit board (not shown in the figure). The lower shell 2 and the upper shell 1 form a penetrating space for accommodating the feet of a user; a baffle plate 12 is vertically arranged at the middle position between the lower shell 2 and the upper shell 1, and the penetrating space is divided into a left foot space 21 and a right foot space 22 which can be used for respectively placing the left foot and the right foot of a user. A space for allowing the toes to move upward and downward is provided between the upper case 1 and the lower case 2 corresponding to the positions of the toes. An upper splint 13 inclined towards the instep direction is fixedly arranged at the position, corresponding to the toes, of the inner wall of the upper shell in the abdicating space, and a plurality of layers of toe upper air bags 3 are arranged on one side, corresponding to the toes, of the upper splint 13; a lower splint 14 inclined towards the arch of the foot is fixedly arranged at the position of the inner wall of the lower shell 2 corresponding to the toes in the abdicating space, and a multi-layer toe lower air bag 4 is arranged on one side of the lower splint 14 corresponding to the toes. A space for restricting the inflation of the toe-on bag 3 or the toe-off bag 4 is formed between the upper plate 13 and the lower plate 14.

The left foot space 21 and the right foot space 22 for placing the feet of the user are respectively provided with an instep air bag ring 15, a toe air bag 7 and a foot center air bag 6, wherein the instep air bag ring 15 is internally provided with a positioning air bag 5, and the foot center air bag 6 and the positioning air bag 5 are both multilayer air bags. When the positioning air bag 5 in the instep air bag ring 15 is in a contracted state, an instep upward movement space is formed between the instep of the user and the instep air bag ring 15. The lower case 2 is located in the left and

right foot spaces

21 and 22 on the side opposite to the arch of the user's foot, and constitutes a left and right foot board on which the foot is placed. The air bags are all supplied by an air pump 8 and an air valve 9, when the positioning air bag 5 positioned in the air bag rings 15 of the instep of the left foot and the right foot is expanded, the left foot and the right foot are fixed on the left foot pedal and the right foot pedal, the air bag 3 on the toes and the air bag 4 under the toes are expanded or contracted in turn, and the left toe and the right toe of a user are warped upwards or bent downwards to play a role of stretching and massaging the left toe and the right toe in the up-down direction. When the toe-up bag 3 and the toe-down bag 4 are inflated at the same time, the toes are held in the horizontal direction. The toe air bag 7 is further expanded to enhance the function of clamping toes; when the positioning air bag 5 above the instep is in a contraction state and the arch air bag 6 expands or contracts, the arch moves upwards or downwards, and the left and right toes are clamped immovably, so that the function of stretching and massaging the left and right toes in the heel direction is achieved.

Preferably, a rib 16 is provided on the lower case 2 at a position close to the under-toe bag 4, and the rib 16 can abut against the toes and the femoral groove of the sole. Specifically, two convex rib strips 161 arranged in a splayed shape are respectively arranged at the positions of the convex ribs 16 corresponding to the left and right toes and the femoral sulcus of the foot sole, so as to limit the forward and backward movement of the left and right toes on the left and right foot pedals of the lower shell 2 along the direction of the toes when the left and right toes do upward and downward stretching movement under the expansion or contraction of the toe upper air bag 3 and the toe lower air bag 4, thereby reducing the influence on the upward and downward stretching massage of the left and right toes.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A foot massager comprises a shell for accommodating feet, wherein an air pump and an air valve are arranged in the shell, and the foot massager is characterized in that abdicating spaces for accommodating the up-and-down movement of toes are arranged in the shell corresponding to the positions of the toes;

the air bag on the toes is arranged on the side, opposite to the instep, of the shell corresponding to the positions of the toes, the air bag under the toes is arranged on the side, opposite to the sole, of the shell corresponding to the positions of the toes, and the air bag on the toes and the air bag under the toes are communicated with the air pump and the air valve;

the air bag under the toes is inflated and expanded to resist the toes to move upwards; the toe upper air bag is inflated to push the toes to move downwards.

2. The foot massager of claim 1, wherein the toe-on air bag or the toe-off air bag is a multi-layer air bag, and both the toe-on air bag and the toe-off air bag are fixed in the abdicating space.

3. The foot massager as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of air bags of the air bags under the toes at the end close to the arch of the foot are fixed together, and the plurality of air bags of the air bags under the toes at the end far from the arch of the foot are separated from each other so as to be rotated against the toes when inflated.

4. The foot massager of claim 1, wherein a foot pedal is disposed in the housing adjacent to the abdicating space; the foot positioning device further comprises a positioning air bag, wherein the foot of the user is placed on the pedal plate, and the positioning air bag expands towards the instep of the user to fix the foot in the shell.

5. The foot massager as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a toe airbag ring, wherein the toe airbag ring is formed by juxtaposing a thumb airbag ring and a little finger airbag ring; the toe upper air bag and the toe lower air bag are simultaneously expanded to fix a toe air bag ring; the thumb air bag ring and the little finger air bag ring expand or contract to massage the thumb and the little finger.

6. The foot massager as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an arch air bag, wherein the toe-up air bag and the toe-down air bag are inflated simultaneously to clamp and fix the toes, and the arch air bag is inflated to push the arch of the foot to move upwards.

7. The foot massager as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an arch airbag, wherein the toe-up airbag and the toe-down airbag and the toe airbag ring are inflated simultaneously to clamp and fix the toes, and the arch airbag is inflated to push the arch of the foot to move upwards.

8. The foot massager as claimed in claim 6 or 7, wherein the arch air bag is a multi-layer air bag, and massage protrusions are provided on the arch air bag on a side facing the arch.

9. The foot massager of claim 1, wherein the housing is comprised of an upper housing and a lower housing; an upper clamping plate or a lower clamping plate is arranged in the abdicating space, the upper clamping plate is fixed in the upper shell, and the lower clamping plate is fixed in the lower shell so as to limit the expansion space of the air bag on the toes or the air bag under the toes.

10. The foot massager of claim 9, wherein the lower shell is provided with a rib at a position close to the air bag under the toes, and the rib abuts against the toes and the femoral groove of the sole to limit the forward and backward movement of the sole on the lower shell when the toe is pressed to move in a stretching manner.