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US2286324A
US2286324A US374962A US37496241A US2286324A US 2286324 A US2286324 A US 2286324A US 374962 A US374962 A US 374962A US 37496241 A US37496241 A US 37496241A US 2286324 A US2286324 A US 2286324A
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    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • MASSAGE ROLLER Filed Jan. 18, 1941 INVENTOR i B'Y v ATT Y Patented June 16, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MASSAGE ROLLER Jere L. Wentz, Passaic, N. J.
  • the invention relates to new and useful improvements in massage rollers.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a new and useful device for massaging the human body; a further object of the invention is to provide a massage roller which is adapted for rubbing the surface of the human body; a further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described having rotatable parts which may be retarded by frictional means; a further object of the invention is to provide new and useful means for causing the rotating massage members to drag.
  • Figure 1 is a view of the device, partly in section, and
  • Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line 22 in Figure 1.
  • the improved massage device illustrated in the drawing comprises a shaft I which carries a plurality of freely rotatable rollers or balls 2, preferably of sponge rubber or like soft yielding material. On the free ends of the shaft I there are handles or grips 3 Within which the shaft l rotates and is also freely moveable longitudinally.
  • the handles 3 may be provided with peripheral ridges 4 to form convenient finger holds.
  • the outward movement of the handles or grips 3 on the shaft I may be limited by means of stops 5 provided adjacent to the ends of the shaft l.
  • a split ring in a peripheral groove in the shaft l forms a convenient stop, as shown in the drawing.
  • the inner end portion of the handles 3 may be flared or broadened as at 6, to provide a greater bearing surface for frictional contact with the rollers or balls 2 when the handles 3 are pressed against the said balls.
  • the rollers 2 may be of such form and shape as may be desired but I prefer to use spherical balls as shown.
  • the handles 3 are grasped manually by the operator and the rollers 2 are moved over the part to be treated of the body, such pressure being applied as conditions maywequire or as may be desired.
  • the handles 3 are pressed toward each other whereby the rollers 2 are frictionally engaged by the ends of the. said handles and the rollers are caused to drag.
  • This action may be graduated, increased or diminished, by suitable variation in the pressure so applied to the rollers by the handles and the optimum result attained.
  • a roller having a convex face
  • a shaft rotatably seated in the said roller
  • handle members on the outer ends of the said shaft and moveable thereon against the said roller
  • the inner faces of the said handle members being concave to fit against the convex face of the said roller
  • stop means for said handle members on the ends of the said shaft.
  • a roller having a convex face
  • a shaft rotatably seated in the said roller
  • handle members on the outer ends of the said shaft and moveable thereon against the said roller, the inner faces of the said handle members being concave to fit against the convex face of the said roller.

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June 16, 1942. J. L. WENTZ 2,286,324
MASSAGE ROLLER Filed Jan. 18, 1941 INVENTOR i B'Y v ATT Y Patented June 16, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MASSAGE ROLLER Jere L. Wentz, Passaic, N. J.
Application January 18, 1941, Serial No. 374,962
2 Claims.
The invention relates to new and useful improvements in massage rollers.
An object of the invention is to provide a new and useful device for massaging the human body; a further object of the invention is to provide a massage roller which is adapted for rubbing the surface of the human body; a further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described having rotatable parts which may be retarded by frictional means; a further object of the invention is to provide new and useful means for causing the rotating massage members to drag. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following specification.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view of the device, partly in section, and
Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line 22 in Figure 1.
Similar characters of reference refer to like parts, throughout the several views.
The improved massage device illustrated in the drawing, comprises a shaft I which carries a plurality of freely rotatable rollers or balls 2, preferably of sponge rubber or like soft yielding material. On the free ends of the shaft I there are handles or grips 3 Within which the shaft l rotates and is also freely moveable longitudinally.
The handles 3 may be provided with peripheral ridges 4 to form convenient finger holds.
The outward movement of the handles or grips 3 on the shaft I may be limited by means of stops 5 provided adjacent to the ends of the shaft l. A split ring in a peripheral groove in the shaft l forms a convenient stop, as shown in the drawing.
The inner end portion of the handles 3 may be flared or broadened as at 6, to provide a greater bearing surface for frictional contact with the rollers or balls 2 when the handles 3 are pressed against the said balls.
The rollers 2 may be of such form and shape as may be desired but I prefer to use spherical balls as shown.
The device being assembled as above described, the handles 3 are grasped manually by the operator and the rollers 2 are moved over the part to be treated of the body, such pressure being applied as conditions maywequire or as may be desired. When it is desired to apply a rubbing action or to combine a rolling and rubbing contact, the handles 3 are pressed toward each other whereby the rollers 2 are frictionally engaged by the ends of the. said handles and the rollers are caused to drag. This action may be graduated, increased or diminished, by suitable variation in the pressure so applied to the rollers by the handles and the optimum result attained.
The advantages of thus applying a rubbing action in combination with roller massage will be apparent to oneskilled in the art.
Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:
1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a roller having a convex face, a shaft rotatably seated in the said roller, handle members on the outer ends of the said shaft and moveable thereon against the said roller, the inner faces of the said handle members being concave to fit against the convex face of the said roller, and stop means for said handle members on the ends of the said shaft.
2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a roller having a convex face, a shaft rotatably seated in the said roller, handle members on the outer ends of the said shaft and moveable thereon against the said roller, the inner faces of the said handle members being concave to fit against the convex face of the said roller.
JERE L. WENTZ.
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US2510193A (en) * 1947-02-28 1950-06-06 John A Pough Foot exerciser
US2854971A (en) * 1957-07-03 1958-10-07 John F Williams Spine adjuster
US3403906A (en) * 1965-05-14 1968-10-01 Burzenski Ralph Exerciser with grippers on a roller mounting shaft
US4002163A (en) * 1975-09-15 1977-01-11 Jackson Jr Andrew Dudly Exerciser and roller massage device
US4688556A (en) * 1986-02-07 1987-08-25 Keller Jr Moreau A Spinal massage and exercise deivce
US4989585A (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-02-05 Auker Lawrence F Hand manipulated roller massage tool
US5259824A (en) * 1991-11-25 1993-11-09 Eugene Cheltenham Hand-held, friction stabilized, multi-exercise device
US5330407A (en) * 1991-08-19 1994-07-19 Spherepoint, Inc. Exercise method and apparatus utilizing elastomeric spheres
US5577996A (en) * 1995-03-15 1996-11-26 Gardner; Gary R. Back massager
US5577995A (en) * 1991-06-13 1996-11-26 Grace L. Walker Spinal and soft tissue mobilizer
US5580336A (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-12-03 Coallier; Serge Hand exerciser
US20120238925A1 (en) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-20 Christopher Thomason Winkley Interchangeable pressure therapy tool
US20140114221A1 (en) * 2012-10-22 2014-04-24 Kathy L. Indermill Adjustable handheld roller massage apparatus with fabric-covered resilient air-filled spherical contact orbs
US20150018176A1 (en) * 2013-07-15 2015-01-15 Fame Cohen Exercise device
US9039641B1 (en) * 2012-01-25 2015-05-26 Ronald B. Johnson Massage apparatus
US9649246B1 (en) * 2012-01-25 2017-05-16 Ronald B. Johnson Massage device and removeable mounting system
US9668933B1 (en) 2010-06-08 2017-06-06 Ronald B. Johnson Exercise and massage roller
RU173165U1 (en) * 2016-10-17 2017-08-14 Ирина Владимировна Гагарова LINEAR-POINT MASSAGER
USD841177S1 (en) * 2018-06-29 2019-02-19 Kevin E. Priebe Trigger point massage device
USD845498S1 (en) 2016-12-16 2019-04-09 Ronald B. Johnson Tessellated massage roller
US10307325B1 (en) 2010-06-08 2019-06-04 Ronald B. Johnson Cylindrical core exercise and massage roller
USD851271S1 (en) * 2014-10-23 2019-06-11 Scott Kenneth BURSON Physical therapy device
US10688014B2 (en) 2015-06-09 2020-06-23 Geoffrey M. Muller Massage apparatus with knuckle-shaped nodes
US10695258B1 (en) 2016-09-06 2020-06-30 Ronald B. Johnson Tessellated massage roller
US11253422B1 (en) 2019-08-08 2022-02-22 Ronald B. Johnson Adjustable peanut massage tool
US11576837B2 (en) 2019-10-03 2023-02-14 Jfxd Trx Acq Llc Multi-zonal roller and method of use thereof

Cited By (26)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2510193A (en) * 1947-02-28 1950-06-06 John A Pough Foot exerciser
US2854971A (en) * 1957-07-03 1958-10-07 John F Williams Spine adjuster
US3403906A (en) * 1965-05-14 1968-10-01 Burzenski Ralph Exerciser with grippers on a roller mounting shaft
US4002163A (en) * 1975-09-15 1977-01-11 Jackson Jr Andrew Dudly Exerciser and roller massage device
US4688556A (en) * 1986-02-07 1987-08-25 Keller Jr Moreau A Spinal massage and exercise deivce
US4989585A (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-02-05 Auker Lawrence F Hand manipulated roller massage tool
US5577995A (en) * 1991-06-13 1996-11-26 Grace L. Walker Spinal and soft tissue mobilizer
US5330407A (en) * 1991-08-19 1994-07-19 Spherepoint, Inc. Exercise method and apparatus utilizing elastomeric spheres
US5259824A (en) * 1991-11-25 1993-11-09 Eugene Cheltenham Hand-held, friction stabilized, multi-exercise device
US5577996A (en) * 1995-03-15 1996-11-26 Gardner; Gary R. Back massager
US5580336A (en) * 1995-05-08 1996-12-03 Coallier; Serge Hand exerciser
US9668933B1 (en) 2010-06-08 2017-06-06 Ronald B. Johnson Exercise and massage roller
US10307325B1 (en) 2010-06-08 2019-06-04 Ronald B. Johnson Cylindrical core exercise and massage roller
US20120238925A1 (en) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-20 Christopher Thomason Winkley Interchangeable pressure therapy tool
US9039641B1 (en) * 2012-01-25 2015-05-26 Ronald B. Johnson Massage apparatus
US9649246B1 (en) * 2012-01-25 2017-05-16 Ronald B. Johnson Massage device and removeable mounting system
US20140114221A1 (en) * 2012-10-22 2014-04-24 Kathy L. Indermill Adjustable handheld roller massage apparatus with fabric-covered resilient air-filled spherical contact orbs
US20150018176A1 (en) * 2013-07-15 2015-01-15 Fame Cohen Exercise device
USD851271S1 (en) * 2014-10-23 2019-06-11 Scott Kenneth BURSON Physical therapy device
US10688014B2 (en) 2015-06-09 2020-06-23 Geoffrey M. Muller Massage apparatus with knuckle-shaped nodes
US10695258B1 (en) 2016-09-06 2020-06-30 Ronald B. Johnson Tessellated massage roller
RU173165U1 (en) * 2016-10-17 2017-08-14 Ирина Владимировна Гагарова LINEAR-POINT MASSAGER
USD845498S1 (en) 2016-12-16 2019-04-09 Ronald B. Johnson Tessellated massage roller
USD841177S1 (en) * 2018-06-29 2019-02-19 Kevin E. Priebe Trigger point massage device
US11253422B1 (en) 2019-08-08 2022-02-22 Ronald B. Johnson Adjustable peanut massage tool
US11576837B2 (en) 2019-10-03 2023-02-14 Jfxd Trx Acq Llc Multi-zonal roller and method of use thereof

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