US3867928A - Massage device - Google Patents

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US3867928A
US3867928A US260204A US26020472A US3867928A US 3867928 A US3867928 A US 3867928A US 260204 A US260204 A US 260204A US 26020472 A US26020472 A US 26020472A US 3867928 A US3867928 A US 3867928A
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Earl Silas Tupper
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL 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
    • A61H23/00—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
    • A61H23/06—Hand percussion, i.e. Hand driven

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  • a massage device is formed as a plane blade-like exi great g i 5 3 7 tended area of resilient material provided with or conune feat mam stituted by a plurality of massage elements to form an operative massage surface as distinct from a massage ⁇ if 128/241 L bundle of for example birch twigs in a sauna bath.
  • the 61 67 60 blade-like area comprises a flat: blade with rounded 1 le 0 care depressions in it.
  • the present invention is based on the realization that a particularly effective action can be obtained if the birching portion of such a device is formed as a plane blade-like area rather than a random bundle of twigs, not all of which can touch the skin and the majority of which prevent proper deformation and give of those twigs which do contact the skin.
  • the invention thus provides a massage device consisting of a handle connected to a plane blade-like extended area of resilient material provided with or constituted by a plurality of massage elements.
  • the invention provides such a massage device in which the handle is connected by an integral transverse blade portion to a plurality of parallel elon gate flexible fingers constituting said massage elements.
  • the flexible fingers can be flat, or circular or otherwise rounded in individual cross section, and in a particularly valuable embodiment are hollow, and/or the blade portion to which they are attached is hollow. In such a case there can be an inlet through which the fingers and/or blade can be filled with water whereby to vary the effective weight or flexibility of the massage device.
  • the overall configuration of the blade is usually generally rectangular, with the fingers extending parallel and preferably possessing rounded ends.
  • the invention provides such a massage device in which the handle is connected to a unitary flat resilient blade having a plurality of rounded depressions in an otherwise flatflexible surface thereon to provide said massage elements.
  • the depressions can be part-spherical, for example hemispherical, in shape and be arranged in a regular pattern upon the blade. It is possible according to the invention to have the blade of the massage device hollow, i.e., in a double form, preferably with an opening wherein water can be included to vary the effective weight or flexibility of the blade.
  • the blade is generally rectangular in shape and provided with a plurality of such depressions arranged in an hexagonal packing on the surface.
  • Another aspect of the present invention consists in a massage device as described above wherein the handle is hollow and communicates with a hollow portion of (or associated with) the blade which hollow portion can be filled with liquid and thereby provide in combination with a handle orificed at the remote end a vaginal douche. It is possible either for the blade (or part of the blade) to be formed with a hollow configuration, or for a separate bulb to be provided for the necessary liquid. If the handle of the massage device is to be formed in this fashion, it will be found convenient to provide a protective sheath around the handle, which can be disposable or reusable.
  • FIG. 1 is a general view of one embodiment massage device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a section along line A-A of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a general view of another embodiment massage device
  • FIG. 4 shows a section along line AA of FIG. 3.
  • a massage device has a handle 1 and a blade portion generally indicated at 2.
  • the blade portion consists of a plurality of parallel fingers of resilient material 3, which fingers, as will be apparent from FIG. 2, are circular in cross section and have rounded ends 4.
  • This particular embodiment of massage device is hollow, whereby the blade and fingers can be filled or partially filled with water to increase the weight and vary the flexibility. In use, this massage device will be found to be particularly flexible, and effective as an adjunct to a Sauna bath. Since the device is primarily to be used under such wet conditions, a hole 5 is provided to assist in retaining a grip on the device.
  • the device shown has a handle I suitably shaped so as to constitute a vaginal douche. If this embodiment is to be utilized the hole 5 can be replaced by a bulb for retaining liquid, or the liquid in question can be held within the general body of the blade 2. It is particularly valuable if the handle 5 is provided with a suitably protective sheath when in such use.
  • FIG. 3 shows a massage device: having a handle 11 and a blade portion generally indicated at 12 which is generally rectangular in shape and. provided with a plurality of part spherical recesses 13.
  • the device shown in FIG. 3 is formed of a single leaf of resilient plastic material, it could be formed double and provided with a suitable inlet opening for a supply of water as required to vary the weight or flexibility thereof.
  • a massage device consisting of a handle; a unitary resilient blade having a generally flat massage surface. said blade being connected directly to said handle; a plurality of rounded depressions in said generally flat massage surface thereon to provide massage elements and form an operative massage surface.
  • a massage device as claimed in claim 3, comprising an inlet for water to load said hollow blade and thereby vary the effective weight and flexibility thereof.

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USRE30500E (en) * 1978-08-18 1981-02-03 Clairol Incorporated Massage device
US4409967A (en) * 1979-10-23 1983-10-18 L'oreal Manual massage instrument
US4936293A (en) * 1989-05-30 1990-06-26 Ihor Rymaruk Martial arts conditioning hammer
US20020138929A1 (en) * 2001-03-28 2002-10-03 Bhavna Mehta Cleansing and massaging utensil
RU2523679C2 (ru) * 2013-01-15 2014-07-20 Николай Антонович Потапов Массажный инструмент
RU2578083C2 (ru) * 2014-05-13 2016-03-20 Владимир Августович Гилевский Ручной массажер
WO2018184939A1 (de) * 2017-04-05 2018-10-11 Dirk Wehlmann Hautschaber mit sammel-depot

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FR2319328A1 (fr) * 1975-07-30 1977-02-25 Dupeyroux Roger Activeur de circulation sanguine
JPS5911107A (ja) * 1982-07-10 1984-01-20 みのる産業株式会社 乗用田植機
DE3229319A1 (de) * 1982-08-05 1984-02-09 Schaveg AG, 9490 Vaduz Koerper-massagegeraet mittels klopfmassage
CN106821702A (zh) * 2017-01-09 2017-06-13 王永福 一种眼部按摩棒

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US233758A (en) * 1880-10-26 holbrook
US1611542A (en) * 1925-03-12 1926-12-21 Mair Josephine Face mask

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US233758A (en) * 1880-10-26 holbrook
US1611542A (en) * 1925-03-12 1926-12-21 Mair Josephine Face mask

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USRE30500E (en) * 1978-08-18 1981-02-03 Clairol Incorporated Massage device
US4409967A (en) * 1979-10-23 1983-10-18 L'oreal Manual massage instrument
US4462393A (en) * 1979-10-23 1984-07-31 L'oreal Manual massage instrument
US4936293A (en) * 1989-05-30 1990-06-26 Ihor Rymaruk Martial arts conditioning hammer
US20020138929A1 (en) * 2001-03-28 2002-10-03 Bhavna Mehta Cleansing and massaging utensil
US6772465B2 (en) * 2001-03-28 2004-08-10 Bhavna Mehta Cleansing and massaging utensil
RU2523679C2 (ru) * 2013-01-15 2014-07-20 Николай Антонович Потапов Массажный инструмент
RU2578083C2 (ru) * 2014-05-13 2016-03-20 Владимир Августович Гилевский Ручной массажер
WO2018184939A1 (de) * 2017-04-05 2018-10-11 Dirk Wehlmann Hautschaber mit sammel-depot

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