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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300026 | Ergonomic and massaging computer interface support surfaces An ergonomic support surface (2) is disclosed that supports a user's hand or wrist while moving in contact with the ergonomic support surface (2) to control a hand activated device, for example, a computer mouse on a mouse pad (6). The ergonomic... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291120 | Massage device A massage device to hold a golf ball has a surrounding portion to cover the golf ball and a handgrip extended from the surrounding portion. The handgrip has an insertion orifice on the bottom to receive a tee. The periphery of the handgrip that joins the surrounding... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7250032 | Device and associated system for mobilization of the back A device 100 and associated system for facilitating convenient and effective back mobilization of a clothed person is disclosed. The device has a substantially cylindrical body 102 having two ends 104 and two cylindrical, radial surfaces 106 | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225842 | Feed rollers for tree handling A feed roll for tree handling has a number of strips which substantially cover its outer face. The strips have leading and trailing edges shaped to interdigitate with one another. A layer of resilient or slippery material is located between the strips and a drum. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223251 | Massage device A massage device which substantially mirrors the hardness and deformation characteristics of the human thumb or palm and is particularly effective in relieving tender and painful muscle and connective tissue conditions, including but not limited to trigger points, f... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192406 | Foot massager A massage device has a close-packed presenting structure of massage elements, mounted on a working unit. The presenting structure is sufficiently closely packed to prevent insertion of an adult's digit, e.g. finger or toe, into the spaces between respective ones of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7112178 | Cold therapy foot massager A manual cold therapy foot massage device, which consists of a long cylindrical rod that is hollow in nature. Two rollers connected to each end of the cylindrical rod are wider in diameter than the cylindrical rod allowing the device to roll back and forth easily ov... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110810 | Therapeutic device for hands and wrists A therapeutic device for massaging hands and wrists which has upper and lower panels affixed to respective upper and lower housing via a plurality of compressible vibration-absorbing mounting pads. An elevated wrist rest extends across the anterior end of the outer ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6926683 | Method for reducing the appearance of skin cellulites using vacuum radiant heat and mechanical manipulation A massaging apparatus that includes at least one massaging element in a housing and extending therefrom for use in manipulating a subject's tissue and further including a radiant heat source. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921372 | Portable acupressure therapeutic treatment device A therapeutic acupressure device has a mat with a top surface shaped to conform to the back contour of a person lying on it in a supine position. Two elongated spaced mutually parallel fuzzy fabric strips are provided at the center of the mat. The mat has a transver... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6793636 | Therapeutic device for treating foot pathologies A theraputic device for treating foot pathologies. The device includes a generally-cylindrical body having a first end section, a spherical center section, a first intermediate section extending axially between the first end section and the center section, a second ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6764456 | Foot massaging device A foot massaging device for massaging a bottom of o foot of a user. The foot massaging device includes a body member being designed for being rolled between the foot of the user and a floor. A sleeve member has a perimeter wall defining an interior space of the slee... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764454 | Fitness stick with moxibustion and patting bat The present invention is related to a fitness stick and particularly to a fitness stick with a sheath and a moxibustion instrument, comprising a flapping bat, a sheath and a moxibustion instrument, having many protuberances on the surface of sheath for massaging, th... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6129687 | Rollable massaging device A rollable massaging device that simultaneously provides both hot and cold therapy is disclosed. The massaging device includes a first cylindrical container defining a first opening and a first longitudinal axis therethrough, and a second cylindrical cont... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6071253 | Supine spinal column flexing fixture and method There is disclosed a therapeutic exercise in which the patient lies in a supine position on a flat surface, with a long, smooth cylindrical roller having a constant compressed diameter from about 2 to about 4 inches throughout its length beneath the patie... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5830161 | Alternating ribbed foot massager A foot massager is built around a cylinder that preferably mounts two axially spaced longitudinally ribbed, bulging sleeves separated by a radially extended central partition disk and captured at their outer ends by roller disks, each having end stops to ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5766210 | Massage device with multi-surface head and methods for its use The invention provides devices and methods for therapeutically treating a variety of body parts. An exemplary massage device comprises an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A head is attached to the distal end of the shaft and includes... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5685828 | Combination foot relaxer roller and stool The invention is a combination foot relaxer and foot stool. The foot stool is a box like structure with top and bottom panels that over hang the sides of the box. Top and bottom panels are covered with material that is comfortable on the top and movement ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5352187 | Hand massager A hand massager includes a top shell having two upright tubes on the inside and raised portions on the outside, a bottom shell having two upright posts on the inside made to slide in the upright tubes and raised portions on the outside, a pin set retained... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5170778 | Body massaging device In accordance with the invention, a body pressure massaging device is provided which permits a user to massage his back by placing said device between his back and a flat surface. The device comprises a threaded cylindrical dowel which is used to assemble... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5143056 | Massaging sleeve with magnetic protuberances This invention relates to a massaging sleeve and in particular to one which includes a pair of cylindrical members having a body with a flange at both ends, a packing fitted into the recess of the flange, a pair of pads each covered on one of the cylindri... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5131383 | Foot massage device The foot massage device is in the general form of an elongated tubular body member that has a plurality of pressure point members disposed on its outer surface. The tubular body is wide enough so that both feet of a person can be applied to the device at ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4807603 | Massaging device having cylindrical body with at least one groove A massaging device consists of a body having a circular cross section formed from relatively rigid material, the body having at least one annular groove formed around its outer periphery.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4785800 | Structural balance device for relieving stress A structural balance device for relieving stress by reducing abnormal torque of the skull and rotation of the cervical spine while the user is lying in a supine position on a firm, flat surface. The device is dumbbell in shape with spherical ends and manu... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4754747 | Treatment of colic in infants A device for the treatment of colic in infants comprises a resiliently compressible body in the form of a fabric tube containing a plastics foam. The body is attached to the mattress of a baby carriage by means of a strap. When a baby is placed face down ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4519605 | Combination exercise and massage apparatus Compact combination exercise and massage apparatus which includes a modular support frame including front, intermediate and rear sections built of materials such as plastic tubing so as to be lightweight and modular in construction. A platform is suspende... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4378007 | Massaging device An integral elongated symmetrical roller of overall circular cross-section throughout made up of a pair of spaced apart annular traction rings intervened by inwardly tapering studded base surfaces of lesser diameter each meeting a central annular studded ... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4345757 | Anchored massage and exercising bar A pair of exercising bars with flexible shafts and a plurality of rollers mounted thereon are anchored at one end at selected heights. This enables the operator to stand between them and massage two different parts of his body at the same time, adjusting ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4180063 | Foot-operated rotary massaging device A foot-operated rotatory massaging device having a crank shaft, a pair of pedal axles connected to the opposite ends of the crank shaft, a pedal rotatably carried by each pedal axle and at least an eccentric massaging member or a stimulating member carrie... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4109649 | Foot massager A foot massager consists of a single plastic element shaped into a longitudinal inner cylinder having a plurality of rows of evenly spaced rounded projections arranged in staggered relationship annularly about the outer surface of the cylinder. Ends of th... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4052982 | Massage hoop A rigid hoop having a circumference and weight suitable for rotation about a person's waist by a hula-type motion of the person includes a multiplicity of protrusions fitted about and radially extending inwardly from the inside outer surface of the hoop s... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4014325 | Unique mechanical foot massager A massaging device including a cylindrical member having a configured lateral surface which is used to massage and manipulate the foot or other extremities of the body.... | 03/29/1977 |
