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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142376 | Massage member, massage device and packaging and dispensing assembly incorporating such a massage device A massage device includes a support, a grip or gripping means firmly attached to the support and capable of being grasped in order for a user to handle the massage device, and at least two massage members rotatably mounted on the support around respective axes of ro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7645249 | Fixing structure for treatment head and medical apparatus having the fixing structure The present invention relates to a medical apparatus for spinal therapy, which is a bed-type apparatus equipped with a treatment head and performs message and acupressure while moving along the length of the spine, and more particularly to a fixing structure of a tr... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7645248 | Wall-mounted back massager including wheels A wall-mounted back massager adapted to allow a user to self-administer a massage is disclosed. The inventive wall-mounted back massager comprises: an elongated wall mount track vertically positioned on a wall; a vertically adjustable elongated base member slidably ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7238163 | Treatment device for hand and wrist ailments A treatment device for a user's hand and/or wrist. The treatment device includes a housing having an outer surface defined at least partially by a membrane adapted for placement against the user's hand and/or wrist. The treatment device creates localized outwardly d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217248 | Chair This invention relates to a chair, particularly to one provided with a massage device positioned in a seat, backrest, thigh rest or armest. The massage device is composed of a frame and massage roller unit consisting of plural rows of massage rollers fixed in the fr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214170 | Vibrationary exercise apparatus An exercise apparatus in which movement of a weight by the user generates a vibration which acts on the muscles being exercised. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121985 | Exerciser having actuatable massage device An exerciser includes a carriage slidably supported on a supporting base for supporting users and having a number of massage members for massaging the users. A moving device may be used to move the carriage relative to the supporting base and thus to move the massag... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7087004 | Self-administered back massage A massaging device which is straddled over the doorstop of a door opening at an elevated location coincident with a hard-to-reach back area and held in place by the leaning weight of a user moving back and forth and up an down permitting a self-administered back mas... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081098 | Lie-down massager A lie-down massager includes a base frame having a top panel, a rider provided below the top panel of the base frame, a guide member movably engaged between the base frame and the rider to enable the rider to make a horizontally reciprocal movement relative to the b... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7052476 | Lie-down massager A lie-down massager includes a base frame having an elongated top panel, through which an elongated top opening is formed, a rider, a guide member movably engaged between the base frame and the rider so as to enable the rider to make a horizontally reciprocal moveme... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052475 | Lie-down massager A lie-down massager includes a base frame having an elongated top panel, through which an elongated top opening is formed centrally and lengthwise, a rider provided below the elongated top panel of the base frame, a guide member movably engaged between the base fram... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041071 | Method and apparatus for adjusting lumbosacral area Disclosed is a method and apparatus for adjusting lumbosacral area, which corrects misalignment of the vertebrae in the lumbosacral area by applying pressure on the lumbosacral area. The present invention simultaneously applies vertical and horizontal forces to the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6952614 | Bed type hot compress and acupressure apparatus and a method of controlling it The present invention provides a bed type hot compress and acupressure apparatus using a means for controlling a location of a hyperthermo-radiative device wherein a moving location of the hyperthermo-radiative device can be controlled based on an actually moved dis... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6881195 | Massage device with rollers distributed in a plurality of roller shafts A massage device with rollers distributed in a plurality of roller shafts has a casing with a hollow opening top section, a pair of belts or chains at the left and right sides of the casing; a plurality of roller shafts inserted into the sleeves of the belts or chai... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878124 | Massage apparatus A massage apparatus for providing rolling massage of skin zones and reflex zones of the human body, the massage device comprising a handle defining a blind bore and a shaft removably mounted to the handle. The shaft is formed with a head having a flat rear surface w... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6821260 | Myofascial rehabilitation board and method of use A myofascial rehabilitation device, including a board defining a handle and bores therein, the bores being of predetermined diameter ranging between ¼″ to 1½″, the bores being of a predetermined orientation, ranging from 30° 90° relative to a surface of the ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6551259 | Reciprocally moving apparatus for driving massage device A reciprocally moving apparatus used in a massage machine comprises a long driven shaft having two ends pivotably installed in a base plate and also inserted into a sleeve hole at the lower side of a bottom mount of a massage device. The center section of... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6544201 | Massage apparatus operating by suction and mobilization of the skin tissue The invention concerns a massage apparatus operating by suction and mobilization of the skin tissue, in the form of a manually operated set (1), essentially comprising a housing connected to a suction source and including an inner chamber (4) open on its ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6436062 | Massaging appliance A massager disposes a roller unit having a plurality of roller rows substantially parallel with each other at an outer periphery to which a vibration of a massage head is provided, the roller unit being swingable about an axial line substantially parallel... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6419650 | Device for providing accupressure back massage A device for providing back massage with simultaneous accupressure stimulation along either side of the spine. The device comprises a frame in which are disposed a plurality of rollers which are freely rotatable and capable of being interchangeably positi... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6402710 | Motor-driven massaging bar with swivel balls A motor-driven massaging bar is constructed to include a controller, a DC motor connected to and controlled by the controller, a shell fastened to the controller to hold the DC motor on the inside, and a massaging unit mounted on one end of the shell and ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6319212 | Vacuum massaging apparatus having a pump and having noise reduction means in the pump area a massaging apparatus (1) having a suction chamber (17) and having a pump (41) for the generation of a partial vacuum in the suction chamber (17) the pump (41) is mounted on a support (9) of the massaging apparatus (1) with the aid of elastic mounts (64, ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312401 | Collapsible cervical traction device A collapsible cervical traction device having an elongated primary support leg and a elongated secondary support leg that are pivotally connected to each other so that they are collapsible toward each other. Each support leg has a transversely extending f... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6312396 | Massaging apparatus having a suction chamber and at least one roller A massaging apparatus (1) comprising a housing (5) having a bottom wall (11) and a suction chamber (12) bounded by chamber walls (13, 14, 15, 16) and a pump (19) for the generation of a partial vacuum inside the suction chamber (12) and thus forming a ski... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309364 | Massage and skin suction apparatus The invention concerns a massage and skin suction apparatus comprising a housing whereof part (1a) of the wall is shaped to be used as a prehensile element and whereof the other part comprises at least a pair of parallel massaging rollers (6, 7) spaced fr... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6258048 | Electro/mechanical foot massager An electric foot massaging assembly is provided including a slipper mount. A flexible slipper is positioned on the slipper mount with an opening formed in an upper extent thereof for receiving a foot therein. A roller assembly includes a plurality of roll... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6245000 | Exercise device and body toner with adjustable inclined roller platform An exerciser with an inclined adjustable roller platform assembly comprising a base module, a roller platform assembly, a foot support, a roller platform assembly support, an overhead hand bar assembly and an overhead hand bar assembly support, one end of... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6213964 | Hydromechanical massaging apparatus with detachable hydraulics A hydromechanical massaging apparatus has a mechanical component providing mechanical massaging and a hydraulic component providing hydraulic massaging. The mechanical component has a longitudinal body, with a handle on its upper surface. A rear roller is... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6210349 | Roller massaging apparatus A roller massaging apparatus includes a massaging portion having a plurality of bar-shaped rotatable rollers. The rollers are circumferentially mounted to the massaging portion at a certain interval. The roller massaging apparatus also includes a driving ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6196984 | Portable message device A portable massage device having kneading, finger rolling and tapping rolling features, so as to provide three kinds of massage effects. In order to provide these massage effects, a driving mechanism is disposed on a fixed plate and includes a driven rota... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6090055 | Massaging device A massaging device comprising a hollow case (1) which delimits a sealed suction chamber during application of the case on the skin, and a connection of this case (1) to a suction source. This massaging device comprises two parallel inner rollers (12, 13),... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6068605 | Massage apparatus An apparatus is provided for massaging parts of the body, preferably feet and legs. This apparatus is of the type where at least two rollers (1, 12) press against and are moved along the respective part of the body. The apparatus comprises a lower wheel w... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6032313 | Household appliance having plural coaxially rotatable or parallel linearly movable heads or tools A household appliance of the type in which a cleaning, polishing, or massaging effect is obtained by a rotating head or tool is improved by splitting the cleaning, polishing, or massaging head or tool into concentric or parallel multiple heads or tools ar... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6017320 | Massaging apparatus having two rollers and a suction chamber In a massaging apparatus with two rotatable rollers, which are spaced apart transversely to their roller spindles, and with a suction chamber disposed in the area of the two rollers and having two transverse walls extending transversely to the roller spin... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5891064 | Massaging apparatus having two rollers and suction chamber In a massaging apparatus (1) with two rotatable rollers (14, 15), which are spaced apart transversely to their roller axes (16, 17), at least one of the rollers being rotationally drivable by a roller drive motor (25), and with a suction chamber (39) disp... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5885232 | Roller massaging apparatus with suction function A massage apparatus including a casing having an open bottom chamber therein. A pair of spaced apart end rollers are rotatably mounted in the chamber so that they ride in sealing contact against two side walls and top wall of the chamber. A suction is app... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868688 | Foot massaging appliance A foot massaging appliance, includes a housing adapted to be supported on a flat horizontal surface and including an upper face facing upwardly of the housing when so supported; at least one massaging unit mounted within the housing for cyclical movement ... | 02/09/1999 |
