Quotables
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison ; 1889
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413553 | Exercising apparatus An exercising apparatus includes a base, two supporting brackets, a driving assembly, a pedal assembly and a case. The supporting brackets are mounted on the base. The driving assembly includes a motor, an eccentric wheel and a lifting bracket. The motor has a motor... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7367957 | Vibration training apparatus for linearly changing vibration amplitude A vibration training apparatus includes a base, a swinging link rod module and a driving mechanism. The swinging link rod module installed on the base has a driving mechanism for driving several swinging link rods for a link rod movement. An eccentric transmission s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354406 | Exercising apparatus for body lipolysis and strengthening muscles As one of exercising apparatuses, in particular an exercising apparatus giving exercising effect by contracting and relaxing user's muscles, an exercising apparatus which includes at least one motion unit including a moving unit installed at one end thereof with a h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7309320 | Apparatus and method for supporting and continuously flexing a jointed limb An apparatus comprising: (a) a stationary base; (b) a drive assembly providing a drive member and means for reciprocating the drive member along a fixed linear path; (c) a femoral support extending between a first end connected to the base and a second end; (d) a ti... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185555 | Footswitch A footswitch having an adjustable treadle and a pivotable heel cup slidable retained on the treadle so as to adjustably increase or decrease a length of the treadle, the heel cup being pivotable and being prevented from sliding by a plurality of locking pins mounted... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6955400 | Dynamic footrest The invention relates to a dynamic footrest, more particularly to a type of footrest which enables the user to rest his or her feet on said footrest with the purpose of helping him or her adopt a better posture, whereby the dynamic footrest (1) comprises a pa... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6811539 | Heated vibrating foot massaging device A heated vibrating foot massaging device for reducing tension in the feet of a user. The heated vibrating foot massaging device includes a base member having a plurality of wall members for pivotally supporting an elongate semi-circularly shaped massage unit. The ma... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6749539 | Transmission device for swing exercising device A transmission device for a swing exercising device and includes two shafts respectively and eccentrically connected to two gears. One of the shafts pivotably connected to a support member and the other shaft is reciprocatingly retained in a slot of a frame in the s... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740016 | Leg exerciser with a massaging function A leg exerciser includes a casing having a slot in a top thereof, a transmission mechanism mounted in the casing, a legrest, and at least one massage rod. The transmission mechanism includes a motor and a movable block extending through the slot of the casing. The m... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6702768 | Foot bending and stretching apparatus An apparatus for bending and stretching a foot of a living person by pressing at least an arch of a sole of the foot and stopping the pressing of the arch.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6599255 | Portable intelligent stretching device A portable intelligent stretching device for use by patients suffering from spastic and contractured joints and limbs. The intelligent stretching device has a motor and a motor shaft for rotating the joint or limb. The variable velocity and stretch distan... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6511447 | Swing machine A swing machine includes a casing having a sliding member movably engaged with a rail and the sliding member is driven by a block eccentrically connected to an output shaft of a motor. A support member is connected to a top of the sliding member. A first ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6162150 | Foot massaging exercising apparatus A foot massaging exercising apparatus includes a base, a pair of upright rocker bars, a pair of foot pedals, and massaging boards. The base has securing seats at a front end thereof and bearing frames at a rear end thereof. The rocker bars are pivotally m... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6086550 | Apparatus for imparting a rocking motion to the legs and torso of a user An apparatus for imparting a rocking motion to the legs and torso of a user includes a base, a leg rest removably mounted on the base to support the legs of the user, and a drive system positioned within the base for driving an upper portion of the base t... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6030352 | Physical exercise device using T-shaped bar A physical exercise device using a T-shaped bar, comprises: a vertical rod constituting the T-shaped bar and having a plurality of first height-adjusting holes; a hollow vertical rod telescopically fitted around the vertical rod and having a plurality of ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5813958 | Rocking foot exerciser (foot rocker) A rocking foot exerciser enables exercising of the legs by allowing the ankles to be tilted evenly in multiple directions without rotating the body. A rocking plate, which tilts accompanying rotation of a rotating disk 2; is installed on an inclined surfa... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5702354 | Toe joint mobilization apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for mobilizing the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint in a toe, especially after prolonged immobilization. It includes a member having a first curved surface for facilitating the rolling of the member and a secon... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5419753 | Ankle massager with a removable supporting cushion mechanism A supporting mechanism for an ankle massager includes a base member, a supporting bracket, a cushion and a frame member. The supporting bracket has a W-shape seating contour for receiving the cushion. The frame member is enclosed to the cushion and the su... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5372563 | Mechanism for exercising legs A mechanism for exercising legs includes a housing, an eccentric wheel rotatably disposed in the housing, a follower engaged with the eccentric wheel and moved in a reciprocating way by the eccentric wheel, a board slidably supported in the housing and ha... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5352185 | Ankle exercising apparatus An apparatus for exercising the upper and/or the lower joint of an ankle has a frame which can be placed on the floor or can be mounted on or in a bed and supports an adjustable first support of the lower leg of a patient. The first support movably carrie... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5318495 | Method for improving circulation by oscillation of a resilient foot rest A method for using a device or activating the circulation of the lymphatic system in the legs of a user (100), is described. The device includes coil springs (26, 28) mounted on ends (16A, 16B) of cross shaft or arm (16) and supporting stirrups (30, 31) f... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5277680 | Therapeutic leveraging device An apparatus for flexing a foot of a human body, comprising means for grasping a foot, a first female buckle assembly, a second female buckle assembly, line cord, and ten separate means for guiding the line cord is disclosed. This apparatus allows a patie... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5211161 | Three axis passive motion exerciser A three axis passive motion exerciser which moves the patient's foot in dorsal/plantar, valgus/varus and abduction/adduction movements. A microprocessor provides signals to control motors which drive cradles and a plate in the desired motions. Potentiomet... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5203321 | Passive anatomic ankle-foot exerciser A continuous motion passive anatomic ankle-foot exerciser for rehabilitating ankle and foot injuries is provided. The ankle-foot exerciser is constructed to move a patient's foot through a range of motion which may include pure ankle joint motion, pure su... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5176598 | Foot ambulator apparatus An apparatus to simulate typical walking and ambulation of an individual includes a housing formed with a drive motor directed through a gear housing, with the gear housing including output shafts mounted in turn fixedly to respective right and left cam f... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5170776 | Apparatus for continuous passive articular mobilization of the foot Apparatus for passive articular mobilization of a foot includes a sole element mounted on a base for articulation about three independent orthogonal axes including a varus-valgus axis extending generally perpendicular to the base, a flexion axis, an abduc... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5148800 | Apparatus for the continuous passive articulatory mobilization of the foot of new-born baby or child technical domain A foot mobilization apparatus is arranged to permit independently adjustable, motor driven, pivotal movement of one or both feet relative to their three articulatory axes.... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4862875 | Leg exercisers A leg exerciser is for use by a person sitting in a chair. The device is located in front of the chair and the user puts his feet onto two boards which are at an acute angle to the horizontal. A mechanism including a drive motor or flywheel inside the dev... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4842265 | Multi-mode CPM physiotherapy foot manipulating device A multi-mode physiotherapy foot manipulating device, in accordance with the preferred embodiments, is comprised of a portable unit that may be strapped onto the foot of a bed, table, or the like, and which produces manipulative treatments through the use ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4185622 | Foot and leg exerciser A foot and leg exerciser comprises an inclinable base, at least one foot pad for supporting and moving the foot of the user, and means for moving the foot pads in a pattern to provide mild exercise which simulates normal walking. The heel ends of the foot... | 01/29/1980 |
| 3942791 | Twin pedal energizer An exercising device for a person's feet while he is seated, thus promoting good health particularly in those people who do not walk enough, such as older or confined persons; the device consisting of a pair of foot pedals that pivot about a hinge below t... | 03/09/1976 |
