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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7846113 | Body massage apparatus A massage apparatus is disclosed with a housing and a motor oriented in the housing. An eccentric drive is driven by the motor for oscillating an elongate massage member. In one embodiment a pair of elongate massage members are provided. In another embodiment, a mas... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7494475 | Massage unit and chair having pivotal lever to grip and knead A pivotal lever has a first therapeutic member and a second therapeutic member positioned below the first member, for the members to grip and knead the shoulder of the person to be massaged as by the fingers of the acupressurist. A massage unit 20 comprises a... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7429251 | Massaging device having controller to remove dead points during operation A massaging device gives different massaging patterns to different parts of a user's body for enhanced and pleasant massaging effect. The device includes an applicator applying a massage force to the user, and at least two driving units for driving the applicator to... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419475 | Body massager with illumination effects The present invention discloses a massage apparatus having a housing with a massage formation for contacting a body part of a user. A massage mechanism is oriented within the housing for imparting a massage effect to the massage formation. A light source is provided... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7354409 | Adjustable massage system of seat type An assembly comprising of spiral sub-assemblies, each provided with plastic rollers and connected to an output shaft of a gearbox attached to a swinging beam, is mounted to a seat frame with two vertical wires. Two adjustable cables are connected to the swinging bea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338458 | Air-pressure massaging device having an automatic adjustment function An air-pressure massaging device having an automatic adjustment function comprises: a base, inside which being disposed a drive rod; two fixed massaging assemblies mounted onto the drive rod; two adjustable massaging assemblies moveably mounted onto the drive rod; a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311684 | Massage device A massage device. The massage device includes a pair of therapeutic elements and a bottom therapeutic member. The therapeutic elements are rotated by a driving shaft, driven by a driving mechanism, for supporting and massaging feet. The bottom therapeutic member is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7108669 | Massager A massager has a base, a U shaped housing mounted on the base, a motor received in the housing and having a worm shaft extending out of the motor, a transmission assembly encased in the housing and including a transmission axle, a worm gear, two wobbling wheels moun... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108670 | Limb massager A massager has a base, a motor assembly mounted on the base and having a worm shaft extending out of the motor, a transmission assembly including a transmission axle, a linking gear to mate with the worm gear, two secondary gears to drive two horizontal gears of a r... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7060043 | Massage device A massage device has a platform, a motor assembly, a transmission assembly, a massage arm assembly and two massage disk assemblies. The motor assembly has a motor mounted on the platform. The transmission assembly is driven by the motor and has a transverse axle mou... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043306 | Thermal therapy device and therapy system using the same A heat therapy device and therapy system is provided comprising a plurality of acupressure knobs having superconductive and far-infrared emitting material attached to it. This therapy device is slightly bent up at both ends for comforting the patients. The therapy s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6730050 | Handheld massager with circulatory contact motion A massager has a motor with a motor shaft extending out from opposite ends of the motor, a pair of linkages each rotatably and eccentrically connected to opposite ends of the motor shaft, a bridge securely attached to the linkages with a pair of flexible arms and a ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6723031 | Feminine toning balls A device for toning the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles is provided. These feminine toning balls comprise a durable device having metal balls connected to each other with a cord and a hard rubber exterior coating, with the cord extending from end of the toning balls for ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6503212 | Massage chair for carrying out foot massage by utilizing whirlpool A massage chair capable of massaging even the foot by utilizing a whirlpool formed by the spouting of water is disclosed, in which the chair can be moved back and forth, its seatback can be reclined, and the instep and the sole of the foot can be massaged... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6364850 | Massage device capable of performing combined tapping and kneading massaging actions In a massage device, a rotary drive shaft is disposed uprightly in a hollow casing. Parallel upper and lower output shafts are mounted transversely in the casing, and have opposite end portions that extend out of the casings. An upper gear set includes an... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6213962 | Roller massaging mechanism and massaging apparatus incorporating the same A roller massaging mechanism of a type having a pair of right and left massaging rollers mounted on an intermediate portion of a rotary shaft in a slanted fashion relative to an axis of the rotary shaft, and includes a switching member for selectively swi... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5971944 | Massage device having two individually driven massage members A massage device includes a shaft and an axle rotatably engaged in a housing and aligned with each other. The shaft has a bevel gear and the axle has a worm gear. Two motors are coupled to the shaft and the axle for driving the shaft and the axle individu... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5807288 | Pad-type roller massager A pad type roller massager comprising an upper supporting bracket and a lower supporting brackets, an upper bracket cover and a lower bracket cover, a driving mechanism, a guiding column A, a sliding block, an eccentric motor, a positioning cover for moto... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5741218 | Vertically reciprocating pairs of massage rings The present invention is directed to a massager in which a massage unit comprising kneading rings on the right and left sides is mounted movably up and down inside thereof, and the massage unit is equipped with a plurality of air cells, each of the kneadi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5630790 | Massager of roller type A driven massager of roller type for incorporation into a seat or backrest of a chair or into a mat as traveling massage unit. A traveling housing of the massage unit houses and carries drive and operating mechanisms for driving the traveling unit and ope... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5599282 | Massager of roller type with splined shaft A massager having a massage unit provided with elongate coaxial massage rollers rotational on a common axis in a common plane extending above the unit transversely of a travel path defined by a pair of laterally spaced parallel racks on which the unit rec... | 02/04/1997 |
| 4505267 | Portable massaging device A portable massaging device includes a casing having a handle, a pad fixed to the casing, and a pair of muscle relaxing wheels rotatively housed in the casing, wherein the pad and the muscle relaxing wheels are driven by the same electric motor mounted in... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4150668 | Massage device A massage device has a rocking member, a synchronous electric motor drive, an elastomeric pivot, a drive connecting member, a rigid structure supporting said pivot and massage elements on the rocking member which move in opposite direction during the rock... | 04/24/1979 |
