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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162860 | Massaging shoe device A massaging shoe device for providing comfort to a user's feet comprising a base, a hollow foot covering component, a ring-shaped first massaging component disposed inside the foot covering component that can wrap around a users foot, and a second massaging componen... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7329793 | Extravascular roller device and method of removing subcutaneous fluid A roller device has a handle with two arms extending from one end of a handgrip and a roller which is cylindrical having a surface composed of a spongy material, and two ends having an opening through the center of each end. The arms have ends which rotatably engage... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293839 | Footrest device A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285102 | Dual use massage chair A dual use massage chair has inflatable and deflatable air bags and bladders in a chair back to provide a massage function and serve as a comfortable chair. The main structure thereof includes the air bags disposed at two sides of a seat and in a front cover, and th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282037 | Skin care appliance Disclosed is a skin care appliance capable of realizing various skin care modes using an oscillator vibrating up and down in the way of a magnetic coil, conducting the galvanic massage and the iontophoresis massage based on the oscillator, and making the magnetic-co... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7153249 | Narrow weight training bench for full shoulder movement and with injury preventing spine conforming contour A weight training bench apparatus includes a support frame; an elongate bench platform mounted on the support frame at an angle to define a platform upper end and a platform lower end and having upper and lower platform segments extending between the platform upper ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147611 | Massage device The present invention is a massage device (10) for massaging one or more body parts. The device includes a first paddle (61) extending outward from the side of a housing (78) that is rotatably mounted on a wobble bearing journal (56) of a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7052448 | Tiltable exerciser having massage device A tilting inversion exerciser includes a stand, a table rotatably attached to the stand to support a user, and a carrier slidably received in the table. The carrier includes a massage device for massaging the user. The table includes a bolt rotatably received in a c... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001347 | Massage machine The invention provides a massage machine wherein massage arms provided with kneading balls are held inclined forward to give a suitable massage. The massage machine comprises a kneading shaft (40) disposed on the massage unit (20) substantially horizon... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969361 | Leg massage device A leg massage device which comprises a power transmission means having an adjusting stand disposed on a chair. On the adjusting stand a driving shaft is defined having a lateral end connected to a power supplier. Two rollers are coaxially disposed at both ends of th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6934988 | Therapeutic table A therapeutic table having rotatable breast recesses is a massage table with special recessed areas or “pockets” to accommodate and support a woman's breasts when she is lying face down. Two recessed pockets are provided only on one side of a panel that is situa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6805680 | Method for providing a massage on seats, and a device for implementing this method This invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a massage especially to the back areas of persons who have to sit for a relatively long time on seats, especially motor vehicle seats. The massage is achieved in accordance with the invention by a perio... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6599261 | Massaging device A massaging device is designed for use in conjunction with a leg frame of the massaging chair. The massaging device includes a plurality of clamp boards and massaging wheels. The clamp boards are mounted slantingly to effect a tilting motion for massaging... | 07/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6485443 | Seating products with self powered dynamic massage units Massage pressure devices are fitted onto a chair which has a rocking back, either conventional rocking chair or an office chair with pivoted an spring-loaded back, so that massage is applied to the back of a person seated in and rocking the chair. The mas... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6394970 | Drive arrangement for a massage chair A drive arrangement for a massage chair, in which massage elements, for example massage rollers, are movable in various directions, with at least one drive shaft for the massage elements, which are driven by electric motors. The electric motors are set on... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390997 | Back stimulator and rehabilitation apparatus A small lightweight yet strong frame (12) housing multiple flexible axles (22) which in turn support foam rubber roller balls (16), which roll about an axis creating: massage, intersegmental traction, trigger point therapy, and active exercise to the back... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387063 | Vertically-oscillating spa massager A vertically-oscillating spa massager for use in a hydrotherapy hot tub by a bather, and having a massager component slidably and captively mounted on a vertical track of a base member mounted on the hot tub. The massager component oscillates in a vertica... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6258047 | Therapeutic pressing device A pressing medical treatment apparatus (10) comprises a pressing section (55) for pressing the back of a human body and a detecting section (66) for detecting spinous process. The detecting section (66) includes a pressure sensitive sensor (23) for detect... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6190338 | Therapeutic massage table A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing therapeutic musculoskeletal massage to a patient. The apparatus comprises a table having a plurality of roller assemblies, each of which is mounted on a support rail that is attached to the table. The roll... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6106445 | Ergonomic, passive exercise chair with passive exercise headrest An ergonomic, passive exercise apparatus with elements and attachments emphasizing benefits to the user's head, neck and back muscles. The apparatus is a chair to which an adjustable dual roller headrest is joined. The headrest is adjustable vertically, l... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6083181 | Massaging device for insertion in the back of massage chairs or the like A massaging device for insertion in the back of massage chairs or the like, comprising a frame which supports, so that they can rotate about their respective axes, an upper shaft and a lower shaft having parallel and substantially horizontal axes and ecce... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6071252 | Massaging device having a very simple structure and usable directly or insertable in the back of massage chairs or the like A massaging device having a very simple structure, which can be used directly or can be inserted in the back of massage chairs or the like comprises a post which supports, so that it can slide in a substantially vertical direction, a movable framework pro... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5913839 | Ball-massaging board A ball-massaging board (14) molded out of plastic with a curved surface to comfortably support a person's spine in the supine position. Attached to the surface of board (14) are a number of rubber balls (15/16) that have a bolt head (18) bonded inside the... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5813727 | Massaging chair A massaging chair is capable of assuring comfortable use, both in the sitting and lying positions. The massaging chair comprises a seat, a reclining backrest pivotally connected about a pivot axis to the seat so as to be movable between an upright positio... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5792080 | Massaging apparatus having self-adjusting constant strength and non-adjust strength modes A massaging apparatus has a capability of self-adjusting a massage strength for giving an optimum massaging effect for individual users. The apparatus includes a supporting frame on which a user rest and an applicator projecting from the supporting frame ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5769799 | Massaging support chair with powered rollers in back and seat support A massaging support device for a body has two separately controllable massaging zones. A plurality of generally cylindrical rollers extend transversely across first and second support frames and are arranged in substantially parallel relationship. One set... | 06/23/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5643181 | Multipurpose massaging apparatus A multipurpose massaging apparatus which includes a housing having a top open chamber, a massaging barrel revolvably mounted within the top open chamber of the housing, a motor drive mounted inside the housing and controlled to turn the massaging barrel, ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634887 | Power massager Massage equipment is provided herein. It includes a rigid frame, and at least one massage roll carried by the frame and which is freely rotatable about an axis which is fixed relative to the frame. Apparatus is provided for assisting a user, when supporte... | 06/03/1997 |
