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US 10,117,803 B2Granted
Massage system
AssigneePhlex Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Fadil, Jonathan Edelman
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Abstract
A system is provided for a three-part self-massage system including three massage devices configured to be removably coupled and assembled inside one another. Additionally, the three massage devices may include zones of varying densities of foam and shaped to include contours and projections including nodules, knobs, bumps, grooves, and/or ridges, such that the massage devices may be used for varying massage techniques. In this way, the three massage devices may be combined into one compact unit for easier storage and transport.
Claims16
A massage system, comprising:
- a first massage device removably coupled to a second massage device, the first massage device comprising a plurality of ridges, where each ridge of the plurality of ridges extends continuously around a circumference of the first massage device;
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- the second massage device being removably coupled to a third massage device, the second massage device having a smaller diameter than the first massage device, and the second massage device including a plurality of projections annularly disposed around a circumference of the second massage device,
- wherein the second and third massage devices are disposed within a bore of the first massage device, the second massage device having a common central longitudinal axis with the first massage device when coupled with the first massage device, and where the third massage device is removably coupled within a bore of the second massage device, the third massage device being an undulating rod that is asymmetric about a length of the undulating rod, wherein the undulating rod comprises a first handle and a second handle formed into the undulating rod and positioned at either end of the undulating rod, the first and second handles each positioned adjacent portions of the undulating rod having diameters that are greater than diameters of the first and second handles,
- where only a portion of a circumference of outer edges of the third massage device contacts an inner surface of the second massage device, and where only a bottom of the first handle and only a bottom of the second handle contact the inner surface of the second massage device when the third massage device is removably coupled within the second massage device.
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A first foam roller, comprising:
- a plurality of ridges that extends continuously around a circumference of the first foam roller, where the first foam roller is generally cylindrically shaped with a hollow inner cylinder formed by an inner wall of the first foam roller, the hollow inner cylinder having a central axis, where the plurality of ridges is positioned along the central axis with different distances between respective peaks of the plurality of ridges,
- where a smaller diameter second foam roller is removably coupled within the hollow inner cylinder of the first foam roller, the smaller diameter second foam roller including a plurality of annularly disposed projections, and
- where an undulating rod is removably coupled within a bore of the smaller diameter second foam roller, the undulating rod including at least one contour that is convex relative to a body of the undulating rod and at least one contour that is concave relative to the body of the undulating rod, where each of the at least one convex contour and where each of the at least one concave contour forms a different zone of the undulating rod, where the undulating rod is asymmetric about a length of the undulating rod, where a longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is centered at diameters of both a first end of the undulating rod and a second end of the undulating rod, and where the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is offset at a center diameter of the undulating rod, and where the center diameter is non-repeating and is less than the diameters of the first and second ends, and
- where the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is offset at diameters of the undulating rod positioned between the center diameter of the undulating rod and the first and second ends of the undulating rod, where different proportions of the undulating rod are on either side of the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod at the center diameter of the undulating rod compared to proportions of the undulating rod on either side of the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod at the diameters of the undulating rod positioned between the center diameter of the undulating rod and the first and second ends of the undulating rod.
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A first foam roller, comprising:
- a plurality of ridges that extends continuously around a circumference of the first foam roller,
- where a smaller diameter second foam roller is removably coupled within the first foam roller, the smaller diameter second foam roller including a plurality of projections, and where the smaller diameter second foam roller is generally cylindrically shaped with a hollow inner cylinder formed by an inner wall of the smaller diameter second foam roller, where at least two of the plurality of projections have different cross-sectional profiles from an end-view of a central axis of the first foam roller, with at least a first projection having a rounded exterior peak and at least a second projection having a more pointed exterior peak than the first projection,
- where an undulating rod is removably coupled within the smaller diameter second foam roller, the undulating rod being asymmetric about a length of the undulating rod, wherein a first end of the undulating rod having a first diameter is adjacent a first portion of the undulating rod having a second diameter, where the second diameter is different than the first diameter,
- where a longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is centered at the first end of the undulating rod having the first diameter,
- where the longitudinal centerline is offset at the first portion of the undulating rod having the second diameter,
- where the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is centered at a second end of the undulating rod that is opposite the first end,
- where a center portion of the undulating rod is maximally offset from the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod, where said maximal offset is not repeated along the length of the undulating rod,
- where the undulating rod further includes a third portion that is adjacent to a second portion of the undulating rod, the third portion having a third diameter, and wherein the third diameter is different than both the first diameter and the second diameter,
- where the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod is offset at the third diameter of the undulating rod, and
- where proportions of the undulating rod on either side of the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod at the third diameter of the undulating rod are different than proportions of the undulating rod on either side of the longitudinal centerline of the undulating rod at the second diameter of the undulating rod.
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