Body massagers

A body massager comprising:

• a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the housing for longitudinal translation in a longitudinal direction of the housing;
• a guide mounted to the housing having a first region extending in the longitudinal direction and a second region oriented generally transverse to the longitudinal direction of the housing;
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• at least one massage member supported on the carriage for extending in a fore-aft direction and for movement relative to the carriage, the at least one massage member cooperating with the guide such that as the carriage is translated along the guide, the at least one massage member translates longitudinally in the first region of the guide and transversely in the second region of the guide.

A body massager comprising:

• a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a longitudinal guide mounted in the housing;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for longitudinal translation in the housing;
• a suspension mounted to the carriage;
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• at least one massage member supported on the suspension of the carriage for movement along the guide and translation into the housing in response to a force imparted to the massage member sufficient to compress the suspension.

A body massager comprising:

• a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a longitudinal guide mounted in the housing, the guide being contoured in a fore-aft direction of the housing;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for translation in the housing along the guide;
• a plate mounted to the carriage for adjustment relative to the carriage in the fore-aft direction;
• an actuator mounted to the carriage and the plate for adjusting the plate;
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• at least one motor-driven rotary massage member supported on the plate of the carriage for imparting a rotary massage effect and for movement along the guide.

A body massager comprising:

• a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a longitudinal guide adjustably connected to the housing, the guide being contoured in a fore-aft direction of the housing;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for translation in the housing along the guide;
• an actuator mounted to the housing and the guide for adjusting the guide relative to the housing;
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• at least one massage member supported on the carriage for extending from the housing in the fore-aft direction and for movement along the guide.

A body massager comprising:

• a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a longitudinal guide connected to the housing, the guide being contoured in a transverse direction of the housing;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for translation in the housing along the guide;
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• at least one massage member supported on the carriage for extending from the housing in a fore-aft direction and for movement along the guide.

A body massager comprising:

• a housing sized to be received and supported by a backrest of a conventional chair, the housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user;
• a longitudinal guide mounted in the housing, the guide being contoured in a fore-aft direction of the housing to extend forward at an upper torso region of the housing, to extend rearward at an intermediate torso region of the housing, and to extend forward at a lower torso region of the housing;
• a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for translation in the housing along the guide;
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• at least one motor-driven rotary massage member supported on the carriage for imparting a rotary massage effect and for movement along the guide.