Powered Massage Device
AssigneeRoger Wagy
InventorsRoger Wagy, Erica Knight, Jonathan Schweiger, Joseph Pruitt
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Abstract
A powered massaging assembly includes a handle and a massage head each having an enclosure that presents a chamber. The massage head includes a drive shaft that extends into and out of the chamber. The massage head also includes a driven massage element drivingly attached to the drive shaft and mounted outside the chamber to manipulate tissue. The enclosures include connectors rotatably attached to each other to provide a swivel joint that rotatably interconnects the handle and head.
Claims23
A powered massaging assembly operable to manipulate tissue, said powered massaging assembly comprising:
- a control handle including a handle enclosure;
- and
- a massage head including a head enclosure that presents a chamber, a shiftable drive shaft that extends into and out of the chamber, and a driven massage element drivingly attached to the drive shaft, with the driven massage element being mounted outside the chamber to engage and thereby manipulate tissue,
- said enclosures each including a respective connector, with the connectors being rotatably attached to one another to cooperatively provide a swivel joint that interconnects the enclosures,
- said connectors cooperatively presenting an opening through the swivel joint so that the swivel joint permits power transfer from a location within the handle enclosure to the chamber by passing through the opening and thereby powering the drive shaft.
A method of controlling a massaging device with a rotating massage element, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a shifting signal by sensing shifting of the device handle relative to the device massage element in a massage direction, with sensing being performed by a movement sensor of the massaging device;
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- (b) changing the rotational direction of the massage element in response to the shifting signal with a controller that receives the shifting signal and correspondingly controls power to the device massage element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.