# US 2014/0194791 A1 · Personal massager

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- Number: US 2014/0194791 A1
- Document ID: US20140194791A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/737,743
- Filed: 2013-01-09
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: GS Design HK, Limited
- Applicants: Gs Design Hk, Limited
- Inventors: Kenny Chih-Yao Tai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194791A1

## CPC

- A61H 23/02: with electric or magnetic drive
- A61H 19/30: {Devices for external stimulation of the genitals}
- A61H 23/0263: {using rotating unbalanced masses}
- A61H 2201/0111: watertight
- A61H 2201/1635: Hand or arm, e.g. handle
- A61H 2201/5015: using specific interfaces or standards, e.g. USB, serial, parallel
- A61H 2201/5035: Several programs selectable
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)

## Abstract

A personal massager configured to be worn on a user's finger. The massager includes a housing, and a motor operable to vibrate the housing. The housing defines an opening configured to receive the finger. The housing extends partway around the circumference of the user's finger when the user's finger is received inside the opening. Optionally, the massager includes a control circuit configured to determine a pattern of vibration supplied to the housing by the motor. Optionally, the massager includes a rechargeable battery that provides power to the motor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A personal massager for use with a finger having a circumference, the massager comprising:
a housing defining an opening configured to receive the finger, the housing extending partway around the circumference of the finger when the finger is received inside the opening; and
a motor operable to vibrate the housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The massager of claim 1, further comprising:
a control circuit configured to determine a pattern of vibration supplied to the housing by the motor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The massager of claim 2, wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the motor to vibrate the housing in a selected one of a plurality of vibration patterns.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The massager of claim 3 for use with a user, wherein the control circuit is connected to an actuator operable by the user; and
selective actuation of the actuator by the user selects the one of the plurality of vibration patterns with which the motor vibrates the housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The massager of claim 4, wherein the actuator is a button and when the button is depressed continuously for more than a predetermined amount of time, the control circuit turns off the motor to stop the vibration of the housing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The massager of claim 2, further comprising:
a rechargeable battery coupled to the control circuit and configured to provide power thereto; and
a recharging circuit coupled to the battery and configured to supply power thereto.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The massager of claim 6, further comprising:
a pair of recharging contacts coupled to the recharging circuit, the recharging contacts being configured to receive power and transfer the received power to the recharging circuit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The massager of claim 7 for use with a power source, further comprising:
a power cord having a first plug configured to supply power to the recharging contacts, and a second plug configured to receive power from the power source and supply that power to the first plug.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The massager of claim 8, wherein the second plug is a USB plug.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The massager of claim 8, wherein the recharging contacts are magnetic and the first plug includes one or more magnets that are attracted to the magnetic recharging contacts.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The massager of claim 1, wherein the housing is waterproof.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The massager of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises:
an internal housing assembly at least partially surrounded by an outer silicone covering.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The massager of claim 12, wherein massaging projections are formed in a portion of the outer silicone covering.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The massager of claim 1 for use with a neighboring finger adjacent the finger and a surface to be massaged, wherein the housing comprises an outer surface and an outwardly extending portion,
the outer surface comprises a massaging portion configured to be placed against the surface to be massaged,
the outwardly extending portion is adjacent the neighboring finger when the finger is received inside the opening in the housing, and
the outwardly extending portion is positioned to be pressed upon by the neighboring finger to apply additional pressure to the surface to be massaged.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The massager of claim 14, wherein the housing comprises a recessed portion adjacent the outwardly extending portion, the recessed portion being configured to receive at least a portion of the neighboring finger.