US 4,052,981 A · Massaging method and apparatus

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and portable apparatus for massaging particular portions of the body. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a face mask made out of a pliable member and having a plurality of compressible fingers mounted on the inner surface of the face mask for contacting and massaging the face portion. The vibrations are generated by a plurality of coaxially arranged, separately energized motors having weights slidably mounted for radial movement to the shafts of the motors. The motors can be energized through a pulse generating network which supplies power having an oscillating amplitude which produces a corresponding oscillation of the speed of the motors. By setting the speeds of the motors so as to produce beats, a complex vibrational wave is generated in which the vibrational beat frequency is modulated by or modulates the oscillating amplitude of the speed of the motors.

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Dependent claims

A portable device conforming to a body portion of an animal for massaging the body portion, said device comprising:

a means for generating a plurality of vibrations which includes
a housing, and
a plurality of variable speed motors mounted on said housing;
a pliable member with an external surface and an internal surface having a shape conforming to the part of the body to be massaged, said housing being mounted to said pliable member along one edge thereof;
and
a plurality of flexible and resiliently compressible finger-like members mounted at one end thereof to said internal surface of said pliable member, the other end of said finger-like members for engaging the surface of the body portion to be massaged.

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