US 4,479,495 A · Acupressure point stimulator device

Abstract

An acupressure device for applying pressure to specific points on a human body comprises a stimulator (14) which is attached to a flexible cinching strap or band (10) of a length sufficient to extend circumferentially around a body part, including a releasable connecting means to facilitate the positioning and securing of the terminus of the stimulator against a specific point on the human body. The stimulator has a convex curved side (26) which is attached to the flexible strap. Opposite the curved side and extending therefrom, an elongated protuberance (20) extends and terminates in a blunt or pointed surface end (22). This end can be made to contact and apply pressure to a selected point on the user's body by extending the strap around a portion of the body and tightening same with the terminus of the stimulator in proper position.

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Dependent claims

An accupressure device for applying continuous pressure to a specific spot on an animal's body, comprising:

an elongated solid-body stimulator having front and back sides, said back side having a convex curvature, said front side being on the opposite side of said solid-body from said back side thereof and comprising a protuberance, the end of said protuberance distal from said back side having a terminus, said terminus being asymmetrically positioned on said front side toward one end of said elongated solid body,
means for holding said solid-body stimulator against said animal's body so that said terminus of said protuberance is in contact with said specific spot thereon, said means arranged to apply continuous pressure to a symmetrically-positioned spot on said back side of said stimulator, whereby said stimulator can be positioned to apply pressure at an angle to said animal's body so that a point behind or on a posterior margin of a bone can be stimulated.

An acupressure device comprising a solid body stimulator and a ho lding band, said band being sized and arranged to encircle said stimulator and a portion of an animal's body so as to hold said stimulator against said portion of said animal's body, said stimulator having a convex back side, said band forming a loop when it encircles said stimulator and said portion of said animal's body, said loop being parallel to a plane, said band having one portion thereof attached to said back side of said stimulator, said stimulator having a front side which comprises the opposite side of said stimulator from said back side, said front side comprising a protuberance which is asymmetrically positioned from the attachment of said band to said back side when said device is viewed in a given direction perpendicular to said plane of said loop, and said band being symmetrically positioned on said back side when said device is viewed parallel to said plane.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Acupressure point stimulator device

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