US 5,685,828 AGranted

Combination foot relaxer roller and stool

OwnerCornelius M. Dyckinventor

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Abstract

The invention is a combination foot relaxer and foot stool. The foot stool is a box like structure with top and bottom panels that over hang the sides of the box. Top and bottom panels are covered with material that is comfortable on the top and movement resistant on the bottom. The sides of the box separate into a top and bottom configuration hinged at one side and latched at an opposed side. When the box is opened a roller is uncovered. The roller is mounted on a shaft an supported by two plates, one on each side. The plates are attached to the bottom panel. The roller is covered with a hard surface rope that is wound across the surface of the roller. The user will sit in a chair and relax his feet by stroking them on the roller. In an alternative embodiment two smaller rollers are utilized in place of one large one.

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Dependent claims

An article of furniture comprising in combination a foot stool and foot relaxer consisting of:

an enclosure having four sides, a top panel and a bottom panel, where each side is formed in two sections;
means for connecting the sections of two opposed sides, thereby allowing the each section to move toward and away from the other in a controlled manner;
means covering the bottom panel having a surface resistive to relative translational movement;
means covering the top panel having a surface consistent with foot comfort;
means within the enclosure, attached to the bottom panel for relaxing a foot comprising,
a pair of spaced parallel mounting supports,
a shaft removably mounted between the supports,
a roller rotatably mounted on the shaft,
a rope wound around the roller and connected at each end to the roller, whereby application of foot pressure to the roller will allow the rope surface to relax the foot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.