Pressure-applying device having plate-supported pressure-applying body secured to flexible band

A device for relieving distress by application of pressure, said device comprising:

• (a) a pressure applicator including
• (i) a plate member having a central portion with a pair of opposite surfaces facing in opposite directions and a peripheral portion surrounding said central portion and having a pair of first opposite sides respectively connected to opposite ends of said central portion and a pair of second opposite sides spaced from a pair of opposite edges of said central portion so as to respectively define elongated enclosed slots within said plate member between said pair of second opposite sides of said peripheral portion and said pair of opposite edges of said central portion of said plate member, and
• (ii) a pressure-applying body attached on and protruding outwardly from one of said opposite surfaces of said central portion of said plate member in one of said opposite directions;
• (b) an elongated flexible strap extending through said pair of slots of said plate member and adapted to be wrapped around a part of a body of a user such that said pressure-applying body on said plate member is positioned between said central portion thereof and a selected point on the part of the body of the user for making contact therewith and applying pressure thereto;
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• (c) fastening means on said flexible strap for releasably securing said strap wrapped around the part of the body of the user;
• (d) said flexible strap having a pair of opposite end portions, and elongated middle portion located and connected therebetween and an elongated opening formed in said middle portion of said flexible strap adjacent to one of said opposite end portions thereof for receiving therethrough a thumb of the user.