Wrap around body massager

A handheld body massager comprising:

• a generally U-shaped housing generally lying in a central plane, the housing having a central portion with an inward facing massage region, and a pair of elongate arms, each including a handle at a distal end of the arm;
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• a massage unit having a motorized eccentric drive oriented within the housing central portion for driving a massage formation extending from the housing for reciprocation relative to the housing, thereby imparting a massage effect to the massage region;
• wherein each arm is connected to the housing central portion by a hinge for pivotal movement about an axis that is generally orthogonal to the central plane, so that a user may grasp each handle for urging the massage region against a surface of the user's body.

A handheld body massager comprising:

• a transverse housing having a central axis and a massage region;
• a massage unit oriented within the housing for imparting a massage effect from the massage region;
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• a pair of elongate arms pivotally connected to opposed transverse ends of the housing, such that the massage region is oriented therebetween, each arm having a handle to be grasped by a user and being pivotal generally toward and away from each other;
• whereby the user may grasp each handle to urge the massage region against a surface of the user's body;
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• wherein the massage unit is further defined as a percussive massage unit comprising:
• a motor transversely mounted within the housing, the motor having a rotary output shaft;
• a connecting rod having a first end rotatably connected to the output shaft at a location eccentrically spaced about the axis of rotation of the output shaft to cause a second end of the connecting rod to reciprocate as the output shaft rotates;
• an elongated rocker arm having a central pivot axis, wherein the rocker arm is pivotally mounted to the housing, the rocker arm being operably connected to the second end of the connecting rod;
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• a pair of transversely spaced apart massage nodes, which at least partially project from the housing through a pair of transversely spaced apertures formed through the massage region of the housing, each massage node being operably connected to the rocker arm;
• wherein the massage nodes move toward and away from the housing for providing a percussive massage effect in response to rotation of the output shaft.