US 9,173,804 B2Granted

Lower-leg massage device

AssigneeDaito Electric Machine Industry Company Limited

InventorsTetsuya Ishikawa, Shigeki Noda, Shinsaku Shimizu

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Abstract

There is provided a massage device capable of producing innovative and comfortable massage effect by massaging a target body part over a wide area in its lengthwise direction with substantially rectilinear motion of a pressure-applying point. The massage device 1 comprises a pair of treatment members 23, 24 arranged face-to-face with each other at a spacing large enough for insertion of part of human body; a holding mechanism 162 for holding and pressing the body part in sandwich style by moving at least one of the paired treatment members or both of them 23, 24 in the direction of width of the body part set in place between the paired treatment members; and a moving mechanism 26 for moving the treatment member 23, 24 in the direction of length of the body part while maintaining the holding condition of the treatment member 23, 24 effected by the holding mechanism 162.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A lower-leg massage device comprising:

a vertical massage mechanism;
and
a horizontal massage mechanism;
the vertical massage mechanism comprising:
a front-pressing treatment member adapted to press on an obliquely outward part of a front side of a calf, and a back-pressing treatment member disposed rearwardly of the calf so as to be face-to-face with the front-pressing treatment member, so that the obliquely outward part of the front side of the calf is able to be pressed by the front-pressing treatment member while the back-pressing treatment member simultaneously supports a back side of the calf, the calf lying between a knee and an ankle;
a holding mechanism adapted to operate the front-pressing treatment member and the back-pressing treatment member;
and
a moving mechanism adapted to impart an up-and-down motion to the front-pressing treatment member, the back-pressing treatment member, and the holding mechanism in a direction of a length of the calf while a holding condition of the front-pressing treatment member and the back-pressing treatment member effected by the holding mechanism is maintained;
and
wherein the vertical massage mechanism and the horizontal massage mechanism are adapted to work simultaneously.

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A lower-leg massage device comprising:

a vertical massage mechanism;
and
a horizontal massage mechanism;
the vertical massage mechanism comprising:
a front-pressing treatment member adapted to press on an obliquely outward part of a front side of a first therapeutic part, and a back-pressing treatment member disposed rearwardly of the first therapeutic part so as to be face-to-face with the front-pressing treatment member, so that the obliquely outward part of the front side of the first therapeutic part is able to be pressed by the front-pressing treatment member while the back-pressing treatment member simultaneously supports a back side of the first therapeutic part, the first therapeutic part lying between a knee and an ankle;
a holding mechanism adapted to operate the front-pressing treatment member and the back-pressing treatment member;
and
a moving mechanism adapted to impart an up-and-down motion to the front-pressing treatment member, the back-pressing treatment member, and the holding mechanism in a direction of a length of the first therapeutic part while a holding condition of the front-pressing treatment member and the back-pressing treatment member effected by the holding mechanism is maintained;
and
thereby enabling the vertical massage mechanism and the horizontal massage mechanism to work simultaneously.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/255,773Filed 23 Aug 2010
Priority: JP 2009-26093616 Nov 2009
Published: US 2012/0095376 A119 Apr 2012
Granted: 3 Nov 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61H 15/0078
Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains: power-driven
A61H 2015/0014
With balls or rollers rotating about their own axis: cylinder-like, i.e. rollers
A61H 2201/1669
Linear: moving along the body in a reciprocating manner
A61H 2201/1676
Movement of interface, i.e. force application means: pivoting