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US 9,463,133 B2Granted
Deep tissue massage roller
AssigneeMaverick Sports Medicine, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Read Rodgers
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Abstract
A deep tissue massage device that includes a compliant cylinder formed of compressible material, the cylinder having an external surface with at least one external ridge pattern formed on the exterior surface of the cylinder. The at least one ridge pattern includes a single ridge circumferentially formed on the exterior surface of the cylinder that has a V-shaped branch portion that extends from one end of the single ridge and joins together at a second end of the single ridge to form two opposing Y-shaped ridges.
Claims15
A deep tissue massage device comprising:
- a cylinder formed of compressible compliant material and having a longitudinal axis, the cylinder having an external surface with a Y-shaped raised ridge extending radially from the exterior surface of the cylinder, the Y-shaped ridge formed by a continuous raised ridge having a single linear stem with a first end and a second end and a V-shaped branch portion that extends from the second end of the stem, the Y-shaped ridged oriented on the exterior surface of the cylinder with the stem transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, and wherein the V-shaped branch portion has two linear legs with respective first ends that join together to form an angle to one another and that directly join together with the second end of the stem, and wherein the continuous raised ridge comprises a uniform height extending perpendicularly from the exterior surface.
A device comprising:
- a compressible cylinder having a sidewall with a circular cross section configuration defining an outer circumference of the cylinder and a first and second end walls;
- a continuous first Y-shaped ridge element formed on the sidewall, the first ridge element including:
- a first leg portion having a first end and a second end, the first leg portion having a linear configuration arranged circumferentially around at least a portion of the sidewall,
- a first arm portion having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first arm portion contiguous with the first end of the first leg portion and having a linear configuration oriented at a first angle to the first leg portion, and
- a second arm portion having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second arm portion contiguous with the first end of the first leg portion and having a linear configuration oriented at a second angle to the first leg portion that is equal to the first angle;
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- a continuous second Y-shaped ridge element formed on the sidewall, the second ridge element including:
- a second leg portion having a first end and a second end, the second leg portion having a linear configuration arranged circumferentially around at least a portion of the sidewall, the second end of the second leg portion contiguous with and extending from the second end of the first leg portion of the first Y-shaped ridge element,
- a first arm portion having a first end and a second end, the first end of the of the first arm portion contiguous with the first end of the second leg portion of the second Y-shaped ridge element and having a linear configuration oriented at the first angle to the second leg portion, the second end of the first arm portion contiguous with and extending to the second end of the first arm of the first Y-shaped ridge element, and
- a second arm portion having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second arm portion contiguous with and extending from the first end of the second leg portion of the second Y-shaped ridge element, the second end of the second arm contiguous with and extending to the second end of the second arm of the first Y-shaped ridge element and having a linear configuration oriented at the second angle to the second leg portion of the second Y-shaped ridge element, and wherein the continuous first Y-shaped ridge element and the continuous second Y-shaped ridge element comprise a uniform height extending perpendicularly from the sidewall.
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A massage device comprising:
- a cylinder with an exterior surface and a pair of truncated ends;
- a continuous first ridge design formed on the exterior surface, the first ridge design including:
- a single ridge portion having a first end and a second end and a linear configuration, and
- a dual ridge portion having a pair of spaced apart ridges that each have a first end and a second end and a linear configuration and are joined together at their respective first ends, the first ends of the dual ridge portion are joined to the first end of the single ridge portion, and wherein the spaced apart ridges of the dual ridge portion are directly joined together at a second end that in turn is directly joined to the second end of the single ridge portion, the device further comprising:
- a continuous second ridge design formed circumferentially on the exterior surface of the cylinder, the second ridge design including:
- a single ridge portion having a first end and a second end, and a dual ridge portion having a pair of spaced apart ridges joined at a first end and at a second end, the first end joined to the first end of the single ridge portion and the second end joined to the second end of the single ridge portion, wherein the first ridge design and the second ridge design are formed in spaced substantially parallel relationship around a circumference of the massage device, and wherein the first ridge design and the second ridge design comprise a uniform height extending perpendicularly from the exterior surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.