Hand-pressing headache-relieving device

• US 10,363,198 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eitan Zohar, Karen Salstein-Begley
• Original Assignee: Eitan Zohar, Karen Salstein-Begley
• Inventors: Salstein-Begley, Karen, Zohar, Eitan
• Primary Examiner(s): Stransky, Karina M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Byrd, Brigid K
• Application Number:
  US15/249,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20170348191A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0192 Specific means for adjusting dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1635 Hand or arm, e.g. handle
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/165 Wearable interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/065 Hands
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/04 Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or AcupressureMassage or pressure on general areas A61H9/00 - A61H23/00

Abstract

A headache-relieving device is provided including a device body having a first side, a second side and, preferably, a connecting portion connecting the second side to the first side. A hand space is formed between the first side and the second side allowing a user to insert his or her hand. A pressing element is provided on the second side. The pressing element is configured to apply pressure against a pressure point of a user'"'"'s hand positioned in the hand space. The device provides an effective, drug-free and risk-free headache relieving device which is easy to carry and store, and can be conveniently and easily turned to in the event of a headache.

Claims

1. A hand-pressing headache-relieving device, comprising:

a C-shaped device body having a first side and a second side arranged in a spaced-apart relationship with one another and connected to one another by a connecting portion, the C-shaped body delimiting a hand space therewithin;

a pressing element provided on the second side and protruding into the hand space of the device body, the pressing element configured to apply pressure against a pressure point on a user'"'"'s hand positioned in the hand space; and

at least one strap connecting the first side and the second side of the device body on at least one side of the connecting portion.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device body is flexible and the hand space is size adjustable.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the device body is elastically deformable.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the device body is plastically deformable.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one strap comprises two straps arranged on opposite sides of the connecting portion, each strap connecting the first side and the second side of the device body.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the connecting strap comprises two opposite ends, each end attached to a corresponding one of the first side and second side of the device body.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the ends is non-disconnectably attached to the corresponding one of the first side and second side of the device body.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the ends is disconnectably attached to the corresponding one of the first side and second side of the device body.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one strap extends through registering first and second strap slots in the first side and the second side of the device body, respectively.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the first side, second side and connecting portion are formed into a single-piece unit.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising at least one length-adjustable connecting member connecting the second side to the first side in addition to the connecting portion.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the at least one connecting member comprises a strap.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the pressing element is adjustable to vary a protrusion depth of the pressing element into the hand space.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the pressing element is threaded into a pressing element opening on the second side of the device body, and the pressing element is adjustable to vary the protrusion depth of the pressing element into the hand space by selectively threading or unthreading the pressing element into or from the pressing element opening.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the pressing element comprises a pressing element knob arranged on an outer side of the second side of the device body, and a pressing element shaft extending from the pressing element knob and through the pressing element opening in the second side of the device body.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein a tip of the pressing element shaft protrudes into the hand space and is configured to apply pressure against the pressure point on the user'"'"'s hand positioned in the hand space.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the tip is rounded.

18. A headache-relieving device, comprising:

a C-shaped device body having a first side and a second side arranged in a spaced-apart relationship with one another and connected to one another by a connecting portion, the C-shaped body delimiting a hand space therewithin;

a pressing element configured to apply pressure against a pressure point on a user'"'"'s hand positioned in the hand space, wherein the pressing element is threaded into a pressing element opening on the second side and protrudes into the hand space of the device body, and further wherein the pressing element is adjustable to vary a protrusion depth of the pressing element into the hand space by selectively threading or unthreading the pressing element into or from the pressing element opening; and

at least one strap connecting the first side and the second side of the device body on at least one side of the connecting portion.

19. A headache-relieving device, comprising:

a C-shaped device body having a first side, a second side and a connecting portion, wherein the first and second sides are arranged in a spaced-apart relationship with one another, and further wherein the connecting portion is connected to the first side and the second side of the device body, the C-shaped body delimiting a hand space therewithin;

a user-operable pressing element configured to apply pressure against a pressure point on a user'"'"'s hand positioned in the hand space, wherein the pressing element is threaded into a pressing element opening on the second side and protrudes into the hand space of the device body, and further wherein the pressing element is adjustable to vary a protrusion depth of the pressing element into the hand space by selectively and manually threading or unthreading the pressing element into or from the pressing element opening; and

at least one strap connecting the first side and the second side of the device body on at least one side of the connecting portion.