Vibrating personal massager

• US 20050015028A1
• Filed: 05/27/2004
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Water Pik Incorporated (Church & Dwight Company Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Water Pik Incorporated (Church & Dwight Company Incorporated)
• Inventors: Luettgen, Harold A., Golichowski, Gary D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,122,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/95
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/34 For clitoral stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/44 Having substantially cylindrical shape, e.g. dildos
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/50 Devices for use during sexual intercourse
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0153 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0161 Size reducing arrangements when not in use, for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0192 Specific means for adjusting dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0221 Mechanism for heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0228 heated by an electric resistance element
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0278 by chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1418 Cam
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1472 Planetary gearing
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1685 interchangeable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1688 disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1692 Enhanced rubbing effect
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/081 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/006 Percussion or tapping massage hand percussion A61H23/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/02 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0254 with rotary motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/04 with hydraulic or pneumatic drive hydraulic or Pneumatic massages, A61H9/00; underwater massages, A61H33/00

Abstract

A J-shaped vibrating massager and method for manufacture thereof. The J-shaped massager may consist of a J-shaped tubular rod, a head, one or more handles, control means, and vibratory means. Generally, the J-shaped tubular rod may also consist of a J-hook and a barrel. Typically, the head is located at the end of the J-hook opposite the barrel, while the vibratory means may be mounted in the head or anywhere along the length of the J-shaped tubular rod. The vibratory means induces vibrations in one or more portions of the J-shaped tubular rod, generally including the head. The vibrations massage surfaces in contact with the invention. Because the invention is generally J-shaped, a user may reach his or her own back with the head of the J-shaped massager in order to give himself a back massage. The invention may include a variety of tips having different sizes, materials, and shapes.

Claims

1. A personal massager device, comprising:

a head having a first and second end;

a curved J-shaped hook having first and second ends, the first end attached to the second end of the head;

a barrel having a first and second end, the first barrel end attached to the second end of said J-hook;

vibratory means operatively connected to the head; and

wherein the total length of the personal massager device is sufficient to permit a user to touch the head to his back without reaching over his shoulder or around his back.

2. The personal massager device of claim 1, wherein the total length of the personal massager device is adjustable.

3. The personal massager device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first handle connected to the second barrel end; and

a control means for controlling the vibratory means, the control means attached to the first handle.

4. The personal massager device of claim 3, wherein the vibratory means is operatively connected to the head by vibrations induced in the head by the vibratory means.

5. The personal massager device of claim 4, wherein the vibratory means comprises a percussion motor.

6. The personal massager device of claim 4, wherein the vibratory means is located within the interior of the head.

7. The personal massager device of claim 6, further comprising:

a connection means located on the first end of the head; and

a removable tip having an interior sidewall, the removable tip attached to the first end of the head by the connection means.

8. The personal massager device of claim 7, wherein the connection means comprises:

a channel having a width running at least partially about the interior circumference of the sidewall of the tip; and

a post having a diameter extending outwardly from the first end of the head, the diameter of the post being approximately equal to the width of the channel.

9. The personal massager device of claim 7, wherein the connection means comprises:

a channel having a width running at least partially about the exterior circumference of the first end of the head; and

a post having a diameter extending inwardly from the sidewall of the tip into the interior of the tip, the diameter of the post being approximately equal to the width of the channel.

10. The personal massager device of claim 3, further comprising:

a rotatable second handle connected to the barrel; and

a handle release for controlling the rotation of the second handle and attached to the second handle.

11. The personal massager device of claim 10, wherein the handle release permits the second handle to rotate to a plurality of selectively fixed positions.

12. The personal massager device of claim 10, wherein the rotation of the second handle is in a pivotal direction around the axis of the second handle.

13. The personal massager device of claim 10, further comprising at least one stub attached to a portion of the J-shaped massager operably connected to the vibratory source.

14. The personal massager device of claim 13, wherein the vibratory means is contained within the head.

15. The personal massager device of claim 13, wherein the vibratory means is attached to the J-hook.

16. The personal massager device of claim 13, wherein the vibratory means is attached to the barrel.

17. The personal massager device of claim 13, wherein the vibratory means is contained within one of the first handle and second handle.

18. The personal massager device of claim 10, further comprising an arc tip adjustably connected to the J-hook and capable of being repositioned along the surface of the J-hook.

19. The personal massager device of claim 18, wherein the arc end may be affixed to any portion of the J-hook.

20. The personal massager device of claim 19, further comprising:

a connection means located on the first end of the head; and

a removable tip having an interior sidewall, the removable tip attached to the first end of the head by the connection means.