Massaging apparatus

• US 20050137504A1
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yano, Takeshi, Nishibori, Yuichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,204,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/101
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/008 Apparatus for applying pressure or blows almost perpendicular to the body or limb axis, e.g. chiropractic devices for repositioning vertebrae, correcting deformation
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/02 with electric or magnetic drive

Abstract

A massaging apparatus is provided with a treating section having a length longer than a width for massaging a body of the user in a tapping movement. The treating section includes a first treating part and a second treating part which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the treating section. The apparatus is further provided with a switcher which switches over the position of the second treating part relative to the first treating part in a tapping direction to selectively change from a first state where the first treating part and the second treating part are flush with each other to a second state where the second treating part protrudes relative to the first treating part, and vice versa.

Claims

1. A massaging apparatus comprising:

a treating section having a length longer than a width for massaging a body of the user in a tapping movement, the treating section including a first treating part and a second treating part which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the treating section; and

a switcher which switches over the position of the second treating part relative to the first treating part in a tapping direction to selectively change from a first state where the first treating part and the second treating part are flush with each other to a second state where the second treating part protrudes relative to the first treating part, and vice versa.

2. The massaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the first treating part and the second treating part is slidably movable relative to the other.

3. The massaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the first treating part and the second treating part is rotatably movable relative to the other.

4. The massaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second treating part has a pointed round tip effective to cause a finger-press-like sensation.