DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE ROLLER

• US 20130261517A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Maverick Sports Medicine, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Maverick Sports Medicine, Inc.
• Inventors: Rodgers, Jeffrey Read
• Granted Patent: US 9,463,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/121
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/0092 hand-held A61H15/0085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2015/0014 cylinder-like, i.e. rollers
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0153 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0157 portable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1253 driven by a human being, e.g. hand driven
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1261 combined with active exercising of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1276 by the other leg or arm
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1284 using own weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/16 Physical interface with patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1683 Surface of interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/081 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/10 Leg
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/00 Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for electro-medical massage devices applying electric current by contact A61N1/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/002 by rubbing or brushing
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/005 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/007 Kneading

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to 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.

Claims

1. A deep tissue massage device, comprising:

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 including a single stem formed on the exterior surface of the cylinder having a branch portion that extends from one end of the stem.

2. The deep tissue massage device of claim 1, wherein the branch portion has at least two legs that join together at a second end of the stem.

3. The deep tissue massage device of claim 1, wherein the at least one ridge pattern is either a continues ridge or is formed in segments on the exterior surface of the device.

4. The deep tissue massage device of claim 1, wherein a pair of end ridges are formed on each end of the cylinder, the end ridges extending a distance away from the exterior surface of the device that is equal to a distance that the at least one ridge pattern extends away from the exterior surface of the cylinder.

5. A device comprising:

a compressible cylinder having a sidewall with a circular cross section configuration and a first and second end walls;

a first ridge element formed on the sidewall, the first ridge element including;

a leg portion having a first end and a second end, the leg portion arranged circumferentially around at least a portion of the sidewall,

a first arm portion arranged at least circumferentially around the sidewall and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first arm portion extending from the first end of the leg portion, and

a second arm portion arranged at least circumferentially around the sidewall and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second arm portion extending from the first end the leg portion; and

a second ridge element formed on the sidewall, the second ridge element including;

a leg portion having a first end and a second end, the leg portion arranged circumferentially around at least a portion of the sidewall, the second end of the leg portion extending from the second end of the leg portion of the first ridge element,

a first arm portion arranged at least circumferentially around the sidewall and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the of the first arm portion extending from the first end of the leg portion of the second ridge element, the second end of the first arm portion extending to the second end of the first arm of the first ridge element, and

a second arm portion arranged at least circumferentially around the sidewall and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second arm portion extending from the first end of the leg portion of the second ridge element, the second end of the second arm extending to the second end of the second arm of the first ridge element.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the leg portion of the first ridge element and the leg portion of the second ridge element are formed on the sidewall at substantially the same distance from the first end wall and the second end wall, respectively.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the first ridge element and the second ridge element in combination extend 360°

around the sidewall.

8. The device of claim 5, further comprising:

a first end ridge arranged substantially close to the first end wall; and

a second end ridge arranged substantially close to the second end wall, wherein each of the first end ridge and the second end ridge is a circular single ridge at least partially circumscribing the sidewall.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the first end ridge and the second end ridge extends outward an equal distance from the sidewall.

10. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first ridge element tapers from a one-inch wide base to a one-half inch wide crown, and wherein the first ridge element protrudes one-half inch from the sidewall.

11. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first arm and the second arm of the first ridge element are no more than two inches apart on the sidewall.

12. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the compressible cylinder comprises:

a cylindrical core; and

an outer layer wrapped around the cylindrical core, the outer layer comprising the sidewall, the first ridge element, and the second ridge element.

13. A massage device comprising:

a cylinder with an exterior surface and a pair of truncated ends;

a 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 dual ridge portion having a pair of spaced apart ridges joined at a first end, the first end joined to the first end of the single ridge portion.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the spaced apart ridges of the dual ridge portion joined together at a second end that in turn is joined to the second end of the single ridge portion, and further comprising:

a second ridge design formed circumferentially on the exterior surface, 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.

15. The device as claimed in claim 13 further comprising:

a pair of end ridges, each end ridge formed adjacent a respective truncated end of the cylinder.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein each end ridge extends to a distance from the exterior surface that is equal to a distance that the first ridge design extends from the exterior surface.

17. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cylinder further comprises:

a core portion formed from Ethylene-vinyl acetate foam material; and

an outer layer wrapped around the core portion, the outer layer formed from an elastomer material.

18. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first ridge design is either a continuous ridge or is a segmented ridge.

19. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the second ridge is either a continuous ridge or is a segmented ridge.