Massaging method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A portable device conforming to a body portion of an animal for massaging the body portion, said device comprising:
- a means for generating a plurality of vibrations which includesa housing, anda plurality of variable speed motors mounted on said housing;
a pliable member with an external surface and an internal surface having a shape conforming to the part of the body to be massaged, said housing being mounted to said pliable member along one edge thereof; and
a plurality of flexible and resiliently compressible finger-like members mounted at one end thereof to said internal surface of said pliable member, the other end of said finger-like members for engaging the surface of the body portion to be massaged.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and portable apparatus for massaging particular portions of the body. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a face mask made out of a pliable member and having a plurality of compressible fingers mounted on the inner surface of the face mask for contacting and massaging the face portion. The vibrations are generated by a plurality of coaxially arranged, separately energized motors having weights slidably mounted for radial movement to the shafts of the motors. The motors can be energized through a pulse generating network which supplies power having an oscillating amplitude which produces a corresponding oscillation of the speed of the motors. By setting the speeds of the motors so as to produce beats, a complex vibrational wave is generated in which the vibrational beat frequency is modulated by or modulates the oscillating amplitude of the speed of the motors.
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1. A portable device conforming to a body portion of an animal for massaging the body portion, said device comprising:
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a means for generating a plurality of vibrations which includes a housing, and a plurality of variable speed motors mounted on said housing; a pliable member with an external surface and an internal surface having a shape conforming to the part of the body to be massaged, said housing being mounted to said pliable member along one edge thereof; and a plurality of flexible and resiliently compressible finger-like members mounted at one end thereof to said internal surface of said pliable member, the other end of said finger-like members for engaging the surface of the body portion to be massaged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for massaging a body portion of an animal comprising the steps of:
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attaching over the portion to be massaged a pliable covering having a shape generally conforming to the portion to be massaged and comprising a plurality of flexible and resiliently compressible fingers for engaging, at one end thereof, the surface of the portion to be massaged and mounted at the other end thereof to the internal surface of said pliable covering, and a vibration generating means mounted to the lower edge of said attached pliable covering and including a plurality of variable speed motors in coaxial alignment, each motor having a shaft and a radially movable weight rotated thereby; energizing said motors with a pulsating power supply such that the speed of said motors repeatedly increases and decreases; and adjusting the speed of said motors such that each said motor operates at a different speed from the other said motor and said motors generate a train of beats.
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