Massaging apparatus

• US 4,142,519 A
• Filed: 07/11/1978
• Issued: 03/06/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert K. Ferguson
• Original Assignee: Robert K. Ferguson
• Inventors: Ferguson, Robert K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapp, Lawrence W.
• Application Number:
  US05/923,686
• Time in Patent Office: 238 Days
• Field of Search: 128/57, 128/25 B, 128/58, 128/56
• US Class Current: 601/118
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains

Abstract

A massager which comprises a resilient massaging roller, the periphery of which is studded with flanged protuberances, the roller being removably mounted for rotation on spaced upright members secured to a base member or platform, the latter being movable back and forth by the user to position and manipulate the roller during the massaging operation.

Claims

1. A massager for massaging body tissues comprising a resilient massaging roller rotatably and removably mounted on a base member, the periphery of said roller being studded with flanged protuberances, and said massager having means secured thereto for guiding and manipulating the roller during the massaging operation, said flanged protuberances comprising machine screw head means having screw-driver slots thereon, and wherein said head means are spaced above the surface of the roller, said roller being made of rubber or resilient plastic material and journalled in spaced upright means secured to said base member.

2. A massager as in claim 1 wherein cord means secured to the massager is utilized to guide and manipulate the roller during the massaging operation.

3. A massager as in claim 1 wherein the base and upright means comprise an integral unit.

4. A massager as in claim 1 wherein one end of the massaging roller is removably mounted.

5. A massager as in claim 1 wherein the roller is journalled at one end in an open-ended slot section.

6. A massager as in claim 1 wherein the upright means are shaped to conform with the outer edges of the base member and comprise rounded, smooth surfaces.