Gum massage device

• US 4,347,839 A
• Filed: 08/18/1980
• Issued: 09/07/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William R. Haljun
• Original Assignee: William R. Haljun
• Inventors: Youngclaus, William P. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, T.
• Application Number:
  US06/178,846
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 128/62 A, 128/62 R, 128/36, 128/65, 128/24.2, 128/35, 128/37
• US Class Current: 601/142
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 13/00 Gum massage

Abstract

A gum massage device includes a soft tipped wand connected to a power unit. The power unit has a rotary shaft that is engaged in a socket in the base of the wand. The socket is angularly offset from the normal axis of the shaft and wand, and a member is connected between the wand and power unit to resiliently hold the shaft and wand in axial alignment. Rotation of the shaft caused the wand to oscillate in a desirable gum massaging motion.

Claims

1. A gum massage device comprising a wand having a massage element at one end and a socket in the other end, a shaft frictionally engaged in said socket, said socket being angularly disposed relative to the axis of said shaft with said wand being rockable on said shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and means for resiliently holding said wand in substantial axial alignment with said shaft and preventing rotation of said wand, whereupon an oscillatory motion is imparted to said wand upon rotation of said shaft.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the means for holding said wand includes means for controlling the resiliency thereof.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the means for rotating said shaft includes a housing, and the means for resiliently holding the wand is connected between the wand and the housing.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein the means for resiliently holding the wand is connected to the housing by an adjustable screw.

5. A gum massage device comprising a wand connected to a power unit, said wand having a gum massage element at one end and a socket in the other end, said power unit comprising a housing with a shaft extending from the housing, means for rotating said shaft about its axis, and means connected between the wand and housing for resiliently holding said wand and shaft in substantial longitudinal alignment and substantially preventing rotation of said wand, said socket having a diameter larger than the diameter of said shaft, said socket receiving said shaft and being angularly disposed relative to the axis thereof, with said shaft and socket being in limited frictional engagement, whereby rotation of said shaft produces oscillatory motion in said wand.