Muscle-toning device

• US 4,574,791 A
• Filed: 01/27/1984
• Issued: 03/11/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Milton J.R. Mitchener
• Original Assignee: Milton J.R. Mitchener
• Inventors: Mitchener, Milton J. R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, David J.
• Application Number:
  US06/574,470
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 128/25 R, 128/31, 128/79, 128/774, 128/778, 128/341, 128/344, 272/116, 272/135-137
• US Class Current: 600/38
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/20 for vaginal muscles or other sphincter-type muscles

Abstract

This invention is directed to a muscle-toning device, and more particularly to a device to aid in the strengthening of the pubococcygeus muscle related to the female pelvic structure, so as to overcome and/or prevent various gynecological or urinary problems. The device includes a vaginal insert member connected by either a flexible or stretchable cable to an exteriorly disposed support body which allows the vaginal-insert member to reciprocate within the vaginal cavity when the user thereof rhythmically contracts and relaxes the pubococcygeus muscle.

Claims

1. A muscle-toning device comprising:

a vaginal-insert member adapted to be disposed within the female vaginal cavity, so as to be subjected to the contracting and relaxing of the surrounding muscles thereof;

said vaginal-insert member including an enlarged, bulbous, body member having an elongated neck portion, wherein said bulbous body and said neck portion thereof define a pear-shaped configuration;

a support means interconnected to said vaginal-insert member, and adapted to be disposed adjacent the exterior of said vaginal cavity in a substantially fixed manner; and

a stretchable connecting means interconnecting said vaginal-insert body with said support means, whereby said vaginal-insert member is adapted to freely reciprocate within said vaginal cavity, without affecting movement of said support means;

wherein said support means comprises an elongated body member, one end thereof being attached to said stretchable connecting means.

2. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 1, wherein said stretchable connecting means is formed by an elastic band interconnecting said elongated body of said support means to said vaginal-insert member.

3. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 1, wherein said elongated body of said support means includes a longitudinal cavity disposed therein.

4. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 2, wherein said elastic band is removably attached to said vaginal-insert member, said insert member having a slot formed in the distal end thereof to receive an enlarged ball member formed on one end of said elastic band.

5. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 3, wherein said device includes a stimulator means slidably disposed in said cavity of said support means.

6. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 5, wherein said stretchable connecting means comprises:

a flexible cable connected at one end to the distal end of said vaginal-insert member, and at the opposite end to said stimulator means; and

an elastic band attached to the opposite end of said stimulator means and to said elongated body of said support means, whereby said stimulator means is slidably moved within said cavity of said support means as said vaginal insert is moved within said vaginal cavity by the manipulation of said muscles thereof.

7. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 6, wherein said stimulator means comprises a pad formed to fit within said cavity of said elongated body.

8. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 7, wherein said elongated body of said support means comprises:

an elongated shell member formed to define said elongated cavity;

a lower end member adapted to receive said cable therethrough; and

an upper end member adapted to have said elastic band mounted thereto.

9. A muscle-toning device as recited in claim 8, wherein the support means includes attaching means mounted on said body thereof for engagement with adjacent clothing worn by the user thereof.