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Hand-held massager

  • US 4,590,926 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1982
  • Issued: 05/27/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hand-held massager comprising a substantially parallelepiped shaped graspable body having a leading edge on a forward face thereof which includes a continuous curved central notch leading to a rounded thumb-spaced projection on either side said thumb-shaped projections being convex in plan view and spaced at a distance equal to a spinal column, the notch and the projections being arranged and constructed with curvatures conforming to the shape of a spinal column such that, when said leading edge of the massager is applied to the back of a person to be massaged, the two projections rest on either side of the spinal column in such a manner as to massage the paravertebral muscles in a manner identical to that provided by the thumbs of a masseur as the massager is moved along the spinal column.

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