Foot massager

• US 4,807,602 A
• Filed: 11/16/1987
• Issued: 02/28/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Diane Scarborough, Roderick L. Scarborough
• Original Assignee: Diane Scarborough, Roderick L. Scarborough
• Inventors: Scarborough, Roderick L., Scarborough, Diane
• Primary Examiner(s): Burr, Edgar S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Huong Q.
• Application Number:
  US07/120,960
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 128/52, 128/51, 128/66, 128/25 B, 128/62 R, 128/24.2, 128/24.5, 128/24.1
• US Class Current: 601/104
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1284 using own weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/12 Feet
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/00 Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/004 power-driven, e.g. electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 9/00 Pneumatic or hydraulic massage

Abstract

A foot massager has an inclined floor on which a grid of upstanding rubber nipples are mounted. A pair of adjustable sprayers are mounted on the floor and spray water upwardly on the soles of a user'"'"'s feet between the nipples. Water drains down the inclined floor and is recirculated to an enclosed water tank by a drainage hole at the base of the floor. The unit includes an adjustable pressure pump and a heating unit for controlling the temperature of the recirculating water. In a second embodiment, the nipples may be mounted on a reciprocating support plate for providing a massaging action to the soles of a user'"'"'s feet. The supporting plate is reciprocated by an eccentric cam on the shaft of a rotary motor.

Claims

1. A foot massager, comprising:

a housing;

a foot receiving compartment in said housing;

an inclined floor in said foot receiving compartment;

a plurality of spaced apertures formed through said inclined floor;

a slot extending parallel with and beneath an upper surface of said inclined floor;

a nipple support plate provided with a plurality of spaced upstanding nipples;

said nipples formed from a flexible rubber material;

said nipple support plate received for limited reciprocal sliding movement in said slot, with said nipples extending upwardly through said apertures;

an oval recessed cam truck rigidly secured to said nipple support plate;

a variable speed rotary electrical motor;

an eccentric cam secured to a drive shaft of said rotary electrical motor;

an eccentric lob on said cam engaging said oval cam recess for reciprocating said nipple support plate;

a plurality of adjustable pulsating spray nozzles arranged in said foot receiving compartment for spraying an individual'"'"'s feet when supported on said inclined floor;

a drain hole at a low point in said inclined floor;

a water storage tank beneath said inclined floor communicating with said drain hole;

an adjustable heating element in said water storage tank; and

an adjustable variable speed rotary pump connected for supplying water from said water storage tank to said spray nozzles.