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Portable appliance for heating towels and for dispensing heated fluid such as body oil to facilitate the administration of a massage

  • US 5,397,875 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1992
  • Issued: 03/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable heating appliance having a housing that, when "closed," can be stored and transported with substantially the ease and convenience of a suitcase, and when "open" provides access to a plurality of compartments including plural heating compartments for heating substantially concurrently but in separate heating compartments a quantity of towels and a quantity of liquid such as body oil for use in concert with the administration of a massage, comprising:

  • a) housing means having at least two housing members including a base member and a lid member that are connected for movement relative to each other between "closed" and "open" positions, with the housing means functioning;

    i) to define an array of compartments for cooperating when the housing members are "closed"

         1) to receive and protectively enclose such components of the appliance as may be removed from the housing means during use of the appliance in concert with the administration of a massage, and

         2) to house such supplies as are utilized in conjunction with use of appliance including a quantity of towels for being heated by the appliance, and at least one container enclosing a quantity of liquid such as body oil for being heated by the appliance; and

    ,ii) to define, when "open," exterior structure that can be supported atop a horizontal surface for supporting at least the base member to extend substantially horizontally, and interior structure that defines within the interior of the housing means compartments that include

         1) main heating compartment means for receiving and heating a plurality of towels, and

         2) auxiliary heating compartment means for receiving at least one container enclosing a quantity of liquid such as body oil and for heating the quantity of liquid contained therein;

    b) electrical heating means for being operated when the housing means is "open" to substantially concurrently heat

         1) at least a plurality of towels that are contained within the main heating compartment means, and

         2) a quantity of liquid that is contained within a container that is nested within the auxiliary heating compartment means, whereby liquid is heated so that it can be dispensed from the container substantially simultaneously with the provision of a supply of heated towels that can be withdrawn from the main heating compartment means for use in concert with the administration of a massage; and

    ,c) wringer means configured for being contained for transport within the housing means when the housing means is "closed," and for being operated when the housing means is "open" to clamp at least one moisture-laden towel that has been heated within the main heating compartment means to extract excess moisture therefrom.

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