Massaging device provided with means to apply cleansing lotion to body part being massaged

• US 6,565,522 B1
• Filed: 01/16/2002
• Issued: 05/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ching-Hsi Chen
• Original Assignee: Ching-Hsi Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Ching-Hsi
• Primary Examiner(s): YU, JUSTINE ROMANG
• Application Number:
  US10/047,400
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 601/118, 601/122, 601/128, 601/131, 601/17-19, 601/22, D24/211, D24/214, 401/208
• US Class Current: 601/118
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/105 with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/12 Feet

Abstract

A massaging device comprises a base, a massaging member, and a cover. The base is provided with a basin for containing the cleansing lotion. The massaging member is rotatably mounted in the base such that the massaging member is partially submerged in the cleansing lotion. The cover is provided with an opening and is joined with the base such that the massaging member is partially jutted out of the cover via the opening. The massaging member is provided in the outer surface with a plurality of grooves and ridges, which dispense and apply the cleansing lotion to a body part being massaged by the massaging member in motion.

Claims

1. A massaging device comprising:

a base provided with a basin for holding a cleansing lotion, said basin being provided in two opposite side walls with a shaft hole;

a massaging member of a cylindrical construction and provided at two longitudinal ends thereof with a projection, said massaging member being rotatably mounted in said base such that said projection of said massaging member is rotatably received in said shaft hole of said basin of said base, and that said massaging member is partially submerged in the cleansing lotion, contained in said basin of said base; and

a cover provided with an opening corresponding in size and shape to said massaging member, said cover being joined with said base such that said massaging member is partially jutted out of said cover via said opening of said cover;

wherein said massaging member is provided in an outer surface with a plurality of grooves and ridges, said grooves and said ridges being extended along the longitudinal direction of said massaging member whereby said grooves and said ridges dispense and apply the cleansing lotion to a body part being massaged by said ridges of said massaging member in motion.