Patent Application
20230124446
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The disclosure relates to massaging assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new massaging assembly for realigning vertebrae of a user. The present invention discloses a massaging assembly comprising a bench and a pad which can be covered with a cover. A roller module comprising a rotatable cylinder is positioned in a void in the pad. The rotatable cylinder is configured to roll along a back of a user lying on the bench to realign vertebrae of the user. The massaging assembly of the present invention is highly compact and thus readily transportable by the user.
The prior art relates to massaging assemblies, which may comprise assemblies comprising rotating discs the traverse spinal columns of users, assemblies comprising pluralities of nubbed wheels that roll along back of users, and assemblies comprising pluralities of rollers, wherein each roller engages a respective portion of a back of a user. What is lacking in the prior art is a massaging assembly comprising a bench and a pad which can be covered with a cover. A roller module comprising a rotatable cylinder is positioned in a void in the pad. The rotatable cylinder is configured to roll along a back of a user lying on the bench to realign vertebrae of the user
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pad, which is positioned on an upper face of a bench. A roller module is positioned in a void that is positioned in the pad. The roller module comprises a rotatable cylinder, which extends substantially between opposed edges of the void. An upper limit of the rotatable cylinder extends past an upper surface of the pad. An actuator is operationally engaged to the roller module and is positioned to cycle the rotatable cylinder between a first edge and a second edge of the void. The rotatable cylinder thus is configured to massage a back of a user who is lying supinely on the pad. The massaging assembly of the present invention is highly compact and thus readily transportable by the user.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A roller module 20 is positioned in a void 22 that is positioned in the pad 12. The roller module 20 comprises a rotatable cylinder 24, which extends substantially between opposed edges 26 of the void 22. The roller module 20 may comprise a pair of rails 28 and a plate 30. The rails 28 are engaged singly to opposed sides 32 of a rectangular frame 34 and extend from proximate to a first endpoint 36 to proximate to a second endpoint 38 of the rectangular frame 34. Each of a plurality of wheels 40 is rotationally engaged to a respective opposed end 42 of the plate 30 and is operationally engaged to a respective rail 28. Each of a pair of arms 44 is engaged to and extends from the plate 30 proximate to a respective opposed end 42 of the plate 30. The rotatable cylinder 24 is rotationally engaged to and extends between the arms 44. The rotatable cylinder 24 may have a length 46 of between 8.0 and 16.0 centimeters. The rotatable cylinder 24 may have a length 46 of between 10.0 and 14.0 centimeters.
An upper limit 48 of the rotatable cylinder 24 extends past an upper surface 50 of the pad 12. The upper limit 48 of the rotatable cylinder 24 may extend from 3.0 to 7.0 centimeters above the upper surface 50 of the pad 12. The upper limit 48 of the rotatable cylinder 24 may extend from 4.5 to 5.5 centimeters above the upper surface 50 of the pad 12. The present invention also anticipates the rotatable cylinder 24 being selectively adjustable to allow the user to select a position of the upper limit 48 of the rotatable cylinder 24 relative to the upper surface 50 of the pad 12.
An actuator 52 is operationally engaged to the roller module 20 and is positioned to cycle the rotatable cylinder 24 between a first edge 54 and a second edge 56 of the void 22. The rotatable cylinder 24 thus is configured to massage a back of a user who is lying supinely on the pad 12.
The actuator 52 may comprise a motor 58, which engaged to the rectangular frame 34 proximate to the second endpoint 38 of the rectangular frame 34. A drive gear 60 engaged to a shaft 62 of the motor 58. A rod 64 is engaged to and extends from the first endpoint 36 of the rectangular frame 34. A cog wheel 66 is rotationally engaged to the rod 64 distal from the first endpoint 36. An endless chain 68 is gearedly engaged to the drive gear 60 and the cog wheel 66. A bar 70 is rotationally engaged to and extends between the endless chain 68 and the plate 30. As the endless chain 68 rotates around the drive gear 60 and the cog wheel 66, the rotatable cylinder 24 is cycled the between the first edge 54 and the second edge 56 of the void 22. The present invention anticipates the actuator 52 comprising other actuating means, such as, but not limited to, worm gears, rack and pinions, and the like.
The void 22 is positioned equally distant from opposing sides 72 of the pad 12. The void 22 extends from proximate to a first end 74 toward a second end 76 of the pad 12 so that the rotatable cylinder 24 is positioned below vertebrae of the user. The rotatable cylinder 24 thus is configured to realign the vertebrae of the user. The void 22 is sized such that T1 and L5 vertebrae of the user are positioned above the rotatable cylinder 24.
The back massaging assembly 10 also comprises a power module 78, which is engaged to the rectangular frame 34 and which is operationally engaged to the motor 58 so that the power module 78 is positioned to selectively power the motor 58. The power module 78 may comprise a power cord 80, although the present invention also anticipates the motor 58 being battery powered.
A controller 82 is communicatively engaged to the power module 78 and the motor 58. The controller 82 is configured to be selectively manipulated by the user to selectively power the motor 58. The controller 82 may comprise an ON/OFF switch 84. The present invention also anticipates the controller 82 being wireless. The present invention further anticipates the controller 82 being configured to selectively control a rotational speed of the shaft 62, thus controlling a rate at which the rotatable cylinder 24 cycles between the first edge 54 and the second edge 56 of the void 22.
The back massaging assembly 10 also comprises a cover 86, which is shaped complementarily to the pad 12 so that the cover 86 is positionable over the pad 12, the void 22, and the rotatable cylinder 24. The cover 86 may be resiliently stretchable. The cover 86 may be padded.
In use, a user lies supinely on the pad 12 with the cylinder positioned across a spine of the user's back. The ON/OFF switch 84 is switched to engage the motor 58, causing the rotatable cylinder 24 to cycle between the first edge 54 and the second edge 56 of the void 22. Rotation of the rotatable cylinder 24 along the back of the user massages the back and realigns the vertebrae of the back. When the user wishes to relocate the back massaging assembly 10, this is readily accomplished due to its compactness and light weight.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
