Patent Application
20230210709
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The disclosure relates to headache devices and more particularly pertains to a new headache device for pinching a pressure point to treat a headache. The device includes a clamping unit which includes a pair of grips that are urgeable toward each other to pinch a user's trapezius muscle. The device includes a knob that can be rotated for either tightening or loosening the grips to adjust an intensity with which the user's trapezius muscle is pinched.
The prior art relates to headache devices including a massage vibrator that includes a pair of resilient arms which are vibrated to massage a user's body. The prior art discloses a variety of muscular clamp devices for pinching a selected pressure point in a muscle for relieving muscle tension. The prior art discloses a variety of acupressure clamps for imparting pressure on an acupressure point. The prior art discloses a wearable pressure point device that includes a pair of engagements and a curved member extending between the engagement for biasing the engagements toward each other to pinch a pressure point on a user's body. The prior art discloses a muscle massaging device that includes a band which is extendable around a user's body and a pair of massagers that are each disposed on the band for positioning over a massage point on the user's body.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a clamping unit that has a pair of grips each is movably disposed in opposing sides of a clamping recess in the clamping unit. Each of the grips is urgeable toward each other to pinch a trapezius muscle at a strategic location to treat symptoms of a headache. A tube is coupled to and extends away from the clamping unit and the tube curves beneath the user's armpit when the clamping unit is positioned on the user's trapezius muscle. A knob is rotatably disposed on the tube and the knob is in mechanical communication with the clamping unit. The grips are urged toward each other when the knob is rotated in a first direction and the grips are urged away from each other when the knob is rotated in a second direction.
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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The clamping unit 12 comprises a disk 22 that has a perimeter surface 24. The perimeter surface 24 has a concave portion 26 extending toward a center of the disk 22 such that the concave portion 26 defines the clamping recess 16. Additionally, the concave portion 26 has a first lateral side 28 and a second lateral side 30. The perimeter surface 24 has a pair of holes 32 each extending into an interior of the disk 22, and the disk 22 is substantially hollow. Each of the holes 32 is positioned on a respective one of the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the perimeter surface 24.
The clamping unit 12 includes a pair of arms 34 that each has a first end 36 and a second end 38, and each of the arms 34 is positioned within the disk 22. The first end 36 of each of the arms 34 is pivotally engaged to the disk 22 such that each of the arms 34 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the concave portion 26 of the perimeter surface 24. The first end 36 of each of the arms 34 is positioned adjacent to an intersection between the perimeter surface 24 and the respective first lateral side 28 and second lateral side 30. Each of the arms 34 has a first surface 40 extending between the first end 36 and the second end 38, and the first surface 40 of each of the arms 34 is directed toward each other.
Each of the grips 14 is coupled to and extends laterally away from the first surface 40 of a respective one of the arms 34. Each of the grips 14 extends outwardly through a respective one of the holes 32 in the perimeter surface 24 of the disk 22. Furthermore, a distal end 42 of each of the grips 14 is directed across the clamping recess 16 defined by the concave portion 26. Each of the grips 14 may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material and the distal end 42 of each of the grips 14 may taper to a blunt point.
A linkage 44 is coupled between the second end 38 of each of the arms 34. The linkage 44 is compressible thereby urging the second end 38 of each of the arms 34 toward each other. In this way each of the grips 14 is urged to travel toward each other. Conversely, the linkage 44 is biased into a lengthened condition thereby urging the second end 38 of each of the arms 34 away from each other.
A tube 46 is coupled to and extends away from the clamping unit 12. The tube 46 is curved such that the tube 46 curves beneath the user's armpit 48 when the clamping unit 12 is positioned on the user's trapezius muscle 18. The tube 46 has a primary end 50 and a secondary end 52, and the tube 46 is curved between the primary end 50 and the secondary end 52. The primary end 50 is coupled to the perimeter surface 24 of the disk 22 and the tube 46 is oriented such that the tube 46 curves below the clamping recess 16.
A ball 54 is disposed on the secondary end 52 of the tube 46 and the ball 54 can be gripped. A knob 56 is rotatably disposed on the ball 54 and the knob 56 is in mechanical communication with the clamping unit 12. The grips 14 are urged toward each other when the knob 56 is rotated in a first direction. Conversely, the grips 14 are urged away from each other when the knob 56 is rotated in a second direction. The knob 56 includes a screw 58 that extends into the ball 54 and a plate 60 that is positioned around the screw 58. The plate 60 travels toward the knob 56 when the knob 56 is rotated in the first direction. The plate 60 travels away from the knob 56 when the knob 56 is rotated in the second direction. A biasing member 62 extends around the screw 58 and the biasing member 62 extends between the plate 60 and the first surface 40 of the knob 56. Furthermore, the biasing member 62 biases the plate 60 away from the knob 56.
A cable 64 is provided that has a first end 66 and a second end 68, and the cable 64 extends through the member and into the disk 22. The first end 66 of the cable 64 is coupled to the linkage 44 extending between the second end 38 of each of the arms 34. Additionally, the second end 68 of the cable 64 is coupled to the plate 60. The linkage 44 is compressed when the plate 60 travels toward the knob 56 and the linkage 44 is lengthened when the plate 60 travels away from the knob 56.
In use, the clamping unit 12 is positioned on the user's trapezius muscle 18 such that the member curves beneath the user's armpit 48. The knob 56 is rotated in the first direction for urging the grips 14 toward each other to pinch the user's trapezius muscle 18. Additionally, the clamping unit 12 is aligned with a pre-determined location along the user's trapezius muscle 18 that corresponds to known pressure points. In this way the user 20 can treat symptoms of a headache that are caused by tension in the trapezius muscle 18. Furthermore, the user 20 can pinch the pressure point on their trapezius muscle 18 without assistance thereby facilitating the user 20 to find relief from a tension headache in any situation.
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.
