The present invention relates to a massage device and particularly to a massage device that can cover a golf ball and hold a tee and has jutting elements on the surface to be used for massaging of user's body.
The conventional golf ball has a plurality of dimples on the surface and is quite hard, hence some users frequently grasp and turn it in the palm to do massage on body muscle, or rub or compress the neck, shoulder, arms and soles. However the golf ball is too hard and not elastic. Rubbing continuously on people's skins and muscle tends to inflict pain. Moreover, the golf ball is rather small and difficult to be held and turned or pushed in the palm to do massage actions on various portion of people's body. It also easily drops while held in the palm. Hence its massage effect is not desirable especially compared with other massage tools that have jutting elements to compress and roll over people's body.
Japan patent No. 7-9344 discloses a device made of a hard material that can hold a golf ball and has a body formed like a strut. The body has a cavity in the center of the bottom to hold the golf ball on the upper half portion. The cavity has a peripheral rim to brace the upper half portion of the golf ball. The body has a plurality of jutting elements on the lower periphery to hold the lower half portion of the golf ball. The golf ball can move freely in the cavity along a straight line, a curve or circular to roll or compress various portions of user's body to do massage function. However, it performs massage on people's muscle through the golf ball that is made from a hard material. Hence it still inflicts pain on people's body.
In view of the aforesaid disadvantages, the present invention aims to provide a massage device that can surround a golf ball and also hold the golf ball and a tee. It has grasping ditches on the profile that can be grasped easily by user's fingers. The outer surface also has a plurality of conical jutting elements to facilitate secured holding and massaging on user's body.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a massage device to cover a golf ball. It has a surrounding portion to cover the golf ball and a handgrip extended from the surrounding portion to be grasped by user's hand. The handgrip has an insertion orifice on the bottom to receive a tee. The periphery of the handgrip that joins the surrounding portion has indented grasping ditches to be grasped by user's fingers. The surface of the massage device has a plurality of conical jutting elements to be held securely by user's hand to perform massage functions by patting, turning or compressing various portions of user's body.
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The massage device 100 of the invention, aside from made from plastics, can also be made from elastic resin or other hard material such as wood. However, to make the ball 200 to be inserted through the opening 130 and confined by the rim 131 without dropping out, the rim 131 has to be made from an elastic material and has a diameter smaller than that of the ball 200.
It is to be noted that the jutting elements 110 on the surface of the massage device 100 can be formed at the same size or different sizes. The conical angle of the jutting elements 110 may be altered according to requirements. The size and shape of the jutting elements 110 are arranged on the surface of the massage device 100 according to requirements, and are not limited to the shape of circular cones. They also may be formed in semi-circular cones, triangular cones or quadrangular cones or the like.
The massage device 100 can hold the ball 200 and a tee 300 at the same time. As the massage device 100 is designed based on a general gold ball 200, it is small and can be held in a pocket of an upper outer garment or a pant. Hence it is easy to carry.
In short, the invention can hold the ball 200 in the hollow portion 120 of the surrounding portion 132 to perform massage on user's fingers, palms, shoulder, neck, arms or soles to help relaxing. The jutting elements 110 on the surface of the massage device 100 can stimulate the fingers, palms, shoulder, neck, arms and soles. The shoulder, neck, arms and soles also may be patted through the massage device 100.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiment of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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7-9344 | Feb 1995 | JP |
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