Patent Application
20230131616
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of physical therapy of existing art and more specifically relates to a multi-use massage tool.
Tense muscles are an ever prevalent problem for many people that are triggered or aggravated by many factors. For example, common contributors to the development of stressed muscles and muscular knots include excessive sitting, poor posture, repetitive motion, mechanical imbalance, joint disorders, lack of sleep and vitamin deficiencies. Unfortunately, these contributing factors are often very difficult to change or prevent. For example, many jobs involve excessive sitting in front of computers which can subsequently lead to poor posture and lack of sleep. Untreated tense muscles often lead to chronic pain in the back, shoulders and neck, migraines, limited movement, risk of injury, etc. As such, it is important to routinely relieve tension in the muscles to prevent these consequences.
Massage is a well-known technique for relaxing stressed muscles. Whether self-massaging or receiving a massage, it is common to use massage tools to aid in targeting specific muscles. For example, foam rollers are often used for rolling out tense muscles, particularly before or after exercise. However, it would be useful, particularly for use in self-massaging, to have a multi-use massage tool that can be used for both general and targeted massaging of various body parts.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known physical therapy tool art, the present disclosure provides a novel multi-use massage tool. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a massage tool that may be used for both general and targeted massaging of various body parts, as well as providing cold and/or heat therapy to the various body parts.
A massage tool is disclosed herein. The massage tool include may include a spherically-shaped muscle ball element, a cylindrical central handle element, a discoid-shaped skin brace element, and a pin-pointer element. The cylindrical central handle element may include a first end and a second end and the spherically-shaped muscle ball element may be fused to the first end of the cylindrical central handle element. The discoid-shaped skin brace element may include an inner central region opposite an outer central region and the inner central region of the discoid element may be fused to the second end of the cylindrical central handle element. The pin-pointer element may comprise a cylindrical portion and a semi-spherical cap portion. The cylindrical portion of the pin-pointer element may include an inner end and an outer end. The semi-spherical cap portion may be fused to the outer end of the cylindrical portion and the inner end of the cylindrical portion of the pin-pointer element may be fused to the outer central region of the skin brace element.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a multi-use massage tool, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to physical therapy and more particularly to a multi-use massage tool. Generally, the multi-use massage tool may include a handle which doubles as a shoulder roller, a muscle ball at one end of the handle and a pin-pointer and skin brace at another end of the handle. The handle may be used for gripping the multi-use massage tool and may also be used for releasing tension in the shoulders by rolling the handle thereover. The multi-use massage tool may be configured for massaging body parts of the user and particularly for relaxing muscles and releasing particularly tense muscle fibers (muscular knots).
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Preferably, the massage tool 100 may be made out of a thermally conductive material, allowing the massage tool 100 to be used for providing cold therapy and/or heat therapy. For example, the massage tool 100 may be made out of aluminum (however, it should be appreciated that the massage tool 100 is not limited to aluminum). In this embodiment, the massage tool 100 may be placed in cold or warm/hot water at a desired temperature prior to use. This may increase benefits of the massage tool 100. For example, when the massage tool 100 is at a cold temperature it may be particularly useful for pain relief. When the massage tool 100 is at a warm/hot temperature it may be particularly useful for stimulating blood flow.
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As discussed above, the pin-pointer element 140 may be used for targeted massage to release stressful muscular knots. As such, the pin-pointer element 140 may be sized to stimulate a small portion of the muscles in order to pinpoint the muscular knots. For example, as demonstrated in
It should be appreciated that the measurements discussed above for the massage tool 100 are given as examples and that the massage tool 100 is not limited to these measurements.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
The numbered list format used in the claims of the application is used solely for organizational purposes to provide clarity thereto and is not meant to limit in any way the claimed matter nor any aspect of the present disclosure.
