Patent Application
20190224067
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The disclosure and prior art relates to therapy devices and more particularly pertains to a new therapy device for relieving symptoms of sciatica.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pad that may be positioned on a support surface thereby facilitating the pad to be sat upon. A pair of massagers is provided and each of the massagers is removably positioned in the pad. Thus, each of the massagers is sat upon when the pad is sat upon. The massagers are spaced apart from each other on the pad such that each of the massagers is aligned with each of the user's sciatic nerves. In this way the massagers facilitating the sciatic nerves to be massaged for reducing pain and discomfort associated with sciatica.
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
As best illustrated in
The front side 26 has a slot 30 extending towards the back side 28 and the slot 30 is centrally positioned between the first lateral side 22 and the second lateral side 24. The slot 30 accommodates male genitalia when the pad 12 is sat upon to enhance comfort for a male user. The pad 12 has a pair of apertures 32 and each of the apertures 32 extends through the top surface 16 and the bottom surface 18. Each of the apertures 32 is positioned closer to the front side 26 than the back side 28 and each of the apertures 32 is positioned between the slot 30 and an associated one of the first lateral side 22 and the second lateral side 24. Each of the apertures 32 has a bounding surface 34 and the bounding surface 34 corresponding to each of the apertures 32 has a first portion 36 and a second portion 38. The first portion 36 of the bounding surface 34 corresponding to each of the apertures 32 angles outwardly between the second portion 38 of bounding surface 34 of the corresponding aperture and the top surface 16. Thus, each of the apertures 32 has a diameter on the top surface 16 that is greater than a diameter of each of the apertures 32 on the bottom surface 18.
A pair of massagers 40 is provided and each of the massagers 40 is removably positioned in the pad 12. Thus, each of the massagers 40 is sat upon when the pad 12 is sat upon. The massagers 40 are spaced apart from each other on the pad 12 such that each of the massagers 40 is aligned with each of the user's sciatic nerves. In this way the massagers 40 facilitate the sciatic nerves to be massaged for reducing pain and discomfort associated with sciatica.
Each of the massagers 40 comprises a peg 42 that has a first end 46 and a second end 48. The peg 42 is extended into an associated one of the apertures 32 such that the second end 48 is spaced from the top surface 16 of the pad 12. A ball 50 is coupled to the second end 48 of the peg 42. The ball 50 frictionally engages the first portion 36 of the associated aperture when the peg 42 is inserted on to the associated aperture. Thus, the ball 50 is inhibited from passing through the pad 12 thereby facilitating the ball 50 to compress the sciatic nerve when the pad 12 is sat upon.
In an alternative embodiment 52 as shown in
In use, the pad 12 is positioned on the support surface 14 and one or both of the peg 42s is inserted into an associated one of the apertures 32. The peg 42 corresponding to both massagers 40 are inserted into the apertures 32 when the user wishes to massage the sciatic nerve in both legs. The peg 42 corresponding to one of massagers 40 is inserted into the associated aperture 32 when the user wishes to massage the sciatic nerve in only one of the legs. The user sits on the pad 12 such that the ball 50 is positioned between the user's hip and the user's thigh thereby facilitating the ball 50 to put pressure on the sciatic nerve. In this way symptoms of sciatica, such as shooting pain and burning sensations, are relieved while the user is sitting.
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.
