The following applications and patent are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/223,840 entitled PERCUSSIVE MASSAGER ROTATIONAL ACCESSORY, filed Apr. 6, 2021; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/229,860 entitled VARIABLE STROKE PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE DEVICE, filed Apr. 13, 2021, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,253,423; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/508,954 entitled CONSTRAINED AND REPOSITIONABLE PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE DEVICE TOOL AND TOOL RECEIVER, filed Oct. 22, 2021; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/524,732 entitled PERCUSSION MASSAGER HAVING VARIABLE AND SELECTABLE STROKE LENGTH filed Nov. 11, 2021; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/714,140 entitled SELECTABLE, CONFIGURABLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE MASSAGE TOOL HEAD SYSTEM FOR PERCUSSION MASSAGE DEVICES filed Apr. 5, 2022, each of which is commonly owned and list overlapping inventors.
The embodiments herein are generally directed to a setting locking feature for a percussion massage device and more particularly to a feature accessible via a touch display of a percussion massage device which facilitates locking (and unlocking) of an established mode of operation.
Massage devices are known in the art and present uses include, but are not limited to, pre-work out warm-up or post-activity recovery to increase range of motion and flexibility when administered before sports activity and muscle pliability where massage techniques are applied with a thumb, palm and elbow, used to reduce stress, increase relaxation, reduce pain and muscle soreness and tension. Improving circulation, energy and alertness. Massage devices have also been known to help prevent sore muscles after exercise known as “delayed onset muscle soreness or DOMS. Such massage devices are used in, for example, athletic, physiotherapeutic and chiropractic environments and to a much larger extent now in the home environment.
Massage devices, such as those sold by Applicant, PlayMakar, Inc. are handheld vibratory or percussive massage devices which allow users to quickly adjust settings, e.g., level of percussion and stroke length, with one hand, while still holding the device with the same hand. In newer devices, control features may be incorporated into a touchscreen display, which is susceptible to inadvertent bumps and can suddenly change settings. Such a change, while annoying at the very least, can also cause additional discomfort when the user is already experiencing sensitivity or sore muscles. Further, inadvertent changes in strokes per minute (SPM) could potentially disrupt treatment, cause pain and/or cause poor user experience.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a system and method that ensures accidental bumps do not alter settings on a massage device.
In a first non-limiting embodiment, a process for selecting and locking user settings of a percussion massage device includes: powering on the percussion massage device; selecting via a touchscreen display of the percussion massage device a percussion mode from a range of percussion modes, and locking the touchscreen display to lock in the selected percussion mode, wherein locking includes pressing at least a first icon on the touchscreen display for a predetermined amount of time.
In a second non-limiting embodiment, a handheld percussion massage device comprising: a power switch; and a touchscreen for facilitating user selection of massage settings, the touchscreen including a first icon and a second icon for facilitating (i) user selection of a strokes-per-minute value and (ii) locking and unlocking the touchscreen to lock-in or unlock the massage settings.
Example embodiments will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings, wherein like elements are represented by like reference characters, which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not limitative of the example embodiments herein.
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In a preferred embodiment, a user first turns on the percussion massager using a slide switch 15 which may be located on the bottom of base 3 of the device 1 as shown in bottom view
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The embodiment set forth above is exemplary. Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiment belongs. The massage device with screen locking feature may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiment be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.
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