Patent ID: 6203509
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A finger shaped massage device adapted to be secured to only a single finger of a user for contacting an another area to be massaged, the massaging device comprising:a housing having a width substantially that of the width of a finger, the housing further having a tip end and a base end opposite the tip end;a panel attached to the housing, said panel having a massaging surface for contacting the another area to be massaged and a finger contacting area on the opposite side of the device from the massaging surface that contacts the single finger of the user, the housing and the panel creating an exterior shape;a motor for vibrating the massaging device; and,a securing strap fixedly attached to the housing toward the base end of the housing, for securing the massaging device to only the single finger of the user wherein, the device is strapped to the single finger of the user forming a similar profile as the finger and the massaging surface contacts the another area to be massaged and the finger contacting area contacts the single finger of the user, wherein a top half and a bottom half of the exterior shape is viewable from the tip end by a plane separating the massaging surface from the finger contacting area, the top half being asymmetrical to the bottom half when viewed from the tip end, and wherein at least one transverse cross section of the exterior shape is non-polygonal.