Patent ID: 6258048
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
An electric foot massaging assembly comprising, in combination:a weighted base having a rectangular configuration with a post coupled to a central extent thereof and extending upwardly therefrom to terminate at a top end with a square cross-section having a horizontally oriented smooth aperture formed therein, the base further including a pivot member having a bottom portion with a square slot formed therein to define a fork with a first leg having a smooth aperture formed therein and a second leg having a threaded aperture formed therein, wherein a threaded fastener is rotatably situated within the smooth apertures of the post and fork and further engaged with the threaded aperture of the fork for clamping the same about the post, wherein an angle of the pivot member may be adjusted;a rigid slipper mount having an oval bottom face, an oval top face, and a side wall mounted between peripheries of the top face and the bottom face for defining an interior space, the top face having a peripheral slot formed therein adjacent to and spaced from the periphery of the top face, the bottom face of the slipper mount having the pivot member mounted along a central extent thereof for allowing the slipper mount to be pivoted with respect to the base about a horizontal axis;a flexible insulated slipper having a lower peripheral edge coupled to the periphery of the top face of the slipper mount and an opening formed in an upper rear extent thereof for receiving a foot therein, the slipper having a plurality of heating elements lining an interior surface thereof for generating heat upon the receipt of power;a roller assembly including a plurality of vertically oriented peripheral rollers each having an interconnect member coupled to a bottom end thereof and extending therefrom through the peripheral slot, wherein the interconnect members of each of the peripheral rollers are connected via a cable such that the peripheral rollers are grouped into multiple spaced groups of adjacent rollers which are adapted to be slidable along the peripheral slot coincidentally, the roller assembly further including at least a pair of bottom rollers each rotatably coupled within laterally oriented slots formed in the top face of the slipper mount adjacent to a toe portion and a heel portion thereof;a flexible lining positioned within the slipper with a plurality of beads and holes formed therein, wherein the peripheral rollers are situated between the flexible lining and the slipper such that the rollers urge the flexible lining inwardly;a motor assembly including a pair of bottom roller motors each mounted to an underside of the top face of the slipper mount with a disk mounted to a rotor thereof which is in abutment with one of the bottom rollers for rotating the same upon the receipt of power, the motor assembly further including at least one motor with a pulley in communication with the cable for moving the peripheral rollers along the peripheral slot; anda vibrating mechanism mounted within the slipper mount for vibrating upon actuation.