Patent ID: 7011639
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A back massaging device for being coupled to a wall of a structure to be rubbed against a back of a user to massage the back of the user, the back massaging device comprising: a body member being adapted for being coupled to the wall; a plurality of massaging members being coupled to said body member such that said massaging members are adapted for being positioned opposite the wall when said body member is coupled to the wall, said massaging members being adapted for kneading the back of the user when the back of the user is rubbed against said body member and said massaging members; said body member comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being coupled to said second portion such that said first portion is positioned at an angle to said second portion, said body portion being positioned around a corner formed by a pair of walls of the structure such that said first portion is coupled to one of the walls and said second portion is coupled to the other one of the walls to allow the massaging members to be pressed into the back of the user; said body member comprising a flexible material, said flexible material being for permitting said body member to flex such that said body member is adapted for conforming to the angle formed between the walls of the structure; said body member comprising an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface being positioned opposite said exterior surface, said interior surface of said body member being adapted for being coupled to the wall of the structure, each said massaging members being coupled to said exterior surface such that said massaging members extend outwardly from said body member; said body member comprising a pair of side edges, one of said side edges being positioned opposite the other one of said side edges of said body member, said body member tapering outwardly to said side edges to provide a smoother junction with the wall when said body member is coupled to the wall; each of said massaging members comprising a bulbous portion and a base portion, said base portion having a proximal end and a distal end, said bulbous portion being coupled to the distal end of said base portion, the proximal end of said base portion being coupled to said body member such that said bulbous portion is positioned opposite said body member, said bulbous portion being adapted for engaging the back of the user to massage the back of the user; each of said base portions of said massaging members having a width, the width of each of said base portions tapering thinner toward a middle section of said base portions and the width of each of said base portions expanding wider toward said proximal and distal ends to form a necked profile at the middle section of said base portions; said massaging members comprising a resiliently flexible material, said resiliently flexible material being adapted for permitting said bulbous portion of said massaging members to flex with respect to said base portion of the associated one of said massaging members to conform to the back of the user and massage a greater area of the back of the user; and each of said massaging members being positioned in a spaced relationship to adjacently positioned massaging members, said massaging members being adapted for permitting portions of the back of the user to be inserted between said massaging members to allow the massaging members to engaging a greater portion of the back of the user; each of said bulbous portions of said massaging members having a width, said bulbous portions of adjacent said massaging members being spaced from each other a distance substantially equal to the width of said bulbous portions.