Patent ID: 6607499
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A massage simulating station for treating at least one limb of a user, comprising:a limb accommodating base housing having a limb resting surface for accommodating at least one limb of a user therein, a frame having a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending, sequentially positioned massage grippers connected to and extending generally upward therefrom; said pairs of massage grippers comprising complementary elongated jaw members projecting generally upward from said frame; each elongated jaw member further comprising a plurality of adjacent soft massage contact pads positioned from a proximal end of each said elongated jaw member to a distal outer end of each said elongated jaw member, said complementary elongated jaw members of said massage grippers being capable of moving reciprocally between an open and a closed position, said closed position cradling and contacting the limb of a user at multiple skin contact points thereof, said massage grippers having motive means for producing movement between said open and said closed positions; each said massage gripper elongated jaw member respectively having attached thereon said plurality of soft massage contact pads for contacting and massaging the limb of a user, at said multiple skin contact points.