Patent ID: 6283929
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
An apparatus for massaging a body lying in a prone position, comprising:a) a frame for resting on a floor; andb) a massaging assembly movably mounted to said frame 14 for massaging the body, wherein said frame comprises a base for resting on the floor and comprises foldable legs for easy storage and transport, wherein said frame further comprises a post that extends from said base and terminates in an upper terminal end, wherein said frame further comprises a transverse member that extends outwardly from said upper terminal end of said post, wherein said transverse member is U-shaped and has:A) a round lateral profile;B) a center disposed on said upper terminal end of said post; andC) a pair of legs that are length adjustable for reach from said post and which terminate in terminal ends, wherein said frame further comprises a track bar that is slender, elongated, hollow, extends equidistantly from said terminal ends of said pair of legs, in a same plane as that of said transverse member, and has:i) open ends; andii) a lowermost surface, wherein said lowermost surface of said track bar has a throughslot that extends longitudinally therealong, from one open end to the other open end of said track bar, wherein said open ends of said track bar are closed by end caps, wherein said massaging assembly comprises a housing that depends movably from said track bar, wherein said housing comprises a first portion that fittingly communicates in and depends from said throughslot in said track bar, wherein said housing further comprises a second portion that depends from said first portion of said housing, wherein said second portion of said housing is rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, parallelepiped-shaped, and has:I) an open top that receivingly communicates with said first portion of said housing; andII) a closed bottom, wherein said closed bottom of said second portion of said housing has a throughslot that extends therealong, wherein said second portion of said housing further contains a subfloor that is disposed parallel to and slightly above said closed bottom of said second portion of said housing, wherein said massage assembly further comprises a motor that is disposed on said subfloor in said second portion of said housing and has a drive shaft that extends therefrom, wherein said massage assembly further comprises a battery that is disposed on said subfloor in said second portion of said housing and is in electrical communication with and powers said motor, wherein said massage assembly further comprises a drive pulley that is affixed on said drive shaft of said motor for rotation therewith, wherein said massage assembly further comprises a driven assembly that is movably disposed in said track bar and operatively connected to said drive pulley, wherein said driven assembly comprises an axle that is disposed movably in and extends transversely across said track bar and has a pair of ends, wherein said driven assembly comprises a pair of wheels that are disposed on said pair of ends of said axle, respectively, for rotation therewith.