Patent ID: 7223252
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A finger-pressure substitutive stimulator, comprising: a sheet member formed of a hard or semi-hard synthetic resin material, as a mesh with a net-like structure sufficiently thin that when pressed against the skin of a human body conforms to a curved shape of the skin and changes occurring in the shape, and having many projections molded integrally therewith, the projections formed on, elongated along, and projecting from one surface thereof, wherein said sheet member has a thickness of about 0.3 mm, and said projections have a slender, straight stripe-shape of length about 5 mm, height about 1 mm and width about 0.3 mm, and with a gentle arc in side view and an upwardly slightly tapered cross section.