Patent ID: 8696608
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A lower leg massage apparatus comprising: a pair of right and left insertion recesses adapted to have lower legs of a user be insertable therein; and a massage mechanism disposed within each of the insertion recesses, adapted to massage the lower legs when inserted in the recesses, a pair of right and left cover bodies of a two-layer structure, each of the cover bodies having a peripheral edge, the peripheral edge of the right cover body being attachable along an edge of the right insertion recess so as to cover the right insertion recess, and the peripheral edge of the left cover body being attachable along an edge of the left insertion recess so as to cover the left insertion recess, and further comprising: a warm air/cool air supply section provided to supply a warm or a cool current of air to a region between the two layers constituting the cover body attached to each of the right and left insertion recesses, wherein each of the cover bodies consists of an upper cloth body and a lower cloth body placed beneath the upper cloth body, and the warm air/cool air supply section has an outlet which is positioned so as to be capable of directing an issue of the warm or the cool current of air into a region between the upper cloth body and the lower cloth body of each of the cover bodies, and wherein the lower cloth body of each of the cover bodies is made of a material impervious to the warm or the cool current of air supplied from the warm air/cool air supply section, and an auxiliary massage mechanism adapted to massage a sole of a foot when the inserted lower leg is disposed between the upper cloth body and the lower cloth body in each of the insertion recesses, and the upper cloth body is disposed so as to cover an upper part of the auxiliary massage mechanism.