Patent ID: 9089470
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A massager comprising: a housing having an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user; a first guide mounted to the housing and oriented generally in a longitudinal direction of the housing; a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the first guide for limited longitudinal translation in the housing along the first guide; a motor supported upon one of the carriage and the housing and operably connected to the other of the carriage and the housing for translating the carriage along the first guide; a second guide mounted to the housing and oriented generally canted relative to the longitudinal direction of the housing; and at least one massage member pivotally connected to the carriage and pivotally connected to the second guide such that as the carriage is translated along the first guide, an angular orientation of the massage member is rotated relative to the carriage; wherein the second guide comprises a first region generally parallel with the first guide for maintaining the angular orientation of the at least one massage member as the carriage travels along the first region, and a second region canted relative to the first guide for pivoting the at least one massage member as the carriage travels along the second guide.