Patent ID: 8062240
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A massage device, comprising: a. a base cover having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of guiding rails formed parallel to the longitudinal axis; b. a rack mounted to the base cover and paralleled to the plurality of guiding rails; c. a carriage having a chassis member and a shield member placed over the chassis member to form a chamber therebetween, wherein the chassis member has a plurality of grooves formed such that when the carriage is engaged with the base cover, the plurality of guiding rails is received in the plurality of grooves of the chassis member and the carriage is longitudinally movable back and forth along the plurality of guiding rails of the base cover; d. a transmission assembly received in the chamber and secured in the carriage, having a motor having an output shaft, a worm mechanically coupled with the output shaft of the motor, a pair of worm wheels meshing with the worm, a first gear coaxially mounted under one of the pair of worm wheels, a second gear meshing with the first gear, a pinion gear coaxially extended under the second gear, a third gear meshing with the pinion gear, and a driving gear coaxially extended under the third gear and meshing with the rack such that when the motor is activated, it drives the worm to rotate, the rotation of the worm results in, in turn, the rotations of the pair of worm wheels, the first gear, the second gear, the pinion gear, the third gear and the driving gear, thereby moving the carriage along the plurality of the guiding rails of the base cover; and e. a massage assembly having a pair of massage members, each massage member comprising: