Patent ID: 8322055

Claim:
A combined footwear and massaging apparatus for providing therapeutic relief, said combined footwear and massaging apparatus comprising: a footwear adapted to be positioned on a user foot, said footwear having a sole formed therein and spaced above a bottom most surface of said footwear; and, a massaging apparatus integrally formed with said footwear, said massaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of grooves spaced along said sole of said footwear; a plurality of vibrating transducers each affixed within one of said plurality of grooves; a timer adjustment control electrically coupled to said plurality of vibrating transducers; an intensity adjustment control electrically coupled to said plurality of vibrating transducers; a battery compartment formed in said sole of said footwear, accessible from said bottom most surface; and, a power source removably housed within said battery compartment and being electrically coupled to said plurality of vibrating transducers as well as said timer adjustment control and said intensity adjustment control respectively; wherein an intensity level of said plurality of vibrating transducers is selectively adjustable by a user; and, wherein said plurality of vibrating transducers are automatically toggled to an off mode after a predetermined time period has lapsed.