Patent ID: 7179235

Claim:
Massage equipment for the human body, which can be used in particular for performing an assess press-pull type massage, comprising a working head ( 1 ) open in its lower part, capable of being moved on the skin, and containing means for forming a fold of skin, characterised in that the means for forming a fold of skin comprise two jaws for gripping the skin ( 11 , 12 ) pivoting about an axis ( 13 ) parallel to the plane of the skin, carrying at their ends massage fingers ( 11 b , 12 b ), the fingers not being mounted free in rotation, and means to make the two jaws ( 11 , 12 ) pivot towards one another and inversely, in order to respectively grip and release the skin between them to form a fold of skin, such that the fold formed can be worked by direct and autonomous compression using the massage fingers then by traction on the fold.