Patent ID: 7422564

Claim:
A vibrating transducer apparatus for imparting tactile stimuli to a person according to a rhythmic pattern, the vibrating transducer apparatus comprising: a portable signal generator that includes an electric motor having an eccentrically mounted weight, adapted to be worn on a belt, for producing an electrical signal according to a rhythmic pattern; a rigid housing that encloses the portable signal generator; a flexible motor mount supporting said electric motor within the rigid housing, said motor mounted being adapted to enable said electric motor, when energized, to wobble within said rigid housing, thereby enhancing intensity of vibratory tacticle stimulations produced; a compressible material encircling said electric motor so that said electric motor, when energized, is adapted to wobble within said rigid housing by compressing said compressible material at different points about the circumference of said electric motor as said eccentrically mounted weight turns; a wearable tactile transducer in electrical communication with the signal generator, the wearable tactile transducer being adapted to produce tactile stimuli according to the rhythmic pattern, the wearable tactile transducer being structurally isolated from the rigid housing enclosing the portable signal generator so that vibrations from the wearable tactile transducer are not transmitted to, nor diminished by, the rigid housing enclosing the portable signal generator; an electrical cable connecting the portable signal generator to the wearable tactile transducer; and a fastener for holding the wearable tactile transducer in contact with a person's body.