Patent ID: 8540654

Claim:
A therapeutic massage sock, comprising: a flexible insole formed with at least one internal pump chamber for generating fluid pressure upon a user's footstrike; a plurality of compression pads extending radially around said internal pump chamber, each compression pad comprising a flat, paddle-shaped member formed of an elastomeric material with a stem having a conduit in communication with said internal pump chamber, and an internal array of fluid flow channels molded in said elastomeric material, said array of fluid flow channels being in fluid communication with said internal pump chamber through the conduit of said stem, said array of fluid flow channels further comprising a plurality of integrally-molded fluid flow channels spaced parallel to one another across a flat of said paddle-shaped compression pad, and a plurality of valves wherein each valve resident in a corresponding channel of said plurality of fluid flow channels proximate the stem to control fluid flow therein; whereby said plurality of compression pads are adapted to fold up and around a user's calf to substantially envelope the user's calf so that the internal fluid flow channels extend upward from a user's ankle across the user's calf and collectively surround said user's calf, and said plurality of compression pads are adapted to provide a self-compressive undulating massage action up a user's leg when said user's footstrike operates said internal pump chamber to force fluid from said internal pump chamber upward along said fluid flow tubes.