Patent ID: 7470242

Claim:
A portable body massager sized to be received and supported by a conventional chair, the massager comprising: a portable housing sized to be received and supported by a backrest of the conventional chair, the housing having a longitudinal axis and an external contact surface for receiving a portion of a body of a user; a longitudinal guide mounted in the housing; a carriage oriented in the housing and cooperating with the guide for limited longitudinal translation in the housing along the guide; a first motor supported upon the carriage, the first motor having a motor output shaft driven thereby, the motor output shaft being operably coupled to the housing to translate the carriage along the guide; at least a pair of massage members transversely spaced about the longitudinal axis, each of the at least a pair of massage members being supported by the carriage for rotation relative to the carriage for imparting a massage effect upon the portion of the user's body as the carriage is translated relative to the housing; and a second motor supported upon the carriage in operable communication with the at least a pair of massage members for rotating the at least a pair of massage members relative to the carriage for providing a rotary kneading effect to a targeted region of the user's body corresponding to the longitudinal orientation of the carriage and for user-selected rotation of the at least a pair of massage members relative to the carriage for providing width adjustment independent of translation of the carriage along the guide so that a user can select a stationary width of the at least a pair of massage members for imparting the massage effect.