Patent ID: 8162860

Claim:
A massaging shoe device for providing comfort to a user's feet, said massaging shoe device comprising: (a) a base similar in shape to a standard sole of a standard shoe; (b) a hollow foot covering component attached to a top surface of the base, wherein the foot covering component is similar in shape to a standard shoe well; (c) a ring-shaped first massaging component disposed inside the foot covering component near a front edge of the foot covering component, wherein the first massaging component comprises an outer ring wherein a ring of interconnected balls is attached to an inner surface of the outer ring; (d) a first rail support and a second rail support disposed in the foot covering component on a first side and a second side, respectively; wherein a first wing extends from a top edge of the first rail support and a second wing extends from a top edge of the second rail support, wherein the first wing slidably engages a first side of the outer ring and the second wing slidably engages a second side of the outer ring such that the first massaging component can slide forwardly and backwardly along the first rail support and second rail support; and (e) a first screw disposed in the base running along a portion of a length of the base, wherein a first end of the first screw is attached to a movement motor disposed in the base at a front edge of the base; wherein the movement motor causes the first screw to turn in a first direction or a second direction; wherein the first screw engages a bottom edge of the outer ring of the first massaging component such that when the first screw is turned by the movement motor, the first massaging component moves forwardly or backwardly via the first rail support and second rail support.