Patent ID: 7204816

Claim:
A massaging apparatus comprising: a grip section to be gripped by a hand of a user; a head section extending from the grip section at an angle, the head section having a free end; a treating section supported on the head section and having a length longer than a width for massaging a body of a user in a tapping movement, the treating section including a first treating part and a second treating part which are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the treating section, the second treating part having a pointed tip effective to cause a finger-press-like sensation, and being operable to project from the first treating part, and being spaced in the longitudinal direction of the treating section from the first treating part so as to be positioned nearer to the free end of the head section than the first treating part; and a switcher which switches over the position of the second treating part relative to the first treating part in a tapping direction to selectively change between a first condition where the first treating part and the second treating part are flush with each other and a second condition where the second treating part projects from the first treating part.