Patent ID: 7393333

Claim:
An acupressure apparatus for applying pressure to an acupressure point on each of a user's two hands simultaneously, comprising a pressure applicator assembly having an upper plate with a first edge and an opposed second edge, a lower plate with a first edge and an opposed second edge, said upper and lower plates disposed in generally overlying relation and pivotally connected at said first edges, first and second upper knobs connected to said upper plate and fist and second lower knobs connected to said lower plate, with said first upper knob overlying said first lower knob and with said second upper knob overlying said second lower knob such that said first upper and lower knobs and said second upper and lower knobs are brought together when said upper and lower plates are pivoted toward each other; a generally planar footplate having an upper face and a lower face, said footplate being of sufficient size to receive the balls of the user's feet in side by side relation on said upper face of said footplate; and an elongate flexible cable connected between said upper plate of said pressure applicator assembly and said footplate.