Patent ID: 7097626

Claim:
A massage tool manipulable by a user to apply cold therapy by manually positioning an attached frozen contact substance in physical contact with a therapy recipient, said massage tool comprising: a generally planar base having opposed top and bottom surfaces connecting along an outer peripheral edge; a handle having at least one portion fixed to the base and an elongate user grip portion overlying said base top surface and extending generally parallel therealong in spaced relation; an anchor having opposed top and bottom surfaces connecting along an outer peripheral edge, said anchor underlying said base bottom surface with said anchor top surface opposed to and extending generally parallel therealong in spaced relation; and, at least one connector extending between and fixed to said base and anchor to hold said anchor in spaced, suspended relation below said base such that said anchor is substantially isolated from said base, said anchor being submersible in the contact substance when in a liquid state to substantially encapsulate said anchor when in a solid state such that the contact substance may be carried by said anchor below said base when frozen.