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 Apparatus for the massaging of toes

Details
Inventors: Smith, Gregory D.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Yu; Justine R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Capehart; Brent A. Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

An apparatus for massaging toes having a plurality of massaging fingers which provide the massaging effect on and between the toes of a user. The massaging fingers are powered by a drive mechanism means, such as an electric motor and a motion transfer apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention generally relates to a foot massaging device, in particular to a device which is able to provide a massaging effect between the toes of a foot which utilizes the plurality of massaging fingers.
The massaging fingers provide a massaging effect to the toes of the user.
The primary embodiment of the invention envisions a device which is used on a single foot.
However, alternative embodiments envision the device configured in such a manner at to be able to provide a massaging effect to both feet of a user.
The present invention utilizes a drive means connected to a motion transfer apparatus to provide movement to a plurality of massaging fingers.
The drive means can include an electrical and/or battery power motor.
The motion transfer apparatus can include a combination of intermeshed gears, shafts and other motion transferable components.
A housing is utilized to provide protection and give an aesthetic appearance to the drive means, motion transfer apparatus and massaging fingers.
In operation, a user positions his foot within an opening contained within the housing, positioning the massaging fingers between his toes.
Power is then supplied to the drive means by a power source means, such as an electrical power source.
The drive means, which is engaged to the motion transfer apparatus, provides movement to the apparatus.
This movement is transferred by way a series of components, such as gears and shafts, to the massaging fingers, causing the fingers to move in such a manner as to provide a massaging effect to the user.
Another embodiment of the invention envisions the device configured in such a manner as to accommodate both feet of a user in order to be massaged simultaneously.
Another embodiment of the invention envisions a device with multi-layered massaging fingers.
The fingers would be positioned between and on the tops of a users toes.
Another embodiment of the invention envisions the massaging fingers to move in a piston like manner over the tops of the user's toes



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