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Spinal massage device
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Inventors: Stauft, Amos K.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Pinkham; Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Brown; T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Chandler; Charles W.
A spinal massage device comprising four rubber balls mounted in pairs on opposite sides of a linking plate such that the balls are rotated along a supporting surface, such as the floor, as the user lies with his spine on the device and then moves his back parallel to the floor. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Having described my invention, I claim: 1.
A spinal massage device comprising: an elongated linking plate having a first end and a second end; a first resilient member and a second resilient member mounted on opposite faces of the first end of the linking plate, and means connecting the first resilient member and the second resilient member such that they are disposed to be rotated together as well as with respect to one another; a third resilient member and a fourth resilient member mounted adjacent opposite faces of the second end of the linking plate, and means connecting the third resilient and the fourth resilient member such that they are disposed to be rotated together, as well as with respect to one another; the first resilient member and the third resilient member being mounted on the same side of the linking plate so as to be movable toward one another as the second resilient member and the fourth resilient member are moved away from one another; and said first, second, third, and fourth resilient members each comprise resilient balls of equal diameter and in which the linking plate has a width less than the diameter of said balls whereby the user can roll his spine on the balls as they are rolled along a supporting surface.
2.
A combination as defined in claim 1, in which the means connecting the first resilient and the second resilient member comprise a shaft, and said resilient members are mounted on opposite ends of said shaft, the shaft being mounted through an opening in the linking plate so as to be tiltable with respect to the plate.
3.
A combination as defined in claim 1, in which the said first, second, third, and fourth resilient members comprises four balls of equal diameter, and in which the diameter of the balls is about two and a half inches, all of the balls are in contact with their respective faces of the linking plate.
4.
A combination as defined in claim 1, in which the resilient members comprise four balls of equal diameter, the balls on each side of the linking plate being about four inches apart from center to center of the balls at such times as the balls on one side of the plate are the same distance apart as the balls on the opposite side thereof
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