U.S. patent application number 09/751734 was filed with the patent office on 2002-07-04 for massaging glove assembly.
Invention is credited to Dean, Charles M..
Application Number | 20020083508 09/751734 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25023251 |
Filed Date | 2002-07-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020083508 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Dean, Charles M. |
July 4, 2002 |
MASSAGING GLOVE ASSEMBLY
Abstract
A massaging glove assembly for massaging various areas of a
user's body. The massaging glove assembly includes a glove having a
hand portion and a plurality of finger portions a thumb portion
being extended from the hand portion; and also includes a plurality
of balls being movably disposed near ends of the finger portions
and the thumb portion; and further includes a vibrating assembly
being attached to the glove for vibrating the balls.
Inventors: |
Dean, Charles M.; (Chicago,
IL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Kaardal & Associates, PC
Attn: Ivar M. Kaardal
3500 South First Ave. Circle - Suite 250
Sioux Falls
SD
57105-5802
US
|
Family ID: |
25023251 |
Appl. No.: |
09/751734 |
Filed: |
December 29, 2000 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
2/160 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 19/01594 20130101;
A61H 15/0092 20130101; A61H 2015/0071 20130101; A41D 19/0058
20130101; A61H 7/005 20130101; A61H 2015/0064 20130101; A41D
19/0024 20130101; A61H 23/02 20130101; A41D 2400/322 20130101; A61H
23/0263 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/160 |
International
Class: |
A41D 019/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A massaging glove assembly comprising: a glove having a hand
portion and a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion
being extended from said hand portion; a plurality of balls being
movably disposed upon end portions of said finger portions and said
thumb portion; and a vibrating assembly being attached to said
glove for vibrating said balls.
2. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 1, wherein said
glove also includes a plurality of arcuate flanges being integrally
attached to said glove and being arranged in pairs with each of
said pairs of arcuate flanges being spaced apart to form a socket
therebetween.
3. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 2, wherein said
pairs of said arcuate flanges are disposed upon and spaced along
said end portions of said finger portions and said thumb
portion.
4. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 3, wherein said
arcuate flanges are disposed upon a palm side of said end portions
of said finger portions and said thumb portion.
5. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 4, wherein each
of said balls is rollably received in a respective said socket.
6. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 5, wherein said
pairs of said arcuate flanges are arranged in rows upon said end
portions, said rows being longitudinally disposed along a length of
said end portions.
7. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 6, wherein said
vibrating assembly includes a vibrating member being disposed upon
a cuff portion of said glove and being connected with wires to said
end portions and about said balls, and also includes an on/off
switch being movably disposed through a slot in said cuff portion
of said glove, and further includes a battery being removably
disposed in said cuff portion through an opening in said cuff
portion and being connected to said on/off switch and to said
vibrating member.
8. A massaging glove assembly as described in claim 7, wherein said
glove further includes a cover being removably disposed over said
opening in said cuff portion of said glove, said slot and said
opening being disposed upon said palm side of said glove.
9. A massaging glove assembly comprising: a glove having a hand
portion and a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion
being extended from said hand portion; said glove also including a
plurality of arcuate flanges being integrally attached to said
glove and being arranged in pairs with each of said pairs of
arcuate flanges being spaced apart to form a socket therebetween,
said pairs of said arcuate flanges being disposed upon and spaced
along said end portions of said finger portions and said thumb
portion, said arcuate flanges being disposed upon a palm side of
said end portions of said finger portions and said thumb portion,
each of said arcuate flanges having a tapered end, said pairs of
said arcuate flanges being arranged in rows upon said end portions,
said rows being longitudinally disposed along a length of said end
portions; a plurality of balls being movably disposed upon end
portions of said finger portions and said thumb portion, each of
said balls being rollably received in a respective said socket; and
a vibrating assembly being attached to said glove for vibrating
said balls, said vibrating assembly including a vibrating member
being disposed upon a cuff portion of said glove and being
connected with wires to said end portions and about said balls, and
also including an on/off switch being movably disposed through a
slot in said cuff portion of said glove, and further including a
battery being removably disposed in said cuff portion through an
opening in said cuff portion and being connected to said on/off
switch and to said vibrating member, said glove further including a
cover being removably disposed over said opening in said cuff
portion of said glove, said slot and said opening being disposed
upon said palm side of said glove.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a therapeutic glove and
more particularly pertains to a new massaging glove assembly for
massaging various areas of a user's body.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] The use of a therapeutic glove is known in the prior art.
More specifically, a therapeutic glove heretofore devised and
utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and
obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of
designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been
developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and
requirements.
[0005] Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,577,273;
4,116,233; 5,601,529; 5,554,102; 2,703,571; and U.S. Pat. No. Des.
347,709.
[0006] While these devices fulfill their respective, particular
objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not
disclose a new massaging glove assembly. The inventive device
includes a glove having a hand portion and a plurality of finger
portions a thumb portion being extended from the hand portion; and
also includes a plurality of balls being movably disposed near ends
of the finger portions and the thumb portion; and further includes
a vibrating assembly being attached to the glove for vibrating the
balls.
[0007] In these respects, the massaging glove assembly according to
the present invention substantially departs from the conventional
concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an
apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of massaging various
areas of a user's body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known
types of therapeutic glove now present in the prior art, the
present invention provides a new massaging glove assembly
construction wherein the same can be utilized for massaging various
areas of a user's body.
[0009] The general purpose of the present invention, which will be
described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new
massaging glove assembly which has many of the advantages of the
therapeutic glove mentioned heretofore and many novel features that
result in a new massaging glove assembly which is not anticipated,
rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior
art therapeutic glove, either alone or in any combination
thereof.
[0010] To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a
glove having a hand portion and a plurality of finger portions a
thumb portion being extended from the hand portion; and also
includes a plurality of balls being movably disposed near ends of
the finger portions and the thumb portion; and further includes a
vibrating assembly being attached to the glove for vibrating the
balls.
[0011] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more
important features of the invention in order that the detailed
description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in
order that the present contribution to the art may be better
appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that
will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject
matter of the claims appended hereto.
[0012] In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment
of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the
invention is not limited in its application to the details of
construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in
the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The
invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced
and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that
the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose
of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
[0013] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the
conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be
utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods
and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present
invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded
as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not
depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
[0014] Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and
especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art
who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to
determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence
of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is
neither intended to define the invention of the application, which
is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to
the scope of the invention in any way.
[0015] It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide a new massaging glove assembly which has many of the
advantages of the therapeutic glove mentioned heretofore and many
novel features that result in a new massaging glove assembly which
is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by
any of the prior art therapeutic glove, either alone or in any
combination thereof.
[0016] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
new massaging glove assembly which may be easily and efficiently
manufactured and marketed.
[0017] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
new massaging glove assembly which is of a durable and reliable
construction.
[0018] An even further object of the present invention is to
provide a new massaging glove assembly which is susceptible of a
low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor,
and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to
the consuming public, thereby making such massaging glove assembly
economically available to the buying public.
[0019] Still yet another object of the present invention is to
provide a new massaging glove assembly which provides in the
apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages
thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages
normally associated therewith.
[0020] Still another object of the present invention is to provide
a new massaging glove assembly for massaging various areas of a
user's body.
[0021] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a
new massaging glove assembly which includes a glove having a hand
portion and a plurality of finger portions a thumb portion being
extended from the hand portion; and also includes a plurality of
balls being movably disposed near ends of the finger portions and
the thumb portion; and further includes a vibrating assembly being
attached to the glove for vibrating the balls.
[0022] Still yet another object of the present invention is to
provide a new massaging glove assembly that is convenient and easy
to use to effectively relieve tension and stress.
[0023] Even still another object of the present invention is to
provide a new massaging glove assembly that saves the user time and
soothes and massages aching muscles.
[0024] These together with other objects of the invention, along
with the various features of novelty which characterize the
invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed
to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better
understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the
specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to
the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are
illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0025] The invention will be better understood and objects other
than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration
is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such
description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
[0026] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a new massaging glove
assembly according to the present invention.
[0027] FIG. 2 is a detailed side elevational view of one of the
finger portions of the present invention.
[0028] FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of one of the movable balls
and finger portions of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0029] With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
FIGS. 1 through 3 thereof, a new massaging glove assembly embodying
the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally
designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.
[0030] As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3, the massaging
glove assembly 10 generally comprises a glove 11 being made of a
sheet of material and having a hand portion 28 and a plurality of
finger portions 12 and a thumb portion 14 being conventionally
extended from the hand portion 28. The glove 11 also includes a
plurality of arcuate flanges 18 being integrally attached to the
glove 11 and being arranged in pairs with each of the pairs of
arcuate flanges 18 being spaced apart to form a socket 20
therebetween. The pairs of the arcuate flanges 18 are disposed upon
and spaced along end portions 13,15 of the finger portions 12 and
the thumb portion 14, and the arcuate flanges 18 are disposed upon
a palm side 27 of the end portions 13,15 of the finger portions 12
and the thumb portion 14 with each of the arcuate flanges 18 having
a tapered end 19. The pairs of the arcuate flanges 18 are arranged
in rows upon the end portions 13,15 with the rows being
longitudinally disposed along a length of the end portions
13,15.
[0031] A plurality of balls 21 are movably disposed upon the end
portions 13,15 of the finger portions 12 and the thumb portion 14
with each of the balls 21 being rollably and conventionally
received in a respective socket 19.
[0032] A vibrating assembly is conventionally attached to the glove
11 for vibrating the balls 21. The vibrating assembly includes a
conventional vibrating member 22 being securely and conventionally
disposed upon a cuff portion 16 of the glove 11 and being
conventionally connected with wires 17 to the end portions 13,15 of
the finger portions 12 and the thumb portion 14 about the balls 21,
and also includes an on/off switch 25 being movably and
conventionally disposed through a slot 23 in the cuff portion 16 of
the glove 11, and further includes a battery 26 being removably and
conventionally disposed in the cuff portion 16 through an opening
24 in the cuff portion 16 and being conventionally connected to the
on/off switch 25 and to the vibrating member 22. The glove 11
further includes a cover 29 being removably and conventionally
disposed over the opening 24 in the cuff portion 16 of the glove 11
with the slot 23 and the opening 24 being disposed upon the palm
side 27 of the glove 11.
[0033] In use, a person would slip the glove 11 on one's hand and
turn on the on/off switch 25 to energize the vibrating member 22
which vibrates the balls 21, and that person would move one's hand
with the glove 11 over another person's body to soothe and massage
various parts of the other person's body.
[0034] As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and
operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent
from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion
relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided.
[0035] With respect to the above description then, it is to be
realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts
of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape,
form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are
deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and
all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings
and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed
by the present invention.
[0036] Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only
of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous
modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in
the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact
construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly,
all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to,
falling within the scope of the invention.
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