Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – Vibrator
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-19
2001-01-30
Yu, Justine R. (Department: 3764)
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
Vibrator
C601S046000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179794
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to head massagers and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device for providing comfort and relief from headaches and the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of head massagers is known in the prior art. More specifically, head massagers 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.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,421,799; U.S. Pat. No. 5,115,769; U.S. Pat. No. 5,569,166; U.S. Pat. No. 5,277,174; U.S. Pat. No. 3,478,736; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 368,141.
In these respects, the adjustable vibrating head massaging device 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 providing comfort and relief from headaches and the like.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of head massagers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing comfort and relief from headaches and the like.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the head massagers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head massagers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an inverted U-shaped headband having a central housing with an arcuate bottom face, an arcuate top face, a pair of elongated side faces and a pair of short end faces. As such, an interior space is defined. The headband further includes a sleeve with a length greater than that of the central housing. A pair of ends of the sleeve extend from a pair of slots formed in the end faces of the central housing adjacent to the bottom face thereof. Note FIG.
3
. Next provided is a pair of massaging assemblies each including an arcuate adjustment piece with a first end slidably positioned within an open end of one of the sleeves of the headband. As shown in
FIGS. 2-4
, a horizontal bracket is mounted to a second end of the adjustment piece. Further, a generally planar rectangular slider bar is slidably positioned within the horizontal bracket between opposite open ends thereof. For constraining sliding motion within the horizontal bracket, a center of a top edge and a bottom edge of the slider bar has a reduced width. In use, the slider bar moves along an axis perpendicular with respect to a plane in which the headband resides. Each of the massaging assemblies further includes a pair of pads. As shown in
FIGS. 1
,
4
and
5
, each pad has a planar outer face and a planar inner face with a plurality of soft rubber nibs extending therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. Formed between the inner face and the outer face is a periphery which is defined by a pair of parallel linear side edges and a pair of semicircular end edges. A first one of the end edges of each pad is hollow for receiving one of the ends of the slider bar. As such, the pads of each massaging assembly pivot within a common plane that includes the slider piece. In other words, the pads pivot about axes which are parallel with the plane in which the headband resides. Finally, a vibrating mechanism is situated within the central housing of the headband. The vibrating mechanism is mounted on the sleeve for vibrating the headband and massaging assemblies upon the actuation thereof. Ideally, the vibrating mechanism includes a dial mounted on an upper apex of the top face of the central housing of the headband. Such dial is adapted for adjusting an extent to which the vibrating mechanism vibrates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the head massagers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art head massagers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device 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 adjustable vibrating head massaging device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device 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.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device for providing comfort and relief from headaches and the like.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable vibrating head massaging device that includes a headband with a substantia
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