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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jennifer Chu, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 57 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A massage device having a substantially planar support of foamed plastic and a plurality of massaging elements in the form of halves of balls distributed uniformly about the support is disclosed. The massaging elements may be substantially the size and firmness of tennis balls and are secured to the support in closely-spaced parallel rows by sleeves in which the massaging elements are arranged end-to-end. The sleeves are gathered between adjacent massaging elements and are secured to the support between adjacent massaging elements.