Finger pressing massage glove
The present invention is a fingertip massaging glove; particularly, a glove massager to facilitate a user in operation according to his preference. The glove massager includes a glove 10 fit out one's hand for vibration, a vibration device 20 enclosed inside of the glove 10 includes a panel 21 with an interface 21h displayed on a hand back of the glove 10, a number of eccentric vibrators 23 connected to the panel 21 by leads 22. A set of batteries 21g are disposed inside the panel 21 to supplement power to the glove. When the vibrators are powered to vibrate, affected part of a user can be relieved pain or sore. Furthermore, a second side of the glove includes palm, fingertips portions embossed with grip dots has a depth deeper than a normal breadth of the glove.
The present invention is related to a finger pressing massage glove, which is portable, easy to preserve, and operated according to user's preference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONGloved hand massaging is manipulated by user's hand; persons skilled in the art have provided kinds of glove massager. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 6,748,604 entitled “Glove massager” to Duboff et al. on Jun. 15, 2004 disclosed a glove which includes massage elements within each of the fingertips of the glove. Each massage element includes a housing and a motor therein for vibrating the housing. Or U.S. Pat. No. 6,203,509 entitled “Fingertip massager” to Gary Duboff on Mar. 20, 2001, a plurality of panels attachable to and detachable from the housing of the massager for vibration with the housing on fingertip. A securing strap is provided for attaching the device to the single finger of a user.
Obviously, fingertip massager mountable to a user's fingertip can be assembled to form a glove massager worn by hand; only the massage elements can be located proximate to the palm. A massage element is not only shaped with a convex (i.e. hemispheric) or concave surface, but a first portion of the housing abuts against topside of the finger, a second portion detachable from the housing one may obtain access to a motor for its servicing or replacement. Maintenance work of separate fingertip massagers assembled on a glove will be hard to be fulfilled. Since there are numerous portions, convex and concave surfaces among fingertips and palm, securing straps or fasteners are required for attaching massagers to fingertips or center of palm, or wrist; otherwise, massagers may be vibrated to go wrong track, or the glove may drop out thereof. Massaging effect is dependent on hemispheric massage element or node activated by motor only, no other options, no more marginal utilities can be expected.
A massager can be embodied by a permanent magnet such as published US 2005137445 entitled “eye massager for receiving magnetic devices” to Chang et al. on Jun. 23, 2005. A mask body is formed with two through holes at positions corresponding to those of user's eyes. Each through hole enclosed by a rubber ring is passed through by and fixed with a permanent magnet sealed in a handle by a plug. Magnetic fields generated from the permanent magnet will pass through bottom planes and grooves of the plugs to activate the eye's nerves so as to adjust the function of eyes. But magnets incorporated into a glove massager for vibration may be a time consuming task, because magnets should be identified and arrayed according to their polarities or magnetic force, such as a massager need to loose grip or knuckle, permanent magnets could not produce constant vibrations to the glove. Further, to manipulate such a magnetic glove massager worn by hand, the user must exert more force through his palm, or fingers.
Or embodied as published US 200621961 entitled “Massager with shock absorption, multiple contact surface and visual therapy effects” to Meyer Elizabeth et al. on Sep. 21, 2006, basically two or more hemispheric massage nodes are expected from US 200621961 as described in its parent patented case U.S. Pat. No. 7,128,722, entitled “Percussive massager with variable node spacing” to Mordechai et al. on Oct. 31, 2006 incorporated into US 200621961. To reduce shock and vibration imparted to hand or wrist, spring and dampener are aligned coaxially at a connection between handle and massage head. The dampener may contain gel, fluid and so on to improve the absorption of shock and vibration. It is assumed that the anti-shock dampener is mainly dependent on the co-axial spring, but such a combination of spring and dampener is further restricted to a linear movement likely applications of Hook's law.
Moreover, use of latex gloves and finger cots in combination with lubricants, vinyl gloves—which are traditionally used to replace latex—are even worse as far as permeability and damage from non-water based lubricants are concerned. Therefore, a glove embossed with hundreds of “grip dots” distributed over its surface in contact with skin, at least, will be a better choice for users than traditional gloves or cots, such grip dots is incorporated into the glove massager of the invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention is to provide an eccentric vibration glove massager being portable, easy to preserve, and manipulated according to user's preferences.
Point against aforesaid defects of prior arts, the present invention is to provide a glove massager comprising a glove 10 worn by hand; a plurality of grip dots 11 are distributed over a second side included center of palm and fingertips surfaces of the glove 10; a vibration device 20 enclosed inside of the glove 10 includes a panel 21 displayed on a first side of hand back portion of the glove 10, the panel 21 has an interface 21h, a number of eccentric vibrators 23 connected to the panel 21 by leads 22, a set of batteries 21g mounted inside the panel 21 as a power source; the panel 21 is equipped with a first button 21a with two keys to activate vibrator and grip dots on a thumb portion, an index finger portion respectively, a second button 21b to activate vibrators and grip dots of the glove, a frequency button 21c with forward and backward function keys for increment or decrement operation frequency, and a power switch 21d for switching on or off power source.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the eccentric vibrators 23 are located on the fingertips of the glove 10.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the eccentric vibrators 23 are located on a palm portion of the glove 10.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the eccentric vibrators 23 are located on a hand back portion of the glove 10.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the eccentric vibrator 23 is enclosed inside a housing 24, which is shaped as a tube.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the panel has a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) 21e for showing response signals.
Glove massager as mentioned above, the set of batteries 21g are direct current (DC) 650-900 milli-Ampere-hour capacity (AAA) batteries or Nickel-Metal Hybride (Ni-Mh) AAA rechargeable batteries.
Glove massager as mentioned above, a transformer converts alternate current (AC) into direct current (DC) to the rechargeable batteries.
The description is described in detail according to the appended drawings hereinafter.
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The glove 10 is made of flexible rubber, silicone, synthesis resin etc., all snugly fit one's hand. A lid 21f is covered over the set of batteries 21g to reduce electricity leakage further facilitate replacement of used batteries with new batteries.
Eccentric vibrators 23 of the invention can be known from use of eccentric masses concurrently rotated about parallel axes in opposite directions. Such vibrators may be activated at the same time, but not vibrate at the same frequency, since vibration frequency can be adjusted separately after activating only one portion such as the thumb portion at an adjusted speedy frequency for a while, but to activate the other portion such as the index fingered portion later at a default frequency unless the user adjust the frequency also. Vibrators 23 are mainly installed to fingertips of the glove 10, or center of palm of the glove 10, further can be installed to hand-back portion of the glove 10. In practice, eccentric vibrators are firstly installed to the fingertips portions, secondly to center of palm portion, thirdly to hand-back portion.
The set of batteries 21g are direct current batteries or rechargeable batteries, or alternating current (AC) converted into direct current (DC) supplements power to the rechargeable batteries. The set of batteries 21g are direct current (DC) 650-900 milli-Ampere-hour capacity (AAA) batteries or Nickel-Metal Hybride (Ni-Mh) AAA rechargeable batteries.
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Glove massager of the invention is easy to manipulate due to switches 21a, 21b, 21c, and 21d, can be operated optionally, thereby the massager can relieve a pain or sore affected part. Interface 21h of the panel 21 is designed to achieve a massage effect according to one's preference. Statuses of massaging can be inferred from response signals shown with a number of LEDs 21e above all ambiguity.
Further, vibration device 20 is hidden from view and enclosed inside of the glove 10 worn by hand. A glove with vibration device put on one's hand from fingertips to the wrist. Since a glove takes user's hand shape is divided into a thumb and a mitten portion, but in use, is substantially divided into a dominated first portion and an attached second portion electrically connected to the activated buttons 21a, 21b. The mitten portion of the glove takes user's hand shape is further divided into four compartments for fitting in index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger with a little curved posture, glove massager worn on hand is neither dropping out nor vibrating to go wrong track. Glove massager made of soft silicone, rubber, or synthesis resin is portable and easy to preserve. Further hundreds of grip dots distributed over the glove massager, on one hand, may increase its depth to protect the user from infected with such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); on the other hand, the glove surface embossed with grip dots may be shaped by injection molding in one step. As grip dots are integrally formed on the surface of fingertips, palm, or even hand back, which are easy manipulation and shock absorption.
Fingertips 12 of the glove 10 are separated from each other; hence a thumb portion, or an index fingered portion, or a dominated first portion included both thumb and index finger can exert force that uses trigger point therapy to relieve pain and sore affected areas, fingertips of a mitten portion (i.e. four fingered portion) is divided into four compartments, part of the mitten portion as the second attached portion included middle, ring and little fingered portions etc., can be optionally activated to exert more massage force in addition to the first dominated portion on an affected part by pressing the second button 21b one and all. User also can put both hands with glove massagers having both, for example, thumb and mitten portions thereon. But, the glove massager can be provided according to one's handedness, or a pair of glove massagers provided to both hands for a user.
A set of batteries 21g are assembled to the panel 21, which is connected to the glove 10 integrally as a whole, a lid 21f is covered over the set of batteries 21g to reduce electricity leakage further facilitate replacement of used batteries with new batteries.
Eccentric vibrator 23 enclosed by a tubular housing 21 may avoid from impacts caused by outer force. The tubular housing 21 also can prevent the eccentric vibrators 23 from abrasion caused by constant friction between glove 10 and vibrators 23. That may cause the eccentric vibrators 23 dropped out of the glove 10.
Claims
1. A glove massager comprising a glove (10) worn by hand; a vibration device (20) enclosed inside of the glove (10) includes a panel (21) displayed on a hand back portion of a first side of the glove (10), the panel (21) has an interface (21h), a number of eccentric vibrators (23) connected to the panel (21) by leads (22), a set of batteries (21g) mounted inside the panel as a power source; characterized in that: the glove (10) is embossed with a plurality of grip dots (11) distributed over a second side, included center of palm and fingertips surfaces of the glove (10), the panel (21) is equipped with a first button (21a) having function keys T key, I key to activate vibrator and grip dots of a thumb portion, an index fingered portion respectively; a second button (21b) to activate vibrators and grip dots of the glove (10); a frequency button (21c) with forward and backward function keys for increment or decrement operation frequency; and a power switch (21d) to switch on or off power source.
2. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the eccentric vibrators (23) are located on the fingertips included thumb portion, index fingered portion, middle fingered portion, ring fingered portion and little fingered portion of the glove (10).
3. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the eccentric vibrators (23) are located on a palm portion of the glove (10).
4. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the eccentric vibrators (23) are located on a hand back portion of the glove (10).
5. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the eccentric vibrator (23) is enclosed inside of a housing (24), which is shaped as a tube.
6. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the panel has a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (21e) for showing response signals.
7. A glove massager as mentioned above, the set of batteries (21g) are direct current (DC) 650-900 milli-Ampere-hour capacity (AAA) batteries or Nickel-Metal Hybride (Ni-Mh) AAA rechargeable batteries.
8. A glove massager as claim 7 claimed, a transformer converts alternate current (AC) into direct current (DC) to the rechargeable batteries.
9. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the glove 10 is a heavy rubber glove made of silicone, synthesis resin, or rubber.
10. A glove massager as claim 1 claimed, the glove 10 is embossed with a plurality of grip dots as heavy rubber glove, at least, palm and fingertips portions with grip dots has a depth one and half times deeper than a breadth of the glove.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 9, 2007
Publication Date: Sep 11, 2008
Inventor: Shen-Hai Tsai (Ta-Ya Village)
Application Number: 11/715,895