Patents by Inventor Michael Mallory

Michael Mallory has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180042807
    Abstract: Massage tool for self-myofascial therapy. A ball has a hole extending along a chord of the ball. The hole is adapted for receiving a rod having a diameter that is slightly smaller than the diameter of the hole, so as to provide sufficient friction to hold the rod in place when inserted into the hole. The ball has an inner core made of a hard thermoplastic polymer, the inner core surrounding the hole, and the inner core is surrounded by an outer layer made from a softer polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Mallory
  • Publication number: 20160074273
    Abstract: A massage toolkit includes one or more spherical balls, a massage device and a block. The massage device has the shape of a pair of truncated spherical balls of a first diameter, separated by a substantially cylindrical section having a smaller, second diameter. The distance separating the truncated spherical balls is designed to accommodate a skeletal portion of a user while the truncated spherical balls massage muscles positioned close to and on both sides of the skeletal portion. The block includes two or more holes sized to hold the balls and the massage device during transport, and to hold the one or more balls and the massage device when used together with the block for self-massage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Mallory
  • Publication number: 20160074274
    Abstract: A massage tool includes a roller and a removable massage stick. The roller has a varying cross-sectional diameter along the length of the roller to enable myofascial release in both a transverse plane and in a sagittal plane when applied to the spine of a person. The removable massage stick that is inserted through the center of the roller along the length axis of the roller. The massage stick has two distal handles and center section that is independently moveable from the handles and that accommodates the roller when the massage stick is inserted through the center of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Mallory
  • Patent number: D721183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rad Innovation LLC
    Inventor: Michael Mallory
  • Patent number: D733230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: RAD INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Michael Mallory