US 11,963,920 B2
Massage appliance having floating motor and vibration plate for vibration isolation
Steven Lee, Valencia, CA (US); Alejandro Garfio, Mission Viejo, CA (US); and Travis Frye, Burbank, CA (US)
Assigned to Pado, Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Pado, Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,706.
Application 17/722,706 is a continuation of application No. 16/526,408, filed on Jul. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,304,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,393, filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000718 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/0263 (2013.01) [A61H 2023/0281 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1695 (2013.01); A61H 2203/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A massage appliance comprising:
a handle for a user to hold;
a distal portion, the distal portion being distal of the handle and coupled thereto, the distal portion having therein an aperture elongated in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and an edge surrounding the aperture defining a lip;
a diaphragm having:
a central portion having a first and outward face and an opposite second and inward face;
a flexible portion around the central portion and supporting said central portion; and
a mounting portion surrounding the flexible portion, the mounting portion being mounted to the lip;
a massage node mounted to the outward face of the diaphragm central portion, the massage node being adapted for application to a subject to be massaged; and
a motor mounted to the inward face of the central portion of the diaphragm, the motor operatively coupled to rotate an eccentric weight thereby causing said central portion of the diaphragm and said massage node to vibrate;
wherein the flexible portion of the diaphragm is flexible such that the vibrational movement of the central portion of the diaphragm and the massage node mounted thereto is uncoupled from the handle; and
wherein the flexible portion of the diaphragm is nested within the aperture concentrically between the mounting portion and the inward face without contacting the motor.