US 12,226,357 B2
Pressure applicator assembly for exercise and rehabilitation
Michael Edward Schwarer, Brisbane (AU)
Assigned to BODY ORGANICS PTY LTD, Brisbane (AU)
Appl. No. 16/980,698
Filed by BODY ORGANICS PTY LTD, Brisbane (AU)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050222
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/173868, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018900820 (AU), filed on Mar. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007923 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/008 (2013.01) [A61H 1/006 (2013.01); A61H 7/001 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0107 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0126 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0161 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1253 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1261 (2013.01); A61H 2201/168 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1685 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1695 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressure applicator assembly, comprising:
a plurality of resilient nested members, each of said plurality of resilient nested members having an outer surface for applying force to a subject, whereby firmness of an outermost surface of the assembly is adjustable by removal or addition of one or more of said plurality of resilient nested members; and
wherein each of the plurality of resilient nested members includes one or more magnetic regions for attachment to a base and each of the plurality of resilient nested members is locatable on the base by magnetic attraction between the one or more magnetic regions and one or more magnetically attracted regions of the base,
wherein adjacent nested resilient members of the plurality of resilient nested members include formations for detachable engagement therebetween,
wherein the formations include corresponding protrusions and recesses formed on respective outer and inner peripheries of the adjacent resilient nested members, whereby urging the adjacent resilient members into a nested position causes sufficient deformation for the protrusions to be received into the recesses,
wherein a number of the plurality of resilient nested members have ribs with inner sides that are arcuate and shaped to complement the outer surface of an adjacent resilient nested member, and
wherein an engagement force of each of the plurality of resilient nested members to each other is greater than an attractive force of the one or more magnetic regions and the one or more magnetically attracted regions of the base.
 
19. A pressure applicator assembly, comprising:
a plurality of resilient nested members, each of said plurality of resilient nested members having an outer surface for applying force to a subject, whereby firmness of an outermost surface of the assembly is adjustable by removal or addition of one or more of said plurality of resilient nested members; and
wherein each of the plurality of resilient nested members includes one or more magnetic regions for attachment to a base and each of the plurality of resilient nested members is locatable on the base by magnetic attraction between the one or more magnetic regions and one or more magnetically attracted regions of the base,
wherein adjacent resilient nested members of the plurality of resilient nested members include formations for detachable engagement therebetween,
wherein the formations include corresponding protrusions and recesses formed on respective outer and inner peripheries of the adjacent resilient nested members, whereby urging the adjacent resilient nested members into a nested position causes sufficient deformation for the protrusions to be received into the recesses,
wherein each of the plurality of resilient nested members, other than an innermost one, has ribs with inner sides that are arcuate and shaped to complement the outer surface of an adjacent resilient member,
wherein outer sides of non-outermost resilient nested members abut inner sides of ribs of the next outermost member to thereby increase the firmness of the next outer resilient nested member, and
wherein an engagement force of each of the plurality of resilient nested members to each other is greater than an attractive force of the one or more magnetic regions and the one or more magnetically attracted regions of the base.