US 12,226,366 B2
Pressure release and massage tool
Christine Annette Koth, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to ALETHA, INC., Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Filed by ALETHA INC., Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/850,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,222, filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0390639 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 7/007 (2013.01) [A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1284 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A massage or selective pressure application device, comprising:
a rounded tip portion having a first three dimensional geometry;
an extension portion coupled to the tip portion, the extension portion having a second three dimensional geometry, wherein a first circumference of a first section of the extension portion proximate to the tip portion is smaller than a second circumference of a second section of the extension portion distal to the tip portion;
a base portion having a base surface configured to be planted on a surface or ground and coupled to the extension portion at an end distal to the tip portion, the base portion having a third three dimensional geometry; and
a handle portion and a lever arm coupled to the base portion, wherein the lever arm forms an angle with the surface or ground while the device is in a rest position on the surface or ground and wherein the tip portion is angled or curved toward the handle portion and is configured to apply angular pressure on a muscle of a user in response to a force being applied to at least one of the base portion or the handle portion by the user.