US 12,102,583 B2
Temperature-controlled massage node light indicator
Rene Jon Hart, New Canaan, CT (US); Keith Lawrence Covey, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Adam Sbeglia, Fullerton, CA (US); David Yang, Santa Ana, CA (US); and Denny SzuPao Liao, Tustin, CA (US)
Assigned to MerchSource, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Merchsource, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,276.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,334, filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,240, filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362096 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/006 (2013.01) [A61F 7/007 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0073 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0087 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0214 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0235 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0285 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5043 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A massager having a temperature-controlled massage node comprising:
a massager housing having a first end;
a temperature-controlled massage node having a node housing, where the node housing has an upper portion and lower portion where the lower portion of the massage node housing is attached to the first end of the massager housing;
a heating element positioned within the node housing;
a contact medium positioned above the heating element on the upper portion of the node housing;
and
a light source positioned on a mounting surface of the first end of the massager housing, where the light source is configured to emit light towards the area being massaged by the massage node without being fully obstructed by the massage node when the massage node is attached to the massager housing, where the light source is configured to emit light in a first state when the heating element in the node housing is off and a second state when the heating element in the node housing is on.