US 12,447,099 B2
Portable percussive massage device
Jason Wersland, Los Angeles, CA (US); Benjamin Nazarian, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Jaime Sanchez Solana, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Eduardo Merino, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,871.
Application 18/507,871 is a continuation of application No. 17/833,412, filed on Jun. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,813,221.
Application 17/833,412 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/515,008, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/515,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/824,328, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, granted, now 10,945,915, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 17/515,008 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,955, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,160,723, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 16/824,328 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/708,815, filed on Oct. 9, 2019, granted, now D951470, issued on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,098, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,424, filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148605 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/006 (2013.01) [A61H 2023/002 (2013.01); A61H 23/0254 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A percussive massage device comprising:
a housing defining a housing interior and a vent opening, wherein the housing comprises a first side portion and a second side portion that are assembled together to form a shell surrounding the housing interior, and the vent opening is defined by a gap between the first side portion and the second side portion bounded by a notch formed in an edge of the first portion such that the notch is contiguous with the gap between the first side portion and the second side portion;
a motor disposed in the housing interior, the motor comprising a rotatable motor shaft, the rotatable motor shaft defining a motor axis;
a battery disposed in the housing interior;
a switch configured to activate the motor; and
a reciprocating shaft operatively connected to the rotatable motor shaft, the reciprocating shaft defining a reciprocation axis, and the reciprocating shaft being configured to reciprocate in response to rotation of the rotatable motor shaft.