IP Library Granted Patent US 12,220,375
Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,375 · App. 18/419,422 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Cooling and heating massager

Inventors: Quanqin Dai (Walnut, CA); Yong Yu (Diamond Bar, CA); Guorong Xu (Yuyao, CN)
Assignee: MerchSource, LLC
A61H23/0254A61F7/00A61H23/006A61H23/0263A61F2007/0064A61H2201/0207A61H2201/0214A61H2201/025A61H2201/149A61H2201/5025A61H2209/00
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Patent No.
US 12,220,375
App. No.
18/419,422
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system to provide physical therapy in the form of heating, cooling and/or percussion, comprising: a device that contains a battery, a motor, and a switch to turn the device on or off or put the device in heating mode or put the device in cooling mode or put the device in percussion mode; wherein the device contains a motor and a pushing rod that supply the movement that results in percussion of a removable heating/cooling attachment and a removable percussion attachment; wherein the front of the device connects to the removable heating/cooling attachment that contains an electronic component to control heating or cooling and a cooling fan; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be used for heating or cooling; wherein a housing shell for the heating/cooling attachment is made of plastic, foam, or metal, or any combination of plastic, foam and metal; wherein the front part of the heating/cooling attachment is made of metal that has the capability to be in contact with human skin in order to provide either heating or cooling at fixed or adjusted degrees that are optimal for physical therapy and/or blood circulation; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be replaced by the removable percussion attachment that is used for percussion; wherein the removable percussion attachment can be placed on the skin of a user in order to provide percussion at fixed or adjusted speeds that are optimal for physical therapy.

Claims (49)

1. A portable percussion massager comprising:

a massager housing having a front and a rear;

a pushing rod having a proximal end and a distal end;

a motor positioned within the massager housing driving the pushing rod for creating a percussive massage effect;

a percussion massage attachment in communication with the distal end of the pushing rod, the percussion massage attachment having a cooling element for providing cooling to the percussion massage attachment;

an adjustment dial for allowing a user to adjust the temperature of the cooling element by rotating the adjustment dial, where the adjustment dial includes a display that indicates a state of operation of the cooling element.

2. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the cooling element is a semiconductor.

3. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the cooling element cools the percussion massage attachment to at least two predetermined temperatures.

4. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the adjustment dial is positioned on the rear of the massager housing.

5. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the display indicates the intensity of the temperature of the cooling element.

6. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the display indicates a speed intensity of the motor.

7. The portable percussion massager of claim 1 , where the pushing rod is located on the front of the massager housing and the display is located on the rear of the massager housing.

8. A portable percussion massager comprising:

a massager housing having a front and a rear;

a pushing rod having a proximal end and a distal end;

a motor positioned within the massager housing driving the pushing rod for creating a percussive massage effect;

a percussion massage attachment in communication with the distal end of the pushing rod, the percussion massage attachment having a heating element for providing heating to the percussion massage attachment;

an adjustment dial for allowing a user to adjust the temperature of the heating element by rotating the adjustment dial, where the adjustment dial includes a display that indicates a state of operation of the heating element.

9. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the heating element is a semiconductor.

10. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the heating element heats the percussion massage attachment to at least two predetermined temperatures.

11. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the adjustment dial is positioned on the rear of the massager housing.

12. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the display indicates the intensity of the temperature of the heating element.

13. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the display is positioned on the rear of the massager housing.

14. The portable percussion massager of claim 8 , where the display indicates a speed intensity of the motor.

15. A portable percussion massager comprising:

a massager housing having a front and a rear;

a pushing rod having a proximal end and a distal end;

a motor positioned within the massager housing driving the pushing rod for creating a percussive massage effect;

a percussion massage attachment attached to the distal end of the pushing rod, the percussion massage attachment having a skin contact medium and heating element for providing heating to the skin contact medium;

an adjustment dial positioned on the massager housing for allowing a user to adjust the temperature of the heating element by rotating the adjustment dial, where the adjustment dial includes a display that indicates a state of operation of the heating element.

16. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the heating element is a semiconductor.

17. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the heating element heats the skin contact medium to at least two predetermined temperatures.

18. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the adjustment dial is positioned on the rear of the massager housing.

19. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the display indicates the intensity of the temperature of the heating element.

20. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the display indicates a speed intensity of the motor.

21. The portable percussion massager of claim 15 , where the pushing rod is located on the front of the massager housing and the display is located on the rear of the massager housing.

22. A portable percussion massager comprising:

a massager housing;

a pushing rod having a proximal end and a distal end;

a motor positioned within the housing driving the pushing rod for creating a percussive massage effect;

a percussion massage attachment attached to the distal end of the pushing rod, the percussion massage attachment having a contact plate and a semiconductor for cooling the contact plate; and

an adjustment dial positioned on the massager housing for allowing a user to adjust the temperature of the semiconductor by rotating the adjustment dial, where the adjustment dial includes a display that indicates a state of operation of the semiconductor.

23. The portable percussion massager of claim 22 , where the contact semiconductor also heats the contact plate.

24. The portable percussion massager of claim 23 , where the semiconductor heats or cools the contact plate to at least two predetermined temperatures.

25. The portable percussion massager of claim 24 , where the display illuminates a first color when the semiconductor plate is cooling the contact plate and a second color when the semiconductor plate is heating the contact plate.

26. The portable percussion massager of claim 23 , where the semiconductor cools the contact plate to a predetermined temperature.

27. The portable percussion massager of claim 26 , where the display indicates the intensity of the temperature of the semiconductor plate.

28. The portable percussion massager of claim 26 , where the display indicates the speed intensity of the motor.

29. The portable percussion massager of claim 23 , where the adjustment dial also allows a user to adjust the speed of the motor by rotating the adjustment dial.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2025
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070671/0884 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2025
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; COHESION PRODUCTS, LLC; THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED; THREESIXTY BRANDS GROUP LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
Reel/Frame 070666/0256 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2024
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067073/0763 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2024
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 067077/0036 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2024
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067025/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED
To: MERCHSOURCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 066892/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2024
From: DAI, QUANQIN; YU, YONG; XU, GUORONG
To: JKH USA, LLC
Reel/Frame 066240/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2024
From: JKH USA, LLC
To: THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066241/0027 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16675718 · Nov 6, 2019
Related Publication 20240156676A1 · May 16, 2024
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