Massage roller
View Patent ↗A massage roller includes an outer massage wheel and an inner support, wherein the outer massage wheel is sleeved on the inner support and has a spine groove for protecting a spine of a user, the outer massage wheel has an inner circumferential engaging surface, the inner support has an outer circumferential mating surface, wherein the inner circumferential engaging surface is attached and engaged with the outer circumferential mating surface of the inner support without a glue applied between the outer massage wheel and the inner support.
1 . A massage roller, comprising:
an outer massage wheel; and
an inner support, wherein said outer massage wheel is sleeved on said inner support;
wherein said outer massage wheel comprises a base layer and a massage portion integrally protruded from said base layer, wherein said massage portion comprises two circumferential massage regions and defines two resilient protruding areas on said two circumferential massage regions respectively, wherein said outer massage wheel further comprises a spine groove indented on said massage portion, wherein said spine groove is defined between said two circumferential massage regions;
wherein said outer massage wheel further comprises an inner circumferential engaging surface, said inner support comprises an outer circumferential mating surface, wherein said inner circumferential engaging surface is attached and engaged with said outer circumferential mating surface of said inner support without a glue applied between said inner circumferential engaging surface of said outer massage wheel and said outer circumferential mating surface of said inner support, wherein said inner support comprises an inner wheel and two retaining steps which are integrally extended from two opposite circumferential edges of said inner wheel to define an accommodating space between said two retaining steps for retaining said base layer of said outer massage wheel, wherein said inner circumferential engaging surface of said outer massage wheel has an inner diameter which is smaller than an outer diameter of said outer circumferential mating surface of said inner support;
wherein said outer massage wheel is made of a foaming material which is capable of being heated to foam and being further heated to shrink to form said outer massage wheel;
wherein said outer massage wheel further a plurality of bottom indented grooves indented on a bottom wall of said spine groove;
wherein said outer massage wheel further has two circumferential protrusions protruded from said base layer, wherein said spine groove is formed between said two circumferential protrusions, wherein each of said circumferential protrusions is formed between one of said circumferential massage regions and the spine groove, wherein a height of each of said circumferential protrusions is larger than a height of each of said resilient protruding areas, such that a peak of said circumferential protrusion is the highest point of said outer massage wheel;
wherein said height of each of said resilient protruding areas is gradually reduced at a mid-portion thereof to form a concave groove on each of said circumferential massage regions, such that one side of said concave groove is extended to an outer edge of said outer massage wheel and an opposed side of said concave groove is extended to said circumferential protrusion;
wherein each of said circumferential protrusions forms a guiding surface extended toward said spine groove, wherein said bottom indented grooves are positioned between said guiding surfaces of said circumferential protrusions, wherein said guiding surface of each of said circumferential protrusions is an arc-shaped surface, such that a distance between said guiding surface of said circumferential protrusions is gradually reducing from top to bottom.
2 . The massage roller, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said circumferential protrusion has a circumferential slit formed at a middle thereof for allowing deformation of said circumferential protrusion, wherein a thickness of each of said retaining steps is smaller than a thickness of the base layer, wherein said resilient protruding area and said circumferential protrusion are separated by said circumferential slit.
3 . A massage roller, comprising:
an outer massage wheel; and
an inner support, wherein said outer massage wheel is sleeved on said inner support;
wherein said outer massage wheel comprises a base layer and a massage portion integrally protruded from said base layer, wherein said massage portion comprises two circumferential massage regions and defines two resilient protruding areas on said two circumferential massage regions respectively, wherein said outer massage wheel further comprises a spine groove indented on said massage portion, wherein said spine groove is defined between said two circumferential massage regions;
wherein said outer massage wheel further has two circumferential protrusions protruded from said base layer, wherein said spine groove is formed between said two circumferential protrusions, wherein each of said circumferential protrusions is formed between one of said circumferential massage regions and the spine groove, wherein a height of each of said circumferential protrusions is larger than a height of each of said resilient protruding areas, such that a peak of said circumferential protrusion is the highest point of said outer massage wheel;
wherein said height of each of said resilient protruding areas is gradually reduced at a mid-portion thereof to form a concave groove on each of said circumferential massage regions, such that one side of said concave groove is extended to an outer edge of said outer massage wheel and an opposed side of said concave groove is extended to said circumferential protrusion.