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Apparatus for treating human feet
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-05-03
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Granted: 1985-06-18
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Expires: 2002-05-03
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for treating human feet includes a container adapted to hold a quantity of liquid into which the feet may be immersed. A pair of foot supports within the container are alternately reciprocated to effect foot massage. The supports include fins which turbulently circulate the liquid to enhance the massage. A quantity of particulates such as sand may be introduced into the liquid in order to further enhance the massage and provide mild abrasion of the skin to remove callouses and the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Aloysius K. Tureaud
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:18
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H23/00; A61H23/02; A61H23/0254; A61H35/00; A61H35/006; A61H33/00; A61H33/04; A61H2033/046; A61H2201/00; A61H2201/01; A61H2201/0157; A61H2201/14; A61H2201/1418; A61H2201/16; A61H2201/1602; A61H2201/164; A61H2201/1657; A61H2201/1664; A61H2201/1669; A61H2205/00; A61H2205/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
Apparatus for treating human feet comprising: a container to hold a quantity of liquid into which said feet may be immersed; a pair of horizontally disposed support plates within said container and each adapted to individually support a human foot thereon; fin means on the upper surface of each of said support plates for massaging engagement with the bottom of said feet; means mounting said support plates for reciprocating movement relative to each other within said liquid; a quantity of particulates within said container and circulated by displacement of said liquid for colliding with said feet; and drive means connected with said support plates for causing said plates to relatively reciprocate whereby said feet are relatively reciprocated in said container on said plates and said liquid and particulates are turbulized by the mutually reciprocal movement of said feet and said fins so that said fins massage the bottoms of said feet and the turbulized liquid and particulates massage and abrade the upper regions of said feet to provide total foot massage and total abrasive cleansing of said feet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
Apparatus for treating human feet comprising: a container to hold a quantity of liquid into which said feet may be immersed; a pair of horizontally disposed support plates within said container and each adapted to individually support a human foot thereon; fin means on the upper surface of each of said support plates for massaging engagement with the bottom of said feet; means mounting said support plates for reciprocating movement relative to each other within said liquid; a quantity of particulates within said container and circulated by displacement of said liquid for colliding with said feet; and drive means connected with said support plates for causing said plates to relatively reciprocate whereby said feet are relatively reciprocated in said container on said plates and said liquid and particulates are turbulized by the mutually reciprocal movement of said feet and said fins so that said fins massage the bottoms of said feet and the turbulized liquid and particulates massage and abrade the upper regions of said feet to provide total foot massage and total abrasive cleansing of said feet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said particulates include surface areas which are abrasive to said feet.
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