Appeal No. 97-3982
Application 08/336,323
The claimed invention is directed to a massaging unit
which contains a receptacle for a self-contained temperature
storage enclosure that can provide heating or cooling as well
as massage to a portion of the user’s body.
Claim 1, reproduced below, is further illustrative of the
claimed subject matter.
1. A hot and cold massaging unit comprising:
a flexible housing which has a generally flat shape that
is conformable to a user’s body and which includes at least
one receptacle therein of similar flat shape;
vibrator means contained within said housing adjacent
said receptacle; and
a self-contained temperature storage enclosure (1) which
includes a material having the property of providing or
releasing heat, (2) which has a flat shape similar to that of
said receptacle so that said temperature storage enclosure can
be easily inserted into an easily removed from said receptacle
and (3) which is adapted both to transmit vibrations from said
vibrator means and to apply its temperature to the user’s
body.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Mensi 1,927,751 Sep. 19, 1933
Taylor 3,710,784 Jan. 16, 1973
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