Patents
US 12220375 B2: Cooling and heating massager
- Granted
- 2025-02-11
- Filed
- 2024-01-22 application 18419422
- Type
- Utility · 29 claims
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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.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250211.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MerchSource, LLC 244 patents | US company or organization | Irvine, CA | MERCHSOURCE, LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quanqin Dai | Walnut, CA | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Yong Yu | Diamond Bar, CA | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Guorong Xu | 丈亭镇, CN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61F | Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kits | A61F7/007 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61H | Physical therapy apparatus, e.g. devices for locating or stimulating reflex points in the body; artificial respiration; massage; bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes or specific parts of the body | A61H23/0254 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-28 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | MERCHSOURCE, LLC signed 2025-03-25 | ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 70671/884 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-03-27 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB signed 2025-03-25 | MERCHSOURCE, LLC IRVINE, CA COHESION PRODUCTS, LLC IRVINE, CA THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED IRVINE, CA THREESIXTY BRANDS GROUP LLC IRVINE, CA VORNADO AIR, LLC IRVINE, CA | 70666/256 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-04-11 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | MERCHSOURCE, LLC signed 2024-04-04 VORNADO AIR, LLC signed 2024-04-04 | WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB WILMINGTON, DE | 67077/36 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-04-11 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | MERCHSOURCE, LLC signed 2024-04-04 VORNADO AIR, LLC signed 2024-04-04 | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT LOS ANGELES, CA | 67073/763 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-04-05 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | MERCHSOURCE, LLC signed 2024-04-04 VORNADO AIR, LLC signed 2024-04-04 | WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT WILMINGTON, DE | 67025/159 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-03-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED signed 2024-03-19 | MERCHSOURCE, LLC IRVINE, CA | 66892/467 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-01-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | JKH USA, LLC signed 2022-09-13 | THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED KOWLOON BAY | 66241/27 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2024-01-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DAI, QUANQIN signed 2022-08-31 YU, YONG signed 2022-08-31 XU, GUORONG signed 2022-09-01 | JKH USA, LLC IRVINE, CA | 66240/159 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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