Abstract:
A massage device comprises a body having a body-contacting head adjacent one end and a handle adjacent the other end, the body shaped to permit the user to reach the back of his/her body with the head when the handle is at the user's front or side; and having a rest pivot extending from the body and terminating at a distal end in a support-contacting face, the rest pivot being positioned so that when the device is between a support surface and the user with the head in contact with the user's body and the handle positioned for contact by the user's hand, (a) the user's bodyweight stabilizes the rest pivot against sliding movement on the support and (b) any pivoting force about the rest pivot applied by the user's hand to the handle is substantially less than the force exerted against the user's body by the head.
Abstract:
A plurality of individual magnetically-responsive leg-defining bodies are magnetically coupled together through a printed medium such as a photograph, note or other generally similarly shaped object to stably support the medium in a viewed position.
Abstract:
A modular rack for storing objects. Each rack element has forward, rear, and side walls. The rack elements are configured to have a plurality of protrusions and recessions so that the protrusions and recessions of a rack element slideably interlock with complementary recessions and protrusions of other rack elements of generally similar appearance, so that the rack elements may be assembled into a modular rack without the need of tools or external fastening elements.
Abstract:
A perpetual calendar has a free standing or wall hung structure supporting an anchor point and a number of concealed magnets. A pointer magnet is attached by a line to the anchor point. Attraction between the pointer magnet and a selected one of the concealed magnets can support the pointer magnet and line in levitation against gravitational pull. The concealed magnets may be arranged in an arc on the calendar structure, with day, month or year data indicated along the arc at locations corresponding to the concealed magnet locations, so that the line and pointer magnet serve as a visual indicator of selected calendar data. Multiple displays of calendar data may be provided on a calendar structure, including multiple levitated pointer displays or combinations of levitated displays and sliding pointer displays.
Abstract:
A massage device comprises a main body having a body-contacting head point adjacent one end and a handle region adjacent the other end, that permits the user to reach the back of his/her body with the head end when the handle region is at the user's front or side. A rest pivot extends from the main body and terminates at a distal end in a support-contacting face. The rest pivot is positioned so that when the massage device is sandwiched between a support surface and the user with the head point in contact with the user's body and the handle region positioned for contact by the user's hand, the user's body weight can be controllably and adjustably applied against the head point and also stabilizes the rest pivot on the support.The head point contacting the user's body can be one of a number of releasably securable head points.The rest pivot can be configured so as to be positioned where desired by the user or removed entirely.The handle region can include a roller positioned to enable the user can roll the roller along muscles to be relaxed using one hand when the rest pivot is sandwiched between the support surface and the user. The handle region can be configured to be detachable from the remainder of the massage device for grasping between the user's hands to roll the roller along muscles to be relaxed.
Abstract:
A clock with a seemingly gravity-defying time-indicating element adjacent a substantially vertically disposed dial comprises a magnetic guide element positioned behind the dial for movement around the dial as a function of time, and a magnetically responsive time-indicating element such as a metallic-appearing sphere positioned for viewer visibility in front of the dial. The time-indicating element is magnetically coupled to the guide element for movement therewith around the front of the dial in apparent defiance of gravity to indicate the time without becoming decoupled from the guide element. The time-indicating element is a generally hollow shell of non-magnetically responsive material, with an internal, generally tubular and generally space-enclosing member extending across its interior to capture and restrict the movement of a magnetically-responsive coupling element positioned within the generally tubularly enclosed space, and sized to move freely therewithin so that any surface of the coupling element can generally abut the interior wall of the time-indicating element at either end of the tubular enclosure, said coupling element being mechanically coupled to the time-indicating element for movement therewith and magnetically coupled to the guide element through the dial for time-responsive movement of the time-indicating element.