ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,707, issued on June 17.
"Muscle massaging assembly" was invented by Michael Rhyder (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A muscle massaging assembly includes a leg ring which comprises a first half hingedly coupled to a second half such that the leg ring forms a closed loop to surround a user's leg. A plurality of balls is each integrated into the leg ring to compress against the user's leg when the leg ring is positioned around the user's leg. A tensioning unit is movably integrated into the leg ring and the tensioning unit is in communication with the plurality of balls. Each of the plurality of balls is either urged awa...