ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,546, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NINGBO HAODA HAISHENG TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China) and FUJIAN YITAIKANG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD (Fuzhou, China).

"Foot massage device" was invented by Chaoling Wang (Ningbo, China), Haitao Huang (Ningbo, China) and Binlong Huang (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foot massage device includes a housing, a foot receiving pocket coupled to the housing, a massage assembly disposed in the housing, and a thermal application assembly which is assembled to the foot receiving pocket, wherein the thermal application assembly has a top thermal contact surface which is exposed in the foot r...