On this day in 1903, Charles J. Bailey was granted the patent for MASSAGE APPARATUS. U.S. Patent No. 718,594.

This invention has for its object the production of an improved apparatus for massage and also for strengthening the muscles and exercising.

This improved apparatus consists, essentially, of a flexible support surrounded by a series of rolling surfaces shaped to adapt the apparatus to any part of the human body, said surfaces roll independently when the apparatus is moved over the body.