Patents by Inventor Anna Christina Verkuyl

Anna Christina Verkuyl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wearable support structure and method of supporting a torso
    Patent number: 10561518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over. The wearable support structure comprises a frame having at least one stay provided with a chest support for bearing upon a chest area, a lumbar support for bearing upon a lumbar area, and a thigh support for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area. The stay is a flexible stay arranged such that it is in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of a human body when being unloaded. Further, the stay is arranged to be biased back to said stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a forward leaning position of a human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LAEVO B.V.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Emile Johannes Rosenberg, Milton Edward Aguirre, Anna Christina Verkuyl, Boudewijn Martin Wisse
  • WEARABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING A TORSO
    Publication number: 20160250062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wearable support structure for at least partly relieving a human body during leaning forward or bending over. The wearable support structure comprises a frame having at least one stay provided with a chest support for bearing upon a chest area, a lumbar support for bearing upon a lumbar area, and a thigh support for bearing upon a front side of a thigh area. The stay is a flexible stay arranged such that it is in a stretched state corresponding with an upright position of a human body when being unloaded. Further, the stay is arranged to be biased back to said stretched state when being bent into a bent state corresponding with a forward leaning position of a human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Emile Johannes Rosenberg, Milton Edward Aguirre, Anna Christina Verkuyl, Boudewijn Martin Wisse