Patents by Inventor Daniel VAFI

Daniel VAFI 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).

  • Patent number: 11813186
    Abstract: A wearable sitting-posture assisting device includes at least one leg unit that defines at least one longitudinal leg axis, and includes at least one foot unit that is configured for a connection of a shoe and/or a foot of a person, wherein the foot unit includes at least one shoe adapter and at least one shoe connector, which are couplable with one another at least transversely to the at least one at least one longitudinal leg axis, wherein the wearable sitting-posture assisting device includes a quick coupling which is configured for a tool-less coupling of the shoe adapter and the shoe connector with each other, wherein the quick coupling includes at least one latch element that is configured at least partially to create a coupling of the shoe adapter with the shoe connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: noonee AG
    Inventor: Daniel Vafi
  • Patent number: 11172763
    Abstract: A wearable sitting-posture assisting device includes at least one leg unit that defines at least one longitudinal leg axis, and includes at least one foot unit that is configured for a connection of a shoe and/or a foot of a person, and includes at least one bearing unit supporting at least a portion of the foot unit such that it is translationally movable at least transversely to the at least one longitudinal leg axis. The bearing unit comprises at least one reset element, which is configured, in at least one bearing position, to apply a reset force to at least a portion of the foot unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: noonee AG
    Inventor: Daniel Vafi
  • Patent number: 11013333
    Abstract: A wearable sitting posture assisting device includes at least one leg unit featuring at least one knee joint and featuring at least one locking unit for the knee joint; includes at least one second leg unit featuring at least one second knee joint and featuring at least one second locking unit; and includes at least one actuation unit featuring at least one manually operable actuation element for mechanically controlling the locking unit and/or the second locking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: noonee AG
    Inventors: Keith Gunura, Daniel Vafi, Robin Jergen, Simon Hutter, Willy Huwyler
  • Publication number: 20210007500
    Abstract: A wearable sitting-posture assisting device with includes at least one leg unit that defines at least one longitudinal leg axis, and includes at least one foot unit that is configured for a connection of a shoe and/or a foot of a person, and includes at least one bearing unit supporting at least a portion of the foot unit such that it is translationally movable at least transversely to the at least one longitudinal leg axis. The bearing unit comprises at least one reset element, which is configured, in at least one bearing position, to apply a reset force to at least a portion of the foot unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel VAFI
  • Publication number: 20210000630
    Abstract: A wearable sitting-posture assisting device with includes at least one leg unit that defines at least one longitudinal leg axis, and includes at least one foot unit that is configured for a connection of a shoe and/or a foot of a person, wherein the foot unit includes at least one shoe adapter and at least one shoe connector, which are couplable with one another at least transversely to the at least one at least one longitudinal leg axis, wherein the wearable sitting-posture assisting device includes a quick coupling which is configured for a tool-less coupling of the shoe adapter and the shoe connector with each other, wherein the quick coupling includes at least one latch element that is configured at least partially to create a coupling of the shoe adapter with the shoe connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel VAFI
  • Publication number: 20200046132
    Abstract: A wearable sitting posture assisting device includes at least one leg unit featuring at least one knee joint and featuring at least one locking unit for the knee joint; includes at least one second leg unit featuring at least one second knee joint and featuring at least one second locking unit; and includes at least one actuation unit featuring at least one manually operable actuation element for mechanically controlling the locking unit and/or the second locking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Keith GUNURA, Daniel VAFI, Robin JERGEN, Simon HUTTER, Willy HUWYLER
  • Patent number: 10537459
    Abstract: A leg unit for a wearable sitting posture assisting device, comprises an upper support designed to receive a weight force of a person, a lower support designed to transmit the person's weight force to a ground, a joint connecting the at least two supports to each other, and a blocking means implementing a blocked state to block the joint at at least one sitting angle corresponding to an at least partly sitting posture, the leg unit comprising a guiding means for the blocking means, which guiding means is designed to allow a rotation of the joint while the blocking means is in the blocked state, to a wearable sitting posture assisting device, comprising two of these leg units, and to a method to block such a wearable sitting posture assisting device in an at least partly sitting posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Noonee AG
    Inventors: Keith Gunura, Daniel Vafi, Robin Jergen, Simon Hutter
  • Publication number: 20200008583
    Abstract: An individualization assembly for a wearable sitting posture assisting device includes at least one individualization unit which is connectable to at least one functional assembly of the wearable sitting posture assisting device and is configured for individualization of the wearable sitting posture assisting device in at least one wearing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Keith GUNURA, Olga MOTOVILOVA, Daniel VAFI
  • Publication number: 20190133805
    Abstract: A leg unit for a wearable sitting posture assisting device, comprises an upper support designed to receive a weight force of a person, a lower support designed to transmit the person's weight force to a ground, a joint connecting the at least two supports to each other, and a blocking means implementing a blocked state to block the joint at at least one sitting angle corresponding to an at least partly sitting posture, the leg unit comprising a guiding means for the blocking means, which guiding means is designed to allow a rotation of the joint while the blocking means is in the blocked state, to a wearable sitting posture assisting device, comprising two of these leg units, and to a method to block such a wearable sitting posture assisting device in an at least partly sitting posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Keith GUNURA, Daniel VAFI, Robin JERGEN, Simon HUTTER
  • Patent number: 10271660
    Abstract: A seat unit for a wearable sitting posture assisting device includes at least one sitting means designed to form an adjustable and/or self-adjusting seat surface to be used in at least one at least partly sitting posture and in a walking mode, and a frame means designed to receive a weight force of a person sitting on the sitting means that is mounted on the frame means, and to a wearable sitting posture assisting device with such a seat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Noonee AG
    Inventors: Keith Gunura, Olga Motovilova, Daniel Vafi
  • Publication number: 20180317662
    Abstract: A seat unit for a wearable sitting posture assisting device includes at least one sitting means designed to form an adjustable and/or self-adjusting seat surface to be used in at least one at least partly sitting posture and in a walking mode, and a frame means designed to receive a weight force of a person sitting on the sitting means that is mounted on the frame means, and to a wearable sitting posture assisting device with such a seat unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Keith GUNURA, Olga MOTOVILOVA, Daniel VAFI
  • Publication number: 20180304456
    Abstract: A control unit for a wearable sitting posture assisting device, having at least one operation program, which is designed to control a blocking means of at least one leg unit of the wearable sitting posture assisting device in dependence of a sensor signal representing a sitting angle between an upper support and a lower support of the at least one leg unit, to a wearable sitting posture assisting device with such a control unit and a method for controlling a wearable sitting posture assisting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Keith GUNURA, Olga MOTOVILOVA, Daniel VAFI
  • Patent number: D922785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Noonee
    Inventors: Daniel Vafi, Marc Sapetti