Patents by Inventor Hugo Nielsen

Hugo Nielsen 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: 4224930
    Abstract: An elongated block-like stool has first and second downwardly extending slots which respectively receive the ankle portion of the lower leg and foot of a prone person with each slot having a plurality of openings in which a protruding peg can be removably mounted. Such a peg is positioned in accordance with the size of the foot of the user to engage a nerve ending in the ankle area of each foot of the user to apply pressure to the nerve ending and create a generally beneficial effect on the user. In another embodiment, a protrusion is provided on the inner surface of a strap positionable over the ankle portion of the user with the protrusion being similarly engaged with a nerve ending to effect the beneficial results on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Inventor: Hugo Nielsen