Patents by Inventor Simon HUTTER

Simon HUTTER 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: 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: 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: 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