Patents by Inventor Vesa Koskela

Vesa Koskela 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: 11364416
    Abstract: There is provided a foot exercising device of exercising a foot using the device. The foot exercising device comprises a foot support and a tilting arrangement. A sensor means is arranged in the tilting arrangement and/or on the elevated footrest to measure the pressure applied to the calf and the pressure on the sole of a foot supported on the footrest respectively. A display means presents the measured pressure to an operator of the foot exercising device. There is also provided a method for controlling and/or monitoring an exercise of a foot using the foot exercising device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela
  • Patent number: 10932980
    Abstract: There is provided a foot exercising device and method of exercising a foot using the device. The foot exercising device includes a foot support, a lift wedge, and a tilting arrangement. The foot support includes an elevated footrest to support a foot of a person thereon and a platform, having an extensive floor-contact area when in operation, coupled to the elevated footrest for supporting the elevated footrest on a floor. The lift wedge to be arranged on the elevated footrest is operable to receive the toes thereon. The tilting arrangement includes a pair of spaced apart fixed plates coupled to the elevated footrest, a pair of spaced apart movable plates hingedly coupled to the fixed plates, a centre plate arranged between the pair of spaced apart movable plates, and a rod pivotally coupled to the centre plate to exert pressure on at least the heel, the middle foot bones and the toes to perform foot correction exercises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: VQ INNOVATION
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela
  • Publication number: 20200155897
    Abstract: There is provided a foot exercising device of exercising a foot using the device. The foot exercising device comprises a foot support and a tilting arrangement. A sensor means is arranged in the tilting arrangement and/or on the elevated footrest to measure the pressure applied to the calf and the pressure on the sole of a foot supported on the footrest respectively. A display means presents the measured pressure to an operator of the foot exercising device. There is also provided a method for controlling and/or monitoring an exercise of a foot using the foot exercising device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela
  • Publication number: 20190091090
    Abstract: There is provided a foot exercising device and method of exercising a foot using the device. The foot exercising device includes a foot support, a lift wedge, and a tilting arrangement. The foot support includes an elevated footrest to support a foot of a person thereon and a platform, having an extensive floor-contact area when in operation, coupled to the elevated footrest for supporting the elevated footrest on a floor. The lift wedge to be arranged on the elevated footrest is operable to receive the toes thereon. The tilting arrangement includes a pair of spaced apart fixed plates coupled to the elevated footrest, a pair of spaced apart movable plates hingedly coupled to the fixed plates, a centre plate arranged between the pair of spaced apart movable plates, and a rod pivotally coupled to the centre plate to exert pressure on at least the heel, the middle foot bones and the toes to perform foot correction exercises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Vesa KOSKELA
  • Publication number: 20100234195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exercising apparatus for stretching of the calf muscle, comprising a foot support arranged with an inclination (?). On one side on the foot support a bar extends in a vertical direction and is rotatably arranged in a joint on the foot support. The bar comprises a handle part and a supporting part. The supporting part extends at least around a part of the calf, where stretching of a calf muscle on the user can be achieved by moving the bar forward towards a first part of the foot support while a heel part of the user is secured at the foot support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela
  • Patent number: 6318607
    Abstract: A shoe horn (1) of a flexible, thin material such as plastic or metal that, in use, changes its shape to approximately correspond to the rear or inner portion of a shoe where the heel of the user is to be inserted. Its size does not significantly exceed the standard size of a bank (ATM) or credit card, so that it can be stored, for example, in a wallet. The shoe horn can comprise two or more portions (1a, 1b) of different shapes having shoulders or hook-shaped portions (1c) that prevent the shoe horn, in use, from gliding down into the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela
  • Patent number: D407186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventor: Vesa Koskela