Patents Assigned to Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
  • Publication number: 20030227158
    Abstract: A baby carriage comprises a body frame including a pair of longitudinal side frame members, a seat hammock including a backrest sheet portion, a backside support, and an upper end connecting member. The backside support includes backside string members extending so as to support the backrest sheet portion from the back side such that it can be reclined. The upper end connecting member comprises an upper end string member extending along the whole length of the backrest sheet portion at the upper end in a width direction and having both ends connected to the pair of longitudinal side frame members. A length of the upper end connecting member is selected such that it is in an unloaded loose state until a reclined angle of the backrest sheet portion reaches a predetermined value and it is a loaded tense state while the reclined angle of the backrest sheet portion ranges from the predetermined value to the maximum reclined angle to prohibit backward movement of the upper end portion of the backrest sheet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: APRICA KASSAI KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6659564
    Abstract: A safety car seat for a child has a headrest vertical moving device, a shoulder belt position control device, a sleeping support position control device, a crotch belt position control device, a footrest step position control device and a moving device for changing the size or capacity of a support space for protecting the child. The shoulder belt position control device includes two holding plates that slide along two inclined elongated holes and are connected by two pivotable control arms to a control pin that slides along a vertical guide slot in the seat backrest. Upper portions of the shoulder belts pass through slit holes in the holding plates. The upper ends of the belts can be adjusted higher, wider apart and less inclined, or lower, closer together and more inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030099922
    Abstract: The log is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly dividing the era into the fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, a beacon is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 6520579
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat body, a base, and a mechanism for simultaneously sliding the seat body forward as the seat body is rotated relative to the base. This rotation sliding mechanism includes a cam plate connected to the seat body and an abutting plate connected to the base. When the seat body is in a forward-facing position, one side of the cam plate is entirely abutted against the abutting plate. When the cam plate is rotated by 45°, the cam plate moves toward the front while a corner of the cam plate abuts against the abutting plate. With this structure, the child seat has enhanced securing stability relative to a vehicle seat and can facilitate in-vehicle handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020195850
    Abstract: A safety car seat for a child is provided with a headrest vertical moving device, a shoulder belt position control device, a sleeping support position control device, a crotch belt position control device, a footrest step position control device and a moving device for changing the capacity of a support space for protecting the brain, the back and respiration of a child in the seat. By employing this mechanism, it is possible to provide a juvenile safety car seat enabling implementation of comfortability and safeness as well as protection of the brain, the neck and respiration of a baby based on medical criteria for the baby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20020195851
    Abstract: A protector device for a child-care instrument such as a child safety car seat or a child bed provides cushioning and protection around the child while allowing the support space for receiving the child to be adapted to different stages of the growth of the child. The protector device includes a head protector surrounding the child's head, an upper protector surrounding the child's upper body, and a lower protector surrounding the child's lower body. Protector elements may also support the child's head and body from below. The adaptable protector device makes the child-care instrument safer and more comfortable for the child in various stages of growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6485101
    Abstract: Nursing equipment for a child, such as an adjustable child safety seat, includes a back rest, a pair of side guards provided on opposing sides of the back rest for protecting side portions of an infant, and a pair of side head guards provided to be movable in an upward/downward direction and so as to be selectively detachable, inside the pair of side guards. By this structure, the nursing equipment helps to surely protect the head and particularly the brain of an infant as the infant grows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6481794
    Abstract: A safety car seat for a child is provided with a headrest vertical moving device, a shoulder belt position control device, a sleeping support position control device, a crotch belt position control device, a footrest step position control device and a moving device for changing the capacity of a support space for protecting the brain, the back and respiration of a child in the seat. By employing this mechanism, it is possible to provide a juvenile safety car seat enabling implementation of comfortability and safeness as well as protection of the brain, the neck and respiration of a baby based on medical criteria for the baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6478377
    Abstract: A juvenile safety car seat has a seat portion and a backrest portion forming a support and defining a support space for supporting a child. A pair of side guards are outwardly movably provided on left and right sides of the backrest portion for protecting the head and the shoulder regions of the child. The lower portions of the side guards, which protect the child's shoulders, have a greater range of outward lateral movement than the upper portions of the side guards, which protect the child's head. A vertical position adjusting mechanism for adjusting the vertical position of the backrest portion is provided between the seat portion and the backrest portion. The car seat can be selectively adjusted to suit the growth state of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue
  • Patent number: 6322143
    Abstract: A vehicular child safety seat comprises a waist belt engaging portion for deciding the vertical position of a waist belt provided on a movable member displaceable with respect to a base portion and locking means for restricting displacement of the movable member with respect to the base portion. The movable member is rendered rotatable about an axis X—X. A user can adjust the vertical position of the waist belt by rotating the movable member. The user can further fix the vertical position by changing the direction of a switch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue
  • Publication number: 20010043001
    Abstract: Nursing equipment for a child, such as an adjustable child safety seat, includes a back rest, a pair of side guards provided on opposing sides of the back rest for protecting side portions of an infant, and a pair of side head guards provided to be movable in an upward/downward direction and so as to be selectively detachable, inside the pair of side guards. By this structure, the nursing equipment helps to surely protect the head and particularly the brain of an infant as the infant grows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6257468
    Abstract: A baby carrier 1 comprises a carrier body 2 having a front cover portion 3, a crotch cover portion 4 and a back cover portion 5, which are integrally formed in continuation, shoulder belts 6, 7 extending upwardly from the back cover portion 5, one-touch buckles 12, 13 at the ends of the shoulder belts 6, 7, and cover-equipped buckles 20, 21 beside the front cover portion 3 which engage with the one-touch buckles 12, 13. A baby carrier 1 further comprises hook members 31, 32 beside the front cover portion 3, annular members 28, 29, and 28′, 29′on the back cover portion 5 which engage with the hook members 31, 32. Moreover, there are provided a head support 8 for supporting a baby's head, and a head guard 9 for protecting the top portion of a baby's head, which is able to fold toward the back side of a head support 8 and stand up toward the baby's side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Fumiyo Yamazoe, Kenzou Kassai
  • Patent number: 6257237
    Abstract: A cushion structure for a nursing equipment such as a child seat includes a soft third cushion layer which has a low density, hard second and fourth cushion layers which have a high density provided on opposite sides of the third cushion layer, and soft first and fifth cushion layers which have a low density. The third cushion layer has an air pool therein, and air outlet holes are provided in the second and fifth cushion layers at positions displaced from the center of the air pool and offset from each other. This cushion structure can protect the head and brain of an infant by effectively absorbing shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventor: Sachiyo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6196629
    Abstract: A vehicular child safety seat includes a seat main body (1A) attached to a base body (1C) in a rotatable manner. The seat main body includes a seat portion (16), a backrest (11) reclinably hinged to the seat portion, a head guard (10) tiltably hinged to the upper edge of the backrest, side guards (12, 13) protruding perpendicularly from lateral edges of the backrest, and armrests (14, 15) protruding upwardly along side edges of the seat portion. When the backrest is in its most reclined position, and the seat main body is rotated on the base body to be transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the seat portion and backrest are substantially coplanar and horizontal to form a baby bed. When the backrest is in a more upright position, and the seat main body is rotated to face forward or rearward in the vehicle, the safety seat is suitable for an infant, toddler or older child sitting upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Ichiro Onishi, Toshiyuki Imamichi
  • Patent number: 6170911
    Abstract: A child seat has an upper base section (1) and a lower base section (201) for changing an inclination angle between these base sections. The upper base section 1 and the lower base section (201) are journaled rotatably about a common journal axis (201A) at the front portion of the base. At a rear end side, an inclination angle changing mechanism (200) is installed for adjusting a spacing between the upper base section (1) and the lower base section (201) opposite the journal axis (201A). This structure provides a child seat allowing adjustment of the angle of inclination of a support surface supporting a child even if the child supporting surface extends lengthwise of a passenger car seat to which the base formed by the two base sections 1 and 201, is attached. This leveling of the child supporting surface is possible if the child seat (2) is rotatable about a vertical axis relative to its base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Yoneda
  • Patent number: D453631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue
  • Patent number: D456151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue
  • Patent number: D483576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue, Atsuyoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: D483703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: D484075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventor: Kenzou Kassai