Patents by Inventor Asayoshi Asami

Asayoshi Asami 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: 5947474
    Abstract: A game with a movable figure includes a processor positioned in the movable figure configured to generate messages for moving the figure. An output device is connected to the processor and configured to provide the messages to a person playing the game. An input device, located on the movable figure, is connected to the processor and configured to activate the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazutsugu Kanagawa, Asayoshi Asami, Daniel J. DeOreo, Chris Conger
  • Patent number: 5890945
    Abstract: A toy includes a base with an upright post, a suspending track member and a moving piece. The suspending track member is mounted on the prop and has a track portion that inclines gradually and downwardly and that has a top side formed with an anti-slipping surface. The moving piece is capable of downward sliding movement along the track portion and includes a body part and left and right arms, each of which has a lower section pivoted to the body part for forward and rearward pivoting movement of the left and right arms relative to the body part, and an upper section that extends from the lower section. The upper sections of the left and right arms are spaced apart by a distance wider than width of the track portion such that the left and right arms can be disposed on left and right sides of the track portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Dah Yang Toy Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Asayoshi Asami, Akiharu Matsui
  • Patent number: 5752870
    Abstract: The invention disclosed is directed to a line-drawing toy including a base, a wheel rotatably joined to the base that rotates under friction with a contact surface, a leading support joined to the base and spaced apart from the wheel, a pen part operatively joined to the base between the leading support and the wheel, the pen part including at least one pen tip for drawing a line on a contact surface, and a gear mechanism operatively joined to the pen part and the wheel, the gear mechanism having means for converting the rotary motion of the wheel into a predetermined pattern of movement for the pen tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyasu Karasawa, Asayoshi Asami, Tadayuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5505463
    Abstract: A game toy provides amusement that cannot be obtained with games simulating actual contests, so that players can compete over the number of pieces held by avoiding loss of pieces. The game toy has piece retention means 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d for keeping the player's pieces in predetermined positions, a moving object 3 for moving the pieces from the positions when it collides with the pieces, collision prevention means 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d being operated by the player to prevent collision between the pieces and the moving object when the moving object approaches the pieces, a support means 5 for supporting the moving object 3 so that it can freely spin vertically, and a drive means for rotating the support means 5 around the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Sente Creations Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomiyuki Hirose, Asayoshi Asami
  • Patent number: D303684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazumi Matsumoto, Asayoshi Asami