Patents by Inventor Chihiro Iwasaki

Chihiro Iwasaki 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: 9340920
    Abstract: A handicraft tool includes a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion. The first end and the second end are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the handicraft tool. The intermediate portion is positioned between the first end and the second end. The intermediate portion is in the form of a bar having a cross section that is uniform along the longitudinal direction. At least the surface of the intermediate portion is made of a thermosetting elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joan Hawley, Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20160069008
    Abstract: A sewing tool holder includes a base and a plurality of of projections. The base has an obverse face and a reverse face spaced from each other in a thickness direction of the base. The plurality of projections are supported on the obverse face of the base via a common connecting portion attached to the base. Each of the plurality of projections has an upper or front end and a root or lower end that is connected to the common connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Chihiro IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150108181
    Abstract: A handicraft tool includes a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion. The first end and the second end are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the handicraft tool. The intermediate portion is positioned between the first end and the second end. The intermediate portion is in the form of a bar having a cross section that is uniform along the longitudinal direction. At least the surface of the intermediate portion is made of a thermosetting elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joan HAWLEY, Chihiro IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150107504
    Abstract: A cloth presser includes a grip portion, a first press end and a second press end. The grip portion is elongated, having a straight longitudinal axis. The first press end and the second press end are spaced apart from each other, with the grip portion intervening between the first press end and the second press end. The first press end is configured to make point contact with an object such as a piece of cloth, and the second press end is configured to make surface contact with the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kumiko NITTA, Chihiro IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 8727189
    Abstract: The pin holder wearable at the wrist includes a main body and a band supporting the main body and being wearable at the user's wrist. The main body includes permanent magnets and a casing. The casing accommodates the permanent magnets and has attraction surfaces at the top portion. The attraction surfaces serve to attract and hold needlecraft pins by the magnet force of the permanent magnet. The band is in the shape of a strip as a whole, and can change into the first form that the band is stretched straight or the second form that the band curves in the longitudinal direction to form a ring. The main body is relatively movable with relation to the band with a predetermined friction resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Clover MFG. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Zieman, Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20140069967
    Abstract: The pin holder wearable at the wrist includes a main body and a band supporting the main body and being wearable at the user's wrist. The main body includes permanent magnets and a casing. The casing accommodates the permanent magnets and has attraction surfaces at the top portion. The attraction surfaces serve to attract and hold needlecraft pins by the magnet force of the permanent magnet. The band is in the shape of a strip as a whole, and can change into the first form that the band is stretched straight or the second form that the band curves in the longitudinal direction to form a ring. The main body is relatively movable with relation to the band with a predetermined friction resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nancy L. ZIEMAN, Chihiro IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 7984836
    Abstract: A handicraft assisting tool for folding a fabric into a configuration having rotational symmetry is provided. The handicraft assisting tool includes a flexible sheet body adhered to the fabric and a folding facilitator formed at the sheet body. The folding facilitator facilitates an operation of folding an overlapped product, which is obtained by adhering the fabric to the sheet body, along a predetermined folding line. The folding facilitator includes, for example, a plurality of slits disposed along the predetermined folding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20090288775
    Abstract: A handicraft assisting tool for folding a fabric into a configuration having rotational symmetry is provided. The handicraft assisting tool includes a flexible sheet body adhered to the fabric and a folding facilitator formed at the sheet body. The folding facilitator facilitates an operation of folding an overlapped product, which is obtained by adhering the fabric to the sheet body, along a predetermined folding line. The folding facilitator includes, for example, a plurality of slits disposed along the predetermined folding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D545898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D576893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D577618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D587147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Clover MFG. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D592082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D623847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D641570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nancy L. Zieman, Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D678742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D697779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D721602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chihiro Iwasaki, Joan Hawley
  • Patent number: D730606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kumiko Nitta, Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Patent number: D733417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joan Hawley, Chihiro Iwasaki