Patents by Inventor Katsuko Horii

Katsuko Horii 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).

  • Publication number: 20140329438
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a garment 1 having a cup part 12 for covering a bust, including a shape support part 20 for supporting a shape of the bust, the shape support part provided in at least a lower part of the cup part 12. The shape support part 20 is formed in a plate-like shape having a surface curved with respect to the bust, a curvature of the curved surface of the shape support part 20 is greater than a curvature of the cup part 12 with the shape support part being not disposed therein, and the shape support part 20 has elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: WACOAL CORP.
    Inventor: Katsuko Horii
  • Publication number: 20140017977
    Abstract: In each cup portion 101 of the garment having cup portions, a support member 110 is provided so as to extend along the periphery of the swell of a wearer's breast. The support member 110 includes a lower support member 110A and an upper support member 110B. The lower support member 110A is stretchable in a direction connecting the front center side and the lateral side of the cup portion 101. The upper support member 110B is non-stretchable or slightly stretchable in a direction orthogonal to the above-described direction. At least part of a front center side-portion and at least part of a lateral side-portion of the upper support member 110B are fixed to the garment. At least part of a lateral side-portion of the lower support member 110A is fixed to the garment so that the lower support member 110A is displaceable relative to the cup portion 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: WACOAL CORP.
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Masumi Fujii, Youji Katsuhara
  • Patent number: 8137155
    Abstract: Clothing having cups in which a front center supporting part is provided at a portion where front sides of left and right cups covering left and right breasts respectively which are disposed nearer to a front center in a left-to-right direction than top portions of the left and right cups are continuous with each other, with a front central position interposed between the front sides of the left and right cups. Upper and lower portions of the front center supporting part are spread in a left-to-right direction with the upper and lower portions thereof extended to upper and lower sides of the left and right cups respectively surrounding each of the top portions to such an extent that the upper portion is located at a position where the upper portion and a strap are continuous with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Wacoal Corp.
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Kiriko Kondo, Saori Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20090239445
    Abstract: Clothing having cups in which a front center supporting part is provided at a portion where front sides of left and right cups covering left and right breasts respectively which are disposed nearer to a front center in a left-to-right direction than top portions of the left and right cups are continuous with each other, with a front central position interposed between the front sides of the left and right cups. Upper and lower portions of the front center supporting part are spread in a left-to-right direction with the upper and lower portions thereof extended to upper and lower sides of the left and right cups respectively surrounding each of the top portions to such an extent that the upper portion is located at a position where the upper portion and a strap are continuous with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: WACOAL CORP.
    Inventors: Katsuko HORII, Kiriko KONDO, Saori SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7115015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sport clothing product with cups excellent in a shaping (bust uplifting) function, in which the stability of bust does not deteriorate even upon vigorous arm movements. A cup suspending cord (5R) of a right cup portion (2R) extends in the upper left direction, and a cup suspending cord (5L) of a left cup portion (2L) extends in the upper right direction, so that they are attached to a neck hole hem part (16), whereas respective extensions of the cup suspending cords (5L, 5R) intersect each other above the neck hole hem part (16). Movements of cup portions caused by vigorous arm movements accompanying exercises are greatly alleviated, whereby actions of cup suspending members at the time of raising arms function so as to lift up the cup portions in so-called “centering” directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Wacoal Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Yukiko Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7089597
    Abstract: An upper body garment which selectively supports the muscles used during inhalation without hindering the movement of the spinal column. The upper body garment is constructed by stitching, to a shirt that adheres closely to the body, a plurality of band-form fabrics having a stretchability lower than that of the shirt. The stitching of the band-form fabrics occurs along several defined anatomical lines such as: the first lines that extend from the left and right acromia to a portion that corresponds to the center of the sternum, second lines which extend from this portion corresponding to the center of the sternum, pass beneath the breast area, and extend to the left and right armpit areas, and third lines which connect the left and right armpit areas of the second lines to each other on the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Wacoal Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Makoto Oyama, Toshiko Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040133959
    Abstract: An upper body garment which selectively supports the muscles used during inhalation without hindering the movement of the spinal column. This upper body garment 10 is constructed by stitching, to a shirt 12 that adheres closely to the body, a plurality of band-form fabrics 14 which have stretchability that is lower than that of the shirt 12, along first lines that extend from the left and right acromia 16 to a portion P that corresponds to the center of the sternum, second lines which extend from this portion P corresponding to the center of the sternum, pass beneath the breast area, and extend to the left and right armpit areas 18, and third lines which connect the left and right armpit areas 18 of the second lines to each other on the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Makoto Oyama, Toshiko Murakami
  • Publication number: 20030157866
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sport clothing product with cups excellent in a shaping (bust uplifting) function, in which the stability of bust does not deteriorate even upon vigorous arm movements. A cup suspending cord (5R) of a right cup portion (2R) extends in the upper left direction, and a cup suspending cord (5L) of a left cup portion (2L) extends in the upper right direction, so that they are attached to a neck hole hem part (16), whereas respective extensions of the cup suspending cords (5L, 5R) intersect each other above the neck hole hem part (16). Movements of cup portions caused by vigorous arm movements accompanying exercises are greatly alleviated, whereby actions of cup suspending members at the time of raising arms function so as to lift up the cup portions in so-called “centering” directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Katsuko Horii, Yukiko Funahashi