Patents by Inventor Kenzou Kassai

Kenzou Kassai 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: 7753445
    Abstract: A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a prop or strut member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where the prop member abuts on a floor of an automobile; and a rigid bar-shaped support member supported by the prop member so as to be displaceable between an upper position and a lower position. A side engagement portion is provided in a side surface of the seat body. The side engagement portion engages with the support member when the support member is brought to the upper position in the sideways facing state in the bed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Aprica Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano
  • Patent number: 7585026
    Abstract: A crotch belt (20) which is one component of a body restraint belt includes an elastic plate (21) having bending elasticity, and a buckle (22) mounted on an end of the elastic plate (21). One end of the elastic plate (21) is fixed to a fixing point (23) under a seating surface (4). While the crotch belt (20) is not connected to a waist belt, the crotch belt (20) is positioned along a front part of the seating surface (4) so as to be close to it by elastic force of the elastic plate (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Aprica Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20090184549
    Abstract: A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a tension member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where the tension member abuts on a floor of an automobile; and a support member supported by the tension member so as to be displaceable between an upper position and a lower position. A side engagement portion is provided in a side surface of the seat body. The side engagement portion engages with the support member when the support member is brought to the upper position in the sideways facing state in the bed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano
  • Publication number: 20090066123
    Abstract: A hood (1) is provided such that opening states of right and left sides can be independently adjusted. The hood (1) comprises a hood body (2), a front cover member (4) connected to the front edge of the hood body (2) to cover the front of a seat and a right side cover member (5) and a left side cover member (6) connected to the right and left side edges of the front cover member (4) to cover the right and left sides of the seat, respectively. The right and left side cover members (5) and (6) are folded so as to be overlapped on the front cover member (4). In addition, a laminated body (3) of the front cover member (4) and the right and left side cover members (5) and (6) are folded so as to be overlapped on the upper surface of the hood body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Barbara Storci, Sachiyo Suzuki, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7493835
    Abstract: A newborn dummy used in a dynamic test comprises a head, a spine member including a neck member connected to the head, a trunk mounted on said spine member at a lower part of the neck member and provided so as to cover the spine member and spaced apart from the spine member. An abdomen pressure sensor is provided close to the spine member at a part corresponding to an abdomen in the trunk so as to be spaced apart from the trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Sachiyo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7494031
    Abstract: A nursery band includes a back pad for supporting a back of a baby or infant, a head supporter for supporting a head of the baby or infant, located above the back pad, a pair of sideways protrusions protruding sideways from both sides of the head supporter, a pair of side forming members extending in a vertical direction continuously to both of side edges of the back pad, and a connecting part for detachably connecting a tip of each of the pair of sideways protrusions to each of the pair of side forming members. The head supporter is disposed in such a manner as to be freely folded over at a back surface of the back pad in a state where the connection via the connecting parts is maintained. Thus, there is provided a nursery band capable of varying the manner with the reduced number of component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Miyuki Nishikura
  • Publication number: 20090033065
    Abstract: A baby carriage includes: a pair of front legs extending in an up-down direction and having front wheels in their respective lower parts; a pair of push bars having their respective lower ends pivotally connected to upper ends of the front legs through pivot shafts, respectively; opened state lock means for locking an opened state of the baby carriage with the push bars aligned approximately linearly with respect to the front legs, respectively; closed state lock means for locking a folded state of the baby carriage with the push bars pivoted forward to a position where upper ends of the push bars get close to the front legs, respectively; and a dome-shaped canopy having its both ends in a width direction supported by the pair of push bars, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20090031490
    Abstract: A child bath chair includes a base member having a seating surface portion, and a back member having a backrest surface portion and detachably attached to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Jiro Kishi
  • Patent number: 7484801
    Abstract: A detachable child safety seat comprises a base member, a seat body mounted on the base member detachably, an upper locking mechanism to lock or unlock a stand wall of the base member and a backrest of the seat body, a lower locking mechanism to lock or unlock a bottom wall of the base member and a seat of the seat body, and a synchronization mechanism to connect the upper locking mechanism to the lower locking mechanism so as to synchronize locked states or unlocked states of both locking mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano, Makoto Fukui
  • Publication number: 20090008908
    Abstract: Each element of opened/closed state lock means is arranged around each of pivot shafts that respectively pivotally connect front legs and push bars. In a folded state of a baby carriage, lower ends of the push bars do not protrude above upper ends of the front legs. The lower ends of the push bars and the upper ends of the front legs are in contact with each other and are not separated from each other both in an opened state and folded state of the baby carriage. The baby carriage can implement reduction in weight with a simple structure and reduction in height of the baby carriage in the folded state, and also can prevent problems such as pinched fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi, Takanori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090008909
    Abstract: A baby carriage includes a body and a seat hammock. The body includes a pair of seat surface support bars extending in a front-rear direction for supporting a seat surface portion of the seat hammock, and a pair of backrest surface support bars extending in an up-down direction for supporting a backrest surface portion of the seat hammock. The seat hammock has a front receiving portion at a front end of the seat surface portion for disengageably receiving respective front ends of the pair of seat surface support bars, and has a rear receiving portion at an upper end of the backrest surface portion for disengageably receiving respective upper ends of the pair of backrest surface support bars. In this baby carriage, the seat hammock that forms a seat can be easily attached to and detached from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20090007336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a baby position holding structure in which a position of a baby is appropriately held so as to prevent oxygen saturation from being lowered, and a baby pillow on which an airway in a throat is not blocked. A baby position holding tool (60) comprises a mat (61) extending from right to left and up and down, and a pair of body supports (62 and 63) positioned on right and left sides of the mat so as to abut on both sides of a body of a baby laid on the mat. The body supports include lower parts (62b and 63b) supporting rear faces of the sides of the body of the baby from beneath, respectively and upper parts (62a and 63a) positioned on the lower parts so as to be shifted outward and abut on the side of the body of the baby from the side, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Sachiyo Suzuki, Fumiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7458599
    Abstract: A folding baby carriage comprises a body so constituted that a seat and a backrest part approach each other in a folding operation, and a luggage basket positioned under the seat. The luggage basket comprises a front frame extending backward and forward under the seat, a rear frame turnably connected to a rear end of the front frame and extending backward and forward, and a lock mechanism preventing the rear frame being turned around the front frame. The rear frame is turned so as to take a lower position in which a rear part of the luggage basket is opened, a horizontal position in which it extends almost horizontally, and an upper position in which its rear end approximates the backrest part. The lock mechanism comprises horizontal position fixing means for fixing the rear frame in the horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 7445281
    Abstract: A head guard arrangement includes a flexible pad (10A) in direct contact with and enclosing the head top region and temporal region of the head of a baby (100), an impact absorption pad (20A) at an outer side of the flexible pad (10A), enclosing the head top region and temporal region of the baby (100), and a fixture pad (30A) having a configuration with an outer perimeter contour that is in accord with the inner perimeter contour of a sidewall (1) of a child seat or carrier or the like so as to fill the gap between the impact absorption pad (20A) and the sidewall (1). With this structure, the head guard arrangement protects the head and brain of an infant against impact injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventor: Kenzou Kassai
  • Patent number: 7445230
    Abstract: A baby carriage folded so as to be reduced in dimension in the width direction comprises a body frame (10) and a seat hammock (20). The body frame includes a seating surface supporting member (11) and a pair of side vertical frame members (12). The seat hammock includes a seating surface sheet part (21) and a backrest sheet part (22). The seating surface sheet part (21) includes a seating surface core (53) and the backrest sheet part (22) includes a back surface core (52). The seating surface core (53) and the back surface core (52) are constituted by a core continuously extending from the seating surface sheet part (21) to the backrest sheet part (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Koichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7419181
    Abstract: A seat carriage body comprises a front leg, a rear leg, a push rod, and position fixing means. An upper end of the front leg is turnably connected to an upper end of the rear leg through a first shaft. A front end member of the push rod is connected to the front leg such that it can be displaced along the front leg at the time of a folding operation. A middle part of the push rod is turnably connected to the rear leg through a second shaft. The position fixing means fixes a positional relation among the front leg, the rear leg and the push rod in both open and folded states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 7204550
    Abstract: A seat of a childcare apparatus comprises a backrest board having through holes in a thickness direction, a stacked board which has through holes which can be aligned with the through holes, a reflective sheet provided so as to cover the through holes and forming an air layer between the reflective sheet and the backrest board, and a ventilation hole provided in the reflective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Sachiyo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070062989
    Abstract: A sling type baby holding carrier comprises a cloth sling body that can be crossed, a crotch support part fixed to the inner surface of the sling body so as to support the crotch of a baby, an abdomen support part continuously extending from the crotch support part so as to support the abdomen of the baby, and a connecting member for connecting the sling body to the abdomen support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Miyuki Nishikura, Emiko Kaya
  • Publication number: 20070062988
    Abstract: A sling type baby holding carrier comprises a cloth sling body that can be crossed and a back support part having bending rigidity and arranged on the inner surface of the sling body so as to support the back of a baby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Miyuki Nishikura, Emiko Kaya
  • Patent number: D580307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Aprica Ikujikenkyukai Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi