Patents by Inventor Koru Okita

Koru Okita 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).

  • Seat lifting device for a stool
    Patent number: 5737780
    Abstract: A seat-lifting device having a pair of left and right units 3, 4 arranged on both sides of a stool 1 in a toilet. The units 3, 4 are connected mutually by a connecting frame 5. Each unit 3, 4 has a guide portion 7 and a cable-driving portion 10 which are connected with a pair of conduits for guiding a cable. The guide portion 7 has a static guide 11, 14, a sliding plate 13 slidably supported with the static guide, a seat-supporting member 15 tiltably mounted on the sliding member, and a gas spring 17 urging the rear portion of the seat-supporting member. The sliding plate 13 is driven by the cable-driving portion through a loop of cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignees: Nippon Cable System Inc., Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koru Okita, Shigeo Saeki, Koichi Yamada, Jiro Koshijima, Kenichi Kobayashi