Patents by Inventor Sakiko Imai

Sakiko Imai 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: 8104486
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hair increasing device that improves the freedom of hair styles and, is constituted in such a manner that each hair is knotted to a rib constituting a hair-secured frame with one end portion being twice wound, and the other end portion being once wound and pulled out thereafter. The one end portion of the tied hair is supported so as to stand upright with regard to a rib, and the other end portion is knotted so as to extend longitudinally on and along a rib, and thereby hair flow is formed in the longitudinal direction on a plurality of ribs so that the plurality of ribs is covered and hidden, and becomes hardly visible. Hence the rib or wig base linear member is hardly visible, the knot does not loosen, and the hair increasing device provides a rich voluminous appearance and allows versatility of hair styles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Unihair Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakiko Imai, Katsuo Sugai
  • Publication number: 20100307524
    Abstract: By undergoing a first step for passing a hook portion 1a of a hair-implanting needle 1 from the surface 2a to the back 2b of a wig base 2 and passing the hook portion back onto the surface at another position, a second step for catching a loop 3b formed at the turning position of hair 3 folded, a third step for pulling the loop 3b out of the wig base 2 in a state wherein the hair is caught by the hair-implanting needle 1, a fourth step for catching one side 3a of the hair with the hook portion 1a, a fifth step for pulling the hair-implanting needle out of the loop 3b in this state, a sixth step for forming a knot by pulling one side 3a of the hair while holding the other side 3b, and a seventh step for moving the knot 3e to the back 2b of the wig base by pulling the other side 3b of the hair while holding the one side 3a of the hair, a wig wherein the knot 3e of the hair 3 is on the back 2b of the wig base is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ADERANS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makiko Kuroyanagi, Sakiko Imai
  • Publication number: 20100163069
    Abstract: A hair increasing device 10, of which a linear member is hardly visible, a knot does not tend to loosen, and freedom of hair styles is improved, is constituted in such a manner that each hair 12 is knotted to a rib 11b constituting a hair-secured frame 11 with one end portion 12a being twice wound, and the other end portion 12b being once wound and pulled out thereafter. Said one end portion 12a of the tied hair is supported so as to stand upright with regard to a rib, and said other end portion 12b is knotted so as to extend longitudinally on and along a rib 11b, and thereby hair flow is formed in the longitudinal direction on a plurality of ribs 11b so that the ribs 11b is covered and hidden, and becomes hardly visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Sakiko Imai, Katsuo Sugai
  • Patent number: 6691714
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wearer's own hair utilizing type wig in which the wearer's own hair is pulled up through a space in the wig and blended with false hairs at the time for attaching the wig to the wearer and in which the wearer's own hair can be effectively and evenly utilized, thus enabling to provide an abundance of hair as a whole. Particularly, the wig (1, 2, 3) comprises a hair-secured frame (10, 20, 30) which includes a skeleton-like framework and false hairs (15) attached to the skeleton-like framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Aderans Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yaguchi, Yoshihiko Isobedate, Katsuo Sugai, Sakiko Imai, Ryuji Yamakawa, Shinkichi Kojima