Patents by Inventor Setsuo Nakashima

Setsuo Nakashima 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).

  • Cup having safety structure
    Patent number: 6588654
    Abstract: A cup having a safety structure has a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom wall closing a lower end of the sidewall. The cup has a bottomed cylindrical shape. The sidewall has at least one protrusion protruding outward in such a size and a shape as to hook a finger of a user. The protrusion may have substantially a linear shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a broken line shape or a dot-chain line shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a curved portion extending along a circumference of the sidewall so as to correspond to an outer edge shape of a palm between a thumb and an index finger of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Setsuo Nakashima
  • Cup having safety structure
    Publication number: 20020130170
    Abstract: A cup having a safety structure has a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom wall closing a lower end of the sidewall. The cup has a bottomed cylindrical shape. The sidewall has at least one protrusion protruding outward in such a size and a shape as to hook a finger of a user. The protrusion may have substantially a linear shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a broken line shape or a dot-chain line shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a curved portion extending along a circumference of the sidewall so as to correspond to an outer edge shape of a palm between a thumb and an index finger of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Setsuo Nakashima