Patents by Inventor Taiichi Ouno

Taiichi Ouno 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: 5699929
    Abstract: A garbage container including a body member for containing garbage therein, the body member having an upper opening; a lid member for closing the upper opening of the body member, the lid member having a handle provided on an upper surface thereof, the handle being gripped with a hand of a user for moving the lid member to close or open the upper opening of the body member; an engageable member which is provided on one of the body member and the lid member and which is engageable with the other of the body member and the lid member to prevent the lid member from separating from the body member; and an operable member which is operable by the user for moving or displacing the engageable member between an engaged position where the engageable member is engaged with the other of the body member and the lid member and a disengaged position where the engageable member is disengaged from the other of the body member and the lid member, the operable member being provided on, or in a vicinity of, the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventor: Taiichi Ouno
  • Patent number: 5511700
    Abstract: A table pot for a liquid seasoning, including a container body having an opening at an upper end thereof, for storing the liquid seasoning therein, and a lid which is attached to the container body so as to close the opening. The lid has a fluid passage and an air inlet formed in an outer peripheral portion thereof such that the fluid passage and the air inlet are located diametrically opposite to each other. An extended air passage having a larger cross sectional area than the air inlet is connected to an inner open end of the air inlet. The air passage extends toward the fluid passage while being inclined downwardly of the lid. The table pot further includes a shielding member located below an opening of the extended air passage remote from the air inlet, so as to interfere with flow of bubbles of air from the opening of the extended air passage into the liquid seasoning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventor: Taiichi Ouno