Patents by Inventor Tomomi Kanou

Tomomi Kanou 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).

  • Publication number: 20060108304
    Abstract: The present invention provides an open showcase capable of installing a commodity displaying element surely without a positional shift and dropping. The upper and lower ends of the commodity displaying element are locked by a pair of upper and lower locking portions of a displaying element holding member, and an extending portion formed on the lower end side of the displaying element holding member is fitted in a fitting groove formed in a decorative frame of a showcase body, so that the commodity displaying element can be held surely by the displaying element holding member, and also the displaying element holding member can be installed surely to the showcase body. Therefore, a positional shift and dropping of the commodity displaying element and the displaying element holding member, which are produced by the touch of a hand on the commodity displaying element caused, for example, when a commodity is taken out, can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi Kanou
  • Publication number: 20060096938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shelf structure of a showcase in which commodities can be displayed in an orderly way without a shift of position of a partitioning member when the commodities are arranged on a shelf plate or taken out of the shelf plate. A guide member for locking the rear end side of the partitioning member from the front is provided on the rear end side of the shelf plate, a locking portion locked to the guide member is provided on the rear end side of the partitioning member, and a contact portion that is brought into contact with a commodity drop preventing plate extending upward from the front end side of the shelf plate from the rear is provided on the front end side of the partitioning member. Therefore, the partitioning member can be installed surely to the shelf plate, and commodities can always be displayed in an orderly way without a shift of position of the partitioning member when the commodities are taken out or replenished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi Kanou
  • Patent number: D523906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi Kanou