Patents by Inventor Tomoyasu Saeki

Tomoyasu Saeki 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).

  • Shelving unit and refrigerator having the same
    Patent number: 7338142
    Abstract: A height of a rack container or shelf is shiftable with an easy procedure and slight effort, to improve user friendliness even when disposed at quite a height from the floor within a storage chamber or compartment. An adverse effect on a downward adjacent shelf is avoided to improve or retain actually usable volume on the adjacent shelf. A rack apparatus or a refrigerator includes stationary rails, a traveling rail, arms hinged on a traveling rail to be turnable in one way or other, a rack support connecting the arms, and a rack container supported on the rack support. The rack container can be shifted forward by the traveling rail and be shifted upward and downward with keeping its horizontal posture, by turning of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kunio Nii, Tomoyasu Saeki, Toshimasa Imaizumi, Makoto Oikawa, Kazuaki Gono
  • Shelving unit and refrigerator having the same
    Publication number: 20050223731
    Abstract: A height of a rack container or shelf is shiftable with an easy procedure and slight effort, to improve user friendliness even when disposed at quite a height from the floor within a storage chamber or compartment. An adverse effect on a downward adjacent shelf is avoided to improve or retain actually usable volume on the adjacent shelf. A rack apparatus or a refrigerator includes stationary rails, a traveling rail, arms hinged on a traveling rail to be turnable in one way or other, a rack support connecting the arms, and a rack container supported on the rack support. The rack container can be shifted forward by the traveling rail and be shifted upward and downward with keeping its horizontal posture, by turning of the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Saeki, Toshimasa Imaizumi, Makoto Oikawa, Kazuaki Gono