Patents by Inventor Yasumitsu Aochi

Yasumitsu Aochi 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).

  • Container with one-piece seal and lid spring
    Patent number: 7243816
    Abstract: A container including a container body with a pivotally mounted top lid utilizing a single generally planar elastomeric member forming a seal section releasably mounted to the undersurface of the lid and engageable with the rim of the container body peripherally thereabout, and a spring section integral with the seal section and extending from the lid into a receiving chamber on the container body adjacent the pivotal mounting of the lid, the spring section being resiliently compressed during the positioning thereof to provide a constant opening biasing force on the lid relative to the container body. An alternately positionable handle is removably mounted, at the option of the user, to either the front wall or the rear wall of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Yasumitsu Aochi
  • Container with one-piece seal and lid spring
    Publication number: 20040159661
    Abstract: A container including a container body with a pivotally mounted top lid utilizing a single generally planar elastomeric member forming a seal section releasably mounted to the undersurface of the lid and engageable with the rim of the container body peripherally thereabout, and a spring section integral with the seal section and extending from the lid into a receiving chamber on the container body adjacent the pivotal mounting of the lid, the spring section being resiliently compressed during the positioning thereof to provide a constant opening biasing force on the lid relative to the container body. An alternately positionable handle is removably mounted, at the option of the user, to either the front wall or the rear wall of the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Yasumitsu Aochi
  • Container with lid
    Patent number: D506346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Matsumoto, Yoshiro Kobata, Yasumitsu Aochi