Patents by Inventor Akitoshi Nagata

Akitoshi Nagata 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).

  • Box pallet
    Patent number: 5897152
    Abstract: A box pallet having an open top, side plates and a bottom plate for surrounding the box pallet on four sides and a bottom, the bottom plate being divided into two bottom plate parts and being assembled to move in a downward direction for opening and closing, the box pallet including an actuation arm vertically pivotally supported by two opposite side plates, an interlocking member provided for interlocking between the actuation arm and the two divided bottom plate parts so as to permit opening and closing movement of the bottom plate parts, an actuation rod horizontally supported such that the actuation rod can change its position between a position on a pivotal locus of the actuation arm and a position out of the pivotal locus of the actuation arm and is engageable with and disengageable from the actuation rod, the bottom plate parts being held to be closed when the actuation rod is in engagement with the actuation arm, and the bottom plate parts being permitted to be opened when the actuation rod is in dise
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: Akitoshi Nagata
  • Box pallet
    Patent number: 5746463
    Abstract: A box pallet having an open top, side plates and a bottom plate for surrounding the box pallet on four sides and a bottom, the bottom plate being divided into two bottom plate parts and being assembled to move in a downward direction for opening and closing, the box pallet including an actuation arm vertically pivotally supported by two opposite side plates, an interlocking member provided for interlocking between the actuation arm and the two divided bottom plate parts so as to permit opening and closing movement of the bottom plate parts, an actuation rod horizontally supported such that the actuation rod can change its position between a position on a pivotal locus of the actuation arm and a position out of the pivotal locus of the actuation arm and is engageable with and disengageable from the actuation rod, the bottom plate parts being held to be closed when the actuation rod is in engagement with the actuation arm, and the bottom plate parts being permitted to be opened when the actuation rod is in dise
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Akitoshi Nagata