Patents by Inventor Ayako Chatani

Ayako Chatani 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).

  • Hand-held clipper for removing entangled fiber strands from the surface of fabrics
    Patent number: 4899442
    Abstract: A clipper comprises an elongated handle grip 10 and a cutting head 20 which has an outer shearing foil 22 and an inner cutter assembly 40 driven to rotate in engagement with the undersurface of the outer shearing foil 22 for clipping the entangled fiber strands from the surface of a fabric. The cutting head 20 has a center axis which is perpendicular to the general top plane of the shearing foil 22 and about which the inner cutter assembly 40 rotates. The cutting head 20 extends forwardly from the one longitudinal end of the handle grip 10 with its center axis angled at an obtuse angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle grip 10. A recovery chute 60 is provided along the front face 11 of the handle grip 10 for recovering the clipped fiber strands from within the cutting head 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadashige Horii, Hideaki Haraguchi, Ayako Chatani
  • Electric massaging chair
    Patent number: D365217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikuhei Yamauchi, Kuniharu Ichikawa, Taro Mochida, Ayako Chatani
  • Electric massage chair
    Patent number: D397259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Chatani, Taro Mochida