Patents by Inventor Ayako Takase
Ayako Takase 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).
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Patent number: 11952814Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, LLCInventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
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Patent number: 11761261Abstract: An access door may include a core, stiles on opposites sides of the core, an elongated panel extending transversely between the stiles, wherein a major face of the door between the stiles defines one or more recessed pockets along a top edge of the elongated panel between and the stiles and the elongated panel, and a notch formed into the top edge of the elongated panel and extending along at least one of the recessed pockets, the notch extending downwardly into the top edge of the elongated panel so as to form a lip in the top edge of the elongated panel with the notch positioned between the lip and the one or more recessed pockets, the lip and the notch of the elongated panel together forming an accessory rail, wherein the accessory rail is configured to receive and support a complementarily configured hanger base of an accessory hanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ODL, IncorporatedInventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
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Publication number: 20230243195Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
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Patent number: 11655669Abstract: An illumination system is provided for an access door may include an elongated illumination housing configured to be coupled to at least one of an upstanding jamb and a corresponding jamb casing extending along the one side of the access door, an elongated light transmissive cover coupled to the illumination housing, an elongated light pipe received within the illumination housing, an illumination source housing operatively coupled to one end of the light pipe, an illumination source disposed within the illumination source housing and configured to produce and transmit visible light into the light pipe so as to be visible through the light transmissive cover, a source of electrical power, and a control unit configured to selectively apply electrical power from the source of electrical power to the illumination source to produce the visible light.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: ODL, IncorporatedInventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
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Publication number: 20230140935Abstract: A desk includes a work surface, a casing, a carriage, a stand, and a plurality of actuators. The actuators are operable to selectively adjust a vertical position of the work surface, the stand between at least a stored position and a deployed position, and a lateral position of the carriage. The casing is mounted to the work surface and defines an interior volume sized for receipt of a display. The carriage is mounted to the stand and is configured for supporting the display. A controller is in operative communication with the actuators and is configured for receiving data corresponding to a desk configuration over a wireless network and activating one or more of the actuators to correspond to the desk configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Marta Anna Nowak, Michelle Kaufmann, Christine Jean Wu, Cutton Hutton, Ayako Takase, Joyce H. Lee, Jennie Mari Bernstein, David Radcliffe
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Patent number: 11542733Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, LLCInventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
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Publication number: 20220170315Abstract: An access door may include a core, stiles on opposites sides of the core, an elongated panel extending transversely between the stiles, wherein a major face of the door between the stiles defines one or more recessed pockets along a top edge of the elongated panel between and the stiles and the elongated panel, and a notch formed into the top edge of the elongated panel and extending along at least one of the recessed pockets, the notch extending downwardly into the top edge of the elongated panel so as to form a lip in the top edge of the elongated panel with the notch positioned between the lip and the one or more recessed pockets, the lip and the notch of the elongated panel together forming an accessory rail, wherein the accessory rail is configured to receive and support a complementarily configured hanger base of an accessory hanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
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Publication number: 20220170294Abstract: A hands-free door unlatching and opening system is provided for an access door operatively mounted to a jamb assembly of a building, the door including a handle set having a latch normally received, with the door in a closed position, within a latch pocket of a jamb of the jamb assembly to latch the door to the jamb. The system may include a plunger axially aligned with the latch pocket opposite to the latch, an actuator operatively coupled to the plunger and responsive to actuation to advance the plunger into the latch pocket to force the latch out of the latch pocket to unlatch the door from the jamb, and means for automatically opening the door following unlatching of the door from the jamb.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel, Ryan Caulfield
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Publication number: 20220170314Abstract: An access door may include a core, first and second stiles defined along opposites sides of the core such that the core between the first and second stiles defines a recessed pocket with each of the first and second stiles defining a channel therein extending longitudinally along an inwardly-facing edge thereof, bottom and top elongated panels each defining tongue members at opposite sides thereof and configured to be received transversely in the recessed pocket with the tongue members received within the channels defined along the inwardly-facing edges of the first and second stiles, wherein, with the top and bottom elongated panels received in the recessed pocket, exterior faces of the first and second stiles, exterior faces of the top and bottom elongated panels, and an exposed surface of the recessed pocket between the top and bottom elongated panels define an exterior surface of one side of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
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Publication number: 20220170623Abstract: An illumination system is provided for an access door may include an elongated illumination housing configured to be coupled to at least one of an upstanding jamb and a corresponding jamb casing extending along the one side of the access door, an elongated light transmissive cover coupled to the illumination housing, an elongated light pipe received within the illumination housing, an illumination source housing operatively coupled to one end of the light pipe, an illumination source disposed within the illumination source housing and configured to produce and transmit visible light into the light pipe so as to be visible through the light transmissive cover, a source of electrical power, and a control unit configured to selectively apply electrical power from the source of electrical power to the illumination source to produce the visible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Scott Michael Brandonisio, Daniel George Parker, Brian Murray Sommer, Richard Anthony Campbell, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Casey Scott McKellar, Benjamin Patrick Hummel
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Publication number: 20210095502Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
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Patent number: 10808438Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: LARSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.Inventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
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Publication number: 20200165846Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Ayako TAKASE, Robert HUTTON, IV, Patrick Scott GROSSMAN, Lynn K. VAN SICKLE, Tommy Leon KNIGHT, Dylan S. SCHLENVOGT, Brian LAFRENCE
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Patent number: 9925679Abstract: Devices and methods for assisting with slicing items, such as food items, are disclosed. The devices may be referred to as press and slice devices. Such devices may include a base and a lid. The base and lid may each include a flexible layer, and flexible layers may be configured to hold the items being sliced when the lid and base are pressed together. The lid may include a handle to, for example help the user hold the lid and protect the user's fingers. The base may include a foot made of a material with a higher coefficient of friction than the material of the base to, for example help secure the base to the surface the device is being used on. The lid and base may include a mechanism for positionally securing the lid relative to the base, such as using a post and slot system.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: I+D+M Creative, LLCInventors: Fran Z. Slutsky, Robert Hutton, IV, Ayako Takase
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Publication number: 20160297088Abstract: Devices and methods for assisting with slicing items, such as food items, are disclosed. The devices may be referred to as press and slice devices. Such devices may include a base and a lid. The base and lid may each include a flexible layer, and the flexible layers may be configured to hold the items being sliced when the lid and base are pressed together. The lid may include a handle to, for example, help the user hold the lid and protect the user's fingers. The base may include a foot made of a material with a higher coefficient of friction than the material of the base to, for example, help secure the base to the surface the device is being used on. The lid and base may include means for positionally securing the lid relative to the base, such as using a post and slot system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: I+D+M Creative, LLCInventors: Fran Z. Slutsky, Robert Hutton, IV, Ayako Takase
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Patent number: D601893Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jill Marie Shurtleff, Robert Hutton, IV, Ayako Takase
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Patent number: D602356Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jill Marie Shurtleff, Robert Hutton, IV, Ayako Takase
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Patent number: D739604Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Vanessa Christie, Alexander Stephen Forti, Robert Hutton, IV, Brett Harrison Newman, Ayako Takase
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Patent number: D832260Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase, Robert Roth
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Patent number: D845575Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.Inventors: Robert Hutton, Ayako Takase