Patents by Inventor Don Kawasaki

Don Kawasaki 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).

  • Patent number: 9706796
    Abstract: A hands free pumping bustier provides a nursing woman with a convenient way of supporting funnel-shaped breast shields that are used as the nipple and breast interface during expression of milk. The bustier features breast shield ports having additional support members that extend upward to a top band of the bustier, providing superior support for the breast shields, enabling the bustier to accommodate differently sized breast shields, and simplifying manufacture of the bustier. The bustier further features a hook at the top of the zipper, which helps the nursing woman to easily maintain the garment around her body as she uses both hands to secure and zip the zipper. The bustier is made of a stretch nylon multi-filament yarn, such that it has adequate stretch capability to accommodate women of different body sizes and shapes while maintaining comfortable compression of the breast shields against their bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Don Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20170042256
    Abstract: A hands free pumping bustier provides a nursing woman with a convenient way of supporting funnel-shaped breast shields that are used as the nipple and breast interface during expression of milk. The bustier features breast shield ports having additional support members that extend upward to a top band of the bustier, providing superior support for the breast shields, enabling the bustier to accommodate differently sized breast shields, and simplifying manufacture of the bustier. The bustier further features a hook at the top of the zipper, which helps the nursing woman to easily maintain the garment around her body as she uses both hands to secure and zip the zipper. The bustier is made of a stretch nylon multi-filament yarn, such that it has adequate stretch capability to accommodate women of different body sizes and shapes while maintaining comfortable compression of the breast shields against their bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Don Kawasaki
  • Patent number: D769576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Don Kawasaki