Patents by Inventor Haruo Kawano

Haruo Kawano 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: 7753445
    Abstract: A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a prop or strut member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where the prop member abuts on a floor of an automobile; and a rigid bar-shaped support member supported by the prop member so as to be displaceable between an upper position and a lower position. A side engagement portion is provided in a side surface of the seat body. The side engagement portion engages with the support member when the support member is brought to the upper position in the sideways facing state in the bed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Aprica Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano
  • Publication number: 20090184549
    Abstract: A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a tension member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where the tension member abuts on a floor of an automobile; and a support member supported by the tension member so as to be displaceable between an upper position and a lower position. A side engagement portion is provided in a side surface of the seat body. The side engagement portion engages with the support member when the support member is brought to the upper position in the sideways facing state in the bed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano
  • Patent number: 7484801
    Abstract: A detachable child safety seat comprises a base member, a seat body mounted on the base member detachably, an upper locking mechanism to lock or unlock a stand wall of the base member and a backrest of the seat body, a lower locking mechanism to lock or unlock a bottom wall of the base member and a seat of the seat body, and a synchronization mechanism to connect the upper locking mechanism to the lower locking mechanism so as to synchronize locked states or unlocked states of both locking mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano, Makoto Fukui
  • Publication number: 20060273640
    Abstract: A detachable child safety seat comprises a base member, a seat body mounted on the base member detachably, an upper locking mechanism to lock or unlock a stand wall of the base member and a backrest of the seat body, a lower locking mechanism to lock or unlock a bottom wall of the base member and a seat of the seat body, and a synchronization mechanism to connect the upper locking mechanism to the lower locking mechanism so as to synchronize locked states or unlocked states of both locking mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: APRICA IKUJIKENKYUKAI APRICA KASSAI KABUSHIKIKAISHA
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano, Makoto Fukui