Patents by Inventor Hideaki Murai

Hideaki Murai 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: 7409724
    Abstract: The present invention provides a baseball glove to absorb the impact force received by the thumb from the ball when catching, and the force received by the thumb from a runner when a touch playing, in a state in which the user experiences no strange sensation. A baseball glove, having a thumb pocket disposed inside the glove main body, and a thumb catching member disposed in the interior of the abovementioned thumb pocket, wherein a soft member which is constructed in a substantially tubular shape so as to cover the thumb that is inserted into this thumb pocket is disposed in the space in which the abovementioned thumb catching member is disposed within the internal space of the abovementioned thumb pocket with the dimension of this soft member in the longitudinal direction being set equal to or longer than the length dimension of this thumb catching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20060162039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a baseball glove to absorb the impact force received by the thumb from the ball when catching, and the force received by the thumb from a runner when a touch playing, in a state in which the user experiences no strange sensation. A baseball glove, having a thumb pocket disposed inside the glove main body, and a thumb catching member disposed in the interior of the abovementioned thumb pocket, wherein a soft member which is constructed in a substantially tubular shape so as to cover the thumb that is inserted into this thumb pocket is disposed in the space in which the abovementioned thumb catching member is disposed within the internal space of the abovementioned thumb pocket with the dimension of this soft member in the longitudinal direction being set equal to or longer than the length dimension of this thumb catching member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: KSK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 6430745
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a lining element for a baseball glove and a baseball glove in which this lining element is used so that the bottom end portions of the thumb glove element and of the index finger glove element of the outer glove element cannot tear due to the impact when a ball is caught. Furthermore the present invention provides a lining element for a baseball glove, which is hand-shaped and comprises a front sheet to which finger parts are provided so as to extend from the bottom end portion, and a back sheet which is positioned on the back of the respective finger parts of the front sheet and forms the finger glove elements, wherein a fitting portion having through-holes for passing through a lace is provided between the thumb and index finger glove elements of said lining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20010025382
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a lining element for a baseball glove and a baseball glove in which this lining element is used so that the bottom end portions of the thumb glove element and of the index finger glove element of the outer glove element cannot tear due to the impact when a ball is caught. Furthermore the present invention provides a lining element for a baseball glove, which is hand-shaped and comprises a front sheet to which finger parts are provided so as to extend from the bottom end portion, and a back sheet which is positioned on the back of the respective finger parts of the front sheet and forms the finger glove elements, wherein a fitting portion having through-holes for passing through a lace is provided between the thumb and index finger glove elements of said lining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: KSK Co., Ltd., Akune-shi, Japan
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5974587
    Abstract: An improved baseball glove having an enlarged ball-catching face to enable catching a ball with ease, wherein an adjusting portion is provided between a little finger stall and a ring finger stall thereof to form a stepped portion for locating the ring finger stall on the rear side of the ball-catching face with respect to the little finger stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5717995
    Abstract: A baseball glove is provided wherein the index finger of the wearer of the baseball glove is protected from being damaged by the opening edge of the glove even in the event that the glove is used with the index finger of the wearer of the glove projecting outside of the backside of the glove. The baseball glove includes a finger protecting strip in the glove body for contacting an inner surface of a proximal end portion of a finger which projects outside from an opening portion formed in the backside of the glove body. The finger protecting strip is also for guidance into an inside of the glove body when the wearer of the glove is placing the glove on his/her hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: K S K Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5687421
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a baseball mitt or glove which can be used in play for a long time after it has been seasoned. For this long use, the baseball mitt or glove is protected by a protective cover which has a sheet cover body sized to protect the whole or proper area of the catching face of the mitt or glove. This cover body is removably fastened on the catching face of the mitt or glove by fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5367707
    Abstract: A baseball catching tool having fixing device including a belt member for firmly gripping a hand inserted into the catching tool. The fixing device may include at least one pair of opposed belt members extended from the inner face of the catching tool to have their leading end portions threaded through a belt portion of the tool body to the surface of the tool body and fastened to each other. The belt members may have their roots bifurcated to position the thumb of the hand in the bifurcated roots of one of the belt members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: 5012529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a baseball glove and an interior core covering thereof. Each fingerstall of each back member of the interior core covering and exterior covering constituting the baseball glove is formed by one back piece and two side pieces arranged on both sides thereof. The back piece is dimensioned longer than the side pieces; thus, it is easy to insert the hand and the fingerstall is curved concavely toward a ball catching face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: D485950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: KSK, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: D493015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: KSK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai
  • Patent number: D783206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KSK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Murai