Patents by Inventor Hiroyoshi Matsushita

Hiroyoshi Matsushita 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).

  • Toilet seat and cover apparatus
    Patent number: 10602892
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet apparatus includes a toilet bowl, a base plate, a cover plate, and a toilet seat. The base plate is provided on a rear part of the toilet bowl. A washing function part washing an ano-genital region of a human body is mounted on the base plate. The cover plate is provided on the base plate. The cover plate covers the washing function part from above. The toilet seat is provided on the toilet bowl. The toilet seat is pivotally rotatable to the toilet bowl. In a state where the toilet seat is lowered, the toilet seat is positioned in a projection range where the toilet bowl is projected upward, and covers the cover plate from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Matsushita, Sachiko Niwano, Yuji Yoshioka
  • TOILET APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180213984
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet apparatus includes a toilet bowl, a base plate, a cover plate, and a toilet seat. The base plate is provided on a rear part of the toilet bowl. A washing function part washing a private part of a human body is mounted on the base plate. The cover plate is provided on the base plate. The cover plate covers the washing function part from upward. The toilet seat is provided on the toilet bowl. The toilet seat is pivotally rotatable to the toilet bowl. In a state of the toilet seat lowered, the toilet seat is positioned in a projection range where the toilet bowl projected upward, and covers the cover plate from upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Matsushita, Sachiko Niwano, Yuji Yoshioka
  • Shower bathing apparatus
    Patent number: 7900293
    Abstract: A shower bathing apparatus includes: a concave seat; and a water discharger provided rearwardly and upwardly to the seat and configured to discharge water in a forward direction of the seat. A water discharge direction from the water discharger and positional relationship between the water discharger and the seat are adjusted so that at least part of the discharged water directly reaches the seat with no seat occupant seated on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Toto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, Yutaka Aihara, Tomohisa Kato, Hiroyoshi Matsushita, Minami Okamoto
  • SHOWER BATHING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070226895
    Abstract: A shower bathing apparatus includes: a concave seat; and a water discharger provided rearwardly and upwardly to the seat and configured to discharge water in a forward direction of the seat. A water discharge direction from the water discharger and positional relationship between the water discharger and the seat are adjusted so that at least part of the discharged water directly reaches the seat with no seat occupant seated on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SATO, Yutaka AIHARA, Tomohisa KATO, Hiroyoshi MATSUSHITA, Minami OKAMOTO