Patents by Inventor Ichiro SHINGA

Ichiro SHINGA 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: 9572375
    Abstract: A vapor-permeable waterproof sock includes a cylindrical main body including a cloth having vapor permeability and that is waterproof. The vapor-permeable waterproof sock covers a range from a foot tip portion to a crus portion. The cylindrical main body includes a plurality of cloth areas, each of which expands and contacts more easily in one direction as compared with other directions. The plurality of cloth areas are joined together, and include a crus cloth area expanding and contracting more easily in a circumferential direction of the crus portion as compared with in a longitudinal direction of the crus portion, the crus cloth area covering the crus portion; and a planta portion cloth area expanding and contacting more easily in a longitudinal direction of the planta portion as compared with a width direction of the planta portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: OKAMOTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro Shinga, Toshio Ando
  • Publication number: 20160067108
    Abstract: There is provided a sole stimulation sock, in which an inner side of a sole portion between a heel portion and a toe portion is formed with projected portions and recessed portions, in which a proportion of an area of the projected portions, with respect to the sum of the areas of the projected portions and the recessed portions, is 26% to 68%, in which the difference between a proportion of an area of the projected portions in any one division region of four division regions of the inner side of the sole portion and a proportion of an area of the projected portions in other division regions is less than or equal to 30%, in which the average value of the areas of the projected portions is 7 mm2 to 650 mm2, and in which the recessed portions are knitted by mesh knitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tsuneo KAWAGOE, Ichiro SHINGA, Hidekazu TANAKA, Akira TANIGUCHI, Yasuhito TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20120198601
    Abstract: A vapor-permeable waterproof sock includes a cylindrical main body including a cloth having vapor permeability and that is waterproof. The vapor-permeable waterproof sock covers a range from a foot tip portion to a crus portion. The cylindrical main body includes a plurality of cloth areas, each of which expands and contacts more easily in one direction as compared with other directions. The plurality of cloth areas are joined together, and include a crus cloth area expanding and contracting more easily in a circumferential direction of the crus portion as compared with in a longitudinal direction of the crus portion, the crus cloth area covering the crus portion; and a planta portion cloth area expanding and contacting more easily in a longitudinal direction of the planta portion as compared with a width direction of the planta portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: OKAMOTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro SHINGA, Toshio ANDO
  • Publication number: 20110030125
    Abstract: The leg wear for sleep according to an aspect of the present invention is leg wear adapted to be worn during sleep and has a double-layered structure in which an inside member and an outside member that do not constrict the foot of a wearer are layered. The inside member has a napped surface, and the outside member has a higher drape and a smoother surface than the inside member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: OKAMOTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiro SHINGA, Chika NASU
  • Patent number: D800440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: OKAMOTO CORPORATION, GOTO COLLEGE OF MEDICAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ichiro Shinga, Masahiro Sawada, Kayoko Sato, Sawako Anada