Patents by Inventor Joko Ninomiya

Joko Ninomiya 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: 4373649
    Abstract: A waistline supportable dispenser for a plurality of "shuriken" i.e. an Oriental term denoting martial arts throwing stars. Disclosed herein are novel "shuriken" having elliptical central openings and having a front-face that is preferably dually recessed at the terminii of the elliptical opening minor-axis. The dispenser for such novel "shuriken" comprises: a rack member having support means to permit removable attachment as belt buckle or otherwise at waistline apparel level; a horizontal peg extending rigidly forwardly of the rack member upright frontal-side, the "shurikens" rotatably surrounding the peg trail-length; and spring means yieldably urging the leadmost "shuriken" against the peg cross-sectionally ellipsoid lead-length, whereby the "shurikens" can be individually dispensed by counter-rotation until its central opening major-axis becomes parallel to the broadest-extent of the peg lead-length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Inventor: Joko Ninomiya