Patents by Inventor Katumi Inaba

Katumi Inaba 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: 6315744
    Abstract: A chair type air massager includes a chair body having a seat, a back rest and a plurality of massage bags embedded therein, and a leg massage device having a pair of leg accommodating grooves and a plurality of massage bags provided in correspondence to the leg accommodating grooves. The leg massage device is capable of moving between a first position where the leg massage device is disposed in front of the seat and is connected to the chair body, and a second position where the leg massage device is separated from the chair body. The leg accommodating groove is capable of accommodating therein at least one leg of a user sitting on the seat of the chair body when the leg massage device is disposed in the first position, and the lower leg accommodating groove is capable of accommodating therein at least one leg of a user who is not sitting on the seat of the chair body when the leg massage device is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katumi Inaba
  • Patent number: 5848982
    Abstract: A lounger-type air manager comprises a lounger body (1) including a seat portion (2) and a backrest portion (3) provided on the rear end of the seat portion, bags (4, 5, 10) provided in the seat portion and the backrest portion and adapted to inflate and deflate when compressed air is fed thereinto and discharged therefrom, and a compressed air control device (11) for controlling the feed and discharge of the compressed air into and from the bags. The bag in the seat portion is fixed at its rear edge portion on the backrest side to the seat portion, and the bag in the backrest portion is fixed at its upper end portion to the backrest portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
    Inventors: Shoji Hoshino, Koichi Abe, Mikio Mochida, Hiromitsu Ichikawa, Katumi Inaba