Patents by Inventor Kawanabe Masatoshi

Kawanabe Masatoshi 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: 5181587
    Abstract: A lock indicator for a caster having a push-button engaged in a push-button mounting hole formed from the outer periphery of a frame to the interior of the frame to be freely pressed for operating a stopper for locking a wheel, wherein the push-button engaged within the push-button mounting hole has cap shape, a transparent portion formed on the top portion thereof, and an indicator having indicating portions for respectively indicating a wheel locking state and a wheel lock releasing state in such a manner that the indicating portions of the indicator correspond to the transparent portion of the push-button to be internally mounted along the inner peripheral surface from the body to the top of the push-button, and one end of the indicator is secured into the frame. Thus, the lock indicator for the caster can simply and accurately confirm the locking state and the lock releasing state of the caster without special attention by precise indicating portions associated with a push-button thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Sugatsune Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kawanabe Masatoshi