Patents by Inventor Kazuo Furuyama

Kazuo Furuyama 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: 5367891
    Abstract: A fitting device for an ornamental accessory is made up of a pair of connecting members each having a cylindrical portion on an end to be fitted together in a rotatable manner relative to each other. One of the connecting members has at its fitting end at least one piece of guide grooves formed in series. The guide groove is made up of a thrust groove which is open into an outside and extends in an axial direction of the connecting member, a rotation groove which bends from an inner end of the thrust groove and extends in a circumferential direction, and a fixing groove which bends from that end of the rotation groove which is away from the thrust groove towards the fitting end. The other of the connecting members has at its fitting end a projection which is thrusted into the thrust groove and moves along the rotation groove. The projection is positioned to correspond to the guide groove. Each of the connecting members has inside its fitting end portion magnet pieces disposed on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Yugen Kaisha Furuyama Shouji
    Inventor: Kazuo Furuyama
  • Patent number: 4982581
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, the base piece with an ornamental piece mounted thereon is coupled to the receiving member which is a part of any one of the various accessories or buttons by use of a magnetic coupling and through engagement of the projection in a special step-shaped engaging groove. Therefore, attachment and detachment of the ornament are easy and particularly, because the coupling requires a device which cannot be released by natural external forces while the device is in use, the ornamental piece is reliably prevented from dropping off of the base piece while in use and replacement of the ornamental piece by any of various accessories or ornamental buttons is easily and conveniently facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Inventor: Kazuo Furuyama