Patents by Inventor Kenzou Kassai

Kenzou Kassai 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: 6938914
    Abstract: A baby carriage comprises longitudinal side frame members, a backrest sheet portion, a head protection part positioned at an upper end region of the backrest sheet portion, a backside support connected to the longitudinal side frame member to reclinably support the backrest sheet portion from a backside, and a guard member of a rigid structure having an inverted U shape as a whole. The guard member has both ends rotatably connected to the longitudinal side frame members and a central portion extending in the width direction and positioned along a back surface of the head protection part in both forms of a chair state and a bed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6935685
    Abstract: A seat forming member is mounted on a child-care instrument which can be changed between a chair state and a bed state, to form a seat and comprises a backrest wall and a top wall flexibly connected to an upper part of the backrest wall. In the bed state, the top wall bends forward so as to form an angle with the backrest wall. The seat forming member comprises a pair of side protecting members extending sideward from both sides of the top wall. Each of side protecting members is guided by a side wall of the seat and bends forward from the top wall so as to be positioned over the backrest wall in the bed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20050155155
    Abstract: A sofa bed comprises a mattress and a guard member having a vertically opened tube-shaped configuration so as to surround an entire circumference of the mattress. The mattress comprises a head side mattress part and a leg side mattress part which can be folded into two so as to meet their upper surfaces. The guard member comprises a head side guard part and a leg side guard part which can be folded into two in the same direction as the mattress so as to meet their upper surfaces. The form of bed is provided when the mattress and the guard member are extended, and the form of sofa is provided when they are folded into two. The folded guard member forms a pair of armrest parts and a backrest part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20050146104
    Abstract: A goods-storage basket which is mounted under a seat of a baby carriage comprises a front wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and right and left side walls. Each of an outer surface of the front wall, an outer surface of the bottom wall and an outer surface of the rear wall has a heat reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6908100
    Abstract: A baby carriage comprises a body frame including a pair of longitudinal side frame members, a seat hammock including a backrest sheet portion, a backside support, and an upper end connecting member. The backside support includes backside string members extending so as to support the backrest sheet portion from the back side such that it can be reclined. The upper end connecting member comprises an upper end string member extending along the whole width of the backrest sheet portion at the upper end in a width direction and having both ends connected to the pair of longitudinal side frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20050115000
    Abstract: A baby mat comprises a main region having a constant width, a head region having a shape of semicircle, and a leg region. A projection part for holding a baby head is provided in the head region of the baby mat, and side projections are provided on both sides of the main region. The baby mat is increased in height from the leg region toward the head region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6899541
    Abstract: The life log or journal is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly divided into a fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself/herself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, an instruction is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions throughout the childhood and adulthood of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 6896331
    Abstract: A seat structure includes a seat plate, a backrest plate adjustable in inclination angle, and a bridging member covering up a flexion portion between the seat plate and the backrest plate for bridging the seat plate and the backrest plate smoothly. The bridging member is a member shaped like a thin flat plate having a flexural elasticity and stably supports a baby's buttocks while dispersing a body pressure with its entire surface. This structure can provide such a seat structure that can prevent local loads from acting on the buttocks both in the form of a bed and in the form of a chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi
  • Patent number: 6893088
    Abstract: A child car seat comprises a seat body including a seat wall and a backrest wall, and a V-shaped shield structure extending from above both shoulders to a crotch of a child. The V-shaped shield structure includes a belt extending in the shape of the letter V, a belt guiding member guiding the belt and an elastic cover surrounding the belt guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Keiji Inoue, Atsuyoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6877815
    Abstract: A seat of a child-care instrument comprises a seat plate, a backrest plate which can be reclined, and a lapping plate. The lapping plate integrally has a seat surface portion facing the seat plate, and a back surface portion facing the backrest plate. The seat plate and the backrest plate each have first openings penetrating in the thickness direction. The lapping plate has second openings penetrating in the thickness direction, in its seat surface portion and the back surface portion. The lapping plate is provided such that it can be displaced between a first position in which the first opening and second openings are aligned and a second position in which the positions of both openings are shifted. A plurality of hinge portions extending in the width direction are provided so as to be spaced in the vertical direction, in a corner region connecting the seat surface portion and the back surface portion of the lapping plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6860555
    Abstract: A seat hammock for a child-care instrument includes a seat surface portion, a backrest surface portion and a pair of lower side surface portions extending to rise upward from both side edges of the seat surface portion in a used state. Each lower side surface portion has a bottom connection end connected to a side edge of the seat surface portion, a back connection end, and an upper connection end. The back connection end is provided behind and overlaps a back surface of the backrest surface portion and is connected to the back surface of the backrest surface portion at a position laterally inwardly at a distance from both side edges thereof. The upper connection end is adapted to be connected to an upward extension frame member extending upward from a rear end of a member forming a seat portion of the child-care instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20050034204
    Abstract: In an area corresponding to, for example, the abdomen of an infant in infant clothing (1), for example, two slits (2) extending in the length direction are formed. On the back side of slit (2), a stretchable mesh material (3) is provided in a state where slit (2) is allowed to open. Preferably, tucks (5) are made on both sides of slit (2). With the configuration, the infant clothing can be used as street clothing without hesitation while having the function of an underwear, does not disturb abdominal respiration of an infant, does not become loose easily, and can excellently deal with sweat of the infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Yuji Nitta, Tokiko Nitta
  • Publication number: 20050017481
    Abstract: A baby carriage folded so as to be reduced in dimension in the width direction comprises a body frame (10) and a seat hammock (20). The body frame includes a seating surface supporting member (11) and a pair of side vertical frame members (12). The seat hammock includes a seating surface sheet part (21) and a backrest sheet part (22). The seating surface sheet part (21) includes a seating surface core (53) and the backrest sheet part (22) includes a back surface core (52). The seating surface core (53) and the back surface core (52) are constituted by a core continuously extending from the seating surface sheet part (21) to the backrest sheet part (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Koichi Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20050005476
    Abstract: An insole set for baby shoes comprises a first insole and a second insole. The first insole has a partition wall rising between the first and second toes of a baby foot. The second insole has an inverted T-shaped projection part comprising a vertical projection part projecting a little and extending between the first and second toes and a lateral projection part extending under bases of the first and second toes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Sachiyo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050006185
    Abstract: A wheel simultaneous brake mechanism comprises wheel engagement equipments and for holding a state in which each of them engages with ribs or a state in which each of them is separated from them. The wheel engagement equipments are forced by springs in the direction engaging members engage with the ribs, respectively. At this time, a concave part 56 of the wheel engagement equipment 20 and a concave part of the wheel engagement equipment are pulled by a wire with tensile force to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20040244097
    Abstract: In a state where a parent wears an adult garment and carries a baby in a laid-down manner with a child carrier, female buckles of upper connection tools provided on the adult garment are connected to male buckles of the child carrier, and a ring-shaped buckle of a lower connection tool provided on the adult garment engages with a clip of the child carrier. With this configuration, it is possible to provide an adult garment, a child garment, and parent and child clothing which are almost the same in appearance with regular clothing when worn, have a function as a baby carrier and a harness therefor, are fashionable and casual, and can be used by a man without uncomfortable feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi
  • Publication number: 20040231196
    Abstract: A baby shoe comprises a sole part positioned under the baby foot, a tongue part covering the baby instep, a first side coat part covering one side face of the baby foot and partially overlapping with the tongue part, and a second side coat part covering the other side face of the baby foot and partially overlapping with the tongue part. A front end of the tongue part is connected to a front end of the sole part. The first and the second side coat parts have edge parts, respectively which are opposed to each other over the tongue part and extend to the front end of the sole part. In each of the edge parts of the first and the second side coat parts, its front part close to the front end of the sole part is sewed on the tongue part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Yasuhiro Tsuneka
  • Publication number: 20040227383
    Abstract: The seat hammock comprises a seat surface portion, a backrest surface portion and a pair of lower side surface portions extending to rise upward from both side edges of the seat surface portion in a used state. Each lower side surface portion has a bottom connection end connected to a side edge of the seat surface portion, a back connection end, and an upper connection end. The back connection end is provided behind a back surface of the backrest surface portion so as to overlap with it and connected to the back surface of the backrest surface portion at a position inside of the backrest surface portion at a distance from both side edges. The upper connection end is connected to an upward extension frame member extending upward from a rear end of a member forming a seat portion of the child-care instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Ohnishi
  • Patent number: D506310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Miyuki Nishikura
  • Patent number: D510549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Hiroyasu Yamamoto