Patents by Inventor Makiko Maki

Makiko Maki 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).

  • Publication number: 20110006570
    Abstract: There is provided a chair with an improved back support system and method for adjusting and arranging the same. The back support device having a rigid member with a continuously curved projection part along three dimensional curve direction to enable correction of a user's posture or spinal orientation via a plurality of fixed or positionable undulating curved supports, or a monolithic rigid support body. The proposed system and method improves user fatigue, relieves pressures to internal organs, and minimizes unintended body movement causing undesirable muscle tensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nakatsu, Makiko Maki