Patents by Inventor Makiko Tsuruma

Makiko Tsuruma 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).

  • WIG
    Publication number: 20100229882
    Abstract: A wig (10, 30) is made with artificial hairs (12, 13, 32, 33) having bending rigidities depending upon portions attached to respective portions. A wig base (11, 31) is partitioned to a plurality of regions, and the hair (12, 32) having bending rigidity lower than average natural hair is attached to the periphery (11a) of the left and right side head portions and the rear head portion and to the total peripheral region (31A), and blended with the wearer's own hair growing around the wig. On the other hand, in the region toward the center of the wig base (11, 31), the hair (13, 33) having bending rigidity of the same level as natural hair is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sotokawa, Yoshie Ogawa, Kumiko Saito, Makiko Tsuruma
  • Patent number: 6910486
    Abstract: An artificial hair restorer has a trunk hair with plural restoring hairs fixed to certain points of the trunk hair. A loop formed by folding one or two trunk hair(s) in two, and the original hair(s) passes(pass) through the loop. A knot is provided close to the tying end of the restoring hairs but opposite to the loop. A hair restoring method comprises inserting one or more original hair(s) into the loop of the trunk hair, and then fixing the trunk hair to a point in the vicinity of the original hair root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Aderans Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Makino, Mayumi Sekizaki, Makiko Tsuruma
  • Publication number: 20030000540
    Abstract: An artificial hair restorer has a trunk hair with plural restoring hairs fixed to at a certain point of the trunk hair, a loop formed by folding one or two trunk hair(s) in two through which the original hair(s) passes(pass) at one end, and a knot close to the tying point end of the restoring hairs but opposite to the loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Makino, Mayumi Sekizaki, Makiko Tsuruma