Patents by Inventor Masanobu Iwatani

Masanobu Iwatani 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).

  • Container for transportation
    Patent number: 5509559
    Abstract: A container for transportation has a base portion 10, a ceiling portion 20, shutters 30, 30 . . . to be wound up in the ceiling portion 20 and end plates 40, 40, provided with columns 43, 43 at its both sides, which are connected to the ceiling portion 20 so as to be folded up and received in the ceiling portion 20. In compacting the container in non-use, the shutters are lifted up to the ceiling, and the ceiling portion 20 is lifted up from the base portions 10. Then, the ceiling portion is lowered whereby the end plates 40, 40 can be folded, along with the columns 43, 43, under the ceiling portion by utilizing the deadweight of the ceiling portion 20. The container for transportation simplifies folding operations and reassembling operations, and reduces labor cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okano, Masanobu Iwatani