Patents by Inventor Michihei Sakate

Michihei Sakate 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: 5421123
    Abstract: The laying of a vegetation mat in close contact with a clad surface is achieved. The vegetation mat has a net, which prevents freezing or flow-away of vegetation material without the need for stretching a separate net. The mat comprises a layer of vegetation material selected from the group consisting of soil improvement material, fertilizer, organic material, vegetation seeds and combinations thereof, a front and back sheet, which are capable of being at least partly decomposed and are coupled together to wrap the vegetation material. A net having a mesh size permitting the budding and growth of the vegetation seeds, is provided on the front surface of the front sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Nisshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Michihei Sakate, Tomofumi Matsumoto, Jungi Katayama, Nobumasa Mitunaga, Shunta Tada, Kaname Hori, Hiroyuki Kambe, Kiwamu Iizuka
  • Patent number: 5033231
    Abstract: A net for grassing obtained by knitting and weaving wefts having an appointed width in a texture less than said width by means of a large number of warps and having mountain portions and valley portions randomly formed on a right side and a reverse side thereof.Earth and sand and sprayed materials can be prevented from being washed away in the first stage of the protective construction for a face of slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Nisshoku Corporation
    Inventors: Michihei Sakate, Masashi Shibata, Katsumi Tamura, Tomofumi Matsumoto