Patents by Inventor Mitsunobu Choda

Mitsunobu Choda 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: 5615926
    Abstract: Mounts are provided on the inside surface of the left and the right sides of a seat cover on the underside of a chair, and positioning pins with heads and fastening members are provided on the upper surfaces of the bases of armrests. Each mount includes positioning holes respectively having holes for the heads of the positioning pins to be passed through and slits of a width allowing the rods of the positioning pins to be fitted in, and a support hole for the fastening member to be engaged in. When the positioning pins are located at the rear ends of the slits of the positioning holes, the armrests is fixed to the mounts through the support holes by the fastening members. Thus the armrests are removably, assembled with the chair body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Hideo Nishimura, Atsuo Okamoto, Mitsunobu Choda
  • Patent number: 5601337
    Abstract: The present device relates to a chair in which a base member is fitted onto an upper portion of a leg comprising a plurality of castors in contact with a floor together with support members for these castors, and a seat portion and a back rest are provided on an upper portion of a support plate that is capable of reclining with respect to the base member. This chair is also provided with a cam-shaped link capable of rotating about the periphery of a pin provided in the base member, an upper portion of the link protrudes towards the support plate side, and a corresponding elastic member that is compressed by the rotation of the link is provided in a bottom portion of the base member. A shaft portion in contact with the link, and which causes the link to change profile in response to the reclining action, is provided within the support plate. This configuration provides a chair that is inexpensive and can naturally adopt either a serious working position or a relaxed reclining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignees: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd., Meiko Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Choda, Hideo Nishimura, Atsuo Okamoto, Shigeo Negishi
  • Patent number: 5513898
    Abstract: Mounts are provided on the inside surface of the left and the right sides of a seat cover on the underside of a chair, and positioning pins with heads and fastening members are provided on the upper surfaces of the bases of armrests. Each mount includes keyholed-shaped positioning holes respectively having holes for insertion of the heads of the positioning pins and slits of a width suitable for slidably receiving the rods of the positioning pins. Each mount also includes a support hole for the fastening member to be engaged in. When the positioning pins are located at the rear ends of the slits of the positioning holes, the armrest is fixed to the mount through the support hole by the fastening member. Thus the armrests are removably assembled with the chair body. The seat cover has upper and lower protrusions which contact the mount and the base of the armrest, respectively. The mount is bent so that its outboard and inboard portions are inclined relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Hideo Nishimura, Atsuo Okamoto, Mitsunobu Choda