Patents by Inventor Motonari Niikura

Motonari Niikura 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: 20100101969
    Abstract: There is provided a containing device 1 of folding umbrella bag including an umbrella bag 10 stored in a body 2 and an opening operation member 3 configured to open an opening 10a of the umbrella bag 10 and provided rotatably in the body 2, the opening operation member 3 rotating by being urged by a distal end of a folding umbrella 11 coming into abutment therewith thereby opening the opening 10a of the umbrella bag 11, including an introducing portion 21 for the folding umbrella provided on an upper portion of the body; an outlet portion 22 for the folding umbrella provided on a side portion of the body, the introducing portion 21 and the outlet portion 22 being continuously opened; a wing member 4 which restrains the bulkiness of the folding umbrella 11 being provided on the opening operation member 3 so as to upstand on an outlet side of the folding umbrella 11, characterized in that the wing member 4 is configured to be rotatable toward the outlet side of the folding umbrella and to be resiliently restora
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: Nikura Scales Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Muraharu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Motonari Niikura, Toshiyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 7637081
    Abstract: A commodity containing apparatus including a charging member 13 attached to a base portion 10 for charging a plurality of sheets of containing bags 40, and a pivoting base portion 22 supported by the base portion 10 pivotably in a vertical face and formed with a commodity throwing opening 27 at a center portion thereof, wherein an end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 opposed to the charging member 13 presses to hold a plurality of sheets of containing bags 40, and the apparatus is small-sized and can simply contain a commodity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Niikura Scales Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Murakami, Motonari Niikura
  • Publication number: 20080093512
    Abstract: An umbrella bag storage device includes a device body 1 in which an umbrella bag 30 is loaded. A tongue member 19, which opens an opening 31 of the umbrella bag 30, and a tip contacting member 17 are attached to a rotating plate 15 in a turnable manner. When a tip of a folding umbrella 40 is brought into contact with the tip contacting member 17, whereby the tip contacting member 17 turns to cause the tongue member 19 to open the opening 31 of the umbrella bag 30. A long hole 17c and a protruding section of a first spindle 14 are engaged such that the tip contacting member 17 and the tongue piece 19 are capable of advancing/retracting. In addition, a torsion spring 21 urges the tip contacting member 17 and the tongue member 19 to the front toward the umbrella bag 30. When a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag, the user's hand, which has been inserted inside of the device, is prevented from being trapped and pinched by the bag opening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Motonari Niikura, Toshiyuki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20060274979
    Abstract: A commodity containing apparatus including a charging member 13 attached to a base portion 10 for charging a plurality of sheets of containing bags 40, and a pivoting base portion 22 supported by the base portion 10 pivotably in a vertical face and formed with a commodity throwing opening 27 at a center portion thereof, wherein an end plate 22a of the pivoting base portion 22 opposed to the charging member 13 presses to hold a plurality of sheets of containing bags 40, and the apparatus is small-sized and can simply contain a commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Murakami, Motonari Niikura