Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Higashi

Nobuhiko Higashi 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: 8925794
    Abstract: A swing-open type package has a box body (10), a lid (12) to be put onto the box body (10) from above, and a swing device connecting the lid (12) and the box body (10), the swing device including a movable rear wall portion (36) formed by a part of a rear wall of the box body (10), and a support flap (44) connecting the lid (12) and a transverse wall (21) of the box body (10), and enables a swing motion of the lid (12) when a front wall of the lid (12) is raised from the boxy body (10) so that the swing motion causes the lid (12) to tilt and open wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
  • Publication number: 20100320263
    Abstract: A swing-open type package has a box body (10), a lid (12) to be put onto the box body (10) from above, and a swing device connecting the lid (12) and the box body (10), the swing device including a movable rear wall portion (36) formed by a part of a rear wall of the box body (10), and a support flap (44) connecting the lid (12) and a transverse wall (21) of the box body (10), and enables a swing motion of the lid (12) when a front wall of the lid (12) is raised from the boxy body (10) so that the swing motion causes the lid (12) to tilt and open wide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Shunsuke TAWADA, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
  • Publication number: 20090320996
    Abstract: A method of attaching a decorative sheet in the method of bonding the decorative sheet onto the surface of an underlying material having a corner portion, the decorative sheet having a decorative layer comprising an inorganic cured material formed on one surface of a substrate sheet, the method of attaching a decorative sheet comprising a partly cutting step of preparing the decorative sheet having a cover sheet formed on the surface of the decorative layer maintaining a stripping strength, and incising the decorative layer via the cover sheet in a portion of the decorative sheet corresponding to the corner portion of the underlying material; a folding step of folding the decorative sheet along the incision in a manner that the substrate sheet is on the inside; a bonding step of bonding the substrate sheet of the decorative sheet onto the surface of the underlying material by using an adhesive in a manner that the folded portion of the decorative sheet is in agreement with the corner portion of the underlying
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Tadashi Fujimoto, Nobuhiko Higashi
  • Publication number: 20070278117
    Abstract: An enclosing casing which enables enclosing media to be seen at a glance among a plurality of enclosing media held in enclosing medium holders of an inner casing is provided. An enclosing casing 1 is constructed by a combination of an outer casing 3 which has an inserting port 4 in one side portion and is formed by folding a paper material and an inner casing 2 which is inserted and ejected into/from the outer casing 3 through the inserting port 4 and is formed by folding the paper material. The inner casing 2 is constructed by enclosing medium holders 2a, 2b, and 2c of a plurality of stages which overlap so as to be relatively movable. All of the enclosing medium holders 2a, 2b, and 2c of the plurality of stages are reciprocatively moved in almost the same direction when they are inserted and ejected into/from the outer casing 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kurata, Tamihara Masatoki, Noriaki Mitsui, Nobuhiko Higashi