Patents by Inventor Norichika Kondo

Norichika Kondo 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: 20030188372
    Abstract: A method for displaying a shrunk article of clothing includes the steps of providing a shrunk article of clothing entirely reduced in size obtained by subjecting an article of clothing having a single large size to a tying process and/or a shrinking process, the shrunk article of clothing having an entirely reduced size fixed with a tying string for performing the tying/shrinking process, and displaying the shrunk article of clothing with the tying string in a state that the shrunk article of clothing with the tying string is held in a predetermined shape without subjecting the shrunk article of clothing to a finishing process of removing the tying string from the shrunk article of clothing. Thus, a user can selectively subject the shrunk article of clothing to the finishing process to obtain a shrunk article of clothing with elasticity due to the tying process and/or the shrinking process as a final product capable of fitting a wearer of any size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Norichika Kondo
  • Patent number: 6506219
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of clothing includes the steps of providing an article of clothing having a single large size, subjecting the article to a tying process, and subjecting the article of clothing to a shrinking process after the tying process to obtain a tie-shrunk article of clothing having an entirely reduced size with elasticity due to the shrinkage of tie-shrunk article of clothing, so that an entire portion of the single large size article of clothing fits a wearer of any size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Konsei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norichika Kondo
  • Publication number: 20010004788
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of clothing includes the steps of providing an article of clothing having a single large size, subjecting the article to a tying process, and subjecting the article of clothing to a shrinking process after the tying process to obtain a tie-shrunk article of clothing having an entirely reduced size with elasticity due to the shrinkage of tie-shrunk article of clothing, so that an entire portion of the single large size article of clothing fits a wearer of any size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventor: Norichika Kondo
  • Patent number: 6174336
    Abstract: A whole surface or a portion of a cloth, such as a body, a breast or a waist, is subjected to a tying process such as rolling-up, tying, folding or tight tying, and then the cloth is dyed by a dyeing method such as immersion. The dyed cloth is further subjected to a shrinking process, for example, a heat treatment so as to form a tie dyeing and shrinking clothing piece, and the size of the tie dyeing and shrinking clothing piece is greatly reduced by utilizing the elasticity based on the tie dyeing and shrinking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Norichika Kondo