Patents by Inventor Rie SHIRAI

Rie SHIRAI 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: 9861167
    Abstract: An ornament holder includes a frame body and a presser plate attachable to the frame body. The frame body includes a plate-like portion and locking shafts extending upright from the first plate-like portion. The presser plate is formed with a hole into which the locking shafts are inserted for attaching the presser plate to the frame body. The locking shafts include horizontally protruding locking portions. The presser plate includes locked portions adjacent to the hole and configured to engage with the locking portions of the locking shafts The locking shafts are elastically deformable so as to approach each other when being inserted into the hole of the presser plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Shirai, Atsushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150335103
    Abstract: An ornament holder includes a frame body and a presser plate attachable to the frame body. The frame body includes a plate-like portion and locking shafts extending upright from the first plate-like portion. The presser plate is formed with a hole into which the locking shafts are inserted for attaching the presser plate to the frame body. The locking shafts include horizontally protruding locking portions. The presser plate includes locked portions adjacent to the hole and configured to engage with the locking portions of the locking shafts The locking shafts are elastically deformable so as to approach each other when being inserted into the hole of the presser plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Rie SHIRAI, Atsushi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8893358
    Abstract: A needle puncher includes a needle and a grip member. The needle has a tip and a head spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the needle. The needle also has a held portion disposed between the tip and the head The grip member is configured to hold the needle in a manner such that the tip of the needle is exposed from the grip member. The grip member includes a holding portion and a grip portion. The holding portion holds the held portion of the needle, and the grip portion is gripped by a user of the needle puncher. The holding portion and the grip portion include front ends, respectively. The front end of the holding portion is closer to the head of the needle than the front end of the grip portion is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Rie Shirai
  • Publication number: 20140033487
    Abstract: A needle puncher includes a needle and a grip member. The needle has a tip and a head spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the needle. The needle also has a held portion disposed between the tip and the head The grip member is configured to hold the needle in a manner such that the tip of the needle is exposed from the grip member. The grip member includes a holding portion and a grip portion. The holding portion holds the held portion of the needle, and the grip portion is gripped by a user of the needle puncher. The holding portion and the grip portion include front ends, respectively. The front end of the holding portion is closer to the head of the needle than the front end of the grip portion is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FUJIWARA, Rie SHIRAI
  • Patent number: D737340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Shirai, Mariko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: D737341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Shirai, Mariko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: D830684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Shirai, Yasuhiro Fujiwara