Patents by Inventor Setsuo Kato

Setsuo Kato 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: 5575903
    Abstract: A drain water-intake cover includes a fixed brim, a central convex portion of which is low in height, an upper water-intake opening on the convex portion, side water-intake openings on a side peripheral wall of the convex portion and a plurality of mutually spaced dust stoppers extending over the upper water-intake opening and having different height dimensions. Stumbling over the cover is prevented since the cover is low in height and is not highly protrusive. Rainwater can be drained even when dust or foreign matter such as fallen leaves, vinyl or trash clings to the cover. The cover dries easily even when rainwater remains on the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Aluteck Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Setsuo Kato
  • Patent number: 5571407
    Abstract: A horizontal drain includes drain main body having a pan mountable in a recess on a floor, and a drain cover unit having a horizontal cover to cover the pan. The pan has a pipe-like body connected with the pan at a downstream end of the pan in the direction of flow of rainwater. The pipe-like body extends horizontally for connection with a drain pipe and is formed with a drain bore for communication with the pan. The cover has an upper surface provided with a plurality of guide ridges which extend from an outer periphery of the cover toward a lateral center portion of the cover in the direction of flow of rainwater. Each of the guide ridges is inclined such that an upper end of the ridge is positioned away from the pipe-like body. Guide gaps for guiding rainwater into the pan are defined between the adjacent guide ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Aluteck Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Setsuo Kato