Patents by Inventor Setsuo Taninaka

Setsuo Taninaka 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).

  • Lawn protecting method and elastic body for lawn protection
    Patent number: 5509230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lawn protecting method for preventing a lawn from being barren by stamping pressure, particularly relates to a lawn protecting method in golf courses, tennis courts, sports stadiums such as soccer fields and an elastic body for lawn protection used therefor. The present invention is a lawn protecting method comprising dispersing fragmental elastic bodies of not less than 0.0003 cm.sup.3 and not more than 5 cm.sup.3 in volume on a lawn or previously sowed soil, and cultivating turf. Moreover, an elastic body for lawn protection according to the present invention consists of rubber, synthetic resin or their sponge, its cross section is circular, oval, annular, spherical, polygonal and their amorphous shape, and its volume is 0.0003-5 cm.sup.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignees: Sanyo Turf Co., Ltd., Hayakawa Rubber Company Limited
    Inventors: Yosifumi Miyachi, Kazuto Urakami, Setsuo Taninaka