Patents by Inventor Shiho Dantani

Shiho Dantani 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: 7284676
    Abstract: A lid for a cup is provided with a filter fitted into a sipping hole which filters solid objects, such as tea leaves, mixed into the beverages so that pure beverage can be drunk. In the preferred embodiment, the filter component is a coil spring 14 having hooking parts 20, 21 on the both ends thereof. In another embodiment, the filter component is a grid in an elastic body 56 which is snap-fitted into the sipping hole by the side edges thereof fitting into grooves formed at its ends. The filtered liquid can be drunk by filtering the substances (such as tea-leaves and herbs) inside of the cup 11 through this filter component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Shiho Dantani
  • Publication number: 20050224503
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lid with a filter which filters solid objects, such as tea leaves, mixed into the beverages so that pure beverage can be drunk, and a filter therefore. A lid with a filter 10 to cap a cup 11 comprises a small hole 13 being made at a part 18 of a ceiling board and a liquid permeable filter component 14 which is made differently from the ceiling board is attached on the above small hole 13. In the preferred embodiment, the filter component is a coil spring 14 having hooking parts 20,21 on the both ends thereof. The filtered liquid can be drunk by filtering the substances (such as tea-leaves and herbs) inside of the cup 11 through this filter component or the coil spring 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Shiho Dantani