Patents by Inventor Shinji Todokoro

Shinji Todokoro 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: 9903055
    Abstract: To provide a manual knitting device which can prepare easily a plurality of kinds of pieces of knitted fabric, a manual knitting device includes a plurality of pin members. The pin member is formed by a shaft portion and a protuberant portion which is formed on the shaft portion. A first base member having a shirt rod shape has a first common hole portion which is formed so that the shaft portion of the pin member can be inserted thereinto. Similarly, a second base member having a short rod shape has a second common hole portion which is formed so that the shaft portion of the pin member can be inserted thereinto. The first base member and the second base member can be rotated relatively about the first common hole portion and the second common hole portion into which the pin member is commonly inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Patent number: 9868008
    Abstract: A jungle gym is provided which has a base frame group where three cubic frames are formed continuously in a y axis direction by pluralities of pipes provided in an x, y and z axis directions, and a plurality of jungle gym joints each including a joint main body and a rotary member and where the rotary member is connected rotatably to the joint main body so as to form a folding portion which can be folded in one direction within an angular extent of 90 degrees, and the pipes in the y and z axis directions are connected to the joint main bodies, while the pipes in the x axis direction are connected to end portions of the rotary members lying opposite to end portions where the folding portions are formed, all the folding portions being rotated in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170348606
    Abstract: To entertain viewers more by adopting motions different from the conventional ones, there is provided an eyeglasses toy having an eyeglasses frame comprising a rim member and temple members, eyeball members fixed to the rim member and comprising spherical surface portions which project forwards from the rim member, rotational eyelid members which are provided rotatably so as to cover and expose the spherical surface portions of the eyeball members, biasing members which bias the rotational eyelid members in a direction in which the rotational eyelid members expose the spherical surface portions of the eyeball members, and operating members or strings which rotate the rotational eyelid members in a direction in which the rotational eyelid members cover the spherical surface portions of the eyeball members against biasing forces of the biasing members, wherein the strings have a chin locked portion which is locked on the chin of a wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170291113
    Abstract: There is provided a transmitter for facilitating control of a flying object including an elevation control lever 22 for controlling a flight height of a helicopter 1, a cover 24 through which the elevation control lever 22 passes via an opening 26, a step 27 formed on an edge of the opening 26, and a rotation member 28, which rotates, disposed to a backside of the cover 24, where apart of the cover 24 is formed into a curved surface which overlaps a curved surface of the rotation member 28, and rotational speeds of motors 11, 12 internally mounted on the helicopter 1 are set corresponding to the step 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji TODOKORO
  • Publication number: 20170130375
    Abstract: To provide a manual knitting device which can prepare easily a plurality of kinds of pieces of knitted fabric, a manual knitting device includes a plurality of pin members. The pin member is formed by a shaft portion and a protuberant portion which is formed on the shaft portion. A first base member having a shirt rod shape has a first common hole portion which is formed so that the shaft portion of the pin member can be inserted thereinto. Similarly, a second base member having a short rod shape has a second common hole portion which is formed so that the shaft portion of the pin member can be inserted thereinto. The first base member and the second base member can be rotated relatively about the first common hole portion and the second common hole portion into which the pin member is commonly inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Patent number: 9642506
    Abstract: There is provided an auxiliary toilet seat with which a toddler can sit astride or sit in a posture like sitting on a chair. An auxiliary toilet seat main body of an auxiliary toilet seat is formed substantially oval. A seating surface of the auxiliary toilet seat main body is formed substantially flat. A splash prevention part is formed at each front and rear part of an inner peripheral part of the auxiliary toilet seat main body. An abutting fixing part having fixing position adjusting means is provided to each of two positions in a front part and rear part on a bottom surface of the auxiliary toilet seat main body. The auxiliary toilet seat is abuttable against a bottom surface of a toilet seat of a western style adult toilet bowl to be fixedly attached to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170080329
    Abstract: There is provided a home-use crane game machine whose operation of a rotation transmission mechanism can be restored with ease that includes a plurality of motors 91, 92, 93 having a drive shaft to which a gear is fitted, rotation transmission mechanisms having a plurality of gears which are rotated by the plurality of motors 91, 92, 93, a catcher 65 for grabbing a prize 6 which is moved up and down by the rotation transmission mechanisms, a crane main body 54 having the motors 91, 92, 93 and the rotation transmission mechanisms internally, and rollers 68, 69, 70 connected to the rotation transmission mechanisms via input gear mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170056699
    Abstract: A jungle gym joint has a joint main body including joint shafts to which pipes are connected and rotary members. The pipe is connected to one end and a folding portion is formed at the other end of the rotary member, the folding member being formed by a flat plate portion being held in a bifurcate portion together with the joint main body. A cover member including engaging projections on an inner circumferential surface is provided on an outer circumference of the folding portion. The cover member is guided to move back and forth in an axial direction by the engaging projections being brought into engagement with guide grooves. The folding portion is restricted from being folded with the cover member staying in an advanced end position while the restriction of folding thereof can be released with the cover member staying in a withdrawal end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170000158
    Abstract: There is provided a cotton candy preparing device, wherein an upper pot portion of a rotary pot incorporated in a main body portion is provided above the main body portion to project upwards, a pan portion surrounding the upper pot portion is mounted above the main body portion, a pot mounting base portion having an upper end bearing plate is provided at a bottom plate portion of the main body portion to support rotatably a rotation shaft of the rotary port, the rotary pot has a gear wheel plate fixed to the rotation shaft so that this gear wheel plate faces the bearing plate in parallel, electrode rings having a circumferential annular shape centered at the rotation shaft are provided on an upper surface of the bearing plate, and metallic contacts are provided on a lower surface of the gear wheel plate so as to contact the electrode rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20170000154
    Abstract: To provide a cotton candy preparing device that can inform early of the occurrence of an abnormal state therein when heaters fail while stopping the heating of a rotary pot in an ensured fashion, which consumes less electric power, and which can prepare cotton candies with good efficiency in a house, PTC heaters are used for heaters that are incorporated in the rotary pot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji TODOKORO
  • Publication number: 20170000156
    Abstract: A cotton candy preparing device is provided that has a rotary pot dividable into a pot upper portion and a pot bottom portion, a plurality of legs extending downwards from near a circumferential edge portion of a lower end of the upper pot portion and including a leg end portion expanding outwards at a lower end thereof, a heating plate provided on an upper surface of the pot bottom portion, and leg receiving holes provided near a circumferential edge portion of the upper surface of the pot bottom portion to allow the legs to be inserted individually, and the leg receiving holes each have an inserting portion permitting the passage of the leg end portion and a leg stopping portion connecting continuously to a side of the inserting portion and whose width to an outer circumferential direction of the rotary pot is made narrower than the inserting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji TODOKORO
  • Publication number: 20170000157
    Abstract: To provide a cotton candy preparing device for preparing cotton candy in a good condition at all times irrespective of different heating conditions for granulated sugar and sugar candy, a cotton candy preparing device having a rotary pot formed of a pot upper portion and a pot bottom portion is provided, and the pot upper portion has a loading port at an upper end thereof and further tubular inner walls below the loading port, lower ends of the inner walls have a conically shaped expanded inclined portion that expands downwards, a plurality of plate-shaped ribs are provided on the expanded inclined portion so as to project towards a center of the rotary port, and lower ends of the ribs are brought into contact with a heating plate provided on an upper surface of the pot bottom portion or forms a slight gap between the heating plate and themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: SHINJI TODOKORO
  • Publication number: 20170000155
    Abstract: A cotton candy preparing device is desired which does not operate with a pan portion removed. To provide a cotton candy preparing device that prevents a user from taking some time before getting aware that the device is not operating properly, there is provided a cotton candy preparing device having a pan portion that is fixed on to a main body portion by a locking piece, wherein a power supply switch is incorporated in the main body portion, wherein the power supply switch has a switch operating rod that enables on and off operations of a circuit, and a locking body that restricts a sliding movement of the switch operating rod, and wherein when the pan portion is fixed to the main body portion by the locking piece, the locking body is moved by the locking piece to thereby enable the switch operating rod to slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Shinji TODOKORO
  • Publication number: 20160250509
    Abstract: A jungle gym joint has a joint main body having joint shafts to which a plurality of pipes are connected and a rotary member having a short rod shape to one end side of which the pipe is connected. A folding portion is formed at a bifurcate portion of the rotary member where a flat plate portion of the joint main body is inserted thereinto, allowing the pipe to be folded. A cylindrical cover member is provided on an outer circumference of the folding portion. The cover member includes a restricting wall portion restricting the folding of the pipe by being brought into abutment with the flat plate portion or the bifurcate portion and a cutout portion formed by cutting out the circumferential wall to prevent the abutment of the circumferential wall with the flat plate portion or the bifurcate portion to thereby release the folding of the folding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20160250508
    Abstract: A jungle gym is provided which has a base frame group where three cubic frames are formed continuously in a y axis direction by pluralities of pipes provided in an x, y and z axis directions, and a plurality of jungle gym joints each including a joint main body and a rotary member and where the rotary member is connected rotatably to the joint main body so as to form a folding portion which can be folded in one direction within an angular extent of 90 degrees, and the pipes in the y and z axis directions are connected to the joint main bodies, while the pipes in the x axis direction are connected to end portions of the rotary members lying opposite to end portions where the folding portions are formed, all the folding portions being rotated in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20160175730
    Abstract: A beads connecting toy has a connecting toy main body which makes up a base for fabricating a beaded toy which is based on a strand set member which has a strand set locking portion formed at one end side and at the other end side thereof a beading strand on which beads are put, two base strands and an engaging strand which interweaves the beading strand, the two base strands and the beads together for engagement, a one-end-side locking portion which is provided at one end side of the connecting toy main body and where the strand set locking portion is locked in place, and an other-end-side locking portion which is provided at the other end side of the connecting toy main body and where the two base strands and the beading strand are locked in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20160158660
    Abstract: A connected running toy is provided including a connected vehicle hauled by a driving vehicle, the connected vehicle includes a bogie and a casing, and the bogie has a front wheels support member turning on a running surface about a vertical shaft, which supports rotatably a front axle on which front wheels are provided and on which a movable coupling portion is formed to project forwards to be coupled with another vehicle, a rear wheels support member turning on the running surface about a vertical shaft and which supports rotatably a rear axle on which rear wheels are provided, a front link member fixed to the front wheels support member, a rear link member connected to the front link member and fixed to the rear wheels support member and a fixed coupling portion projecting in an opposite direction to the driving vehicle to be connected to a further vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Shinji TODOKORO
  • Patent number: 9266577
    Abstract: A riding toy, free from maintenance work like battery replacement and able to urge a rider to take exercise while preventing the rider from getting tired thereof, has one front wheel and two rear wheels that are provided rotatably on a body, a generating motor linked with the rear wheels via a power transmission mechanism, a rectifier bridge circuit rectifying an output current from the generating motor, a storage unit storing a direct current from the rectifier bridge circuit, button switches of a button group on the body or a handlebar, an output unit on the handlebar including a sound emitting device or a light emitting device and a control unit causing the light emitting device or the sound emitting device of the output unit to perform a predetermined operation in response to operation of the button switches based on a current supplied from the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Patent number: 9173529
    Abstract: A bath chair having a reclining mechanism with enhanced operability and durability. A backrest is rotatable provided to bearing members at a rear of a base, an operating shaft is laid across a back of the backrest, a lever is provided to a center of the operating shaft. The operating shaft is biased so that the lever is pressed downward; abutment members fixed to both ends of the operating shaft and a step member having a plurality of steps provided to a rear of the bearing member abut against each other to support the backrest. When the lever is pulled up, the abutment members are rotated upward, the abutment between the step members and the abutment members are released, and then the backrest can be adjusted its inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro
  • Publication number: 20150273352
    Abstract: To provide a toy vacuum cleaner with which a player enjoys playing by seeing the toy sucking air and dust and which is allowed to be played with long time joyfully without making buoyant objects dirty by the air sucked in, a toy vacuum cleaner is provided in which outside air is sucked from an intake port of an intake head into an interior of a vacuum cleaner main body via a dust pod provided at the rear of the vacuum cleaner main body, a front air compartment separated from the interior of the vacuum cleaner main body is provided at the front of the vacuum cleaner main body, buoyant objects are sealed in the front air compartment, and the air is discharged from the front air compartment to an exterior of the vacuum cleaner main body via a space compartment and an exhaust duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Shinji Todokoro