Patents by Inventor Shuzo Ishihara

Shuzo Ishihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20060073953
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus for applying desired stretch exercises while a user is sitting down on a chair or laying on his back. The exercise apparatus includes a portable frame, a leg supporting bag for fixedly supporting the legs of the user in the frame, and a sole pressing bag for pressing the soles of the user in the direction stretching the Achilles tendons. When the legs are fixed by the leg supporting bag, the soles of the user are pressed by inflating bags formed in the frame to stretch the Achilles tendons. The user can enjoy desired degrees of stretch exercises as well as massage on his legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara
  • Patent number: 6984197
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus for applying desired stretch exercises while a user is sitting down on a chair or laying on his back. The exercise apparatus includes a portable frame, a leg supporting bag for fixedly supporting the legs of the user in the frame, and a sole pressing bag for pressing the soles of the user in the direction stretching the Achilles tendons. When the legs are fixed by the leg supporting bag, the soles of the user are pressed by inflating bags formed in the frame to stretch the Achilles tendons. The user can enjoy desired degrees of stretch exercises as well as massage on his legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Skylite Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20050014612
    Abstract: A stretch exercise apparatus is durable, low cost, and easy to use for stretching the muscles extending from the bottom of the feet to all the way up to the back. The stretch exercise apparatus includes a base plate, a foot plate rotatably connected to the base plate, an angle adjuster established on either the base plate or the foot plate, engagement members established on the other base plate or foot plate without the angle adjuster to engage with the tip of the angle adjuster to set a desired angle, which greatly improves the ease of use. In a further aspect, a plurality of permanent magnets are embedded in both left and right foot pads on the foot plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20040005972
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus for applying desired stretch exercises while a user is sitting down on a chair or laying on his back. The exercise apparatus includes a frame, a leg supporting means for fixedly supporting the legs of the user in the frame, and a sole pressing means for pressing the soles of the user in the direction stretching the Achilles tendons. When the legs are fixed by the leg supporting means, the soles of the user are pressed by inflating bags formed in the frame to stretch the Achilles tendons. The user can enjoy desired degrees of stretch exercises as well as massage on his legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara
  • Patent number: D514175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Skylite Corporation Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara
  • Patent number: D619268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Skylite Corporation Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihide Sugiyama, Shuzo Ishihara