Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Kanou

Takayoshi Kanou 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: 11533998
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Publication number: 20220031073
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Patent number: D856057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D857435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D857437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D865423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D865424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D882977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D882979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D883688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D884377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D895335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Yojiro Kinoshita