Patents by Inventor Taku Kumazawa

Taku Kumazawa 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: 20190274431
    Abstract: Provided is a chair including a support member that is at least a seat body and a backrest to support an occupant. The support member includes a composite portion at least a part of an outer periphery of the support member. The composite portion includes a first outer periphery that is a part of the first member and a second outer periphery that is a part of the second member. The first outer periphery and the second outer periphery are arranged to overlap each other in a thickness direction of the support member. In the composite portion, at least a part of the first outer periphery is formed into a thin portion thinner in the thickness direction than a part located on an outside of at least the part of the first outer periphery in the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 10258161
    Abstract: A chair in one aspect of the present invention comprises a leg body and a seat body. The leg body comprises a support frame that supports the seat body. The seat body comprises a frame body and a sheet-like member stretched across the frame body. The frame body has a positioning member provided on a back surface thereof that positions the seat body to be in a seatable state. An amount of protrusion of the positioning member is defined so that the positioning member contacts the frame body while a lowest part of the sheet-like member at the time the sheet-like member is deformed when a user sits down on the seat body is located above a top of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Publication number: 20180103762
    Abstract: A chair in one aspect of the present invention comprises a leg body and a seat body. The leg body comprises a support frame that supports the seat body. The seat body comprises a frame body and a sheet-like member stretched across the frame body. The frame body has a positioning member provided on a back surface thereof that positions the seat body to be in a seatable state. An amount of protrusion of the positioning member is defined so that the positioning member contacts the frame body while a lowest part of the sheet-like member at the time the sheet-like member is deformed when a user sits down on the seat body is located above a top of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 9872567
    Abstract: A chair in one aspect of the present invention comprises a leg body and a seat body. The leg body comprises a support frame that supports the seat body. The seat body comprises a frame body and a sheet-like member stretched across the frame body. The frame body has a positioning member provided on a back surface thereof that positions the seat body to be in a seatable state. An amount of protrusion of the positioning member is defined so that the positioning member contacts the frame body while a lowest part of the sheet-like member at the time the sheet-like member is deformed when a user sits down on the seat body is located above a top of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 9282823
    Abstract: A linking mechanism includes a convex linking member and a concave linking member, which are provided to each of the chairs aligned in a left and right direction. Each of the linking members is engaged with each other so that linkage of the neighboring chairs is realized. The convex linking member includes a convex-side mounting portion, an extending portion, a notch portion, and an engaging piece. The concave linking member includes a concave-side mounting portion, an engaging projection, and a pair of engaging wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Publication number: 20150282622
    Abstract: A chair in one aspect of the present invention comprises a leg body and a seat body. The leg body comprises a support frame that supports the seat body. The seat body comprises a frame body and a sheet-like member stretched across the frame body. The frame body has a positioning member provided on a back surface thereof that positions the seat body to be in a seatable state. An amount of protrusion of the positioning member is defined so that the positioning member contacts the frame body while a lowest part of the sheet-like member at the time the sheet-like member is deformed when a user sits down on the seat body is located above a top of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 9066595
    Abstract: The structure for mounting a seating body according to the present invention includes a seating body mounting portion, a leg mounting portion and a screw. The seating body mounting portion is provided to a back surface of a seating face of a seating body, and has a screw hole. The leg mounting portion is provided to a leg member, and includes a through-bore formed thereon into which a screw shaft can be inserted. The screw fixes the seating body mounting portion and the leg mounting portion. The seating body mounting portion contacts the leg mounting portion on a first region in which the screw hole is formed and on a second region which is spaced from the first region via a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 8960106
    Abstract: A desk includes a top panel and at least one leg portion. At least one of the at least one leg portion includes a pole-shaped leg pole that supports the top panel and a leg support that has at least a part abutting a floor surface and is attached to the leg pole so as to support the leg support. The leg support includes, as devices to connect with the leg pole, a pair of sandwiching portions that abut the leg pole and are capable of sandwiching the leg pole therebetween and a fastening device that fastens and connects the pair of sandwiching portions in a state where the leg pole is sandwiched by the pair of sandwiching portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 8951620
    Abstract: A frame member includes a frame body and a sheet member. The frame body has a front surface, a back surface, an opening penetrating in a front and back direction of the frame body, and a protruding portion. One of the front surface and the back surface has an attachment groove. The sheet member constituted by a mesh-like member is stretched over the opening. The protruding portion is configured such that, after the sheet member is arranged in an area where the protruding portion is to be formed, a material for the frame body in an unsolidified state is filled and is solidified, to thereby form the protruding portion together with the frame body and fix the sheet member in a stretched state over the opening. The sheet member has reached one of the front surface and the back surface along an inner circumferential surface of the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D756140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D761047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D770823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D797486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D853143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D873579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D873595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D883000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D885100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D885101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AICHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: D896539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa