Patents by Inventor Yoichiro SETO

Yoichiro SETO 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).

  • Toy track
    Patent number: 12179124
    Abstract: A toy track of the invention includes a base member, a track member having a track surface portion where a toy vehicle can travel and biased into a deployed state where the track surface portion slopes down to a front relative to the base member, a lid member connected to the base member to be opened and closed and having a locked portion, and a locking member having a releasing projection disposed on the track surface portion of the track member in a stowed state and a locking portion for locking the locked portion to hold the lid member in a closed state. The lid member biases the track member into the stowed state when in the closed state, and the locking member releases locking of the locking portion on the locked portion when the releasing projection is pressed by the toy vehicle entering the track surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SEGA TOYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Yoichiro Seto
  • Toy track
    Patent number: 12064703
    Abstract: A toy track of the invention includes a base member, a track member having a track surface portion where a toy vehicle can travel and biased into a deployed state where the track surface portion slopes down to a front relative to the base member, a lid member connected to the base member to be opened and closed and having a locked portion, and a locking member having a releasing projection disposed on the track surface portion of the track member in a stowed state and a locking portion for locking the locked portion to hold the lid member in a closed state. The lid member biases the track member into the stowed state when in the closed state, and the locking member releases locking of the locking portion on the locked portion when the releasing projection is pressed by the toy vehicle entering the track surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEGA TOYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Yoichiro Seto
  • TOY TRACK
    Publication number: 20230035879
    Abstract: A toy track of the invention includes a base member, a track member having a track surface portion where a toy vehicle can travel and biased into a deployed state where the track surface portion slopes down to a front relative to the base member, a lid member connected to the base member to be opened and closed and having a locked portion, and a locking member having a releasing projection disposed on the track surface portion of the track member in a stowed state and a locking portion for locking the locked portion to hold the lid member in a closed state. The lid member biases the track member into the stowed state when in the closed state, and the locking member releases locking of the locking portion on the locked portion when the releasing projection is pressed by the toy vehicle entering the track surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Seiji MURAKAMI, Yoichiro SETO
  • Toy Track
    Publication number: 20210370191
    Abstract: A toy track of the invention includes a base member, a track member having a track surface portion where a toy vehicle can travel and biased into a deployed state where the track surface portion slopes down to a front relative to the base member, a lid member connected to the base member to be opened and closed and having a locked portion, and a locking member having a releasing projection disposed on the track surface portion of the track member in a stowed state and a locking portion for locking the locked portion to hold the lid member in a closed state. The lid member biases the track member into the stowed state when in the closed state, and the locking member releases locking of the locking portion on the locked portion when the releasing projection is pressed by the toy vehicle entering the track surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Seiji MURAKAMI, Yoichiro SETO