Patents by Inventor Yojiro Kinoshita

Yojiro Kinoshita 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: 7748783
    Abstract: In order to secure a shape retaining property of a support face of a backrest 1 of a chair, the backrest 1 for chairs comprises frame elements 21 and 22 arranged in pairs at right and left sides, a flexible support member 3 that bridges the frame elements 21 and 22 to support a load of a body of a seated person and an adjust mechanism that can change a bent degree of the support member 3 in multiple states and that can maintain the state against the load of the seated person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenji Teshima
  • Patent number: 7654616
    Abstract: The present claimed invention intends to provide a chair having a frame structure that is effective for securing a required strength without needless structure to reinforce the strength. The chair has a chair body A comprising a seat frame 12, a back frame 22 and a rib that reinforces between the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22, wherein the rib is formed to extend to a side direction so as to be used as an arm frame 71, and the seat frame 12, the back frame 22 and the arm frame 71 are continuously and integrally formed three-dimensionally, and openings 12a, 22a into which a mesh member 13, 23 to form a seating face is fitted are arranged at the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22 respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazutaka Ooki, Takeshi Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20080284230
    Abstract: In order to secure a shape retaining property of a support face of a backrest 1 of a chair, the backrest 1 for chairs comprises frame elements 21 and 22 arranged in pairs at right and left sides, a flexible support member 3 that bridges the frame elements 21 and 22 to support a load of a body of a seated person and an adjust mechanism that can change a bent degree of the support member 3 in multiple states and that can maintain the state against the load of the seated person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenji Teshima
  • Publication number: 20070267911
    Abstract: The present claimed invention intends to newly provide a convenient chair that is structurally easy to arrange an operating lever and that is easy for a seated person to see a position of the operating lever. The chair is so arranged that multiple seat support frames 41 extend from a center portion of a leg support post 3 toward a direction to be directed away gradually, undersurfaces of edge portions of a seat 1 are supported by distal end portions of the seat support frames 41, a portion locating both below the seat 1 and between the seat support frames 41, 41 lying next to each other is left open so that the portion can be used as a function adjusting space A1 through A3 where an operating part is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: KOKUYO FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazutaka Ooki, Takeshi Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20070228799
    Abstract: The present claimed invention intends to provide a chair having a frame structure that is effective for securing a required strength without needless structure to reinforce the strength. The chair has a chair body A comprising a seat frame 12, a back frame 22 and a rib that reinforces between the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22, wherein the rib is formed to extend to a side direction so as to be used as an arm frame 71, and the seat frame 12, the back frame 22 and the arm frame 71 are continuously and integrally formed three-dimensionally, and openings 12a, 22a into which a mesh member 13, 23 to form a seating face is fitted are arranged at the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22 respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: KOKUYO FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazutaka Ooki, Takeshi Fujiki
  • Patent number: 7134722
    Abstract: A simple arrangement of a chair allows transformation of the shape of a backrest. The chair has a transformable backrest and a backrest receiving member that supports a bottom end portion of the backrest in a slidable manner toward a certain direction and an operating lever to select and fix a position at which the backrest is slid and the backrest can be transformed in compliance with the position fixed by the operating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignees: Kokuyo Co., Ltd., Takano Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ueda, Yojiro Kinoshita, Toshiyuki Horiki, Toru Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 6945605
    Abstract: A chair includes a seat portion 1(1B), a seat support 2(2B) supporting the seat portion 1, a rear seat support 3(3B) extending rearwardly upwardly relative to the seat support 2(2B), and a slide mechanism X1 (moving mechanism XB) for causing the seat portion 1(1B) to slide back and forth relative to the seat support 2 (2B). The chair is provided with a locking mechanism 100C for locking the seat portion 6C at a desired position in the fore-and-aft direction selectively, and a lever 110C for operating the locking mechanism 100C, the lever 110C being located at a position allowing the lever 110C to move together with the seat portion 6C in the fore-and-aft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignees: Kokuyo Co., Ltd., Takano Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Ueda, Toshiyuki Horiki, Kazuyuki Itoh, Hiroyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: D514833
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yojiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: D517335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenji Teshima, Fritz Frenkler
  • Patent number: D520254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yojiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: D520764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenji Teshima, Fritz Frenkler
  • Patent number: D521755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenji Teshima, Fritz Frenkler
  • Patent number: D609943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Yoshimasa Kato, Hiromi Iwamuro, Hisashi Ejima, Takuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: D610838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kato, Takuya Kitamura, Yojiro Kinoshita, Hiromi Iwamuro, Hisashi Ejima
  • Patent number: D610839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Yoshimasa Kato, Hiromi Iwamuro, Hisashi Ejima, Takuya Kitamura
  • Patent number: D610840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kato, Takuya Kitamura, Yojiro Kinoshita, Hiromi Iwamuro, Hisashi Ejima
  • Patent number: D610841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kato, Takuya Kitamura, Yojiro Kinoshita, Hiromi Iwamuro, Hisashi Ejima
  • 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