Patents by Inventor Yuji Kawakubo

Yuji Kawakubo 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: 8955871
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: TMSUK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Takamoto, Yuji Kawakubo, Kenichi Miyamoto, Katsuyuki Baba, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Ryuichi Kusaba, Yukihide Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20120133113
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus has a simple structure, is operable by a single person, imposes no strain on the person's back and lumbar part, etc., and can comfortably be used even if the person has injured-spine and so forth. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: TMSUK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Takamoto, Yuji Kawakubo, Kenichi Miyamoto, Katsuyuki Bba, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Ryuichi Kusaba, Yukihide Iwamoto