Patents by Inventor Ben Hsu

Ben Hsu 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: 7028739
    Abstract: A roller mount on the upper beam of a Venetian blind is made up of a bottom board, and a pair of opposite side boards wherein each side board thereof is provided with an arc opening through hole concaved at the upper edge thereof for a protruded fixing post of an adjusting wheel to be mounted thereon, and the bottom board thereof is equipped with a central round through hole and a pair of squared through holes with a pair of vertical supporting walls extending symmetrically between the central through hole and the squared through holes to define an elongated engaging chamber there-between for a roller to be housed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Patent number: 7028737
    Abstract: A Venetian blind for day/night use includes a fixed upper beam attached at the top of a door/window, a movable beam disposed beneath the fixed upper beam, and a lower beam disposed at the bottommost thereof wherein a light-penetrable folding blind (slats) with cord passing holes disposed thereon is attached between the fixed upper beam and the movable beam thereof, and a sheltering folding blind (slats) with cord passing slots distributed thereon is located between the movable beam and the lower beam thereof. The fixed upper beam has three equally spaced cord passages arranged at the bottom side thereon in alignment with three through holes disposed at the upper surface of the movable beam thereon. A sheltering-blind pull cord unit and a light-penetrable-blind pull cord unit are respectively led through engaging holes with locating members mounted therein at both lateral sides of the fixed upper beam thereof and extend downwards till fixedly tied up to the movable beam and the lower beam respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060060311
    Abstract: A slat structure for Venetian blinds includes a Venetian blind made up of rope ladders suspended between an upper and lower beams for supporting a plurality of blind slats located in an equal space thereto, and a pull cord led through cord-passage holes of the blind slats thereof respectively before wound around a pulley seat mounted at one end of the upper beam to hang downwards there-from so as to raise or lower the blind slats thereby wherein each blind slat is made in a hollow shape with a ventilation hole formed at the inner side thereof for better heat dissipation and insulation effects thereby, and the ventilation hole thereof has a plurality of vertically-extending support guide ribs properly disposed therein and integrally connected with the upper and lower inner walls thereof so as to provide a reinforcing support effect thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Patent number: 7000669
    Abstract: A locating device of a fan-like blind embodiment includes a door/window with a frame, a fan-like patterned blind embodiment attached at the top of the frame thereon, and a locating device adapted into a room exposed under the base of the patterned blind embodiment thereof wherein the locating device is made up of a retaining mount and a pair of supporting boards. The retaining mount thereof has an arc top surface to sustain the base of the blind embodiment in abutting location, a through hole to securely fix the retaining mount onto the top of the door/window frame thereby, and a coupling groove for protruded parts of the support boards to be inserted thereto for location thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds Inc. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060027341
    Abstract: A pull cord operation mechanism for blinds includes a fixing mount having a pair of slide grooves and a pivoting groove concaved at the upper edge of left/right sidewalls and a central reinforcing plate thereon respectively for retaining left/right roller ends and a linking shaft of a control member thereby, and a base board with a rectangular through hole precisely defined by the adjacent reinforcing support plate and one sidewall thereof. The fixing mount also has a pair of C-shaped engaging slots with lower openings disposed at the reinforcing support plate and one sidewall thereof to be registered with a pivoting rod of a retaining member thereby. The control member has a pair of cord passages symmetrically disposed at one side of the left/right roller ends thereon, and a pair of limiting stop rings of larger diameters protruding at one corresponding side of the two cord passages thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060027339
    Abstract: A variable roller blind structure includes a roller blind made up of more than one blind bodies that are respectively attached to the underside of a rotatable roller shaft and a stable roller shaft juxtaposed at an interval and mounted at the inner side of an upper beam. The blind body has a plurality of light-passable areas alternatively arranged with a plurality of black-out areas disposed at the surface thereon, and a winding unit is mutually engaged with the rotatable roller shaft to be controlled by an operating member that is pulled either clockwise or counterclockwise to actuate the movement of the rotatable roller shaft accordingly so as to control the rolling or unrolling operation of the blind body thereby. Via the structure above, the blind bodies of the roller blind can have it both ways with partial transparency and partial sheltering effect for privacy purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060021712
    Abstract: A pull cord structure of Roman blinds includes an upper beam of a Roman blind having a pull cord fixing seat mounted at both lateral sides therein respectively for locating a first pull cord and a second pull cord thereby, and a transparent blind body attached at the underside thereof wherein a plurality of blind pieces, each of an identical width and proper length and having a tubular tunnel disposed at the bottom edge thereon for the location of two counterweight bars therein, are equidistantly sewed to the front side of the transparent blind body from top to bottom thereof, and at mutual seaming joints thereof are respectively provided with symmetrical retaining lugs with hoops attached thereto for the first pull cord to be sequentially led there-through till fixed to the bottommost hoops thereof. At the rear middle section of the tubular tunnel of each blind piece is disposed a pulling lug for a linking rope branched from the second pull cord to be securely attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060021713
    Abstract: A novel roller blind structure includes a roller blind made up of a roller shaft, a side winder with a linkage member attached at both ends of the roller shaft respectively to be actuated by an operating member, and a pivoting post respectively protruding at the outer side of the side winder and the linkage member thereof to be mounted to an upper beam thereby wherein, when pulled by the operation member thereof, the side winders and the linkage member will actuate the roller shaft to rotate either clockwise or counterclockwise accordingly so as to control the rolling or unrolling operation of a blind body having an extension piece of a proper length preset at the lower section thereof to be wound backwards and led upwards to be levelly fixed to the inner wall of the upper beam thereof. A counterweight member is retained at the curving turn of the blind body thereof to neatly separate in space the extension piece thereof from a decoration piece disposed at the front section of the blind body thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050274466
    Abstract: A blind slat structure includes a Venetian blind having rope ladders mounted between an upper and lower beams for a plurality of slats to be sequentially led there-through and equidistantly abutted against for location thereby wherein the upper ends of the rope ladders are wound and located at mounting seats adapted at both inner lateral sides of the upper beam to control the rotation of the slats in different angles thereby, and a guide cord, fixed inside the upper beam at preset position relative to the mounting seats thereof, is extended downwards by the ends to sequentially pass through cord-passages holes disposed at the left/right sides of each slat thereof till both ends thereof coming out through the lower beam and stretched inwards to the middle section at the bottom side of the lower beam to be collected together by a retaining body with a pulling section suspending downwards for a certain length there-from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050274465
    Abstract: A blind slat control mechanism include a pair of first rope ladders mounted between an upper and tower beams of a Venetian blind for a plurality of slats to be equidistantly abutted against for location thereby, and the upper ends of the rope ladders are wound through adjustment rollers of mounting seats adapted at both inner sides of the upper beam to control the rotation of the slats in different angles thereby. A pull cord, led through cord-passage holes of each slat, is wound through a pulley seat mounted at one end of the upper beam to control the folding or unfolding operation of the slats thereby. A sliding guide plate is disposed at the corresponding side of both mounting seats thereof for a second rope ladder and a driving cord to be fixedly attached thereto respectively. The second rope ladder, bestriding the bottommost slat thereof in an U-shaped form, has a plurality of positioning steps alternatively astride the slats in odd or even number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050270592
    Abstract: A carrier structure is used in a scanner apparatus for carrying optical module back and forth in the scanner apparatus. The carrier structure comprises a housing, a rod, and at least one bearing having a fixed section. The rod inserts into the bearing and sets on the housing by the fixed section of the bearing. Thus, the housing moves along linear path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Lian, Ben Hsu
  • Patent number: 6966353
    Abstract: A retaining bracket structure for a cordless continuous folding blind including a pair of flexible retaining brackets. Each of the two flexible retaining brackets, of plastic materials, is made up of a pressing plate protruding at the middle section thereof, a pair of C-shaped clamping arms symmetrically extending at both sides of the pressing plate thereof, and a pointed hook bending inwards at each end of the C-shaped clamping arms thereof. In operation, the pressing plate of the flexible retaining bracket is applied from a front of the blind to abut against an upper side of the continuous folding blind collected from bottom to top at a desirable position, and the C-shaped clamping arm are bent downwards to extend backwards at the underside until the pointed hooks clamp from a rear of a top of the collected continuous folding blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds, Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Patent number: 6966530
    Abstract: An end securing device for a telescopic tube includes a vacuum sucker made up of a suction cup, a retaining piece, a control piece, and an activation piece to be mounted to both ends of a telescopic tube thereof respectively wherein the suction cup has a driven post protruding at one side of a conic suction space to be engaged with the retaining piece thereby, and the retaining piece has a registration column and a central through hole in sleeve engagement with a coupling groove of the control piece. The driven post of the suction cup led through an engaging through hole of the control piece is securely screwed up to a linkage rod of the activation piece thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050252088
    Abstract: Blind slats for door/window Venetian blinds include a door/window frame made up of a plurality of side brackets wherein the left and right side brackets are provided with a plurality of retaining holes disposed at the corresponding inner sides thereon respectively for blind slats to be mounted thereby, and a linkage rod is attached at the same side of the blind slats thereon. Each of the blind slats is formed of a flexible embodiment with a locating member attached at both shorter lateral sides thereon respectively to be registered with the retaining hole of the of the left/right side brackets thereof so as to attach the blind slat onto the door/window frame thereby. Via the flexibility thereof, each blind slat is capable of being pushed at both lateral sides thereof till slightly bent into an arc shape, permitting the locating members thereof to detach from the retaining holes of the left/right side brackets according to the deformation of the blind slat thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050252087
    Abstract: A blind slat assembly for door/window Venetian blinds includes a door/window frame made up of a plurality of side brackets wherein the left and right side brackets are provided with a plurality of retaining holes disposed at the corresponding inner sides thereon respectively for blind slats to be mounted thereto, and a linkage rod is attached at the same side of the blind slats thereon. A thicker locating rod is disposed at the center of the blind slat thereon, and a protruded coupling section is extending at both ends of the central locating rod thereof respectively to be registered with the retaining holes of the left/right side brackets thereof so as to attach the blind slat onto the door/window frame thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050252617
    Abstract: A Roman-type blind drapery structure includes a Roman-type drapery made up of a blind body wherein the blind body has an upper tubular section transversely disposed at the top edge thereon for an upper beam made of a major/minor telescopic rod to be led there-through, and both ends of the pull cord are led vertically downwards from the bottom edge of the upper tubular section to pass sequentially through a plurality of cord-passage hoops that are equidistantly seamed from top to bottom in axial position relative to the pull cord at the rear side of the blind body thereon. A lower tubular section is disposed at the tower section of the blind body for a rod-like counterweight to be located therein, and both ends of the pull cord are correspondingly drawn inwards and gathered up by a retaining piece to form a pulling section suspending downwards at the ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050252621
    Abstract: A roller mount on the upper beam of a Venetian blind is made up of a bottom board, and a pair of opposite side boards wherein each side board thereof is provided with an arc opening through hole concaved at the upper edge thereof for a protruded fixing post of an adjusting wheel to be mounted thereon, and the bottom board thereof is equipped with a central round through hole and a pair of squared through holes with a pair of vertical supporting walls extending symmetrically between the central through hole and the squared through holes to define an elongated engaging chamber there-between for a roller to be housed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050252618
    Abstract: A Venetian blind for day/night use includes a fixed upper beam attached at the top of a door/window, a movable beam disposed beneath the fixed upper beam, and a lower beam disposed at the bottommost thereof wherein a light-penetrable folding blind (slats) with cord passing holes disposed thereon is attached between the fixed upper beam and the movable beam thereof, and a sheltering folding blind (slats) with cord passing slots distributed thereon is located between the movable beam and the lower beam thereof. The fixed upper beam has three equally spaced cord passages arranged at the bottom side thereon in alignment with three through holes disposed at the upper surface of the movable beam thereon. A sheltering-blind pull cord unit and a light-penetrable-blind pull cord unit are respectively led through engaging holes with locating members mounted therein at both lateral sides of the fixed upper beam thereof and extend downwards till fixedly tied up to the movable beam and the lower beam respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Publication number: 20050250400
    Abstract: A temperature sensitive color variable fabric includes a cloth fabric or plastic fabric coated with a layer of printing ink to form diagram-decorated and color-changeable variation areas distributed at the surface thereon wherein the variation areas thereof are made up of temperature sensitive chemicals and color variable chemicals that are preset in different density. A transparent protective film of acrylic plastic is coated at the upper surface of the variation areas thereon to prevent the wearing or shading off of the variation areas thereof for protection thereby. In practical use, the cloth fabric or plastic fabric is capable of being applied to a wrapped covering of an ironing stand or a shower screen, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventor: Ben Hsu
  • Patent number: D514364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Ching Feng Blinds Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Hsu