Patents by Inventor Bi-Hua Tsai

Bi-Hua Tsai 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: 20040068838
    Abstract: A handle for a suitcase includes an inner member composed of a plurality of units which are rotatably connected with each other in an axial direction thereof. A flexible fabric wraps the inner member and two ends of the flexible fabric are fixed to the suitcase. An outer casing has a passage defined longitudinally therethrough and the inner member and the flexible fabric are received in the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Bi-Hua Tsai
  • Publication number: 20040056036
    Abstract: A utensil has two interchangeably nesting pieces stacked one above the other to form therebetween a space typically for receiving ice cubes or hot water. A first piece has a recessed area and an annular flange extending from a first wall which encloses the recessed area. The flange has a ridge extending downwardly from an outer periphery thereof. A second piece has a receiving area enclosed by a second wall and a first leg portion extending downwardly from an underside of the second piece. The first leg portion of the second piece is sized to be engaged with an inner periphery of the first wall of the first piece thereunder. Alternately the first piece can be mounted on and above the second piece with the wall of the second piece engaged with an inside of the ridge of the first piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventor: Bi-Hua Tsai
  • Publication number: 20040004332
    Abstract: A luggage includes a bottom tube located at the underside of the luggage and two casters are retractably received in the two opening of the bottom tube. The two casters are connected to two links which are connected to two ends of a bar. The bar is supported on two springs and can be pressed to compress the spring by the retractable inner tube of the handle. The two casters are retracted in the bottom tube when the inner tube is located in retracted position, and the two casters pop out when the inner tube is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventor: Bi-Hua Tsai
  • Publication number: 20030150857
    Abstract: A meal box includes a bottom with a wall extending therefrom and food is received in the meal box. A skirt extends from the bottom and toward an opposite direction of the wall. A plurality of grooves are defined in an outer surface of the wall and a plurality of protrusions extend from an inside of the skirt. Two meal boxes are overlapped by receiving the protrusions in the grooves so that the two boxes can be well connected. A cover is removably mounted to the wall and includes an embrace portion which is engaged with the outer surface of the wall of the top meal box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Bi-Hua Tsai
  • Patent number: 6547248
    Abstract: A ball game set includes racket having a head and a handle. A first passage and a second passage respectively and co-axially defined through the handle and the head. The second passage is smaller than the first passage so as to form a shoulder at the conjunction of the first passage and the second passage. A hole is defined through two faces of the head and communicates with the second passage. A rod is inserted in the first passage and the second passage and has a flange. A spring is mounted to the rod and biased between the flange and the shoulder. A flexible cable connected to a bouncing ball is inserted in the hole and pressed by the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Bi-Hua Tsai