Patents by Inventor Chao Chin Lin

Chao Chin Lin 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: 6196366
    Abstract: A foldable suitcase has a foldable middle disposed between a base and an upper shell, a wheel device secured to the base, and a retractable support having a pair of posts secured to the base and a pair of tubes slidably received in the posts and having an upper portion secured to the upper shell for supporting the suitcase at a working position and a folded position. A fixed or extendible handle device is further attached to the upper shell for carrying the suitcase. The posts are secured in the suitcase for allowing the zippers of the suitcase to be easily operated by the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Chao Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 6179101
    Abstract: A foldable suitcase has an upper shell and a retractable support secured to the suitcase for supporting the suitcase at a working position and a folded position. The support is pivotally secured to the suitcase for allowing the support to be folded between an upright position and a lay down position and to be folded toward the suitcase to a compact folding structure. A handle may be fixed to the upper shell or may be extended outward of the upper shell for carrying the suitcase. The support may be folded relative to the suitcase by the actuation of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Chao Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 6047798
    Abstract: A foldable luggage article has an upper portion and a wheel device secured to a base. A retractable handle device is secured to the upper portion of the luggage article for supporting luggage article at the expanded working position when the handle device is extended and at the folded position when the handle device is retracted. The handle device includes a pair of posts secured to the base and a pair of tubes slidably engaged on the posts and a pair of pipes slidably engaged in the posts for extending the length of the handle device. The posts may also be folded relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Chao Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 5708241
    Abstract: A sliding type switch includes a non-conductive housing enclosing chamber. A non-conductive board is securely mounted in an upper portion of the chamber and includes at least three pairs of slots defined therein. At least three pairs of conductive prongs respectively extend through the slots in the board, each conductive prong having a conductive shoe formed at a bottom thereof. A non-conductive slide member is slidably mounted in a lower portion of the chamber. The slide member defines two elongated troughs in which an inner bottom wall defining each elongated trough has a stub formed thereon. An elastic element is mounted in each trough and includes a mediate portion with a hole defined therein through which the associated stub extends for positioning the elastic element, and a first limb and a second limb which extend upwardly from the mediate portion and away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Inventor: Chao-Chin Lin