Patents by Inventor Chen-Wan Lo

Chen-Wan Lo 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: 6089241
    Abstract: A dental flosser comprises a casing having a housing at one end for holding a supply of floss; a bent floss outlet section at the other end of housing forming an arc; an end hole in outlet section; a connecting rod disposed in casing between two ends; a slant body on front end of connecting rod; a flexible rod disposed in a channel in casing between ends thereof and having a slant groove connected with slant body of connecting rod; a switch connected to rear end of connecting rod including a protruding rod which is received in a hole in connecting rod; and a spring connected to casing and rear end of connecting rod. The tension of this flosser is adjustable and the flosser is free from external contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Chen-Wan Lo
  • Patent number: 5881744
    Abstract: A dental flosser for cleaning the spaces between the teeth is provided. The dental flosser includes a hollow interior casing of roughly E-section having a narrow end and a wide end, a first and a second support for supporting in proper tense of a segment of the floss, a first receiving space for receiving a coiled up floss, a L-shaped second receiving space for receiving a cutting unit, an enlarged circular interior abutting a rectangular interior inside the second support in addition with a pair of accesses for rotatably engaging a rotatable abutment therein. A segment of floss winds on a plurality of first posts and the top of the abutment and engaged with a plurality of second slotted posts inside the narrow end of the casing, and then drawn out from the first support and wind in a slot at, lower end of the abutment, inside the second support for rotatably adjusting the proper tense of the floss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Chen-Wan Lo