Patents by Inventor Ching-Chong Liou

Ching-Chong Liou 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: 6789920
    Abstract: A stick type of Christmas ornamental light device, which comprises a round pipe is bent into a stick-shaped casing to be connected with a straight second casing having a smaller diameter; the cylindrical holes of the two casings are loaded with a lamp string; the plugs and sockets of the lamp string are left outside the casings; one end of one casing is mounted with a fastening sleeve, of which the center is furnished with a cylindrical hole for receiving a peg so as to facilitate the stick type of the ornamental casing to plant in the ground; then, both sides of a road can be ornamented with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Publication number: 20040042220
    Abstract: A stick type of Christmas ornamental light device, which comprises a round pipe is bent into a stick-shaped casing to be connected with a straight second casing having a smaller diameter; the cylindrical holes of the two casings are loaded with a lamp string; the plugs and sockets of the lamp string are left outside the casings; one end of one casing is mounted with a fastening sleeve, of which the center is furnished with a cylindrical hole for receiving a peg so as to facilitate the stick type of the ornamental casing to plant in the ground; then, both sides of a road can be ornamented with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5795189
    Abstract: A decorative lamp, in which the upper end of the outer socket is provided with a cylindrical hole, the bottom of the cylindrical hole has a rectangular plug channel, of which both sides are furnished with two copper plate slots respectively for receiving copper plates attached on two power wires. A rectangular guide hole is furnished under the rectangular plug channels, a surface of the rectangular guide hole provided with a semi-circular grooves. The rectangular guide hole enables an end plug having semi-circular grooves to hold power wires in the semi-circular grooves and a round slot on the end plug. The end plug is pushed into the rectangular guide hole of the outer socket. The power wires are fastened in place between the semi-circular grooves of the end plug and the outer socket so as to provide the power wires with more fastening force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5752765
    Abstract: An improved structure for an ornamental lamp, having an outer socket, a connection sleeve, a bulb, a fastening assembly, power wires and copper plates; the outer socket has a cylindrical socket hole in the upper end, and a rectangular plug slot in the lower part; a space between the lower cylinder and the rectangular plug slot is used for laying two power wires with copper plates; the power wires and the copper plates are mounted in positioning round holes and in the copper plate slots respectively. The fastening assembly and the power wires are plugged into the rectangular plug slot, and then the outer surface of the fastening assembly and the positioning slot side of the rectangular plug slot will be close contact each other; the power wires will be pushed into spaces between the positioning round holes of the fastening assembly and the curved surfaces of flanges in the outer socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5727872
    Abstract: A decorative lamp socket to be clipped on a figurative fixture, in which one end of the socket for mounting bulb has two symmetrical arm plates extended in one direction from one side of the socket; both ends of the arm plates are bent into hook parts facing each other oppositely; the inner surface of each hook part has a curved surface to be in close contact with the figurative fixture; the two hook parts form into an opening, with which the socket can be pressed to clip on a metal rod of the figurative fixture easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5649763
    Abstract: An improved decorative lamp structure, which has a shell socket with inner threads on the inner surface thereof so as to engage with a shell portion for decoration purpose; the other end of the shell socket has a cylindrical part, of which the outer surface is furnished with symmetrical vertical channels; between the vertical channel and the cylindrical hole, there is an even thickness and width so as to let at least one power wire pass through. A portion of the cylindrical surface without vertical channel is furnished with a round groove. The center of the cylindrical part has a cylindrical hole for receiving the socket housing, of which one end has a socket to be plugged with a decorative lamp. The socket housing extends into the center of the shell portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5526246
    Abstract: A positioning structure for a pattern of a decorative lamp string, which comprises a pattern frame being furnished with a plurality of fastening bases arrange at a regular short distance; each fastening base includes two fastening jaws on both sides of a connection strip on a pattern frame. In and between the two opposite fastening jaws, there is a channel for laying and holding power-supply wires. The fastening jaws each have a hook portion in opposite position, and each hook portion has a curved surface; the outer surface of the fastening jaw also has a round surface. The hook portion has a given resilient force for holding a socket in the pattern frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou
  • Patent number: 5410460
    Abstract: A positioning device for a Christmas light string, which comprises a plurality of lamp sockets, of which each is mounted with a decorative casing; the decorative casing includes a reflecting shade and a transparent shade; the center of the reflecting shade has a plug hole for receiving the lamp socket mounted with a spun-wire cable; the reflecting shade and the transparent shade can be assembled together by means of several fastening assemblies; the ring flanges of the reflecting shade and the transparent shade are furnished with at least two symmetrical positioning hooks, of which each includes an opening, a guide slot and a positioning slot for receiving two single wires respectively extended out of the lamp socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventor: Ching-Chong Liou