Patents by Inventor Chung Min Liao

Chung Min Liao 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: 20120330205
    Abstract: A posture correcting device includes a frame member having a column for engaging with a back portion of a user and having a predetermined shape for forcedly correcting a human posture of the back portion of the user, a beam laterally supported on top of the column and having a pair of curved hooks extended from the lateral beam for engaging with the shoulder portion of the user, and the frame member includes a bar laterally supported on bottom of the column and having an inner portion for engaging with a waist portion of the user, and the frame member includes a pair of straps attached to the lateral bar for engaging onto the waist portion of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Chung Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20050278878
    Abstract: A tooth brush includes a handle, a shank attached to the handle and having a housing, a casing disposed in the housing, and a paddle wheel rotatably received in the casing and having a shaft extended out of the casing. A rotary brush device is attached to the shaft of the paddle wheel, and includes a number of brush members for teeth brushing purposes. A water supplying device may be used to supply water into the casing, to drive and to rotate the paddle wheel relative to the casing, and to drive the brush members of the rotary brush device to brush teeth. The casing includes a cover having one or more orifices for allowing water to flow out through the orifices of the cover of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Li Wen Liao, Chung Min Liao, Brad Wang
  • Patent number: 6918861
    Abstract: An exerciser includes a foot support disposed on a base to support feet of users, a handle rotatably attached to the base with a shaft, a pulley secured to the handle, and a seat rotatably supported on the pulley to rotatably support the users. A cable may be coupled between the pulley and the foot support, to selectively couple the foot support to the handle via the pulley. The foot support includes a lever pivotally secured on the base, and the cable includes two ends coupled to the ends of the lever with brackets. Each of the brackets includes an end panel having a passage to receive a tube of a barrel which includes a passageway to receive the ends of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Inventors: Chung Min Liao, Wen Wan Tsai
  • Patent number: 6893182
    Abstract: A soap device includes a sheet of flexible netting-like material having a number of perforations and an outer peripheral portion, and a soap material is engaged into the perforations of the sheet of flexible netting-like material, and engaged onto the outer peripheral portion of the sheet of flexible netting-like material to form the soap device. One or more further sheets of flexible netting-like material may further be engaged into the soap material and superposed with the other sheets of flexible netting-like material. The flexible netting-like sheets may be formed into different roughness or coarseness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Chung Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20020187885
    Abstract: This invention is about a multi-functional exercise apparatus, whose main structure is comprised of one internal bar, two pulling components, two rollers and two handlebars. Pairs of spring buttons are positioned at the center and two ends of the internal bar, which helps to connect the internal bar with pulling components and handlebars with simplicity. While two rollers are attached to the internal bar, they are sandwiched by the pulling components and the handlebar. In addition, the extension of the bar sleeve of the pulling component includes an elastic rope that has foot strap at the other end and is used to secure feet to the apparatus. It is important to point out that the rollers can be removed at will, and the positions of the handlebar and the pulling components can be exchanged with each other to some extent for maximum benefit. Besides, the internal bar can be attached with a clamp for securing onto the door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Chung-Min Liao
  • Patent number: 5930913
    Abstract: This invention is a shoe dehumidifier, which consists of an air-processing unit and an air-distribution unit. The two units are joined through a retractable air duct. A fan and a heating element are located on the top portion of the air-processing unit. Air is drawn into the air-processing unit by the fan, and is then warmed and dehumidified by the heating element. Through the air duct, heated air is guided into air-distribution unit and driven into the shoe. Air routing grooves outside the air-distribution unit then evenly guide heated air to different locations inside the shoe, achieving an overall drying effect. The design of the retractable air duct allows the unit to be folded making it easy to transport and store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventors: Li-Wen Liao, Chung-Min Liao