Patents by Inventor Hofman Y. Li

Hofman Y. Li 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: 5503284
    Abstract: A container for storing and pouring liquids includes a single continuous wall forming a top, a bottom and sides thereof. The container has lower, intermediate and upper chambers, each chamber separated from the other by partitions formed as part of the continuous container wall. The partitions and the opposing walls of the container define orifices therebetween. The partitions prevent the lower chamber from being emptied of the liquid when the container is rotated to a horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Inventor: Hofman Y. Li
  • Patent number: 5123575
    Abstract: A container for storing and pouring a liquid, such as motor oil, has top, bottom, and lateral walls, a spout extending upwardly from the top wall, and two interior partitions, which are horizontal in an upright position of the container. Each partition defines an orifice extending between such partition and a side wall. The partitions divide the container into primary, secondary, and tertiary chambers. The primary chamber, which is the lowest chamber when the container is upright, has a volume sufficient to contain a predetermined quantity of motor oil. The secondary and tertiary chambers have substantially smaller volumes. The partitions prevent the primary chamber from being emptied of a liquid, when the container is rotated in a prescribed direction, unless the container is inverted sufficiently to incline, at an angle of approximately 8.degree. from horizontal, a planar surface being defined by each partition and facing the other partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventor: Hofman Y. Li