Patents by Inventor Kee Y. Hwang

Kee Y. Hwang 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: 9332695
    Abstract: A modular plant container includes a top having a plurality of inflow openings for receiving fluid. A bottom has a plurality of outflow openings for allowing the fluid to exit. A structure between the top and the bottom includes openings that allow light to reach a plant within the modular plant container. The structure forms a plurality of fluid paths. Each fluid path extends from one of the inflow openings in the top an associated outflow opening in the bottom. Each fluid path has a gap sized to allow a diverter. The diverter when present, divert fluid to a target location within the modular plant container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventor: Kee Y. Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160100530
    Abstract: A modular plant container includes a top having a plurality of inflow openings for receiving fluid. A bottom has a plurality of outflow openings for allowing the fluid to exit. A structure between the top and the bottom includes openings that allow light to reach a plant within the modular plant container. The structure forms a plurality of fluid paths. Each fluid path extends from one of the inflow openings in the top an associated outflow opening in the bottom. Each fluid path has a gap sized to allow a diverter. The diverter when present, divert fluid to a target location within the modular plant container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kee Y. Hwang
  • Patent number: 6915800
    Abstract: A water intake prevention device for a snorkel includes an outer housing that is affixed to the airway tube of a snorkel. The outer housing includes a plurality of inlet openings to allow the intake of air. An inner housing of the device includes a float that moves in an interior of the inner housing. When a diver drops to a depth at which the snorkel is underwater, water flows into the air inlets. The water raises the float within the interior of the inner housing, so that a tapered upper end of the float seals an airway opening, thereby preventing the flow of water through the airway. The inlet openings of the outer housing must be below and isolated from the airway opening in the inner housing and isolated from the airway of the snorkel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Kee Y. Hwang
  • Patent number: 6179719
    Abstract: A golf ball dispenser is comprised of a housing with a funnel for receiving golf balls which are simply poured in. A sloped track is connected between an aperture on the bottom of the funnel and a hole on a side of the housing. A lever arm has an inner end positioned through the hole and hinged to the housing. The lever arm is biased to an up position by a weight on the inner end. An agitator is positioned adjacent the aperture on the funnel and linked to the inner end of the lever arm by a rod for agitating the balls into the aperture whenever the lever arm is operated. A hump is provided at an intermediate point along the track for stopping the balls before they reach the hole in the housing. A ratcheting tab has one end hinged to the inner end of the lever arm, and another end positioned below the hump in the track. When the lever arm is pivoted down by a golf club, the golf ball at the hump is lifted by the ratcheting tab over the hump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Kee Y. Hwang
  • Patent number: 5975600
    Abstract: A tubular golf ball retrieving and dispensing device that includes a tubular main body for storage of the retrieved balls with an open retrieving/dispensing end. A one-way detent obstructs the retrieving/dispensing end so that balls may be forced past the detent into the storage tube, but the balls will not exit the tube past the detent until a release mechanism retracts the detent. A handle at the distal end of the storage tube includes a triggering device for the release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Kee Y. Hwang