Patents by Inventor lo N. Ku

lo N. Ku 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).

  • Motorized dispenser for continous strip food product and method of dispensing the product
    Patent number: 5579669
    Abstract: The combination of a dispenser and a strip of a food product and a method for dispensing the food product from the dispenser so that it can be used by a user of the dispenser. The strip comprises an elongated web of an edible material, e.g., gum, which is coiled up in a compact configuration having a free end portion. The dispenser comprises a housing for the strip, an outlet, a motor for advancing a desired length and most preferably any desired length of the free end portion of the strip out of the outlet, and a severing element for severing the desired length of the free end portion of the strip from the remaining portion of the strip to form a dispensed section of the strip which may be placed in the user's mouth while the remaining portion of the strip remains within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Basic Fun, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kind, Alan Dorfman, lo N. Ku