Patents by Inventor Ming Tak Yau

Ming Tak Yau 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).

  • Self-erecting and collapsible shelter
    Patent number: 6360760
    Abstract: A self-erecting, collapsible fabric shelter structure whose armature comprises two or more panels, each formed by a resiliently flexible filiform loop, and a pair of resiliently bendable arcuate rods tensioned between each two adjacent panels. A piece of cloth is spread between the loop of each end panel to form the end walls, and another over the rods to form the roof of the structure. Each panel can be folded into three small rings by a 360 degree twist of its loop, causing the associated rods to conveniently coil around the rings to form a compact package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Billwin Auto Accessories Limited
    Inventors: Hang Wai Louie, Ming Tak Yau
  • Self-erecting, collapsible and foldable dome structure
    Patent number: 6311709
    Abstract: A self-erecting, collapsible and foldable dome structure comprises an armature formed by two unconnected loops of resiliently flexible wire concentrically and orthogonally intersecting at the center of the structure, and being bent into a dome shaped configuration. The fabric cover comprises two commensurate cruciform sheets joined around their peripheries to form an envelope containing the armature, and a series of gore panels filing the gaps between the arms of the cruciform envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Billwin Auto Accessories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wai Hang Louie, Ming Tak Yau