Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles E. Baxley, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6277054
    Abstract: An exerciser includes a base having a front post and having a pair of cranks rotatably secured to the rear portion. A pair of bars are pivotally secured to the posts and each has a bottom pulley for supporting a track which is coupled to the cranks. A pair of levers have one end coupled to the bars and the other end slidably engaged on the tracks for supporting foot supports. A pair of slides are slidably received in the bars and coupled to the cranks. The bars each includes a rotatable bolt threaded with the slides for moving the slides along the bars when the bolts are rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Hai Pin Kuo
  • Patent number: 6272827
    Abstract: A rake device includes a rake secured to the front end of a rod, and another rake pivotally secured to the rod at a lateral pivot shaft. The rakes may be rotated toward each other to grasp leaves and grass. One of the rakes includes one or more cams, and the other rake includes one or more actuators for engaging with the cams and for rotating the rakes toward each other. A frame is secured to the rod and having a number of apertures for receiving the tines of one of the rakes which is coupled to a handle that may move the tines relative to the frame to a folding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Shih Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 6273845
    Abstract: A magnetic load applying device includes a plate secured on a spindle, and a rotating disc rotatably secured on the spindle and having a peripheral fence engaged on the plate. One or more arms each supports one or more magnets and each has one end rotatably secured to the plate for moving the magnets toward and away from the peripheral fence of the rotating disc and for adjusting the brake torque of the magnets applied onto the rotating disc. One or more springs may bias the arms and the magnets toward the peripheral fence of the rotating disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Jiann Bang Liou
  • Patent number: 6257874
    Abstract: A flame adjusting device for a gas burning device includes a flame adjusting wheel securely mounted to a disk of a valve on a gas tank and a neck extends from a side of the flame adjusting wheel and a ring is mounted to the neck. A protrusion extends from the ring and is accessible for the users. When shifting the protrusion, the ring and the flame adjusting wheel rotate to adjust the gas released via the valve. When a user wants to change the volume of gas released via the valve, he/she holds the protrusion and rotates the flame adjusting wheel so that the disk of the valve is rotated while the ring is remained still.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventor: Arlo H. T. Lin
  • Patent number: 6250183
    Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a cartridge having one end engaged in a handle and having an orifice for rotatably receiving a gear of a sleeve. One or more tool members may be engaged in the sleeve for driving various kinds of fasteners. A ratchet device is engaged in the cartridge for controlling the driving direction of the sleeve relative to the cartridge. A pair of pawls are slidably received in a pair of channels of the cartridge and are biased to engage with the gear. The gear may be selectively disengaged from the gear to control the driving direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Shu Chi Chiang
  • Patent number: 6243902
    Abstract: A tool handle device includes a handle having a base and a cover pivotally secured to the base for enclosing the interior of the base. The cover includes one or more retainers for securing tool members to the handle. The base includes one or more spaces for receiving the tool members and a tool, such as a plier device, particularly a foldably plier device. The handle includes two end pieces, the base is secured between the end pieces. An opening is formed between the end pieces for receiving the cover. A block is secured to a driving stem for receiving tool bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Yung Hsu Huang
  • Patent number: 6246838
    Abstract: A camera includes a casing having an optical device disposed in the front portion and a film disposed in the rear portion. One or more image sheets are detachably securing to the middle portion of the casing and between the film and the optical device by magnetic members. The magnetic members of the casing or the magnetic members of the image sheets are different from each other for checking the image sheets at the correct position. The casing includes a window having an additional image sheet for checking whether the image sheets are at the correct position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Chao Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 6241538
    Abstract: A power supply plug structure for a notebook computer includes a housing, two elongated sheet-shaped connecting legs, and two conducting pieces. An operation space is formed in the housing and has two sides each defining a receiving recess. Two opposite pivot holes are each defined in the operation space. Each of the two connecting legs is pivotally mounted in the receiving recess and includes a rotation shaft having two ends each having a pivot axle received in the pivot hole of the housing. A drive gear is mounted on the rotation shaft, and a conducting hook is integrally formed on the rotation shaft. Each of the conducting pieces detachably contacts with the conducting hook when the two connecting legs are pivoted to a fixed position. A plurality of meshing driven gears each mesh with the drive gear of the rotation shaft of each of the two connecting legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: GME-Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 6220298
    Abstract: A faucet includes a tubular body having an open end with a filter member received in the tubular body and the filter member has an outlet defined through one of two ends thereof. The tubular body has a head member connected to the open end thereof and the tubular body has an engaging tube which is connected to the outlet of the filter member. The head has a separating plate through which two apertures are defined and the engaging tube communicates one of the apertures. A valve device is pivotably received in the head member and has a first hole and a second hole defined through therein which alternately communicate with the two holes of the head member by operating the valve device so that the water filtered by the filter member flows from the first hole and the water not filtered flows from the second hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Mu Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 6164172
    Abstract: A tool includes a handle having one or more orifices formed in one end for receiving tool members and having a peripheral groove communicating with the orifices for allowing the users to view and to obtain the required the tool member. The handle includes one or more chambers and one or more cavities communicating with each other for receiving tool members. A driving stem is secured to the handle for driving the tool members. A telescopic tube is further engaged in the handle and has a magnet extendible to attract the tool members. A door may enclose the chamber of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Yung Hsu Huang
  • Patent number: 6146116
    Abstract: A pumping device includes a main body having a passage defined therein and communicated with an air source. A retainer is slidably received in the main body and includes a chamber communicated with the passage of the main body. A nozzle is received in the chamber of the retainer and includes a nozzle passage communicated with the chamber. A plastic nozzle head is securely mounted in the main body and includes a valve chamber defined therein and communicated with the nozzle passage. A lever is provided for switching the retainer between a first inoperative position and a second operative position in which when the retainer is switched to the second operative position, the retainer exerts an inward force upon an outer periphery of the plastic nozzle head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventors: Scott Wu, Louis Chuang
  • Patent number: 6145413
    Abstract: A tool includes a handle having a bore for slidably receiving a stop and a link. The link has one end pivotally coupled to the stop for allowing the link to be rotated relative to the stop when the link is extended outward of the handle. A driving stem is pivotally coupled to the link for allowing the driving stem to be rotated relative to the link when the link is extended outward of the handle. A ratchet mechanism is disposed in the handle and is selectively engaged with the stop for controlling the driving direction of the driving stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Ching Chou Lin
  • Patent number: 6138682
    Abstract: A portable put out device for cigarettes includes a heat-durable casing including an ash compartment and a butt compartment. A heat-durable meshy plate is mounted in the ash compartment. An upper lid is pivotally mounted to an open upper end of the casing. A heat-durable bottom plate is removably mounted to and thus encloses an open lower end of the casing. A carriage member is secured to the casing to allow the put out device to be attached to an article worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: Chin I. Lai
  • Patent number: 6135457
    Abstract: A dart board includes a score portion and a zero zone, the zero zone having a plurality of apertures defined by longitudinal ridges and latitudinal ridges, each of the longitudinal ridges and latitudinal ridges has two inclined surfaces defined in two sides thereof so that when the dart hits the ridges, the tip of the dart will be guided into the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Yiu
  • Patent number: D441424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Wen Li Guo
  • Patent number: D444955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Inventor: Tung-Hua Su
  • Patent number: D445144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Inventor: Ta Hai Lin
  • Patent number: D446651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Youn Chyuan Liao
  • Patent number: D446825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Olaf John Gabrielsen
  • Patent number: D433114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: Ching-Wen Liu