Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles E. Baxley, Esq.
  • Belt buckle device
    Patent number: 6081973
    Abstract: A belt buckle device includes a frame having an engaging part for securely connecting one end of a belt and a plate extends from the frame and toward the engaging part. Two lugs respectively extend laterally from a rear side of the frame and a rotatable member is rotatably connected between the two lugs. The rotatable member has a protrusion extending radially outward from the rotatable member which is actuated by an actuating device to maintain the protrusion to be engaged with the belt passing between the rotatable member and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Wo-Chou Liu
  • Needle support for sewing machine
    Patent number: 6079342
    Abstract: A needle support for securing needles to a sewing machine includes a block having a flat surface for engaging with the flat portions of the needles. A cap is secured to the block and has one or more channels for engaging with the curved portion of the needle. The block may include one or more grooves and each having a flat surface for engaging with the flat portions of the needles. The block may include one or more curved grooves formed in the opposite surface for engaging with the curved portions of the needles whose flat portions are engaged with the flat surface of another cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Hsien Chang Tseng
  • Integrally formed swimming goggles
    Patent number: 6079054
    Abstract: A pair of swimming goggles includes two lenses, two padding members, a bridge, and a strap. The lenses, the padding members, and the bridge are integrally formed by a material that is transparent and flexible. Each lens is formed with an end edge and a front face that are resistant to stretching. A connecting section is formed on the end edge of each lens for connecting with an end of the strap. Each padding member is annular and directly formed on an inner side of an associated lens. Each padding member has a thickness smaller than that of the front face of the associated lens and that of the end edge of the associated lens to provide resiliency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Hose carrier
    Patent number: 6079675
    Abstract: A hose carrier includes an upwardly curved base for winding and for supporting a hose. A holder is secured to one side of the base and a wall secured to the other side of the base for stably retaining the hose in the base. A handle is detachably secured to the holder and the wall for carrying the base. The holder includes an extension for supporting the bottom of the base and includes a hook engaged with the base for securing the base to the holder. The wall has two legs engaged with two pairs of trails formed in the base for further securing the wall to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Shih Hao Hsu
  • Automatic stop mechanism for a rolling door
    Patent number: 6079524
    Abstract: An automatic stop mechanism for a rolling door includes two brake members mounted to the stop member which is removably engaged with the fixture, the stop member having a flange disengagably contacting the inclined flange to normally stop the rolling door, a handle pivotally connected to the fixture and connected to the first member and the second member so as to shift the stop member along the shaft of the motor, the two brake members each having a brake pad and located within the motor casing, when the rolling door runs downwardly fast and the normal stop mechanism fails, the two brake members are expanded due to the eccentric force to stop the door by the two brake pads contacting the motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Jin-Shan Hung
  • Optical clearance devices for adjustable wrenches
    Patent number: 6079300
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench includes a handle, a head connected to the handle and including a fixed jaw formed thereon and a movable jaw mounted thereon, an adjusting screw rotatably mounted in a web area between the handle and the head for moving the movable jaw relative to the fixed jaw, and a clearance retaining device having an end releasably engaged with the adjusting screw. The clearance retaining device is normally in a first free position not engaged with the adjusting screw. When the clearance retaining device is moved to a second retained position for fine adjustment, the adjusting screw is rotated through a pre-determined angle such that the movable jaw is slightly moved away from the fixed jaw for a pre-determined distance. The clearance retaining device is retained in the second retained position by the adjusting screw after such fine adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Socket having a light device
    Patent number: 6079846
    Abstract: A socket includes a barrel having a stem and one or more openings formed in one end. A cap is secured to the barrel and has an orifice for engaging with a driving tool and for allowing the cap and the barrel to be driven by the driving tool. A light device is received in the barrel and has a switch extendible outward through the orifice of the cap for allowing the switch to be depressed by the driving tool when the driving tool is engaged into the orifice of the cap and for allowing the light device to be energized and controlled by the driving tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Yung Hsu Huang
  • Socket receiving device
    Patent number: 6079559
    Abstract: A socket receiving device includes a base and a cover slidably mounted to the base which has a plurality of recesses for receiving sockets therein. A plurality of access openings are defined in a side of the base and respectively communicate with the recesses. The cover has a plurality of apertures separated by ribs and each aperture is located between the two adjacent recesses so that the socket in the recess is stopped by the rib. The cover has holes defined in a side thereof so that the socket can be removed from the hole corresponding thereto by adjusting the position of the cover relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Jack Lee
  • Lawn mower having reciprocating cutter blade
    Patent number: 6076265
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a housing, and two cutter members rotatably attached to the housing and rotated relative to each other in a reciprocating action, such that the cutter members may be actuated as a shearing action for cutting and trimming purposes. The cutter members are not required to be rotated in a high speed such that the grass cut by the cutter members will not fly out in a fast speed. Two followers are secured to the cutter members respectively, and two cams are engaged with the followers for rotating the followers and thus the cutter members in the reciprocation action relative to each other for forming the shearing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Chin-Chu Huang Lo
  • Compact tool holder for different tools
    Patent number: 6076665
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a casing having a number of receiving chambers defined therein for receiving tools of different functions. The casing further includes a holder chamber defined therein for receiving an end of one of the tools. A holder is mounted to the casing and includes an engaging end for releasably engaging with the end of a tool to be received in the holder chamber. The holder further includes a press end for disengaging the engaging end from the end of the tool to allow removal of the tool from the holder chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Louis Chuang
  • Clip device for newspapers
    Patent number: 6076687
    Abstract: A clip device for clamping newspapers includes a beam having a longitudinal groove for receiving a bar which has one end pivotally coupled to the beam at a pivot shaft and which is rotatable outward and inward of the groove. A sleeve is slidably engaged on the beam for engaging with and for retaining the bar in the groove of the beam. A spring may bias the sleeve to engage with the bar. The sleeve includes an ear extended inward of the groove and engaged with the spring, and includes a projection extended outward for allowing a user to move the sleeve easily. The beam includes two end caps secured to the ends for enclosing the ends of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Ming-Tsung Huang
  • Tool display rack
    Patent number: 6076669
    Abstract: A tool display rack includes a body with a first engaging member extending from the first end thereof in which a first aperture is defined, a limiting member connected to the body at its first end by a connecting plate and having a recess defined therein, a second engaging member extending from the second end of the limiting member so as to engage with the first aperture, a second aperture defined in the second end of the limiting member so as to receive the first engaging member so that a tool extends through the recess between the body and the limiting member and is limited by the limiting member. The tool can only be taken away from the body by cutting the second engaging member extending through the first aperture in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Hand Tool Design Corporation
    Inventor: David Ling
  • Treadmill having a folding mechanism
    Patent number: 6077200
    Abstract: A treadmill includes a stay and a tread base having a front portion pivotally coupled to the stay at a pivot shaft for allowing the tread base to be rotated relative to the stay about the pivot shaft between a horizontal position and an upright position. A handle device has an upper portion pivotally coupled to the stay and has a lower portion pivotally coupled to the tread base. The handle device may be rotated toward the stay for supporting the tread base when tread base is rotated from the upright position toward the horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Michael Lin
  • Foldable table for chair
    Patent number: 6073997
    Abstract: A foldable table includes a seat secured to a chair, a shaft pivotally secured to the seat at a pivot axle and rotatable from a horizontal position to a vertical position, and a board pivotally secured to the shaft at a pivot pin and rotatable relative to the shaft to a horizontal working position. A casing is secured to the board and includes a hub for rotatably receiving the shaft. A plate is secured to the casing and has a curved slot for receiving a fastener extended from the shaft and for limiting the rotational movement of the shaft relative to the board and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventor: Tuang Hock Koh
  • Tool box having spring-biased tool holder
    Patent number: 6070732
    Abstract: A tool box includes a housing having a chamber for rotatably receiving one or more tool holders each of which is pivotally secured to the housing at a pivot shaft. The tool holders may be used for holding the tool bits or the tool members. One or more springs are engaged with the tool holders for biasing the tool holders to rotate about the pivot shaft and to slightly elevate the tool members such that the tool members may be easily obtained. The tool box may include a cover for enclosing the chamber and for forcing the tool holders inward of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Ying Wu Chen
  • Tool display device
    Patent number: 6070746
    Abstract: A tool display device includes a backboard, a panel having an upper end pivotally connected to an upper end of the backboard, and a base plate having a first end pivotally connected to a lower end of the backboard and a second end releasably engaged with a lower end of the panel. The base plate includes bolts of various sizes to allow the buyer to try the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Safety protective hood assembly for a food blender
    Patent number: 6068398
    Abstract: A safety protective hood assembly for a food blender includes a fixed module including an annular supporting base having an underside defining an annular sliding groove, a slot defined in the supporting base, and a semi-conical fixed hood attached to the supporting base. A mobile module includes an annular sliding base slidably mounted in the sliding groove, a cavity defined in the sliding base, and a semi-conical movable hood attached to the sliding base to move therewith. When the movable hood is moved to a position where the movable hood and the fixed hood form a conical hood, the cavity aligns with the slot. A microswitch is attached to a supporting frame of the food blender and includes a retractable rod extending through the slot and the cavity when the cavity aligns with the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Chih Lin
  • Towel bar
    Patent number: D426095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Lien Fu Chen
  • Base for in-line roller skate
    Patent number: D426864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Chuck Chang
  • Sprayer device
    Patent number: D427281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Li Guo