Patents Assigned to Soft Lines, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6824546
    Abstract: A device for removing unwanted hair, including a hair-plucking assembly, and a vibration assembly, a driving assembly, and a housing. The hair-plucking assembly includes two groups of disc assemblies that remove hair as they rotate. As the hair-plucking assembly removes hair, the vibration assembly vibrates to massage the area of hair removal to minimize discomfort associated with the hair removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Soft Lines, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wai-Wah Yiu
  • Patent number: 6559367
    Abstract: The present invention offers an adjustable, versatile windless windchime activation device, which can be modified to accept and activate many different varieties of windchime assemblies. The magnetic repulsive force between an electromagnet located within the windchime activation device and a permanent magnet positioned on a sail, which sail attaches to the sound inducing member of a windchime assembly, activates the windchimes in the absence of wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Soft Lines, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wai-Wah Yiu
  • Patent number: 6436106
    Abstract: A device for removing unwanted hair, including a hair-plucking assembly, a vibration assembly, a driving assembly, and a housing. The hair-plucking assembly includes at least two groups of disc assemblies that remove hairs as they rotate. In an alternative embodiment, disc assemblies are arranged in at least two rows, where disc assemblies arranged in one row rotate in an opposite direction to disc assemblies arranged in another row. As the hair-plucking assembly removes hair, the vibration assembly vibrates to massage the area of hair removal to minimize discomfort associated with the hair removal. In addition, an illumination mechanism may be added to the hair removal device to illuminate the hair removal area so as to help the user see the progress of hair removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Soft Lines, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wai-Wah Yiu
  • Patent number: 6159222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a depilatory device having a compressible coil spring positioned between two arms which may be used to grasp and pluck hair for temporary hair removal or to radiate radio waves to permanently destroy hairs that are either proximal to the coil spring or held between the coils of the coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Soft Lines Ltd.
    Inventor: Wai-Wah Yiu