Patents by Inventor Ben M. Hsia

Ben M. Hsia 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).

  • Patent number: 7275997
    Abstract: A swing device includes a seat member, a pair of swing arms that are connected to the seat member, and a driving unit including an axle that is secured to one of the swing arms, a swingable member that is secured to the axle, a pair of studs that project from the swingable member, and a driving element including a driving rod that has a bent middle segment and two opposite bent end segments, each of which extends from the middle segment in a first direction away from the middle segment, passes over a respective one of the studs, and then turns in a second direction toward the respective one of the studs, and each of which has a free end portion that is disposed adjacent to and that is engageable with the respective one of the studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 7103194
    Abstract: A wall hanged audio arrangement, which is adapted for mounting on a wall surface to communicatively connect with a video device, includes an artistic casing having a front artistic surface, a rear wall installing surface, a side peripheral surface, and an operation cavity defining therewithin, a wall mounting device for mounting the rear wall installing surface of the artistic casing on the wall surface, and an audio device, which is received in the operation cavity, including an audio unit and an audio outlet which is provided on the side peripheral surface of the artistic casing and electrically connected to the audio unit for communicating with the video device. Therefore, the wall hanged audio arrangement forms as an artistic work to hang on the wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6976686
    Abstract: A detachable front guider arrangement for incorporating with a stroller includes a front guider and a pair of coupling devices for detachably coupling two ends of the front guider with two front leg frames of a front frame of the stroller respectively. Each of the coupling devices includes a locking latch outwardly protruded from the respective front leg frame and a joint member mounted on the end of the front guider and detachably coupled with the front leg frame. A locking groove is formed on the joint member and arranged to engage with the locking latch so as to lock up the joint member on the front leg frame. Therefore, the front guider is capable of detachably attaching to the front frame of the stroller by securely mounting the joint members on the front leg frames respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6923467
    Abstract: A stroller, which incorporates with a car seat fastening arrangement, includes a stroller frame for substantially supporting a car seat thereon. The car seat fastening arrangement includes a holding belt extended from the stroller frame and a connecting unit securely locked up the two ends of the holding belt to form a holding loop, having a predetermined length, for encirclingly holding the car seat on the stroller frame through the fastening slot. Therefore, the car seat is securely supported on the stroller frame and firmly fastened by the two ends of the holding belt connecting with each other through the fastening slot of the car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6901619
    Abstract: A swimming pool mattress, for floatably supporting a user on a water surface includes a plurality of floatable mattress members, each having two engaging end portions and a mattress surface extending between the two engaging end portions, and at least two spacedly apart frame holders respectively engaging the two engaging end portions of each of the mattress members in a detachably connecting manner. Therefore, the mattress members are retained between the two frame holders to align the mattress surfaces of the mattress members to form a floating platform for supporting the user to rest thereon and to float on the water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6901613
    Abstract: A dual-use playpen includes a hollow body, a separating member, and a frame member. The hollow body has first and second open ends opposite to each other. The separating member is mounted in the hollow body between the first and second open ends so as to partition the hollow body into a first region having a first depth, and a second region having a second depth smaller than the first depth. The frame member includes a first frame portion framing the first open end, a second frame portion framing the second open end, and a plurality of connecting rods extending and connected between the first and second frame portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6880850
    Abstract: The seat unit of a stroller includes a seat frame mounted on a stroller frame, a backrest frame unit, and a pad assembly. The backrest frame unit includes a backrest support mounted on the seat frame, and a movable frame member connected pivotally to the backrest support and pivotable from a folded position, where the movable frame member is disposed proximate to the backrest support to form a seating space adapted for seating of a baby therein, to an unfolded position, where the movable frame member extends inclinedly from the backrest support to form a reclining space adapted for reclining of the baby therein. The pad assembly includes a seat pad, a back pad and a backrest pad mounted on the seat frame, the backrest support and the movable frame member, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6877761
    Abstract: The seat unit of a stroller includes a seat frame mounted on a stroller frame, a backrest frame unit, and a pad assembly. The backrest frame unit includes a backrest support mounted on the seat frame, a movable frame member connected pivotally to the backrest support and pivotable between folded and unfolded positions, and a foldable link member having opposite ends connected pivotally and respectively to the backrest support and the movable frame member. The pad assembly includes a seat pad, a back pad and a backrest pad mounted on the seat frame, the backrest support and the movable frame member, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Publication number: 20040245747
    Abstract: The seat unit of a stroller includes a seat frame mounted on a stroller frame, a backrest frame unit, and a pad assembly. The backrest frame unit includes a backrest support mounted on the seat frame, and a movable frame member connected pivotally to the backrest support and pivotable from a folded position, where the movable frame member is disposed proximate to the backrest support to form a seating space adapted for seating of a baby therein, to an unfolded position, where the movable frame member extends inclinedly from the backrest support to form a reclining space adapted for reclining of the baby therein. The pad assembly includes a seat pad, a back pad and a backrest pad mounted on the seat frame, the backrest support and the movable frame member, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6755435
    Abstract: A sports utility stroller includes a boundary frame including a top and bottom frame to form a playpen cavity therebetween, a stroller frame including a pair of side frames, which supports two sides of the boundary frame, each including a first side frame leg and a second side frame leg pivotally connected with each other, and a pair of locking arrangements for securely locking up the two side frames so as to retain the boundary frame at an unfolded position, wherein at the unfolded position, a top frame is lifted up from the bottom frame to form the playpen cavity having a predetermined depth, and at a folded position, the first and second side frame legs are pivotally folded to drop the top frame towards the bottom frame, so as to minimize the depth of the playpen cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6752471
    Abstract: A stroller wheel structure includes a wheel frame and a stroller wheel coaxially mounted thereto. The wheel frame includes a hub body for rotatably mounting to a stroller and a ring shaped rim body, which is coaxially mounted to the hub body, having a first side, an opposed second side, and a plurality of transverse through slots spacedly provided on the rim body to communicate the first side with the second side. The stroller wheel includes a solid core wheel body having a ring shaped coaxially mounted on the rim body, two spaced apart sidewalls radially extended from inner circumferential edges of the wheel body to cover the first and second sides of the rim body respectively, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs integrally extended between the sidewalls through the transverse through slots of the rim body respectively, so as to substantially mount the stroller wheel around the wheel frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Publication number: 20040090044
    Abstract: A detachable front guider arrangement for incorporating with a stroller includes a front guider and a pair of coupling devices for detachably coupling two ends of the front guider with two front leg frames of a front frame of the stroller respectively. Each of the coupling devices includes a locking latch outwardly protruded from the respective front leg frame and a joint member mounted on the end of the front guider and detachably coupled with the front leg frame. A locking groove is formed on the joint member and arranged to engage with the locking latch so as to lock up the joint member on the front leg frame. Therefore, the front guider is capable of detachably attaching to the front frame of the stroller by securely mounting the joint members on the front leg frames respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6701547
    Abstract: A foldable frame includes a supporting frame, which is adapted for supporting a boundary shelter thereto, including a pair of first supporting arms in a parallel manner and a pair of second supporting arms connected to the first supporting arms end to end respectively, a pair of U-shaped folding arms each having two upper ends pivotally connected to the two first supporting arms respectively, and a securing device attached between each bottom portion of the folding arms and each of the second supporting arms of the supporting frame to retain an unfolded distance between the two bottom portions of the folding arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6702316
    Abstract: A stroller, which incorporates with a car seat fastening arrangement, includes a stroller frame for substantially supporting a car seat thereon. The car seat fastening arrangement includes a holding belt extended from the stroller frame and a connecting unit securely locked up the two ends of the holding belt to form a holding loop, having a predetermined length, for encirclingly holding the car seat on the stroller frame through the fastening slot. Therefore, the car seat is securely supported on the stroller frame and firmly fastened by the two ends of the holding belt connecting with each other through the fastening slot of the car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6698773
    Abstract: A detachable mounting arrangement, for a stroller front guard adapted to transversely extend from a seat frame of the stroller to form a front boundary thereof, includes two joint members provided at two ends of the front guard for detachably mounting on the seat frame, wherein each of the joint members has a base joint having two supporting walls to mounted on the seat frame. Each joint member further has at least a locking slot provided on one of the supporting walls and has an opening formed at an edge of the respective supporting wall. Two locking shanks, which are provided on two sides of the seat frame, each has a neck portion protruded from the seat frame and arranged to slide into the locking slot so as to lock up the joint member on the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6695410
    Abstract: An adjustable support system of seat structure includes two side supporting units foldably extended from two vertical sides of the back panel, at least an elongated element having a predetermined length of holding portion extended from the back panel through the two side supporting units respectively, and an adjustable locker securely locked up two free end portions of the elongated element for adjusting the length of the holding portion of the elongated element, so as to adjust a folding angle between each of the side supporting units and the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Publication number: 20040032103
    Abstract: A stroller, which incorporates with a car seat fastening arrangement, includes a stroller frame for substantially supporting a car seat thereon. The car seat fastening arrangement includes a holding belt extended from the stroller frame and a connecting unit securely locked up the two ends of the holding belt to form a holding loop, having a predetermined length, for encirclingly holding the car seat on the stroller frame through the fastening slot. Therefore, the car seat is securely supported on the stroller frame and firmly fastened by the two ends of the holding belt connecting with each other through the fastening slot of the car seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: 6675413
    Abstract: A lightweight bottom wall structure for playyard, pen, and cot, which includes a boundary frame constructed to support a fabric made boundary shelter, wherein the lightweight bottom wall includes a bottom frame supported at a bottom portion of the boundary frame and defines a central window. A bottom wall includes a first layer having a tension surface and a second layer overlapped with the first layer to define a receiving groove between the first and second layers, wherein the bottom frame has a size and shape adapted to be fittedly received in the receiving groove so as to mount the first layer covering the central window to form the tension surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: D485690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
  • Patent number: D486965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: Ben M. Hsia