Patents by Inventor Chang-Cheng Lai

Chang-Cheng Lai 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).

  • Publication number: 20070245638
    Abstract: A sauna includes an upright wall, a base, and a top; the upright wall includes posts each having two lengthways extending grooves, and cavities; the wall has transverse rods, which have tenons fitted into the cavities of the posts, and which have grooves; the wall has panels, which are fitted in the grooves of the posts and the transverse rods at edges; the base and the top are joined to lower and upper ends of the wall, and each include a frame having one inward circumferential groove, and cavities; panels are fitted in the grooves of the frames at edges, and supported with longitudinal and transverse rods, which have tenons fitted in the cavities of the frames; the longitudinal and the transverse rods have spaced gaps; the longitudinal rods are fitted in the gaps of the transverse rods; the transverse rods are fitted in the gaps of the longitudinal rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Chang-Cheng Lai
  • Patent number: 7159935
    Abstract: A chair includes two lateral supports, a seat connected to the lateral supports, a back, a footrest, and two pivotal bars; the seat has a loop-shape; the back is passed through the seat, and pivoted to rear upper portions of the lateral supports at a middle portion thereof; the back has several back supporting bands connected to the seat so as to be under a space within the seat; the footrest is pivotally connected to a lower end of the back at a rear end thereof; the pivotal bars are pivoted to respective ones of front portions of the lateral supports at upper ends thereof, and they are pivotally connected to a middle portion of the footrest at lower ends thereof; thus, a sitter can change the position of the back and the footrest by means of changing his/her body position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: Chang-Cheng Lai
  • Publication number: 20060220421
    Abstract: A chair includes two lateral supports, a seat connected to the lateral supports, a back, a footrest, and two pivotal bars; the seat has a loop-shape; the back is passed through the seat, and pivoted to rear upper portions of the lateral supports at a middle portion thereof; the back has several back supporting bands connected to the seat so as to be under a space within the seat; the footrest is pivotally connected to a lower end of the back at a rear end thereof; the pivotal bars are pivoted to respective ones of front portions of the lateral supports at upper ends thereof, and they are pivotally connected to a middle portion of the footrest at lower ends thereof; thus, a sitter can change the position of the back and the footrest by means of changing his/her body position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Chang-Cheng Lai