Patents by Inventor Chung-Hsin Liu

Chung-Hsin Liu 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: 6517151
    Abstract: A simple safety fastening latch for leisure chair comprises a slidable latch member mounted on an upper tubular portion of a foldable leg and a pivotal member fastened to a lower tubulare portion of the leg. The latch member has an inside wall which has a plurality of first ridges formed thereon. The pivotal member has a tongue section formed at an upper edge thereof. The tongue section also has a plurality second ridges formed thereon. When the latch member is slid to the tongue section, the first ridges will engage with the second ridges to enable the leisure chair be positioned securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030025360
    Abstract: A folding structure for chairs comprising a front support, a first loading member, a rear support, a second loading member and two armrests pivotally engaging with one another to form a folding chair that may be folded or extended rapidly. When the chair is folded, the rear support is located in the first loading member and the first loading member is located in the front support, and the front support and the two armrests are folded towards each other, and the first loading member and second loading member are folded towards each other. The resulting folding chair has a shorter length and smaller thickness, and makes carrying and storing more convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030025362
    Abstract: An improved folding chair comprises two side frames each having a front leg, a rear leg, and a linkage bar bridged the front leg and the rear leg, and a first loading bracket and a second loading bracket. The linkage bars are coupled respectively with a tubular rod which is turnable on the linkage bar. The tubular rods respectively attach to a first and a second toggle bar which are pivotally engaged on a toggle joint. The first and the second loading bracket have respectively a first side bar and a second side bar which are pivotally engaged with the first and the second toggle bar in a cross and staggered manner. The first and the second side bar have respectively one end engaged with each other on another toggle joint, and connect respectively a first loading bar and a second loading bar to form a seating zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030025361
    Abstract: A chair folding structure comprises two handles being divided into two pivotal sections for being assembled with two front and rear chair legs; each of the rear chair leg being firmly secured to a first and a second axial connecting portion; a first shaft being axially connected to the axial covers connected with two connecting rods and sliding covers movable along the rear leg; a third axial connecting portion is installed on the sliding covers adjacent to the axial connecting covers; a back frame being assembled between the two handles; the back frame having two lateral rods assembled to the third axial connecting portion and a first joint rod set connected to the lateral rods. A force is applied to the first joint rod set to drive the two lateral rods to push the third axial connecting portion. Thereby, the sliding cover moves along the rear leg. Meanwhile, by the front leg, the driven rod is rotatable to drive the front chair leg by pivotally connecting the second axial means to move toward the rear leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030024563
    Abstract: An improved tent frame includes post sets located at four ends. Every two neighboring post sets engage respectively with a first linkage rod set and a second linkage rod set. The first linkage rod set of one post set and the second linkage rod set of a neighboring post set are pivotally engaged with each other through a first driven rod set and a second driven rod set which in turn are pivotally engaged with each other through toggle joints in a cross and staggered manner. There is a center pole located in the center of the tent frame engaging with four passive bar sets. Each of the passive bar sets attaches to the juncture of the first and second driven rod set. The first and second linkage rod sets, the first and second driven rod sets, and the passive bar sets are pivotally engaged with one another through toggle joints, and are movable by the post sets for extending or folding the tent frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030025379
    Abstract: An improved side frame for loading planes of tables and chairs comprises a frame having a loading section which has one end extended to form an extended section which in turn connects an eave section. The eave section and the loading section forms an anchor section therebetween for holding loading members to form a loading plane for a table or a chair to support the weight of people or goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030024562
    Abstract: A tent frame structure comprises an axis member and a plurality of brackets pivotally engaging with the axis member. Each bracket includes a first rod set, a second rod set pivotally engaging with the first rod set and a post means pivotally engaging with the second rod set. The post means is movable outwards to extend the first rod set, the second rod set and the post means for extending and stretching the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030024289
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing loading plane border frame tubes for chairs utilizes continuous roll-forming processes to roll a base material to form loading plane border frame tubes for use on chairs. The processes include: transport a steel sheet to a roller leveler for flattening; then roll the steel sheet through a first roller calender, a second roller calender, a third roller calender, and a fourth roller calender to form a semi-finished tube; send the semi-finished tube to a high frequency generator for welding and soldering at high temperature; trim the semi-finished tube in a trimming machine; and roll the semi-finished tube through a fifth roller calender to form a finished tube of a selected shape for making border frames of loading planes of the chairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030020313
    Abstract: A structure for adjusting backrest frame inclined angle of a chair includes a support frame pivotally engaged with a backrest frame to form the chair and two adjusting seats mounted to two sides of the support frame. The adjusting seats may match inclined angles of the backrest frame. There are two adjusting bars fastening to two sides of the backrest frame and having a displacement rod bridged therebetween. The adjusting bars may be moved to actuate the displacement rod changing displacements in the adjusting seats thereby to adjust the inclined angle of the backrest frame to give an user sitting on the chair most comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030020318
    Abstract: An improved loading plane for tables and chairs comprises at least one loading element, one connecting element and one bordering element. A plurality of the connecting elements and a plurality of the loading elements are engaged to form a loading plane which may be wound in a roll or folded. After the loading elements and the connecting elements are engaged and assembled, the bordering elements may be bonded to the edges of the loading elements to provide ornamental effect to the loading elements and to protect people from injuring by the edges of the loading elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030019511
    Abstract: An angle adjusting mechanism for hanging parasols includes a hollow housing member and an anchor means located in the housing member. An adjusting element with a turning member located at a lower end thereof is housed in the housing member for fastening a supporting bracket. The turning member may be turned for a selected displacement in the housing member to change the angle of a hanging parasol relative to the supporting bracket to block sunshine, and a displacement element of the anchor means may be moved to constrict the adjusting element at a selected position to keep the hanging parasol stationary at the selected angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030019404
    Abstract: An extensible table includes a first support frame consisting of a plurality of rods for supporting a first carrier member, and a second support frame pivotally engaged with the first support frame at a pivotal axis which serves a fulcrum to allow the second support frame moving a selected displacement to support a second carrier member. The second carrier member is pivotally engaged with the first carrier member at one side through a pivotal element. The second carrier member may be extended about the pivotal element and supported by the second support frame to couple with the first carrier member to form an extended table with a larger area for holding goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030020305
    Abstract: An improved folding chair comprises two support frames and toggle joint bars bridging the two support frames about an axis in a cross and staggered manner to form a seating zone. The two opposing inner sides of the front post and the rear post of the support frames have respectively a hollow coupling sleeve mounted thereon to couple with two ends of a linkage bar. The coupling sleeve has an extending stepwise pivotal neck to couple with a tubular rod to attach the toggle joint bars such that the toggle joint bars are turnable about the axis to turn the tubular rod about the pivotal neck to allow the support frame and the toggle joint bars folding toward one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030015228
    Abstract: An adornment for mounting a crank which is to control extension and folding of an umbrella includes a first shell located between the umbrella shaft and a crank arm of the crank, and a second shell encasing another side of the umbrella shaft and matching and engageable with the first shell. The first and second shell have respectively a matching symmetrical first coupling section and a second coupling section to engage with a matching first fastening cap and a second fastening cap movable on the umbrella shaft for a selected displacement to form a completed adornment for the crank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030016995
    Abstract: A fastening structure for tubular apparatus includes a transfer tube element fixedly fastened to the top end of a first tube member having one end formed a first collar section by extrusion, and a second tube member having one end tapered to form a first neck section matching the first collar section. The second tube member further extends from the first neck section to form a free end coupling section with an anchor plug fixedly engaging therein. The transfer tube element is fastened to a sealing element through engaging a fastener with the anchor plug thereby to form a secured and sightly fastening among the first and second tube member and the transfer tube element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030010262
    Abstract: An improved fastening structure for fastening a table top (1) and a leg frame (2) includes an anchor element (11) fixedly attached to the table top (1), and a displacement element (22) coupled to the leg frame (2) and movable thereon for engaging with the anchor element (11) through a fastener (3) such that the table top (1) is detachable from the leg frame (2) to form a smaller size to facilitate storing and transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030011095
    Abstract: A method for fabricating imitative stone furniture mainly utilizes non-stone raw materials to fabricate and form substrates of various shapes desired, then evenly cover the surfaces of the substrates with a coating material, then dry and cure the coating material until the coating material solidified to form an imitative stone layer on the surfaces of the substrates. The resulting substrates may be used to fabricate various types of furniture such as tables and chairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030011233
    Abstract: An improved chaise lounge comprises a frame resting on the ground surface for supporting human weight and a pad for people to sit or lie thereon. The frame and pad have respectively at least one fastening section formed at a location matching each other. The fastening sections are coupled by an elastic element. The elastic element provides elastic force to give people of different weights more comfortable feeling when sitting or lying on the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030010261
    Abstract: An improved table frame for fastening loading members includes a fastening section extending from a table frame and a plurality of anchor elements fastened to the table frame at locations corresponding to the fastening section. Each anchor element has a first anchor ledge fastened to the table frame and an anchor flange opposing the fastening section to form a housing space therebetween. The housing space has a height matching the thickness of a loading member for holding the loading member. The anchor elements are fastened to the table frame through fasteners thereby allow the loading member held securely on the table frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Publication number: 20030011218
    Abstract: A symmetrical leg frame for chairs is located at two sides of a chair frame. The leg frame at each side consisting of a front leg support and a rear leg support. The front leg support and the rear leg support have respectively an inner curvy and symmetrical side surface facing each other, and have respectively a bottom end engaging with a foot pad to compensate the angle formed by the front and rear leg support when contact ground surface so that the chair may stand on the ground surface steadily when extended. The front leg support and rear leg support are shaped in a symmetrical curve to augment aesthetic appealing of the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu