Patents by Inventor Hai Shum

Hai Shum 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: 6966031
    Abstract: A method and system of organizing and accessing Chinese words comprises word storage structures having words indexed by the meanings, by the radicals, by the strokes and by the usage frequency thereof; said storage structures separating the traditional form words and the simplified form words; said storage structures having reference linkage for the two forms; said storage structures using multiple listing for common words; said storage structures having mechanism for relocating words; said method and system utilizing existing regular computer components, utilizing existing Chinese operating systems and word processing programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Hai Shum
  • Patent number: 6401282
    Abstract: A mattress system, sofa, cushioned seat, and the like, having top surface made from rigid material which is divided into plurality of polygonal columns or spherical shapes and configured into a geometrical pattern in various size and shape which has the transversal width and the longitudinal length adding or reducing according to the user's preference. The top surface elements are correspondingly supported by plurality of resilient elements, which are pneumatic in general, adjustable to provide the preferable comfort, desirous top surface contour and prescriptive pressure at particular spots. The top surface elements and resilient elements are individually replaceable and exchangeable. The mattress, sofa, cushioned seat and the like can be retrofit or modified three dimensionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Hai Shum
  • Patent number: 5940893
    Abstract: Apparatus attached to an existing water closet for continuously evacuating odorous gas from the closet bowl through the overflow pipe and into the tank water during use of the water closet. A low voltage DC power supply and air blower are employed to create a vacuum situation inside a chamber sealed around the upper end of the overflow pipe. The chamber is assembled from four joined cylinders of varying size and shape. The odorous air is withdrawn from the bowl, compressed and exhausted into the tank water through an air duct having diffusers below the water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Hai Shum