Patents by Inventor Ping Phan

Ping Phan 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).

  • Drinking straw
    Patent number: 10779667
    Abstract: A drinking straw including first and second straw portions. The second straw portion is configured to be removably attachable to the first straw portion. At least a portion of a through-channel is defined between the first and second straw portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventor: Ping Phan
  • DRINKING STRAW
    Publication number: 20200138216
    Abstract: A drinking straw including first and second straw portions. The second straw portion is configured to be removably attachable to the first straw portion. At least a portion of a through-channel is defined between the first and second straw portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Ping Phan
  • Beverage container with non-manual lid operation
    Patent number: 10561262
    Abstract: A lid assembly configured to close an opening in a vessel holding a liquid. The lid assembly includes a drinking port, plunger member, and drive assembly. The plunger member is moveable between closed and open positions with respect to the drinking port. The plunger member prevents the liquid from flowing through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the closed position and allows the liquid to flow through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the open position. The drive assembly includes drive circuitry that automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the open position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in a drinking position. The drive circuitry automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the closed position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in other than the drinking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Ping Phan, Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Naiqiang Zhang, Mark Freeman, Scott Jarnagin
  • BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH NON-MANUAL LID OPERATION
    Publication number: 20180263392
    Abstract: A lid assembly configured to close an opening in a vessel holding a liquid. The lid assembly includes a drinking port, plunger member, and drive assembly. The plunger member is moveable between closed and open positions with respect to the drinking port. The plunger member prevents the liquid from flowing through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the closed position and allows the liquid to flow through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the open position. The drive assembly includes drive circuitry that automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the open position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in a drinking position. The drive circuitry automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the closed position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in other than the drinking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ping Phan, Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Naiqiang Zhang, Mark Freeman, Scott Jarnagin