Patents by Inventor Robert Chung Nam Chow

Robert Chung Nam Chow 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: 6264114
    Abstract: A drinking straw includes a straw, a fixed collar, and a moveable collar. The straw has an upper part having an open upper end for reception in the mouth of a user, a lower part having an open lower end for immersion in a liquid to be sucked through the straw by the user, a convoluted part provided between the upper and lower parts, a passageway extending through the fix collar and a side wall of the lower part of the straw, and a moveable collar for selectively closing and opening the passageway, whereby when the passageway is in an opening position inside the moveable collar, air is sucked into the straw through the passageway when liquid is sucked through the straw by the user, thereby to create vibrations in the convoluted part of the straw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Chung Nam Chow