Patents by Inventor Sally Meng

Sally Meng 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: 6061937
    Abstract: A crystal ball water sealing structure includes a hollow, transparent, spherical water container having a neck and an inside annular groove within the neck, a rubber stopper plugged into the neck of the spherical water container to seal the spherical water container in a water tight condition, the rubber stopper having an outward flange forced into engagement with the inside annular groove in the neck of the spherical water container and an inside annular groove, and a spring element mounted in the inside annular groove in the rubber stopper, the spring element imparting an outward pressure to the rubber stopper, causing the rubber stopper to expand radially and to engage with the periphery of the neck of the spherical water container so as to prevent a water leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventor: Sally Meng
  • Patent number: 6001433
    Abstract: A motion ornament includes a base, a transparent spherical shell mounted on the base at the top and holding a liquid on the inside, an ornament suspended in the liquid within the transparent spherical shell, a musical box mounted within the base and controlled to produce a music, a reciprocating mechanism coupled between the pinned barrel of the musical box and the ornament to reciprocate the ornament in the liquid within the transparent spherical shell upon the operation of the musical box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventor: Sally Meng
  • Patent number: 5989655
    Abstract: A crystal ball ornament includes a holder base, a light source mounted in the holder base, a transparent ball mounted on the holder base, the transparent ball holding a liquid and ornamental means in the liquid, a porous ornamental plate mounted on the holder base and spaced between the light source and the transparent ball, the ornamental plate having tiny holes showing a pattern, and a reflector mounted in the holder base to reflect light from the light source onto the transparent ball through the tiny holes on the ornamental plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Sally Meng