Patents by Inventor Shih-Chi Chen

Shih-Chi Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20030148255
    Abstract: A reversible colorful writing apparatus includes a reversible writing board composed of a plurality of coloring picture tubes each filled with a plurality of immiscible coloring liquids in each coloring picture tube and suspended with a miniature magnet within each picture tube, and an inkless writing pen having a stepping-motor control circuit provided within the writing pen; whereby upon moving of the pen on the board, the stepping-motor control circuit will drive the miniature magnet forwardly (or reversely) in each picture tube to drive the immiscible coloring liquids forwardly (or reversely); and upon setting of the magnet at a specific position in the tube, a specific coloring liquid corresponding to such a specific magnet position will be driven to the top surface of the picture tube to display such a specific color on the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Shih-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20030031863
    Abstract: An adhesive tape prewound on a reel includes a plurality of short cutting slits equally-spaced and pre-cut in a side edge portion lengthwise of the tape; whereby upon an initial tearing of the tape from each short cutting slit, the tape will be severed easily, safely and manually without the aid of a cutting knife.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventor: Shih-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 5790989
    Abstract: A hygienic pad for toilet seat includes: an upper layer made of soft, durable and flexible sheet material of annular shape, and a bottom layer having a plurality of sector members made of materials having suitable coefficient of friction to be frictionally held on a toilet seat and secured to a bottom surface of the upper layer, whereby upon folding of the plurality of sector members of the bottom layer to be concealed in the upper layer, the hygienic pad will be folded, and stored for convenient reuse without contacting a bottom surface of the bottom layer which may be contaminated by dirts in the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Shih-Chi Chen