Patents by Inventor Shiou Chang Lin

Shiou Chang Lin 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: 20210007453
    Abstract: A luggage piece includes a luggage housing and a personal accessory arrangement. The personal accessory arrangement includes a utility desk panel pivotally connected to the luggage housing to move between an idle position and a working position, wherein in the idle position, the utility desk panel is pivotally moved toward the luggage housing to align with the surrounding surface of the luggage housing, wherein in the working position, the utility desk panel is pivotally moved to be securely held at a predetermined angle of inclination with the surrounding surface for allowing a user to work on the utility desk panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Shiou Chang LIN
  • Patent number: 6012729
    Abstract: A luggage system has a dolly connector unit on each of a plurality of luggage pieces; and a dolly including a wheeled base; a handle frame including a parallel spaced pair of telescoping columns projecting from the base, a handle member being rigidly connected between the columns for manipulation of the dolly; a platform pivotally connected to the base on a platform axis proximate the handle frame and having an extended position perpendicular the handle frame and a retracted position against the handle frame, a support for contacting the roadway surface in the extended position of the platform for providing a rest position of the dolly wherein the platform is fixed parallel to the roadway surface with the wheels also contacting the roadway surface, the dolly also having a luggage connector unit supported on the handle frame for coupling the dolly connector units, at least one luggage piece being supportable partly on the platform and partly by the handle frame when the luggage connector unit is coupled to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: Shiou Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 5797617
    Abstract: A luggage system including a plurality of luggage pieces has a dolly connector unit including a latch plate member fixably located on each of the luggage pieces; and a dolly including a wheeled base. A handle frame including a parallel spaced pair of telescoping columns of first through last column members projecting from the base. A handle member being rigidly connected between the last column members of the columns for manipulation of the dolly. A platform is pivotally connected to the base on a platform axis proximate the handle frame and having an extended position perpendicular to the handle frame and a retracted position parallel to and proximate the handle frame, a support for contacting the roadway surface in the extended position of the platform for providing a rest position of the dolly wherein the platform is fixed parallel to the roadway surface with the wheels also contacting the roadway surface, the dolly also having an inclined transport position with the wheels rollably supporting the dolly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Shiou Chang Lin