Patents by Inventor Simon Yiu-Chung Liu

Simon Yiu-Chung Liu 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).

  • Method for storing a bread slicing guide
    Patent number: 5823079
    Abstract: The new bread slicing guide includes a base member and a pair of guide members mounted with respect to the base member for pivoting movement about respective pivot axes. The pivot axes are under the base member so that the guide members may be folded toward and substantially against one another for storage. Each guide member is retained in a bread slicing position or a storage position by a position retention mechanism having a cavity and a raised portion generally conforming in shape to the shape of the cavity. A new method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: The West Bend Company
    Inventors: Simon Yiu-Chung Liu, Cheng Yue-Chun
  • Bread slicing guide with foldaway storage feature
    Patent number: 5653154
    Abstract: The new bread slicing guide includes a base member and a pair of guide members mounted with respect to the base member for pivoting movement about respective pivot axes. The pivot axes are under the base member so that the guide members may be folded toward and substantially against one another for storage. Each guide member is retained in a bread slicing position or a storage position by a position retention mechanism having a cavity and a raised portion generally conforming in shape to the shape of the cavity. A new method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The West Bend Company
    Inventors: Simon Yiu-Chung Liu, Cheng Yue-Chun
  • Bread slicing rack
    Patent number: D389380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: West Bend Company
    Inventors: Simon Yiu-Chung Liu, Cheng Yue-Chun