Patents by Inventor Thien Q. Ta

Thien Q. Ta 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: 6808078
    Abstract: A spiral tie and accessory rack includes an elongate supporting member that defines both a curved hook portion for supporting the rack from a closet rod and a downwardly extending straight core portion for rotatably receiving and supporting a plurality of annular pole segments thereon. The pole segments each carry at least one support arm and are provided with interlocking, angularly phase-shifted male and female features on their lower and upper surfaces, respectively. When the pole segments are properly stacked around the core portion so as to be mated to one another, the tie support arms are arranged to spiral around the inner supporting member. The rack may be supplied in kit form, and may also be converted to a table-top (standing) rack or a wall-mounted rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventor: Thien Q. Ta
  • Publication number: 20020190016
    Abstract: A spiral tie and accessory rack includes an elongate supporting member that defines both a curved hook portion for supporting the rack from a closet rod and a downwardly extending straight core portion for rotatably receiving and supporting a plurality of annular pole segments thereon. The pole segments each carry at least one support arm and are provided with interlocking, angularly phase-shifted male and female features on their lower and upper surfaces, respectively. When the pole segments are properly stacked around the core portion so as to be mated to one another, the tie support arms are arranged to spiral around the inner supporting member. The rack may be supplied in kit form, and may also be converted to a table-top (standing) rack or a wall-mounted rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Thien Q. Ta
  • Patent number: 6425490
    Abstract: A spiral tie and accessory rack includes an elongate supporting member that defines both a curved hook portion for supporting the rack from a closet rod and a downwardly extending straight core portion for rotatably receiving and supporting a plurality of annular pole segments thereon. The pole segments each carry at least one support arm and are provided with interlocking, angularly phase-shifted male and female features on their lower and upper surfaces, respectively. When the pole segments are properly stacked around the core portion so as to be mated to one another, the tie support arms are arranged to spiral around the inner supporting member. The rack may be supplied in kit form, and may also be converted to a table-top rack or a wall-mounted rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Inventor: Thien Q. Ta
  • Patent number: 5437378
    Abstract: A rack includes a plurality of horizontally disposed tie support arms which are rigidly fixed to a central pole. The tie support arms are so arranged as to spiral at least partly around the central pole. A hook is rotatably connected to a top portion of the central pole and is adapted to suspend the central pole from a closet rod. The rack facilitates quick and easy access to any one of a plurality of ties or similar items which are hung from the tie support arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Inventor: Thien Q. Ta