Patents by Inventor Tiffany Chang Chen

Tiffany Chang 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).

  • Patent number: 10117533
    Abstract: A straw cup includes a container and a lid releasably attached to the container for closing a container open top. A lid body has a dispensing port and a vent each extending therethrough. The body further has a downward depending inner collar which surrounds the dispensing port. A straw extends through the dispensing port and has a mounting member provided at a lower end thereof. The mounting member is received in the inner collar and includes a flexible seal member having a downward frusto-conical shape. The seal member normally contacts an inner surface of the inner collar. The seal member is movable radially downwardly and away from the inner surface allowing an inward flow of air through the vent and over the seal member upon the introduction of a pressure differential across the vent where the pressure outside of the container is greater than the pressure inside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Tiffany Chang Chen, Vicente Jorge Valderrama
  • Patent number: 9993097
    Abstract: A drinking cup includes a container with an open top and defining a longitudinal axis. The container includes a neck having a plurality of first detents provided on an outer surface. A handle assembly includes a rim and at least one handle integrally formed with the rim. The rim defines an opening sized to receive the container neck. The handle assembly has a plurality of second detents shaped to mate with the first detents, wherein selective engagement of the first and second detents configured to allow incremental rotational movement of the handle assembly on the neck about the container axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Troy Hunter Phipps, Tiffany Chang Chen, Edward J. Laganis
  • Publication number: 20170340148
    Abstract: A straw cup includes a container and a lid releasably attached to the container for closing a container open top. A lid body has a dispensing port and a vent each extending therethrough. The body further has a downward depending inner collar which surrounds the dispensing port. A straw extends through the dispensing port and has a mounting member provided at a lower end thereof. The mounting member is received in the inner collar and includes a flexible seal member having a downward frusto-conical shape. The seal member normally contacts an inner surface of the inner collar. The seal member is movable radially downwardly and away from the inner surface allowing an inward flow of air through the vent and over the seal member upon the introduction of a pressure differential across the vent where the pressure outside of the container is greater than the pressure inside of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tiffany Chang Chen, Vicente Jorge Valderrama
  • Patent number: 9650183
    Abstract: A lid assembly for a drink container includes a cap, a wall and a valve member. The cap fits onto a drink container and includes a spout defining a drink passage and a vent opening offset from the drink passage. The wall depends downwardly from a lower surface of the cap and surrounds the drink passage and the vent opening. The valve member is selectively receivable within a cavity defined by the wall. With the valve member received in the cavity and the cap fit onto the drink container, a first seal isolates the vent opening from the drink passage, a second seal is movable with respect to the wall and selectively contacts the wall to selectively isolate the vent opening from liquid in the drink container, and a third seal selectively isolates the drink passage from liquid in the drink container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Tiffany Chang Chen, Troy Hunter Phipps, Thomas Chia Hanson, Joshua Wiesman
  • Publication number: 20170065111
    Abstract: A drinking cup includes a container with an open top and defining a longitudinal axis. The container includes a neck having a plurality of first detents provided on an outer surface. A handle assembly includes a rim and at least one handle integrally formed with the rim. The rim defines an opening sized to receive the container neck. The handle assembly has a plurality of second detents shaped to mate with the first detents, wherein selective engagement of the first and second detents configured to allow incremental rotational movement of the handle assembly on the neck about the container axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Troy Hunter Phipps, Tiffany Chang Chen, Edward J. Laganis
  • Publication number: 20170066567
    Abstract: A lid assembly for a drink container includes a cap, a wall and a valve member. The cap fits onto a drink container and includes a spout defining a drink passage and a vent opening offset from the drink passage. The wall depends downwardly from a lower surface of the cap and surrounds the drink passage and the vent opening. The valve member is selectively receivable within a cavity defined by the wall. With the valve member received in the cavity and the cap fit onto the drink container, a first seal isolates the vent opening from the drink passage, a second seal is movable with respect to the wall and selectively contacts the wall to selectively isolate the vent opening from liquid in the drink container, and a third seal selectively isolates the drink passage from liquid in the drink container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tiffany Chang Chen, Troy Hunter Phipps, Thomas Chia Hanson, Joshua Wiesman