Patents by Inventor Tong Jin Kim

Tong Jin Kim 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: 11412855
    Abstract: Furniture configurable between a display configuration and a storage configuration that eases transport and storage and reduces the furniture footprint. The furniture includes an upper region that has seating and a backrest, and a lower region that is below the upper region and adapted to engage a support surface beneath the furniture when in the display configuration. In combination, the upper and lower regions define at least first and second sections of the furniture that are coupled by at least one hinge so that the first section comprises a first portion of the upper region and a first portion of the lower region and the second section comprises a second portion of the upper region and a second portion of the lower region, and the at least one hinge is configured so that the first and second sections pivot toward each other when the furniture is in the storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tong Jin Kim, Henry James Hathaway, Alexander M. Rockhold, Fernando Herrera
  • Patent number: 11166867
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Publication number: 20210153658
    Abstract: Furniture configurable between a display configuration and a storage configuration that eases transport and storage and reduces the furniture footprint. The furniture includes an upper region that has seating and a backrest, and a lower region that is below the upper region and adapted to engage a support surface beneath the furniture when in the display configuration. In combination, the upper and lower regions define at least first and second sections of the furniture that are coupled by at least one hinge so that the first section comprises a first portion of the upper region and a first portion of the lower region and the second section comprises a second portion of the upper region and a second portion of the lower region, and the at least one hinge is configured so that the first and second sections pivot toward each other when the furniture is in the storage configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tong Jin Kim, Henry James Hathaway, Alexander M. Rockhold, Fernando Herrera
  • Publication number: 20200330314
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: 10779654
    Abstract: Chairs, stool assemblies, and systems for constructing furniture. Such a chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. Such a stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. Such a system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10695257
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Publication number: 20190105223
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: 10251806
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Publication number: 20190090640
    Abstract: Chairs, stool assemblies, and systems for constructing furniture. Such a chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. Such a stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. Such a system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10136730
    Abstract: A chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. A stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. A system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20180021204
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: 9763849
    Abstract: A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: D796858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: D800087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TALK-A-PHONE COMPANY
    Inventors: Samuel Shanes, Clarence Wong, Khushroo Kali Patel, Jordan Karol, Joshua Ryan Skorich, Michael Douglas Prince, Tong Jin Kim, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D807793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: D812919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: D817299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TALK-A-PHONE CO.
    Inventors: Samuel Shanes, Clarence Wong, Khushroo Kali Patel, Jordan Karol, Joshua Ryan Skorich, Michael Douglas Prince, Tong Jin Kim, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D834458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paterson, Tong Jin Kim, Kegan McDaniel, Luke Westra
  • Patent number: D834555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TALK-A-PHONE COMPANY
    Inventors: Samuel Shanes, Clarence Wong, Khushroo Kali Patel, Jordan Karol, Joshua Ryan Skorich, Michael Douglas Prince, Tong Jin Kim, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: D834556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TALK-A-PHONE CO.
    Inventors: Samuel Shanes, Clarence Wong, Khushroo Kali Patel, Jordan Karol, Joshua Ryan Skorich, Michael Douglas Prince, Tong Jin Kim, Christian Kulujian