Patents by Inventor Wanki Kevin Choi

Wanki Kevin Choi 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).

  • Grasping tool
    Patent number: 11992922
    Abstract: A grasping tool (10) has a pair of elongate arms (20) attached via a hinge element (26). The elongate arms (20) provide gripping surfaces (28) for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element (30) extends from each of the elongate arms, (20) spaced a distance from the proximal end (22). Each elongate arm (20) is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element (30) is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms (20) are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: INOOBI, INC.
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • GRASPING TOOL
    Publication number: 20230256570
    Abstract: A grasping tool (10) has a pair of elongate arms (20) attached via a hinge element (26). The elongate arms (20) provide gripping surfaces (28) for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element (30) extends from each of the elongate arms, (20) spaced a distance from the proximal end (22). Each elongate arm (20) is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element (30) is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms (20) are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • Grasping tool
    Patent number: 11660730
    Abstract: A grasping tool (10) has a pair of elongate arms (20) attached via a hinge element (26). The elongate arms (20) provide gripping surfaces (28) for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element (30) extends from each of the elongate arms, (20) spaced a distance from the proximal end (22). Each elongate arm (20) is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element (30) is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms (20) are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INOOBI, INC.
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • Grasping tool
    Patent number: 11511395
    Abstract: A grasping tool has a pair of elongate arms attached via a hinge element. The elongate arms provide gripping surfaces for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element extends from each of the elongate arms, spaced a distance from the proximal end. Each elongate arm is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INOOBI, INC.
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • GRASPING TOOL
    Publication number: 20220212318
    Abstract: A grasping tool (10) has a pair of elongate arms (20) attached via a hinge element (26). The elongate arms (20) provide gripping surfaces (28) for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element (30) extends from each of the elongate arms, (20) spaced a distance from the proximal end (22). Each elongate arm (20) is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element (30) is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms (20) are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • Grasping Tool
    Publication number: 20220111492
    Abstract: A grasping tool has a pair of elongate arms attached via a hinge element. The elongate arms provide gripping surfaces for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element extends from each of the elongate arms, spaced a distance from the proximal end. Each elongate arm is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam C. Miller
  • Finger-mounted gripping tool
    Patent number: D997660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: INOOBI, INC.
    Inventors: Wanki Kevin Choi, Adam Carl Miller