Patents by Inventor Yu Wen Cheng

Yu Wen Cheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20090025136
    Abstract: A bathing chair with a fixing device comprises a front frame and a rear frame, shaped like the inverted letter U, reaching across a bathtub and having horizontal rods which pass over an edge of the bathtub at a distance, the front and rear frames being connected by right and left connecting rods, a seat, having a fixed base mounted on the horizontal rods, an axis mounted on the fixed base in a central position thereof, and a rotatable base, which is rotatable around the axis, a bearing assembly, comprising several gliding blocks connected with the seat and allowing the seat to glide along the horizontal rods, and a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080313806
    Abstract: A transferring device for a bed, placed on a bed plate, on top of or below a mattress, comprises inner and outer inflatable bags. Both inner and outer inflatable bag are placed on said bed plate, are shaped like a comb and each have a main inflatable bag and several auxiliary inner inflatable bags which are connected with each other, while being spatially separated from each other by gaps. By inflating and deflating the inner and outer inflatable bags, a patient is easily moved on the bed plate as well as transferred onto or from the bed plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080313805
    Abstract: A guiding device, comprises a plurality of straight rails, a plurality of curved rails, and at least one elevator rail assembly, connecting straight rails or curved rails, each of the rails having a groove and two opposite sides which form protective plates, wherein the grooves of the straight rails, the curved rails and the at least one elevator rail assembly are combined to form a single groove, providing a track for moving a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: YU-WEN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20080313807
    Abstract: A transferring device for a bed, placed on a bed plate, on top of or below a mattress, comprises a first inflatable bag; placed on the bed plate and having in an inflated state a triangular shape, with a inner and outer edges having different heights; a second inflatable bag; placed on the first inflatable bag and having in an inflated state a triangular shape, with a inner and outer edges having different heights; and a compressor for inflating and deflating the first and second inflatable bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080313814
    Abstract: An inflatable chair cushion comprises an inflatable bag and a compressor for inflating and deflating said inflatable bag having a switch controlled by a user, so that said user is assisted in getting up and sitting down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 7451501
    Abstract: A bathing chair with a fixing device comprises a front frame, a rear frame, a bearing assembly with several gliding blocks, with an opening cut into at least one of the gliding blocks, a seat, a handle, and a fixing device. The fixing device is mounted at a gliding block and further comprises two lugs, each having a hole and aligned on two sides of the gliding block, a blocking piece, having an excentric hole, an axis, passing through the holes of the two lugs and the excentric hole of the blocking piece, and an arm, attached to a periphery of the blocking piece. Manual turning of the blocking piece causes the blocking piece to reach through the opening, blocking the seat from moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Eagle Health Supplies Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 7434276
    Abstract: A portable toilet and bathing chair comprises a seat of rectangular shape, having a central opening, handles on left and right edges, two positioning openings on an upper side close to a rear edge, two storing depressions in a lower side parallel to and close to the left and right edges, at least three projections on the lower side, and four fastening assemblies on the lower side close to four corners, a backrest of rectangular shape, movable to a folded state close to the lower side of the seat, having positioning holes which are in the folded state entered by the projections of the seat and a lower edge with two holding extensions that are inserted into the positioning openings of the seat, and four feet, in a mounted state mounted on the seat at the lower side thereof close to the four corners thereof and being removable therefrom, wherein for folding, the four feet are removed from the seat and stored in the storing depressions, and the backrest is brought into the folded state thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Eagle Health Supplies Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080168598
    Abstract: A foldable container for a toilet seat is fastened at a seat plate and comprises a side wall with pleats, allowing to fold said foldable container to a shape of a plate, so that a reduced volume thereof is attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080168604
    Abstract: A supporting device for a bed, placed on a bed plate, on top of or below a mattress, comprises a head-end inflatable bag, shaped like a triangular prism and placed at a determined position close to a head end of the bed plate, a foot-end inflatable bag, shaped like a triangular prism and placed at a determined position close to a foot end of the bed plate, and a compressor for inflating the head-end and foot-end inflatable bags. A person lying on the bed plate is supported by the head-end and foot-end inflatable bags on the upper body and the legs, respectively, assuming a sitting position upon inflating thereof and returning to a lying position upon deflating thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080148473
    Abstract: A bathing chair with a fixing device comprises front and rear frames, connected by connecting rods, each having a horizontal bar and feet, several gliding blocks, a seat, positioning devices mounted on ends of the horizontal rods, and, for each positioning device, a holding device, mounted on one of the gliding blocks. Thereby the seat is held fixed on either end of the horizontal rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080092288
    Abstract: A bathing chair with a fixing device comprises a front frame, a rear frame, a bearing assembly with several gliding blocks, with an opening cut into at least one of the gliding blocks, a seat, a handle, and a fixing device. The fixing device is mounted at a gliding block and further comprises two lugs, each having a hole and aligned on two sides of the gliding block, a blocking piece, having an excentric hole, an axis, passing through the holes of the two lugs and the excentric hole of the blocking piece, and an arm, attached to a periphery of the blocking piece. Manual turning of the blocking piece causes the blocking piece to reach through the opening, blocking the seat from moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20070294816
    Abstract: A portable toilet and bathing chair comprises a seat of rectangular shape, having a central opening, handles on left and right edges, two positioning openings on an upper side close to a rear edge, two storing depressions in a lower side parallel to and close to the left and right edges, at least three projections on the lower side, and four fastening assemblies on the lower side close to four corners, a backrest of rectangular shape, movable to a folded state close to the lower side of the seat, having positioning holes which are in the folded state entered by the projections of the seat and a lower edge with two holding extensions that are inserted into the positioning openings of the seat, and four feet, in a mounted state mounted on the seat at the lower side thereof close to the four corners thereof and being removable therefrom, wherein for folding, the four feet are removed from the seat and stored in the storing depressions, and the backrest is brought into the folded state thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20020134902
    Abstract: A shifting plate, comprising: a front guiding support, a rear guiding support, left and right terminating bars, a seat plate, and several rolls on front and rear edges of the seat plate. The front and rear guiding supports have guiding grooves on inner sides that face each other. The left and right terminating bars are attached to left and right ends of the front and rear guiding supports. The seat plate is placed between the front and rear guiding supports. The rolls stay inside the guiding grooves of the front and rear guiding supports without being fixed, allowing to move the seat plate in left and right directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Yu Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 6418571
    Abstract: A chair has a chair frame, and a seat plate mounted on the chair frame. The seat plate has hole that is wider at the front than at the rear. The chair further includes a container mounted below the hole, and a cushion positioned above the seat plate. The cushion has an opening that is aligned with the hole, with the opening being wider at the rear than at the front. The chair also includes a lid that is fitted inside the opening and supported by portions of the seat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Yu Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 6122776
    Abstract: A bathing chair, comprising: a seat; a frame, further comprising a front bar and a rear bar, shaped like the letter U turned upside down and mounted on the lower side of the seat, being rotatable around a horizontal axis; a right support bar and a left support bar, mounted between the ends of the front bar and the rear bar and having connecting ends; and a plurality of connecting devices, each having a tube for inserting one of the ends of the right and left support bars, so as to connect the right and left support bars with the front and rear bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventor: Yu Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 6082384
    Abstract: A hand support for a walker frame with two rear frame bars, having a vertical bar, the upper end thereof being located lower than the upper side of the walker frame; a support bar with two ends that are hingedly connected to one of the rear frame bars and to the upper end of the vertical bar; and a stabilizing bar, mounted below the support bar parallel thereto, with two ends that are hingedly connected to one of the rear frame bars and to the upper end of the vertical bar. The support bar and the stabilizing bar are horizontally oriented, with the vertical bar resting on the ground, so as to aid a user to get up from a sitting position, or tilted upwards, with the vertical bar close to the rear frame bar of the walker frame to allow the user to walk unhindered using the walker frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Yu Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 5940905
    Abstract: A bathing chair positioning system for use on a bathing chair. The bathing chair has a frame with two parallel transverse bars shaped like inverted letters U and with ends that are placed inside and outside a bathtub, two connecting bars, connecting the two transverse bars, a seat with a bottom and a back rest, with two parallel L-shaped bars connecting the bottom and the back rest and mounted on gliding elements, such that the seat is glidingly movable along the two transverse bars for a user to enter and to leave the bathtub, and a handle for the user pulling herself or himself into the bathtub or out of the bathtub. The bathing chair positioning system comprises positioning elements having fixed ends fastened to the L-shaped bars of the seat and blocking ends extending away from the seat and engaging with the connecting bars when the seat is at an outside position for the user safely entering and leaving the seat or at a bathing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng