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Pillow with retractable umbrella

A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.

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Attorney: Lobo; Alfred D.


Number of patents: 194
Last date: July 19, 2011

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NumberTitleIssue Date
7981937Stable dispersion of DBNPA in viscosified brine
A dispersion of 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (“DBNPA”) particles in a restrictedly viscosified concentrated brine solution effectively negates gelling of the brine solution because the naturally occurring gum used does not exhibits Ellis-Plastic behavior in...
07/19/2011
7842747Block copolymer composition for overmolding any nylon
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) for overmolding (OM) a nylon substrate with an overmolded layer consists essentially of an inert filler, a plasticizer, preferably a mineral oil, and chosen combinations of ingredients from the following: (i) a functionalized “high ...
11/30/2010
7644535Aerated bucket for live bait
A container for live bait is provided with a bait retrieval assembly of readily available structural components which are combined in an unexpectedly useful manner to allow all operations to be carried out using one hand only. The container, which is closed with a s...
01/12/2010
7513725Low-profile wheel chock assembly
A low elevational profile of each of a pair of first and second wheel chocks for restraining a current “low-drag” motor vehicle in a carrier, such as a railway car, is derived from each wheel chock having an internally webbed, elongated stepped-box body terminat...
04/07/2009
7435776Block copolymer composition for overmolding any nylon
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) for overmolding (OM) a nylon substrate with an overmolded layer consists essentially of an inert filler, a plasticizer, preferably a mineral oil, and chosen combinations of ingredients from the following: (i) a functionalized “high ...
10/14/2008
7337994Rope-on-spool uncoiler and granulator
Rope made of cellulose fibers, the polymeric chemical structure of which fibers has not been modified (referred to as “raw” cellulose fibers), are subjected to intense electron beam irradiation insufficient to degrade their chemical structure but sufficient to m...
03/04/2008
7332047Adherent, removable barrier film for tire carcass
A bond of a rubbery component to a virgin surface of a tire's cured innerliner which virgin surface has never been contaminated by the remnants of a release agent left after buffing with a wire brush and solvent-cleaning the cured innerliner, is unexpectedly stronge...
02/19/2008
7261759Powder metal mixture including micronized starch
A powder metal mixture comprises a lubricant powder conventionally used to produce powder metal parts in combination with a modified lubricant. A lubricant conventionally used to compact and sinter a chosen powder metal mixture is modified by adding to it starch par...
08/28/2007
7153381Cured applique or label with protective film on arcuate sidewall or tread of pneumatic tire
An applique having a vulcanizable adhesive layer is co-cured on a rubber article by precuring the applique of predominantly pale natural rubber optionally imprinted with a bar code; coating the upper surface of the applique with a protective self-supporting film of ...
12/26/2006
7150775Powder metal mixture including micronized cellulose fibers
A powder metal mixture comprises a lubricant powder conventionally used to produce powder metal parts in combination with micronized cellulose fibers in an amount less than 2% by weight of the mixture. The addition of fibers with the lubricant increases green streng...
12/19/2006
7128799Method of manufacturing precured tread with reflective grooves
A laminar “precured” or “replacement” tread for wheeled vehicles operating at night on retreaded tires is made more readily visible when grooves in the tires are provided with elastomeric strips or bands in which are embedded retroreflective elements such as...
10/31/2006
7056971Essentially gas-impermeable thermoplastic elastomer
A thermoplastic elastomer (“TPE”) which is oxygen-permeable is provided with excellent barrier properties against oxygen by melt-blending with a liquid polyisobutene oil plasticizer in an amount insufficient to render the plasticized elastomer tacky. If made tac...
06/06/2006
7037439Emollient carrier gel
A waxy solid having ultrafine particles homogeneously distributed in a mixture of vegetable oil and waxy solid, the oil being present in a major proportion by weight, forms a homogeneous colloidal solution which is then cooled and subjected to high shear to form ult...
05/02/2006
6998371Nail polish remover comprising fatty acid ester and alkyl lactate
A nail polish remover is formulated from a combination of solvents derived from naturally occurring materials, which combination consists essentially of a (i) a major proportion by weight (“by wt”) of esters of fatty acids having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms where...
02/14/2006
6984688Injection-moldable transparent thermoplastic elastomer
A plasticized HSBC blended with polypropylene and free of a filler material which adversely affects clarity, provides an injection-moldable composition for an article required to have specific properties, namely, tensile strength in the range from about 4.13 to 8.96...
01/10/2006
6939920Tire sidewall compounds having improved flex fatigue and tread compound having improved tear strength
Sidewalls of a pneumatic tire have greater resistance to failure due to dynamic flexing and abrasion, and the tire's tread has better resistance to tearing than with conventionally used rubber compositions, when sidewalls and tread are formed from a compound having ...
09/06/2005
6837809Practice device for a baseball pitcher
A passive pitching target comprises a portable device including a resilient rectangular laminar backstop indentable by a baseball pitched at a velocity of 100 km/hr (62 mph); the target is higher than it is wide, and rests with its base supported on the ground; one ...
01/04/2005
6827007Pitting knives having an axial bore and method for decontaminating a drupe
A drupe which is infested with a larva of a moth or larvae of other insects, and is contaminated with related excretions, referred to as a “frass”, in a central zone within the drupe, is cleansed with a longitudinally bored pitting knife mounted in the pitting h...
12/07/2004
6824871Subcoat for poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibers
Poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) (“PBO”) yarn or cord is first coated with a subcoat of a mixture of (a) an aliphatic polyglycidyl ether having a flash point greater than 150° C. with enough OH-groups to be substantially water-soluble and (b) a vinyl pyrid...
11/30/2004
6817301Railroad freight car truck suspension yaw stabilizer
Yaw stabilization device provides a light-weight mechanism for increasing the linear yaw stiffness levels between the side frame and bolster to provide the proper inter-axle shear stiffness without affecting the compliancy required of the vertical suspension system....
11/16/2004
6767945Tire sidewall composition
A black rubber sidewall compound essentially free of a silanated rubber which includes a combination of less than 10 phr of a rosin acid type “tackifier” and less than 1 phr of a t-alkanolamine generates, upon curing against a metal mold surface having a finish ...
07/27/2004
6727690Test method for determining imminent failure in metals
A method for determining a “safe-operation” point for a metal structural element subjected to repeated loading, the same or different, generating variable levels of strain and residual stress in the worked element; and, predicting the imminent failure of the str...
04/27/2004
6562133Crucible for growing macrocrystals
A crucible having an inner surface is not wetted by a melt which shrinks when it solidifies is provided with indentations in the walls of the crucible to support an ingot grown in it. Supporting the crystal provides a gap between the bottom of the ingot a...
05/13/2003
6491956Food containing active strains for inhibiting infection and treating gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers
Live strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus HY2177 and Lactobacillus casei HY2743 maintained in nutritious foods, such as yogurt, imbue them with prophylactic and/or therapeutic properties. Such foods are beneficial in the prevention and/or treatment of gas...
12/10/2002
6471104Demountable wheeled container for carrier of a sports utility vehicle
A wheeled container is constructed so as to be demountably secured to a cargo carrier assembly (or "carrier") which is externally carried at the rear of a sports utility vehicle or truck. The carrier includes a support beam to which the container is secur...
10/29/2002
6423900Active cover plate for an electrical outlet
An active cover plate is provided for a standard electrical device such as a switch or receptacle which has a body unit-molded from a synthetic resin. The active cover plate is so termed because an active load is embedded within it. The exterior of the bo...
07/23/2002
6423136Crucible for growing macrocrystals
A crucible having an inner surface which is not wetted by a melt which shrinks when it solidifies, is provided with indentations in its walls, the indentatons located remote from its rim. The indentations are located beneath a lateral plane through the wa...
07/23/2002
6410069Method for decontaminating a drupe
A drupe which is infested with a larva of a moth or larvae of other insects, and is contaminated with related excretions, referred to as a "frass", in a central zone within the drupe, is cleansed with a longitudinally bored pitting knife mounted in the pi...
06/25/2002
6354444Hollow fiber membrane and braided tubular support therefor
An asymmetric membrane comprising a tubular polymer film in combination with a tubular braid on which the film is supported, requires the braid be macroporous and flexible, yet sufficiently strong to withstand continuous flexing, stretching and abrasion d...
03/12/2002
6329002Food for inhibiting infection and treating gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers
Live strains of Lactococcus sp. HY 49, Lactobacillus casei HY 2782, and Bifidobacterium longum HY 8001 maintained in nutritious foods, such as yogurt, imbue them with prophylactic and/or therapeutic properties. Such foods are beneficial in the prevention ...
12/11/2001
6319411Method of maintaining clean vertical skeins of hollow fiber membranes and system therefor
This invention teaches a system and method to improve the renewal of water being filtered and to prevent the accumulation of solids within a cassette of multiple vertical skeins of hollow fibers used in membrane filtration....
11/20/2001
6294039Potted header for hollow fiber membranes
A filtration device is provided for withdrawing permeate essentially continuously from a multicomponent aqueous substrate containing growing microorganisms in a reservoir. A vertical skein of fiber is scrubbed with coarse bubbles which emanate from a conv...
09/25/2001
6277351Crucible for growing macrocrystals
A crucible having an inner surface is not wetted by a melt which shrinks when it solidifies is provided with indentations in the walls of the crucible to support an ingot grown in it. Supporting the crystal provides a gap between the bottom of the ingot a...
08/21/2001
6216863Double-walled container for compact disc
A container with double-walled construction eliminates problems encountered with a conventional jewel box; the container comprises a rectangular shell and a cartridge non-removably held within the shell, the cartridge in turn holding a disc; the disc is e...
04/17/2001
6214231System for operation of multiple membrane filtration assemblies
Limitation of the number of cassettes in an assembly currently used for the production of permeate is obviated by grouping plural cassettes into racks one or more of which may be isolated while permeate production from the remaining racks is uninterrupted...
04/10/2001
6200385Crucible for growing macrocrystals
A crucible 40 having an inner surface 42 not wetted by a melt which shrinks when it solidifies is provided with indentations 41 in the walls of the crucible to support an ingot grown in it. Supporting the crystal provides a gap between the bottom of the i...
03/13/2001
6193890System for maintaining a clean skein of hollow fibers while filtering suspended solids
The outer surfaces of hollow fiber membranes in a skein, or a bank or cassette of stacked skeins, are kept essentially free of solids by maintaining a substantially uniform flow of a stream of coarse bubbles through each of plural orifices in an aerator d...
02/27/2001
6182545Wedge-lockable removable punch and die bushing in retainer
A conventional ball lock mechanism has been replaced with a wedge adapted to lock a tool, such as a punch, forming tool or die bushing in a retainer block in which the tool can be accurately positioned relative to the retainer block. The tool is released ...
02/06/2001
6168058Demountable wheeled container for carrier of a sports utility vehicle or truck
A wheeled container is constructed so as to be demountably secured to a cargo carrier assembly (or "carrier") which is externally carried at the rear of a sports utility vehicle or truck. The carrier includes a support beam to which the container is secur...
01/02/2001
6087588Active cover plate for an electrical outlet
An active cover plate is provided for a standard electrical device such as a switch or receptacle which has a body unit-molded from a synthetic resin. The active cover plate is so termed because an active load is embedded within it. The exterior of the bo...
07/11/2000
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