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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708799 | Dithiocarbamates and phosphite formulations Dithiocarbamate and phosphite containing fertilizers, as well as methods of making and methods of using these fertilizers, are disclosed. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7582432 | Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes inco... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7501404 | Substituted azetidinones Compounds are provided which have the structure Wherein A, B, C, D, m, Y, Ra, Rc, Rd, and Rd′ are as described herein, and which are useful as inhibitors of tryptase, thrombin, trypsin, Factor Xa, Factor VIIa, Factor XIa,... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7416858 | Pharmaceutical compositions of glycoconjugates The invention includes methods and compositions for remodeling a peptide molecule, including the addition or deletion of one or more glycosyl groups to a peptide, and/or the addition of a modifying group of peptide. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7176785 | Device control system While a general-purpose interface circuit and another general-purpose interface circuit are provided so as to transmit/receive data between a host appliance and a device appliance, when the general-purpose interface of the device appliance happens to hang up, a cont... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6110478 | Composition having tanning and photoprotective activity, and its cosmetic applications An oral or topical composition having tanning and sun-screening activity, and the cosmetic uses thereof, are disclosed. The composition regulates skin pigmentation and includes carotenoids. Said composition essentially contains a component (a) consisting ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5735037 | Method of making a handgrip with built-in heater for motorcycle A handgrip with a built-in heater for a motorcycle constituted by a hollow cylindrical handgrip body, wherein a flexible printed circuit heater is wound around an outer periphery of a synthetic resin inner piece of a substantially hollow cylindrical shape... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5721155 | Method for forming a via contact of a semiconductor device A method for forming a via contact of a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a first insulating layer on a substrate, forming a lower conducting layer on the first insulating layer, forming a third insulating layer on the lower conducting la... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5707534 | Use of tabletized ionene polymers in water treatment Tabletized ionene polymers, methods for their preparation and their use in water treatment is described. The tablet contains about 5 to about 60 percent by weight of an ionene polymer, about 40 to about 95 percent by weight of a salt carrier matrix, 0 to ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5701162 | Television channel aural display and method thereof A television channel display comprises remote controller signal receiver for receiving a channel number determined by a user, an MCU for receiving a signal output from the remote controller signal receiver, a memory for storing and outputting audio signal... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5691221 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor memory device having a stacked capacitor A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device comprising the steps of forming a switching transistor including a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, and source and drain regions on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating film ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5676924 | In vivo assay to determine cancer treatment effectiveness A method of determining the effectiveness of a cancer treatment by sealing tumor cells in segments of semipermeable membrane hollow fibers, implanting the sealed fiber segments in a mammal, treating the mammal with a cancer treatment, and evaluating the e... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677207 | Method for fabricating a thin film transistor using silicide layer A method for forming a thin film transistor includes the steps of depositing a semiconductor layer on a substrate and patterning the semiconductor layer to form an active region, forming a gate insulation layer on the active layer and the substrate, formi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675570 | Optical disc having indication portion An optical disc is provided with: a disc substrate of light transmissive type having an information record surface including an information recorded region, where pits or grooves carrying an information signal are coaxially or spirally formed, and an info... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5675158 | Linear solid state imaging device with trapizoid type photodiodes A linear solid state imaging device including a substrate (21), a first well (22) of a predetermined junction depth, a second well (23) of a deeper junction than the first well (22), a trapezoid type photodiode area (24) linearly arranged in the first wel... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673713 | Apparatus for cleansing semiconductor wafer An improved apparatus for cleansing a semiconductor wafer which is capable of reducing the cleansing space by providing an inner tub made of a shape memory alloy and deforming the shape of the inner tub into the shape of the wafer, for thus reducing the c... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5675217 | Color electroluminescent device and method of manufacturing the same A color EL device includes a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a first insulating layer formed on the first electrode; a phosphorous layer formed on the first insulating layer and having inserted therein one or more intermediate insula... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673359 | Recording disk and recorded information reproducing apparatus A recording disk carrying a compressed video signal at a high recording density and a recorded information reproducing apparatus for reproducing the information recorded on the particular recording disk. A linear velocity of the reading of information is ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5671821 | Electric propulsion system for a bicycle An electric propulsion system for a bicycle, comprising a mounting structure adapted for connection to a frame portion of the bicycle, a drive roller, and first and second motors coupled to the mounting structure. Each of the first and second motors inclu... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5671638 | Lock system for motor vehicle A lock plate moves in a direction indicated by an arrow by the operation of a detent knob. A stopper plate to which a main body of an electromagnetic solenoid is fixed is designed to reciprocate between a lock position and an unlock position, the lock pos... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5672256 | Multi-electrode biosensor and system and method for manufacturing same A multi-electrode biosensor for sensing a material present in a sample includes a substrate, a plurality of working electrodes formed on the substrate, a counter electrode formed on the substrate, and a reference electrode formed on the substrate.... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5669051 | Method of electrostatically forming visual image A method in which a photoconductive surface is charged to a uniform potential by a charging brush and a two-component magnetic developer is directly attracted on the surfaced of a sleeve-less developing roll formed from a permanent magnet member and trans... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5668592 | Interactive television terminal responsive to user commands which combines static service data and recurrently broadcast dynamic service data to produce composite service display signals In an interactive TV system, information which can be left relatively unchanged for substantial periods of time is stored in CD-ROM at each subscriber site. Information which changes between CD-ROM replacements is transmitted from the head end to the subs... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5666340 | Optical recording medium information reproducing apparatus An optical recording medium information reproducing apparatus comprises; an optical system irradiating a light beam onto an optical recording medium in such a manner that the formed light spot covering a plurality of mark regions such as a pit and a land ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5663585 | DRAM having a buried region contacted through a field region A semiconductor memory cell has a semiconductor substrate, an active region disposed on the semiconductor substrate and having two impurity regions, a gate electrode disposed on the active region, a field region isolated from the active region on the semi... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5661846 | Reversely reproducing apparatus for DVCR A reproducing apparatus for a DVCR having a reverse operation function includes a data restoring portion for restoring a serial clock and reverse-serial data from an input signal; a servo portion for outputting a reverse-playback signal; an ID detector fo... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5660569 | Contact terminal for a circuit board In a terminal in which a contact plate portion of a contact spring piece is projected through an opening of a bottom plate portion and a stop plate at the tip end of a rear plate portion bent from the contact plate portion is to butt against the opening e... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5659953 | Method of manufacturing an apparatus having inner layers supporting surface-mount components An apparatus comprising a multi-layer substrate including a plurality of layers of insulative material, at least one well formed in at least one of the layers, the well extending from an outer surface of the multi-layer substrate to an inner surface of th... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5661631 | Computer system having color-coded printed circuit boards and corresponding slats A computer system includes a computer cabinet, a plurality of printed circuit boards housed within the computer cabinet, a processor secured to at least one of the printed circuit boards, a power supply cabinet remote from the computer cabinet, a power su... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5659861 | Method of developing electrostatic latent image A method for developing electrostatic latent image on a rotating photoconductive drum by a magnetic developer transported by a rotating developing roll disposed opposite to the photoconductive drum, the developing roll being made of a cylindrical permanen... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5658062 | Light amount controlling apparatus and method for projector A light amount controlling apparatus includes a light source for producing light and a light source driver for driving the light source. A zoom lens unit includes a zoom lens for varying an angle of projection of the light, and a zoom lens position detect... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5656734 | Methods for making pectin and pectocellulosic products Pectin and Pectocellulosic compositions are prepared by heating and mixing comminuted pectin-containing material to solubilize pectin. Pectin, a pectocellulosic product, or a combination thereof is then recovered. The products produced are incorporated in... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5653187 | Upper feed mechanism for sewing machine and sewing machine having the same A sewing machine with an upper feed mechanism includes: a sewing machine head; a needle plate; first, second and third shafts each extending from the sewing machine head vertically downwardly toward the needle plate, each shaft having a lower end; a needl... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5654223 | Method for fabricating semiconductor memory element A method for fabricating a semiconductor memory element which has an excellent insulation property suitable for high density integration, including the steps of forming self-aligning plate electrodes by etching a dielectric film covering an upperside prot... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5649859 | Air exhausting cap structure A circumference wall is provided on a slant surface of a case. A cylindrical portion with a through hole for communicating the inside of the case to the outside is protruded inside the circumference wall. A shaft loosely fitted into the through hole is ve... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649497 | Sewing apparatus A sewing apparatus is provided with an X-Y unit 4 for horizontally moving a cassette in relation to a sewing machine 3, memory 23 for holding sewing data for driving the X-Y unit 4 in accordance with a sewing pattern and feeding data for feeding only the ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5647752 | Lever-type connector A retaining lever is pivotally mounted on a female connector housing, and sliding grooves are formed respectively in opposite sides of the retaining lever. Guide projections, formed respectively on opposite sides of a male connector, are received in the s... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5645453 | Connector A connector includes a front holder adapted to be removably mounted to a connector housing from the front side thereof, the front holder having elastic retaining pieces for retaining female terminals to prevent the terminals from rearward withdrawal from ... | 07/08/1997 |
