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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347217 | Sunshade A sunshade including a shade, a headrest, an anchoring loop, and a support frame. The support frame supports the shade and the headrest. The support frame is adjustable to enable the positions of the shade and the headrest to be set to any one of a range of in-use p... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7290553 | Folding modular structure for a tent or similar for fast mounting Folding modular structure for a tent or similar for fast mounting includes an assembly of tubular profile bars permitting in particular to form at least two arches facing each other connected by at least two purlins one of which is a ridge. The ridge purlin is forme... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275555 | Canopy truss A canopy of the type that is typically packaged in a kit form that permits consumers to assemble a group of pipe members into a canopy structure. Once assembled and erected, the canopy includes a series of vertical posts and a series of rafters that extend upwardly ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252108 | Collapsible shelter with flexible, collapsible canopy The collapsible shelter includes a truss and a canopy framework that provides a flexible, collapsible canopy that is capable of flexing and moving, in whole or in part, between a raised position and lower positions having a reduced profile from the raised position. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219681 | Canopy tension adjuster A tent that includes a swivel portion is disclosed. The tent includes a canopy, a plurality of tent frame components and a swivel portion coupled to at least one of the tent frame components and the canopy. The swivel portion pivots between a relaxed position in whi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178540 | Cabana canopy and hub An improved personal shelter canopy hub is formed using a number of spherical rotating joint elements captured in a hub body. The joint elements provide rotational movement of canopy frame elements to allow easy opening and collapsing of a canopy frame and cover. An... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7118079 | Telescope with foldable and extendable base A telescope with a foldable and extendable base that can be extended before use and folded after use, including a telescope main body being cradled in a socket; a stanchion having an upper joint connecting to a joint base of the socket; a left base having a ring wit... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7021694 | Vehicle tent assembly A tent assembly includes an awning including a plurality of tubular support members having rectilinear longitudinal lengths and a plurality of couplings for interchangeably conjoining the tubular support members such that the tubular support members define a rigid f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013830 | Tiltable boat top A tiltable top is provided for a small boat which allows the boat operator to quickly, manually raise or lower the top as desired. The tiltable top includes a pivotal shade frame and cover which is retained in a normal horizontal position during use or which can be ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6848461 | Tent structure A tent structure includes four posts, four scissor-like linking rod sets, four retractable rod sets and a connector. The four posts are placed on four corners of the tent to form a square structure. Each post comprises a fixture at the top portion with a sleeve ther... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6591849 | Foldable frame structure A portable shelter is disclosed. The portable shelter includes a canopy and a frame supporting the canopy. The frame of the portable shelter includes a plurality of support poles and a plurality of cross poles. Each cross pole of the portable shelter is p... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6578593 | Hinged folding framework A folding square framework which may serve as a support for a tensile canvas or membrane. This framework, which may be mounted on a fixed column or wall, may fold, around hinges set at 54.3° to the longitudinal axes of each member of the framework, at ea... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6390112 | Tent door/door frame structural unit permanently attached around a tent's wall opening and which folds around a rolled up tent A tent door is hinged (44) and spring assisted to close the door and hold the door in a closed position against a bug-stopping weather-strip (18) attached to the surface of a door stop along the inside perimeter of a door frame. After entering or exiting ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6209558 | Foldable tent A foldable tent (10) comprising a frame (11) with a cover (12) and ground sheet (13) affixed thereto. The frame comprises a plurality of U-shaped frame members (14), each having a base (25) from which extend two arms (26& 27). The group of arms (26) are p... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5884647 | Folding structure A folding structure (16) has a plurality of elongated posts (18), with a plurality of tubular truss members (20). A plurality of connectors (22) are affixed to the elongated posts (18) vertically and the tubular truss members (20) horizontally together to... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5752537 | Sunshade/windbreak/shelter A portable, collapsible, freestanding shelter for protection from sun, wind and precipitation. Shelter is comprised of four struts (8a, 8b, 9a, 9b) comprising two x elements juxtaposed and separated by releasably attached cross beams (14a, 14b, 14c). Rear... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5695100 | Baby backpack sun/rain shade device A sunshade device for use with a baby backpack formed for supporting a baby occupant therein includes a first mounting bracket coupled to a first flame portion of the baby backpack, and a second mounting bracket coupled to the second frame portion of the ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5649559 | Cover supporting erectable shelter structure A cover supporting shelter structure comprising front and rear sections arranged in back-to-back contraposition each side of a common central junction of which the respective left and right sides of each section comprise identical component parts. In one ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5628338 | Collapsible blind A portable and collapsible blind or shelter which includes an integral fabric cover having four side walls and a top. Each side wall includes at least one window. One corner of the structure includes a vertical opening to permit ingress and egress from th... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5573027 | Foldable tent frame structure A foldable tent frame includes a parallelepiped structure comprised of a rectangular front sub-frame having four front poles rotatably connected at four front corner members and a rectangular rear sub-frame having four rear poles rotatably connected at fo... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5533542 | Device for camouflaging military equipment A camouflage device for military equipment has a disk-shaped connecting element supported on elongated plastically deformable lugs which can be bent inwardly or outwardly to input different appearances to the support structure which is covered by one or m... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5368057 | Collapsible ice fishing shelter A thermoformed plastic base has a collapsible frame which supports a flexible fabric covering which defines an ice fishing enclosure. A first brace extends frontwardly from the base and surrounds an ice fishing hole and engages against the lower edge of t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5280801 | Car-borne tent A tent frame comprising a frame-carrying base; means for mounting the base, in use, on a mobile platform such as the roof of a vehicle; an elongate frame member constituting the ridge frame member of the ultimately-assembled tent frame; and respective arm... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5205089 | Portable shelter assembly This portable shelter assembly includes a weather-proof container suitable to be mounted on a pair of support bars atop a vehicle. When the vehicle is at a stand still and the shelter assembly is to be made ready for occupancy, the container unfolds to be... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5203364 | Canopy jack assembly and method of operation An apparatus for retractably mounting a canopy on a bed of a pickup truck or other support and a method for operation of the apparatus. The apparatus includes bed rails mounted on top portions of side walls of the pickup, bottom rails mounted on said bed ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5197503 | Motorcar sun-shade A motorcar sun-shade comprising a covering supported on the body of a motorcar by two opposite supporting frames, the covering comprised of a main panel covering over the top of the body of said motor car and two side panels attached to said main panel at... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5167246 | Rapidly erectable and strikeable shelter frame system and methods of erecting and striking such systems A rapidly erectable four cornered shelter frame for use with a canvas top has a pair of foldable end frame members with corner posts and an end joint at the upper end of each having a pair of upwardly inclined end rafters connected by an end ridge joint w... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5133378 | Ice fishing shelter The frame of a portable shelter is disclosed, particularly for use in ice fishing, wherein two planar, usually rectangular, top and bottom frame sections (10, 33) are held apart by an over-the-center linkage mechanism assisted by cable retainer arrangemen... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5069238 | Pivotable joint and joint locking mechanism for a foldable frame A pivotable joint and a joint locking mechanism for a foldable frame apparatus are disclosed. The joint comprises mating male and female joint members mounted to the ends of tubular frame members and pivotably connected together to form oppositely articul... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4944322 | Foldable tent A foldable tent structure is provided wherein a plurality of pole clusters is utilized. Each pole cluster has three poles which form an inverted Y-shape, the poles being loosely connected at the center of the inverted Y so that each of the arms may articu... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4872470 | Portable emergency shelter An emergency shelter for cold climates is disclosed. The shelter has a thermally insulating inner shell shaped to provide an occupant with adequate space for sitting, lying down or performing necessary tasks, while minimizing a technical volume and surfac... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4788997 | Portable blind A lightweight portable blind which includes a quick adjustable combination armrest/shooting rail, roof and roof support members, all of which attach to a folding outdoor chair using clamps. A camouflage slipcover encloses the entire blind so as to conceal... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4630627 | Collapsible frame structure A collapsible frame structure has an upper frame section connected to a base frame section by a plurality of hinged struts. Both the upper frame and the base frame section comprise a pair of opposed rigid frame members pivotally connected by opposed hinge... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4393887 | Collapsible tent frame The invention relates to a collapsible tent frame which may be fabricated to define a triangular, square or polygonal base area and which may be folded from a fully erected position to a fully collapsed position, wherein the total frame structure is reduc... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4085762 | Folding, rigid, tent-like structure A folding, rigid tent-like structure useful for a variety of play purposes can be constructed so as to utilize a pair of sides. These sides have top edges which are preferably connected by a connector and appropriate hinges so that the sides may be pivote... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4067346 | Collapsible hunting blind A collapsible hunting blind is made up of sectional corner posts which are hinged together at their sides so the sections can be folded against each other, divisional top struts which press the tops of the posts apart and which have pins through them so e... | 01/10/1978 |
