Celebrity Inventors
Walt Disney was no Mickey Mouse inventor. He devised a serious animation camera which he patented. With the device, his company created "Snow White".
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377231 | Retractable pet house A retractable pet house includes an enclosure frame and an optional top frame. The enclosure frame includes a plurality of poles, foldable connection rod units and locking joints. The upper end and the lower end of each pole are connected to the locking joints. The ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7341070 | Shelter support and method A shelter support includes a canopy and four legs each attached to and extending downwardly from the canopy. Each of the legs has an open bottom end. A plurality of couplers is provided and each is configured to releasably attach one of the legs to a ground support ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7308901 | Canopy cover having a meshed portion A canopy system including a canopy frame and a canopy cover supported by the canopy frame. The canopy cover includes an inner solid portion, an outer solid portion, and a meshed portion disposed between the inner and outer solid portions and disposed proximately to ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299812 | Erectable shelter with three way awning The erectable shelter includes an awning assembly for a shelter that is removably mounted to two or more adjacent legs of the shelter. The awning assembly is mounted so that it can be moved between a downwardly directed vertical position and an upwardly directed ver... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207344 | Two tier canopy system A two-tier canopy system is provided that includes a canopy support structure having a central post and a plurality of radially extending arms. A first canopy covering is supported by the radially extending arms and has a central opening, wherein the central post ex... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198185 | Truck sports rack Provided is a sports rack configured to be mounted on a truck bed. The truck bed may have a front wall, a rear tail gate and a pair of elongate side walls extending therebetween. Each one of the side walls may have a bed rail. The sports rack comprises a front frame... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7146995 | Tent frame fitted for multiple canopies The tent frame supports a traditional canopy, a tension canopy and a pagoda canopy and can be configured as a tent assembly kit. The tent frame includes uprights removably fitted into respective corner fittings along with generally horizontal tent frame cross member... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7055538 | Foldable tent having eaves The foldable tent having eaves at the top of the sides of the Foldable frame [2] foldable eave frames [3] that extend outwardly can be folded together along with the frame [2] are provided. The covering 1 is put on the frame [2] ha... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051745 | Erectable canopy with reinforced roof structure The lightweight erectable canopy shelters include a plurality of legs connected together by an extendible perimeter assembly of link members. In one embodiment, the roof structure is formed by a pole members pivotally mounted to the upper ends of the legs so as to e... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6701949 | Erectable canopy with reinforced roof structure The lightweight erectable canopy shelters include a plurality of legs connected together by an extendible perimeter assembly of link members. In one embodiment, the roof structure is formed by a pole members pivotally mounted to the upper ends of the legs... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6616212 | Truck bed tarp support assembly A truck bed tarp support assembly for quick assembly to be positioned in a bed of a pickup truck to facilitate providing shelter over the pickup truck bed includes a plurality of tubes interconnected to from a support frame having a base that rests on the... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6598614 | Foldable tent frame A tent frame includes post sets located at four ends. Every two neighboring post sets engage respectively with a first linkage rod set and a second linkage rod set. The first linkage rod set of one post set and the second linkage rod set of a neighboring ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6539966 | Removable cover for hunting blind The present invention discloses a cover for a hunting stand which can be removably attached to an existing hunting stand. The present invention is adaptable to fit many sizes and shapes of existing hunting stands; however, one of the common types that it ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6439251 | Erectable shelter with gable roof The collapsible shelter has a canopy that can be raised above the upper level of the leg assembly in an extended configuration. A perimeter truss linkage assembly connected to the leg assembly, and two or more central truss pairs of link members are provi... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6374843 | Support structure for collapsible shelter A support structure for a collapsible shelter, includes legs and upper beams hinged together. Each upper beam is composed of two component rods connected with each other by a freely swinging hinge. Each leg has a sliding part thereon. There is provided an... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6173726 | Erectable shelter including a collapsible truss The present invention is directed to a multi-side shelter that may assume a collapsed configuration or an erected configuration. In particular, the present invention is directed to a truss that may assume a collapsed configuration or an erected configurat... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6148835 | Temporary housing frame A temporary housing frame is provided including a plurality of supporting columns. A first link member formed from equal length rod member connects two adjacent supporting columns. A second link member connects between the other supporting columns and is ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6055999 | Collapsible display framework for indoor or outdoor use A collapsible support structure for a covering. The support structure includes, at least, three apex poles with first ends pivotally connected together, so that, in use, the poles are able to be moved between a raised configuration, in which second opposi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5930854 | Infant accommodation apparatus Infant accommodation apparatus 2 comprises an annular inflatable support device 4 and, releasably secured thereto, a framework 6 which extends over the device 4 and includes toys arranged to stimulate an infant accommodated within an accommodation region ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930948 | Device for protecting shrubbery and other plants from deer and other animals A plant protection device for protecting plants from being eaten or otherwise damaged by animals includes a center support for supporting an umbrella like top frame having a plurality of radially outwardly extending arms or rods angularly spaced from one ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5797411 | Tent framework A framework is provided for a tent canopy which is capable of being erected and collapsed quickly and simply. A cart is able to support the tent framework during erecting and collapsing and is used for transporting between erection sites. The framework ha... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5732726 | Cabin tent pole system A cabin tent pole system (10) using side poles (14), gable poles (16), corner hubs (18), and roof hubs (20). The corner hubs (18) have two tubular members (50) which join forming a first obtuse angle (32), where a structural web (56) may be provided to he... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5709238 | Tent-frame construction The present invention features a tent roof construction having a double, hollow, tubular joint. Vertical and side tubes that make up the tent-frame attach to this tubular joint. The improvement allows the tent-frame to be built quickly and without nuts an... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5662134 | Tent apparatus A tent apparatus includes a pole-support assembly which includes a ground-penetration member, a pole-receiving member connected to the ground-penetration member, and a ground-stabilizing assembly connected between the ground-penetration member and the pol... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5634483 | Canopy support system A canopy support system to support the canopy portion of a self-contained collapsible canopy type tent. The canopy support system has a plurality of interconnected resilient cord elements extending from a central hub to multiple support frame attachment p... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5490532 | Adjustable tension shelter assembly A collapsible shelter of the type having an awning and collapsible frame, the frame having either adjustable or fixed end caps at its corners bearing against reinforcing strips, and a center post unit forming a part of the frame is both spring-loaded and ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 4716919 | Portable blind with automatic opening top Blind (8) is constructed with a tubular frame structure (10) and a tubular, automatic, bidirectionally opening top (12). The tubular elements of frame structure (10) are interconnected by upper and lower corner connectors (19) and (20). Top (12) is compos... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4332265 | Collapsible tent for truck beds A collapsible tent adapted for erection on a truck bed or the like having a plurality of rigid elongated tubular elements providing endwardly disposed sockets, studs engaged in the sockets releasably mounting the elements on the bed and interconnecting th... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4056327 | Corner connector A tent frame assembly characterized by a two-part corner member or casting secured together by an independent nut and bolt arrangement, where the nut is dimensioned so as to permit ready grasping and tightening during the assembly procedure. The invention... | 11/01/1977 |
