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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 |
| 5772221 | Skate brake A brake actuator is provided which utilizes either a mechanical or fluid actuation mechanism. The fluid is transferred from an activation reservoir through a tube to an expansion chamber which activates an extendable piston of the brake. The fluid is cont... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5690191 | Wheelbarrow braking system A new wheelbarrow braking system for facilitating braking of a conventional wheelbarrow while transporting heavy loads thereby retaining the desired position of the wheelbarrow on uneven surfaces and reducing velocity when transporting down hill. The inve... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5630596 | Brake device for in-line skates An in-line roller skate braking device is provided. The in-line roller skate has a boot with a sole platform. A frame is mounted to a lower side of the sole platform. The frame has a pair of frame members in a space apart parallel relationship to one anot... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5630597 | Brake system for roller skates A braking system is provided for an in-line roller skate for skating on hard skate-supporting surfaces. The roller skate includes a shoe, a wheel-supporting frame attached to the shoe, and a plurality of aligned wheels operably supposed by the wheel-suppo... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5531295 | Parking brake for hand truck Lever-mounted brake pads are applicable to two non-swiveling wheels at the rear of a hand truck. The pads are normally spaced away from the wheel treads by return springs. A foot pedal at the front of the truck is operable between two positions, one of th... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5456336 | Wheel brake for shopping carts A wheel brake assembly for shopping carts is characterized by a hub adapted for rotation about an axis, a coil spring coaxially mounted on the hub, and a pair of annular disks coaxially mounted on the spring. One of the disks is stationary and has one end... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5379866 | Light-weight wheel assembly and static brake for wheelchairs A lightweight wheel assembly intended primarily for use on wheelchairs including an injection-moldable fiber-reinforced plastic push rim, injection-moldable fiber-reinforced plastic wedge-bottom spokes, and a lockable static in-hub brake. Important advant... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5351974 | In-line skate braking assembly and method A braking assembly and method are disclosed for use with in-line skates, the assembly including a brake pad or pads movably mounted to the skate and positioned adjacent to a selected wheel or wheels of the skate for selectively contacting a structure conn... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5259483 | Low profile disk brake caliper A low profile disk brake caliper in which a disk brake pad is mounted on a flexible diaphragm contained within a piston cavity. Pressurization of the piston cavity by a master cylinder expands the diaphragm and urges the brake pad sidewardly from the hous... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4417648 | Braking arrangement for vehicles A braking arrangement for vehicles having a "dead man" brake, and which includes means for rendering the dead man brake ineffective during a particular mode of operation. A three-position brake control handle is pivotally mounted on the stationary structu... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4178811 | Meta reinforced plastic damper hub A torsional vibration damper of the type having an outer inertia ring, a radially intermediate elastomer annulus, and a radially innermost hub. The polar moment of inertia of the entire damper is reduced by forming the hub of a low density material such a... | 12/18/1979 |
