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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020716 | Apparatus for organizing and storing sports equipment A rack for drying, storing or organizing sports equipment includes a central post having a vertical axis, a plurality of holes substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis, and a plurality of tier members adapted to be inserted into one or more of the holes. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7775382 | Umbrella-like laundry dryer with actuating device An umbrella-like laundry dryer includes a central upright tube and a clothes-line-carrying framework, which can be unfolded by an actuating device and has supporting arms connected movably to an upper end section of the upright tube and clothes-line carrying arms co... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7328715 | Umbrella safety locking and release device A device that releases an operating collar from an open position on the mast of an opened beach or patio umbrella in the presence of a strong wind, allowing the umbrella canopy to close thereby diminishing the wind force acting on the umbrella. The device includes a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7288298 | Configuration of figural ornament A human-shaped adornment includes a supporting holder, which comprising a base and a supporting component; and a spiraled frame having a same axis with the supporting component. The spiraled frame includes a plurality of rings, which outline along its axis direction... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267852 | Collapsible artificial Christmas tree A collapsible artificial Christmas tree that opens and retracts like an umbrella has an elongate trunk with a branch hinge connected to a trunk. A tree branch is rotatably connected to the branch hinge. A slide ring is slidably connected to the trunk. A branch lift ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234603 | Swing-arm rack with drop-arm locking mechanism A swing-arm rack for storing and/or displaying hanging articles, the rack comprises a swing-arm that is pivotally attached by its upper terminus to a vertical support such that the swing-arm hangs substantially vertically in a folded configuration. The fixed terminu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226645 | Portable personal palm tree An artificial palm tree constructed from modular components which are combined in various ways to produce a palm tree having different characteristics for use as a beach umbrella. The palm tree consists of a base, a trunk mounted on the base, a tree heart mounted on... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207450 | Beverage holder device A drink holder device having a ground support, a leg extending from the ground support, and a plurality of arms extending from the leg. The arms are movable between a raised and a lowered position. At the end of each arm is one or more beverage holders. A lock holds... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175035 | Umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus An umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus has a central upright tube carrying a spreading framework, which can be swung open via an actuating mechanism. A tubular protective sheath can be pulled over the collapsed framework and clothesline. The open-out framework ha... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165689 | Rack and organizer A storage apparatus is disclosed having a central post capable of rotating and having a plurality of extensions pivotably attached thereto for receiving items. The extensions may pivot between a position for displaying, selecting, or attaching items and a position f... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147116 | Portable drying assembly A compact, portable device for hanging clothes and the like in locations where ordinary drying facilities are not conveniently available. Rigid wires hinged inside a hub and radiating around the hub like the ribs of an inverted umbrella assume a horizontal position ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127829 | Umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus An umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus has a central upright tube which carries a spreading framework for the laundry line. The framework is folded open via a hoisting line. The spreading framework has an upper sleeve which surrounds the upright tube and on which... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7077276 | Clothes drying apparatus A clothes drying apparatus for allowing articles that need to be dried flat to air dry. The clothes drying apparatus includes a support assembly being designed for being selectively positioned on a support surface. A plurality of support frame assemblies are pivotal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7000788 | Umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus with protective cover An umbrella-type clothes drier can be covered with a protective cover when it is not in use. An unfolding and folding spreading frame that supports a clothesline is preferably disposed in an adjustable manner on the central upright tube of the apparatus. The protect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6948629 | Remote operated accessory rack A rack includes a stationary container, that includes a movable member positioned within the container by remote operation of a motor. The motor is either carried as part of the movable member or is in the container with fittings inter-connecting a drive shaft of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6902139 | Detachable folding clotheshorse A detachable folding clotheshorse includes a seat with a top side, a bottom side and an outer periphery. The seat has a plurality of slots defined through the seat from the top side to the bottom. A notch is defined at the outer periphery of the seat. A supporting e... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6814093 | Auto-opening umbrella with enhanced spreaders An enhanced frame of an auto-opening umbrella comprises hollow cylindrical intermediate joints with spreaders passed through and each including two spaced bottom lugs, a bar across the lugs, and a recess between the lugs. The bar is disposed less than half of a proj... | 11/09/2004 |
| 5979676 | Clothing dryer or umbrella frame A laundry dryer umbrella or like frame has between bracing arms and main arms, respective swing arms which form with each bracing and main arm a three link chain which can buckle inwardly at the swing arm so that the main arm assumes a slightly open posit... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5845414 | Drying equipment with retractable rod clips Drying equipment including a plurality of drying arms radially expanded around a body. Each drying arm has a clip for clipping and fixing the washing, and the clip is released by operating a constraining part in liaison with rotation for folding the dryin... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5492232 | Umbrella-shaped clothes-drying rack An umbrella-shaped clothes-drying rack has a pole 1, on which main arms 4 which are arranged to hold a clothes line are pivotably mounted via a star-shaped slider 2. Spreading arms 6 are provided between the main arms 4 and the pole 1. One end of each spr... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5458249 | Hanging device for drying clothes A hanging device for drying clothes including a base, a main rod vertically arranged on the base, a plurality of tubular members fixedly mounted on the main rod, a plurality of gears each fixedly connected with one of the tubular members, a plurality of s... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5449075 | Improvements in and relating to a foldable clothes line A foldable clothes line comprises a series of arms (12) which radiate outwardly from a lower cross (13) fixed to a central standard (11), the arms (12) being guided by stays (14) pivotally connected at their outer ends to the arms (12) and at their inner ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5363975 | Clothes dryer line tensioning device This invention relates to a clothes line having adjustable tension and to a line tensioner which is used for the taking up slack in a clothes line. According to this invention, a clothes line dryer (10) having an adjustable line tension comprises at least... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5280841 | Portable support assembly A portable support assembly adapted for mounting on a pole, such as for permitting air drying of clothes, towels, or the like, is disclosed. The assembly comprises a first collar having a first aperture adapted for receiving the pole. A first set of arms ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5240128 | Airing and drying frame An airing and drying frame comprises a vertical mast (1), a plurality of arms (4) for holding a clothesline (22), the arms (4) being pivotally mounted to the mast (1), and a retraction device for retracting the clothesline (22) into the arms (4) when the ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 4935155 | Clothes drying apparatus The invention provides a clothes drying apparatus with a central post member, a collar member axially displaceably mounted on the supporting post member and a plurality of support arms. A plurality of clothes line portions of a first clothes line extend b... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4895261 | Display rack assembly A display rack assembly comprising a base portion, a tubular member fixed to the base portion and extending upwardly therefrom, a rod removably and rotatably mounted in the tubular member and extending upwardly therefrom, a bracket portion fixed to the up... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4887728 | Adjustable clothes drying unit An adjustable clothes drying unit including a ceiling mounted support receiving a vertically elongated post slidably therethrough. The post is provided with adjustable pins for engagement with the support in both selectively locking the post in a vertical... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4847123 | Pop-up artificial Christmas tree A pop-up artificial Christmas tree has an elongated trunk which is held vertical by a stand. A plurality of stationary sleeves are affixed to the trunk and a guide sleeve is disposed on the trunk to slide proximate to and remote from an adjacent stationar... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4830202 | Clothes drying apparatus The clothes drying apparatus (1) comprises four support arms (3) pivotably attached to a collar member (4) movable along a post member (2). Struts (8) are associated with respective arms (3). The clothes drying apparatus is folded by displacing the collar... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4802596 | Clothes drying apparatus The invention provides a clothes drying apparatus with a central post member, a collar member axially displaceably mounted on the supporting post member and a plurality of support arms. A plurality of clothes line portions of a first clothes line extend b... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4735322 | Clothes drying apparatus A clothes drying apparatus is provided which has a plurality of support arms pivotally mounted on a central supporting post, which may be spread out from a folded position to an operating position. The clothes are hung on clothes line portions extending b... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4735326 | Clothes drying apparatus The invention provides a clothes drying apparatus with a central post member, a collar member axially displaceably mounted on the supporting post member and a plurality of support arms. A plurality of clothes line portions extend between the support arms.... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4734301 | Artificial tree An artificial tree having a conic frustrum-shaped branch supporting frame with an inner space specially adapted for surrounding an item such as a combination patio table-beach umbrella and thereby adapting it to wintertime use as a decorative artificial t... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4732285 | Collapsible structure A collapsible structure consisting of an umbrella-like clothes drier or of a garden umbrella comprises a central tube and a folding frame, which carries a clothesline or a covering. A flexible sheath is provided, which is adapted to be slipped over the fo... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4724969 | Clothes drying apparatus The invention provides a clothes drying apparatus with a central post member, a collar member axially displaceably mounted on the supporting post member and a plurality of support arms. A plurality of clothes line portions extend between the support arms.... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4610364 | Clothes dryer lower cross assembly A lower cross assembly of an elevating clothes dryer which has a lower cross slidable over a stem, the lower cross having a plurality of pairs of outwardly radiating lugs, the lugs of each pair retaining between them a respective pin about which a clothes... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4583649 | Line lock A line lock for a rotary clothes dryer includes a locking block having a socket which is positioned over an end of, and engages, an arm of a rotary clothes dryer, a plurality of apertures extending through the block, at least one of the clothes lines exte... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4550840 | Clothes drying device A portable, collapsible and light weight household device as provided and having a plurality of spider-like arms extending from a mast. The spider assembly can be mounted to the mast with the arms extending upwardly wherein the associated cables may be us... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4206847 | Clothes-horse A clothes-horse, consisting of a standard having at its top at least three separate side arms extending therefrom at mutually substantially equal angles, between which clothes-lines are stretched, wherein the base of the standard is fastened in a socket o... | 06/10/1980 |
