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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 |
| 7270632 | Surgical retractor having lifting capability A surgical retractor includes a pair of small grips that are disposed at the ends of arms that can be moved toward or away from each other. The grips engage and separate the sides of an incision that has been made in a patient. A lifting mechanism that can be attach... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6783122 | Rapid clamping device A clamping device (1), particularly a machine vice (1), has a body element (2), a jaw (3) attached thereto, and an oppositely placed movable jaw, for displacement by a drawbar (4). The drawbar has a compression bar to be arrested a... | 08/31/2004 |
| 5417409 | Vise with sliding back jaw A vise including a body 30 comprising a way 31 integrally formed to a rear column of support 35, a housing 46 attached below way 31, a front column of support 32, and a front jaw 34 attached to the upper portion of column 32. Front jaw 34 having a pad 82 ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5152044 | Apparatus for removing flexible impeller from a pump housing An apparatus for removing a flexible impeller from a pump housing. The apparatus includes a base member, first and second arms connected to the base member and movable relative to each other, and an actuator for clamping the arms on the core of the flexib... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4995989 | Separating liquids Apparatus (100) for separating components of a liquid mixture such as oil from water. The apparatus comprises a cyclonic device (110) and a separating device (150). The cyclonic device has a tangential inlet (112) for inlet of the mixture, an elongate cha... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4900000 | Support for minature objects The invention comprises an adjustable support for support elongated miniature objects such as the fuselage or wing of an airplane or hull of a boat laterally of its length. The supports have their one ends attached to a horizontal surface, with the suppor... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4641822 | Wood holder A pair of uprights are provided and disposed in laterally spaced relation. The uprights are interconnected at their lower ends by a horizontal base projecting considerably rearwardly, only, from the uprights and each of the uprights includes front and rea... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4437400 | Stamping device A stamping device includes a baseplate, a slide mounted on the baseplate, a carriage movably mounted on the slide, and a punch holder coupled to the carriage for movement therewith. The carriage is movable in an adjustable, predetermined indexical manner ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4431174 | Vice A quick-release vice or work holder capable of rapid opening or closing and clamping, comprises a bed, a fixed jaw affixed to the bed and a movable jaw means. The bed has an inverted T-shaped central longitudinally-extending slot with at least one substan... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4326703 | Cut log section holder for log splitting operation A generally rectangular frame is provided for disposition on a horizontal surface and first and second adjacent sides of the frame define convergent gripping jaws and a horizontally opening crotch at the convergent ends of the jaws for frictionally grippi... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4296922 | Bench clamp device A tension clamping device is described, which is particularly suited for use as a bench clamp or vice. A workpiece is gripped in the jaws of the clamping device by forcing a pin, which engages notches in an area depending from one of the jaws, to travel i... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4184668 | Adjustable quick acting vise An adjustable quick acting vise having a toggle action lever acting upon a pair of spaced apart rails. The rails have a multiplicity of pairs of grooves for engaging a cross pin which is moveable by the toggle action. The multiplicity of pairs of grooves ... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4170345 | Holding clamp assembly Disclosed herein is a holding clamp assembly disposed on a table having parallel trackways disposed thereon. Riding within these trackways are diverse types of clamping mechanisms which cooperate and coact with one another to provide retention means for o... | 10/09/1979 |
| 3934316 | Clamping device The device comprises a preferably C-chaped member having clamping pieces at opposite ends. Each clamping piece has means for rotating the piece and opposite surfaces for engaging with a work piece. The device is functional as either a clamp or jack and in... | 01/27/1976 |
