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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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| 7244263 | Surgical instrument A surgical instrument, suitable for endoscopic surgery has a first member and a movably driven second member movable in such first member. One such member comprises a generally tubular proximal member and a tissue working tip which are relatively telescoped and have... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7192237 | Accessible cart for use with beverage distribution system A series of transport carts are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van to leave an aisle between them. The carts have wheel supported upright frames with bottom supports for the products disposed... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7144020 | Service cart with protective bumpers and recessed drawer handles There is provided a transportable service cart with protective bumpers attached to the vertical corners of the service cart. The service cart of the present invention also comprises drawer handles that do not extend beyond a front surface of the drawers of the servi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7032866 | Bracket with captured spacer A support bracket for mounting an engine component to a surface, such as to a cylinder head or engine block. In an embodiment, the support bracket includes a base member, a shelf member and a spacer. The base member has a back portion with a shape that defines a for... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029078 | Latch mechanism for locker A storage unit providing a storage space is disclosed. The storage unit comprises a base and a panel moveable relative to the base to expose and conceal a storage space a handle configured for at least vertical movement, at least one connector configured for at leas... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001003 | Accessory and doll holding assembly An accessory and doll holding assembly includes a base housing with a bottom wall, a top wall and a peripheral wall. A plurality of dividing walls divides the base housing into a two clothes hanging sections and a plurality of drawer sections. A centrally disposed w... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6449141 | Kit for a housing A housing for receiving electric and/or electronic components, having a housing body, with a front that can be closed by a front door and an open back that can be closed with a rear covering, wherein the covering can be attached to the body in an exchange... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6378963 | Modular drawer system A modular drawer system provides a system of interchangeable components that are easy to assemble. The system requires few fasteners because most of the parts are slidably interconnected. Many parts perform dual functions. A removable lock tray and a trac... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6245998 | Cable management assembly for equipment racks A cable management assembly for use with equipment racks wherein equipment panels are fastened along vertical mounting rails of the rack. In one embodiment, the assembly includes an elongated trough having a back wall, a bottom wall and a front wall. The ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6185878 | Modular panel construction system A utility shed is disclosed comprising modular side panels (30) which are connected together by corner connectors (26) and in-line connectors (28) to form sidewalls. The connectors (26, 28) have an I-beam cross section and comprise U-shaped ends (106, 80)... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170673 | Switch cabinet with an assembly unit A switch cabinet having a rack with vertical frame pieces, wherein the vertical frame pieces are coupled to a lower unit or to an upper unit. Electronic components can be assembled by connecting two adjacent vertical frame pieces to a separate assembly un... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168248 | Containment system for packaged air conditioning unit A containment system for a packaged air conditioning unit is disclosed comprising a base pan, a first unit wrapper, a second unit wrapper, a compressor compartment partition, a condenser compartment partition, and a top cover having an indoor section and ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6132017 | Reinforced article of furniture An article of furniture includes two supports each of which is made up of a shelf mounted on a rectangular frame. The supports are spaced from one another by pairs of vertical boards which bracket X-shaped spacers constituted by inclined interlocking boar... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5894106 | Electronics cabinet The invention deals with an electronics cabinet with a shelving frame of sectional rails 8 on which casings 2,3 are attached. On the insides 19 of the casings 2,3, longitudinal grooves 38 are designed in which contact springs 24 lock into. The contact rid... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5803561 | Assembly made from dove tail panels and the method of assembling A piece of furniture has side panels, each having a front and rear dove tail shaped vertical channel. A channel access aperture is positioned proximate a lower end of each channel. Lower support members are coupled between the side panels using dove tail ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5743607 | Cart for medication A medication cart has a base formed of a pair of molded plates interconnected by rails. The plates have molded grooves and holes for receiving structural elements of the cart. Molded hollow plastic end panels have horizontal ribs that support drawers. The... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5695094 | Cabinet and supporting frame for liquid dispensing system with removable reservoir and hot tank A readily disassemblable cabinet for a liquid dispensing system includes a supporting frame assembly having a base plate and a shelf, and further includes readily removable front, rear, and side panels and a separately removable top support and top panel.... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5678908 | Jewelry case A jewelry case includes a base, a pair of drawer supports, a top cover and at least one drawer. The base has a top side formed with two sets of first positioning units. Each of the drawer supports includes an upright support plate having a bottom end form... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5673984 | Transport cart A cart for transporting materials along a floor having a base positioned parallel to the floor. Positioned above the base is a rectangular cover having a first side edge, a second side edge and a back edge defining three sides of a rectangle. A first side... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5590939 | Reconfigurable space frame cabinet Disclosed is a reconfigurable space frame cabinet for mounting to a vehicle and a method of assembly therefor. The reconfigurable space frame cabinet includes four elongated corner members having two parallel extending grooves on a first side and a plural... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5588355 | Knockdown compactable food smoker and method of use thereof A free standing assembled smokehouse, which can be collapsed from its open or assembled configuration to a closed or disassembled compact configuration is shown. The open or assembled smokehouse is a box-shaped with a firebox chamber in the lower portion ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5527104 | Computer chassis cover alignment apparatus A computer cover structure is removably slid over an associated computer chassis to place facing end walls of the cover and chassis in a contiguous, parallel relationship, the end walls are automatically aligned with one another, in two perpendicular dire... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5011240 | Segmented side wall cart A utility cart with front, back, side, top and bottom walls includes a housing having a pair of U-shaped frames spanning the front and back portions of the cart. Each of the U-shaped frames has a pair of upright legs joined by a bottom bight portion. At l... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4909581 | Drawer construction A knocked down drawer assembly in which the parts are specially designed so that they can be easily interlocked and bonded together to form a drawer construction of great structural integrity. The drawer assembly does not require the use of conventional f... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4865402 | Showcase for the display of merchandise The merchandise display showcase composed of standard parts and having a base part (1, 2), corner columns (3) and glass walls (8) is equipped, between the base part and a cover plate (7), with a crossmember element (4) for stabilizing the corner columns (... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4854654 | Collapsible cabinet The invention relates to a collapsible cabinet, comprising end ladder structures (3) on the gables of a cabinet and door frame structures. Both of these structures include upright posts (7) and horizontal braces (9) therebetween, the latter being fastened... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4832421 | Ready-to-assemble cabinet A ready-to-assemble cabinet requiring no fasteners for assembly. Side panels interlock with a back panel, front rail, and shelves to form a free-standing, self-supporting unit.... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4800734 | Room air conditioner A room air conditioner unit is disclosed having a molded polymeric chassis consisting primarily of two chassis members. A sheet metal wrapper is removably installed with four corner fasteners and gives an external appearance of a metal unit, as well as as... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793667 | Knockdown steel counter A knockdown metal cabinet is particularly suited for the food merchandising business and can be quickly assembled from a plurality of flat panels. A rectangular base member has upstanding brackets at each corner along front and back sides which receive ch... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4782972 | Collapsible file box A collapsible file box is disclosed which includes a rectangular base, a pair of generally rectangular ends adapted to extend vertically upwardly from the rectangular base, each end further including a plurality of side tabs extending outwardly from each ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4618193 | Cabinet construction for an automatic washer A cabinet construction for domestic appliances is provided in which four vertical side panels are secured to a horizontal base panel and each other by interlocking slot and tab means and two restraining bars securing the top ends of the side panels. A top... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4560257 | Knock-down geometric structure with optional mirrored faces Various geometric structures are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the structure is a mirror cube formed by five rectangular mirrors defining four sides and a top panel, and an inset base. Upper and lower frames extend around upper and lower margins o... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4501368 | Substrate support module A substrate support module (10) includes a series of vertically arranged guide shelves (12, 14 and 16) having front, intermediate and rear circular bosses (34, 36 and 38) projecting from opposite ends thereof. The first and third bosses (34 and 38) are ta... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4438993 | Display case including improved hinge connection arrangement A hinge comprising a first elongated hinge member defining an elongated socket and a second hinge member adapted to be positionable in a first angular position wherein at least a portion of the second hinge member is slidably insertable into the socket an... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4371221 | Composite modular element structure for furnishings A composite modular element structure for furnishings comprises side elements, back elements located in guides at the vertical edges of the side elements, roof and base panels adapted for assembling to the side elements and tie members for assembling the ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4356777 | Knockdown structure A knockdown structure including at least two panels adapted to extend transverse to each other, an intermediate bar segment attached to a side face of one of the panels and two end bar segments attached to side face of the other of the panels and disposed... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4318576 | Cabinet assembly Cabinet structure, particularly of the knockdown type. There is provided structural means for cooperation with presently known easily assembled and disassembled shelving structure for converting same into an easily assembled and attractive closed cabinet.... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4228743 | Behind door shelf assembly The shelf assembly described herein comprises a shelf arrangement designed for assembly by sliding in a limited manner doweled or tubed component parts into interlocking arrangement from the rear of the assembly. This has the advantages of a locked arrang... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4226488 | Furniture frame The furniture frame is made of various pieces which can be slid together to form a completed piece of furniture. The pieces include components to define top, bottom and intermediate frames of wood, components to define drawer for sliding between the frame... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4154493 | Electrical apparatus housing assembly An electrical apparatus housing assembly unit is constructed from mounting columns, a top and bottom panel member and two side panel members. The mounting columns serve as structural components of the electrical housing assembly unit and also as members t... | 05/15/1979 |
