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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 |
| 5721049 | Composite materials using bone bioactive glass and ceramic fibers Composite materials formed from bone bioactive glass or ceramic fibers and structural fibers are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, a braid or mesh of interwoven bone bioactive glass or ceramic fibers and structural fibers is impregnated with a polymeri... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5700556 | Granules of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic In granules of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, a multiplicity of individual filaments of the reinforcing fiber (e.g. glass) are arranged in parallel in a matrix of the thermoplastic material (e.g. polypropylene). The fiber length corresponds to t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5670231 | Clutch facing An asbestos-free high performance clutch facing which exhibits a less decrease in the friction coefficient as well as a less wearing during long-term repeated cycles of loading at high temperatures is disclosed. The clutch facing is a disk-shaped clutch facing... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5462791 | Fiber-reinforced plastic material comprising stacked woven fabrics of differential weave in a plastic matrix There are disclosed fiber-reinforced plastic materials with a composite structure including at least two kinds of fibers as reinforcing materials, which have reciprocal thermal expansion and contraction properties, and a synthetic resin as a matrix. The f... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5403653 | Reinforced alloy laminates The stiffness of materials formed from aluminum alloy sheets laminated with layers of long aligned fibers embedded in a matrix of resin material is enhanced by reinforcing the aluminum alloy component with ceramic particles or whiskers. Use of stiff fiber... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5393601 | Non-woven solidified by means of a melt binder A non-woven solidified by means of a melt binder is described, which is based on supporting aramid fibers and on binding fibers made of thermoplastic aramids whose melting point is below the melting or decomposition point of said supporting aramid fibers.... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5279893 | Prepregs, process for producing the same and laminates produced with the same A prepreg for fiber-reinforced composite materials comprising (A) a reinforcing fiber having a modulus of elasticity of 200 GPa or more, (B) a fibrous thermoplastic resin having a modulus of elasticity of 100 GPa or less, and (C) a thermosetting matrix re... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5240766 | Gasket material A composite gasket material includes a fiber component (3-15% by wt.), an elastomeric binder component (3-15% by wt.), and a solid filer component (60-90% by wt.). The material may additionally include a phenolic or epoxy resin (up to 5 wt. %) and a silic... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5230952 | Sintered composite friction material comprising fluorocarbon resin A sintered fluorocarbon resin based composite friction material having a high coefficient of friction, greater hardness, good machineability and improved wear resistance. The composite material comprises a homogeneous blend of fluorocarbon resin, aramid a... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5098758 | Resin mold clutch facing Disclosed is a resin mold clutch facing integrally heat molded out of a resin mold base member and a backup member. The resin mold base member consists essentially of a matrix composed of from 10 to 20 volume % of a glass fiber, from 5 to 30 volume % of a... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4833005 | Laminate of fiber-reinforced, crosslinked polypropylene A laminate is made of textile sheet structures of synthetic fibers or glass fibers with a covering of polypropylene. The polypropylene is crosslinked by addition of crosslinking agents. The laminate has good electrical insulating properties, perfect solde... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4780359 | Fire retardent structural textile panel A nonwoven textile panel for use as a fire retardant and sound deadening barrier in the interiors of aircraft, comprised of three layers of nonwoven textile fibers of polyphenylene sulfide fibers and Nomex brand aramid fibers that have been carded, cross-... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4622192 | Stampable sheets of glass/carbon fiber mat reinforced polymers of olefin and method of preparation A method for preparing stampable composites of polymer of olefin and fiber mat composites which are a mixture of glass fiber and carbon fiber by surrounding a fiber mat of a mixture of glass fiber and carbon fiber with a matrix of polymer of olefin. A sta... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4579774 | Reinforced laminate A reinforced laminate comprising (a) a foamed styrene resin sheet layer, and (b) thermoplastic resin layers reinforced with a mixture of glass fibers and organic fibers and laminated on both surfaces of the sheet layer (a). This laminate is suitable for use as... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4576858 | Material based on a non-woven textile lap which may be used as reinforcement for impermeable coverings The present invention relates to a material which may be used as reinforcement for bituminous impermeable coverings of the type constituted by a non-woven fibrous lap. The material being characterized in that the lap is formed by a complex comprising an i... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4575473 | Curable poly(acrylate) molding compositions containing a thermoplastic polymer low profile additive This invention is directed to curable molding compositions containing a mixutre of a poly(acrylate), a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer which serves to crosslink the poly(acrylate) to a thermoset product, and a thermoplastic polymer low pro... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4524100 | Inorganic composite and the preparation thereof There is prepared in inorganic composite containing a needle-like inorganic material or a fiber-like inorganic material which is present as a mixture in isotropic solid vitreous inorganic material while maintaining its needle-like or fiber-like structure.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4451528 | Composite fiber reinforced member and method A composite fiber reinforced plastic member and its method of manufacture to provide a high-strength light-weight part particularly suitable for use as a structural component. The composite member comprises a body or web comprised of a glass fiber reinfor... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4440819 | Interconnection of unidirectional fiber arrays with random fiber networks Disclosed is a process for preparing novel multidirectional fiber arrays wherein graphite, glass or other fibers, in unidirectional arrays, are interconnected with polymer fibers. Production is accomplished by mechanical agitation of these unidirectional ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4431698 | Waterproof packing A low-friction, water- and steam-resistant packing suitable for both static and dynamic applications includes inorganic fiber selected from the group consisting of chemical, electrical, structural and alkali resistant glasses, ceramic, quartz, carbon and ... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4259397 | Brake lining material A brake pad or lining comprising a binder and a peroxidized fiber derived from an acrylic fiber said peroxidized fiber containing at least about 5 wt % bonded oxygen. The material has a relatively high coefficient of friction as well as good wear resistan... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4160059 | Adsorptive nonwoven fabric comprising fused fibers, non-fused fibers and absorptive material and method of making same A novel adsorptive nonwoven fabric having good strength as well as good permeability and softness and a method of making the same is disclosed. This product consists essentially of supporting fibers containing a heat-fusible fiber and an adsorptive materi... | 07/03/1979 |
