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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194841 | Dressing room and curtain suspension device A fitting room (11) as a dressing room is adapted to have its entrance (12) opened and closed by drawing a curtain (14). The curtain is suspended from the tip ends of beam members of a curtain suspension apparatus (15) mounted on a ceilin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7160588 | Artificial Christmas tree and cover system An artificial Christmas tree and storage cover a trunk and progressively larger branches from the top to near the base of the tree. The tree trunk rests in a central bore of a frustoconical base and has at least three swivel castor wheels mounted on the lower wall, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117633 | Foliage wrap thermal bag A one piece fabric wrap has multiple elongated pockets sewn into an inner surface. A cylindrical rope light or heat tape is positioned within the multiple pockets and hook and loop material is attached to an outer perimeter of the inside surface to provide closure o... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7047992 | Lawn chair screen and cover The lawn chair screen and cover is an enclosure system for lawn or folding chairs to protect the occupant from flying insects. The lawn chair screen and cover is made of fabric mesh and supported by a frame structure that may connect to the chair by rope, hook and l... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6997199 | Tent stake device A tent stake device used in conjunction with a tent having a tent fly and ground surface cover utilizing a ground-penetrating shaft. A first appendage is connected to the shaft and links to the tent itself. A second appendage connected to the shaft supports the edge... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6810618 | Support for a flexible tree covering An easily and installed support for a flexible covering, such as a bird-excluding net or a thermal blanket, may be made from lightweight and readily available plastic pipe components. The support is configured as a wheel and a vertical center pole that can hold the ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6044595 | Billboard netting system providing protection from birds A billboard netting system for a billboard (10) including top netting pieces (40, 46, 48), side netting pieces (50, 54, 56, 58), and bottom netting piece (52). Such netting pieces enclose potential bird nesting structure of the billboard, yet allow for ea... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6006469 | Modular interlocking shrub shelter and method of assembly A shrub shelter assembled from modular, interlocking components forms an inverted-V-shaped device to protect shrubs, bushes, small trees and other plants from the damaging effects of falling ice and snow. The assembly of the preferred embodiment utilizes ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5930948 | Device for protecting shrubbery and other plants from deer and other animals A plant protection device for protecting plants from being eaten or otherwise damaged by animals includes a center support for supporting an umbrella like top frame having a plurality of radially outwardly extending arms or rods angularly spaced from one ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5456043 | Tree crop catch A device adapted to be secured to the trunk of a tree, the device serving to catch the fruit from the trees and protect the fruit from animals, the device including a mesh dome having a rounded closed top and an open bottom. The open bottom defines a circ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5400541 | Tepee tent for a tripod tree stand A tepee tent for a tripod tree stand comprising of a tree stand having a post constituting a center platform support with a lower end and having an elevated upper end, an upper platform positionable in a horizontal orientation and secured adjacent to the ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5345711 | Treeshelter system for seedlings, saplings, and the like A treeshelter system comprising a unitary treeshelter with integral staking means is disclosed. The treeshelter system may include treeshelter extenders with a lower edge having connector means which cooperate and connect with connector means provided on ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5222325 | Tree protector The tree protector is made of a plurality of adjacently positioned trapezoidal panels having one lateral side provided with tabs and another lateral side with corresponding slots for hooking the tabls of an adjacent panel. Each panel has a plurality of na... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5016388 | Protective tree guard A protective tree guard is set forth formed of stretch polymeric filaments to define a webbing of finite length and width formed with a right and left webbing including cooperating snap fasteners to enable securement of the flexible netting about a desire... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4969555 | Tree branch corset and method of attachment to a growing tree In one embodiment of the invention, a tree branch corset comprises a generally rectangular piece of fabric or other material, slightly gathered along the bottom edge thereof, and having a plurality of sets of mating fasteners attached along opposite side ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4787173 | Tree covering and method of using the same A covering for a tree including a flexible fabric envelope having a closed top and an open bottom, the bottom being held open at all times during use by means of a relatively rigid ring. The cover is placed on the tree through use of a ring affixed to the... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4646467 | Weather resistant cover bag for dormant plants A cover to protect plants, such as rosebushes, azaleas, rhododendrons and the like, against winterkill and to maintain the plants in a dormant state is provided in the form of a multilayer bag with an air space between the layers, skirts or flaps at the m... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4569153 | Eradication of phreatophytes and preservation of ground water The eradication of phreatophytes by enclosing them in transparent or translucent moisture-proof covers, thereby resulting in cessation of transpiration.... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4197673 | Plant, shrub and tree protector garden panel Each of a plurality of rectangular sheet-like plates of rigid material has a plurality of square holes formed therethrough in rows and columns. Each of a plurality of anchoring strips of rigid material is of elongated narrow rectangular configuration with... | 04/15/1980 |
