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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325576 | Inflatable suction hose A flexible suction hose has supporting ribs that may be inflated to hold the hose open against suction for use and deflated to allow the suction hose to be folded or collapsed for storage and transportation. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308989 | Collapsible structures Collapsible structures are provided that have an enclosed interior space that can be used to hold and contain water or other matter. The interior space is defined by an enclosing wall and a base that are both waterproof to prevent leakage of the water or matter cont... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7232103 | Load-bearing pressurized liquid column A load-bearing, pressurized-fluid column apparatus and method for supporting a load or mine ceiling with respect to a support surface or mine floor includes an elongated, flexible sleeve and bladder retain a substantially incompressible liquid. The sleeve and bladde... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7181877 | Inflatable apparatus for displaying visual images Apparatus for displaying a visual image includes a device having an inflatable main body and a base portion. The main body is formed from tubular members which define a predetermined shape when inflated, providing at least one display face for displaying a visual im... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178483 | Inflatable pet house module An inflatable pet house module includes first and second inflatable units. The first inflatable unit includes an inflatable mattress and a mattress cover formed with an opening for insertion of the mattress thereinto. The second inflatable unit is coupled releasably... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7108608 | Inflatable bouncer An inflatable bouncer includes an inflatable bottom section, an inflatable inner column coupled to a center of the bottom section, and a plurality of inflatable columns around a periphery of the bottom section. An uninflated roof extends between the inner column and... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7021008 | Inflatable structure with inflatable interior frame An inflatable device with an outer inflatable structure, inflatable interior frame, an interior opening and an outer opening. The frame has a plurality of side rods, a center wall, a plurality of interconnected ribs and a plurality of air passages. The interior open... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6952844 | Bed-tent A bed-tent provides an enclosure over a mattress. The tent forms a canopy having spaced apart panels and a flexible cover extending between the panels. Each panel includes a hoop of flexible, resilient, strip material and a sheet of flexible fabric in the space with... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6826886 | Capital for architectural column A capital to be placed upon a hollow column having a non-uniform cross section with a maximum inner dimension and a minimum inner dimension. The capital has an ornamental upper portion attached to a neck. The neck possesses a maximum outer cross-sectional dimension ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6786456 | Deployable inflatable boom and methods for packaging and deploying a deployable inflatable boom An inflatable boom for space applications, and a methods of folding and deploying a boom are disclosed. The boom comprises a membrane having a substantially tapered cylindrical shape. A wide end of the membrane is attached to a base, and a narrow end of the membrane... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6637159 | Load-bearing pressurized liquid column A load-bearing, pressurized-fluid column apparatus and method for supporting a load or mine ceiling with respect to a support surface or mine floor includes an elongated, flexible sleeve retains a substantially incompressible liquid. The elongated, flexib... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6508036 | Method of linear actuation by inflation and apparatus therefor A method and lightweight apparatus (100) that provide linear actuation effected by the controlled inflation of a deployable tube (120) permits the deploying end (125) of the tube (120) to be guided out in a linear motion by a yoke (140) that constrains th... | 01/21/2003 |
| 5937586 | Inflatable skating rink An inflatable skating rink made up of a plurality of base modules positioned adjacent to one another to define a perimeter of the skating rink. Base modules are made of a flexible material which is substantially impermeable to air. The base modules can be... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5743049 | Support structure for architectural systems A support structure for architectural systems is suggested which comprises a plurality of supports (2) standing on a base and serving to bear a load. The supports (2) are constituted by air-tight hollow bodies (6) which possesses a wall of flexible materi... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5546707 | Polyethelene inflatable tube construction device The invention is an inflatable tube system, having an inflatable tube in the shape of a cylinder having two ends and a shaft. The tube includes a bladder, made of an elastometer in the shape of a cylinder, and a fabric covering made of woven polyethylene,... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5527216 | Chimney A segmented chimney constructed from separate inflated chimney units mounted one on top of another. Each chimney unit has a segmented side wall, the segments being individually movable relative to the unit.... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5311706 | Inflatable truss frame An inflatable truss frame member for use in the frame of a large inflatable device such as a ship or satellite decoy. A first embodiment, developed for use in satellite decoys, comprises three main inflatable tubes separated by shear load carrying interla... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5305561 | Inflatable housing structure A floating inflatable structure is used to house a vessel for repair while it is afloat. The structure has inflatable walls containing water ballast. The height of the structure above the water can be adjusted by either introducing or expelling water ball... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5226261 | Tent apparatus A unitary pneumatic base chamber in pneumatic communication with a series of arcuate hoops extending upwardly and generally orthogonally relative to the base chamber when the base chamber and hoops are in an inflated configuration. Flexible mesh web panel... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5195638 | Combination of thematically related decorative objects Decorative structures comprising a combination of a flexible sheet member and a decorative bag member simulate a universal conception of the appearance of a well known theme. For example, a combination structure for simulating a universal conception of th... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5103848 | Sunshade umbrella An apparatus including a central post mounting an umbrella to minimize heat and light directed to an individual while permitting flow of air therethrough. The apparatus includes a central support column with a downwardly directed concave canopy. The canop... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5065640 | Inflatable structure An inflatable structure, particularly adapted for use in outer space, employs one or more inflatable links which are connected at a base of the structure. A distal end of an outer most link is provided with a gripper assembly which can be remote controlle... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4941461 | Electrically actuated inflatable penile erection device Disclosed is an electrically actuated penile erection prosthetic device. This device utilizes an alternating magnetic field generated from a device external to the patient which is inductively coupled into a pick-up coil that is implanted either within th... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4899962 | Portable fire retardant separation wall especially for aircraft A fire retardant separation wall for an aircraft cabin or transport space in an aircraft or in any other craft, is made portable by constructing such a separation wall as a foldable gas-tight wall made out of fire resistant material. A ring hose surrounds... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4819389 | Inflatable tent A tent uses outer and inner inflatable frame sections secured to one another in an inner-outer relationship to provide improved rigidity and support, and improved structural integrity upon puncture of one of the inflatable sections. The tent is provided w... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4768315 | Shading and heat insulating device A shading and heating insulating device, especially for greenhouses, has two films of flexible plastic material interconnected to form a type of pouch enclosing a hollow space, which is preferably divided into a plurality of tunnels. A supply pipe is oper... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4685728 | Self-contained outdoor sports event seat A portable inflatable stadium type seat including an airtight hollow base which provides a pressure chamber, the pressure chamber being arranged to introduce air under pressure into a plurality of flexible, double-walled panels secured to a base which als... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4651478 | Geodesic mold house A geodesic mold house is provided and consists in its final fabrication one hardened outer shell which is superimposed upon another shell with a space inbetween for insulation and utilizes reinforcement members for added strength.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4643210 | Inflatable umbrella An inflatable umbrella consisting of canopy and handle which may be folded and conveniently carried about on the person and which has in its handle a compartment for a cartridge which can emit a pressurized gas for inflating the umbrella and has air passa... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4631873 | Inflatable shelter An inflatable shelter having a plurality of sections wherein each section has a series of inflatable arched tubes that are arranged parallel to each other and in successive tangential abutting contact. Adjacent tubes in each section are interconnected alo... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4556391 | Inflatable ship interior simulating play tent A downwardly opening canopy is provided and supported from an inflatable skeletal frame including a generally rectangular base portion and crossed-intersecting inflatable arch members. The canopy is constructed of translucent material and has an ocean shi... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4531330 | Bed/shelter unit A bed/shelter unit comprising a lightweight air mattress and a lightweight tent on the mattress adapted to be erected as a shelter over the mattress and to be collapsed on the mattress, the mattress, when deflated, and the tent, when collapsed on the matt... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4486479 | Hollow three dimensional air-inflatable structures An air-inflatable structure wherein each flat wall of the structure comprs a separate air bag. Sharp rectangular corners can be formed at the demarcation zones between the separate air bags. The invention is particularly useful in the formation of air-in... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4340626 | Diffusion pumping apparatus self-inflating device An elastomeric enclosure is initially inflated to a desired pressure by a gas having large molecules incapable of diffusing outwardly from the enclosure, except at a relatively slow rate. When the enclosure is surrounded by ambient air at atmospheric pres... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4332112 | Multipurpose air filling tent A multipurpose air-filled tent. The tent interior includes various equipment for household use, such as a mattress, a clothes closet, garmet hangers, a storage rack, storage bags. Three different models are designed for sleeping, bathing and dressing, res... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4318251 | Inflatable and automatically deployable heat blanket A heat blanket for building enclosures with large glazing areas, such as greenhouses and other solar-oriented buildings comprises a night time/inclement daytime blanket consisting of series of tube stacks, each tube in a stack being inflatable so that the... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4317315 | Inflatable shelter This invention relates to inflatable shelters of the kind that are formed from flexible impervious material, such as plastic, treated fabric, or the like, and which are so constructed as to embody in a unitary structure a skin for the closure and inflatab... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4309851 | Structure of inflatable tubes with closed loop connectors The modular construction elements are formed of flexible airtight material of common cross-sectional diameter and varied tubular lengths sealed to provide an inflatable chamber. Each chamber is adapted with an air valve for inflation or deflation. The var... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4297813 | Multiple layer insulation cover A multiple layer insulation cover for preventing heat loss in, for example, a greenhouse, is disclosed. The cover is comprised of spaced layers of thin foil covered fabric separated from each other by air spaces. The spacing is accomplished by the inflati... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295302 | Inflatable tent An inflatable tent is disclosed wherein the tent comprises a plurality of inflatable frames for supporting the tent; an air passage tube for interconnecting the frames and permitting air to flow therein; a plurality of blockage mechanisms installed on the... | 10/20/1981 |
