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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 |
| 7900411 | Shear wall building assemblies Novel building systems, in particular low cost superior strength building assemblies incorporating single or double shear walls, and disaster resistant window attachments are described herein. The inventive building systems are particularly well-suited for adding ro... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7367527 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from a sheet of insulation material, wherein the sheet of insulation material is arranged to form a series of undulations defining a seri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356970 | Metal building construction A metal building is disclosed that employs interlocking vertically extended panels of improved configuration including improved insulated wall panels, unique corner constructions, and unique window and door arrangements. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322770 | Joint arrangement for demountable structure A joint arrangement between adjacent edges of structural elements each including a face surface and a rear surface with a profiled edge extending between the face and rear surfaces. The profiled edge forms a shoulder spaced from both the face and rear surfaces. The ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320201 | Wall construction A kit for forming a hollow block assembly to be used to construct a wall, the kit consisting of two face panels and a plurality of fasteners, each face panel comprising a plurality of spaced apart flanges extending perpendicularly from and attached to each panel so ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278608 | Reinforced insulation product and system suitable for use in an aircraft An acoustical and thermal insulation product suitable for use in an aircraft is provided, comprising: an insulation layer formed from at least one sheet of insulation material, and a plurality of elongated reinforcing members for reinforcing the insulation product, ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7254925 | Insulated wall assembly A concrete form panel has a plurality of studs. A first and second panel are fastened to the studs to define concrete receiving cavities between the first panel and the second panel. A fastening strip attaches the panels to the stud and is vertically oriented. In ad... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252267 | Aircraft archway architecture An architectural archway for an aircraft. The archways can be positioned individually, or in pairs or other sets along the length of an aircraft fuselage. The archways are used to run or connect various transport elements, such as electrical wiring, water lines, and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237366 | Post-tensioned insulated wall panels An insulated concrete panel having one or more tendons positioned in the insulation layer inside the panel which are put into tension after the concrete panel has been formed. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186161 | Real construction game (RCG) The present invention concerns a construction game to make buildings at a reduced scale providing the user with all the necessary elements in order to obtain a sample at real scale. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178297 | Structures incorporating interlocking wall modules Modular structures constructed from interlocking wall modules made of plate steel and assembled with C-channel connectors, including tongue and groove elements used to position adjoining modules adjacent to one another, for example during the construction of a cell ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7107731 | Insulated asymmetrical directional force resistant building panel with symmetrical joinery, integral shear resistance connector and thermal break A structural building system including an improved, structural-load-bearing, building component, such as a building panel, having front and back sections, an insulating core, integral symmetrical joinery, a thermal break, and at least one shear resistance connector ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083147 | Modularized insulation, systems, apparatus, and methods Modularized insulation blanket for thermal and/or acoustical insulation. The modularized insulation blanket has a cover formed of a distal layer and proximal layer in sealed mated relationship. The distal and proximal layers are sealed along longitudinal and latitud... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040373 | Extruded door panel members A door panel comprises several interlocking panel members. The panel members can be extrusions that are readily cut to length to create assembled door panels that match doorways of various widths. The ability to readily provide a door panel in various widths and len... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033666 | Cushioning structure for floor and ground surfaces A flexible shock absorbing component providing cushioning for surfaces, especially wall and floor surfaces, is described. The shock absorbing component includes two sheets of thermoplastic, each sheet with inwardly facing, opposing, resiliently compressible indentat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032401 | Break down ice merchandiser shroud A refrigerated merchandiser shroud that can be packaged and transported unassembled and then assembled without tools is disclosed. The unassembled shroud can be readily transported and is resistant to damage during shipping. The refrigerated merchandiser shroud incl... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003863 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessory devices to panels An apparatus for mounting accessories to a panel surface includes at least one accessory interface on the panel surface. An elongate engaging section is recessed within and lies generally parallel to a part of the panel surface. An accessory device has a utility par... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968661 | Stiffener construction having a snap-on connector, for use with a wall panel shell in a wall system A connection system for securing a wall panel shell to a frame member. The frame member includes a groove and the shell includes a mounting member received within the groove. The shell includes a skin member secured to one or more structural members. Each mounting m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6935085 | Universal stud for demountable wall partitions and demountable ceiling panels A universal stud for use with demountable wall partitions and demountable ceiling panels is provided. A base having a first end and a second end is provided. The base has sufficient structure for removably engaging a demountable wall partition and/or a demountable c... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6901710 | Pultruded fiberglass reinforced plastic underground vault construction A buried vault enclosure of fiber reinforced plastic, wherein earth material, such as dirt, sand, and rocks, substantially covers the entire enclosure. The vault enclosure includes a plurality of prefabricated panels formed from pultruded members having a plastic re... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880304 | Structural thermal framing and panel system for assembling finished or unfinished walls with multiple panel combinations for poured and nonpoured walls A novel structural thermal framing and panel system for assembling finished or unfinished walls with multiple combinations for poured and nonpoured walls comprising of a permanent structural framing stud which can be adjusted to different wall thickness, a plurality... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6625944 | Right angle connector for framing members A connector for joining two elongate framing members in abutting right angle relationship to form either a right angle corner connection or T-connection between the framing members is disclosed. The connector can optionally include panel receiving means t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6591565 | Method and apparatus for connecting a building panel to a foundation The present invention is a method and apparatus for improving the connection between a building panel and a foundation. The improved connection is made possible by a unique form assembly that includes a trough assembly and a novel means for adequately sup... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6474033 | Prefabricated finishing module for the construction of building constructions and building constructions obtained thereby A prefabricated finishing module for the construction of building constructions provided with at least one pair of panels facing one another, bounding a space for the casting of concrete, adapted to be connected to one another and to respective panels of ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6389765 | Corner joint A corner joint for a building made of timber elements. The exterior surface of the building is a wall element made of logs, and the interior surface is a wall element is also made of logs. The space between the wall elements is fitted with thermal insulat... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6324804 | Concrete wall forming system Disclosed herein is a corner joint support for holding forms for casting upright concrete walls, comprising an outer form support an inner form support, the outer form support including inner and outer upright support portions joined by platforms extendin... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6250033 | Vertical and horizontal forming members for poured concrete walls Forming members for pouring of concrete walls which members hold sheets or material in spaced relation to one another to provide a concrete receiving space therebetween. In a horizontal mode, a base member having a web with U-shaped channels at the respec... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6041562 | Composite wall construction and dwelling therefrom A construction wall system comprising, an inner rigid panel and an outer rigid panel of rectangular shape and defining length and breadth dimensions and defining side edges on either side and end edges on ends. The panels being spaced apart from one anoth... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6026620 | Foundation construction system A building system and apparatus for forming a wall on a footing. U-shaped channels and H-shaped or T-shaped members coupled at their sides by rigid links hold foam panels in a desired spaced relationship. Vertically oriented panels aligned and connected b... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5740648 | Modular formwork for concrete A modular assembly for creating formwork for casting vertical concrete structures is characterized by elongated elements having a generally concave interior surface which are disposed in edge to edge relationship in two facing rows, and which are simultan... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5724784 | Shaft wall and horizontal metal stud therefor A hollow shaft wall with horizontal studs having angled stud webs forming a channel with the stud inner flanges. Core boards are held by one edge in the angled channel and the other edge held by suitable means on an adjacent horizontal stud. Wallboards ar... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5713161 | Noise-protection screen A noise-protection screen (1) provided with a number of sound-damping elements (2) and over the length of the noise-protection screen, spaced at a distance from each other with girders for the support of the elements, and a sound-damping element for a noi... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5682714 | Partitioning sash A partitioning sash comprises at least one multi window mullion for forming a multiple window portion, at least one salient corner mullion for forming a salient angle portion and at least one reentrant corner mullion for forming a reentrant angle portion.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5649401 | Foam and channel concrete form system A prefabricated wall forming structure for constructing reinforced concrete walls employs insulating foam plastic panels that are interlocked into two parallel concrete impervious walls by I beam channels that are spaced apart by tie elements. The tie ele... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5608999 | Prefabricated building panel An assembly of extruded thermoplastic structural components for use in the construction of a building, each structural component including an elongated rigid sheet member provided with at least two integral lengthwise edgewise rails. The structural compon... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5475961 | Vertical post assembly A hollow shaft wall with horizontal studs held between corner posts and an intermediate vertical wall support post, which intermediate post has a central reinforcement channel, the reinforcement channel has a bottom and two side walls, the channel is fill... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5448863 | Covered wall unit and method of making same A covered wall unit, especially suitable for use in office furniture applications, includes an upright structure having an outer, peripheral, open channel loosely surrounded by a tubular-shaped flexible cover. A tension bar is received in the channel for ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5433047 | Interlocking and insulated building pans The present invention is an insulated modular wall system for quickly and efficiently constructing buildings of one or more stories. Included in this modular wall system is a plurality of building pans, each having a pair of flanges for interlocking adjac... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5359816 | Buildings and methods of constructing buildings A building (1) or other walled structure has a foundation (6) formed of concrete or the like, a substantially rigid load bearing space frame (2) comprising a plurality of beams (4) and columns (3) secured to the foundation, and lightweight wall panels (5)... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5297836 | Motor car chasis structure A motor car structure is built up from flat panels joined together, each panel comprising two mutually parallel spaced apart structural skins braced with respect to each other by a core of expanded material united to both skins. Each joint between two pan... | 03/29/1994 |
