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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6932173 | Steered vehicle The steered vehicle, which may be a road vehicle or a vehicle devised to be usable upon road surfaces and also upon a rail line, has road wheels or a combination of road and rail wheels as required. The wheels are mounted upon a bogie pivoted about a generally verti... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6732658 | Transit car propelled by multiple pairs of magnetic linear motors A method of propelling a transit vehicle steered by a centerline electrified structural guidebeam located between two special steel load-bearing rollway beams, using magnetic linear motors suspended between each pair of steerable load-bearing wheels, to react induct... | 05/11/2004 |
| 5243919 | Magnetic levitation actuator A magnetic levitation actuator includes a pair of U-shaped first permanent magnets provided on opposite sides of an object to be driven with a pair of outwardly projecting first legs defining the U-shape. A pair of guide rails are spaced apart from the ob... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4996927 | Linear motor drive conveyor truck There is disclosed a truck for use with a linear motor drive conveyor for conveying articles such as automotive bodies through a paint station. Shield means are provided carried by the reaction plate which in turn is carried by the truck. The shield means... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4993327 | Apparatus for collective transportation of passengers, of metropolitan type with automatic drive by independent traction trucks using propulsion notably by linear motor The present invention concerns an apparatus for collective transportation of passengers, of metropolitan type with automatic drive by independent traction trucks using notably propulsion by linear motor, in this apparatus, the cabins (1) are driven by ind... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4742778 | Floating carrier type transporting system A floating carrier type transporting system comprises guide rails whose bottom section is formed by a ferromagnetic material, a carrier free to run along the guide rails, a magnetic supporting device for floating the carrier, a linear induction motor for ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4731569 | Apparatus for controlling a magnet in a magnetically suspended vehicle having a linear stator A magnet controller for a magnetically suspended vehicle of the linear stator type for travelling along a rail track (1) forming a linear stator having teeth of uniform determined width, responds to a rectified control signal. The control parameters for t... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4636667 | Excitation arrangement for a long stator drive An excitation arrangement for a long stator drive for rapid transit systems has combined generation of propulsive and portative forces. The arrangement comprises at least one heteropolar magnet which has a plurality of channels extending at right angles r... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636666 | Heteropolar magnet An excitation arrangement for a long stator drive, particularly a synchronous long stator drive for rapid transit systems having combined generation of propelling and carrying forces comprises at least one heteropolar magnet which has a plurality of chann... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4593625 | Motor vehicle bogie A vehicle bogie which includes a pair of mechanical bearings mounted on shafts of wheel assemblies and U-shaped beam surrounding the shafts and bridging the pairs of mechanical bearings. A linear induction motor is suspended from the beams, with the linea... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4440092 | Railway steering truck linear induction motor assembly A steerable truck comprises a pair of wheelsets spaced apart along the longitudinal axis of the truck, each supporting a respective steering yoke. A main frame is supported by the yokes which are connected to the main frame to permit rotation of each yoke... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4280412 | Independent suspension system for attraction type magnetically floated travelling body An independent suspension system is provided for an attraction type magnetically floated travelling body wherein plural modules, each of which is obtained by assembling one or a plurality of electromagnets in combination with a brack and a linear motor, a... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4055123 | Systems for magnetically supporting a vehicle A system for magnetically supporting a vehicle equipped with permanent magnets and propelled by a linear induction motor along a roadway defined by a stator member energized by polyphase alternating current, the system including members located on the veh... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4029020 | Magnetically levitated vehicle with module construction of suspension and propulsion means A magnetically levitated vehicle comprising: a body; and a plurality of modules arranged on said body in close positional relationship in two rows symmetrical with reference to the longitudinal vertical plane traversing the body and each including a frame... | 06/14/1977 |
