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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7252103 | Opening device of automatic umbrella Provided is an opening device mounted on a shank of automatic umbrella including a sliding sleeve having a lower extension and a slot on the extension. The device comprises an upper trigger mechanism lockingly engaged with the extension in a closed condition of the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7210490 | Super mini umbrella The invention relates to a super mini umbrella, which has a shorter length for facilitating carrying by people. The umbrella includes a shaft having its lowest tube with many impressions covered with glue to insert into a connector in a handle of the umbrella. A run... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6367494 | Movable sunshade base A sunshade base comprises a base adapted to engage with a support tube of a sunshade and two wheel assemblies each having a mounting plate and at least one wheel. The mounting plate is pivotally mounted to the base. The wheel is rotatably mounted to the m... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6003533 | Walking aid safety tip An improved walking aid tip that is easy to use and provides for better support on smooth or slippery surfaces. The tip combines the features of an enlarged base for better stability on sand and gravel, a combination of convex and flat base to provide sup... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5713382 | Walking aid safety tip An improved walking aid tip that is easy to use and provides for better support on smooth or slippery surfaces. The tip combines the features of an enlarged base for better stability on sand and gravel, a combination of convex and flat base to provide sup... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5611364 | Portable shade umbrella A portable shade umbrella comprises a weighted base having a supporting pole secured in it, with the supporting pole having a curved upper section with a downwardly depending stud attached to the outer end of the curved section for supporting a rib assemb... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5595202 | Umbrella tear prevention and repair device The present invention relates to a device for securing umbrella material to an umbrella rib end. The device includes a cap member having an external wall and an internal wall, the internal wall defining an internal bore having an opening at a distal of th... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5564450 | Umbrella repair device This invention is a device capable of repairing umbrellas which have suffered a separation of fabric from the supporting frame. The device has a housing for the naked support tip and several flaps to hold the umbrella's fabric. The tip of the support fram... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5381812 | Rain water collecting device for umbrellas An inexpensive rain water collecting device which is easy to manufacture. The rain water collecting device provides an effective device which is adaptable to various umbrella tip sizes and avoids any bacterial growth problems. The rain water collecting de... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5349976 | Structure of umbrella ring An umbrella ring which is used to position the tips which connect every corner of the canopy to the ribs of the umbrella which can not be telescoped and mainly consisting of a shank, a canopy, ribs, tips and a handle. The improved ring brings all the ribs... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5167247 | Combination bat and umbrella A combination bat and umbrella is provided and consists of a collapsible canopy with a central rod extending from the canopy. A simulated baseball bat end affixed to the top of the canopy. A simulated baseball bat affixed to the bottom of the central rod.... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5125426 | Automatically closing umbrella An umbrella includes a shaft restoring spring provided in a central shaft of the umbrella which will store its elastic force when opening the umbrella and extendig the shaft so that upon a depression of a closing controller formed on a grip of the umbrell... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5060684 | Automatic umbrella foldably retained by tip cap An automatic umbrella includes a plurality of ribs respectively pivotally secured to a plurality of ferrules respectively mounted or held on a telescopic central shaft, an opening tensioning spring formed in the central shaft for opening the umbrella, at ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5048152 | Umbrella handle An umbrella handle has an aperture at one end into which an umbrella shaft can be inserted. The handle has a sleeve-shaped integral axial extension on the shaft side for receiving a tip-cup to be slidably mounted thereon, the sleeve having an abutment ove... | 09/17/1991 |
