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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 |
| 7168437 | Apparatus for anchoring an umbrella An apparatus for anchoring a device or for carrying articles on a device includes a ring structure and at least one container attached to the ring structure. The ring structure includes a container holder and a shaft holder. The at least one container is attached to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6892744 | Collapsible shelter structure A quickly erectable structure includes expandable/collapsible top and bottom assemblies that are interconnected to facilitate forming an enclosure and to facilitate taking down the enclosure. Specifically, the bottom assembly includes a plurality of interconnected X... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6840254 | Portable dressing blind and method of use An enclosure of fabric with four vertical sides that is open at the top and bottom. A continuous sheath is sewn around the top edges of three sides. Three rods are inserted into the sheath from one end. The rods are not held to each other except by the sheath. A sup... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6446649 | Apparatus for anchoring an umbrella An apparatus and method for anchoring an umbrella that has a shaft are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of containers that can contain a material or object that provides weight to the containers, preferably equal to the combined weight of the... | 09/10/2002 |
| 5937883 | Portable environmental barrier apparatus A portable barrier apparatus is disclosed in this specification defining a multi-sectioned barrier for protection against wind and sand in various outdoor environments. Additionally the barrier may assembled and used as a child or pet restraint enclosure,... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5930971 | Building construction with tensioned support system A structural system for a building wherein multiple elongate rigid structural members, in the nature of posts and beams, include internal tensioning cables which, upon an end joining of the structural members, are interlocked and tensioned to each other a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5813160 | Portable hunting blind A portable hunting blind includes a collapsible frame structure having an upper frame assembly defined by generally U-shaped interconnecting sections and a lower frame assembly defined by generally U-shaped interconnecting sections, the frame assemblies b... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5791363 | Knockdown portable shelter A knockdown portable shelter includes two spaced supports each formed of elongated members that can be separated from each other at couplings securing the elongated members to each other. The elongate members include leg portions and a roof portion. A she... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5711336 | Sunbather's shelter against chill winds and wind-blown sand A light-weight shelter to protect a user from exposure to chill winds and material entrained therein has a peripheral wall inclined inwardly. The upper edge of the wall is supported by substantially vertical elements which also hold down the lower edge of... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5638848 | Tent An improved tent comprising a fabric enclosure having a floor, walls, and a roof, supported by an external, free-standing frame comprising upwardly extending leg poles, roof poles; and yoke connectors having three tubular members for releasably connecting... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5595230 | Crime scene body shield An apparatus for visually shielding a corpse from view at a crime scene includes a plurality of free-standing shroud support stands and a plurality of rectangular shroud panels of flexible, opaque sheet material. Each shroud support stand is formed with a... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5571247 | Self containing enclosure for protection from killer bees A self containing enclosure for protection from killer bees comprising an enclosure formed of a flexible transparent plastic material selected from the class of plastic materials. The enclosure is positionable about a vertically extending axis and has an ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5452877 | Beach umbrella anchor bag A beach umbrella anchor bag is filled with a loose weighted material (i.e., sand or the like) and secured about the shaft of a beach umbrella to secure the umbrella in place against movement due to wind or other causes. The bag includes a relatively small... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5446580 | Privacy tanning screen A privacy screen for tanning. The screen has a top screen panel and four vertical lateral wall screen panels, combining to form a canopy lowered over and covering a portion of a sunbather's torso. The screen panels are made from a material impervious to l... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5430980 | Collapsible cubicle This invention provides a collapsible cubicle 10 having a tubular enclosure 12 of fabric material secured to a pair of resiliently deformable hoops 18 and 20. In use the enclosure 12 is suspendible from a tripod 32 having a telescopically extendible post ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5379786 | Folding windbreak and shade screen system A folding windbreak and shade screen comprising a plurality of sections attached by means of hinges. The folding windbreak and shade screen is secured in place in the dam configuration by means of ground stakes slidably disposed within lower housings atta... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5059463 | Folding mat and shelter A circular mat having an outer rim that is reinforced by a steel ribbon keeps its shape while laid out and also allows for ready folding and storage. Tent stakes serves to hold the mat in place and a central hole allows the insertion of an umbrella. A she... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5054507 | Portable beach cache A portable beach cache having a plurality of fabric panels and rigid support members arranged in a picture frame configuration for sheltering the user from wind and wind-blown debris, such as sand. Fold-out feet provide support in soft sand. A handle is p... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4979242 | Collapsible room shelter A collapsible portable shelter or changing room comprising a body of circular bellows like configuration capable of manufacture on current plastic mold equipment with current plastic materials. The bellows like walls overlap vertically and integrally down... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4974265 | Collapsible privacy shelter A multi-purpose shelter adapted for use as a toilet, shower or changing enclosure of such size as to accommodate a person, has in a sectional embodiment a floor with ventilation and drainage slots surrounded by a cylindrical truncated shell containing a p... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4969500 | Wind screen apparatus A wind screen apparatus is set forth wherein a plural series of screen sections are provided with post members secured therebetween. The screen sections include cylindrical pockets orthogonally aligned relative to the longitudinal extent of each screen se... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4966181 | Beach wind-shielding and signalling device A rectangular fabric article of manufacture vertically supported on poles on a beach so that users on the leeward side are shielded from wind, and having color indicia or the like imprinted on the windward side to serve as a location-indicating visual sig... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4909268 | Collapsible room structure A multi-purpose shelter adapted for use as a toilet, shower or changing enclosure of such size as to accommodate a person, has in a preferred embodiment a floor with ventilation and drainage slots surrounded by a cylindrical wall of bellows like configura... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4881565 | Sunshade A sunshade is provided by a pair of rigid upright support members and a cross member connected to their upper ends and from which hangs by one edge a panel of flexible material. When the lower ends of the support members are pushed into the ground along a... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4866833 | Method of producing an assembly having at least two intercommunicating chambers A method of producing a chamber assembly suitable for use in contaminated environments comprises arranging first and second chambers together, at or adjacent to the site at which they are to be used. Each chamber comprises a preformed enclosure comprising... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4860777 | Combination beach blanket and wind protector device A combination beach blanket and wind protector device, including a flexible mat that is movable from a rolled-up, closed, carry position to a flat, open position, wherein the mat is disposed in a substantially horizontal position on a selected ground site... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4432381 | Windbreaker A windbreak which is formed of a post secured to a frame and sheet material is secured to the frame. The frame is comprised of grooved rods which secure sheet material via tube-like strips. The post is comprised of a plurality of rods and a clamp secures ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4287637 | Trash bag enclosure A collapsible trash bag enclosure is formed from a plastic sheet set to have a rolled up configuration and unwindable to enclose and grip trash bags within it. A tubular section at one end slips over a rod driven into the ground to fix the enclosure to th... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4223690 | Portable enclosure A portable enclosure which may be erected upon uneven terrain in the outdoors where curtained compartments may be utilized as shower and dressing areas in recreational and camping environments.... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4158896 | Four-sided shower curtain rod frame assembly A rectangular frame of shower curtain bars with shower curtains for a bathtub in a room away from or adjacent one or more walls. This rectangular frame comprises two longer conformable horizontal bars above the longer sides of the bathtub at about the hei... | 06/26/1979 |
