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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 |
| 7318446 | Protective housing for pipeline A structure for protecting pipeline sections has a base, a housing affixed to the top surface of the base and having a plurality of side walls extending at an acute angle with respect to a top surface of the base, and an accessing door connected to the housing in a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7150290 | Unitary concrete pumping station for aqueous waste submersible pumping applications A unitary concrete structure pumping station useful in pumping waste fluids and the like during the passing of such materials from one part of a gravity flow waste system to another. This concrete structure is simple to install and use and many of the problems assoc... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7004190 | Outside drop for manhole A protective collar for protecting the outside drop of a manhole having a U shaped housing extending from the outside wall of the manhole around the outside drop pipes and back to the outside wall. The protective collar having flanges at each end of the U shaped col... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004677 | Enhanced irrigation valve platform assembly A valve containment assembly for an irrigation system may have a first side wall unit, a grate, a second side wall unit, and a lid. The first side wall unit may be disposed on the floor of a hole. The grate may be positioned in the first side wall unit to support a ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6984342 | Electrically conductive polymeric mixture, method of molding conductive articles using same, and electrically conductive articles formed therefrom A thermally stable electrically conductive polymer mixture, for use in forming electrically conductive molded articles, includes at least two additives for contributing to the polymer mixture's electrical conductivity. At least one of the additives concentrates at o... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6968854 | Manhole base A manhole base or liner for directing the flow of liquid from a manhole inlet opening positioned in one of a plurality of possible locations in a manhole side wall to a manhole outlet opening in the manhole side wall, and a manhole having the base or liner. The base... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6695002 | Outside drop for manhole A collar for supporting or protecting pipes on an outside drop adjacent a manhole is provided. A plurality of stacked collar sections can protect pipes comprising the outside drop. Alternatively a plurality of collar segments having a circular wall within... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691727 | Device and method for protecting a subterranean pipe from damage during excavation A system and method is claimed for protecting sections of a buried utility pipe that will eventually be excavated and exposed for tapping purposes. The system includes a protective collar that is applied to the utility pipe before the utility pipe is buri... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6247490 | Booster station A booster station having an integral foundation preinstalled prior to shipment to an installation site. An above ground pump enclosure houses at least one pump. Each pump has a pump inlet for receiving water and a pump outlet for discharging water at a pr... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6155292 | Method and a synthetic danger predicting and disaster preventing monitor system in which pipelines laid under the ground or through a structure are employed in their entirety for a synthetic danger predicting alarm sensor A method and a synthetic danger predicting and disaster preventing monitor system in which waterworks pipelines laid around under the ground or through a structure are employed in their entirety for a synthetic danger predicting alarm sensor to thereby pr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6135141 | Low profile high capacity inside drop for a manhole A system for joining an expansion line to a main line of a sanitary sewage or storm sewage system. The system of the present invention joins an expansion line to a main line while reducing the amount of required excavation and minimizing the obstruction o... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6074130 | Inside drop system for manholes A manhole drop system is described which is convenient to inspect. A catch bowl made of an integral structure is formed to capture and channel sewer fluid entering a manhole an elevation that is above a bottom located sewer line. The catch bowl has its up... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6035887 | Valve assembly A valve housing assembly for use with permanent watering systems for yards, gardens, etc. The watering system includes underground substantially rigid conduits for supplying water to the system and delivering water to the delivery units. The valve assembl... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5947640 | Portable water conveyance assembly A portable water conveyance device for diverting the flow of water and particularly, a stream, includes a collapsible tube for receiving the water and conveying the water downstream to a discharge site. An inlet frame is coupled to the inlet end of the tu... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5414641 | Method and apparatus for determining elementary circuits and initial values of flows in a pipe network A method for determining elementary circuits and initial values of flows in a pipe network including one or more source nodes and a plurality of demanding nodes. An upstream node and a downstream node of each pipe is determined. The upstream node has less... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5301721 | Underground secondary containment and vapor recovery piping system The underground secondary containment and simultaneous vapor return piping system is adapted for use at a fuel service station which includes a fuel dispenser, a fuel nozzle and nozzle vapor return structure at a dispensing island, an underground fuel sto... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5265652 | Multiaxial fuel transfer pipe system A multiaxial pipe system is provided particularly for use in underground fuel transfer between a fuel storage tank and one or more dispensing pumps. The pipe system includes a primary fuel flow line and a vapor recovery line mounted within a common outer ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5257652 | Fluid collection system for installation underground and method of installation Fluid collection system for installation underground includes a first housing having a top, a wall extending downwardly from the top, and a first pipe-receiving opening in the wall at a predetermined vertical distance from the top. There is a second housi... | 11/02/1993 |
| 4566483 | Drop manhole precast encasement A system of modular precast encasement sections is provided to protect the outside drop of a manhole structure from damage due to weak ground support and to prevent leakage from said outside drop. Said precast encasement sections are stacked on top of a d... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4243068 | Sewer chimney Chimney for joining a lower main sewer line having a vertical nipple to an upper branch sewer line, the chimney consisting of a pre-cast concrete bridge assembly straddling the main line and having a bore through which the nipple extends, the bridge being... | 01/06/1981 |
