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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 |
| 7313868 | Cutoff tool In a cutoff tool, a hood is arranged to overlap a distal end portion of a cutting blade, and a distal end portion of the hook is arranged to protrude from a toothed portion of the cutting blade. When the cutting blade retracts farthest in a uniaxial direction, the d... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7263775 | Illuminating nail clipper An illuminating nail clipper for clipping the nails of an animal such as a dog, cat, bird, or the like which allows for the clipping of an individual nail at the desired length to prevent injury or improper length cutting for the animal. The device includes a hand-a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7017271 | Cutting device A cutting device having a head member having a movable cutting blade positioned therein, first and second legs pivotally mounted on said head member, a connector connecting the first leg, the cutting blade, and the second blade, wherein the connector and cutting bla... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6918205 | Grafting tool A method of cutting a stem to be whip grafted, comprising: securing the stem in a bore of a hand-held grafting tool that includes an angled end, with a portion of the stem extending out from the angled end; drawing a knife across a face of the angled end to thereby ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6374498 | Portable pruner A portable pruner comprises a shearing part, a transmission part and a driving part. By using the compound casing tube to achieve rigid axial transmission, the pruner is simple and handy in construction, and accurate and easy to pruning. It can be disasse... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5727318 | Clippers for fingernails The clipper of the present invention includes a clipper handle with a first component and a second component which are moveable with respect to each other. A nail holder extends from the clipper handle, the nail holder having a curved cross section. A slo... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5628105 | Impact tool with multi-wire cutting head An impact tool for seating and cutting plural wires in a telephone wire termination block includes a movable cutter containing guide and shear elements having a spacial periodicity which differs slightly from that of terminals of the termination block. A ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5533262 | Single cut clipper for nails A cutting blade actuating link for actuating a cutting blade of a guillotine-type animal nail or artificial nail clipper. The link is in the form of a thin flat body having an integral hook formation at one end adapted for insertion into an aperture in th... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5373639 | Pipe cutter A pipe cutter includes a hollow head portion having a first and second ends and a passage way is formed along a longitudinal axis thereof. A jaw element is formed on the first end of the head portion thereby defining a mouth for receiving a pipe to be cut... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5282315 | Cable cutter apparatus A cable cutter mounted within an elongate tubular housing includes cutter blades at a first end of the housing and operative handles at the second end of the housing to permit access to restricted areas such as in motor vehicles and the like.... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5261163 | Stem cutting device A stem cutting device for cutting the stems of roses and other plants, which includes a barrel fitted with a handle at one end and a cutting head having a slot at the opposite end, a handle lever pivotally attached to the handle and to a plunger slidably ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5245755 | Force-multiplying mechanism A force-multiplying device includes a base or stationary structure and three levers all pivotally mounted on the base and each having a force input end and a force output end and being arranged in a folded configuration such that each lever extends from t... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5141519 | Connecting elements for connecting push rod to end effectors in a disposable laparoscopic surgical instrument Connecting elements are disclosed for a laparoscopic surgical instrument. Each connecting element engages a reciprocally movable push rod having a first through-hole and a pivotally rotatable end effector having a second through-hole. The connecting eleme... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5050373 | Mowing apparatus having uniformly moving cutting teeth Disclosed is a mowing apparatus, which includes a pair of first and second cutting members slidably superposed with each other, each of the members including a plurality of aligned cutting teeth; mechanism for moving the first cutting member relative to t... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4910870 | Levered tool with cooperating jaws A levered tool includes two cooperating jaws, two cover plates pivotably mounting therebetween the jaws, two handles providing a levering function for the jaws, and two pivotally connected toggles each of which includes a first end pivotally connected to ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4856190 | Single cut clipper for artificial nails A clipper retains an artificial nail within a crescent shaped aperture while a blade reciprocates past the aperture to sever the artificial nail with a desired curvature precisely controlled by suitable orientation of the clippers. One cut is required to ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4811441 | Tool for trimming hose and inserting fitting A tool for cutting a hose to length and for inserting a fitting into the end of a hose is provided. The tool includes a base which mounts a slide member for reciprocal movement therealong. The slide mounts a knife and a fitting member die, and is actuated... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4807363 | Apparatus for trimming venetian blinds An apparatus for trimming venetian blind slats is provided wherein a hand-held housing carries a removable anvil and blade; the blade is adapted to slide across the anvil, thereby causing a shearing action. The cutting surface of either the anvil or the b... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4546546 | Apparatus for cutting out flat goods or structures applied to a base fabric A cutter frame or base of substantially C-shaped configuration is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and carries an oscillating cutter element. The cutting edge of the cutter element can be guided between the base fabric and the appliqued flat ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4526070 | Pliers-type tool In a pliers-type tool having a stationary first handle and a second handle pivotally movable relative to the first handle, a slidable jaw carrier is movable along a rectilinear guiding track in a body member due to the pivotal movement of the second handl... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4375128 | Manual keyway punching tool This invention relates to a manually operated cutting tool for cutting notches or slits in metal, plastic and the like.... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4035911 | Syringe destroyer with needle disposing cannister A compact, hand operated syringe destroyer for severing the needle and its hub from the barrel of an associated syringe and a cannister for collecting a quantity of such severed needles. When filled, the cannister is easily closed and discarded.... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3942250 | Electric hand nibbling machine An electric hand nibbling machine having means for connecting a movable blade member with a rotary driving means transmitting a force from said rotary driving means in the axial direction of said movable blade member while allowing rotation of said movabl... | 03/09/1976 |
