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 |
| 8091308 | Dry stack insulated building blocks An improved dry stack insulated building block and block wall system, the block having a first and a second side wall, a central web interposed between the side walls, a pair of end transverse webs, and a pair of intermediate transverse webs. The side walls, central... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7059093 | Methods, systems, kits, and fabrications of acoustic-panel-based build-in wall structures providing for variable linear spans Methods, kits, systems and fabrications of home theater presentation rooms, audio listening rooms, and other types of rooms having acoustical panels (collectively, “acoustical-paneled rooms”) are arranged inside existing wall structures, such as in a house. The ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6978581 | Composite building block with connective structure A composite building block with a connective structure between the inner and outer wall units is presented. The wall units can be made of cement, clay brick, or similar materials. The connective structure is made of a material different than the wall units and may b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6912820 | Drainage system for use in masonry block construction A drainage system for use in concrete masonry unit (CMU) wall construction comprises a tray unit of a size corresponding to size of CMUs, to be received beneath a course of CMUs, in use. The tray unit comprises opposite side flanges to abut a superjacent CMU and sup... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6564521 | Structural sandwich panels and method of manufacture of structural sandwich panels Rigid structural members, profiles, joints, and forms added to structural sandwich panels to provide higher strength, integral joining joint, and single facing sheet manufacturing. Facing sheets (20) and (22), rigid structural members (24) and (26), latch... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6513293 | Insulated cementaceous building block A building block for constructing masonry block walls includes a concrete block formed with first, second and third spaced parallel rectangular side walls, where the second side wall is intermediate the first and third side walls. First and second vertica... | 02/04/2003 |
| 5983585 | Building block with insulating center portion A building block that has two block walls joined by plastic webs. The block walls can be made of cement, clay brick, or similar materials. The block has the strength of a cinder block, but with much less weight. Moreover, the plastic webs are used as a ha... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5771649 | Concrete monocoque building construction A technique for forming an insulated monocoque concrete shell house, wherein the house structure is built using foamed plastic interlocking and noninterlocking blocks in a manner similar to that in which a log cabin is built using logs. Once the structure... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5749191 | Insulated masonry member configured to compensate for mold wear A masonry unit having a pair of spaced supporting parts and an insulating malleable member snugly received therebetween and lockingly engaged thereto. Grooves in the insulating member surfaces receive malleable adjacent land portions for accommodating sup... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5657588 | Earthquake shock damper for roadway pillars An earthquake shock damper particularly suitable for use in load bearing columns or pillars, such as columns or pillars which are used to support bridges, elevated highways, or large structures. The damper improves structure's earthquake resistance, by re... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5581969 | Prefabricated building element A modular building panel construction comprises an elongated panel member having a least one generally V-shaped reinforcing stud member formed integrally with or secured to one surface of the panel. The reinforcing stud member runs parallel to the long di... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5560167 | Laminated masonry block system A system of components for constructing a wall or other portion of a building from insulated masonry blocks, and method steps of using the same. The blocks are sandwiches having outer masonry wall sections surrounding a core of rigid insulating material. ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5528874 | Building blocks and insulated composite walls having stackable half-bond symmetry and method of making such walls A building block having stackable half-bond symmetry and a composite insulated wall structure built therewith. The block has a planar sidewall which defines a surface of the wall structure and a serpentine-shaped opposite sidewall defined by projections. ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5509245 | Formwork brick A formwork brick has two longitudinal walls, which form an external wall and internal wall, at least two cross walls, which extend over only a part of the brick height, a cavity lying between the walls for filling with concrete, and a first insulating ins... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5339592 | Insulated building blocks and composite walls having stackable half-bond symmetry An insulated building block having stackable half-bond symmetry. The block has a pair of block parts the inner surfaces of which are serpentine-shaped defined by overlapping projections alternately from the block parts. Insulation is sandwiched between th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5066440 | Process for making an insulated building block A process for preparing a building block is described. In the first step of the process, an integral, substantially serpentine insert with a density of from about 1 to about 2 pounds per cubic foot is disposed within a mold. Thereafter, a cementitious mat... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4986049 | Insulated building block An insulated, substantially rectangular building block is disclosed. The block contains two spaced, outer supportive parts which are interlockably connected with each other and which extend along the length of the block; and a curvilinear inner insulating... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4856249 | Insulated building block An improved masonry building block has rectangular side walls and a pair of connecting arms spaced from each other and from the ends of the block. The arms are notched adjacent one side wall to receive an insulating insert. A rectangular insulating insert... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854097 | Insulated interlocking building blocks A building block having improved insulating characteristics. The block includes two spaced parallel sidewalls formed from concrete or the like. The first sidewall has at least one inwardly extending integral web, having end portions extending parallel to ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4769964 | Self-aligned and leveled, insulated, drystack block A construction block has interior, tapered wall cells. The tapering of the walls provides precisely maintained interior geometry for a long life time of use of the molds employed in manufacture of such block. Insertable cores of precise dimension to fit i... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4748782 | Self-aligned and leveled insulated, drystack block structures and means and methods therefor Means and methods for constructing drystacked self-aligning self-leveling walls and like structures. A novel construction block has interior, tapered wall cells bounded by transverse webs having an extended V-shaped draft defined therein. The tapering of ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4614071 | Building blocks A building block having a six-sided body formed of rigid, foamed, resinous, fire retardant material is bonded on two opposite sides to concrete slabs. Parallel, spaced apart grooves are provided between the body and the slabs and extend along one side of ... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4557093 | Insulated building block An insulating building block made up of an insulating core and two concrete walls, each cast over one side of the core. The latter comprises a body having opposed parallel flat outer faces, bound by parallel longitudinal edges and parallel side edges, and... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4557094 | Insulated block building An insulating building block made up of an insulating core and two concrete walls is configured such that the core comprises locking protrusions to interlock with preformed cavities in the concrete walls.... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4498266 | Concrete block and hollow insulating insert therefor A concrete block and hollow insulating insert in which the insert has recesses and cavities formed in the interior thereof for facilitating positioning the insert over reduced height webs interconnecting the walls of the block. In one form of block constr... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4433521 | Building component, method of construction and wall formed thereby A method is disclosed for quickly and easily forming a load bearing, insulated wall comprising self-aligning, load bearing insulated building components. In specific embodiments, the building components define a wall having internal vertical cores which c... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4285181 | Building planks and/or methods and/or apparatus for making the same An insulation filled building plank having two spaced apart boards held together and separated by webs having dovetail connections with the boards and being at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the plank so that any transverse cut of the plank will cut... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4193241 | Masonry block insulating device A device for insulating masonry block comprises an insulating plug member for being inserted into a cinder block space, the plug member having a protruding portion extending outwardly from the block, and a cavity extending inwardly along a side of the plu... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4157638 | Building panel and utilization thereof A building structure and a method of constructing a wall utilizing the building structure, for the construction of concrete buildings in a simplified manner. Each building structure unit includes a pair of exterior panels of cardboard sandwiching an insul... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4123889 | Process of construction of a thermal insulating wall The invention concerns a process for construction of a thermal insulating wall, and also blocks which are suitable to carry out the process. Each block is in the form of a prism with two grooves which extend its total length, one on one face of the block, the ... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4018018 | Architectural block and the structure composed thereof The present invention provides an architectural block which comprises two opposed side walls and at least two parallel partitions positioned between the side walls perpendicular thereto. The partitions and side walls define chambers within the block, and ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4015387 | Prefabricated structural elements for partitions and walls of buildings and partitions and walls consisting of such elements Prefabricated elements juxtaposable for making partitions and walls of buildings, having each one the shape of a parallelepipedic plate comprising a core provided on at least one edge with longitudinal grooves in each one of which open cavities sloping wi... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3958384 | Structure assembled of the unit bodies having stone-like type shells and an insulating insert A structural unit body comprises an outer flange extending outwardly from the edge of a box-like frame plate and an inner flange extending inwardly from the other edge. A stuffed box is secured by anchoring means to the inner flange such stuffed box being... | 05/25/1976 |