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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 |
| 7337690 | Leadscrew assembly with a wire-wound leadscrew and a spring-pin engagement of a drive nut to the leadscrew A leadscrew assembly includes a leadscrew having an elongated shaft with an outer lateral surface and a rotational axis, and a leadscrew thread formed of a thread wire helically wrapped in spaced-apart turns upon the lateral surface and affixed to the elongated shaf... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7249923 | Flexible fastener This invention relates generally to a flexible fastener for coupling members. In a preferred embodiment, the flexible fastener may be used to couple members that are non-parallel, non-aligned, or in specific instances when selective compliance in a member is desired... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7055284 | Window regulator having a driving threaded shaft whose distance from the window is variable A window regulator includes a threaded shaft (20) arranged at the concave side of the window (16) and extending in the direction of sliding of the same window, a nut screw (24) engaging the threaded shaft (20), which is movable up and dow... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6955513 | Flexible fastener This invention relates generally to a flexible fastener for coupling members. In a preferred embodiment, the flexible fastener may be used to couple members that are non-parallel, non-aligned, or in specific instances when selective compliance in a member is desired... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5326369 | Flexible actuating screw A motor actuated screw device for the transmission of torque over articulating surfaces finding particular use in prosthetic devices used as mechanical artificial hands. The device employs a high torque motor mounted on a support platform which is attache... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5103126 | Transmission guided by stationary curved spindle A structure which is of the utmost simplicity, rigidity and reliability has a transmission arrangement (1) for converting the rotary movement of a motor into a linear movement of a driven body (21) along a curved path. It is of a configuration that includ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5044222 | Drive apparatus for opening/closing an operation member A drive apparatus includes a commutator motor having a hollow rotation shaft with an internally threaded section provided therein and a flexible power transmission cable inserted through the hollow rotation shaft such that a spiral thread-like rib of the ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4865165 | Electrically actuated cable The electrically actuated cable mechanism (10) comprises a housing (12) disposed about the cable (15) and having a movable conduit (20) extending from one end and a stationary conduit (30) extending from the other end, each conduit (20, 30) being disposed... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4570999 | Reclining seat particularly for vehicles The seat has a cushion portion and a back portion connected thereto by a pivot. The back portion is rotated relative to the cushion portion about the pivot by a flexible threaded tube rotatably attached to the frame of the cushion portion and passing thro... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570893 | Dual control mechanism for a remotely located mirror A dual control mechanism which includes a pair of screw drives that are connected at one end to a universally pivotally supported element at spaced points thereof and are connected at the other end to a pair of knobs which are rotatable about a common axi... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4395924 | Flexible rotary to linear and non-linear drive mechanism A flexible shaft has its outermost layer of windings provided with a helical gap along length of the shaft. The helical gap is formed by a flexible shaft winding machine which is programmed to uniformly intermittently discontinue coiling the windings very... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4226129 | Worm drive mechanism A drive mechanism including a nut rotatable within a sleeve and a worm that extends through the nut and is threadedly engaged by it. The nut is locked to the sleeve for joint rotation so that rotation of the sleeve produces longitudinal movement of the wo... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4074463 | Electrically controlled window regulator An electrically controlled window regulator for raising and lowering a mobile window of a motor vehicle door, and in which a slide rigidly connectable to said window is slidably mounted on a guide rigidly connectable to a support of said window, and is re... | 02/21/1978 |
