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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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Examiner: Wasil, Daniel D.


Primary examiner statistics: 1013 patents; average approval time: 592 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 351 patents; average approval time: 848 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6442226 Accelerator-driven transmutation of spent fuel elements
6351511 Local repair of top guide in boiling water reactor by installatio...
6320924 I-Spring and associated ferrule assembly for a nuclear fuel bundl...
6163587 Process for the production of antihydrogen
6144716 Nuclear fuel assembly grid with diagonal fuel retaining springs
6104773 Fuel rod for a nuclear reactor
6055288 Nuclear reactor vessel
6047037 Multi-lift tool and method for moving control rods in a nuclear r...
6038277 Plant operation apparatus
6026137 Control rod guide tube mounting pin
6018557 Methods and assemblies for cleaning a control rod guide in a nucl...
6014418 Fuel rod for light water reactor and method for manufacturing the...
6011826 Steam power station
6002734 Method and systems for gold assay in large ore samples
5995575 In-core guide tube restraint for a boiling water reactor
5995576 Inhibition of radioactive material deposition in primary coolant ...
5995574 Integral forged shroud flange for a boiling water reactor
5991351 Method and system to directly produce electrical power within the...
5991353 Core barrel for a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor pl...
5982838 Method and portable apparatus for the detection of substances by ...
5982839 Assemblies and methods for inspecting piping of a nuclear reactor
5978431 Nuclear fuel pellets
5978429 Method and device for operating a reactor in an unstable state
5978434 Pebble bed reactor
5978430 Length gauge for in situ measurement of water rod lengths in nucl...
5978433 Jet pump wedge locking support apparatus
5978432 Dispersion fuel with spherical uranium alloy, and the fuel fabric...
5970108 Method and apparatus for detecting high velocity alpha particles ...
5970109 Method for disposing of a component located in a reactor pressure...
5966418 Method for the destruction of plutonium by irradiation in a light...
5966419 Spacing grid of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor and fuel as...
5963611 Steam separator, nuclear power generation plant, and boiler appar...
5963610 CEDM data acquisition system
5958234 Suction strainer with an internal core tube
5960050 Method of fission heat flux determination from experimental data
5960051 Methods and apparatus for moving fuel bundles in a nuclear reacto...
5956380 Method and apparatus for determining neutron flux density, in par...
5954350 Twist beam suspension
5956381 Method and apparatus for detecting the dropping of a control elem...
5949835 Steady-state, high dose neutron generation and concentration appa...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4966747 Hydro-ball in-core instrumentation system and method of operation
4943410 Compaction apparatus for spent nuclear fuel rods
4933136 Water reactor fuel cladding
4923670 Roof reflector for a nuclear reactor
4899829 Apparatus for making a substrate for forest cultivation
4899590 Pump shaft inspection system
4889681 Apparatus for reducing floor and seismic loadings in underwater s...
4888152 Fuel assembly grid for light water reactor
4885124 Removal of obstructions in thimbles of nuclear power reactors
4876059 Temperature measurement
4876058 Nuclear power generating station equipment qualification method a...
4874573 Lid arrangement
4874572 Method of and apparatus for measuring vapor density
4873050 Method and apparatus for pressure relief of a nuclear power plant
4869865 Method of manufacturing nuclear fuel bundle spacers
4867940 Electromagnetic method for positioning objects located behind a ...
4867941 Process for cleaning a guide tube for a means of measuring the ne...
4865802 Accumulator
4865800 Fuel assembly grid inspection method
4864128 Method of introducing a radioactive substance into a well
4863674 Having operating element charging and removal
4859404 Reactor vessel internals storage area arrangement
4859403 Feedwater sparger restraint
4859409 Reactor vessel lower internals temporary support
4859405 Filtered venting and decay heat removing apparatus and system for...
4859402 Bottom supported liquid metal nuclear reactor
4857265 Wiring installation for connection of electric devices of a nucle...
4857262 System for singularizing fuel rods in a fuel element
4857260 Apparatus for assembling and welding end plugs to nuclear fuel cl...
4857263 Storage of spent nuclear fuel
4853177 Void plug for annular fuel pellets
4851185 Radiation shielding method and apparatus
4851186 Nuclear reactor core and process for charging said core
4848278 Nuclear steam generator sludge lancing method and apparatus
4849156 Nuclear fuel pin fabrication
4847037 Apparatus for the inspection of nuclear reactor fuel rods
4847038 Procedure for complete replacement of a steam generator of a pres...
4847039 Steam chest crossties for improved turbine operations
4847041 Reactor coolant pump auxiliary seal for reactor coolant system va...
4847043 Steam-assisted jet pump
 
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