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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8302616 | Umbrella for outdoor furniture and frame therefor The umbrella is constructed with a frame that allows one rib to be manually lifted in order to open the umbrella and allows a manually applied force to be placed on the cover between two adjacent ribs in order to close the umbrella. Mechanical cranks and the like ar... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8230869 | Umbrella for outdoor furniture and frame therefor The umbrella is constructed with a frame that allows one rib to be manually lifted in order to open the umbrella and allows a manually applied force to be placed on the cover between two adjacent ribs in order to close the umbrella. Mechanical cranks and the like ar... | 07/31/2012 |
| 7363930 | Umbrella tilt mechanism The tilt mechanism has a pair of tubular members and a catch which is fixedly mounted in the upper member and pivotally mounted in the lower member to permit tilting of the two members relative to each other. A pin is mounted in the lower member and is biased into o... | 04/29/2008 |
| D559000 | Outdoor chair | 01/08/2008 |
| D545585 | Sling chair | 07/03/2007 |
| 6913317 | Adjustable swivel rocker The chair frame of a swivel rocker is slidably mounted via a pair of sleeves on the arms of a pair of flexures mounted on the base of the rocker to allow the chair frame to be moved into different positions on the flexures. Bolts are used to secure the sleeves in pl... | 07/05/2005 |
| D503863 | Cast table top | 04/12/2005 |
| D496801 | Outdoor lounge | 10/05/2004 |
| D491379 | Outdoor chair | 06/15/2004 |
| 5927812 | Reclinable outdoor chair The chair is constructed with a seat frame which is pivotally mounted at a forward end on a support frame. The rear of the seat frame is interconnected by a linkage to the support frame. The linkage includes a transverse bar which is manually movable to r... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5871024 | Umbrella frame and umbrella for outdoor furniture The umbrella frame is provided with a movable yoke at the upper end and a stationary yoke at an intermediate point. Ribs are pivotally mounted on the movable yoke and struts are pivotally mounted on the fixed yoke while being pivotally mounted to intermed... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5711333 | Umbrella frame and umbrella for outdoor furniture The umbrella frame is provided with a movable yoke at the upper end and a stationary yoke at an intermediate point. Ribs are pivotally mounted on the movable yoke and struts are pivotally mounted on the fixed yoke while being pivotally mounted to intermed... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5599064 | Swivel rocker The connection unit for the swivel rocker employs a hollow vertical pivot pin which is received within the base to permit rotation about a vertical axis. The connection unit employs a pair of U-shaped flexures which provide for a soft rocking motion. Thes... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5593205 | Canopy clamp for a chair The clamp for securing a canopy to a beach chair has a pair of metal plates fixedly secured to a cross-piece of the canopy. In addition, the clamp employs a plastic strap between the two metal plates for engaging with the tubular cross-piece of the chair ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5499585 | Trestle table The leg assembly for the outdoor trestle table is formed of a cross-piece unit and a pair of leg units. A pair of vertically spaced spacers at each end of the cross-piece unit slide into and fit within a pair of vertically disposed inverted L-shaped slots... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5335967 | Collapsible chair The collapsible sand chair is constructed with a front leg support frame, a back leg support frame, a back rest and a pair of arms. The back leg support frame includes a pair of extendable legs which are articulated via U-shaped brackets to the legs of th... | 08/09/1994 |
