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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 |
| 5497510 | Thumb protector for fishing and method of gripping sport fish A hand protector for fishing has a thumb portion which includes material on at least the inner or pad side of the thumb, for the direct engagement of the teeth of a typical game or sport fish for the support and carriage thereof. The teeth engaging materi... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497511 | Protective pants for the hip A pants for aiding and preventing injury to the hip and upper femur. The pants are made from resilient material having body cushioning properties and four pockets. The pockets are positioned with a pocket on each side of the back and one adjacent hips on ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497512 | Bow shooting vest and brace A one or two-piece garment generally contoured to conform to the shape of the human torso manufactured from a semi-rigid material such as leather or plastics, with an arched support fixed to the garment between the top front and top rear portions of said ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497513 | Remedial support appliance for medical use on a leg or an arm The invention relates to a remedial support appliance for medical use, comprising an elasticated knit main portion for compressing a leg or an arm in order to treat venous or lymphatic insufficiency. According to the invention, the main portion is extende... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497514 | Drain cleaning device Disclosed is a low cost, easy to use cleaning apparatus to unclog or clean drain pipes or other conduits by directing high pressure water into contact with any solids in the pipe comprising a spray nozzle mounted in the end of a flexible water supply tube... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497515 | Toilet bowl water flush system In a water flushing system for a toilet bowl which has been modified to replace the ovoid closed channel which supplies flushing water to the bowl inner sidewalls, there is now substituted a water dispersal conduit assembly adapted to be mounted within th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497516 | Drain sealing apparatus An improved apparatus for temporarily sealing a vent or overflow aperture provided in the upper portion of a fixture such as a wash basin, sink, bathtub or bidet so that a pneumatic or hydraulic type sewer cleanout device can be used to clear a blockage l... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497517 | Control device for folding and expanding a base portion of a playpen A control device for folding and expanding a base portion of a playpen includes four block members each fixed on a base portion which is mounted on a mediate portion of the playpen and each pivotally engaged with one of four drive posts each of which is m... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497518 | Rotary bed The present invention has the object of providing a configuration of bed so that the fixed bed frame in rotary-type bed does not disturb care given to a physically handicapped person lying on the bed. A rotary bed frame (6) rotatable around a vertical axi... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497519 | Orthopedic body pillow An inflatable orthopedic pillow for use by an individual while sleeping in a lateral position. The pillow elevates one leg relative to the other leg, when the person is resting in a lateral position on a substantially planar support surface. The pillow ha... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497520 | Inflatable leg and foot support An inflatable support for selectively supporting a persons's feet and legs comprises an air bag having a semi-tubular top panel, an essentially flat bottom panel, and side panels that are "hinged" together at collapse joints in a manner to fold together t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497521 | Foot warmer A foot warmer for use in combination with a conventional bed comprises a fabric pocket adapted to receive a user's feet and which is secured to the bed by attachment strap disposed between the mattress and box springs.... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497522 | Combination tool A combination tool including a first blade and a second blade pivoted in the middle by a pivot, the first and second blades having a respective long nose at one end worked against each other and a respective handle at an opposite end, wherein a rasp is lo... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497523 | Automatic golf spike replacer An automatic golf spike replacement tool having a non circular drive shaft, a sharply pointed tip on the drive end of the shaft and a golf spike driver on the other end of the shaft. The pointed tip is used for cleaning debris from the tool holes of used ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497524 | Method for cleaning continuously advancing web-form textile material and device for working the method Textile webs that are to be dyed, printed, or otherwise finished must be fed to such a treatment process in a clean condition. For continuous cleaning without large apparatus and without environmental impact, the pile of the textile web is saturated with ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497525 | Apparatus for removing and collecting coatings from game cards A device (10) for scraping coatings from cards includes first and second housing members (12 and 14). These housing members define a cavity (20). Blades (22 and 24) scrape coatings off of cards in opposite directions. Removed coatings are collected in the... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497526 | Tooth brushing device The device is a straddle-type device in which the handle thereof has a pair of elongated arms and a cowling on the distal end thereof. The arms extend from the handle in generally parallel relationship to one another, with a slot therebetween, and the cow... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497527 | Paint roller handle A handle for a paint roller that can be used to paint horizontally (left and right, or 90-degree direction), vertically (up and down, or 0-degree direction), or any angle between 0 and 90 degrees by simply adjusting the roller handle-shaft configuration; ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497528 | Windshield wiper with slip joint for pivoting of arm assemblies A windshield wiper of the type including an arm holder, a blade holder, a rubber blade fixed to the blade holder, two symmetrical arm assemblies having a respective coupling portion in the middle respectively turned about a respective pivot at each end of... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497529 | Electrical apparatus for cleaning surfaces by suction in dwelling premises The described apparatus comprises a suction unit (2) detachably mounted on a support platform (12) provided with four wheels (37) to be operated independently by corresponding movement motors (36). The movement motors (36) are governed by an electronic co... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497530 | Wiper device for hard surfaces, in particular a window wiper In order to reduce the energy consumption of the suction unit, on the one hand, and to improve the cleaning effect, on the other hand, of a wiper device for hard surfaces, in particular a window wiper, comprising a slit-shaped suction nozzle, on which a f... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497531 | Manifold for use with a circular sliver knitting machine An apparatus and method for knitting sliver fabric on a circular sliver knitting machine. An air blowing unit is attached to the machine so as to be oriented radially inward from the knitting cylinder and a card unit so as to blow air radially outwardly t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497532 | Vacuum cleaner nozzle The vacuum cleaner nozzle of the invention is provided with a nozzle body equipped with a suction pipe connecting piece and with a bottom plate which closes off the nozzle body towards the bottom, whereby at least one flow channel which is open towards th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497533 | Surface mounted door closer housing resistant to vandalism Surface mounted apparatus for closing a door that is hinged along a side thereof includes a commercially available spring powered closer unit that is mounted within a heavy duty outer housing secured directly on the door. A pivoted linkage is connected be... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497534 | Double arm hinge for a refrigerator door A refrigerator door hinge assembly including a refrigerator bracket and a door bracket, a first link pivotally connected to the refrigerator bracket and the door bracket, a second link pivotally connected to the refrigerator bracket and the door bracket, ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497535 | Non-binding zipper A zipper of the type having two tapes with interconnecting teeth, a slide having a front and rear and including a divider to separate and mesh the teeth in cooperation with a pull tab attached to the slide, includes spaced wing segments formed on the slid... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497536 | Cable hose handling chain In combination, a cable/hose retention clip and a chain link of a cable/hose handling chain, the chain link having a body including a top wall spaced from an opposed bottom wall by a side wall to define a compartment for housing a cable/hose and having an... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497537 | Clip for fabric structures A frangible clip which gives way at a loading less than the limits of supporting structures is used in bulk to secure panels of porous cloth to supporting cables. The porous cloth is that used in agriculture for shade, wind, rain, hall, or snow protection... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497538 | Device for texturizing continuous filament threads A device for texturizing continuous filament threads including plates in a crimping part which have a prolongation at both ends thereof, with the prolongation being located centrically-symmetrically, however offset, relative to each other and have rounded... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497539 | Case trimmer A motorized case trimmer is disclosed having a lever operated case holder and a motor driven trimming blade. The motor and blade are slidably mounted upon rails for quick and easy movement to provide sufficient clearance for loading a case into the case h... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497540 | Method for fabricating high density ultrasound array A high yield method of fabricating an ultrasound array having densely packed ultrasound elements with smooth surface finishes includes the steps of: 1) applying an acoustic matching material to opposites faces (or surfaces) of a piezo electric material ce... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497541 | Stapling machine for spring carcass frames It is provided with a longitudinal bearing (2) mounted on a frame (1) and framed by two side, vertical and parallel guides (9) and (10), the position of the latter being adjustable in order for the spacing thereof to match the thickness of the spring carc... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497542 | Method of assembling an inner tube into an outer tube An apparatus and method of assembling an inner tube into a hollow outer tube is disclosed for forming a tampon applicator. The apparatus includes a first member configured to mate with the outer tube and a second member configured to mate with the inner t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497543 | Doll making method A doll making method. The method of the present invention includes the steps of forming ribbon material (10) into a plurality of first loops (32) disposed on opposite sides of a first gathered portion (34) of the ribbon material (10), and then folding the... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497544 | Stator frame fabrication A stator frame comprises a connection end (CE) casting having at least one CE integral partial tie bar extending from an inboard side of the CE casting and a pinion end (PE) casting having at least one PE integral partial tie bar extending from an inboard... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497545 | Method of making electrical connections in the manufacture of wiring sheet assemblies A multi-layer wiring assembly including a stack of insulating layers, e.g. of polyimide, alternating with wiring patterns, typically of copper. To establish the circuit pattern, successive wiring patterns are connected to one another through the interveni... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497546 | Method for mounting lead terminals to circuit board Load terminals are mounted to a circuit board by providing a solder layer on each lead terminal and on each conductive inner wall surface of respective holes formed in the circuit board. The lead terminals are thrust into respective holes, and contacting ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497547 | Method and apparatus for cooling a molded-plastic integrated-circuit package Method and apparatus for improving the cooling of a molded package assembly for one or more integrated-circuit dies, each of which is attached to a die-attach paddle portion of a lead frame. The improved package includes a molded-plastic package body whic... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497548 | Method of making rings for gears having internal or external toothing To reduce the mass of internally or externally toothed gears, a thin metal ring having internal or external toothing is made and bonded to a ring of fibrous composite material. Furthermore, to make rings for gears having internal or external toothing, fab... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497549 | Process for the production of winding core rolls A process for the production of core rolls for the winding of sheet maters, and particularly of photographic base papers, includes a deformable rubber tube which is inserted into a mounting tube and inflated therein through a core casing. The core casing... | 03/12/1996 |
