Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane inventions 06/08

20080149152 - Umbrella having uneven cover or canopy: An umbrella includes a central stick, a crown disposed on top of the stick, a slider slidably attached onto the central stick, an uneven canopy having a front portion shorter than two side portions of the canopy, and a rear portion longer than the side portions of the canopy, and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080149153 - Folding shaft for umbrellas: A folding shaft for umbrellas includes a first section having a circular cross section and the first section is retractably received in a second section which includes an enclosed cross section which includes a plurality of straight sides and a plurality of first curved portions connected between the straight sides.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080149154 - Pole grip: The invention relates to a pole grip (1), particularly for walking sticks, trekking poles, alpine ski poles, cross-country ski poles and Nordic walking poles, comprising a grip body (3) and a hook-like device (14) for attaching a hand-retaining device particularly provided in the form of a hand strap or a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149155 - Handy hand walking cane: A walking instrument is provided consisting of a shaft, a clamping mechanism and a gripping mechanism. The shaft consists of a top portion and a bottom portion. The clamping mechanism is connected to the top portion of the shaft and allows the user to attach said walking instrument to a... Agent: Charles J.engelberger Lll

20080149156 - Housing having an expansion tent: A housing has an expansion tent connectable thereto. A bag-shaped cover is present, and has an opening permanently connected to the housing. The cover forms the interior surface of the erected expansion tent, and is suitable for hermetically sealing off the interior of the housing and the expansion tent with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080149157 - Erectable canopy with reinforced roof structure: The quickly erectable canopy shelters include a plurality of legs connected together by an extendible perimeter assembly of link members. The roof structure is formed by a pole members pivotally mounted to the upper ends of the legs so as to extend across the shelter, and movable between a lowered... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080142058 - Sun shading arrangement: A sun shading arrangement is disclosed as including a sun shading portion, an arm arrangement connected with the sun shading portion, and a support portion connected with the arm arrangement, and the support portion is a double-helical structure. The arm arrangement includes at least two arms which are pivotable relative... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.c.

20080142059 - Mobile, expandable, inhabitable structure: The invention encompasses an entirely automated room extension intended for larger wheeled structures such as a Recreational Vehicle or a semi trailer that has been modified to form an office or semi-permanent emergency shelter. The extension, having substantially hinged, folding, rigid panels that in the collapsed state are stacked flush... Agent: Jeffrey M. Bonebrake

20080142060 - Outdoor gear performance and trip management system: Systems and methods of managing the performance of host products such as outdoor gear provide for detecting a connection between drive and performance modules. The performance module has an associated output type and is installed in a host product. A drive profile is selected from a plurality of drive profiles... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080142061 - Shelter vacuum hold down device: An air supported positively pressurized flexible material shelter for use on a surface comprising a flexible wall and a skirt connected to the wall and surrounding the flexible wall. A source of vacuum being propagated beneath the skirt along the flexible wall, to vacuum the skirt down to the surface... Agent: Mark Manley Entrepreneurial Studies And Development

20080142062 - Compact portable sunshade for face protection: An opaque material covers at least the horizontal segments of at least two of the inverted U-shaped support members, and two pivot means are attached to said rectangular and planar base for movably combining free ends of said vertical segments of the inverted U-shaped support members. Substantially open side areas,... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080142063 - Tent pole fixer of connecting pole and fly: A tent pole fixer is provided that is mounted on the edge of a tent so as to connect an end portion of a pole. The tent pole fixer has one end portion coupled to an edge of a tent, a longitudinally middle portion to which the pole supporting the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080142064 - Aluminum frame for the construction of a sunshade with double layer of fabric and adjustable to any kind of sunshade: An aluminum frame for the construction of a sunshade with double layers of sunshade fabric which is adjustable to any kind of sunshade characterized in that on its one end it comprises a rectangular notch (1) to which a PVC frame is fitted on which the fabric of the exterior... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.a.

20080142065 - Light-duty structural shed or house with skylights: A light-duty structural shed or house with skylights includes walls and a roof supported by a beam, wherein the walls have openings for doors and/or windows, and the roof is constituted of a ridge and two inclined top panels. Each of the inclined top panels has a width that is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080135075 - Automatically opening eccentric umbrella: An automatic opening umbrella having a canopy, and a support shaft and an opening mechanism offset or eccentric from the center of the canopy, is described. The opening mechanism includes a framework including varying length rib, link and brace sets on each side of a longitudinal axis of symmetry of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080135076 - Umbrella of multi layer surface: Umbrella, simply, is a foldable means used for protection from rain and/or sun intensive wind currents usually makes the umbrella rather difficult to be hold and can lead to a serious damage for its components. Creating gaps or holes through the umbrellas surface can reduce or minimize the bad effects... Agent: David M. Ostfeld Adams And Reese, LLP

20080135077 - Height adjustable rolling walker for transportation seating: A walker device for assisting an individual with mobility which is temporarily convertible to a wheeled transportation chair, includes a frame structure having two front legs and two rear legs, each of the legs having a leg extension adjustably attached thereto and supported on a rotatable wheel. A seat is... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080135078 - Brace for a walker: A brace for a walker has a body and two mounting clamps. The body has two ends and an internal cavity a through hole. The internal cavity is defined longitudinally in the body. The mounting clamps are cylindrical, are formed respectively on and protrude longitudinally respectively from the ends of... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080135080 - Rotatable hunting blind: A rotatable hunting blind providing a 360° field of vision about the blind with almost one-hundred percent concealment is disclosed. Construction of the blind on a circular frame and the type of exterior covering which shields the hunter from the vision of prey is discussed. The method of operation of... Agent: Alworth Law & Engineering

20080135079 - Yurt structure: An improved yurt assembly for facilitating easy yurt installation and increasing stability, comprising a plurality of expandable lattice wall sections, vertical posts and roof poles. Each lattice wall section includes a plurality of pivotally connected link members. Each of the vertical posts includes a groove on its top end for... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080128008 - Foldable durable product, such as a patient aid device or walker, and method of forming same: A method of manufacturing a patient aid device, such as a walker (W), includes the steps of molding a polymer or plastic connector (60) over first and second metal structural members (22, CB) to maintain the structural members in a first geometrical relationship. After the plastic has cured, the method... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080128009 - Adjustable cane with enhanced grasping mechanism, magnetic pickup, hanging tip and self-standing base: An adjustable cane includes a grasping mechanism, an actuator, an adjustable length inelastic linkage, a magnetic pickup, hanging tip and self-standing base. Pivotally mounted to the distal end of the cane, the grasping mechanism includes a pair of fingers defining a narrow valley for grasping small objects and a wide... Agent: Mark Young, P.a.

20080128010 - Miniature canopy apparatus for shading head and neck of a sunbather: An apparatus is provided for shading a sunbather's head and neck from the sun. The apparatus includes a canopy having a plurality of spaced apart ribs affixed thereto. A first end of each of the ribs is hingedly connected to and radiates from a first hub. There is a plurality... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080128011 - Craft dome: The quickly erectable dome shelter includes an extendible perimeter truss assembly with link members connected between adjacent legs, a central truss assembly of link members, and a roof framework, including pairs of curved upper and lower peak truss members, that is movable between a lowered, collapsed configuration and a raised,... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP