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

20080202570 - Hub assembly for an umbrella frame: An umbrella frame provides a stable and enduring support for an umbrella canopy while also allowing canopies of varying shapes and sizes to be mounted thereto. The umbrella frame includes a hub assembly, namely, a main hub member mounted about a central pole member of the umbrella frame which offers... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20080202571 - Rolling walker: 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 supported or rotatable wheels. A seat is attached to the frame structure. A backrest is selectively disposed in a front... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080202572 - Automated awning: An automated awning comprises a main shaft connected to a screw rod through a sleeve by a screw means. The screw rod is driven by a motor to activate a first support rod and a second support rod to slide forward or backward sliding motion. A main support bracket is... Agent: Chin-hui Chen

20080202573 - Rotatable, portable blind: A collapsible, portable, lightweight enclosure or blind designed to hide and obscure a hunter, photographer, or individual observing wildlife while seated in a circular, dome shaped enclosure. It has a fully rotatable (360 degrees) seat/base and has retractable arms extending upwards from the base and rising vertically to support a... Agent: Howard J. Walter Jr.

20080202574 - Intercoupled piping assembly: An intercoupled piping assembly comprising a first elongated pipe; a second elongated pipe; a coupler for coupling the first elongated pipe to the second elongated pipe and a securing assembly comprising an elongated member that extends through an aperture in the first elongated pipe, through an aperture in the coupler... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20080196753 - Buffer for trekking or nordic-walking poles: The invention describes a buffer (2) for a stick (1), in particular for a walking stick or a trekking or Nordic-Walking pole. The buffer (2) has means (10) for being attached to a stick tube (Ia), in particular in the form of a recess, at its upper end (4) and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080196754 - Aerodynamic sunshade: The present invention is an aerodynamic sunshade that has a flat frame or rack made up of a series of radial or angular rods or arms, having the outermost ends of said arms joined to the perimeter of a hexagonal kite- or arrowhead-shaped cloth, said frame or rack being supported... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20080196755 - Tent with improved structure: A tent with improved structure is disclosed. The present invention includes a tent body with several covering portions, several sleeve pipes disposed among the covering portions, an opening disposed in one of the covering portions and a supporting structure with a connecting portion comprises a main encapsulation and several complementary... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080190468 - Umbrella featuring a vertically deployable sun shade: The invention adds one ore more vertically-deployable sun shades to an umbrella for selectively providing shade for one or more users of an umbrella. More specifically, the sun shade resembles a conventional shade or set of blinds for covering a window. The size, shape, materials, and arrangement of the sun... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080190469 - Electrical umbrella and canopy mechanism: Canopy conducting mechanism for hand held umbrellas is disclosed. The canopy conducting mechanism is especially useful for electrical umbrellas although may be used for manually operated umbrellas as well. The canopy conducting mechanism has short movement between open and closed states of the umbrella and is based on pin and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080190470 - Golfing accessory: A golfing accessory, comprising an elongate, rigid shank; a handle disposed on a first end portion of the shank; and an umbrella unit movably supported on a second end portion of the shank. The umbrella unit includes a canopy support frame having a plurality of ribs movable between an umbrella... Agent: Michael R. Henson & Associates, Llc

20080190471 - Tent electrical system: An electrical system (60, 200) for a tent or shelter (98, 201). Wires (60) are routed through a tent or shelter (98, 201) either by attaching the wires to the tent or shelter, running the wires through hems, seams (100), or sleeves, or integrating the wires into the fabric for... Agent: Kelly S.k. Elsea Intellectual Property Counsel For

20080190472 - Inflatable structure for covering sport utility vehicles, boats and the like: A pneumatically inflatable structure including two adjacent pairs of bowed and criss-crossed pneumatic tubes mounted at their ends to a base wherein each of the two pairs of tubes form a frame defining a downwardly concave substantially domed enclosure, and a further vault-forming bowed pneumatic tube mounted to the base... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080190473 - Self-deployable tent including an inside chamber: The tent further includes an inside chamber (6) disposed beneath the roof sheet (5), and having a top portion (6a) that is secured to the top loop (3) by flexible spacer means (8), and a bottom portion that is secured to the base loop (2). In the deployed position, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080190474 - Collapsible canopy having wheels: A collapsible canopy frame is provided that includes elongated side poles each having a side and an end; and a plurality of wheel assemblies each having a mounting post and a wheel. The mounting post of each wheel assembly is supported on and extends transverse to a corresponding one of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080185028 - Deployable cover for the overhead protection of user: A portable and deployable cover configured to allow overhead protection to a user and a personal transport device is disclosed. The cover has a collapsible frame, pliable material attached to the frame, a case secured to the cover with fasteners allowing the case to be mounted to the personal transport... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20080185029 - Fold-up canopy for a people carrier, such as a perambulator or stroller: A canopy top for a person carrying device includes first and second canopy top elements that are moveable relative to each other around a shared rotational axis. The first and second canopy top elements may each comprise a front edge border defined by a front canopy top bracket and a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC