Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane inventions 11/08

20080289668 - Operation mechanism for umbrella: An operation mechanism for umbrellas includes a runner movably mounted to a shaft and including a first extension and a second extension connected to a top and a bottom of the runner. The first extension includes a hole. A cap is connected to a top of the shaft and has... Agent: Fu-tien Liu

20080289669 - Cane with enhancing sleeve put on a joining portion of handle and shaft: A cane is disclosed that includes a handle having a lower protrusion; a shaft having a top projection matingly secured to a bottom recess of the protrusion; and a sleeve adapted to securely put on the protrusion, an upper portion of the shaft, or a joining portion of the protrusion... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080289671 - Cane with enhancing sleeve put on a joining portion of handle and shaft: A cane is disclosed that includes a handle having a lower protrusion; a shaft having a top projection matingly secured to a bottom recess of the protrusion; and a sleeve adapted to securely put on the protrusion, an upper portion of the shaft, or a joining portion of the protrusion... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080289670 - Walking assistance device: A walking assistancing device having leg links (2L, 2R) connected to a load transfer portion (1) via first joints (3), wherein each leg link is free to bend and stretch at a second joint (5) in the middle of the leg link and is formed in such a length that... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080289672 - Decontamination and contaminant processing system and method: A personnel decontamination and containment system is disclosed. This system includes a plurality of components positionable on a selected location for establishment of a multi-station decontamination and containment facility to decontaminate personnel and to contain contaminants collected during the decontamination process. The components can include a plurality of collapsible frame... Agent: Charles J Rupnick

20080289673 - Foldable expandable shelter: A foldable shelter can have several wall sections joined to form a cylindrical lattice, and a roof section coupled to the wall sections. The wall sections each have a first member pivotally joined to a second member at near their respective midpoints. The shelter is foldable from an expanded state... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080289674 - Flame resistant insulated fabric for shelters: A flame-resistant fabric for shelters including a flame-resistant interior layer, an flame-resistant, insulating middle layer adjacent the interior layer, a flame-resistant exterior layer adjacent the insulating middle layer, and at least one threaded seam quilting the insulating middle layer between the interior layer and the exterior layer to form a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080289675 - Corner molding and stop assembly for collapsible shelter: A collapsible shelter of the type having a canopy and a frame, the frame having mounting members with a stabilizer reduced friction pivot shafts and an adjustable locking member having a spring providing for easy adjustment of the height and breadth of the canopy.... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20080283102 - Beach umbrella with storage space: A beach umbrella includes a storage space or compartment in the interior of the umbrella for the storage of valuables and sundries. The storage space is formed on the underside of the canopy of the umbrella by a piece of fabric secured at its outer edges to the juncture of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080283103 - Lightweight single tube crutch: A height adjustable crutch includes a single tube member, a foot grip, an underarm support, and a handle. The single tube member has a central axis along which a main member, a telescoping top member, and a telescoping foot member are aligned. The top member is adjustable relative to a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080283104 - Reinforced axillary crutch with adjustable handgrip: An axillary crutch is disclosed in the invention; the axillary crutch has a body comprised of two opposite shafts, each shaft has a wall portion embedded therein, so that the wall portions may serve as the basis for adjusting and positioning a handgrip. Therefore, the shafts do not need to... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080283105 - Body shape: A body shade used for sun protection including a shading material removably attachable to a flexible frame that is removably attachable to items including sand, frames, chairs, boats, and kayaks via clamps, hooks, or screws in order to provide quick and easy shade to a desired area. The shade is... Agent: Robert H. Dubose Iii

20080283106 - Protective shelter: A protective shelter that can be used to provide protection within a war zone, and which can be readily assembled in a quick, secure and reliable manner. The shelter is formed of opposite outer walls and a roof structure extending therebetween, wherein the roof structure comprises a plurality of tray... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080283107 - Temporary shelter with adjustble door system: A portable temporary aircraft hanger that includes a lightweight frame covered with a durable, main outer cover. The frame includes a plurality of transverse frame members attached to a rigid base frame. Each frame member includes two opposite straight lower sections, two curved eave sections, two straight roof sections and... Agent: Dean A. Craine

20080283108 - Portable personal shelter and related methods: A portable personal shelter device includes a foldable support base having two base portions pivotally connected to each other and is foldable between an unfolded position in which the two portions are substantially coplanar and a folded position in which the two portions generally face each other. A collapsible hood... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080276977 - Mobility assistance device: A walker frame is provided which has a generally open space frame and has handle portions that are cantilevered.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080276978 - Collapsible heated canopy: The collapsible, heated canopy provides an electrically heated, retractable canopy atop a base that can be placed at the head of a bed. The retractable canopy, when extended, surrounds either side of a head, above the head and the rear of the head when a person rests his/her head inside... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080271768 - Outdoor umbrella: An outdoor umbrella includes an umbrella frame, an attaching device detachably mounting at an elongated arm of the umbrella frame, and an electrical device supported by the attaching device for suspendedly supporting within a shadowing area of the outdoor umbrella. The attaching device is adapted to detachably mount at a... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080271767 - Umbrella with heated handle and a water repellant canopy fabric: An umbrella has an integral stem portion and a water repellant canopy portion. The stem portion has an integral handle, a central shaft, a spring for closing the umbrella and extensions supporting the canopy. The handle is thermally insulating, wound with wrapped flexible heating tape or strip, and connected through... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20080271769 - Connector for tent poles: A connector for tent poles has a body consisting of a single piece on the whole, an approximate half part of the body constituting a first connection part which a single pole assembly passes through and is connected to, the other approximate half part of the body constituting a second... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080271770 - Retractable rod and tent: The invention relates to a retractable rod and a tent made from the rod. The retractable rod comprises a multitude of rigid skeleton joints having two axial end surfaces and side surfaces. The joints are connected through the convex-concave connection by two flexible ropes passing through the holes of the... Agent: Byip, Ltd.