Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane inventions 07/09

20090188537 - Flexible umbrella systems: An umbrella system relating to the general protection of fixed outdoor umbrellas, especially during windy conditions. The umbrella system uses a supportive shaft equipped with a resiliently deformable region allowing omni-directional bending under wind loading. A preferred embodiment of the deformable region comprises a helical spring.... Agent: Stoneman Volk Patent Group

20090188538 - Device for expanding ceiling portion of tent: The present invention discloses a device for expanding the ceiling portion of a tent. The expanding device comprises an extendable fabric portion 104 in which the ceiling portion 103 of the inner fabric 102 is cut out to a given size and separated, and which is attached to the cut-out... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090188539 - tent: An insulated tent which has interior and exterior walls that are separated from each other by an atmosphere of low thermal conductivity. The atmosphere may be a partial vacuum or may include a gas with lower thermal conductivity than air. The walls may be kept separate by the pressure of... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20090188540 - Collapsible truss assembly: A collapsible truss assembly is described herein. One component includes a layered u-bracket including a first u-bracket connected to the collapsible truss assembly, having a first channel, a first surface opposing the channel, and a first aperture that spans from the first surface to the first channel and is of... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , PLLC

20090188541 - Air-permeable simple car cover tent: An air-permeable simple car cover tent is formed by covering a cover onto a plurality of supports and a base. One end of the cover is provided with a falling part, two holes, and at least an air window. The top of the falling part is connected with the cover.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090183756 - Ambulatory assistance device with storage: An ambulatory assistance device having in one embodiment a storage assembly and a collapsible walker assembly. The device can transition from a walker mode to a storage mode. The device is particularly adapted for a person with limited mobility during travel.... Agent: Christopher J. Vandam, P.A.

20090183757 - Lawn mower shade: The lawn mower shade is a rear mounted support frame that has a canopy attached to the top portion for the user's protection from environmental conditions. Such conditions may consist of damaging UV radiation that is produced from the sun. Mowing traditionally requires extended periods under the sun increasing the... Agent: MckellarIPLaw, PLLC

20090183758 - Selferecting structure: A selferecting structure includes a frame formed by one or two flexible continuous contours of rod or tube material possessing round cross section, each contour having two figure eight loops longitudinally formed as a double figure eight type continuous contour, and sheet material extending over the frame and attached to... Agent: Hung-chih Tseng Hdls Ipr Services

20090178699 - Umbrella with repositionable grip: Improved gripping structures for a hand-held umbrella are provided. In one example structure, a first grip is fixedly attached to an end of a shaft of the umbrella, such as the end located distally away from a canopy of the umbrella. A second grip is coupled to the shaft. The... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20090173369 - Apparatus and methods for joining poles for supporting a structure: An apparatus and system allows for poles, for example, tent poles, to be interlocked after they have been assembled into the desired supporting structure. The apparatus includes a body with a bore extending through the body for accommodating a pole and a channel extending into the body for accommodating another... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090173370 - Adaptable tree blind for ladder stand and tree stands: An adaptable blind for ladder stands and tree stands includes a platform that secures to a tree stand or ladder stand associated platform. A frame is assembled upon the platform and includes a plurality of upwardly extending and arcuately configured poles, these collectively establishing a superstructure which defines a three... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090165834 - Mono-crutch for lower leg disability: A mono-crutch for assisting the ambulation of individuals having injured or otherwise debilitated lower extremities. The mono-crutch having upper leg support with inner and outer support pads, a lower leg support for cradling a wearer's lower leg, and a ground contact member. The inner and outer support pads are configured... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP