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7232103 Load-bearing pressurized liquid column  
A load-bearing, pressurized-fluid column apparatus and method for supporting a load or mine ceiling with respect to a support surface or mine floor includes an elongated, flexible sleeve and...
7181877 Inflatable apparatus for displaying visual images  
Apparatus for displaying a visual image includes a device having an inflatable main body and a base portion. The main body is formed from tubular members which define a predetermined shape when...
6826886 Capital for architectural column  
A capital to be placed upon a hollow column having a non-uniform cross section with a maximum inner dimension and a minimum inner dimension. The capital has an ornamental upper portion attached to...
6786456 Deployable inflatable boom and methods for packaging and deploying a deployable inflatable boom  
An inflatable boom for space applications, and a methods of folding and deploying a boom are disclosed. The boom comprises a membrane having a substantially tapered cylindrical shape. A wide end of...
6508036 Method of linear actuation by inflation and apparatus therefor  
A method and lightweight apparatus ( 100 ) that provide linear actuation effected by the controlled inflation of a deployable tube ( 120 ) permits the deploying end ( 125 ) of the tube ( 120 ) to...
5743049 Support structure for architectural systems  
A support structure for architectural systems is suggested which comprises a plurality of supports (2) standing on a base and serving to bear a load. The supports (2) are constituted by air-tight...
5546707 Polyethelene inflatable tube construction device  
The invention is an inflatable tube system, having an inflatable tube in the shape of a cylinder having two ends and a shaft. The tube includes a bladder, made of an elastometer in the shape of a...
5527216 Chimney  
A segmented chimney constructed from separate inflated chimney units mounted one on top of another. Each chimney unit has a segmented side wall, the segments being individually movable relative to...
5311706 Inflatable truss frame  
An inflatable truss frame member for use in the frame of a large inflatable device such as a ship or satellite decoy. A first embodiment, developed for use in satellite decoys, comprises three main...
5305561 Inflatable housing structure  
A floating inflatable structure is used to house a vessel for repair while it is afloat. The structure has inflatable walls containing water ballast. The height of the structure above the water can...
5226261 Tent apparatus  
A unitary pneumatic base chamber in pneumatic communication with a series of arcuate hoops extending upwardly and generally orthogonally relative to the base chamber when the base chamber and hoops...
5195638 Combination of thematically related decorative objects  
Decorative structures comprising a combination of a flexible sheet member and a decorative bag member simulate a universal conception of the appearance of a well known theme. For example, a...
5103848 Sunshade umbrella  
An apparatus including a central post mounting an umbrella to minimize heat and light directed to an individual while permitting flow of air therethrough. The apparatus includes a central support...
5065640 Inflatable structure  
An inflatable structure, particularly adapted for use in outer space, employs one or more inflatable links which are connected at a base of the structure. A distal end of an outer most link is...
4941461 Electrically actuated inflatable penile erection device  
Disclosed is an electrically actuated penile erection prosthetic device. This device utilizes an alternating magnetic field generated from a device external to the patient which is inductively...
4899962 Portable fire retardant separation wall especially for aircraft  
A fire retardant separation wall for an aircraft cabin or transport space in an aircraft or in any other craft, is made portable by constructing such a separation wall as a foldable gas-tight wall...
4819389 Inflatable tent  
A tent uses outer and inner inflatable frame sections secured to one another in an inner-outer relationship to provide improved rigidity and support, and improved structural integrity upon puncture...
4768315 Shading and heat insulating device  
A shading and heating insulating device, especially for greenhouses, has two films of flexible plastic material interconnected to form a type of pouch enclosing a hollow space, which is preferably...
4685728 Self-contained outdoor sports event seat  
A portable inflatable stadium type seat including an airtight hollow base which provides a pressure chamber, the pressure chamber being arranged to introduce air under pressure into a plurality of...
4651478 Geodesic mold house  
A geodesic mold house is provided and consists in its final fabrication one hardened outer shell which is superimposed upon another shell with a space inbetween for insulation and utilizes...
4643210 Inflatable umbrella  
An inflatable umbrella consisting of canopy and handle which may be folded and conveniently carried about on the person and which has in its handle a compartment for a cartridge which can emit a...
4631873 Inflatable shelter  
An inflatable shelter having a plurality of sections wherein each section has a series of inflatable arched tubes that are arranged parallel to each other and in successive tangential abutting...
4556391 Inflatable ship interior simulating play tent  
A downwardly opening canopy is provided and supported from an inflatable skeletal frame including a generally rectangular base portion and crossed-intersecting inflatable arch members. The canopy...
4531330 Bed/shelter unit  
A bed/shelter unit comprising a lightweight air mattress and a lightweight tent on the mattress adapted to be erected as a shelter over the mattress and to be collapsed on the mattress, the...
4486479 Hollow three dimensional air-inflatable structures  
An air-inflatable structure wherein each flat wall of the structure comprs a separate air bag. Sharp rectangular corners can be formed at the demarcation zones between the separate air bags. The...
4340626 Diffusion pumping apparatus self-inflating device  
An elastomeric enclosure is initially inflated to a desired pressure by a gas having large molecules incapable of diffusing outwardly from the enclosure, except at a relatively slow rate. When the...
4332112 Multipurpose air filling tent  
A multipurpose air-filled tent. The tent interior includes various equipment for household use, such as a mattress, a clothes closet, garmet hangers, a storage rack, storage bags. Three different...
4318251 Inflatable and automatically deployable heat blanket  
A heat blanket for building enclosures with large glazing areas, such as greenhouses and other solar-oriented buildings comprises a night time/inclement daytime blanket consisting of series of tube...
4317315 Inflatable shelter  
This invention relates to inflatable shelters of the kind that are formed from flexible impervious material, such as plastic, treated fabric, or the like, and which are so constructed as to embody...
4309851 Structure of inflatable tubes with closed loop connectors  
The modular construction elements are formed of flexible airtight material of common cross-sectional diameter and varied tubular lengths sealed to provide an inflatable chamber. Each chamber is...
4297813 Multiple layer insulation cover  
A multiple layer insulation cover for preventing heat loss in, for example, a greenhouse, is disclosed. The cover is comprised of spaced layers of thin foil covered fabric separated from each other...
4295302 Inflatable tent  
An inflatable tent is disclosed wherein the tent comprises a plurality of inflatable frames for supporting the tent; an air passage tube for interconnecting the frames and permitting air to flow...
4271642 Tent with inflatable tube erector  
A lightweight tent for backpackers and like uses and characterized by a generally rectangular floor panel and a double layered canopy, the inner membrane of the canopy being breathable and the...
4251959 Amphibious safe tent  
A structural design of a tent for camping, particularly an inflatable amphibious tent which consists of a tent case, a guard tent and an air mattress connected with the internal base of the tent...
4197681 Inflatable frame for tent  
Two substantially identical inflatable opposed frame elements, each consisting of a single unitary tube performed as by pleats or tucks causing the tube to assume a preestablished configuration...
4171595 Inflatable hunting blind shelters  
An outdoor hunting blind shelter which is completely portable, all weather, and compact is an inflatable single unit hunting blind and a camper's restroom facility combined, furnishing features...
4164089 Portable blind  
A portable blind for a hunter, photographer, naturalist, or the like, comprising one or more frame assemblies with a flexible exterior covering. Each frame assembly includes upright legs which are...
4114325 Inflatable structure  
An inflatable structure particularly useful for providing emergency accommodation. The structure is comprised of an inflatable framework with inflatable cushions disposed in gaps of the framework.
4109424 Lightweight and compactible tent structure  
A lightweight and compactible tent structure comprising a single support member preferably having an inverted U shape and preferably being fabricated from a section of inflatable plastic tubing,...
4068674 Campers tenting with a combination of entry and support means  
An improvement in a lightweight camper's tent having a special combination of entry and support means wherein the support means opens and closes to permit the camper to enter and erect the canopies...
4068418 Collapsible shelter  
An inflatable structural member and a structure employing such inflatable members. The structural members each comprise an inner, air-impermeable inflatable tube made from an inexpensive, extruded,...
4065888 Fluid inflatable spatially expandable hollow body construction  
A spatially expandable hollow body construction is provided which is adapted to be filled by a fluid to provide expansion thereof. The construction includes a first fluid-inflatable hollow body...
4047390 Sea tent  
Apparatus for isolating from a body of water a predetermined bottom area and a volume of water or other liquid extending above the bottom area up to the surface of the body of water, comprising a...
4027437 Inflatable building  
This invention provides a novel inflatable building that is particularly adapted for use as a greenhouse and the like. Basically, the novel building provided by the present invention comprises:...
3994102 Inflatable element and system  
An elongated inflated or inflatable element including closed loops at each end. The element has certain broad dimensional relationships between its loop measurements and other measurements, and is...
3970328 Method and blank for manufacturing shock-absorbing safety devices for vehicle passengers  
Method and blank for producing safety bags comprising foldable enclosures expandable by means of a gas-tight channel network arranged along the surface of the enclosure to cause the enclosure to...
3960386 Means for expandable objects, preferably shock-absorbing protective means for passengers in vehicles  
A safety bag formed of a flexible foldable material occupying a small volume when collapsed and expandable to form a hollow enclosure substantially completely surrounding an interior space by means...
3918518 Atmospheric heat exchangers  
There are disclosed cooling towers and air coolers each having a housing through which air is caused to flow, the housing including a substantially upright conduit having a lower end which is...
3889700 Self-inflatable pocket disposable umbrella  
A compact, self-inflatable pocket or purse umbrella which is usable once, and then disposed. The umbrella is provided with a combination carrying case and handle in which a propellant is housed...
3877096 Inflatable personnel safety marker  
An inflatable flotation device adapted to provide a large visual target for locating persons in distress is disclosed. The device comprises a long narrow air-tight tube covered with Mylar or other...
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