Abstract: A portable backpack which doubles as a play activity center is disclosed. It is a portable entertainment center with numerous features for engaging young children in imaginative play. The front of the backpack is hinged to open an interior area where play toys and accessories can be located to simulate a dollhouse, space vehicle, barn or like play themes. The backpack is made of shape retaining materials that are nevertheless soft to the touch but crushable, and collapsible to minimize injury to the user and wear-and-tear during playful use by children. Various features such as a swing, ladder, escape hatch, windows, operable doors, promote imaginative play. Some embodiments of the backpack include colorful replicas of butterflies, beetles, etc. on the front to attract attention of peers to the backpack and its owner.
Abstract: A computer screen filter assembly includes a filter and a frame for receiving the filter. The frame has a pair of generally longitudinally disposed sawtooth surfaces. One of the sawtooth surfaces is disposed adjacent one side of the filter and the other of the sawtooth surfaces is disposed adjacent the other side of the filter. A pair of brackets are slidably attached to the frame adjacent the upper corners of the frame. The brackets each have a horizontally disposed support adapted to engage the top surface of a computer monitor so that the filter is disposed over the computer screen. The brackets each have a pawl capable of engaging and disengaging a respective sawtooth surface so that the frame and the filter can be adjusted to a variety of vertical locations with respect to the computer screen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 1995
Date of Patent:
May 6, 1997
Assignee:
Interex, Inc.
Inventors:
Gary L. Pember, Robert R. Deines, R. Reed Hinkel