Abstract: A multi-functional article provides protection from sun/wind exposure when worn as a garment or when converted into a shelter structure. The article may have a stretchy rear panel, side panels, a peak for receiving a pole for supporting the assembled shelter and that lays flat when the article is a garment, and a rear pocket to hold items in the shelter or serve as a collar for the garment or a bag for storing the article when it is not in use. The article may also have a top strap for use as a garment belt or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter, and bottom tiedown straps for shortening side panels when the article is a garment or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter. Multiple articles may be linked together to form a larger shelter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2024
Assignee:
Snap Design LLC
Inventors:
Anne Judith Kassenaar Edge, Paul Michael Ginandes
Abstract: A point and click computer device includes first and second pushbutton switches. An elongate rocker arm has first and second opposite ends. A housing contains the switches and includes a support supporting a mid-section of the rocker arm between the ends. The rocker arm is pivotable about the support between a first position in which the first end depresses the first pushbutton switch, a second position in which the second end depresses the second pushbutton switch, and an unbiased position in which neither of the switches is depressed.