Patents by Inventor Dorothy Shook Nickels

Dorothy Shook Nickels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7641085
    Abstract: An umbrella support device includes a halter strap formed as a loop having a connection point formed thereon for attachment to a belt, an umbrella cup attached to the halter strap proximate to the connection point for receiving an umbrella handle therein, and an umbrella stabilizer attached to the halter strap at a point furthest from the umbrella cup for accommodating an umbrella pole therethrough. A method of donning the umbrella support device includes placing the halter strap over a user's first shoulder, placing the halter strap over the user's second shoulder, such that the halter strap extends behind the user's neck, in front of the user's shoulders, under the user's arms and across the user's back, and orienting the halter strap such that the umbrella cup is approximately centered across the user's back and the umbrella stabilizer is approximately centered behind the user's neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventor: Dorothy Shook Nickels
  • Publication number: 20080116236
    Abstract: An umbrella support device includes a halter strap formed as a loop having a connection point formed thereon for attachment to a belt, an umbrella cup attached to the halter strap proximate to the connection point for receiving an umbrella handle therein, and an umbrella stabilizer attached to the halter strap at a point furthest from the umbrella cup for accommodating an umbrella pole therethrough. A method of donning the umbrella support device includes placing the halter strap over a user's first shoulder, placing the halter strap over the user's second shoulder, such that the halter strap extends behind the user's neck, in front of the user's shoulders, under the user's arms and across the user's back, and orienting the halter strap such that the umbrella cup is approximately centered across the user's back and the umbrella stabilizer is approximately centered behind the user's neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Dorothy Shook NICKELS