| 52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 1 |
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| 20100325766 | PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - An article of protective clothing for use by a motorcyclist, or the like, wherein there is attached on the inside surface of the clothing, a knitted or woven material which is comprised of a material that is highly abrasion and/or tear and/or burst resistant and is secured to an inner-side of the clothing at one or more side seams of the garment. The abrasion resistant material is attached to an inner surface of the clothing by being sewn along at least one inside seam away from a waist portion of the clothing so as to limit the outward modification of an otherwise normal garment to a casual observer while still providing protection in the event the rider is caused to be sliding along the ground. By this means, the article of clothing is relatively indistinguishable from regular clothing. The article of clothing includes a pair of trousers with an inner protective abrasion resistant panel, which extends across a knee area and then up the side of the clothing along a thigh area to a hip and then around a bottom area to then return down the side of the other leg to the portion extending around the knee area. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325767 | Cape Having an Expandable Transparent Compartment - Disclosed herein is a cape useful in the hairstyling arts. The cape includes a pouch that is configured to allow viewing of an object under the cape while preventing hair and other debris from entering the interior of the cape. The pouch is configured to open from a fastened position where it is flush with the outer surface of the cape to an expanded position wherein a transparent window integral with the pouch allows viewing of objects through the cape. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325768 | FUNEREAL GARMENT - A funereal garment for use in providing a full and healthy appearance to a corpse lacking tissue necessary for such appearance. The garment includes a main garment body with compartments positioned to receive shaped inserts, wherein the compartments and shaped inserts are provided in sufficient number and location to provide a supplementary mass and enhanced physiological conformation to a corpse dressed in such garment, simulative of a full and healthy appearance of the corpse in relation to the corpse without such garment. The inserts may be inflatable articles or forms of predetermined shape, adapted for placement and retention in the compartments of the garment, so that the funereal garment provides the corpse with an aesthetic appearance for viewing and funeral/internment ceremonies. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325769 | ARTICLE OF CLOTHING INCORPORATING A CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE AND THE METHOD OF EFFECTUATING THE PROMOTION OF AN AGENDA USING THE SAME - A condom-incorporated garment and a method of interactive advertisement using the garment to promote a marketing, educational or social agenda, where the condom-incorporated garment has a piece of garment with pocket, a colored condom in a sealed package placed in the pocket. The color condom is shown through a window and overlays on top of a graphical or textual message. The graphical or textual message can be highlighted by the color condom. Alternatively, the graphical or textual message can be hidden from plain view by the color condom. The pocket and the color condom are part of the overall graphic design of the garment, allowing the wearer or a third party to remove the condom, thus transpiring a different message. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325770 | DIGITAL GARMENT USING DIGITAL BAND AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a digital garment that can provide a high-speed communication path by using a digital band that is quickly and easily attachable to a conventional garment (clothes), and a fabricating method thereof. The digital garment includes: a garment formed of textile; a digital band provided along the outside or inside of the garment so as to provide a communication path; a sensor, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, converting a physical signal into an electrical signal; an operation device, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band, receiving the electrical signal from the sensor and processing the signal; and a communication module, attached to the garment, being electrically coupled to the digital band so as to perform wireless communication. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325771 | GARMENT WITH DEPLOYABLE HOOD AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A garment, and methods of using the garment, including a main body portion, a collar attached to the main body portion, and a hood attached to the main body portion adjacent to the collar. The collar includes first and second flaps that define a collar pocket. The hood is moveable between a non-deployed position where it is received within the collar pocket and a deployed position where it is not received within the collar pocket. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325772 | WEARABLE MEDICAL TUBING AND CABLING CONTAINMENT HARNESS - A wearable tubing safety vest configured to harness medical treatment delivery tubing and/or communication cables. The tubing safety vest comprises a vest component having a body-encompassing component cooperable with a plurality of releasably securable flaps, and an elongate tubing harness configured to releasably receive and retain therethrough at least one of medical treatment delivery tubing and communication cables. The tubing harness may be securely engaged with the vest component or alternatively, at least one hinge component can be interposed the vest component and the tubing harness. The vest component is configured for demountably encircling a mammalian body torso, e.g, a human infant torso, juvenile torso, or an adult torso. The tubing harness may be demountably engaged with the front or with the back of the vest component. The wearble tubing safety vest may be optionally configured for demountable engagement about an animal's torso. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325773 | ADVANCED ENGINEERED GARMENT - An under body armor hybrid fabric garment has first and second fabric portions. The first fabric portion, configured to cover an upper torso region of a user's body left exposed by the body armor and extending into a second body transition region covered by the body armor, is formed of low or no stretch fabric. The second fabric element, configured to cover a lower torso region of the user's body underneath the body armor, is formed of stretchable fabric. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325774 | TWO-PIECE GARMENT - A garment assembly for a human body comprising a first garment element and a second garment element. The first garment element comprising a top end having a first neck opening, left and right lateral sides having left and right first arm openings respectively, a front side, a back side having an opening, and a bottom end. The second garment element comprising a top end having a second neck opening, left and right lateral sides having respective left and right second arm openings respectively, a front side having an opening, a back side, and a bottom end. When assembling the first and second garment elements on a human body, the first and second neck openings provide for the neck of the human body to be placed therethrough, the first garment element front side covers the front of the human body, the second garment element back side covers the back of the human body. The left first and second arm openings provide for the left arm of the human body to be placed therethrough and the right first and second arm, openings provide for the right arm of the human body to be placed therethrough. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325775 | Garments and Apparel - A garment ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325776 | Hand-Covering Garment - A hand-covering garment includes a first hand cover; a first sleeve non-removably connected to the first hand cover such that a first hand of a user may pass into an open end of the first sleeve, through the first sleeve, and out a second end of the first sleeve into the first hand cover, but may not pass out the second end without passing into the first hand cover; a second hand cover; a second sleeve non-removably connected to the second hand cover such that a second hand of the user may pass into an open end of the second sleeve, through the second sleeve, and out a second end of the second sleeve into the second hand cover, but may not pass out the second end without passing into the second hand cover; and a retaining element non-removably connected to the first sleeve and the second sleeve. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325777 | Knitted Glove with Tacky Grip Coating - Provided are leather-free gloves comprising a seamless knitted glove body and a tacky cured elastomeric coating, where the coating comprises a tackifier. Methods of making and using the same are also provided. The glove body can be knit from a stretchable body yarn. Reinforcement sections can also be provided for areas of high stress such as tips and bases of finger and thumb components and the knuckle area. A flat cuff can also be included. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325778 | Disposable puncture and cut resistant surgical gloves - A cut and puncture resistant surgical glove having puncture resistance of over 2,000 grams with flexibility, the glove comprising a glove within a glove with the puncture resistant material being placed between the inner and outer glove. The resistant material retained in place without impairing the glove flexibility. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325779 | GLOVE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A glove which can ensure flexibility thereof and can prevent peeling-off of a resin film formed on a surface of a glove base body is provided. Also provided is a manufacturing method of the glove. The glove (G) includes a glove base body ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325780 | HEADWEAR AND CLOTHING JEWELRY DEVICE - An ornamentation device is preferably a jewelry device for temporary attachment to headwear or clothing. The device has two superimposed sides joined at a portion of their periphery and spaced apart from each other at an opposite portion of their periphery to create an opening into which the headwear/clothing would be inserted. A retaining member, such as a spring bar, on the inner surface of one side firmly holds the device to the headwear/clothing until the retaining member is manipulated to release the headwear/clothing. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325781 | Pouch pets networking - The invention is an article of manufacture and a method of its use to communicate information and even unite people sharing a common agenda or a concern. Included in the article of manufacture is a hanger, at least one soft sculpture and a garment. The hanger contains an interior side and an exterior side, and at least one pocket disposed on the exterior. The hanger also may or may not contain a display area designed to communicate a message received form a Global Computer Network. The garment component of the invention contains a similar pocket as the hanger, so that the soft sculpture can be easily transferred between the two items. The invention is very versatile. It can be used as a teaching too, as a fashion statement, as a medium of communication, or as a method of expression. Finally, the invention can be used to facilitate the expression of international solidarity and common interests of people around the world though the use of the Global Computer Network. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325782 | High Strength Fabrics Consisting Of Thin Gauge Constant Compression Elastic Fibers - Elastic fibers are disclosed which have a relatively flat modulus curve at between 100% and 200% elongation. The fibers can be made into garments having a very comfortable feel. The preferred elastic fibers are made from thermoplastic polyurethane polymers and are made by a unique melt spinning process where the fiber is wound into bobbins at a speed just slightly higher than the melt velocity of the polymer exiting the spinneret. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325783 | ARTICLE COMPRISING A RUBBER COMPONENT AND A THERMOPLASTIC COMPONENT, AND ITS MANUFACTURE - A process for making an article comprising a thermoplastic component ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325784 | Helmet Clip - A helmet clip captures a goggle loop and lanyard and provides a mounting mechanism for a helmet accessory. The helmet clip uses a snap mechanism to selectively capture and release the lanyard or goggle loop without removing the accessory. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325785 | AUTOMATICALLY FLUSHING TOILET - An automatically flushing toilet in which an extension arm is attached to a horizontal bar to which the toilet seat is attached. When the toilet seat is raised, one end of the extension arm moves downward, causing a rod on the end of the inner tube of a telescoping member located primarily inside the tank compartment of the toilet to move so that it is positioned atop a pivoting member located inside a cut-out on the same end of the extension arm. When the toilet seat is then closed, the one end of the extension arm moves upward, pushing the pivoting member against the rod and causing the rod to force the inner tube of the telescoping member upward. The inner tube is pivotally connected to a trip lever, which causes the toilet to flush. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325786 | CLOSET FLANGE SPACER - In one aspect of the subject invention, a spacer is provided for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section. The spacer includes a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between the first and second faces. The inner edge defines an opening extending through the body, the opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange. The outer edge is generally smooth and arcuate. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a spacer is provided usable with a closet flange to provide elevation thereof. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325787 | MIST FLUSHING SYSTEM FOR WATER CLOSETS - A toilet multi flushing device consisting of an enclosed tank ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325788 | Infant shampoo head support salon - An apparatus for washing a baby or a young child's head safely. The apparatus is formed of two tubes or pole-like structures, adjustable in height and connected at a base by a horizontally aligned base strip. The structure has a flexible mesh structure suspended and connected to the two posts into which the child's head can be placed in order to shampoo the child's hair while at the same time safely securing the child's head in place while washing the child's head. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325789 | Instant bathing equipment and operating method thereof - An instant bathing equipment comprises a bathtub having a bathing room; a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathing room to make a user enter the bathtub and close the bathtub; an isolating means to separate a store space in the bathing room so as to store water and to make the user enter a washing chamber from the entrance, the store space and the washing chamber communicating with each other so that water in the store space flows to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a short time. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325790 | ROTATABLE AND POSITIONABLE BATHING SEAT - A rotatable and positionable bathing seat includes a rotating device and a positioning device between a cushion and a base. The rotating device includes an upper turntable connected to the bottom of the cushion, a lower turntable connected to the base, and balls between the upper and lower turntables. The lower turntable includes positioning holes. The positioning device includes a fixing plate connected to the bottom of the cushion, a press plate pivotally connected to the fixing plate, a pivoting portion disposed at the middle of the press plate and an end of the pivoting portion forming a force applying portion, and an elastic element installed between the force applying portion and the fixing plate, and another end of the pivoting portion passed into or separated from a positioning pin in the positioning hole, such that the bathing seat can rotate and position the cushion at the base. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325791 | Disposable Grooming Drape and Method of Using the Same - A drape for maintaining a sanitary surface. The drape is made of a semi-rigid sheet of material. The semi-rigid sheet includes at least one temporary attachment point. The temporary attachment point is disposed on substantially a first edge of the semi-rigid sheet. Additionally, the semi-rigid sheet includes at least one lip. The lip is formed by a portion of the semi-rigid sheet. The lip is disposed at a second edge of the semi-rigid sheet. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325792 | Combined Control For A Basin Overflow And A Basin Drain - A control is provided adjacent an overflow of a bathtub or sink. It both remotely controls operation of a basin bottom drain, and provides an option of shutting off flow through the overflow. Rotation of a handle of the control controls the bottom drain, and axial movement of the handle controls flow through the overflow. For example, a clicker-type pop-out valve can control overflow flow. Slot and projection structures restrict use of the overflow shutoff when the drain is not closed, and/or in some circumstances even when the drain is closed. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325793 | EXAMINATION BED MOVEMENT DEVICE - An examination bed horizontal movement device including an examination bed, an examination bed connector fixed at the bottom of the examination bed, a support board and a fixed board is provided. Two tension wheels are installed at the front and back ends of the support board separately, and the two tension wheels are connected by an examination bed conveyor belt. A tension wheel and a driving wheel are fixed at both ends of the fixed board, and the tension wheel and the driving wheel are connected by a support board conveyor belt. A driving wheel is installed coaxially on the fixed board tension wheel, and the examination bed conveyor belt winds around the driving wheel. The movement device achieves a compact design of the horizontal structure for the examination bed in a strong magnetic field MRI system and provides long travel and highly repeatable positioning accuracy of the horizontal movement. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325794 | Rocking bed for two-dimensional swing - A rocking bed includes a driving and support assembly comprising first and second drive sources each including a rotating shaft, a wheel fixedly mounted on the rotating shaft, and a first link having one end contacting the wheel, a plurality of second links each coupled to the other end of the first link, front and rear transverse beams mounted at a height above a bottom of the driving and support assembly, a plurality of braces each secured to either end of each of the transverse beams, and a plurality of third links each coupled to the second link; a bedstead comprising four legs and a plurality of fasteners each having a lower bearing for rotatably supporting the third link passing through; and a plurality of guy members each having an upper member pivotably coupled to the brace and a lower end secured to the leg. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325795 | Bedding Foundation Having Nestable Stackable Components - A stackable wire core assembly for a bedding foundation which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. The wire core assembly includes an upper wire grid, including a border wire and support wires extending between the ends of the border wire. Each support wire has resilient portions extending downwardly from the plane of the upper wire grid, each resilient portion having a flat bottom adapted to be secured to a wooden base frame and curved arms extending upwardly from opposed ends of the flat bottom. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325796 | Localized Microclimate Management - An occupant support includes a mattress | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325797 | HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A support assembly ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325798 | Support platform - An adjustable personal treatment apparatus that is usable by women of all sizes to enable them to enjoy, without harm, the full healthful benefits of proper and necessary massage and therapy. More particularly, the apparatus permits the proper pressure to be applied to a female patient during massage, or therapeutic treatment, without causing discomfort and possible damage to breast tissue or breast implants. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325799 | Adjustable bed - The present invention relates to a type of adjustable bed having junctions with equipped back support board, calf board support, front part bridge piece, back board support, rear bridge piece, thigh board support, back board support end and underframe crosstie woggle joint. The back board support has another end and is connected to the bedboard's back board woggle joint. A calf board support end and underframe crosstie woggle joint, and calf board support a calf of a user. Electrical machinery connection actuates the board members. A roller raises the back support and a separate roller raises the thigh board support. This model utility bed headboard footboard and the bed frame use the KD type card to meet. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325800 | Bed connection method - The present invention relates to a type of adjustable bed having junctions with equipped back support board, calf board support, front part bridge piece, back board support, rear bridge piece, thigh board support, back board support end and underframe crosstie woggle joint. The back board support has another end and is connected to the bedboard's back board woggle joint. A mattress core has a top cover and a bottom sheet, and the bottom sheet has a foot pocket having a foot pocket opening and a head pocket having a head pocket opening. The head pocket fits over an end of the back board. The foot pocket fits over an end of the calf board. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325801 | FREE STANDING PILLOW THAT MIMICS A HEADBOARD - A free-standing head support apparatus includes a soft, foam-like material with a front, a back and a base. The back is adapted to rest against a vertical surface, and the base is adapted to rest against an approximately horizontal surface. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325802 | Face cradles, or head cradles - Improved face cradles, more properly called head cradles, provide increased comfort for clients. Various embodiments of novel frontal and temporal skull support pads eliminate the discomforts of existing face cradles. The head cradle embodiments remove the pressure caused by conventional horseshoe face cradles. These pressures can cause facial discomfort, congestion, and restricted breathing, all of which can adversely affect the ability of the user to maximize relaxation. In addition to novel pad embodiments, the head cradles features embodiments whereby the support bars that attach to the support pads, as well as the support pads, can provide a variety of possible adjustments (e.g. lowered, raised, widened, narrowed, lengthened, and angled) to accommodate individual users. Some embodiments mimic fingers of human hands. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325803 | ACCESSORY FOR HEAD REST IN LYING POSITION - The present invention relates to an accessory ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325804 | NAP SEAT - An ergonomically designed, inexpensive and portable napping chair/seat may allow the user to be comfortably supported throughout the body in a balanced reclining position close to the floor that may encourage sleep. The user's hands may be folded and may rest on the user's chest or stomach while using the nap seat. Unlike a bed, which is designed for several hours of sleep, the nap seat may have a slim armless design that can ensure quick naps. Users who fall into a deeper sleep and attempt to turn over may be awakened gently as their arms or legs fall off the nap seat. The device may be easily moved between locations due to its small size, foldability and light weight. The device may be made of “green” recycled material. The device may be covered with a removable cover that may be made of “green,” or recycled/sustainable material. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325805 | Foot Brace For Bed - A foot brace for use with a bed includes a rear wall configured to extend adjacent a footboard of the bed and a front wall configured to extend from generally adjacent one side of the bed to generally adjacent an opposed side of the bed. The foot brace includes at least two telescopic rods each extending from the front wall to the rear wall. The telescopic rods are each lockable at a first extension configuration that separates the front wall from the rear wall and a second extension configuration that separates the front wall from the rear wall such that the front and rear walls are separated by one distance when the telescopic rods are at the first extension configuration and another distance when the telescopic rods are at the second extension configuration. An adjustable fastener removably couples one of the rear wall and the front wall to the bed. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325806 | PRESSURE DISPERSION SUPPORT SYSTEMS - A pressure dispersion system includes a pressure dispersion pad and a pressure dispersing mattress system for body support and sleep. The pressure dispersion pad and pressure dispersing mattress systems reduce pressure points from a supported body to less than approximately 32 mm Hg to reduce or eliminate capillary closing and a resultant reduction in pressure concentration and resultant discomfort and repositioning during sleep. Empirical design from human body pressure mapping is used to identify support zones for which components are selected and assembled in the pressure dispersion support systems for pressure dispersion and relief. In a pressure dispersion support system in the form of a mattress, multiple zones are defined by arrangement of different kinds of support materials, including foam tops such as memory foam or moderate to low density polyurethane, and secondary foam layers or foam base of relatively higher density polyurethane and latex. Different types of foam and foam constructs are provided in different zones of the pressure dispersion pad. Incorporation of the pressure dispersion pad in a mattress system, and in combination with foam dampening inserts in an innerspring of the mattress system, translate the pressure relieving properties of the zoned pressure dispersion pad into a mattress system. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325807 | Air pumping device, air pumping method, and airbed assembly - An air pumping device includes an inflation module that includes an air pump, a counting unit, and a control unit coupled to the air pump and the counting unit. The air pump is configured to one of inject air into and remove air from an inflatable article. The counting unit is configured to count a predetermined time period. The control unit is configured to receive a control signal, to activate the air pump and trigger counting of the counting unit in response to the control signal, and to deactivate the air pump upon completion of counting. An air pumping method and an airbed assembly are also disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325808 | AIR MAT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND DEVICE OF MOLDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an air mat that reduces the number of manufacturing processes by means of rotational molding, while preventing the generation of defective products, to a device for molding an air mat, and to an air mat manufactured and molded by the method and device. In a method for manufacturing an air mat formed in such a manner as to integrally couple a cushion part having a plurality of air bags arranged therein for containing air at the insides thereof with a plate-shaped lower sheet disposed on the lower surface of the cushion part, the method includes the steps of: preparing a lower mold having a plurality of air bag molding recesses having given depths arranged at given intervals thereon, for molding the cushion part of the air mat. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325809 | Healthy Bed for Actively Supporting Human Spine Curve - A healthy bed for actively supporting human spine curve mainly comprises a lower base, a mobilizing device inside the lower base, a height sensor, a control device, an inflating device, an upper mattress having an air cushion layer and a plurality of push rods wherein the control device is used for memorizing the spine curve of a person lying on the upper mattress. When a user lies on the upper mattress, the push rod is pressed to push the mobilizing device moving downward, the height sensor detects a moving distance of the mobilizing device for the control device to determine whether the user is the one whose spine curve is memorized, if so, then the inflating device is activated to inflate the air cushion layer to let the surface of the upper mattress meet the profile of the spine curve of the user. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325810 | VARIABLE-SIZE BED - The present invention relates to a variable-size bed ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325811 | Leather - A leather is obtained by a process where a re-tanning agent is used which is constituted by synthetic tannin, resin and aluminum. The synthetic tannin is constituted by (a) condensation product of aromatic sulfonic acid with formaldehyde, (b) methylene cyclic polymer of aromatic sulfonic acid with hydroxy aromatic compound, and (c) glyoxal. The resin is constituted by (a) acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid ester or methacrylic acid ester polymer(s), and copolymer(s) thereof, and (b) polycondensation product of melamine with formaldehyde. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325812 | Rinse Added Aminosilicone Containing Compositions and Methods of Using Same - The instant disclosure relates to rinse-added fabric care compositions containing aminosilicones, a deposition aid, and microcapsules, wherein the composition has improved deposition of the microcapsule and/or improved release of the encapsulated agents. In one aspect, the microcapsule is a perfume microcapsule, and the composition has an improved freshness effect. Methods of making and using the compositions are also disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325813 | CONTROLLED BENEFIT AGENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a benefit agent delivery system that can, when directly applied to a substrate, provide a longer benefit term than when a benefit agent alone is applied to said substrate. Typical benefit agents include perfume raw materials such as perfume aldehydes and ketones. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325814 | LAUNDRY CARE COMPOSITIONS WITH THIAZOLIUM DYE - The present invention relates to thiazolium dyes, laundry care compositions comprising one or more thiazolium dyes, processes of making such dyes and laundry care compositions and methods of using same. The dyes, compositions and methods of the present invention are advantageous in providing improved hueing of fabric, including whitening of white fabric, while avoiding significant build up of bluing dyes on the fabric. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325815 | Washing machine and control method thereof - A washing machine that controls water supply modes of washing and rinsing operations and a control method thereof. For the washing operation, the wetting of the laundry is improved through the supply of water in unidirectional rotation in which the water is supplied while a washing tub and a pulsator are simultaneously rotated in one direction. For the rinsing operation, laundry is quickly separated from the washing tub, such that the laundry is sufficiently mixed with the water, through the supply of water in unidirectional rotation and the supply of water in alternating-direction rotation in which the water is supplied while only the pulsator is rotated in alternating directions, thereby achieving rinsing utilizing water supply time, and, in addition, turnover of the laundry is smoothly achieved such that washing residues present on the laundry are effectively removed from the laundry, thereby improving rinsing efficiency. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325816 | TIME AND TEMPERATURE ADDITIVE SCHEDULING - A sublimation donor has a first fabric enhancer that sublimates from the donor above a first temperature and follow by a second fabric enhancer that sublimates from the donor above a second temperature. Both the first and second temperatures used are above 260° F. and the second temperature is at least 10° F. higher than the first temperature. Upon sublimation under a single pass processing unit, first and second catalysts triggers the first and second fabric enhancers to sublimate at the first and second temperatures, respectively. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325817 | Wearable Shoe Tree - A wearable shoe tree is provided to be inserted within the interior of various types of shoes, thereby helping maintain the original shape of the shoe and preventing the front area (or toe box area), side walls, and heal from creasing and wrinkling over time. The wearable shoe tree can be comfortably worn and keeps the shape of a shoe whether the shoe is being worn or not. In addition to maintaining the shape and aesthetics of the shoe, the can also be used as an aid to athletic shoe customization. Modifications can be made to the shoe tree to allow it to be permanently affixed into the shoe or to allow it to be used by handicapped individuals for aesthetic purposes. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325818 | CONNECTING PORTION FOR BOARDING BRIDGE AND BOARDING BRIDGE - It is provided a connecting portion for a boarding bridge that eliminates the level difference between the doorway portion of the aircraft and the passage, reduces the anxiety of the passengers, and can be raised and lowered smoothly. A passage ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325819 | BRIDGE APPROACH AND ABUTMENT CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD - A bridge approach, abutment construction and road widening technique and method using tilt-up panels and lightweight concrete fill is disclosed. A bridge approach ramp is constructed using tilt-up panels, initially supported using tilt form braces, to from a retaining wall perimeter, and subsequently filling the interior with sequential pours of lightweight concrete. The present invention advances the art of bridge construction by providing an improved bridge approach structure that is capable of rapid construction and provides an improved and cost effective structure as compared with prior art teachings. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325820 | POWERED CLEANING APPLIANCE - A powered sweeper includes a housing, a brushroll chamber disposed in the housing, a brushroll mounted in a brushroll chamber, a dirt chamber disposed in the housing, a drive motor disposed in the housing, and a driven wheel operatively connected to the drive motor. The brushroll rotates in the brushroll chamber and the dirt chamber communicates with the brushroll chamber such that debris is propelled by the brushroll into the dirt chamber. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325821 | CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for cleaning windows in tall buildings, comprises a chassis ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325822 | Method and Device for Cleaning Teeth - The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325823 | Electric Toothbrush and Toothbrush Head Therefor - The invention is directed to a toothbrush head of an electric toothbrush, which comprises a handpiece equipped with a drive, a brush head carrier that is connectible to the handpiece, and several bristle supports that carry a respective bristle set, are movably mounted on the brush head carrier and drivable in an oscillatory manner by the drive, each of the bristle supports being adapted to be coupled to a translator element of the drive by means of a respective drive coupling. According to the invention the bristle supports each have drive coupling means enabling them to be coupled to eccentric drivers of the drive translator element which is adapted to be driven for rotation about a longitudinal axis. Owing to the arrangement of two separately mounted bristle supports which are driven by a common drive translator element about various axes of motion, it is possible to achieve an improved cleaning effect by simple means. The relative movement of the bristle sets that are mounted on the bristle supports assists the cleaning motion so that the cleaning effect is not obtained solely by the operator's movement. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325824 | MATERIAL HANDLING - An apparatus for material handling that is connected to a prime mover and preferably located forward of the mover, includes a plurality of rotary brushes with each of the rotary brushes being independently suspended and having their axes substantially normal to a surface and rotating in the same direction. The rotary brushes, when moving along the surface, tend to cause any material on the surface to be moved from one brush to another brush until the material on the surface is delivered to one side of the apparatus. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325825 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibration control unit inputs an electrical signal to a vibrating member to generate, in a light-transmitting region of a dust-screening member, vibration forming a plurality of ridges of peaks defining a closed loop around a virtual intersection at which a virtual vibrational axis passing the half-length point of the vibrating member intersects with a virtual vibrational axis passing the half-length point of the dust-screening member. For example, the vibration is vibration whose peak including the virtual intersection gradually increases in terms of amplitude as the amplitude of the peak approaches the virtual intersection, and becomes the largest in terms of amplitude at the virtual intersection. The dust-screening member and the vibrating member have the following relation: 1.2≦Ts/Tg≦1.6, where Tg is the thickness of the thickness of the dust-screening member, and Ts is the thickness of the vibrating member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325826 | Fabric Sweeper - The present invention is a device for use in cleaning a fabric surface of dust, dirt, pet hair, and other debris present on the surface. The device includes a housing, a cleaning member, such as a roller, and a pair of cleaning material sections on opposite sides of the roller. The cleaning member has a protrusion that selectively engages one of a pair of stops to prevent rotation of the cleaning member past a respective stop. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325827 | TOOTHBRUSH - The present invention relates to a toothbrush having a bristle support head having a plurality of bristles densely implanted thereon and a brushing surface formed by ends of the bristles. The contact area between the bristle support head and teeth can be increased by virtue of the brushing surface. Reciprocal motion of the bristle support head maintains contact between the bristles and teeth so removes contaminants from inter-tooth spaces effectively and with improved efficiency. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325828 | PRESSURE INDICATOR FOR AN ORAL CARE INSTRUMENT - An oral hygiene implement comprising having a handle, head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head is described. The head has a plurality of cleaning elements and/or massaging elements attached to the head. The oral hygiene implement also has a force sensor and an output source. The output source provides a plurality of output signals which correspond to a plurality of conditions to a user. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325829 | WIPER BLADE - The object of the invention is a wiper blade ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325830 | COATING FOR ELASTOMERIC LINEAR PROFILES, IN PARTICULAR WINDSCREEN-WIPER BLADES, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a coating for elastomeric linear profiles, where the coating comprises solid lubricant embedded into a polymeric matrix. It also relates to a wiper blade for windscreen wipers, comprising this type of coating, and also to a process for the production of an elastomeric linear profile coated according to the invention. The polymeric matrix with embedded solid lubricant is obtained by polymerizing, in the absence of polymeric binders, a mixture comprising the solid lubricant and low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent. In one embodiment, the matrix is obtained from the thermal polymerization of the low-molecular-weight crosslinking agent hexamethoxymethylmelamine. Examples of solid lubricants are graphite and HDPE. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325831 | HOSE AND ACCESSORY HOLDER FOR AN UPRIGHT VACUUM CLEANER - A hose and accessory holder for an upright vacuum cleaner comprises a tool fixing portion having accessory tools insertable thereinto, a hose fixing portion for attachably/detachably fixing a hose thereto, and a holder fastening portion for attachably/detachably fastening the holder to a vacuum cleaner body. The tool fixing portion further comprises fitting members respectively formed in the insertion directions of the accessory tools on inner circumferential surfaces of the tool fixing portion, and protruding inwardly from the tool fixing portion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325832 | VACUUM CLEANER HAVING POWER CORD STORAGE - A vacuum cleaner having a vacuum cleaner body with a cord outlet is provided. A power cord may be extracted from or retracted into the vacuum cleaner body through the cord outlet, and a plug is provided at an end of the power cord. A stopper is formed at a position spaced from the end of the power cord at a predetermined distance, and a socket portion is provided at the vacuum cleaner body so that the plug may be inserted into the socket portion when cleaning is finished. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325833 | Vacuum Cleaner Filter Bag Comprising a Sealing Device - The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag comprising an inlet opening, a retaining plate, which is situated on the exterior of the bag in the vicinity of the inlet opening and can be attached to a retaining device of a vacuum cleaner in order to fix the vacuum cleaner filter bag, and a closing device situated in the vicinity of the inlet opening, which is configured in such a way that it adopts a first position when the retaining plate is not attached to the retaining device and a second position by the attachment of the retaining plate to the retaining device, wherein the inlet opening is closed in the first position of the closing device and is open in the second position of the closing device. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325834 | CYCLONE-LIKE SEPARATOR FOR A VACUUM CLEANER - A cyclone separator for a vacuum cleaner. The separator has a cyclone chamber, an air entrance device having a flow passage arrangement therethrough for introducing an air stream into the cyclone chamber in a manner that causes the air stream to swirl in the cyclone chamber to remove dust from the air stream, and an air outlet for emitting the air stream from the cyclone chamber. The entrance device has a control member that is operable to alter the flow passage arrangement such that one or more properties of the air stream in the cyclone chamber are affected by the alteration. The flow passage arrangement has a first path and a second path, and the control member is operable to alter the flow passage arrangement by redirecting the air stream from the first path to the second path. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325835 | Driving device for taking away filling material from a surface - The invention refers to a driving device for taking away filling material and particles soiling the filling material from a surface, in particular a sports field, preferably from an artificial lawn field. The driving device has a taking away device which removes the filling material and the particles from the field and puts it in the driving device, as well as a suction device with a filter element for separating particles from a suction air flow. The invention is characterised in that the filter element is self-cleaning. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325836 | RING ASSEMBLY FOR CURTAINS - A ring assembly for a curtain includes a first ring and a second ring located on two sides of the curtain sheet and the first ring has a first hole and multiple protrusions extend from a side of the first ring. The second ring has a second hole and multiple engaging slots are defined through the second ring. Each engaging slot includes a reception port and at least one restriction port which communicates with the reception port. A neck path is defined between the reception port and the at least one restriction port. The protrusions extend through the curtain sheet and into the reception ports of the second rings and the second rings are rotated to force the protrusions to pass through the neck path and be engaged with the at least one restriction port. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325837 | SLIDING HINGE AND A REMOTE CONTROL WITH THE SLIDING HINGE - A remote control has lower and upper casings. A sliding hinge has a main bracket attached to the lower casing, a sliding bracket attached to the upper casing, two positioning assemblies mounted between the main bracket and the sliding bracket, multiple fasteners mounted through the sliding bracket, the positioning assemblies and elongated slots of the main bracket and two resilient components connected to the main bracket and the fasteners. The resilient components push the sliding bracket and selectively retain the sliding bracket securely at opposite ends of the elongated slots of the main bracket. The lower and the upper casings of the remote control do not collide with each other or with the main and the sliding brackets and therefore prevent localized wear. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325838 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a first pivot unit including a shaft, a bracket, an engaging member, a locking member, and an elastic member. The shaft has a non-circular sleeve portion. The bracket is rotatably sleeved on the shaft. The engaging member has a sleeving hole with a shape substantially corresponding to a cross-section of the sleeve portion of the shaft. The locking member has a sleeving hole with a shape substantially corresponding to a cross-section of the sleeve portion of the shaft. The locking member is non-rotatably latched to the engaging member. The elastic member is sleeved on the shaft to resist the components on the shaft. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325839 | Braking Assembly - There is described a vehicle braking assembly for a wheel which comprises a braking member arranged to move relative to the main body of the wheel between an inoperative and an operative position, blocking means adapted to prevent the braking member from moving to an operative position wherein the trigger means is operable by coded message passed by a separate transmitter as electromagnetic radiation and the assembly is provided with an EMR sensor. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325840 | SELECTIVE COMPLIANCE HINGE - A selective compliance hinge, apt to define a turning pair with a default axis of rotation (A), allows to obtain a selective compliance turning pair, hence with the advantages typical of such applications but providing the best precision and movement repeatability, and comprises a connecting element ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325841 | SECURITY HANDLE FOR VEHICLES - Handle for vehicles, which comprises a lever ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325842 | Apparatus to secure towels and the like - An apparatus to secure towels and the like with a flexible strap or cord of a length sized to go at least partially around the neck of the wearer, with left and right fasteners secured to the strap at its terminals for fastening a towel or other drape in use position, the strap or cord is adjustable by a mechanism that adjusts the length of the strap to the preference of the wearer, preferably, the fasteners are oriented such that, when the holder is in use the fixed portion of the clip, which is attached to the strap, lies facing away from the wearers body so that any decorative material present is visible to an observer, and attached to both fasteners on the side facing the wearer is a magnet to support the apparatus when attached to a magnetic surface, | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325843 | Child Safe Cord Lock - A cord lock for window coverings has one or more cams adjacent a locking surface over which a one or more lift cords travel. The cams may be spring biased to a locked position in which they press the lift cords against the surface. A release member through which the lift cords pass is provided. Transverse movement of any cord passing through an opening in the release member moves the release member from a first position, in which the cam or cams are in the locked position, to a second position at which a cam engaging portion of the release member engages the cam and the cam is in the unlocked position. Movement of the release member from the first position to the second position maintains the cam in the unlocked position. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325844 | Magnetomechanical Connection Assembly with Load Securing - The invention relates to a connection assembly, comprising two connecting modules each with a load housing with a locking device with a spring locking element and a latch piece, a magnet and armature construction and a movement track, on which the latch piece can be moved from a closed position to an open position, the locking device, the magnet and armature construction and the movement track cooperating by means of an opening, the connecting modules are moved on the movement track, wherein the magnet and armature are moved in opposition and the latch piece and the spring locking element are moved in opposition, until the spring locking element is no longer engaged. On closing, the connecting module locks in with the aid of magnetic force. The position of the load housing and the position and form of the movement track are designed such that on moving the connecting module the loading housings move together by an amount Δx against the load FL. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325845 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE - A buckle assembly configured to mate with a plurality of tongues may include a rotational lever; a latch plate supported by the rotational lever and configured to move in a vertical direction when the lever rotates; a plurality of latch pins, wherein each latch pin is configured to engage the latch plate at one end of the pin and one of the plurality of tongues at the other end of the pin in order to mate the tongue with the buckle assembly; and a rotational solenoid. A core of the rotational solenoid may be connected to the rotational lever, so that rotation of the core causes the lever to rotate and the latch plate to move in a vertical direction. Each of the latch pins is configured to disengage from the corresponding tongue when the lever rotates. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325846 | FASTENER STRINGER AND SLIDE FASTENER - A fastener stringer capable of following up stretching/contracting action of a stretchable fabric smoothly by improving a stretching property of an element attaching portion, and capable of preventing breaking of chain if the element attaching portion is stretched, wherein the fastener stringer includes: a woven fastener tape having a tape main portion and an element attaching portion; a continuous fastener element row sewed to the element attaching portion with a non-elastic sewing thread; and an elastic core thread inserted through an interior of the fastener element row, an elastic yarn and a non-elastic yarn are woven into the tape main portion and the element attaching portion as warp yarns while a non-elastic yarn is woven as a weft yarn, and a weaving ratio of the elastic yarn to the non-elastic yarn is larger in the element attaching portion than in the tape main portion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325847 | FIXTURING APPARATUS - A fixturing apparatus | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325848 | Snap hook with rotatable lock - A snap hook includes a hook member having a gap formed by an attaching end and a receiving end, a pivotal gate pivotally secured to the hook member and having a channel for receiving the receiving end of the hook member, a locking member is rotatably engaged onto the pivotal gate and includes a passage for aligning with the channel of the pivotal gate and the receiving end of the hook member and for allowing the pivotal gate and the locking member to be rotated relative to the hook member from the locking position to the unlocking position, and a spring member biases and rotates the locking member relative to the pivotal gate to stably retain the receiving end of the hook member in the channel of the pivotal gate. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325849 | SHOELACE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A shoelace substitute approximates the look and function of a shoelace and includes a length of elastic material and two barbs. The barbs are each placed at and contain one of the ends of the elastic material, being crimped around the end of the elastic material to form a T. The barbs are sized to be inserted through eyelets of the shoe to connect opposite eyelets in the same manner as a shoelace. An associated method allows for replacement of the shoelace with a number of such shoelace substitutes, each connecting a pair of eyelets. The color and shape of the elastic material may be varied to coordinate with various kinds of shoes. The effect is to create a “slip-on” shoe from a “lace-up” shoe. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325850 | STEAMATORY, METHOD OF USE, AND MANUFACTURE - A method is used to prepare a body for burial. The method includes placing the body inside a vessel. The body includes bones and tissue. The method further includes subjecting the body to a flow of steam until the bones are free of tissue. In one implementation, the flow of steam has a temperature of about 212 degrees Fahrenheit and a mass flow rate of at least 1000 pounds per hour. The method may further include removing the bones from the vessel. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325851 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BULLETPROOF FABRIC - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing bulletproof fabric, the method comprising weaving fabric; scouring the fabric; applying a pretreatment process to the scoured fabric; and applying a water-repellent process to the pretreated fabric, wherein the pretreatment process comprises adjusting a moisture regain of the scoured fabric. In this method, the fabric is treated with the pretreatment process before the water-repellent process, so that it is possible to maintain the constant concentration of water-repellent composition, and to permeate the water-repellent agent into the fabric with easiness, thereby producing the bulletproof fabric with the uniform and good water-repellent property. Thus, even though the bulletproof fabric is used for a long period of time, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the bulletproof property in the fabric. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325852 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROTOR DISCS - A method for providing a disc of a bladed rotor for use in a gas turbine engine including the steps of determining the location of blade fixing slots to be formed on the disc to receive the roots of respective blades, determining a virtual profile of each slot on the disc, and forming, prior to the slots being formed in the disc, a narrow, axial pilot slot centrally of the virtual profile of each slot. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325853 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING CAPACITOR - A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming an etch stop layer, a first isolating insulation layer, and a floating layer over a substrate including storage node contact plugs to form a resulting substrate structure; etching the floating layer, the first isolating insulation layer, and the etch stop layer to form a plurality of open regions; forming a conductive layer over the substrate structure; forming a second isolating insulation layer over the conductive layer, the second isolating insulation layer filling upper portions of the open regions; etching portions of the remaining floating layer to form a floating pattern; performing a storage node isolation process in a manner that the floating pattern is exposed to form a plurality of storage nodes having sidewalls supported by the floating pattern; and removing the etched first isolating insulation layer. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325854 | METHOD FOR POLARIZING A PIEZOCERAMIC MATERIAL - In a method for polarizing a piezoceramic material, first, a base is provided that is made of non-polarized piezoceramic material and has at least two opposite planar electrodes and at least one predetermined breaking point because of which a stress relief fracture forms when a voltage having a first voltage value is applied. A number of voltage pulses, the amplitudes of which follow a time-related envelope curve, is applied to the electrodes of the base. The amplitudes of the voltage pulses in a first section of the envelope curve are higher than the first voltage value, and the amplitudes of the voltage pulses in a second section of the envelope curve that follows the first section have a second voltage value which is sufficient to permanently polarize the piezoceramic material. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325855 | COMPOSITE PASSIVE MATERIALS FOR ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS - Provided herein are composite passive layers for ultrasound transducers having acoustic properties that can be easily tailored to the needs of the transducer application using current microfabrication techniques. In an embodiment, a passive layer comprises metal posts embedded in a polymer matrix or other material. The acoustic properties of the passive layer depend on the metal/polymer volume fraction of the passive layer, which can be easily controlled using current microfabrication techniques, e.g., integrated circuit (IC) fabrication techniques. Further, the embedded metal posts provide electrical conduction through the passive layer allowing electrical connections to be made to an active element, e.g., piezoelectric element, of the transducer through the passive layer. Because the embedded metal posts conduct along one line of direction, they can be used to provide separate electrical connections to different active elements in a transducer array through the passive layer. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PISTON ON A SHAFT OVER A LIP SEAL - A method and apparatus for installing a piston over a lip seal on a shaft includes a cylinder or primary force and a weight member or secondary force. The primary force and secondary force are coupled by a resilient member, which will permit the secondary force to retract from the assembly process when the force needed to complete the assembly is above a predetermined value. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325857 | Retractable Prewinder Assembly With Infinite Adjustability For Installation Of Helically Coiled Wire Inserts - A prewinder apparatus attachable to a drive tool to install a helical coil insert includes a body connected to the drive tool. An adapter rotates and is releasably connected to the body at operator selected positions. A prewinder portion displaces in/out of the body. The prewinder portion translates into the body until a fastener engaged with the prewinder portion contacts a stop member defining a predetermined helical coil insert insertion depth. A mandrel axially extends from the prewinder portion when the prewinder portion moves into the body to rotatably insert the helical coil insert. A clutch engages/disengages the mandrel from a drive member. A second clutch or a stall device stalls the drive tool after coil insertion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325858 | PRESS-FIT DEVICE - A press-fit device includes a base plate, a jig base and a robot mounted on the base plate, a press-fit unit mounted at a portion of the robot, a supporting plate mounted on the jig base, and a supporting block mounted to a side portion of the connecting frame. The supporting plate and block can support repulsive force that can be generated when the press-fit component is press-fitted to the press-fit object. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325859 | Method for Repairing Primary Nozzle Welds - A method for providing weld inlays and onlays to primary nozzles of a nuclear reactor comprising: providing a first welding device in a first primary nozzle of the nuclear reactor; providing a second welding device in a second primary nozzle of the nuclear reactor; providing a third welding device in a third primary nozzle of the nuclear reactor; and operating the first, second and third welding devices at the same time. Other methods are also provided. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325860 | MOUNTING CONDITION DETERMINING METHOD - A mounting condition determining method including: obtaining mounting information including information related to component mounting operations scheduled to be performed by a mounter (S | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325861 | MULTI-LAYER TUBULAR CONDUIT - Methods and devices related to multi-layer tubular conduit are disclosed. The method of making the multi-layer tubular conduit includes providing a hermetically sealed metal tube, inserting a thermoplastic conduit within the tube, and surrounding the exterior of the tube with an overjacket. The multi-layer tubular conduit device includes three layers: a layer of thermaplastic conduit, a layer of hermetically sealed metal tube, and a layer of overjacket. The three layers are arranged coaxially such that they share a common central axis. The method of use includes installing a multi-layer tubular conduit device in a public or non-public environment. The multi-layer tubular conduit offers mechanical protection from harsh and/or hostile environments while still offering the flexibility of traditional conduit. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325862 | METHOD OF USING STEP FLANGE CATCH BASIN ADAPTOR - A method of mounting a grate adapter unit beneath a stormwater collection grate includes steps of providing a grate adapter unit having a plurality of outwardly extending mounting flanges, each mounting flange being adapted to fit a different size commercially common stormwater collection grate. The grate adapter unit is trimmed, either at the factory, at the contractor's facilities or at the installation site, at the desired location to select a desired one of the mounting flanges that is appropriate for the collection grate to which the grate adapter is being fit. The grate adapter unit is then mounted beneath the stormwater collection grate using the selected mounting flange. A stormwater remediation unit may be pre-mounted to a lower end of the grate adapter unit or mounted to the lower end after installation. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325863 | SURFACE SENSING DEVICE - A method for orienting a surface sensing device (SSD) uses an apparatus having a support attachable to a moveable arm of a machine, such as a coordinate measuring apparatus. The support includes a first member rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a SSD for sensing the surface of a workpiece; the SSD is releasably connectable to the first member for rotation therewith. The method includes the steps of disconnecting a SSD from a support, the SSD being connected to the support in a first orientation; rotating one of the SSD and the support relative to the other of the SSD and the support and reconnecting the SSD and the support into a second orientation. An apparatus for orienting a surface sensing device is further described. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325864 | Infusion Pump System with Contamination-Resistant Features - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include a construction that is resistant to external contaminants, such as precipitation, water splashes, sweat and the like. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can include a pump device that is removably attached to a controller device to provide an electrical connection therebetween. In such circumstances, the infusion pump system can be assembled as a sealed construction that protects the electrical connection between the pump device and the removable controller device. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100325865 | TOOL TO INSTALL A PIPE INTO A MANHOLE - A tool to install a pipe into a manhole includes: an expansion band adapted to be inserted inside the boot; a bracket connected to the expansion band; an expansion link, adapted to urge the expansion band to expand; a removable bolt to releasably connect the expansion link to the bracket; and a nut to releasably retain the bolt to the expansion link and the bracket. The expansion link urges expansion of the expansion band so that the pipe may be installed into the rubber boot on a manhole, and then the nut and bolt are removed, thereby releasing the tool from the manhole. | 2010-12-30 |
