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20120088188 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF IMAGING UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION - A method of forming a pattern comprises diffusing an acid formed by irradiating a portion of a photosensitive layer, into an underlayer comprising an acid sensitive copolymer having acid decomposable groups and attachment groups covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate and/or forming an interpolymer crosslink. Diffusing comprises heating the underlayer and photosensitive layer. The acid sensitive group reacts with the diffused acid to form a polar region on the underlayer, with the shape of the pattern. The photosensitive layer is removed, forming a self-assembling layer comprising a block copolymer having a first block with an affinity for the polar region, and a second block having less affinity for the polar region. The first block forms a domain aligned to the polar region, and the second block forms another domain aligned to the first. Removing either domain exposes a portion of the underlayer. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088192 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF IMAGING UNDERLAYER - A method of forming a pattern comprises diffusing an acid, generated by irradiating a portion of a photosensitive layer, into an underlayer comprising an acid sensitive copolymer comprising an acid decomposable group and an attachment group, to form an interpolymer crosslink and/or covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate. Diffusing comprises heating the underlayer and photosensitive layer. The acid sensitive group reacts with the diffused acid to form a polar region at the surface, in the shape of the pattern. The photosensitive layer is removed to forming a self-assembling layer comprising a block copolymer having a block with an affinity for the polar region, and a block having less affinity than the first. The first block forms a domain aligned to the polar region, and the second block forms a domain aligned to the first. Removing either the first or second domain exposes a portion of the underlayer. | 04-12-2012 |
20140200353 | BIORENEWABLE BIODEGRADABLE SURFACTANTS - Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) and salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, where R | 07-17-2014 |
20140335454 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF IMAGING UNDERLAYER - A method of forming a pattern comprises diffusing an acid, generated by irradiating a portion of a photosensitive layer, into an underlayer comprising an acid sensitive copolymer comprising an acid decomposable group and an attachment group, to form an interpolymer crosslink and/or covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate. Diffusing comprises heating the underlayer and photosensitive layer. The acid sensitive group reacts with the diffused acid to form a polar region at the surface, in the shape of the pattern. The photosensitive layer is removed to forming a self-assembling layer comprising a block copolymer having a block with an affinity for the polar region, and a block having less affinity than the first. The first block forms a domain aligned to the polar region, and the second block forms a domain aligned to the first. Removing either the first or second domain exposes a portion of the underlayer. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335455 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF IMAGING UNDERLAYER COMPOSITION - A method of forming a pattern comprises diffusing an acid formed by irradiating a portion of a photosensitive layer, into an underlayer comprising an acid sensitive copolymer having acid decomposable groups and attachment groups covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate and/or forming an interpolymer crosslink. Diffusing comprises heating the underlayer and photosensitive layer. The acid sensitive group reacts with the diffused acid to form a polar region on the underlayer, with the shape of the pattern. The photosensitive layer is removed, forming a self-assembling layer comprising a block copolymer having a first block with an affinity for the polar region, and a second block having less affinity for the polar region. The first block forms a domain aligned to the polar region, and the second block forms another domain aligned to the first. Removing either domain exposes a portion of the underlayer. | 11-13-2014 |
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20130295462 | CARBON BLACKS AND USE IN ELECTRODES FOR LEAD ACID BATTERIES - A carbon black having a combination of properties with values in ranges selected to promote high conductivity, high hydrophobicity, and reduced outgassing in lead acid batteries while maintaining high charge acceptance and cycleability. The carbon black has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area ranging from 100 m | 11-07-2013 |
20140013996 | HIGH STRUCTURE CARBON BLACKS - Disclosed herein are high structured carbon blacks, methods of synthesis and treatment, and dispersions and inkjet ink formulations prepared therefrom. The carbon black can have the following properties: OAN≧170 mL/100 g; and STSA ranging from 160 to 220 m | 01-16-2014 |
20140162064 | HIGH STRUCTURE CARBON BLACKS - Disclosed herein are high structured carbon blacks, methods of synthesis and treatment, and dispersions and inkjet ink formulations prepared therefrom. The carbon black can have the following properties: OAN≧170 mL/100 g; and STSA ranging from 160 to 220 m | 06-12-2014 |
20150259513 | HIGH STRUCTURE CARBON BLACKS - Disclosed herein are high structured carbon blacks, methods of synthesis and treatment, and dispersions and inkjet ink formulations prepared therefrom. The carbon black can have the following properties: OAN≧170 mL/100 g; and STSA ranging from 160 to 220 m | 09-17-2015 |
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20110106565 | Proximity-Based Task Lists - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing proximity-based task lists to clinicians are provided. In embodiments, a task is identified as well as a clinician that is near a location associated with the task. In addition to identifying clinicians that are near the location associated with the task, clinicians authorized to complete the task and available to complete the task are identified. If all criteria are met, a clinician may be assigned to the task and notified of the task. Additionally, a task may be reassigned to a different clinician should any of the criteria fail to be satisfied at any point. | 05-05-2011 |
20120173137 | Optimal Route Solution - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for identifying an optimal route to a destination for a user. The optimal route is customized for the user based on one or more route factors. The route factors may include a physical limitation of the user or a restricted area of a healthcare environment. The route factors may also include obstacles within the route or user preferences. An optimal route is identified as such when no route factors conflict with the optimal route. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173276 | Optimizing Workflows - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for optimizing workflows by monitoring a healthcare environment. Data may be compiled from various sources to monitor interactions within the healthcare environment. Both interactions with individuals and interactions with a healthcare system may be monitored. Each of location data, clinical data, and system data, among others, may be combined to monitor the healthcare environment. By combining the data from various sources, a user is able to get a complete picture of the healthcare environment. | 07-05-2012 |
20150120327 | OPTIMIZING WORKFLOWS - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for optimizing workflows by monitoring a healthcare environment. Data may be compiled from various sources to monitor interactions within the healthcare environment. Both interactions with individuals and interactions with a healthcare system may be monitored. Each of location data, clinical data, and system data, among others, may be combined to monitor the healthcare environment. By combining the data from various sources, a user is able to get a complete picture of the healthcare environment. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110153368 | User Interactive Reinsurance Risk Analysis Application - A User Interactive Insurance Risk Analysis Application that is web-based which combines user imported insurance portfolios and geospatial technology with output from user defined actions and simulations providing an analysis tool for dynamic management of catastrophic exposures. The user may configure every aspect of the risk analysis application and use a variety of tools and features to create actions and receive risk information of all layers used for analysis. Precise risk information is given to the user due to the many services and modules which make up the risk analysis application, including a loss calculation service and dynamic, multi-dimensional configurable risk data display. The user receives estimated loss values and may configure which pieces of data analysis the user would like to see and how that data is presented without having to drilldown through all the data in the insurance portfolio. | 06-23-2011 |
20110307791 | Social Networking Application for Knowledge Sharing and Management - A web-based Social Networking Application for Knowledge Sharing and Management which provides for permissive based communication for knowledge transfer among all levels of personnel within organizations using configurable conditions and criteria for determining a target audience, or various classifications of accessible users based on configurable groups and sections. Users of such may create conversations around topics and content to be searched, tagged and published to target audiences. Users may provide commentary, ratings on conversations and commentary, or news on a particular idea or subject. Conversations may connect to combinations of text, user created conversations, images, links, web pages, attachments, internal and external content, as well as internal and external document repositories. | 12-15-2011 |
20120072436 | Relationship and Content Management Application - A web-based Relationship and Content Management Application combining an organization's CRM and ECM systems by integrating CRM's contacts with an ECM system's key features and functionality. The user of such is able to efficiently store and retrieve a combination of information for a relationship from CRM as well as from ECM, avoiding human error and providing data centralization. Users may store and retrieve content from both internal document repositories within an ECM system as well as external document repositories in the user's system. The major features consist of the ease of use and data consistency, plus the leverages of CRM as the centralization of data. | 03-22-2012 |
20120232939 | Method for Rendering Layer Images and Providing Information - A User Interactive Insurance Risk Analysis Application that is web-based which combines user imported insurance portfolios and geospatial technology with output from user defined actions and simulations providing an analysis tool for dynamic management of catastrophic exposures. The user may configure every aspect of the risk analysis application and use a variety of tools and features to create actions and receive risk information of all layers used for analysis. Precise risk information is given to the user due to the many services and modules which make up the risk analysis application, including a loss calculation service and dynamic, multi-dimensional configurable risk data display. The user receives estimated loss values and may configure which pieces of data analysis the user would like to see and how that data is presented without having to drilldown through all the data in the insurance portfolio. | 09-13-2012 |
20120278748 | Knowledge Dashboard for Knowledge Sharing and Management Applications - A Knowledge Dashboard for use in a Knowledge Management application taking the form of user dashboards designed to help users of a Knowledge Management application within an organization to understand and become aware of the knowledge that is being distributed. The Knowledge Dashboard has the ability to inform a knowledge worker what the organization needs from that particular individual as well as pushing other users' knowledge and information to that individual. The Knowledge Dashboard forces corporate collaboration by pointing the user to the items which are determined to be the most important within the organization which the user should be contributing their insight and knowledge to. The Knowledge Dashboard eliminates the need to perform tedious searches of the knowledge and information gathered within a Knowledge Management application to determine what knowledge and information is important to the organization. The Knowledge Dashboard keeps individual users informed and allows the users to focus on what is important to the organization. | 11-01-2012 |
20130024522 | Email to Content Conversion and Publication System for Use in Knowledge Management Solutions - An Email to Content Conversion and Publication System for Use in Knowledge Management Solutions giving users of any email system the ability to utilize all features and functionality provided by knowledge management solutions by creating and sending an email using any email system. Users of knowledge management solutions typically create conversations or participations to existing conversations with whatever interface has been provided within the solution. Users of knowledge management solutions create conversations or participations only with the interface provided for creating this content within the knowledge management solution being used. The Email to Content Conversion and Publication System allows users wishing to create content for publication and use in knowledge management solutions to create any content using any email system. Any device capable of sending emails may create content and allow the content to have the appropriate permission settings and publish the content within Knowledge Management Solutions, producing the exact same results as if the user had created the content within knowledge management solutions. | 01-24-2013 |
20130067595 | Data Isolation Service for Data and Information Sharing - A Data Isolation Service for data, information, and knowledge sharing giving organizations using any type of software solution the ability to provide the public with certain public declassified information using a public facing instance of the same software solution. The Data Isolation Service allows for sensitive data to remain secure using a hybrid data storage model. This hybrid model allows for all data to remain secure without the risk that the private data becomes compromised when sharing public data. The Data Isolation Service can be used with any software technology and application system. The Data Isolation Service is a technology service that keeps private and public data partitioned allowing for the transport of public declassified data from within the organization or private database to a public database for public use, then allowing the public declassified data to re-enter the private database for internal organization use. | 03-14-2013 |
20130227403 | Line Number Retention in Word Processor Applications - A Line Number Retention feature for use in existing line number features of word processing applications to prevent automatic line re-numbering of a document. The Line Number Retention feature has the ability to allow users editing an existing document with line numbers to insert text and suppress the line numbering for the newly inserted text, preventing the automatic adjustment of the line numbers to the remaining original text of the document. The Line Number Retention allows the users to view the edited document with the same line numbers as the original document. The newly inserted text will not have line numbers, allowing the remaining text to retain their line numbers. | 08-29-2013 |
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20080216112 | PLAYBACK OF INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS - A method for playing back a program which includes one or more interactive applications. A program which is stored, either in the form of a data stream or as a set of files is played back from a storage device. When playback is started, applications which are detected are launched. Applications are detected in the playback of pushed content when they become available in the playback stream. Applications are detected in the playback of pulled content by comparing the validity ranges of the applications to a current playback index. When special playback modes are used, signals which affect the lifecycle of an application are detected and corresponding signals are generated to maintain the proper state of the application. During these special playback modes, these various notification signals may be conveyed to applications which are configured to operate during these modes. Applications which are not configured to operate during these special playback modes may be terminated when the special modes are initiated and restarted when the special modes end. | 09-04-2008 |
20120314134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-PERSPECTIVE VIDEO DISPLAY - Methods and systems for providing a multi-perspective video display are presented. In one example, a program of visual content that includes a plurality of visual perspectives is received. A first one of the plurality of visual perspectives is displayed on a display device, and a second one of the plurality of visual perspectives is displayed on the display device during the displaying of the first one of the plurality of visual perspectives. | 12-13-2012 |
20140359057 | SYNCHRONIZING AN APPLICATION ON A COMPANION DEVICE - A media server machine may be configured to provide media content within a datastream. This datastream may be provided to a media device that is configured to present the media content on a display. Also, this datastream may contemporaneously contain an “app-sync indicator” for the media content. The app-sync indicator is a data structure that signals the media device to launch an application on a companion device. By providing the app-sync indicator contemporaneously with the media content in the datastream, the launching of the application on the companion device may be synchronized with the media content. The app-sync indicator may specify the application to be launched. Also, the app-sync indicator may specify supplemental content to be presented by the launched application on the companion device. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100023090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING, REVERSING, AND MANAGING NEUROLOGICAL ACCOMODATION TO ELETRICAL STIMULATION - A method and programmer for programming a neurostimulation device are provided. The method comprises varying a first stimulation parameter under user control, automatically varying a second stimulation parameter, generating a plurality of stimulation parameter sets from the varied first and second stimulation parameters, outputting a pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between a plurality of electrodes in accordance with the stimulation parameter sets, such that neural tissue is stimulated without undergoing neurological accommodation that would otherwise occur if the second stimulation parameter were not varied, and programming the neurostimulation device with a new set of stimulation parameters based on a result of the neural tissue stimulation The programmer comprises a user interface capable of receiving an input from a user, a processor configured for performing the previous steps, and output circuitry configured for transmitting the stimulation parameter sets and the new stimulation parameter set to the neurostimulation device. | 01-28-2010 |
20110019858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION IN THE OPERATING ROOM - A communication system is provided for a patient featuring a cushion with an opening for receiving the face of the patient. The cushion includes a microphone for receiving audible signals from the patient and one or more speakers for delivering audible signals to the patient. The microphone and speaker(s) are integrated with the cushion to avoid interfering with the comfort of the patient. In one embodiment, the audible signals are delivered to and from the patient via a communication port. In another embodiment, the system includes a display device, so the patient may view parts of the patient's body on the device and then communicate with system operators through the microphone and speaker(s). | 01-27-2011 |
20130053923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING, REVERSING, AND MANAGING NEUROLOGICAL ACCOMMODATION TO ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - A method of operating a neurostimulation device comprises outputting a pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between a plurality of electrodes while at least one of the electrodes has a first polarity, thereby stimulating neural tissue adjacent the electrode(s), allowing the neural tissue to undergo neurological accommodation in response to the electrical energy output between the electrodes, switching the electrode(s) from the first polarity to a second polarity, outputting the pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between the electrodes while the electrode(s) has the second polarity, thereby hyperpolarizing the neural tissue to reverse the neurological accommodation, switching the electrode(s) from the second polarity to the first polarity, and outputting the pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between the electrodes while the electrode(s) has the first polarity, thereby stimulating the previously hyperpolarized neural tissue. | 02-28-2013 |
20130116748 | CONTROL AND/OR QUANTIFICATION OF TARGET STIMULATION VOLUME OVERLAP AND INTERFACE THEREFOR - A method and system include a processor that outputs a characterization of a correspondence between a volume of estimated tissue activation and a target and/or side effect stimulation volume, and/or that provides controls by which to modify thresholds and/or amounts according to which the volume of estimated activation is to correspond to the target volume. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090193782 | POWER GENERATING TURBINE SYSTEMS - A power generating turbine system that may include an axial compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through a turbine. The turbine may include a high-pressure turbine section and a low-pressure turbine section. The high-pressure turbine section may be coupled via a first shaft to the axial compressor such that in operation the high-pressure turbine section drives the axial compressor. And, the low-pressure turbine section may be coupled via a second shaft to a low-speed generator such that in operation the low-pressure turbine section drives the low-speed generator. | 08-06-2009 |
20090193783 | POWER GENERATING TURBINE SYSTEMS - A power generating turbine system that may include: 1) a turbine that includes two sections, a high-pressure turbine section and a low-pressure turbine section that each reside on a separate shaft; 2) an axial compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through the turbine, the axial compressor comprising a low-pressure compressor section and a high-pressure compressor section; 3) a four-pole generator; 4) a first shaft that couples the high-pressure turbine section to the high-pressure compressor section such that, in operation, the high-pressure turbine section drives the high-pressure compressor; and 5) a second shaft that couples the low-pressure turbine section to the four-pole generator and the low-pressure compressor such that, in operation, the low-pressure turbine section drives the four-pole generator and the low-pressure compressor. | 08-06-2009 |
20090193784 | POWER GENERATING TURBINE SYSTEMS - A power generating turbine system that may include: 1) a turbine that includes two sections, a high-pressure turbine section and a low-pressure turbine section that each reside on a separate shaft; 2) an axial compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through the turbine; 3) a two-pole generator; 4) a four-pole generator; 5) a first shaft that couples the high-pressure turbine section to the axial compressor and the two-pole generator such that, in operation, the high-pressure turbine section drives the axial compressor and the two-pole generator; and 6) a second shaft that couples the low-pressure turbine section to the four-pole generator such that, in operation, the low-pressure turbine section drives the four-pole generator. | 08-06-2009 |
20090193785 | POWER GENERATING TURBINE SYSTEMS - A power generating turbine system that includes: a turbine that includes three sections, a high-pressure turbine section, a mid-pressure turbine section, and a low-pressure turbine section that each reside on a separate shaft; 2) an axial compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through the turbine, the axial compressor comprising a high-pressure compressor section and a low-pressure compressor section; 3) a two-pole generator; 4) a four-pole generator; 5) a first shaft that couples the high-pressure turbine section to the high-pressure compressor section such that, in operation, the high-pressure turbine section drives the high-pressure compressor section; 6) a second shaft that couples the mid-pressure turbine section to the high-pressure compressor section and the two-pole generator such that, in operation, the mid-pressure turbine section drives the high-pressure compressor section and two-pole generator; and 7) a third shaft that couples the low-pressure turbine section to the four-pole generator such that in operation the low-pressure turbine section drives the four-pole generator. | 08-06-2009 |
20110052387 | NON-AXISYMMETRIC AIRFOIL PLATFORM SHAPING - Turbine blade assemblies of a turbine include airfoils that are mounted on bases. The leading and/or trailing edges of the bases are provided with curved portions. Likewise, curved portions may be provided on leading and/or trailing edges of the angle wings of a turbine blade assembly. Also, curved portions may be provided on the leading and/or trailing edges of nozzle assemblies of a turbine. | 03-03-2011 |
20120285237 | INSTRUMENTATION RAKE ASSEMBLY - An instrumentation rake assembly comprises a rake tower capped at an immersed end and mated to a lead carrier at a base end. The rake tower comprises a curved wall oriented along a longitudinal axis and supporting a plurality of probe holders. The curved wall has an inner surface defining an internal passage for carrying instrumentation from the probe holders to the lead carrier. In another aspect, an instrumentation rake assembly comprises a plurality of rake towers, each having a base end and an immersed end, and each rake tower being coupled at its immersed end to one or more other rake towers. | 11-15-2012 |
20130189106 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion. | 07-25-2013 |
20130272888 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH PARALLEL CASING CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a turbomachine having a turbomachine blade and a stationary structural component. The turbomachine blade includes a tip shroud having a leading edge portion where the leading edge portion has a first surface. The stationary structural component is disposed about the turbomachine blade and includes a corresponding portion corresponding to the leading edge portion of the tip shroud, where the corresponding portion has a second surface, where the first surface and the second surface have generally parallel contours. | 10-17-2013 |
20140020395 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE - A method for enhancing one or more performance parameters of a gas turbine having at least one row of clocked airfoils may generally include choosing a first, a second and a third row of airfoils where the third row is clocked relative to the first row. An unsteady computational fluid dynamics model may be used to determine at least one wake parameter of a working fluid flowing from the second row of the airfoils to the third row of the airfoils. At least one design parameter of the airfoils of the second row may be modified, and the unsteady computational fluid dynamics model may then be used to determine the effect of the airfoil design parameter modification on the at least one wake parameter. The effect on the wake parameter may be compared to a predetermined target range. | 01-23-2014 |
20150114003 | TRANSITION DUCT ASSEMBLY WITH MODIFIED TRAILING EDGE IN TURBINE SYSTEM - Transition duct assemblies for turbine systems and turbomachines are provided. In one embodiment, a transition duct assembly includes a plurality of transition ducts disposed in a generally annular array and comprising a first transition duct and a second transition duct. Each of the plurality of transition ducts includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of each transition duct is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The transition duct assembly further includes an aerodynamic structure defined by the passages of the first transition duct and the second transition duct. The aerodynamic structure includes a pressure side, a suction side, and a trailing edge, the trailing edge having a modified aerodynamic contour. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118062 | BUCKET ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A TURBINE ENGINE - An assembly for use in a turbine engine is provided. The assembly includes a first bucket, a second bucket circumferentially adjacent to the first bucket, a shroud extending between the first and second buckets, and an aerodynamic shell substantially encircling the shroud such that a cavity is formed between the aerodynamic shell and the shroud. | 04-30-2015 |
20150345306 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion. | 12-03-2015 |
20160076385 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE TIP SHROUD - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion. | 03-17-2016 |
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20090100706 | HEEL SHOE FOR SQUATTING EXERCISES - An elevated heel sole exercising device for securely receiving the heel portion of a user's shoe, comprising a sole member, an upper member, a means for providing grip to the user's shoe, a means for providing traction to the device during use and a means for securing the user's shoes in place. The upper member comprises a heel-bed, heel counter and a band having elastic and a non elastic portions and extending from the heel counter such that it wraps around the ankle of the user. The sole member has sufficient length and thickness such that the forefoot portion of the user's shoe is elevated off the ground when the user's shoe is received. The bottom section of the sole member is broader than the top section to provide better balance to the user. | 04-23-2009 |
20090100719 | LOWER BODY EXERCISING DEVICE - An exercising device for securely receiving a user's shoe. The device comprises an elevated sole member, a cover member above the sole member open at its rear end for receiving the shoe, a means for securing the shoe, a means for providing grip to the shoe, and a means for providing traction to the device during use. The cover member is of sufficient thickness and length such that the heel of the user's shoe is elevated off the ground when the user's shoe is securely received. The cover member has elastic and non-elastic portions. | 04-23-2009 |
20090100720 | LOWER BODY EXERCISING DEVICE - An exercising device for securely receiving a user's shoe. The device comprises an elevated sole member, a cover member above the sole member open at its rear end for receiving the shoe, a means for securing the shoe, a means for providing grip to the shoe, and a means for providing traction to the device during use. The cover member is of sufficient thickness and length such that the heel of the user's shoe is elevated off the ground when the user's shoe is securely received. The cover member has elastic and non-elastic portions. | 04-23-2009 |