Abstract: A method for manufacturing square bottom plastic bags designed to stand upright when opened. The bags are constructed with open tops, side handle openings and attached headers or with t-shirt style handles. The bags are produced in registered bag stacks and include means for adhering a rear surface of one bag to a front surface of a subsequent bag making the bags self-opening when used in dispensing rack. The headered bags have tear-off headers or headers with weakened areas that will rupture upon dispensing. The t-shirt bags have apertures through the handles to suspend the bags on a rack or a header attached above the handles. The bags have detachable or rupturable center tabs. The bags are registered with hot pins or cold stakes through an upper portion of the bags or bag handles. The bags have openings, microperforations, or are formed of porous material to dissipate heat or moisture.

Abstract: A retaining-locking system for chain link fence slats includes specially notched fence slat elements having a pointed upper or lower end. The slat elements are sized and shaped to be interwoven between consecutive links of a chain link fence. A retaining-locking strip is formed of resilient material, and has an inner surface and an outer surface and at least one securing protrusion. The securing protrusion is sized and shaped to fit slidably within the notch. The protrusion is located on the outer surface of the strip. When the slat elements are interwoven into between consecutive links of a chain link fence with each of the notches aligned with one another, the retaining-locking strip inserted between the slat elements and the links, with the securing protrusion disposed within the slats, the strip will urge the slats toward the links, thereby retaining the slats within the chain link fence.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting and transporting concrete waste comprises a container, a cart for supporting and moving the container and a lifting component attached to the frame of a cement truck for lifting the cart and container off the ground for transport. The apparatus may be stored on a cement truck so that the apparatus prevents disposal of cement and concrete waste in an unlawful or unsightly manner and allows the cement and concrete waste to be returned to a cement and concrete production facility and recycled. The cart includes a component for tilting the container about its midsection by an elongated lever or handle. The cart also includes a component for limiting the forward tilting of the container and for locking the container in an upright position. A wheel locking mechanism for at least one wheel of the cart is provided. The mechanism is manually engaged or disengaged.

Abstract: A cellular reservoir flexible pressure vessel is formed as a series of closely packed tubes fitted into a pair of opposing end caps. The end caps have individual receptacles sized and shaped to receive the tube ends that are secured with adhesive or radio frequency welding. At least one end cap has a passageway for connection of the vessel. The flexible pressure vessel has a pressure relief device comprising a reduction in thickness of one end cap at a predetermined location. When subjected to overpressure it fails at the predetermined location. Other pressure relief devices include: a projecting member on the vessel surface, a weakened section of the passageway, a weakening or an absence of braiding material or hoop winding at a predetermined location on the vessel surface or along the passageway, a weakening or spreading of fibers in either the reinforcing panels or the flexible blankets covering the vessel.

Abstract: A tooth elevator designed to minimize risk of injury to a patient's mouth or adjacent teeth during tooth extraction is described. The elevator has mating side members, a handle portion and a mating jaw portion. As force is applied to the handle portions, the jaw portions are urged together on either side of a molar to be extracted. Inward curving side members disjoint the tooth upwardly while an angled front face simultaneously moves the tooth back, loosening it for extraction. A variation of the tooth elevator has a downward angled offset that allows a practitioner to easily position the elevator in a patient's mouth without the discomfort of raising the elbow of the grasping hand. The handle portions may also have non-slip features.

Abstract: An ovoid flexible pressure vessel is described. At least one hollow pressure cell, formed of resilient material, a passageway, a valving means, a capillary tube, hoop winding, high-strength braiding material and at least one reinforcing ring are provided. The ovoid flexible pressure vessel has a pressure relief device comprising a reduction in thickness of the hollow pressure cell at a predetermined location whereby, when the hollow pressure cell is subjected to an overpressure condition it will fail at the predetermined location. Further pressure release devices include the following: a reduction in thickness of the cell, an indentation, a projecting member, a weakened section of the passageway, a weakening or an absence of high-strength braiding material or hoop winding at a predetermined location along the passageway, a weakening or spreading of fibers in either of the reinforcing panels or in either flexible blankets.

Abstract: An aromatherapy herb pack has a flexible, aroma-permeable cover having upper and lower layers joined at their outer edges to form an interior space to contain thermal reservoir and aromatherapy materials. The interior space is divided into a series of subspaces in the form of parallel, tube-shaped containers to prevent shifting of the contained materials. A central opening is provided penetrating the upper and layers of the cover. The opening permits a user to place the herb pack over his head and onto his shoulders. The opening is X-shaped to permit maximum shoulder contact. The openings are circular in another embodiment, designed to fit snugly about a user's neck. A slit is provided extending from the outer edge of the herb pack to the opening for easy placement about the neck. A fastener, such as a hook and loop, button, zipper or tie string is used to close the slit.

Abstract: A flexible pressure vessel is constructed from at least one pair of upper and mating lower dome shaped cell portions. The dome portions are molded from sheets of resilient material and joined together by radio frequency welding or high-strength adhesives. Upper and lower passageway portions extend outwardly from each cell portion to the surrounding sheet material. When the cell portions are joined the passageway portions are joined to form a passageway for connection to a valve or another cell. Upper and lower rings surround the upper and lower cell portions to provide reinforcement for the cells. First and second blankets of heavy-duty fiber reinforced material are attached over the upper and lower cell portions and stitched in place with heavy-duty stitching extending through the resilient material surrounding the cell portions. Cell shaped sponges impregnated with absorbent materials are encased in liquid and gas impermeable plastic tubing and inserted into the cells prior to joining of the cell portions.

Abstract: A side seamed plastic produce bag includes a front wall and a taller back wall, first and second side edges sealed together and a seamless bag bottom. The taller back wall provides means for finding the bag opening. The bag is joined at the side edges to additional bags by a perforation. The bag is corona treated on at least one of the front and back walls and advertising or promotional material is printed on the corona treated surface. The invention includes means for manufacturing the bags and winding them onto cores or forming the bags into coreless rolls. Dispensers are provided for both the cored and coreless rolls. The dispensers include a vertical container with an open top that is mounted on a planar base. The container includes a vertical slit for dispensing the bags. The dispenser for cored rolls includes a vertical rod on which the core revolves.

Abstract: A beverage cooler includes a receptacle, adjustable platform and raising mechanism. The receptacle has a bottom, walls and an open top. The platform has at least one orifice, at least one guide and a threaded orifice. The raising mechanism includes at least one track, a threaded shaft and a rotating mechanism to move the platform between an upper and lower position. The rotating mechanism is a crank or an electric motor. In another variant, the threaded shaft is located centrally on the bottom with the mating threaded orifice located centrally on the platform. In yet another variant, the threaded shaft is located adjacent an edge on the bottom with the threaded orifice located adjacent an edge of the platform. In other variants of the invention, the receptacle includes insulation, wheels, handles, a drain opening and an inner wall, outer wall and an evacuated space between the inner and outer wall.

Abstract: A dustproof plate fixture for an electrical connector having a housing with multiple pins and a cover connected to the housing includes a recess, a pair of cutouts in opposite sides of a dustproof plate, a pair of retainers each having a base plate and a through hole for alignment with one of two opposite combining holes in the housing and extension legs, pressing elements each having a pressing plate received in one of the cutouts to engage with a corresponding one of the base plates, a sleeve extendable into one of the combining holes and one of the connection holes, and two securing elements each extendable into one of the connection holes and into one of the sleeves to threadingly engage with the corresponding sleeve, engagement of the pressing elements, the retainers, the dustproof plate, the housing and the cover is secured.

Abstract: A polyethylene produce bag roll includes a plurality of plastic film bags joined to one another with a perforation line. The perforation line is slit at least one end for a first predetermined distance to aid in tearing the bag from the roll. The perforation may also include a chisel cut to aid in removing bags from the roll in a dispenser equipped with a perforation parting means. The bags may be gusseted or ungusseted. Outer surfaces of the bags are corona treated to enhance adhesion of printing ink to the bags. The bag roll may be cored or uncored.

Abstract: A two-piece jet engine igniter assembly includes a front section and a rear section. When the igniter assembly is installed in an aircraft, either the front section or the rear section is removable for service or replacement. The front section includes a detachable cooling module. The cooling module includes a cooling tube adapter and a rear ferrule attached at either end of a flexible conduit. The conduit surrounds a thin wall polytetrafluorethalene liner, a braided tube and a cable support. The braided tube is electrically connected to the flexible conduit. Another version of the cooling module, designed for serviceability, includes a cooling tube adapter and a modified rear ferrule attached at either end of a flexible conduit, however a thick wall polytetrafluorethalene liner is removably secured within the flexible conduit by a circular clip sized and shaped to fit through the cylindrical bore of the modified rear ferrule when compressed.

Abstract: The invention is designed to eliminate or minimize the liability associated with “packet flooding” attacks originating from within a local area network connected to an external network such as one controlled by a university or governmental organization. In these attacks, an attacker uses up all available bandwidth to a victim with useless data. The invention performs its function by identifying and classifying data packets arriving at a “Reverse Firewall” for transmission to the external network using various techniques. For example, data packets that are sent in response to data packets received from the external network will receive a different classification and thus allocation of resources than data packets not sent in response to previously received packets.

Abstract: A dual-directional hinge for a portable device with a body and a monitor such as a mobile phone, a notebook computer or a PDA is disclosed. The hinge is composed of a first supporting member, a second supporting member, a seat, a vertical pin and a horizontal pintle. The first supporting member is mounted on the monitor and is rotatably mounted on the second supporting member by the vertical pin. The second supporting member and the seat are mounted rotatably on the body by the horizontal pintle. Thus, the monitor can be turned about the horizontal pintle to be raised from the body, and can be turned left or right about the vertical pin to change the horizontal viewing angle.

Abstract: A system and method for advertisement sponsored content distribution. It enables a person to experience advertising embedded content free of charge or to experience advertising free content plus an alternative advertising presentation for a consideration. This requires use of a special, system compatible playback device/program which must support alternative presentation capabilities (such as audio, still images, video, messages, etc.).

Abstract: A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water.

Abstract: A system for determining travel deductions for taxpayers who stay overnight in cities remote from their homes as part of their employment includes a city rate table that identifies allowed per diem expense rates for a plurality of cities. Means are provided for inputting and maintaining data in the table and for inputting cities visited and durations of stay for the taxpayer and expense reimbursements received from the taxpayer's employer. Means are provided for calculating a total of all per diem expenses based upon the city rate table and the input cities and number of days of stay in the cities and for offsetting the reimbursements against the total to determine an incidental expense allowance. For use with merchant sailor taxpayers, the system includes a ship location table with city rate codes for each day of a tax year for a plurality of ships and means for inputting names of ships on which a taxpayer has worked with starting and ending dates for work on each of the ships.