Abstract: Inventive features of a portable ultrasonic phased array test instrument are disclosed. The instrument has a battery rack that can be repurposed to host a re-programming module for testing and re-programming electronic components.

Abstract: Inventive features of a portable ultrasonic phased array test instrument are disclosed. The instrument has a battery rack that can be repurposed to host a re-programming module for testing and re-programming electronic components.

Abstract: A liquid sampler for use in sampling the liquid in a well. The sampler has a tube for containing the sample and an inlet at the bottom and an outlet at the top. An inlet check valve is located at the inlet which has a door configured autonomously to move between open and closed configurations in response to fluid flow through the inlet. In the open configuration, the door is aligned with the axis of the tube to allow fluid to flow into the tube through the inlet from below, and in the closed configuration, the door is positioned transverse to the axis of the tube to block fluid flow from the tube out through the inlet thereby retaining fluid within the tube as the sampler is raised up.

Abstract: A holder for securing a phone, smartphone or tablet device while driving in a vehicle. The holder has a frame for supporting the device including a base or socket shaped to receive at least a portion of the device, and a clamping mechanism configured to secure the device in the socket; a locking mechanism connected to the clamping mechanism, the locking mechanism comprising a motor actuating a driving member to engage and disengage a driven member of the clamping mechanism to cause the clamping mechanism to lock while tightening its grip on the device and to unlock while loosening its grip on the device.

Abstract: A privacy screen has a frame, a shaft rotatably connected to and extending downwardly from a bottom frame portion, a foot secured to a distal end of the shaft, and an engagement member secured to the bottom frame portion. The engagement member has a pair of spaced apart resilient convex shoulders. The shaft has an engagement portion located above the foot and between the shoulders, at least four indents being defined in a circumference of the shaft. Each of the pair of shoulders are adapted to be received within one of a first pair of the four indents. Rotation of the foot forces the pair of shoulders out of engagement with the first pair of indents and rotates the shaft until a subsequent pair of the four indents engages the pair of shoulders, thereby causing indexed movement of the foot.

Abstract: A side rail; a patient support assembly, such a hospital bed, a stretcher and the like, provided with such a side rail; a method of operating associated thereto; and a kit for assembling the side rail. The side rail includes support bars and at least one cross bar being substantially positioned within a same vertical plane, substantially parallel to a corresponding side portion of the assembly. The support bars are rotatable with respect to the corresponding side portion about respective axes being parallel to a transverse axis of the assembly, and first and second ends of the at least one cross bar are rotatable with respect to the support bars about respective axes being parallel to the transverse axis, so that the side rail be operated between raised and lowered configurations along the same vertical plane and so that the side rail be collapsible in the lowered configuration, within the same vertical plane.

Abstract: A side rail; a patient support assembly, such a hospital bed, a stretcher and the like, provided with such a side rail; a method of operating associated thereto; and a kit for assembling the side rail. The side rail includes support bars and at least one cross bar being substantially positioned within a same vertical plane, substantially parallel to a corresponding side portion of the assembly. The support bars are rotatable with respect to the corresponding side portion about respective axes being parallel to a transverse axis of the assembly, and first and second ends of the at least one cross bar are rotatable with respect to the support bars about respective axes being parallel to the transverse axis, so that the side rail be operated between raised and lowered configurations along the same vertical plane and so that the side rail be collapsible in the lowered configuration, within the same vertical plane.