Abstract: A pluming fitting and adapter for coupling a tubing to the plumbing fitting. The adapter has first and second adapter end portion with connected fluid passageways. The second adapter end portion being insertable into the free-end portion of the tubing. A pluming fitting housing has a chamber sized to receive the first adapter end portion. When the first adapter end portion is positioned within the chamber, an outer end portion of its fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the chamber. A seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the first adapter end portion.

Abstract: A drain box having a housing, a splash containment therein with a lower portion within a housing drain aperture, and a discharge conduit having a lower portion positioned within the splash containment in position above the drain aperture and extending upward through splash containment aperture, and an upper portion extending upward through a housing upper aperture and terminating above the housing upper portion for connection to an appliance discharge conduit. The conduit being attached to the housing to prevent a lower discharge conduit end from moving downward toward the drain aperture to less than a predetermined minimum distance above the housing drain aperture.

Abstract: An escutcheon mountable on a pipe having compression ferrule thereon, having a body with an annular body wall and an inner body sidewall portion defining a body opening, and an insert having an annular insert wall portion, an outer insert sidewall portion extending about the annular insert wall portion and sized to fit within the central body opening with the outer insert sidewall portion, and a plurality of inwardly extending members. The members being resiliently bendable between a first position with the inward free-end portions being in gripping contact with the pipe and a second position with the inward free-end portions defining a central insert opening sized to permit the insert to pass by the ferrule on the pipe as the escutcheon is pressed onto the pipe and then return to the first position.

Abstract: Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. In some aspects a collaborative shopping session including a first user and one or more other users is established. The establishing of the session including displaying a common interface for the collaborative shopping session at respective computer systems of the first user and each of the one or more other users. A side session is initiated for a second user, the side session having a different interface in which activity within the side session by the second user is not shared with the first user or the one or more other users of the collaborative shopping session. A determination, based on one or more merge criterion, of whether to merge the side session with the collaborative session is made; and the side session is merged with the collaborative session based on the determining.

Abstract: A utility box for mounting at least in part within a wall for use with a fluid carrying supply pipe, the box comprising, a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, a back wall and a front opening providing access into an interior of the housing defined by the top, bottom, first side, second side and back walls, a bottom wall aperture in the bottom wall sized for extending the pipe through the bottom wall aperture with the pipe terminating in a free end portion positioned within the interior of the housing at a location above the bottom wall, a valve attachable to the free end portion of the pipe, the junction of the valve and the pipe being within the interior of the housing above the bottom wall, and a first seal positioned to provide a fluid-tight seal between the bottom wall and the pipe to prevent fluid within the interior of the housing from passing out of the interior of the housing through the bottom wall aperture.

Abstract: An escutcheon mountable on a pipe having compression ferrule thereon, having a body with an annular body wall and an inner body sidewall portion defining a body opening, and an insert having an annular insert wall portion, an outer insert sidewall portion extending about the annular insert wall portion and sized to fit within the central body opening with the outer insert sidewall portion, and a plurality of inwardly extending members. The members being resiliently bendable between a first position with the inward free-end portions being in gripping contact with the pipe and a second position with the inward free-end portions defining a central insert opening sized to permit the insert to pass by the ferrule on the pipe as the escutcheon is pressed onto the pipe and then return to the first position.

Abstract: A plumbing fitting couplable with a free-end portion of a pipe. The fitting has a chamber with an opening, and an end bushing with an interior opening sized to receive the pipe free-end portion. An inward seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the pipe free-end portion. An anti-intrusion outward seal is positionable within the end bushing interior opening in fluid-tight engagement with an end bushing interior wall portion and the free-end portion of the pipe when positioned within the end bushing interior opening to prevent contaminants reaching an interior portion of the chamber containing the gripper ring and inward seal.

Abstract: A pluming fitting and adapter for coupling a tubing to the plumbing fitting. The adapter has first and second adapter end portion with connected fluid passageways. The second adapter end portion being insertable into the free-end portion of the tubing. A pluming fitting housing has a chamber sized to receive the first adapter end portion. When the first adapter end portion is positioned within the chamber, an outer end portion of its fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the chamber. A seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the first adapter end portion.

Abstract: A valve and adapter for coupling a tubing to the valve. The adapter has first and second adapter end portion with connected fluid passageways. The second adapter end portion being insertable into the free-end portion of the tubing. A valve housing has a first chamber sized to receive the first adapter end portion and a second chamber has inward and outward fluid ports. When the first adapter end portion is positioned within the first chamber, an outer end portion of its fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the inward fluid port of the second chamber. A seal and gripper ring within the first chamber seal with and releasably grip the first adapter end portion. A valve element selectively control fluid flow between the first and second fluid passageways. The adapter may be used with a test cap and other fittings which include a seal and a gripper ring.

Abstract: A drain box having a housing, a splash containment therein with a lower portion within a housing drain aperture, and a discharge conduit having a lower portion positioned within the splash containment in position above the drain aperture and extending upward through splash containment aperture, and an upper portion extending upward through a housing upper aperture and terminating above the housing upper portion for connection to an appliance discharge conduit. The conduit being attached to the housing to prevent a lower discharge conduit end from moving downward toward the drain aperture to less than a predetermined minimum distance above the housing drain aperture.

Abstract: A plumbing fitting couplable with a free-end portion of a pipe. The fitting has a chamber with an opening and an interior chamber wall with a circumferentially extending chamber groove, and an end bushing with an interior opening sized to receive the pipe free-end portion and an exterior wall portion having an outwardly projecting, circumferentially extending locking member within the chamber groove to resist movement of the end bushing out of the first chamber opening. A seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the pipe free-end portion. The end bushing interior opening has an end bushing interior wall portion sized to be engaged by the free-end portion of the pipe when within the end bushing interior opening to resist disengagement of the locking member from the chamber groove while the free-end portion of the pipe is within the end bushing interior opening.

Abstract: A plumbing fitting couplable with a free-end portion of a pipe. The fitting has a chamber with an opening and an interior chamber wall with a circumferentially extending chamber groove, and an end bushing with an interior opening sized to receive the pipe free-end portion and an exterior wall portion having an outwardly projecting, circumferentially extending locking member within the chamber groove to resist movement of the end bushing out of the first chamber opening. A seal and gripper ring within the chamber seal with and releasably grip the pipe free-end portion. The end bushing interior opening has an end bushing interior wall portion sized to be engaged by the free-end portion of the pipe when within the end bushing interior opening to resist disengagement of the locking member from the chamber groove while the free-end portion of the pipe is within the end bushing interior opening.

Abstract: A valve and adapter for coupling a tubing to the valve. The adapter has first and second adapter end portion with connected fluid passageways. The second adapter end portion being insertable into the free-end portion of the tubing. A valve housing has a first chamber sized to receive the first adapter end portion and a second chamber has inward and outward fluid ports. When the first adapter end portion is positioned within the first chamber, an outer end portion of its fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the inward fluid port of the second chamber. A seal and gripper ring within the first chamber seal with and releasably grip the first adapter end portion. A valve element selectively control fluid flow between the first and second fluid passageways. The adapter may be used with a test cap and other fittings which include a seal and a gripper ring.

Abstract: A utility box for mounting at least in part within a wall for use with a fluid carrying supply pipe, the box comprising, a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, a back wall and a front opening providing access into an interior of the housing defined by the top, bottom, first side, second side and back walls, a bottom wall aperture in the bottom wall sized for extending the pipe through the bottom wall aperture with the pipe terminating in a free end portion positioned within the interior of the housing at a location above the bottom wall, a valve attachable to the free end portion of the pipe, the junction of the valve and the pipe being within the interior of the housing above the bottom wall, and a first seal positioned to provide a fluid-tight seal between the bottom wall and the pipe to prevent fluid within the interior of the housing from passing out of the interior of the housing through the bottom wall aperture.

Abstract: A utility box for mounting at least in part within a wall for use with a fluid carrying supply pipe, the box comprising, a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, a back wall and a front opening providing access into an interior of the housing defined by the top, bottom, first side, second side and back walls, a bottom wall aperture in the bottom wall sized for extending the pipe through the bottom wall aperture with the pipe terminating in a free end portion positioned within the interior of the housing at a location above the bottom wall, a valve attachable to the free end portion of the pipe, the junction of the valve and the pipe being within the interior of the housing above the bottom wall, and a first seal positioned to provide a fluid-tight seal between the bottom wall and the pipe to prevent fluid within the interior of the housing from passing out of the interior of the housing through the bottom wall aperture.

Abstract: Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. In some aspects a collaborative shopping session including a first user and one or more other users is established. The establishing of the session including displaying a common interface for the collaborative shopping session at respective computer systems of the first user and each of the one or more other users. A side session is initiated for a second user, the side session having a different interface in which activity within the side session by the second user is not shared with the first user or the one or more other users of the collaborative shopping session. A determination, based on one or more merge criterion, of whether to merge the side session with the collaborative session is made; and the side session is merged with the collaborative session based on the determining.

Abstract: A utility box for mounting at least in part within a wall for use with a fluid carrying supply pipe, the box comprising, a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, a back wall and a front opening providing access into an interior of the housing defined by the top, bottom, first side, second side and back walls, a bottom wall aperture in the bottom wall sized for extending the pipe through the bottom wall aperture with the pipe terminating in a free end portion positioned within the interior of the housing at a location above the bottom wall, a valve attachable to the free end portion of the pipe, the junction of the valve and the pipe being within the interior of the housing above the bottom wall, and a first seal positioned to provide a fluid-tight seal between the bottom wall and the pipe to prevent fluid within the interior of the housing from passing out of the interior of the housing through the bottom wall aperture.

Abstract: Systems and methods for lowering the core body temperature of subject are generally described. In certain embodiments, the core body temperature of a subject can be lowered by using a heat exchanger configured to cool an intubation gas that is transported to the subject via an intubation tube. The intubation tube used to deliver cooled intubation gas to the subject can include one or more features facilitating cooling of the subject. For example, in certain embodiments, the intubation tube may include multiple lumens. In some embodiments, one of the lumens can be used to deliver the relatively cool intubation gas and a second lumen can be used to transport relatively warm gas away from the patient's lungs. In certain embodiments, the system can be configured such that water (e.g., in the form of ice particles and/or liquid mist) can be delivered to the subject via the intubation tube, which can provide an enhanced cooling effect.

Abstract: Radiation detection probes for use with remote surgical robots are described. Probes may include a radiation detector (e.g., scintillator) that emits a signal (e.g., light) upon exposure to ionizing radiation originating from a radionuclide located within the body of a patient. In some embodiments, an optical fiber cable extending from a scintillator may transmit the signal to a photomultiplier and/or other signal processor, so as to ultimately provide an indication to an observer as to the potential presence/location of the radionuclide. The radiation detector may be located at a distal end of the probe, arranged to be inserted within the body of a patient during surgery, without any electrical component(s). That is, any electrical component(s) of or connected to the probe remain outside the body of the patient during surgery. The radiation detector may further be able to be inserted within the lumen of a relatively small trocar, e.g.

Abstract: A gaming apparatus for allowing players to explore decisions made in response to changing circumstances and to engage with the contradictions of competing needs. The gaming apparatus comprises a game board and game pieces. The game board is divided into an inner play area and an outer play area that surrounds the inner play area. An outer game piece traversing the outer play area determines functionality of one or more inner game pieces positioned on the inner play area. In each round of a game play, a player is either a Giver or a Taker, and moves inner game pieces according to their Point of View. Players' Points of View may exchange in every round. A player's goal is to be the Giver, since only the Giver can win. However, the Giver only wins when all four blue human being game pieces from a pyramid and meet Eye to Eye.