Abstract: A multiport blood collection device includes a rearward retaining portion including three couplers, each configured to receive a respective blood sample container, a forward adapter portion configured to receive a connector through which tubing coupled to a hypodermic needle is coupled to the device, and a branched passageway within the device to simultaneously divert blood extracted by the hypodermic needle from the tubing through the connector to respective blood sample containers inserted in each of the couplers. The paths through the multiport blood collection device to each of the couplers are coplanar, are symmetric about the device body, and have the same diameter. The path diameter is greater than and proportional to the inner diameter of the hypodermic needle. Each path includes at most one turn, the turn being at an angle less than ninety degrees. A portion of the branched passageway may be formed by a multi-position valve.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is proposed for providing restraint for a child in a wooden highchair widely used in eating establishments. The proposed apparatus and method requires no tools and does not damage the wooden highchair. It is portable, washable, and addresses many of the common issues found in widely used wooden highchairs in eating establishments.

Abstract: A separable and cleanable split core firearm suppressor that can be easily disassembled into two separate cores after use and easily cleaned, then reassembled for use.

Abstract: A material handler is disclosed that is adapted to travel along the top of an open top railroad car, like a gondola car, to load or unload the railroad car. The material handler may include an excavator connected to an assembly frame, the assembly frame being adapted to ride on the top of the side walls of the open top railroad car. The assembly frame may include a front wheel mount and a rear wheel mount that moves the material handler along the top of the open top railroad car. The material handler may include hydraulic links that connect the wheel mounts to the frame assembly. The hydraulic links may provide the vertical movement of the wheel mounts with respect to the frame assembly. The vertical movement of the wheel mounts may allow the material handler to travel between adjacent open top railroad cars having differing wall heights.