Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a messaging product holder to be used inside a passenger vehicle, configured to include therein/thereon multiple messaging areas, so that no matter which location in the vehicle an occupant has attached the holder or whatever one of a plurality of orientations that the location may have, one or more of the messaging areas is always visible or exposed to an occupant of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a kit comprising the apparatus for simulating a progression of a breathing disease, using a breathing capacity simulation device is provided. The method includes adjusting, a constraint structure configured to constrain, variably, a flow of air therethrough, to a desired constraint level representing a level of progression of the breathing disease, and then, breathing, via a mouthpiece having a shape and size suitable for sealable suction of air through the mouth of a user. The breathing capacity simulation device includes the mouthpiece, the constraint structure, and a body, sealably coupling the mouthpiece and the constraint structure, wherein breathing air via the mouthpiece causes air intake or out-take only via the constraint structure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a cover of a collapsible cup. According to one embodiment, a device comprises a cover for a cup, the cover comprising a lid having a periphery, a peripheral wall extending from the periphery of the lid generally oblique or perpendicular to the general orientation of the lid, and a compartment attached to or formed within the lid, the compartment forming a unitary structure of the lid and the compartment, wherein the compartment extends beyond the periphery to create an overhang portion of the compartment beyond the lid.

Abstract: A flexible, yet self-supporting, optical film processed to include at least one curable resin cured on selected areas thereof. The processed film is useful in a method for simulating one of a multiplicity of opthalmic conditions representative of a disease state or vision disorder. The resin has a surface (or interface with the film) that forms an optically active profile variation in a selected area of the film, that is responsible for refraction or transmission of light, or both, which simulates the one or more opthalmic conditions representative of the disease state. The resin optionally has an opacity variation and optionally has a color variation, each optional variation optionally assisting the film to simulate the one or more opthalmic conditions, such as metamorphopsia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a multi-panel cover component for a multi-panel body component nested within the cover component. The cover component is moveable with respect to the body component, so as to provide an image or functional change in the component being presented to a user of the apparatus, when the user moves the cover component, so as to cover or uncover the body component.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a simple and low-cost device for providing a useful function to a user in a manner that is also entertaining, and more specifically, to an automatic robotic holder, such as a holder for business cards.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a tabletop device which provides multiple functions to a user of the device, and in particular, to a tabletop device which includes a first functional element which establishes a preferred orientation on the tabletop for a first user of the device, and which includes a second functional element which is independent of the first functional element, and provides for simultaneous display of correlated information to both the first user of the device and a second user of the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an image in conjunction with a protective cover panel for a device, which device includes a component which can benefit from protection by the cover panel. The cover panel is moveable with respect to the component so as to provide an image change in an area positioned adjacent the cover panel when a user of the device moves the cover panel so as to uncover the component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a tabletop device which provides multiple functions to a user of the device, and in particular, to a tabletop device which includes a first functional element which establishes a preferred orientation on the tabletop for a first user of the device, and which includes a second functional element which is independent of the first functional element, and provides for simultaneous display of correlated information to both the first user of the device and a second user of the device.