Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of x Heucherella plant characterized by unique leaf color and shape.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Petero’, characterized by its numerous, large, and bright orange-colored flowers; upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green and glossy leaves; early flowering; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree denominated varietally as ‘Burpeachone’, and which is characterized as to novelty by producing an attractively colored fruit which is ripe for commercial harvesting and shipment approximately May 17 to May 23 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree denominated varietally as ‘Burpeachtwo’ and which is characterized as to novelty by a date of maturity for commercial harvesting and shipment of approximately August 1 to August 10 under the ecological conditions prevailing to the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Empire Pizzazz’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and freely branching habit; decorative-type inflorescences that are about 4.5 to 5.5 cm in diameter; numerous attractive bright red ray florets; ray floret color that resists fading with development; compact cushion habit; numerous inflorescences per plant; early flowering response; and excellent garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of x Heucherella plant characterized by a unique combination of glossy, dark bronze-brown coloration on large cut foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by a unique combination of mint-green leaves with a pinkish-purple cast and compact form.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Empire Silhouette’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and freely branching habit; decorative-type inflorescences that are about 4.5 to 5.5 cm in diameter; numerous attractive and unusual pink bi-colored ray florets; ray floret color that resists fading with development; compact cushion habit; numerous inflorescences per plant; early flowering response; and excellent garden performance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Senecio genus plant named ‘Sunsenere’ being of a high height and dome-shaped plant with abundant branching. There are very few pubescences on its stems. Leaf length is shorter and petiole length is longer than in Senecio L. ‘Sunsenere’ has no stipule. It has large flower clusters. Flowers are single flowered and have no marginal variegation. The color of the petal is vivid reddish purple and the disk flower is deep reddish purple. Blooming period is early and blooming term is longer than Senecio cruentus. Flower buds grow one after another from axil.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Carnation plant named ‘Yoder Dream’, characterized by its large and full pink-colored flowers; early flowering habit; fragrant flowers; strong calyxes which resist splitting; good postproduction longevity with flowers maintaining good substance and color for more than two weeks in an interior environment; and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of x Heucherella plant characterized by a unique combination of intense mauve-pink flowers and deeply lobed and dark centered foliage.

Abstract: A new and distinct low-chill, tetraploid highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety of complex ancestry, based largely on V. corymbosum L. with some genes from V. darrowi Camp. Its V. darrowi genes derive from the fact that the recurrent selection program that gave rise to ‘Emerald’, while largely based on V. corymbosum parentage, also involved some V. darrowi clones. Because ‘Emerald’ is of interspecific origin, it does not correspond to any botanical species, but rather, combines genes from the two species V. corymbosum and V. darrowi. The novelty of the new clone consists of the following unique combination of features: 1. Produces a vigorous, upright plant with high yield potential. 2. Flowers and produces new spring vegetation vigorously in Florida in areas where the mean January temperature is 62° F. or colder. 3. Produces fruit that are large, firm, have a good picking scar, and a good flavor. 4. Can readily be propagated by softwood cuttings under mist. 5.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by a unique combination of dark, silver-veiled foliage, red flowers, and an extended blooming period.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Scabiosa plant named ‘Giant Blue’, charactrerized by its tall and upright growth habit; freely branching habit; large lavender-colored inflorescences; numerous inflorescences per plant; and long flowering period.

Abstract: A roller sponge mop which is used for routine floor surface or similar surface cleaning and moisture absorbing mopping is combined with an integral mop attachment with an outer abrasive surface, designed and formed to be positioned within a wall surface of the lower frame of the mop, to be used for cleaning more difficult and ingrained soiled surfaces. The attachment is removable and interchangeable for use on similarly configured roller mops. The sponge mop roller squeeze feature is actuated by a cammed lever which is rotatably connected to the mop's handle and is positioned adjacent to a sleeve slidable mounted on the handle. At its lower end, the sleeve comprises the frame which carries the mop attachment and connects to the mop's rollers. The bias action of a spring at the lower end of the handle maintains the sponge element of the mop in the cleaning position.

Abstract: The components used in the method comprise a heat-dissipating base plate, one or more three-layer plates (the top layer consisting of copper plates and strips) and a one-piece frame designed to constitute the terminals. After the chips have been soldered onto the upper plates and connected to the strips, the inner ends of the frame are soldered to points of connection with the chips. This is followed by the encapsulation in resin and the shearing of the outer portions of the frame, which, during the process, serve to temporarily connect the terminals.

Abstract: An improved vortex inhibitor for separating slag from molten metal during the discharge of molten metal through a nozzle includes a uniform castable refractory body with a regular pyramidal shape. The tapered body includes swirl obstructing surfaces extending along its length and is geometrically proportioned so that the center of gravity is closer to the apex than the center of buoyancy of the body. Preferably, the outermost parts of the base intersect a circle whose diameter is larger than the diameter of the nozzle opening and defining a base length dimensionally fixed with respect to the base length within a predetermined range. Preferably, the longitudinal height is in the range of 0.5 to 1.0 times the diameter of the circumscribed circle. A modified, spherically configured body which can be rolled into position also is geometrically proportioned to keep the center of gravity spaced from the center of buoyancy and closer toward the apex of the modified shape.

Abstract: A method and system for providing synchronization of the timing of various multimedia events, including a visual event is disclosed. Clock objects are defined in the storage and associated with an internal or external source of current time. The clock objects are able to be displayed on the display, but can be hidden once their linkages are defined. One or more multimedia objects representative of audio, visual or other multimedia events, including an audio object, are defined and linked to a particular clock object or clock objects. Then, a processor synchronizes the multimedia objects, including a visual object, with the associated clock object or objects. Finally, the various multimedia events are performed in synchronization with their associated clocks. The multimedia objects, including the visual object, may include external multimedia sources managed by the computer system.

Abstract: A flash memory circuit includes a word line decoder with even and odd word line latches and a source line decoder with a source line latch. The word line decoders and the source line decoder provide the capability of erasing the memory cells of two adjacent word lines in a flash memory simultaneously and a verifying the memory cells word line by word line. By erasing two adjacent rows simultaneously, the embodiments of this invention eliminate over-erasure and source disturbance problems associated with conventional flash memory circuits. The decoding architecture provides flexible erase size that may be from a pair to a large number of multiple pairs of word lines. By dividing the memory cells of a word line into a number of segments and having segmented source lines controlled by source segment control lines and transistors, the decoding circuit further provides the capability of selecting the memory cells of a word line segment for erasing.

Abstract: In an automobile on-board and/or portable telephone system capable of increasing the capacity of subscribers easily on the basis of changing of the information transmission bit rate, spread codes obtained by multiplying orthogonal spread codes (m in number) by a pseudo-random noise series are assigned to individual channels in the same cell in such a manner that the orthogonal spread codes are multiplied by some types of pseudo-random noise series having different phases, thereby making it possible to maintain the number of channels in the same cell at a value which is a multiple of the number of the orthogonal spread codes.

Abstract: Rapamycin derivatives; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such rapamycin derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents; and methods of using such derivatives to inhibit pathogenic fungi growth, inhibit immunosuppression or treat carcinogenic tumors are disclosed.

Abstract: A glove for baseball or softball according to the present invention includes back leather (1) having five finger portions (29), ball receiving leather (2) having five finger portions (29) to be sewed together or/and adhesively joined with back leather (1), and upper surface leather (3) sewed to back leather (1) to form a hand inserting portion. The length (L2) of ball receiving leather (2) in the direction in which the finger portion of ball receiving leather (2) extends is in the range from 95% to 100% of the length (L1) of back leather (1) in the direction in which the finger portion of back leather (1) extends.

Abstract: An oven mitt incorporating high temperature materials (14), composed of polyester fleece (10), having a flap that protects the wrist (16), stitched channels to hold the hand in place (12) which may also be used as a hot pad.

Abstract: A safety device for hunters, naturalists, and other outdoorsmen provides a camouflaged hunting garment which incorporates a safety harness into the body of a jacket, coat, or other apparel. The safety garment is made up of a safety harness with a central attachment ring for receiving a rope or line for releasably anchoring a wearer to an anchor point such as the trunk of a tree. The safety harness is sewn into the inside portion of the vest, jacket, or garment, fully covering the harness so that it is essentially invisible from the outside. In the event the harness is in use, such as during an accidental fall or when dragging a deer carcass, the pulling forces on the harness are equalized in both directions, providing maximally efficient distribution of force on the wearer.

Abstract: A permanently knotted tie having an adjustable neck band is described. The tie comprises a tapered tubular section having a tie front section depending longitudinally therefrom and a tailpiece section depending longitudinally therefrom in the opposite direction to the front section. The tailpiece section is passed around the wearer's neck and the free end thereof is inserted through the tubular section to lie behind the front section, when viewed from the front. Releasable fastening means are provided to releasably secure the tailpiece section to either the front section or the tubular section.

Abstract: A cap with headphones assembly for providing a cap with removable headphones for permitting a user to listen to sound generating device connected to the headphones. The cap with headphones assembly includes an article of headwear with a pair of side regions and a bottom opening for receiving a head of a user therein. A pair of ear pieces are provided each having an elongate arm outwardly extending therefrom. Each of the arms has a free end opposite the associated ear piece which is pivotally coupled to an associated side regions. A first of the ear pieces has radio provided therein. Each of the ear pieces has a speaker electrically connected to the radio.

Abstract: Pants with a spiral seam with a zipper provided from a torso part of pants extending downward to lower ends of the pants legs spirally around the respective pants leg and away from a front side of the knee.

Abstract: Protective headwear (e.g., helmet) is provided with patterned reflective surfaces that are highly reflective and resist rough handling. The reflective surface is produced by sealing a reflective sheet between a base and a cover layer that includes a pattern, to protect the reflective sheet from the environment. The protective headwear can reflect light in different colors. A method for cost-effectively producing reflective objects by injection molding is also provided.

Abstract: Protective headwear including a cover and a liner permanently attached to a hard hat. The cover and liner members provide protection against inclement weather conditions. In particular side, front, and rear flaps can be pivoted between folded and unfolded positions such that the protective headwear can be used in both bad and good weather conditions. The liner, being formed of fur, is both decorative and utilitarian in providing protection against cold weather.

Abstract: A crash helmet (1) for sports, such as cycling, in which, to optimize ventilation for the wearer and so minimize the effects of sweating, the crash helmet consists of a supporting cap (2), designed to be worn on the top of a person's head, and an outer cap (3) designed to fit on top of the supporting cap (2) and permanently connected to the latter; the supporting cap (2) has a plurality of first through holes (5-9) in channels which are opposite the inner surface of the outer cap (3); the front of the outer cap (3) has at least second through holes (18, 19, 20) which communicate with a channel in the supporting cap, and with a first hole (5-9) in the supporting cap; the rear zones of the caps (2,3) together form, at the channels in the supporting cap, an equal number of matching passages (27, 28, 29) which communicate with corresponding second hole (18, 19, 20) and are open at a rear zone of the crash helmet (1); thus between the supporting cap (2) and the outer cap (3), there is a system of channels wit

Abstract: An appliance for protection against impact and strain injury and comprising an inner flexible web or sleeve (10, 15) adapted to be worn about a part of the body such as the lower leg and to conform closely to the shape thereof, and a series of interconnected outer rigid plates (18) attached to the inner web or sleeve (10, 15) such as to provide impact absorption and distribution whilst permitting relative movement between the plates and maintaining its position in use without restraining the wearer's bodily movement. The device is particularly intended to prevent injuries to sports people.

Abstract: A toilet seat lifting device is provided for the manually lifting and lowering of a toilet seat without requiring the user to actually touch the toilet seat or actually touching any part attached to the toilet seat. This toilet seat lifting device is also provided for raising and lowering said toilet seat for persons with physical disabilities who have difficulty in bending to raise or lower a toilet seat. It is also provided as a sanitary way of raising and lowering a toilet seat for those without sight. It is a two piece device, one piece being a lifting knob that is permanently attached to one side of the underside of a toilet seat. The other part of the device is in the form of a wand having a manually graspable portion at one end and a hook at the opposite end that is used to cradle the neck part of the lifting knob, granting the user complete control of the toilet seat when lifting or lowering said toilet seat.

Abstract: The hand-held cuspidor with replaceable cup has a base which receives a replaceable cup. A holder engages on the base and retains the cup in the base. The holder has a handle for manual carrying. A pivoted cover swings from a closed position over the holder to an open position where the replaceable cup is available for expectoration.

Abstract: An extensible and retractable urine deflecting apparatus 10 for use in combination with a toilet and toilet bowl comprising three distinct segments all contiguously connected. Preferably the 1st segment consists of a pair of flush mounted attach, connect, and support structures 12, but may be limited to one. Preferably the 2nd segment consists of a pair of extensible and retractable mechanical arms 14, but may be limited to one. The 3rd Segment consists of a urine deflecting device 16 or any of various methods including but not limited to absorbent paper 50, cascading water 62, stream of air 78, or lightweight mini urinal device 68. The extensible and retractable urine deflecting apparatus 10 readily converts any typical toilet into a fully functional urinal so that a user from a non sitting position may reliably deliver and deposit a stream of urine by first deflecting and then redirecting the urine into the intended inside portion of the toilet bowl in a sanitary fashion.

Abstract: A device for supporting a roll of toilet paper on a bedside commode includes a dowel pin maintained between opposite arm members. The dowel pin is specifically sized and configured for removable receipt through the hollow core tube of a conventional roll of toilet paper. The arm members extend from the dowel pin and removably attach to the frame structure of the bedside commode in a manner which supports the toilet paper roll in convenient reach of a person seated on the commode, thereby permitting sheets of paper to be pulled and separated from the roll as the roll rotates about the dowel pin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flow controlling arrangement having at least one valve (3, 12) with a valve box (14) and with an adjustable valve gate (15) which is located in the valve box (14), the valve box (14) having a supply (16) and at least one discharge (17, 18), the at least one valve (3, 12) varying the water flow amount supplied from the discharge (17, 18) to a bathing vessel (1), especially a bathtub or a whirlpool, or to a fitting (11). In order to make provide a flow controlling arrangement which has an expanded scope of application for the user, there is an actuator (29) which is connected to the valve gate (15) for resetting the valve gate (15) and a control (9) connected to the actuator (29) which triggers the actuator (29) depending on a tune chosen by the user or according to a preset actuating pulse pattern for setting the valve gate (15). Thus, according to the setting of the valve gate (15), a regular or irregular change of the water flow amount through the discharge (17, 18) arises.

Abstract: A lower frame structure of a foldable playyard comprises a hub which is operable to lock the lower frame structure at an erected state and to unlock the lower frame structure to allow it to collapse to a collapsed state; four hub legs, one end portion of each of the hub legs being pivotally coupled to the hub such that the hub legs is capable of pivotal in a longitudinal direction of the hub between a erected position and a collapsed position; and a first and a second auxiliary supporting units disposed between a first hub leg and a forth hub leg, and a second hub leg and a third hub leg respectively, each auxiliary supporting member comprising a first tube whose first end is pivotally coupled to a hub leg, a second tube whose first end is pivotally coupled to another hub leg, and an elbow joint member pivotally coupling a second end of the first tube and a second end of the second tube, whereby as the lower frame structure is extended to a erected state the hub legs and the first and second auxiliary support

Abstract: Base assembly for a bed or chair seat. The assembly includes at least one medium-filled flexible support member and a number of substantially form-retaining bearing elements. The bearing elements rest on the support member such that the bearing elements together provide a bed surface. The base assembly preferably has at least two medium-filled flexible support members and the bearing elements are supported individually by a plurality of support members. The bearing elements can be slats, while the support members can be made from fiber-reinforced flexible plastic material.

Abstract: A resting system comprising a support (5) for supporting a resting means (4) on which a body can rest in relative comfort, wherein a support means (5) is provided comprising a support frame (5) having a plurality of channel forming means (7) and further wherein said resting means (4) includes a number of components and the junction between at least two of said components provides a further channel (9), aligned with said channel forming means (7), so that a securing/restraining means is able to move in said aligned channels (9); and at least one securing/restraining means including a portion which is adapted to move along said aligned channels (9) and a portion (3) which can be placed against a body to be secured/restrained so as to prevent excessive movement of said body; a kit for the adaptation of existing support means so as to provide the resting system; the use of the resting system in patient care in orthopaedics, neurology, neurosurgery, radiography, radiodtherapy, general surgery, rheumatology, physio

Abstract: An Acupressure pillow provides selective pressure by location and force applied to a body of a user. By selection of a body member, a location on that body member, and a pressure point thereat, an acupressure pillow may be used for gauging and applying a localized, selective force or pressure at a designated point for a user. For example, headaches have been attributed to various causes including stress, tension, and so forth, all of which may result in involuntary tightening of muscles. Tightening of muscles affects blood flow. Restriction of blood flow may be responsible for certain headache pain. By applying a steady, predictable, reliable, continuing pressure at a designated acupressure location on member of a body of a user, muscles may be relaxed. Massage therapy requires knowledgeable application of pressure and motion. An acupressure pillow applies steady pressure, to which the body will become accustomed and relax.

Abstract: A multi-function tool includes a cross-jaw module removably attached to a pair of channel-shaped handles with a pair of clips. Each clip removably attaching the tang of each jaw of the cross-jaw module to one of the handles. The multi-function tool also includes a spring biased wedge lock to positively lock a plurality of pivotal attached ancillary implements in an open position. An anti-rotational washer located between adjacent implements prevents rotation of a non-selected implement. The washers include a protrusion that is received in a slot in the handle.

Abstract: A cleaning device having a cleaning head and an absorbent head is provided. The cleaning head is operable to clean a surface, and the absorbent head is operable to remove residual liquid remaining on the surface being cleaned. The cleaning head is attached to the distal end of a handle and is pivotally connected to the absorbent head. An actuator on the handle is displaceable in two positions to control the position of the cleaning head and absorbent head. In a first position, the cleaning head extends from the handle to clean the surface while the absorbent head is retracted. In a second position, the cleaning head is wrung while the absorbent head is pivoted to an extended position to absorb residual liquid on the cleaning surface.

Abstract: A paint applicator (20) has a base (21), a handle (22) mounted on the base for pivotal movement between first and second angular positions in a plane substantially parallel to the surface being painted about a first axis (y-y), an adapter (23) mounted on the handle for pivotal movement between extended and retracted positions in a plane substantially perpendicular to such surface about a second axis (z-z), and a spring (24) acting between the base and adapter for urging the handle to move toward a null position intermediate the first and second positions and for urging the adapter to move toward its retracted position.