Abstract: The present invention concerns the footwear sector and more specifically it concerns a sole obtainable through compression or injection moulding that allows breathability of the wearer's foot thanks to the combined action of a series of technical elements such as cylindrical stems with relative caps of underlying air chambers shaped like truncated cones and compression distribution devices all located underneath an alternating series of holes moulded on the sole.

Abstract: A flexible shoe insole (8) is formed from essentially bi-component fiber (1) having a first low melting point for one component and a second higher melting point for a second component. The fiber is entangled (3) to form a fabric. The fabric thereafter is heated (4) to a temperature sufficient to melt the first component of the bi-component fiber (1) without causing permanent structural impairment of or to the second component, and the thickness of the fabric is reduced (5) to a pre-selected thickness.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a tongue. The tongue includes a medial portion, a lateral portion, a central portion, a top portion and an upper perimeter portion. The lateral portion, the central portion and the upper perimeter portion include holes. The top portion and medial portion are substantially solid portions without holes. Each portion of the tongue corresponds to a different pressure zone along a foot in order to provide differential cushioning and support against pressure applied by a fastening system.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a tongue. The tongue includes a medial portion, a lateral portion, a central portion, a top portion and an upper perimeter portion. The medial portion and the top portion have similar thicknesses, which are greater than the thicknesses of the lateral portion, the central portion and the upper perimeter portion. The central portion is the thinnest portion of the tongue. Each portion of the tongue corresponds to a different pressure zone along a foot in order to provide differential cushioning and support against pressure applied by a fastening system.

Abstract: A shoe cover for a court shoe. The shoe cover has an upper region with a toe cap, a mid-shoe region, and a heel cup. The upper region has sidewalls with expansible zones formed therein. The expansible zones are either generally thin and flexible areas that allow deformation of the upper to accommodate a court shoe to be engaged therewith, or are accordion-like. The shoe cover further includes a sole with an expansion zone formed therein.

Abstract: A shoe having a sole, an upper including a first opening and a second opening, and shoelace means, the upper including: a first side edge portion having a plurality of first eyelets; a second side edge portion arranged between the plurality of first eyelets and having one or more second eyelets which the shoelace means engages with; a movable portion for allowing the second eyelet to move with respect to the first eyelets both in a transverse direction across the second opening and a diagonal front-back direction that is perpendicular to the transverse direction and is extending along the instep; and a main portion covering a medial side surface, a lateral side surface, a toe, the instep and a back surface of a foot, the main portion including the first side edge portion and excluding the second side edge portion and the movable portion; the second eyelet is relatively displaced via the movable portion with respect to the main portion both in the transverse direction and the diagonal front-back direction in r

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pair of shoes and integral shoe alignment means comprising a first magnetic device fixed at a selected position along the instep side of a left shoe and a second magnetic device fixed to the instep side of a right shoe opposite the first magnetic device. The first magnetic device and the second magnetic device are positioned to attract and magnetically align the left shoe and the right shoe in proper position for foot placement into the magnetically aligned shoes.

Abstract: A choke plate on a shaft is arranged at a discharge end of a snowplow blade and is rotationally driven, selectively to a closed position for blocking the discharge of snow from the plow blade, and an open position for allowing the discharge of snow. Switching between the positions preferably involves successive quarter turns of the shaft in a consistent rotation direction. A controller receives inputs from a manual control switch, a speed-dependent timer, and an external signal receiver, and accordingly controls the opening and closing of the choke plate. External wireless signals are provided by transmitters located before and after a driveway that joins into a road that is being plowed. The choke plate is automatically controlled to temporarily block the discharging of snow from the snowplow as the plow passes the driveway, to prevent the formation of a discharge snowbank across the mouth of the driveway.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressing machine to be used for pressing the upper portion of a pair of wrinkled pants. The pressing machine has the contour shape of the upper portion of a pair of pants. The shape of the pressing machine makes it easier for an operator to drape a pair of pants over the machine for pressing. The shape of the pressing machine allows pants of all sizes to be pressed. The pressing machine is operated manually by pressing on two foot pedals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an advertising panel that consists in the use of an assembly of electric connections and electric and electronic components, toothed gears and timers, and to a system for displaying advertising segments in continuous or discontinuous sessions which, during rotation, show a whole image, used to present an unlimited number of advertisements in a single system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a messaging sign apparatus with informative indicia plates that externally display information regarding patient care. The messaging sign apparatus having a framed housing, a plate, a locking member, and a covering. The framed housing includes a passageway on an inner body thereof and a slot on an outer surface leading into the passageway. The plate is positioned in the passageway and moveable through the slot to a displayed position opposite the passageway. The locking member is arranged on the framed housing and engageable with the plate to lock the plate into the displayed position. The cover is disposed over the framed housing and covering the passageway.

Abstract: Provided is an advertising display device displaying various figures by rotating a plurality of slits having four different figure portions on the front/back sides. The advertising display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of separate slits 110 having a display part 111 displayed with many different kinds of figures or patterns, a support member 120 supporting the weight of the slits, a connecting member 130 connecting the slits with the support member, and an operation unit 140 forcing the slits to rotate and move.

Abstract: An emergency-light indicator includes a body, a top plate configured on a top of the body, a rotating body including a driving power module and configured on a bottom of the body, and an indication board module. An LED board is configured in the rotating body. The body and the rotating body are installed together via two side covers which are respectively configured at two ends of the body and the rotating body. A mounting slot is structured on a bottom of the rotating body. A rotating side cover is configured at each end of the rotating body. A spring strip is installed to each of the rotating side covers. A groove is structured at each side of the indication board module and the grooves and spring strips are corresponding, thereby the indication board module can be installed to the mounting slot through the spring trips and corresponding grooves.

Abstract: A lamp support assembly, retrofit kit, and method are provided for lighting a sign from an interior thereof. The assembly can be used as a drop-in replacement for high-voltage gas-discharge tube lamps such as high-output fluorescent lamps, and may be used to retrofit signs originally built for gas-discharge tube lamps with low-voltage, high-efficiency lighting such as LED lighting. The assembly includes an elongate support member for supporting electric lamp units, with end caps at opposite ends of the support member for engaging the original electro-mechanical mounts (or replacement mounts) in the sign. Thus, the lamp support assembly can be supported in the sign in a similar manner as gas-discharge tube lamps, and can be powered by a low-voltage power source, which may replace a higher-voltage power source in the case of a retrofit.

Abstract: An exterior sign includes a main body, which has a design, a plating material, which is arranged on an inner surface of the main body, wherein the plating material is visible through the main body, and a double-layered protective layer, which is arranged on the plating material. The double-layered protective layer includes a first protective layer and a second protective layer. The first protective layer is arranged closer to the plating material than the second protective layer and has a lower level of contractility during curing than the second protective layer. The second protective layer has a higher level of corrosion resistance than the first protective layer.

Abstract: A rotatable banner support assembly comprises upper and lower plates spaced by at least one spacing fastener and each defining a passage for circumscribing a support member, a plurality of brackets mounted on one of the upper and lower plates to frictionally engage the support member at least one of the brackets being radially adjustable, and a rotatable annular disc disposed between the upper and lower plates and circumscribing the at least one spacing fastener, the rotatable disc configured to retain a banner arm.

Abstract: A wristband assembly comprising a wristband strap having a first portion, a second portion, and a fold line between the first portion and the second portion. The wristband strap is in a folded position with the first portion folded in overlapping relation with the second portion. A release layer is positioned on the first portion, and an adhesive is positioned on the second portion in releasable engagement with the release layer. Preferably, substantially the entire release layer is secured to the strap by a permanent adhesive. In use, the wristband assembly is provided to the user in the folded position. The assembly is used by disengaging the adhesive from the release layer, unfolding the first portion relative to the second portion, forming the strap into a loop, and engaging the adhesive with a surface of the strap. Preferably, the length of the assembly is increased when unfolding the assembly.

Abstract: An adjustable display frame has first and second U-shaped frame elements having aligned free end surfaces that abut to form a small display frame and are separated by first and second inert elements urged by a spring to provide a large display frame. Each U-shaped frame element has a pair of longitudinal slots which receive heads of headed studs projecting from a base disposed behind the frame elements, wherein the frame elements are secured to the base and are capable of sliding on the base from a first position, to provide the small frame, to a second position so as to provide the large frame. The inserts are slidable on the base inboard of the U-shaped frame elements and are spring biased so as to move between the free ends of the U-shaped frame elements when the U-shaped frame elements are separated by being pulled apart. Stops are provided for arresting motion of the inserts to align the inserts with the free ends of the U-shaped frame elements after the inserts have been pushed outwardly by the spring.

Abstract: A cartridge magazine for firearms having internal lateral guide ridges of dimensions for establishing lateral guiding engagement with cartridges within the magazine chamber and having longitudinal internal guide ridges projecting inwardly from said side panels. The internal longitudinal guide ridges establish low friction essentially line contact with the uppermost cartridge and establish low friction forward charging movement of the uppermost cartridge from the cartridge magazine during firearm loading. The cartridge magazine is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal stock and is die folded and die formed to define external depressions and internal low friction cartridge guide ridges for lateral guiding of cartridge movement within the magazine and forward guiding movement of cartridges as they are dispensed from the magazine.

Abstract: The present invention describes a firearm hand guard assembly attachable to a firearm upper receiver and surrounding the firearm barrel distally along the longitudinal axis without touching the barrel. The hand guard assembly is comprised of an upper component and a lower component such that when the upper component and lower component are attached to one another with a firearm disposed therein, the sole contact between the firearm and the hand guard assembly is the contact between the firearm barrel nut and the inner surfaces of the proximal end of the hand guard assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an accessory device to a firearm includes an adapter member formed to the contours of the firearm's surface, an adjacent rail having two longitudinal rail guides protruding from each longitudinal side of the rail for slidably mating with a rail compatible accessory device, and an adhesive member adhering the adapter member and its attached components to the firearm.

Abstract: A system is provided for simultaneously carrying two firearms is provided wherein said system has a first firearm; a receiving bracket attached to said first firearm; a second firearm having a trigger; a holster housing said second firearm, said holster having a mounting bracket acting in concert with said receiving bracket such that said mounting bracket is releasably attached to said receiving bracket, and wherein said holster restricts access to said trigger of said second firearm housed within said holster.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the bore of a firearm barrel includes an elongated flexible pull cord having a handle on a first end and a cleaning head on the second end. A pull weight is also attached to at the second end of the pull cord next to the cleaning head. The pull weight is dropped into and through the barrel. The cleaning head is then attached to the second end of the cord near the pull weight, and the user grasps the handle and pulls the cleaning through the bore. The cleaning head includes at least two distinct sections: a first for scraping debris off the interior wall of the bore, and a second for scrubbing the bored wall. Additional sections can be provided like an additional scraping section after the scrubbing section, such that the scrubbing section forms a medial section sandwiched between the two scraping sections.

Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.

Abstract: Embodiments provide modular illumination systems that may be used with any handgun platform, and are not specific to any make or model. Some embodiments may provide lighting, for instance visible light and/or infrared light for use in low light or dark environments. Also provided in various embodiments are aiming and/or sighting systems that may be equipped with an IR sight or a laser sight, such as a red or green laser. In various embodiments, the illumination modules may couple to the handgun via a mounting member that is integral to the handgun body, and the mounting member may be recessed or otherwise concealed and/or protected by the handgun body. Thus, in various embodiments, no portion of the mounting member (or the corresponding mounting element on the illumination module) is exposed or visible when the illumination module is coupled to the mounting member, and a conventional holster may be used.

Abstract: A fishing hook is plated with, coated with, or contains an antimicrobial substance to treat the impalement wound of a fish caused by the hook. Specifically the hook includes at least one shank; at least one bend that extends from the shank; at least one point defined by a free end of the bend, wherein the fish hook contains a substance whose purpose is to minimize infection and to treat the puncture wound of a fish that is caught. The substance optionally acts to sterilize the hook to reduce the entrance of microbes into the wound when the puncture occurs. The substance may also contain an anti-inflammatory or a pain reliever to reduce the suffering of the fish or of others accidentally injured by the hook.

Abstract: An electronic animal trap with a CPU-controlled, rearming, three-killing-plate configuration and extended killing cycle for trapping and exterminating larger rodents such as rats. The high-voltage output circuit is connected to a pair of killing plates which are activated with a high-voltage pulse train for a killing cycle when a pest of known impedance is sensed across said pair of plates. A third killing plate, electrically coupled to a first plate of said pair of plates, is brought to the voltage level of the first plate within approximately 1 msec of circuit activation for increased kill and escape-prevention capabilities.

Abstract: A tick trap comprising of a thin wire placed into the ground with a sticky surface to trap ticks and a plastic sheath protecting wire with an attractant placed within the tip to attract ticks to the trap.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition and method thereof for reducing or eliminating malodors produced by decaying arthropod cadavers comprising an effective amount of one or more entomopathogenic fungi. The invention provides a novel way to eliminate the malodors stemming from pest control methods as traps and chemical pesticides are frequently used to control pests and pest associated diseases in restaurants, commercial hotels, motels, and residential housing.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that replaces human subjects in laboratory and field testing of products intended to control blood-feeding arthropods and secondly a toxic bait device based on the same apparatus. The apparatus, because of its size and ease of use, can be used in all standard laboratory and field efficacy tests in place of human subjects for products intended to kill or repel arthropods thus providing continuity in test apparatus and methodology not currently possible.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a dispensing device (100, 200, 300) for rodent baits. The dispensing device includes a body (102, 202, 302) having a floor (104, 204, 304), walls (106, 206, 306) extending from the floor and a top (108, 208, 308) extending between the walls. A rodent bait station (110, 210, 310) is located in the body (102, 202, 302). A locating spike (112, 212, 312) extends from the bait station for engagement by a bait (114, 214, 314). A race (116, 216, 316) extends into the body (102, 202, 302) for permitting rodent access to the bait station (110, 210, 310). A plurality of liquid ingress inhibiting formations are provided in the race (116, 216, 316) for inhibiting liquid contact with a bait (114, 214, 314) in the bait station (110, 210, 310).

Abstract: Lipid-based wax compositions and their methods of making are provided for compositions substantially free of fat bloom. The compositions comprise 0.1-10 percent by weight triacylglycerides, 30-95 percent by weight monoacylglycerides and diacylglycerides combined, and 0.1-65 percent by weight fatty acids. The methods comprise blending the monoacylglycerides, diacylglycerides, triacylglycerides, and fatty acids by heating the lipid-based wax composition at a sufficiently high temperature to destroy substantially all crystal structure within the lipid-based wax composition. The methods further comprise pouring the lipid-based wax composition into a mold or a container having a surface and a core, wherein the pouring is conducted at a temperature at least 15° C. greater than the congeal point of the lipid-based wax composition. The methods further comprise cooling the lipid-based wax composition under conditions sufficient to cool the core to at least 5° C.

Abstract: An iron salt of an organic acid, selected from formic acid, carboxylic acids having (3) or more carbon atoms and sulphonic acids, is used to reduce the carbon content of the fly ash, when coal is combusted.

Abstract: The current application is directed to an enclosed rotor-based cavitational and catalytic flow-through reaction chamber (“ERCCFRC”) that can be employed in a variety of thermal, chemical, and fluid-mechanical processes. The ERCCFRC features a reaction chamber that incorporated a spinning rotor, generating fluid-mechanical forces and cavitation in a fluid within the ERCCFRC. The reaction chamber further incorporates one or more heterogeneous catalysts that promote specific chemical reactions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diesel biofuel consisting of a mixture of naturally occurring fatty acid esters and containing an ester of ?-unsaturated acids having a chain with 11 or 13 carbon atoms or corresponding saturated acids. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a biofuel.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a diesel composition, which comprises a base diesel and an additive composition, characterized in that said base diesel comprises biodiesel, and said additive composition comprises component (a) and component (b), wherein said component (a) is an arylamine-type antioxidant, and said component (b) is one or more polyamines or derivatives thereof. The diesel composition of the present invention has a superior oxidation stability.

Abstract: Formulated propellants and methods of forming the same are described herein including a method of manufacturing a rocket propellant comprising combining at least two hydrocarbon fluids.

Abstract: This invention provides co-cultures of photosynthetic microorganisms and biofuel producing microorganisms. In certain embodiments, polysaccharide-producing, photosynthetic microorganisms are microalgae having frustules provide a substrate on which biofuel-producing microorganisms can grow. In other embodiments, the photosynthetic microorganisms produce a lipid and the non-photosynthetic microorganisms produce a solvent in which the lipid is soluble.

Abstract: A process for making cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one transition metal (M) utilizes a suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles prepared by mechanical shearing of an aqueous mixture containing an oxidant in an amount effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a product stream that contains transition metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “x” has a value from about 0.3 to about 0.8. The nanoparticles thus obtained have a cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and a geometric diameter of less than about 4 nm. The transition metal-containing crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles can be used to prepare a dispersion of the particles in a nonpolar medium.

Abstract: Present invention relates to inflammable, single-use material assembly adapted to simplify the lighting of a fire, the assembly comprising at least one top sheet and at least one bottom sheet, wherein the material assembly comprises at least one sheet of paper and at least one sheet of plastic, and in that the top and the bottom sheets are joined together face to face with pieces of wood arranged in between.

Abstract: Apparatus for biomass torrefaction which includes a serpentine elongated housing, the housing having three generally U-shaped axial portions having first and second axial extremities and an intermediate section, the first and second axial extremities are disposed in normal use at a higher elevation than the first and second axial extremities, the intermediate section being configured for holding a liquid. Other forms of the invention include the method for biomass torrefaction which includes providing a quantity of biomass, providing a liquid heat transfer fluid, providing at least a first housing for holding the heat transfer liquid, elevating the temperature of the liquid heat transfer liquid, heat treating the biomass by passing it through the heat transfer liquid in the first housing at a temperature and duration sufficient to accomplish torrefaction of the wood. In some forms of the method, the process further includes the step of pelletizing the biomass prior to performing the treating step.

Abstract: A method for controlling a greenhouse, which can adaptively control a greenhouse depending on the kind of crop growing in greenhouse provided. System for controlling a greenhouse may comprise a greenhouse environment control information distribution device and a greenhouse control device.

Abstract: In an illumination apparatus for plant growth using LEDs, a light source emitting mixed color light of red and blue is dominant light source. However, actually, the luminescence intensity of red light is weaker than that of blue light, and the color is adjusted by the number of lamps used. Thus, a small number of blue LEDs are interspersed among a large number of red LEDs, and there is a problem in that it is not possible to make irradiation of blue light uniform. The present invention provides a multicolor light emitting diode lamp in which a blue LED and a AlGaInP-based red LED having high luminescence efficiency, balancing with the blue LED are mounted in the same package. The red LED includes a light emitting section including a light emitting layer having a composition formula, (AlXGa1-X)YIn1-YP (0?X?1 and 0<Y?1). The red LED emits at least as many photons as the blue LED when the same electric current is flowed.

Abstract: A plant-growing apparatus has a plurality of rotatable plant-growing modules which can be moved between two positions, separated vertically or horizontally. Each module comprises a cylindrical structure for holding plant-growing containers in which the plants grow radially inwardly of the cylindrical structure toward a light source. The apparatus has module support means for supporting each module and rotating it in a substantially horizontal position. The apparatus has module moving means, for example sprocket driven chains, for conveying the modules between the two positions.

Abstract: A plant growing assembly is configured to grow a plurality of plants in multiple directions above a ground surface. The assembly includes a growing container and a support structure for elevating the container above the ground surface. The container presents a generally hollow body to retain a plant-growing medium and the plurality of plants. The body extends along an axis to present opposite axial end margins and a radial peripheral wall. The wall defines a plurality of discrete plant-receiving ports extending therethrough, and disposed generally radially about the wall. A method of growing plants above ground in substantially opposite directions from one another is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of producing a horticultural display containing more than one variety of the same or different species of flowering plant is disclosed. The plants are produced from unrooted cuttings that are rooted in a growth cell and cultivated in a single container so that the final product includes more than one plant species or more than one plant variety or both. A plant growth cell having rooting media and more than one plant cutting from more than one plant species or plant variety or both rooted therein is also disclosed. Further, a horticultural display having more than one plant of more than one plant species or plant variety or both initially rooted together from unrooted plant cuttings in a growth cell is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding plants having at least two units arranged in the apparatus for the reception of a plant, wherein at least two units are arranged in a first row and at least one of these units is movable relative to at least one further unit of the first row so that their spacing from one another is changeable.

Abstract: A method of removing gaseous byproducts from a gas stream includes generating via at least one partial-combustion device a gas stream that includes gaseous byproducts. The method also includes channeling the gas stream from the at least one partial-combustion device to a fluid compression device that is configured to increase a pressure of the gas stream. The method further includes channeling the gas stream to a gaseous byproducts removal system to absorb at least a portion of the gaseous byproducts from the gas stream using a solvent. The method also includes discharging at least a portion of the gaseous byproducts from the gaseous byproducts removal system.

Abstract: A fenestration assembly includes a first panel movably coupled within a frame. The first panel includes a first panel exterior surface and a first panel interior surface. A second panel is coupled within the frame. A first escutcheon is coupled along one of the first panel exterior surface or the first panel interior surface. The first escutcheon is flush mounted relative to the first panel exterior surface or the first panel interior surface, and the first escutcheon faces the second panel. A panel adjustment mechanism is disposed within the first panel and is configured to move the first panel from a static orientation to a movable orientation. The panel adjustment mechanism is accessible through the first escutcheon. The first panel is coextensive with the second panel in an open position, and the first escutcheon is concealed between the first and second panels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slider for a window regulator, having a base element adapted to be connected to a window regulator rail, a holding element adapted to engage at a window pane, and an adjustment mechanism allowing to adjust the inclination of the holding element with respect to the base element, the adjustment mechanism having an adjustment screw which is arranged on the holding element, and a lever operable by the adjustment screw and effective between the base element and the holding element for adjusting the orientation of the holding element with respect to the base element. The invention further relates to a vehicle structure having a window regulator with a window regulator rail and a slider, the slider being mounted at the window regulator rail and a window pane being mounted at the holding element of the slider.