Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for extracting textual as well as tabular data material from financial documents. Initially, a comparison is made to determine the type of data schedule material provided in the document. Subsequently, the character strings of the financial document are compared to character strings provided in previous documents or in various databases. The database of the previous document would include the textual material in a first plane, and the tabular material also in that first plane. If a character string match is made between a new document and an old document, the new tabular data material would be provided in a data matrix in a second plane but the corresponding textual material would not be included in the textual matrix provided in that second plane. Only character strings not matched in the textual material of the first plane would be provided in the textual matrix of the second plane.

Abstract: A relatively rigid body member is combined with a relatively soft pad member to form a shoulder pad. The pad member is mounted on a curved lower surface of the body member. The upper surface of the body member includes a slot which accepts a luggage strap and which is angled forwardly toward the lower surface. The curved lower surface accommodates the curvature of the user's shoulder while the pad member conforms to the individual user's shoulder anatomy. The upper and lower surfaces of the body member are formed in an angular relationship so that during use, the slot is always directed toward the user's shoulder so that the load exerted by the shoulder strap keeps the shoulder pad in place on the user's shoulder.

Abstract: An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food.

Abstract: A display case is provided for a personal accessory item such as jewelry, eyeglasses and wrist watches. The case includes a display support for vertically suspending the accessory item, an inner tube surrounding the display support, an outer tube within which the inner tube nests, and a cover positioned over an open end of the outer tube. All the walls of the display case are constructed of transparent plastic. A fluid, particularly colored water, may be positioned in a volume of space separating inner from outer tubes. The display case may stand upright upon a flat outer surface of the cover or may be hung via a mount from a wall.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a trigger sprayer which is connectable to two container volumes containing separate liquids. The sprayer has a trigger that is manipulated to draw the separate liquids into two separate pump chambers and then supply the two separate liquids from the pump chambers to a discharge passage of the sprayer. In the discharge passage the two separate liquids are mixed together prior to their being dispensed from the discharge passage as a spray.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and kit are provided for removal of polyps, especially pursuant to colonoscopic surgery. The apparatus includes an endoscopic guide tube, a heating element, a power transmitting element traversing through the guide tube and communicating with the heating element, at least one temperature sensor for measuring temperature near the polyp, and optionally an external monitor for receiving temperature data from the sensor and then activating a power source for adjusting the temperature of the heating element in a controlled manner. An operator/physician can manually set the temperature range and temperature increase rate, but preferentially this is achieved automatically through a pre-programmed computer schedule.

Abstract: A display case for jewelry, such as a wrist watch, is provided which includes a housing formed of a receiving shell and a cover closeable over the shell, a display mount within the housing for supporting the jewelry, and a multi-tiered rack within the housing adjacent the display mount. The preferred embodiment employs a foamed structure to serve as a mount which includes an outer frame surrounding a cavity and a support upon which the wrist watch rests and can form-fittingly be lodged within the cavity. The multi-tiered rack has a series of plates pivotally moveable from a horizontal to a vertical position. A CD disc can be stored within the pocket of each plate. When the primary purpose of the display case for showcasing jewelry has been completed, a purchaser of the jewelry discards the foamed mount and can now employ the case for the storage of CD discs.

Abstract: A pest control article is provided which includes a pest control device such as a poisoned bait or trap and a decorative housing. The housing includes a decorative unit and a pedestal supporting the decorative unit. A compartment within the pedestal is provisioned with the poisoned bait or trap allowing the pest control device to be out of public view. Rodents or insects enter the compartment through one or more apertures within the pedestal so as to access a trap or poisoned bait.