Abstract: The modular building structure has reinforced column and wall panel components to form walls of a building. A foundation of concrete may have rods embedded according to a building floor plan. Concrete blocks with hollow cores may be stacked at specified column locations with at least one rod bracket device positioned in a joint and at least one rod extending upwardly through the hollow core. An attachment rod may be inserted in at least one channel of each rod bracket device. A wall panel may be positioned on the foundation to span the space between adjacent columns. Each wall panel may have at least one embedded rod extending through a lower horizontal member to be attached with a fastener. A wall holding bracket may also engage an outside stud member of adjacent wall panels at each column with the wall holding bracket attached to the rod bracket device.

Abstract: The present invention may be attached to a vehicle for movement adjacent to a generally vertical wall structure for imprinting a pattern in a surface of the wall structure. An imprint form frame may be attached to an imprint form. The imprint form frame may be attached to a support frame that may be of generally rectangular form with horizontal and vertical members. The support frame may be attached to one or more position support members so as to be movable in a horizontal and perpendicular direction relative to the plane of the support frame. The perpendicular movement may be controlled by a power actuator. The position support member may be attached to a frame support beam for attachment to a vehicle and may be movable vertically.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for attachment of a variety of seats and legs. A bracket may have a generally circular metal plate with bolt holes for receipt of bolts of a rotatable seat element. A seat mounting plate may be positioned above the circular metal plate on a support beam. The rotatable seat element may be attached by the bolts and fasteners to the bracket and to the top of a central pedestal by a central shaft. A plurality of legs may be attached to a middle portion and a bottom portion of the central pedestal. A generally annular footrest may be arranged around the central pedestal and attached to a second edge of the legs that are splayed outwardly and generally equidistant radially from the central pedestal.

Abstract: The present invention involves methods and apparatus for supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell to produce electricity. Water may be supplied in the form of steam for input to a catalytic converter. The converter may have a substrate element disposed therein coated with an oxide that may be oxidizable with steam and reducible back to an original state without use of a chemical agent. The steam may be converted to hydrogen and oxygen with the hydrogen channeled to an input and the oxygen channeled to an output of the fuel cell. The hydrogen output of the fuel cell and the oxygen may be combined to produce steam. The steam from the output may be recycled to the converter.

Abstract: The present invention may be used to locate and position a cellular telephone antenna. A base may have four side plates attached to a bottom plate and between adjacent edges to form a generally rectangular open top container wherein the container may be sized to support in a free standing manner a pole that may have attached at a top end a cellular telephone antenna when the container may be filled with a concrete material. There may be multiple bolts disposed in the concrete material with a threaded end extending above the upper surface of the concrete material. The pole may have a pole plate attached at a bottom end and a cellular telephone antenna element attached at a top end. The pole plate may have apertures positioned for mating with the bolts for attachment to the base.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for support of a human on a cushion. A mattress apparatus may have a base member of generally rectangular shape with four upstanding peripheral side walls. A plurality of bars may be disposed on the base member in a rectangular matrix configuration and the plurality of bars may have a separation space longitudinally and laterally between adjacent bars. A gas member of generally elongated tubular shape may be positioned longitudinally in each of the longitudinal separation spaces with each of the gas members having a gas conduit connected to a first pressurized gas source. Lateral gas tubes that may be of generally rectangular shape may be positioned transversally of the longitudinal gas tubes with a first end of each lateral gas tube connected to the first pressurized gas source or to a second pressurized gas source. A bed sheet covering the base member to enclose the top of the mattress apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention may be used in systems for non-volatile memory storage of electronic data. A first substrate member may have a first and second surface with a first and second substrate connector spaced apart and attached to the first surface and a first and second spacer element spaced apart and attached to said second surface. A NAND flash controller device may be mounted on the first surface and connected to the substrate connectors and spacer elements. Multiple NAND memory devices may be mounted on the second surface and be connected to the NAND flash controller device. A second substrate member may have a first and second surface with multiple NAND flash memory devices mounted on at least one of the surfaces. The second substrate member may be attached to the spacer elements on the first surface and said multiple NAND flash memory devices may be connected to the NAND flash controller device.

Abstract: The system and method for explosives detection may be used for detecting the presence of explosive elements. A testing device may have a case with a cover. A sample holder may be disposed in the case for receipt of a sample element and may have a sample retainer. The sample element may have a swipe pad attached to a backing element a heater may be disposed in the sample holder wherein the heater may be below the swipe pad adjacent the backing element when the sample element may be positioned in the sample holder. The heater may be in communication with an electric power source. The case may have a plurality of cavities formed therein for receipt of a plurality of fluid containers. The plurality of fluid containers may have at least a first reagent fluid and a second reagent fluid.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for support of a structure attached to a foundation by a structure base flange. A weight distribution element may have a cross-section form that may be generally a trapezoid with an upper surface a lower surface, an outer side surface and an inner side surface. The outer side surface, and inner side surface may be inclined toward a centerline of the cross-section form transitioning from the bottom surface to the top surface. The weight distribution element may be formed of a material that may be moldable to a solid form having multiple bolt through-holes positioned for the weight distribution element to be disposed on bolts to be positioned adjacent a bolt support plate. The material may have a compression and strength composition sufficient to support a structure.

Abstract: The multitask medical treatment respiratory apparatus may have a mask defining a chamber wherein the mask may have a first port, a second port and a venting valve. A reservoir bag having a first opening may be in communication with the first port or there may be a venturi device may be in communication with a second opening of the reservoir bag. One or more gas sources may be in communication with the venturi device. A medicant device may be mounted in the second port wherein the medicant device having a mouthpiece that may be inserted and retracted relative to the mask chamber and a patients mouth. The medicant device having a medicant chamber formed therein.

Abstract: The present invention is used for generating electricity from forced air flow. An electricity generator may have a first panel attached at a peripheral edge to a second panel at a peripheral edge to form a frame. The first panel and the second panel each have an opening with a propeller rotatably attached to a generator that is positioned in each opening for rotation caused by a forced air flow.

Abstract: The gear housing may be a housing to enclose a gear assembly of a land mobile vehicle. The gear housing may have an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion. The lower housing portion may have a wall reference position below a lowest surface structure of a gear assembly wherein a wall of smooth, generally non-planar surfaces may be positioned below a gear assembly centerline with an interior surface at the wall reference position adjacent the lowest surface structure with sufficient separation to avoid contact between the gear housing and the gear assembly. The wall may have at least one concave curved segment to position the wall adjacent to a contour of outer surface structures of the gear assembly, but not contacting the gear assembly. An upper housing portion may be attached to the lower housing portion to enclose the gear assembly.

Abstract: The present invention involves methods and apparatus for supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell to produce electricity. Water may be supplied in the form of steam for input to a catalytic converter. The converter may have a substrate element disposed therein coated with an oxide that may be oxidizable with steam and reducible back to an original state without use of a chemical agent. The steam may be converted to hydrogen and oxygen with the hydrogen channeled to an input and the oxygen channeled to an output of the fuel cell. The hydrogen output of the fuel cell and the oxygen may be combined to produce steam. The steam from the output may be recycled to the converter.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for retaining a laptop computer on a generally horizontal member of a structure. One or more hooks may each have an arm rotatably attached at a first end to a screen housing opposite a screen of a laptop computer. The hooks may have a first projecting member attached approximately orthogonal to the arm at a second end.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for dispensing a liquid soap adjacent a faucet assembly having a vertical opening. A lift rod having a conduit therein may be slidably inserted in the vertical opening. A dispensing rod having a conduit may be attached at an upper end of the lift rod. A pump may be attached at a lower end of the lift rod for fluid communication with an outlet end of the pump. A reservoir tube may be attached to an inlet end of the pump and may be disposed at a second end in a liquid reservoir. The pump may have a flange and a lower portion. The lower portion may be slidably inserted in a support element to allow the flange to abut a top edge of the support element for operation of the plunger when a force may be applied to the lift rod.

Abstract: The present invention may include apparatus and methods for playing a pool game with currency collection and dispensing for tallying betting and paying winnings. A pool table may have six pockets that may be connected to channels structured to channel a ball entering a pocket to move to a ball holding element. A detection channel may be disposed intermediate the channels and the ball holding element. A detector may be disposed with the detection channel with the detector in communication with a controller device. A currency element may be disposed with the controller device to collect currency and to dispense currency as communicated by the controller device. Each of a plurality of balls may have an embedded electronic target device by the detector. A display may be in communication with the controller device.

Abstract: The present invention may be used for leveling a land vehicle. A frame lifting assembly may have a frame cross-member adjustable in length for attachment at each end to each side of a vehicle frame. A folding jack with a force element and a folding leg may be attached to the frame cross-member. The folding leg may have a leg member with a foot attached at a first end to a force rod of the force element. A support arm may be rotatably attached intermediate the first end and the second end of the leg member and may be rotatably attached adjacent a second end of the frame cross-member. A positioning rod may be rotatably attached at the first end of the leg member and rotatably attached to the frame member. The force rod may be movably attached to a fixed element of the force element and the fixed element may be attached to the frame cross-member.

Abstract: A gear assembly may have a first gear attached to a gear shaft and a second gear attachable to a powered rotating element of a mowing machine. An attachment element may have a shaft hole with the gear shaft rotatably inserted through the shaft hole with one end of the gear shaft positioned in a coupling end of the attachment element. A trimming device with a trimmer tube open at a first end and an end of a shaft of the trimming device with a shaft socket fitting inserted in the coupling end of the attachment element for the shaft socket fitting to engage the gear shaft. An anti-rotating clamp attached adjacent the first end of the trimmer tube for positioning and retention in a clamp recess in a front face of the coupling end to inhibit rotation of the trimmer tube in the coupling end.