Abstract: A method and system for buyers and sellers of goods/services to engage in commerce, providing to a searchable seller goods/services information database to search for desired items and allowing buyers of goods/services to select between at least one direct sales channel and at least one indirect sales channel for submitting a request for quotation and/or completing a transaction, to transmit requests for quotation to selected sellers, and for sellers to transmit quotations to buyers in response to requests for same.

Abstract: A method for increasing golf course revenues through increased sales of consumable items, comprising the steps of stocking a golf cart with a supply of consumable items prior to a golfer's use of said golf cart in a golf outing, taking inventory of said supply of consumable items contained in said golf cart at the end of said golf outing to determine what items were consumed by said golfer, charging said golfer for the cost of the consumable items consumed by said golfer during said golf outing, and restocking said golf cart with a supply of consumable items, using an apparatus comprising: a base section having insulation means, an inner and outer surface, a substantially closed bottom end, an open top end, one or more slotted flanges disposed on said outer surface of said base section for fastening said apparatus to a golf cart, and an inwardly tapered ledge disposed horizontally on said inner surface of said base section near said base section's upper edge; a removable pull-out container configure

Abstract: The present invention is a synthetic-core construction panel having a polyurethane core encased by a metal grid. The grid system comprises a first series of metal bars disposed in parallel to each other, equally spaced apart around the circumference of the core; a second series of metal bars, disposed in parallel to each other and perpendicularly to the first series of metal bars, equally spaced apart, are also disposed around the circumference of the core; and a plurality of diagonal cross-member reinforcements welded at their edges to each connecting point between the first series of metal bars and the second series of metal bars. The metal grid serves as a surface accepting masonry/plaster as a finish for the panel after installation. An apparatus for making the synthetic core construction panels is also described and claimed.

Abstract: A method for increasing golf course revenues through increased sales of consumable items, comprising the steps of stocking a golf cart with a supply of consumable items prior to a golfer's use of said golf cart in a golf outing, taking inventory of said supply of consumable items contained in said golf cart at the end of said golf outing to determine what items were consumed by said golfer, charging said golfer for the cost of the consumable items consumed by said golfer during said golf outing, and restocking said golf cart with a supply of consumable items.

Abstract: A door reinforcement apparatus for mounting on the interior side of various types of doors, whether side opening or vertical opening, combining ease of use and simplicity of design with added security and strength to the door where installed, comprising an adjustable mounting bracket having a first plate with one or more holes running perpendicularly through said coplanar surfaces of said first plate for insertion of mounting bolts for fastening of said adjustable mounting bracket to the wall surface above the door being reinforced, said adjustable mounting bracket also having a second plate perpendicularly connected to said first plate's, said second plate having one or more holes; and a beam having one or more fastening holes near its upper end for insertion of bolts when aligned with said connecting holes of said second plate of said adjustable mounting bracket, said beam further including an integral bottom mounting plate disposed perpendicularly to the rest of said beam at said bottom end of said beam, s