Abstract: A method for integration of the institutional supply chain for medical products utilizing a nested bill of materials on a care event level of a clinical pathway for one or more medical procedures. The medical supplies appropriate for use in a care event are expressed as a bill of materials. Each item of medical supply is assigned a unique identifier which includes at least identification of the item itself, identification of the supplier of the item, and identification of the care event with which the item is to be used. Portions of the supplies are provided by multiple vendors to a unitized container sequencing center where the supplies are bundled by care events and packed into a unitized container. This container is then shipped to a customer or distributor for further shipment to a customer.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in the storing of a dumbbell in position for presentation to a user at a desired height of the dumbbell for commencement of an exercise routine. The apparatus includes an upright standard and a sleeve slidably mounted on the standard and positionable at different heights from the floor. A pair of cradles are hingedly mounted to the sleeve for movement between a dumbbell presentation attitude and an out-of-the-way attitude. The cradles are spaced apart from one another and each is designed to receive therein one end of a dumbbell with the bar member of the dumbbell spanning the open space between the cradles and in position to be grasped by the user's hand inserted into the open space. The cradles are biased toward an upward and inward position toward the standard where they are out of the way of the user performing their exercise routine. Likewise, there may be substituted closed end bores in the standard for the through openings depicted and described herein.

Abstract: A bulb syringe providing for uniform, hence repeatable, deflation/inflation of the bulb and a tactile-discernible limit of deflation of the bulb and resultant control over the consistency of degree of suction produced with the deflated bulb is allowed to inflate in response to its resiliency and memory. The bulb syringe includes a bottom portion having a spout and a top portion whose resiliency is enhanced by a plurality of ribs. The top and bottom portions are provided with equatorial shoulders which are joined and which establish a tactile-discernible limit of deflation of the top portion. In one embodiment, the bottom portion is provided with a pair of lugs on the outer surface therefor for receipt of the palmar surfaces of two adjacent fingers of a user. Preferably, the syringe is transparent or at least sufficiently translucent as permits the visual inspection of any fluid contained therein.

Abstract: A composite projectile for an ammunition cartridge comprising a core formed for compacted power particulates and having opposite ends. The core is encapsulated within a jacket having an open end. A cap is contained with the jacket adjacent the open end thereof and is physically captured within the jacket in contiguous relationship to that end of the core nearest the open end of the jacket. The cap defines a fixed partition extending across the transverse cross section of the jacket that enhances the concentric positioning about the longitudinal centerline of the jacket of any powder particulates dislodged from that end of the core contiguous to the cap and functions as a penetrator when the projectile strikes a target. The core preferably is formed from a cold-compacted mixture of tungsten and lead powders.

Abstract: An ammunition cartridge for producing subsonic flight of a projectile therefrom at substantially all angles of fire relative to the horizontal, including an elongated, generally cylindrical case including a closed end containing a primer therein, a body portion suitable for the receipt of a quantity of gunpowder therein, and an open end suitable for receiving an elongated projectile therein.

Abstract: A composite projectile for an ammunition cartridge comprising a core formed for compacted power particulates and having opposite ends. The core is encapsulated within a jacket having an open end. A cap is contained with the jacket adjacent the open end thereof and is physically captured within the jacket in contiguous relationship to that end of the core nearest the open end of the jacket. The cap defines a fixed partition extending across the transverse cross section of the jacket that enhances the concentric positioning about the longitudinal centerline of the jacket of any powder particulates dislodged from that end of the core contiguous to the cap. The core preferably is formed from a cold-compacted mixture of tungsten and lead powders.

Abstract: An exhaust hood for commercial or institutional kitchens. The hood is designed to capture individually each of the plumes emanating from diverse cooking or heating devices disposed beneath the hood and includes means for minimizing the quantity of air removed from the atmosphere ambient to, but outside the hood, this means including a plenum within the hood and individually sized entrance openings into compartments defined above each of the cooking or heating devices and through which ambient air is drawn at a minimum capture velocity for that plume anticipated to be generated by the heating or cooking device that is associated with each compartment. A method for carrying out the invention is disclosed.

Abstract: A countertop for use in a fume hood or similar application including a substantially planar member which defines the countertop and a recess defined in the top surface of the countertop and which defines a reservoir for liquid spills. Within the recess there is provided a platform having a top surface that is disposed at a lower level than the level of the top surface of the countertop, but at a higher level than the bottom surface of the recess. A cupsink is provided on the platform. Preferably a safety zone demarcation identifier is provided which is mounted in a groove formed in the countertop. Both the countertop and the indentifier preferably are formed of an acrylic resin.

Abstract: Apparatus for the exercise of a person's upper torso wherein there is minimal unnatural motion or positioning of the glenohumeral joint and/or the wrist and elbow joints and including means for carrying each of the person's arms through movement generally within a transverse plane that is occupied by the wrist, elbow and shoulder joints, this means comprising at least one set of outrigger arms arranged for pantographic motion about fixed axes which are substantially coincident with the median sagittal plane of the person's body. A method for the upper torso exercise is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for adjustment of the width dimension of a bead lock drum of the type used in the manufacture of vehicle tires and which includes a plurality of circumference-defining segments whose combined lengths represent the width of the drum and wherein the segments are divided into at least two sets and movably mounted on carriages for postioning of the segments apart to receive therein spacer means and together to collectively define the outer circumference of the drum.

Abstract: Apparatus for docking of an exercise machine wherein the control over the docking activity is under the control of the user, employing means other than those limbs of the user which are primarily engaged in the grasping and physical movement of the movable component of the machine, and including at least one dock which is frictionally engaging with the movable component, activator means actuated by the user to impart stored energy in a connector means disposed between the dock and the activator whereby upon disengagement of the movable component from the dock, the stored energy in the connector means effects movement of the dock from its docking position with respect to the movable component. A method for controlling the docking is disclosed.

Abstract: A gas-burning heater or fireplace insert including a plurality of tiered artificial logs with gas burners disposed strategically between the tiers. The burners at each tier are selected to provide a particular flame pattern, with one or more of the flame patterns being developed in combination with one or more of the logs to promote the generation of localized heat that enhances the visual appearance of the flames of the pattern and increases the heat radiated outwardly of the insert and into the ambient environment. In a preferred embodiment, the insert is capable of operating in a non-vented environment. A method for operating a gas-burning heater or fireplace insert is disclosed as are various unique aspects of the invention including subassemblies of the insert.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dewatering a wet web wherein the water is withdrawn from the web via capillary action of the pores of a thin porous membrane component of a bi-component filtration medium and transferred to a plurality of reservoirs defined in a second component of the medium from whence the water is withdrawn and directed to a collector or disposal site.

Abstract: An improved transfer ring for use in vehicle tire making equipment wherein the carcass of the tire and the belt and tread package are made up at different and separate physical locations and thereafter the belt and tread package is transferred onto the carcass employing the transfer ring whereupon the two components of the tire are married. The present transfer ring includes first and second motive means for effecting grasping motion of a plurality of shoes of the transfer ring to cause the shoes to engage the belt and tread package about its outer circumference. In a preferred embodiment, the grasping motion is effected in multiple stages and the extent of motion is selectively adjustable. A method for effecting transfer of a belt and tread package is disclosed.

Abstract: A disposable pallet made up of paperboard or like material. The components of the pallet include a plurality of base members and a plurality of cross beams which are interlocked in a skeletal-type structure having novel intersections at their cross over locations. A new pallet component and a method for making the pallet are disclosed.

Abstract: A window frame construction particularly useful in a manufactured housing unit to provide a structure for receiving and supporting at least one window and to provide coverage of ends of siding applied to the exterior of the housing unit. The window frame includes a window body member to generally circumscribe an opening in the housing unit, with a J-rail return member integrally formed therewith to provide a flange member for attachment of the window frame to the housing unit and to cover and secure ends of the siding in a slot formed between the flange member and the return member of the J-rail return. The return member has sufficient width to cover the siding ends even when the siding contracts during lowered temperatures. The window frame, in the preferred form, is constructed from extruded vinyl, and it is used principally for vinyl siding.

Abstract: A bead lock drum for use in the manufacture of vehicle tires and including multiple carriages disposed about a central shaft and carrying a plurality of circumference-defining segments, the carriages and segments being separable about a transverse plane of the drum for removal and insertion of spacers between adjacent aligned segments and suitable to alter the width dimension of the drum and permit the use of a single drum for making various width tires of a given rim size.