Abstract: A control device for earth moving equipment comprising a bucket pivotal about a bucket pivot between a closed position and an open position, a thumb pivotal about a thumb pivot between a first position and a second position, wherein the thumb pivot is separate from the bucket pivot, and an extension plate fixedly attached to the bucket and attached to the thumb pivot, wherein rotation of the bucket urges the thumb pivot to rotate around the bucket pivot and urges the thumb to move. A retrofitting kit for retrofitting earth moving equipment so that the thumb is movable in response to movement of the bucket.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat bottom and a seat back supported for movement relative to the seat bottom such that seat position can be adjusted forwardly or rearwardly with respect to the vehicle. A mounting assembly mounts the seat to a vehicle structure and includes a first track, a second track supported for movement relative to the first track with the seat bottom being supported on the second track for movement with the second track, and an actuator for selectively controlling the movement of the second track with respect to the first track. A locking assembly is moveable between a locked position where the locking assembly prevents relative movement between the first and second tracks and an unlocked position where the second track is movable relative to the first track. The locking assembly includes a pair of lock pins, a lock block, and a retainer. The lock block is fixed for movement with the second track and includes apertures for slidably receiving the lock pins.

Abstract: A locking device for a vehicle platform adapted for securing a corner fitting of a shipping container wherein the device has a housing fixidly mounted on and beneath the upper surface of the platform, having a neck member and a horizontal latching member mounted within the housing when the device is in a first position adapted to being elevated to enter a slot in a corner fitting when a container is placed on the platform with the latching member being capable of being rotated to a second position for elevation and rotation to engage an inner surface of the corner fitting to lock the container fitting to the upper surface of the platform and capable of being returned to a first position whereby it is beneath the upper surface of the platform.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a removable constrainer for shipping containers whereby the holds of bulk carriers can be rapidly converted to container carriers by use of a bridge means inserted in between the ends of containers and having chocks mounted on the bridge to constrain lateral movement of the containers with respect to the bridge, the bridge being removably mounted on opposite walls of the hold of the vessel in which it is employed.

Abstract: A miniature surgical instrument that is particularly useful for removing ferrous foreign particles from an eye, includes a housing and a wire wound coil positioned within the housing. A magnetizable, axially elongated probe includes a first tip portion that is positioned externally of the housing and a second, body portion that is within the housing and which is surrounded by the coil. A switch is coupled to the coil and is adapted to interconnect the coil to a source of electrical energy so that when the switch means is operated the coil is energized and the probe is magnetized.

Abstract: A selectively operable stacker key locking device adopted to secure containers either in a vertical or horizontal stacked relation or to secure a container to a base support.

Abstract: A urine collection device for women comprising a one piece generally funnel shaped rigid collection means having a flanged wide orifice which orifice has flanged lip on the upper side thereof forming a seat thereon; sealant composed of a layer of a double adhesive faced layer of body adhesive mounted in the seat; the upper surface of the flanged wide orifice containing the sealant being shaped to fit within the contours of the permineum cavity with the external urethral orifice of the wearer being in alignment with the wide orifice of the collector and the sealant means being in contact with the vestibular tissue to prevent substantial leakage of material from between the tissue and the sealant. In a preferred embodiment of the urine collector a pommel formed by the lip and rising away from the collection to enhance positional stability, alignment and further prevent leakage. The whole orifice can cover both the urethral and vaginal orifices to collect discharges therefrom.

Abstract: A tensible shipping container reinforcement bar having connectors on each end thereof the ends adapted to attach to diagonally opposite corner fittings of shipping containers. The bar having a compressor device capable of expansion located at a point intermediate in the bar so that when the ends of the bar are attached to diagonally opposite corners, the bar is expanded under tension. The bar is designed to prevent warping of the walls and end of the shipping containers when containers are subjected to high stress forces placed on them due to motion of containers in shipping, especially in ships. In a preferred embodiment the bar includes a device for adjusting the degree of tension provided by the bar.

Abstract: Apparatus for the processing of exposed photographic negatives and prints consisting of a tank containing thermostatically controlled fluid in which are immersed one or more processing containers having the active solutions therein. A holder supporting the sensitized element with an agitator having elements facing the sensitized surface are assembled and placed within the container. The agitator has an extension which permits vibration of the agitator manually and/or electrically from outside the container which the active solution is reacting with the sensitized surface within the container.

Abstract: A waterproof stretchable scouring mitten having a hand covering portion forming a pouch for completely enveloping the exterior surface of a human hand, the pouch having a separate first portion for enveloping a thumb and a second separate portion for enveloping the remainder of the exterior of the hand, the pouch being composed of a waterproof stretchable first layer and having a second layer of scouring material intimately bonded to the outer surface of the pouch means, the second portion of said pouch means having a stretchable opening collar to permit ingress and egress of a hand into and out of the pouch means; a stretchable tubular cuff means integrally connected to and extending from the collar of the pouch means adapted to fit snugly onto the wrist and at least a portion of the forearm of a wearer of the mitten; liquid diversion means connected to the tubular cuff means to divert the flow of liquids along the cuff means from said pouch away from the arm of the wearer of the mitten; gusset means linearl

Abstract: Means for the releasable vertical securing of stacked shipping containers at their standard corner fittings, particularly in hard to reach areas in a block of containers, is provided by a unitary passive vertical connector having an extended planar base member with a canted post rising out of one extended surface and a flanged foot depending from the opposite extended surface. When the flanged foot is trappedly engaged in a corner-fitting recess of a first container, the canted post is steerably guidable into removable capture in a corner-fitting recess of the second container. A ramp surface, which can be a part of the canted post, interacts with a corner fitting as an upper container of a pair of containers gravitates into stacked relationship with a lower container, thereby generating a horizontal component of relative motion between the containers to steerably guide the canted post. The vertical connector can include means for forming a horizontal coupling with a substantially identical connector.

Abstract: Means for the releasable horizontal coupling of shipping containers at their standard corner fittings is provided by a horizontal connector having a pair of parallel spaced-apart planar exterior walls, a pivot housing extending transversely outward from each of the walls, and a separately operable chuck pivotally mounted for rotation in each pivot housing. Each chuck includes a latching surface which is first engaged in a corner-fitting recess of a container and then urged to gather a one of the planar walls into flush contacting engagement with the facing vertical surface of the corner fitting. Four connectors are used to couple two container modules into a composite structure capable of transmitting both tension and compression forces between the modules sufficient to make a single beam of the connected modules, which beam can be moved by standard container handling equipment. The horizontal connector is adapted to use at both the top corner fittings and the bottom corner fittings.

Abstract: Releasable vertical and horizontal coupling of stacked shipping containers at their standard corner fittings, particularly in hard to reach areas in a block of containers, is provided by a connector having an extended planar base member, adjacent each end of the lower surface of the base member a manually-operated twist-lock for engagement with a corner fitting through the elongate orifice in the horizontal face thereof to form a horizontal coupling between a pair of lower containers in end-to-end alignment, in the middle of the upper surface of the base member a ridge with a ramp surface facing towards each end of the base member, and, adjacent each end of the upper surface of the base member and rising therefrom, a post having a side comprising an inclined surface direct towards a ramp surface and spaced apart from and substantially parallel thereto.