Abstract: A nail holder includes a handle having a working head with a cantilever that is bifurcated and sized to receive a nail. The nail holder also includes a magnetic element mounted at the working head.

Abstract: A software object and method is arranged to enhance an application. The enhanced application permits a user to enter (or retrieve) for processing and display at least one ordinary expression, such as a stock symbol. The software object is capable of accessing a data source and employs a query generator, a composer, and an interface. The query generator can implement the processes of (a) electronically reading the ordinary expression, and (b) requesting information from the data source based on the ordinary expression. The composer can implement the processes of (a) receiving requested information from the data source in response to the query generator, and (b) automatically transferring the requested information to the application for processing and display alongside the ordinary expression. The interface can allow the user to adjust in advance where the application will display the requested information.

Abstract: A martial arts belt sized to fit around a user's waist has a strap with a pair of strap sections. Each strap section has a fastening end and a tie end. The strap sections join together at a juncture located between the fastening end and the tie end of each strap section. The strap sections each have between the juncture and the fastening end of each strap section, posterior fastening devices for fastening the strap sections together behind a user's waist. Portions between the juncture and the tie end of each of the strap sections are tied into an anterior knot having dependent tails. An insignia patch can be removably secured at one of the tails for later removal or repositioning.

Abstract: An impact device has a handle attached to an impact head. A weight is reciprocatably mounted on a guideway on the impact head. The weight can move along the guideway between a first position and a second position in response to motion of the head. A yielding member such as a spring or elastomeric element can be mounted at the impact head. The weight can recoil against the yielding member in response to motion of the head. The impact head can hit an object in such a manner as to move the weight in a straight line from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A connector assembly that is mountable on a circuit board includes a casing having a metallic housing. The housing has at least one receptacle where a connecting element is mounted. A shielded cable connects between the connecting element and an interconnect that is attached to the casing. The interconnect has a plurality of contact elements adapted to contact the circuit board. The metallic housing can be fitted with any one of variously colored insulating shells either during manufacture or in the field. The shell can later be slidably removed and replaced, even after the housing was attached to a circuit board. The casings can have dovetail slots that mate with dovetail ridges on an insert used to attach the casings together.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can direct packets from a first network to a second network, e.g., a backbone network. Packets of the first network follow a predetermined protocol employing global addressing. Packets of the first network have a source identification code, a destination code, and a service code. The second network offers the benefit of one of a plurality of service classes. A host (in some case in cooperation with a gateway) can (a) originate at least some of the packets and set the source identification code, the destination code, and the service code for the packets, and (b) send the packets from the host on at least one hop consistent with the destination code. An edge router can transfer the packets to the second network offering the benefit of one or more service classes. The edge router has an input device and an output device. The input device can extract from the packets the source identification code and the service code.

Abstract: A razor blade holder can attach to structure at a site in order to provide blade storage and accessibility. The holder has a receptacle sized to hold at least one razor blade and to keep exposed and accessible an upper edge thereof. The receptacle has a back panel adapted to be attached to the structure.

Abstract: A packing material having a plurality of domes formed therein, and methods for forming same are provided. A plurality of layers of a substrate are placed together to form a composite material with a plurality of layers, and domes are formed in the plurality of layers. The domes can be formed in more than one direction and can be of different sizes and shapes. Thereafter, the materials can be cut to desired sizes or shapes. The domes formed in the layers are nested and accordingly, the packaging material takes up a minimal amount of space after same is manufactured. This serves to minimize the expense and space requirements for storage and shipping and disposal. In use, the sheets are separated and disoriented to achieve bulk and are utilized for packing. The domes are sized, shaped and positioned to tend against re-nesting.

Abstract: A holder for memorial material includes a display panel with a front and rear surface, and an upper ledge attached to the display panel. The display panel has between the front surface and the rear surface a material space for the memorial material. One can insert the memorial material into the internal material space inside the display panel. The upper ledge is adapted to receive downward pressure of a magnitude sufficient to drive the display panel at least partially underground. The display panel also has right and left converging edges to facilitate the at least partial underground burial.

Abstract: Safety shutoff apparatus can close a valve using a pressure operable device coupled to and acting upon the valve. The proximal end of a pressure line is coupled to the pressure operable device for applying fluid pressure thereto in order to operate the pressure operable device. A soluble plug at the distal end of the pressure line can seal it in order to maintain pressure at the pressure operable device. By placing the soluble plug next to an object that is subject to leaking, the soluble plug can dissolve when a leak occurs and release the pressure in the pressure line. The released pressure results in closure of the valve when mechanical movement is produced by the pressure operable device in response to the release of pressure.

Abstract: An eye shield attachment can be used in combination with a safety helmet. The helmet has a front brim continuous with a rim extending along each opposite side of the safety helmet adjacent to a pair of rim slots in the rim of the safety helmet. The eye shield attachment has a lens and a right and a left structure. Each of the right and left structures has (a) a side frame adapted to be suspended below the rim and to extend toward the front brim, and (b) at least one tong adapted to be removably and dependently attached from below to a corresponding one of the rim slots in the helmet for supporting the side frame. The lens is attached distally between the right and the left structures and can pivot under the front brim between a lowered and a raised position and still remain subjacent to the front brim. The right and left structures are adjustable to provide an adjustable orientation of the lens while in the lowered position.

Abstract: Waxes prepared from hydrogenated plant oils, such as palm and soybean, are used as substitutes for petroleum derived waxes in hot-melt adhesive compositions. Unlike petroleum-derived or synthetic waxes, adhesive compositions comprising these waxes, which are obtained from naturally derived, renewable resources, achieve adhesion performance similar to conventional adhesives containing petroleum-derived waxes. The inventive waxes have a low iodine value (between 2-5), and melting points between approximately 120-165 degrees F. (Mettler Drop Point). These waxes comprise a triglyceride whose fatty acids are predominantly stearic acid (C18). The naturally derived waxes are used as an alternative to petroleum and synthetically derived waxes in the manufacture of adhesives used to bond paper, wood, glass, plastic and metal in a variety of manufacturing operations.

Abstract: A lamp holder that can receive a discharge lamp has an insulating body that can work with an electrically conductive junction box. The junction box has a bottom, an opening opposite the bottom, and one or more sidewalls circumscribing the opening. The insulating body is sized to fit at least partially into the box, and has a flange sized to surmount and circumscribe the sidewalls that circumscribe the opening. The insulating body has (a) a cavity with a lamp entryway, and (b) a wire passageway providing access into the cavity. The wire passageway may travel partly underneath the cavity, or through a portion of the wall having a relatively greater wall thickness (or may travel otherwise.) A lamp contact is mounted in the cavity for electrically engaging the discharge lamp.

Abstract: A pack extension kit can rearwardly shift a pack-supporting rack that has a pair of longitudinal arms normally supported in the rear by a rear structure on a motorcycle, and in the front by a pair of front structures on the motorcycle. The kit has a pair of elongate supports and a pair of spacers. The pair of elongate supports are sized to separately cradle the longitudinal arms of the rack. Each of the elongate supports has (a) a first fastening location adapted to be attached to the rear support structure, and (b) a second fastening location adapted to be attached to the pack through one of the longitudinal arms. Each of the pair of spacers is adapted to be separately attached between one of the front structures and a corresponding one of the longitudinal arms. The motorcycle is prepared by detaching the pack and the rack.

Abstract: Waxes prepared from hydrogenated plant oils, such as palm and soybean, are used to render cellulosic materials resistant to water. Unlike cellulosic materials rendered water resistant with waxes obtained using petroleum-derived or synthetic waxes, the water resistant cellulosic materials prepared using this composition are recyclable using conventional paper recycling methods; the composition is dispersible in warm water solutions. Such water resistant materials are characterized by enhanced moisture barrier properties. The compositions have a low iodine value (between 2-5), and melting points between approximately 120-165 degrees F. (Mettler Drop Point). The wax comprises a triglyceride whose fatty acids are predominantly stearic acid (C18). The composition is used as an additive in the manufacture of wax coated boxes and adhesive compounds used in boxboard packaging and manufacturing operations.

Abstract: A body support that can prevent bed sores (decubiti) has a first frame with a first plurality of parallel bands, and a second frame with a second plurality of parallel bands. The first plurality of bands is interdigitated with the second plurality of parallel bands. A driver can reciprocate the first plurality of parallel bands, and the second plurality of parallel bands. The driver produces relative motion between the first and the second plurality of parallel bands. A replacement band can be attached end to end with a selected one of the bands of the first and the second plurality of parallel bands. Then the selected one of the bands can be pulled in a direction to insert the replacement band into a position originally occupied by the selected one of the bands.

Abstract: The handle of a container opener has between its first and second end a pair of sidewalls. The handle has an underside with a concavity, a topside, and on the topside at the first end, a cap remover. A corkscrew and arm are each pivotally attached to the handle. The corkscrew can swing about a corkscrew axis between a deployed position and a stored position that is located between the sidewalls inside the concavity. The corkscrew in its stored position is shielded along at least most of its length. The corkscrew axis is closer to the second end than the first end. The arm can swing about an arm axis, which is closer than the corkscrew axis to the second end. The arm can operate as a fulcrum for the handle.