Abstract: A plane heater is mounted on the lower surface of an air mat having a function of preventing bedsore, and the temperature of a patient is maintained via an air layer of the air mat. A time delay caused by heating via the air layer is adjusted through prediction control.

Abstract: A self-drilling and thread-forming screw comprises a threaded shank, a drilling section arranged in front of the shank and having a uniform diameter, and a thread-free flow-forming section widening conically between the drilling section and the shank. The drilling section has two chip grooves which run diametrically opposite one another, are bounded by flute edges and cutting edges, and end in a drilling tip with the cutting edges running together at the tip. The diameter formed by the cutting edges is smaller than a minor diameter of the threaded shank, and the largest diameter of the flow-forming section corresponds to the minor diameter of the shank and includes a symmetrical polygonal cross-section with rounded-off corners in a region adjoining the shank.

Abstract: Advertisement at the point of purchase is presented by a box containing a rotary device which displays graphic material on each step of the device. The rotary device is mounted in a box having a lens focused on the graphic material. A very low cost is achieved by a plastic plate shaped to form two cantilever springs, one of the cantilever springs has a tooth which steps the rotary drive into a viewing position, and the other of the cantilever springs has a tooth which stops the rotary device in a viewing position.

Abstract: The present assembly provides a coupling element for an adjustable hand lever mechanism. The coupling element having an disk shaped body, an extension and a projection. The disk shaped body has a D-shaped opening extending longitudinally therethrough. The coupling element may be made from a material, e.g., metal, that is harder than the material, e.g., plastic, from which the hand lever is made. The extension of the coupling element protrudes radially outward from the outer circumference of the disk shaped body. The projection is situated outside the disk shaped body of the coupling element and extends upward from the upper surface of the extension in a direction substantially parallel to the D-shaped opening of the disk shaped body. The D-shaped opening allows for ease of manufacturing by using a die having a D-shaped core for molding a hand lever about a coupling element.

Abstract: A vehicle billboard which permits the removable attachment of a sign-bearing billboard to the existing license plate frame of a vehicle. The billboard is fixedly mounted to a supporting frame and has a flat surface upon which a design may be affixed, drawn or otherwise displayed. A pair of brackets join the supporting frame and billboard to a license plate frame via screws or rivets. The billboard and supporting frame may be interchanged with other billboards and the entire apparatus including the mounting brackets may be easily attached to or removed from a vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a vehicle includes an antiroll bar (2) having a first opening, a vehicle part (3) having a second opening (3a), and a one-piece connecting rod (1) connecting the antiroll bar and the vehicle part. The one-piece connecting rod (1) has a first end portion (4) received in the first opening in the antiroll bar (2) and a second end portion (4) received in the second opening (3a) in the vehicle part (3). A first bearing (5) in the first opening supports the first end portion (4) of the one-piece connecting rod (1) for movement relative to the antiroll bar (2). A second bearing in the second opening (3a) supports the second end portion (4) of the one-piece connecting rod (1) for movement relative to the vehicle part (3).

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing unwanted entry through the windows of a structure includes an outer frame which is fastened to the structure and an inner frame which is connected to the outer frame by a pair of hinges and by a lock assembly. The lock assembly includes a locking rail which is slideably mounted in a vertical member of the inner frame and which slides downward under the influence of gravity to a normally locked position in which portions of the locking rail engage a pair of T bolts which are mounted on the outer frame and which project into the vertical member of the inner frame. The locking rail includes a pivotally mounted pin which must be moved to a vertical position to unlock the inner frame.

Abstract: A transmission structure for ornaments, in which the center of the base disk is mounted with a rotative ring, of which the bottom has a driving gear. The upper part of the rotative ring is connected with a round member with a ring-shaped plate; the inside of the round member has an inner gear to be engaged with a small gear of a music generator and driving unit. The outer edge surface of the base disk is furnished with at least a gear train to be engaged with the inner gear of a rotative disk, or with a transmission assembly. Different ornaments are mounted on the ring-shaped plate of round member, the upper side of the still disk, the circular surface of the rotative disk or the round shaft of the transmission assembly respectively. The aforesaid ornaments on the aforesaid parts are driven by means of the music generator and driving unit so as to rotate, to swing or to move back and forth.

Abstract: A license plate holder provided with a flat backing plate to which a transparent cover is hinged at the base thereof and which may be readily removable from the backing plate at the top thereof.

Abstract: An animated figure method and apparatus including an animated figure having moveable elements and a base unit for supporting the animated figure. The apparatus of the present invention includes multiple control cables, a first end of each control cable connects to a cable driver assembly or cable driver mounted on the base unit and a second end of each control cable attaches to a corresponding animated figure moveable element or assembly. The cable drivers that are attached to the base unit drive the control cables, and propel the animated figure's moveable elements. The present invention achieves detailed control of many animated figure functions using intricate control cable branching which may require many bends in the control cable. In addition, a walk mechanism provides both horizontal and vertical movement of the animated figure's feet to achieve simulated stepping movements in a very realistic manner.

Abstract: A mattress border has two transverse stitched seams spaced apart lengthwise thereof. A strap has its two opposite end regions held in the two seams respectively.

Abstract: A device for mounting a wide variety of different window dressings is described. The device is intended to use conventional mounting brackets to mount the window dressing without the necessity of providing holes to mount the same in the face of the window molding or frame. The device includes either a comer or linear mounting plate which, respectively, may be used either on the right hand or left hand corner, or horizontally or vertically on the frame. Each plate is U-shaped in cross-section and intended to cover the sides and front of the window frame or molding. The front face of the plate is provided with a plurality of mutually spaced dimensioned cut-outs. The second clement of the invention is a universal clip which is a channel shaped member having integral projections extending from the back surface thereof. The projections are also mutually spaced and dimensioned to register on the cut-outs in the mounting plate and to be received therein to secure the clip to the mounting plate.

Abstract: A compensator 11 comprises a housing 14 and a sliding ram 13, which is displaceable along a sliding seat 17. The sliding ram 13 includes a flow channel portion 21, which transitions into an elbow bend 30, which, in the operating state, i.e., when hot polymer melt flows through the compensator, is congruent with a further flow channel portion 20. The two flow channel portions 20, 21 have flanges 28 and 29 at their end faces for the installation of the compensator 11 at a bend in a melt line through which a polymer felt flows, to compensate for linear expansions of the melt line due to the increased temperature.

Abstract: A bed frame is provided with a base plate. The base plate has a fixed base plate portion secured to the bed frame, a hip plate portion and a back plate portion sequentially and rotatively connected to an end of said fixed base plate portion and a first leg plate portion and a second leg plate portion sequentially and rotatively connected to another end. The back plate portion is arranged to be raised by a back elevating mechanism. When the back plate portion has been raised, the hip plate portion is moved in synchronization with the rotation in the raising direction. At this time, since the back plate portion is raised to make an angle larger than that of the hip plate portion, the hip of a user is not held between the fixed base plate portion and the back plate portion.

Abstract: A display button worn for adjustably changing human facial expressions from "happy", to "confused", to "sad", to "skeptical", to "scheming to get even", and to "mad". The invention employs a housing having a shell on which are rotatably mounted a pair of rectangular members and an arcuate member, to simulate the eyebrows and mouth of the face, respectively. The facial expression is thereby changed manually by the wearer. Magnets may be used to control the position of the members.

Abstract: A merchandise display hook provided with an improved form of pivoting label holder. A label-mounting arm extends above and terminates forwardly of a merchandise display arm. A transversely disposed cross bar is secured to an outer surface portion of the label-mounting arm, spaced from the end extremity thereof, by electric resistance welding. The cross bar provides a pivot mount for a plastic label holding device, with the end extremity of the label mount serving as an abutment stop to limit rearward pivoting movement of the label holder. The cross bar can be so positioned on the label mounting arm as to provide for a normal, slightly upwardly tilted orientation of the label holder, to facilitate viewing. In one embodiment, the outer end of the label mounting arm is bent downwardly, and the cross bar is welded to the downwardly bent portion. In another embodiment, the label mounting arm is straight, and the cross bar is welded to the upper surface thereof, spaced slightly from the outer end face of the arm.

Abstract: The present invention is a critical care transport system comprising a transport frame, a transport wrap, and a restraining belt system which is especially useful in inter-hospital transport of infants and children, or retrieval and transport of critically ill children from remote locations. The transport frame further comprises an upper frame divided into a lower tray and a hingedly adjustable upper tray which allows elevation of the patient's head even when the belt restraining system is fully engaged. The transport frame further comprises various apparatus for securing air and oxygen tanks, instrumentation, and medical care devices for use during transport. The transport wrap further comprises a series of contiguous flaps which, when engaged in a specified order, serve to restrain, comfort, and protect the patient.

Abstract: An expanded content label (ECL) having a segmented base label that allows the label to conform to a curved surface. A booklet and covering overlaminate are secured to the spaced-apart segments of the base to interconnect the segments. The gap between the segments enhances the ability of the label to flex and move along a supporting curved surface to conform to the surface without buckling or wrinkling. The label is produced by die cutting a web to form a segmented base label, securing a booklet to the segmented base label, and optionally securing an overlaminate to the booklet. At least one of the booklet and the overlaminate bridge the segments of the base label. In an alternative embodiment, the overlaminate is eliminated and the booklet includes a coversheet that extends across the gap between the base label segments.

Abstract: An erasable product such as a rewritable label, sign or the like includes a base layer and an upper sheet extending over the base layer. The upper sheet and the base layer are releasably adhesive together under pressure manually applied on the upper sheet to cause the base layer and upper sheet to adhere in a localized region of pressure in order to display writing, an indicia, or the like. A wipe-start region is provided where the base layer and the upper sheet are not adhesive together and in which a user may place a finger or thumb to wipe across the top surface of the upper sheet in order to separate the upper sheet from the base layer and erase the indicia.

Abstract: A hinge positioned at the intermediate extents of the adjacent rail components to hold such components in an aligned orientation including a saddle with a central button aperture, interior plate apertures and exterior end apertures with associated rail pins for pivotally coupling the saddle and the adjacent interior ends of associated rail components, a pair of hinge plates each with a plate pin coupling the upper end of each plate to a plate aperture of the saddle, each plate having an opening extending therethrough, the plates urged away from each other, a liftable block with an elongated slot and with an associated block pin for slidably coupling the block to the saddle, the button having inclined bearing surfaces on their edges and an inwardly facing projection located at the adjacent interior edge of each adjacent rod segment, each projection having an upper curved surface and a lower planar surface receivable by the bearing opening.