Abstract: A seat assembly is provided with a seat bottom and a seat back mounted adjacent the bottom. The seat back and seat bottom are provided with an occupant seating surface. At least one air bladder is oriented in a sacral region the seat bottom or the seat back. The air bladder has a support surface defined by a enlarged width portion and extends to an elongated tapered portion. When the air bladder is inflated, the support surface is inclined from the taper portion to the enlarged width portion relative to the seating surface.

Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat configured to support an occupant in a vehicle may include a seat cushion portion, a seat back portion including a backrest movable relative to the seat cushion portion, and a contour linkage linked to the seat cushion portion and the backrest. The contour linkage may be configured to impose force on the backrest upon movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest in at least one of a fore/aft, vertical, and rotational direction. The backrest may be configured such that a backrest contour is altered based on force imposed by the contour linkage in response to movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest. The backrest contour may include at least one of a contour angle of an occupant-side surface of the backrest, a maximum offset of the occupant-side surface, and vertical height of a contour apex.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a expansion joint to bridge an expansion gap between two parts of concrete slabs used in floor construction, especially in the manufacture of concrete floors such as for example in industrial floors. Such expansion joints are evidently required to take up the inevitable shrinkage process of the concrete and to assure that the floor elements can expand or contract such as for example occur by temperature fluctuations and resulting in a horizontal displacement of the floor panels vis-à-vis one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for facilitating assembling of a product involving attaching a first surface (5), of a first part, to a second surface (7), of a second part. The device comprises a first unit (9) intended to be embedded in the first surface and a second unit (11) unit intended to be embedded in the second surface, and having a cavity that is open at the second surface. The first unit comprises a piston (17), which is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, where the piston extends out of the first unit. The second unit comprises an activator part that interacts magnetically with the piston such that the piston moves to the extended position, extending into the cavity, when the first and second surfaces are in contact and the first and second openings are aligned.

Abstract: An adjustable back support assembly coupled to the back of a chair in which a user sits with his back spaced from the chair back. The adjustable back support assembly includes a back support that is pivotally connected to the back of the chair by a hinge. The back support is rotatable at the hinge away from the chair back and towards the back of the user to provide support thereto. The back support assembly also includes a gas cylinder having a retractable piston. The gas cylinder is connected between the back support of the adjustable back support assembly and an upstanding rigid chair backing within the back of the chair. When the retractable piston is forced outwardly from the gas cylinder, a linear pushing force is correspondingly generated by the piston to cause the back support to rotate away from the chair back and towards the back of the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of a coupling system include a brace member, a plurality of coupling members, and a plurality of magnetic bodies that permit an individual to be attached or detached from a robotic device. The coupling system may serve as a detachable interface between an individual engaged to the robotic device.

Abstract: There is provided building structures that are demountable from a first configuration to be reassemblable to the first configuration or another configuration. The building structures include systems and kits for the structure, post anchors, kits for floor structure, method for assembling floor structures, wall and ceiling support systems, electrical junction box supports, and kits for frame assembly.

Abstract: A flashing laminate includes a non-reinforced thermoplastic sheet having a bottom surface, a first longitudinal edge, and a second longitudinal edge. The flashing laminate also includes an adhesive layer on a longitudinally extending portion of the bottom surface adjacent to one of the longitudinal edges. In one or more embodiments, the laminate also includes a release liner positioned over the adhesive tape.

Abstract: A seismic isolation assembly is defined by a first support plate and a second support plate disposed in parallel relation with a spacing being provided between the support plates. The first support plate is connected to ground and the second support plate is attached to a structure to be isolated. A set of wire rope isolators are disposed between the first and second support plates as well as at least one linear damper that is angularly disposed and mounted between the first and second support plates.

Abstract: A fastener for securing a rail to a wire shelf having a plurality of support rods extending in parallel spaced-apart fashion. The fastener has a fastener body with an elongate rail engaging flange, a shelf engaging flange, and a connecting shaft portion extending between the rail engaging flange and the shelf engaging flange. The rail engaging flange is insertable through an elongate opening of an the rail in a first orientation and, upon rotation of the fastener, the rail engaging flange is configured to extend across said elongate opening thereby restricting withdrawal therefrom, while the shelf engaging flange traps a support member of the shelf thereby interlocking the associated rail to the associated shelf.

Abstract: A dishwasher has a tub that defines a treating chamber with an access opening. A door assembly selectively permits access to the treating chamber and may carry electronics for the dishwasher. Appropriately placed chamfered fins in a crown in the door aids in assuring a flush fit and finish in a front panel of the door assembly.

Abstract: A car safety seat includes a seat body, at least one knob and at least one safety belt. The seat body has at least one slot structure. The slot structure includes a plurality of first positioning slots and a plurality of guiding slots. Each of the first positioning slots is connected with another adjacent one of the first positioning slots through one of the guiding slots. The knob is movably disposed on the seat body and has a second positioning slot. The safety belt penetrates through the second positioning slot and the corresponding first positioning slot in sequence. The knob is adapted to rotate to drive the safety belt to enter the corresponding guiding slot, and the knob is adapted to move along the slot structure to drive the safety belt to pass through the guiding slot to arrive another adjacent one of the first positioning slots.

Abstract: A free movement, arris protection, construction joint has a pair of arris protection members formed complementarily from strips of sheet with a continuous trapezium wave form. A divider one of the members is typically 100 mm deep for a nominal 0.1 m deep slab. The other one is typically 50 mm deep. The members are of steel plate. The wave form is comprised of flanges extending in the length of the joint and of webs angled to the flanges and the length of the joint. The flanges are spaced on opposite sides of a mid-plane of the joint. The members are bolted together with flangible nylon bolts, with their top (in use) edges flush. Welded to the outer ones of the flanges are L strips having apertures in their flats extending from the flanges for anchoring the joint to its slabs.

Abstract: A connection mechanism is provided for connecting an implement to a tractor PTO. The connection mechanism includes a PTO stub shaft, a coupler frame, an adapter holder, a PTO adapter shaft, and a resilient member. The coupler frame is adapted to be attached to the implement. The adapter holder is mounted to the coupler frame and is pivotal and slidable with respect to the coupler frame. The adapter holder receives and rotatably supports the PTO adapter shaft. The PTO adapter shaft has adapter splines. The PTO stub shaft has stub splines for meshing engagement with the adapter splines. The resilient member is coupled between the coupler frame and the adapter holder, and is biased to urge the adapter holder and the PTO adapter shaft towards the PTO stub shaft.

Abstract: A support device is formed in a Y-shaped configuration having a lower assembly and upper arms and a ring coupled to lower extents of the upper arms and to an upper extent of the lower assembly. The upper arms include two gypsy studs attached to the upper arms remote from the ring. The gypsy studs are removably attachable to a golf bag. The lower assembly includes an upper section with upper and lower ends. The lower assembly includes a lower section with upper and lower ends. The lower assembly includes a release mechanism separably coupling the upper and lower sections. A clip is attached to the lower end of the lower section for removably receiving and supporting a golf accessory.

Abstract: The collapsible video display support system is an audio visual display support with an elongated base that is integrated with a modified chair. The collapsible video display support system is customized to provide an audio visual experience to the occupant of the modified chair. The modified chair further comprises a plurality of tactile transducers. The plurality of tactile transducers are integrated into the sound component of the audio visual component. Specifically, the tactile transducers take a subset of audio frequencies from between 16 Hz and 524 Hz and converts those frequencies into a vibration that can be felt by the user of the chair. The collapsible video display support system can be collapsed for ease of transport and storage. The collapsible video display support system comprises a base structure, a stanchion, a video display mount, a chair, and a plurality of tactile transducers.

Abstract: A modular system for setting flooring transitions with adequate pressure during setup and curing of adhesive. The floor-transition-setting system includes a plurality of members such as a connector-body, a plurality of extension-bodies, a plurality of leg-members, and a plurality of pressure-feet. The connector-tubular-body being in functional and adjustable combination with each of the plurality of female-push-button-couplers. Each of the plurality of extension-bodies has a male-push-button-adjuster-coupler and an extension-tubular-body. The system may include one or more assemblies and may be configured without the use of tools.

Abstract: A geared motor series includes several motors with different dimensions, which respectively have a motor shaft with a receiving bore on the free end thereof. The nominal outer diameters of the motor shafts of the individual motor dimensions are different from each other. At least one plug-in pinion having a pinion journal is provided with a nominal outer diameter corresponding to the nominal diameter of one of the receiving bores, such that the push-in pinion is fixable to the corresponding motor shaft using a press assembly. The nominal diameter of a receiving bore of a motor shaft of a motor of a first motor dimension corresponds to the nominal diameter of a receiving bore of a motor shaft of a motor of at least one other motor dimension, such that the at least one push-in pinion is fixable to motor shafts of motors having different dimensions using a press assembly.

Abstract: A substantially vertically extending removable and replaceable cover and a substantially horizontally extending cover for use with a curtain wall system broadly comprising an array of windows, a set of vertical and horizontal mullions, a set of window gaskets. The covers overlay the mullions and each include a front side, left and right or top and bottom sides, and rear tabs extending therefrom for removably connecting the covers on the mullions.

Abstract: A weld-down base conforms to a surface to support other objects, such as cables, motors, water tanks, etc. The base has at least one keyhole shaped hole, with a first portion and a second portion. On the top side of the base, the first portion of each hole is large enough to pass the head of a bolt; the second portion is only large enough to pass the shaft of the bolt but not the head. However, the second portion is stepped near the exit side to be wider so that the bolt head can be inserted into the wider first portion and then slid laterally to the second portion where the step will hold the bolt in place with its threaded shaft extending from the base. The exposed bolt allows objects such as clamps, brackets, signs, lighting, fire extinguishers, hoses, instruments, and so on, to the supporting surface.