Abstract: A portable backpack vacuum having a pair of housing members and a fold-in harness member that is pivotably movable relative to an upper housing member between a deployed position when the portable backpack vacuum is in use to a stowed position when the portable backpack vacuum is not in use and a lower housing is removed from the upper housing. In this way, the portable backpack vacuum may stand level on the support surface.

Abstract: Toolbar systems that can be used to mount tools and other items onto vehicles and other structures are disclosed. The toolbar systems may be installed on the underside of a truck cover in order to protect tools or other items during transport, and to allow easy access during use. The toolbar systems are adjustable to many different configurations in order to accommodate various types and sizes of tools and other articles. The toolbar systems are also usable with various types of clamping mechanisms that can releasably secure the tools and other items to the toolbar bases.

Abstract: A high-integrity opaque-inset panel envelope includes a front panel formed from a printable material, one or more apertures being defined therethrough, one or more flaps extending from the edges of the front panel, and one or more opaque inset panels/labels disposed on an inner surface of the front panel to cover the one or more apertures. Opaque inset panels can have an optical brightness about 1-6% greater than the optical brightness of the printable material. The envelope can be formed by removing portions of a printable material to form one or more flaps about a front panel and one or more apertures through the front panel and disposing one or more opaque inset panels to an inner surface of the front panel, such that the one or more opaque inset panels covers the one or more apertures.

Abstract: A bladder. The bladder includes a bladder wall include first dimensions. The bladder also includes a first port disposed in the bladder wall. The bladder also includes knitted seams stitched into a first pattern in the bladder wall. The first pattern is configured such that when the bladder wall is subjected to a compressive force, the bladder collapses into a first pre-determined shape that has second dimensions less than the first dimensions.

Abstract: An accessory attachment system includes a baseplate that provides an attachment interface on a vehicle. The baseplate is configured to engage with an accessory to secure the accessory to the vehicle. The baseplate and the accessory are configured to engage each other through an attachment system having feet that are each received within an apertures when engaged.

Abstract: A roof rail system for a vehicle includes first and second roof rails each having front and back attachment structures and a rail bar. The first rail bar is attached to its front attachment structure via a first hinge and its back attachment structure via a first lock. The second rail bar is attached to its back attachment structure via a second hinge and its front attachment structure via a second lock. A length of the first rail bar is equal to a first separating distance between the first hinge and the second lock and a length of the second rail bar is equal to a second separating distance between the second hinge and the first lock. The hinges rotate the rail bars in a horizontal plane to attach to the front attachment structures and to rotate the rail bars 90 degrees around length axes of the rail bars, respectively.

Abstract: A watercraft carrier includes a base, a hub, an upright, and an actuator. The base includes an outboard end, a distal end, and an upper surface. The hub is disposed at the distal end of the base. The upright is coupled to the hub and configured to rotate with respect to the base. The actuator is configured to release the upright from a locked configuration such that the upright can rotate from a first position to a second position. Displacing the actuator in an outboard direction releases the upright from the locked configuration.

Abstract: A smart device accessory includes a planar support, a neck and a swivel and pivot joint. The neck extends in the length direction between a first neck end and a second neck end at the first support end, the neck having a neck width transverse the length direction less than the support width, curved shoulders between the first support end and the second neck end transitioning from the support width to the neck width. The swivel and pivot joint has a hub pivotably connected to the first neck end such that the neck and planar support are pivotable and rotatable relative thereto. Various bases can connect the accessory to the smart device. The accessory can be incorporated into magnetic mount arrangements and device locator systems.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a motorized rack having at least one motor, a plurality of attachment mechanisms, and lift mechanism coupled to the at least one motor. The motorized rack may be coupled to the back of a vehicle, provide for a mechanism to attach items, such as a bicycle, to the motorized rack, and will have at least one motor to raise and lower the attached items.

Abstract: There is provided a bag comprising a back panel and one or more flaps extending from the back panel, wherein the back panel and the one or more flaps lay substantially flat when in an unzipped configuration, a zipper attached to and extending around an outer edge of the back panel and the one or more flaps, wherein the one or more flaps form a first side panel, a second side panel, and a front panel of the bag when the bag is in a zipped configuration, a restrictive element having a first end attached to the bag on a first side of the zipper and a second end selectively attached to the bag on a second side of the zipper using a fastener element, wherein, when the second end is engaged on the second side of the zipper, the restrictive element spans the zipper and restricts operation thereof.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed single lip bag has a front panel (210), a back panel (220), a first side panel and second side panel formed from a recyclable high-barrier packaging film. The recyclable high-barrier packaging film has a machine-direction oriented, polyethylene-based exterior film (110) and a polyethylene-based interior film (120). The exterior film (110) has a transverse direction secant modulus and a machine direction secant modulus, each between 1,000 and 1,800 N/mm2.

Abstract: A shoulder belt has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, and includes a first section and a second section spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction in a cross section intersecting the longitudinal direction, and a third section connecting between the first section and the second section. An expansion and contraction ratio of the third section is higher than each expansion and contraction ratio of the first section and the second section. Bending resistance of the third section is lower than each bending resistance of the first section and the second section.

Abstract: Coupling system comprising: a base member connectable to a patient transport system, and a positioning member releasably couplable to the base member and equipment; the base member comprising: a recessed portion for receiving a positioning member end portion and having an opening defined in a base; and a retractable stop member in the recessed portion and moveable between extended and recessed positions and which is resiliently biased to the extended position; the positioning member comprising: an end portion receivable in the recessed portion and engageable with the retractable stop member when the positioning member is positioned in the recessed portion.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a ladder. The vehicle body has a roof panel body structure and an underside body structure. The ladder has a first end and a second end. The first end is mounted to the roof panel body structure. The second end is mounted to the underside body structure so that the ladder is mounted to the vehicle's roof surface and to an underside surface of the vehicle.

Abstract: A wallet or pouch designed to be worn on a belt, where at least one flap covering a pocket includes one or more apertures and is secured against opening by loops that pass through the apertures, and which are “locked” by the belt passing therethrough.

Abstract: An accessory attachment system includes a baseplate that provides an attachment interface on a support surface. The baseplate is configured to engage with at least one accessory via the attachment interface to secure the accessory to the support surface. The attachment interface provides a plurality of different mounting positions for the at least one accessory. At least one mounting foot is associated with the at least one accessory and is configured to be selectively coupled to the attachment interface to provide a desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions. The at least one mounting foot includes an adjustment feature to account for any warpage of the support surface when the at least one accessory is mounted in the desired one of the plurality of different mounting positions.

Abstract: A bag, preferably a plastics bag, for the collection of waste, which may include damp waste such as used coffee capsules, wherein, a bag opening is present in the bag front wall, and further comprising a closing flap which has an adhesion area to cover and close the bag opening. The disclosure further relates to a method for collecting waste, which may include damp waste such as used coffee capsules, using the bag according to the disclosure. Moreover, a method for recycling used coffee capsules, comprising collecting a plurality of bags according to the disclosure filled therewith and subjecting this plurality of bags to a melting process. Finally, described herein is use of the bags according to the disclosure for the collection of waste, which may include damp waste such as used coffee capsules, or for the shipping of waste such as used coffee capsules to a collection point.

Abstract: A knitted net carrier includes a plurality of strands of high tenacity polyester yarn knitted together in the form of a pattern. The netting may be substantially in the shape of a tube having a length, a first end, and a second end. The first end and the second end may be fastened shut.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a beverage holder device for a vehicle, which is adjustable between a stowed position and at least one position of use, with a storage element providing a storage surface for the beverage container, which, in the position of use, provides a bottom surface of a receptacle for the beverage receptacle, a beverage holder which, in the position of use, is set up to provide a wall which delimits the periphery of the receptacle and, in the stowed position, terminates flush with the storage surface or below the storage surface, wherein the cup holder forms a helical engagement with a further member, and a drive means comprising a drive member adapted to initiate a rotational movement of the cup holder relative to the further member, whereby the cup holder can be adjusted in height relative to the storage member for adjusting the cup holder means between the stowed position and the use position.

Abstract: To provide a spouted pouch with a simple structure and improved self-standing ability of the pouch body. The spouted pouch 10 is configured to dispense a liquid content from a spout 60 attached to a side face of a pouch body 20 in a state placed with a pouch bottom 20a down. The pouch body 20 further includes a first shape-controlling seal portion 24 formed by heat sealing a first film 30 and a side film 40 together at a location on an inner side of a first side seal 23a in the left-right direction. The first shape-controlling seal portion 24 has an area located in a region between an upper half of a spout fixture portion 32 and the first side seals 23a, and does not have an area located below the center in the up-down direction of the spout fixture portion 32.