Abstract: A cot includes a base, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extending above the base. A transverse wall is detachably secured across the cot above the base between the side walls at a position partway along the length of the cot and serves to reduce the effective length of the cot.

Abstract: A seal ring mountable to a rotating member for rotation therewith, the seal ring including a gap or other feature providing controlled leakage therethrough, a radial inner circumferential face, an opposite radial outer circumferential face, and at least one axial end face extending between the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face, wherein at least one face includes elements for receiving and holding a lubricant for providing lubrication between the face and a surface located in opposing relation thereto during rotation of the seal ring relative to the surface.

Abstract: A method of sealing sheet pile joints using a paraffinic product to seal the gripping elements of the sheet piles. The paraffinic products usable for sealing the gripping elements of sheet piles have a drop point lying between 100 and 140° C. and a cone penetration of between 20 and 50 mm/10. In a preferred embodiment, the paraffinic product contains at least 50% paraffin waxes, and may also incorporate mineral oils, bonding agents, antioxidants and/or other normal additives. According to another embodiment, the paraffinic products usable for sealing the gripping elements of sheet piles have a resistance to hydrostatic pressure of at least 0.12 bar/mm, preferably at least 0.22 bar/mm.

Abstract: A cushion support to be placed on a bed or other horizontal support surface which allows a woman to lie or sleep in a face-down position without exerting pressure on the breasts. The cushion support includes an elongated block of foam material, the front section of which is horizontally oriented and supports the upper rib cage and the sternum of the user, and a wedge-shaped lower section which supports the torso of the user. Vertically oriented arcuate recesses are provided to accommodate the breasts. When lying in a face-down position, the breasts of the user depend downwardly into the recesses without contacting the underlying support surface or the cushion support. The device is particularly designed to be used after surgical procedures to the breasts, such as breast implantations or breast reductions.

Abstract: A system for raising a person lying on the ground includes a lifting seat 10 comprising a back rest 12 coupled to a seat portion 18. At either side of the back rest 12 and seat portion 18 there are provided side supports 14, 16, 20 and 22. The system is such that in use it can be slid onto a person lying on his/her side, rotated such that the back rest 12 lies on the ground, with the supports 14-22 supporting the person during rotation to a back-lying position. The back rest 12 can then be rotated upwardly to bring the person into a sitting position.

Abstract: A space between a housing and a rotator is hermetically sealed with a double-mechanical seal. A pair of rotary seal rings are sandwiched between a pair of stationary seal rings while sandwiching therebetween a stopper ring for inhibition of relative rotation between the rotary seal rings and the rotator. A spring is interposed in a space between the stopper and each of the rotary seal rings for pressing each rotary seal ring against the corresponding stationary seal ring.

Abstract: In a combination of a construction member with a connecting element the construction member is provided with a groove having opposite, inwardly mutually divergent, planar side wall portions. The connecting element, as viewed longitudinally, is formed as a rail section and includes at least two elastic legs cooperating as a pair having a free outer end. The legs are bendable to one another into a compressed condition. In a relaxed, uninstalled state the outer sides of said legs are mutually divergent towards the free outer end, and in an installed state the legs of the pair are received in the groove in the compressed condition such that the outer sides of the legs are mutually divergent towards the free outer end, whereby the outer sides of the legs resiliently engage the planar side wall portions of the groove of the construction member for holding the connecting element in the groove by friction.

Abstract: A collapsible baby bed includes a fabric cover which covers a collapsible tubular frame. The frame may include a plurality of links which are coupled by a resilient cord such that when in use, the bed may take a conventional crib or playpen shape and when the links are decoupled, the bed may be folded into a collapsed shape for storage or transport.

Abstract: An inflatable beach pillow system with an attachable blanket including a pillow in a generally circular configuration. The pillow has an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of inflatable sections. The sections include a circular interior section, an enlarged annular radially exterior section and at least one annular intermediate section therebetween. Each of the sections are individually inflatable. A separately inflatable arcuate section is formed in the exterior section and extends for about ninety degrees of its extent. The arcuate section is adapted to constitute a head pillow when inflated with an inwardly sloping upper surface each of the inflatable sections having an individual valve. A blanket is provided in a circular configuration and adapted to be positioned on the upper surface of the pillow. The exterior surface of the blanket is formed with a plurality of concentric rings to constitute scoring sections with indicia thereon.

Abstract: A hammock which comprises a bed having an entrance slit, situated in the same vertical plane as its longitudinal axis of symmetry and located on one side of its center of symmetry. The bed is provided with a self closing feature for the entrance slit. This feature is located at the mid point of the bed's short side, where the entrance slit begins. The bed has a bundle of gathered folds, situated at both its ends. The bundle is made of each short side of a rectangular sheet which forms the bed. A ridge line goes through each opposite bundle of gathered folds, where it is connected to each suspending rope.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pairing players in a golf tournament including a board with a display side having a plurality of groups bearing a predetermined number of slots. A plurality of magnetic name tag elements including a display space for receiving indicia associated with player to be paired are placed over selectively determined player slots providing a visual indication of occupied and unoccupied player slots. Changes in pairings that occur are responded to by moving corresponding name tag elements to different player slots.

Abstract: A mounted piston ring for a piston/cylinder unit. The piston ring covers a circumferential surface of the piston and seals it off from the cylinder. The piston ring has a width which is greater than the height of the circumferential surface, so that there is an axially projecting length of the piston ring relative to the piston. This axially projecting length is shaped into a spring end which is axially supported on a top side of the piston. One spring end having a circular-arc-shaped transition which is designed to be between 90° and 180°, and which spring end comes to bear on the first top side of the piston. The other spring end having an annular bearing surface, comes to bear in the region of the opposite second top side of the piston. In this region the other spring end, with respect to the shaping angle, is adapted to the angle between the circumferential surface and the second top side.

Abstract: A headboard for a bed provided with cleats is removably mounting the headboard on a wall above the bed. The headboard has a frame receiving a paneling with a cane cushion, over which a fabric can be drawn and held in place by adhesive strips on the back of the panel. Swivels can lock the panel in place.

Abstract: A belt buckle with removable display insert for displaying an image on a belt buckle. The belt buckle with removable display insert includes a frame with a central opening. A decorative insert is disposed in the central opening of the frame. A backing plate is mounted to a back face of the frame to close the central opening from the back face of the frame so that the decorative insert is visible from the front face of the frame.

Abstract: A 3-layer venting mattress structure comprised of a steel fiber layer sandwiched by net layers sewn on its periphery. Both upper and lower net layers are made of fiber or non-woven with interlaced mesh for venting purposes. The steel layer between the fiber layers is made of high-strength steel yarn lop-sided woven in a spiral and continuous fashion to provide a mattress that allows excellent air permeability and tensile strength with sufficient capability to withstand local area loads. Therefore, the present invention solves the poor ventilation problem of the prior art, achieves the evenly distributed load susceptibility of the mattress, and provides an innovative type of space arrangement.

Abstract: A chair bed for supporting a person is provided, the chair bed having a head end, a foot end, and opposing sides. The chair bed includes a frame and a deck supported on the frame. The deck includes head, seat, and foot sections. A mattress is mounted on the deck and has an upwardly-facing patient surface. The mattress also has head, seat, and foot portions corresponding, respectively, to the head, seat, and foot sections of the deck. The head section of the deck and the mattress portion thereon is pivotable from a generally horizontal down position through various positions upwardly to a back-support position. A pair of side rails is mounted on each side of the chair bed. Each pair of side rails includes a body section side rail mounted to move with the deck seat section and extending laterally adjacent the deck head and seat sections and a head section side rail mounted to move with the deck head section relative to the body section side rail and extending adjacent only the deck head section.

Abstract: A wind responsive sign or placard for displaying advertising or other visual indicia includes a rotatable member that is attached to a stationary mounting member by a rod extending between the two members. Both the rotatable or spinning member and the stationary mounting member are formed of fluted or corrugated panels, and the axle rod extends into aligned flutes or channels in the two principal components. These panels are fabricated from extruded plastic panels of the type suitable for exterior use. The panel forming the mounting member is folded to form a three dimensional structure that is more rigid than the flat rotatable panel. The sign formed in this manner is relatively light in weight and can be assembled on site and can be mounted to a pole or post in an elevated position.

Abstract: A merchandising tag for use on displayed electrical devices is disclosed. The tag includes an aperture which may accept an existing screw of the electrical device, to trap the tag between the screw head and the device. The aperture may be preformed or may be a die-cut perforation. The tag includes identification indicia usable for merchandising the displayed device. The tag may be a single stiff layer, or may include a first paper layer attached to a second stiff plastic layer. The first paper layer would include the indicia and may advantageously be an attention grabbing color such as a fluorescent color. In either embodiment, the tag is preferably stiff and bend-resistant enough to extend from the device in a secure manner, without sagging or folding over.

Abstract: A combination lawn/garden ornament and cremation container comprises a decorative structure adapted to be displayed outdoors on a lawn or in a garden of a loved one of a deceased and an openable and closable compartment adapted to contain cremated remains of the deceased. In one embodiment the combination comprises a hollow pedestal upon which is mounted a sundial, and a tube positioned within the pedestal with a cap removably secured on an end thereof. In another embodiment the combination comprises a stepping stone, a portion of which is adapted to be displayed above a ground surface, and a container, integral with the stepping stone, extending downwardly from a lower surface thereof, and a cover removably secured to the container. In yet another embodiment the combination comprises a planter box and a container forming a part of the planter box and a cover removably secured to the container.

Abstract: In order to ensure that the working life of the sealing device is at least comparable to that of the remaining parts of the crawler track, the resilient annular element comprises a first annular portion and a second annular portion. The first annular portion has a cross-section in the form of a bulge, while the second annular portion has a cross-section in the form of a boss. The first annular portion is delimited by an annular contact surface which, when the annular seal is assembled, but not mounted in its seat, forms together with the incident joining plane of the rigid annular sealing element, an angle “&agr;” of between 0° and 30°.