Abstract: A detachable grip is provided with bracket system that can be removably attached to a desired location along the length of a fishing rod, and that has a removable grip which attaches to the bracket. More particularly, in one embodiment the bracket girdles the fishing rod using bolts to fasten a top half of the bracket to the bottom half of the bracket. In one or more embodiments, the grip attaches to the bracket and extends in a direction away from the bracket that is substantially in a direction perpendicular to the rod. In one embodiment, the grip is attached to the bracket by a bolt, and is adapted to allow the grip to be readily detached.

Abstract: Apparatus for a protecting a roadside mail box from snow thrown by snowplow by which includes first and second generally planar members each having at least one rectilinear edge and a top and a bottom. Bracing members are fixed to the first and second generally planar members with the members forming a wedge shape with a vertical edge to divert the thrown by the snowplow.

Abstract: The invention provides a closures (106) for a compartment (100) having one or more walls (112, 114, 116, 118) and an opening (110) defined by at least one of the walls (112, 114, 116, 118). The closure (106) is associated with at least one fastener located inside the compartment (100). The fastener can hold the closure (106) in a first position (eg. closed) relative to the opening (110). The fastener is adapted to cause the closure (106) to assume a second position (eg. open) relative to the opening (110) upon receipt of a suitable signal. The closure (106) has at least one indicium (108) visible from outside the compartment (110). The indicium (108) is adapted to provide a visual indication of a status of the closure (106) or the compartment (110), such as closure open, closure closed, compartment empty, compartment occupied.

Abstract: A mechanical device includes a long, narrow element made of a rigid, elastic material. A rigid frame is configured to anchor at least one end of the element, which is attached to the frame, and to define a gap running longitudinally along the element between the beam and the frame, so that the element is free to move within the gap. A solid filler material, different from the rigid, elastic material, fills at least a part of the gap between the element and the frame so as to permit a first mode of movement of the element within the gap while inhibiting a different, second mode of movement.

Abstract: A segmental rotation type dual-shaft hinge includes an axle housing defining a first pivot shaft chamber and a second pivot shaft chamber, a first pivot shaft including a first shaft body pivotally coupled to the first pivot shaft chamber, a second pivot shaft including a second shaft body pivotally coupled to the second pivot shaft chamber, and an angle control plate having a first position-limit hole and a second position-limit hole respectively pivotally coupled to the first shaft body and the second shaft body and so configured that the distance from the center of the first position-limit hole to the center of the second position-limit hole is smaller than the distance from the axis of the first shaft body to the axis of the second shaft body, allowing rotation of the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shaft separately and stably.

Abstract: A casket assembly includes side panels, head and foot end panels, a bottom panel and at least a first corner element fixedly coupled to a foot end panel. The side panels are arranged opposite and parallel to each other. The head end panel is coupled between the first side panel and the second side panel. The bottom panel is coupled to the side panels and head end panel. The foot end panel is hingedly coupled to the bottom panel opposite the head end panel such that the foot end panel has open and closed positions. The first corner element defines first and second inner surfaces. The first inner surface extends along the foot end panel. The second inner surface abuts an outer surface of the side panel when the foot end panel is closed, and is spaced apart from the side panel when the foot end panel is open.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a hinge assembly to mutually hinge-connect a main body and a cover unit of the image forming apparatus and the hinge assembly is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cover unit configured to be disposed on an upper side of the main body to press a manuscript, and at least one hinge assembly configured to connect the cover unit to the main body, wherein the hinge assembly includes a first body detachably mounted on the main body, a second body of which a part is fastened to the cover unit and another part is hinge-connected with the first body, a pressing unit accommodated in the first body to press the second body upward, and a pressing force adjuster configured to adjust a hinge force between the first body and the second body.

Abstract: Hardware for a casket comprises a clevis having a pair of side walls, a back wall adapted to be attached to the casket shell wall, a pair of tabs each of which extends laterally outwardly from a respective one of the side walls and each of which is spaced forwardly from the rear wall, an arm pivoted at an upper end to the clevis, and a decorative ear having a downwardly facing recess in a lower edge thereof and a pair of tapered resilient arms each of which is located on a respective side of the recess, each resilient arm having a laterally inwardly projecting tab on a lower free end thereof, each resilient arm becoming progressively thicker from the free end toward a base thereof as measured in a direction generally normal to the casket shell wall.

Abstract: An anti-drop safety device assembly includes a hinge including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate hinged together, a bumper assembly including a first positioning member pivoted to the first hinge plate, a second positioning member movably in and out of the first positioning member and a bumper connected between the first and second positioning members, and an anti-drop device including a connection member inserted through the second hinge plate and pivoted to the second positioning member and a friction pad mounted at the top side of the connection member for creating a friction force between the anti-drop device and the flip door panel to prevent the flip door panel from dropping suddenly when the flip door panel is pulled by the anti-drop device out of the top side of the cabinet.

Abstract: In a large-scale ink-jet printer with multiple rows of printheads, an apparatus collects waste material such as paper particles and excess ink. A set of trays is stacked vertically to correspond to the rows of printheads. Each tray includes a drain valve therein. The trays are mounted on a rack that is slidably mounted on a bracket. When the rack is lowered to a drain position on the bracket, a linkage on the rack engages a surface within the printer, such as on the bracket, and the linkage is pushed upward to open the valve associated with each tray. The opened valves cause the trays to drain out their waste material, ultimately to a collection container.

Abstract: A handgrip device configured to be removably coupled to a bicycle handlebar. The handgrip device may include a first portion that includes an opening with a center axis. The opening may be configured to receive a portion of a handle that includes a center rotational axis such that the center rotational axis is substantially aligned with the center axis of the first portion. The handgrip device may also include a second portion that is coupled to and fixed with respect to the first portion. The second portion may include a proximal end that is coupled to the first portion and a distal end that may extend away from the proximal end. The second portion may also include a first concaved side coupled between the proximal and distal ends. The first concaved side may face a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the center axis of the first portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cash box (100, 500) that comprises a housing (106) in which two roll storage systems (102, 104) for storing bank notes are held.

Abstract: Provided is a storage unit for depositing articles for subsequent retrieval. The storage unit includes a plurality of storage compartments with at least one retractable and foldable shelf member within each storage compartment. The storage unit also includes a set of doors configured to cooperate with each other and movable between a closed configuration which disallows access to the plurality of storage compartments and an opened configuration which allows access to the plurality of storage compartments. A control system which includes a computer, a processor board and software is also included with the storage unit. The control system may receive and process an input allowing the set of doors to be moved to an open configuration and may selectively define an access opening between the set of doors for accessing a storage section selected from at least one of the storage compartments.

Abstract: A hinge for the controlled rotatable movement of at least one closing element, such as a door, a door leaf or the like, anchored to a stationary support structure, such as a wall, a floor, a frame or the like, includes a hinge body and a pivot defining a first axis and reciprocally coupled to allow rotation of the at least one closing element between an open position and a closed position. The hinge further includes a working chamber defining a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis and a plunger element sliding in the working chamber along the second axis between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a lightweight, absorbent body bag. The body bag is portable and disposable. The body bag has a backing substrate, an absorbent body, a cover with a recloseable flap that can be opened and closed to permit a body to be placed within and removed from the body bag, and gripping devices along the edges to permit easy transportation. A thermal seal may be applied continuously along a perimeter of the body bag to create a water-resistant body compartment. The present disclosure also includes a method for using the body bag and a body bag kit.

Abstract: A hinge device includes a first fixed tubular half-shell having a working chamber defining a longitudinal axis, a second tubular half-shell rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a pivot rotating unitary with the latter which includes a single pass-through actuating member having a helical shape, a plunger member slidable along the longitudinal axis, and a tubular bushing having a pair of guide cam slots. A pin inserted within the pass-through actuating member is provided to allow the mutual engagement of the pivot and the bushing. The first tubular half-shell includes an end portion susceptible to rotatably support the pivot, the second tubular half-shell and the bushing are coaxially coupled to each other, and the bushing and the first tubular half-shell are mutually unitarily coupled.

Abstract: A detent hood hinge which includes a hinge bracket fixed to a vehicle body, and a hinge arm rotatably coupled to the hinge bracket at a first end, a hood being coupled to a second end of the hinge arm may include a detent bracket coupled to the hinge arm and having a slide hole perforated on one side, a sleeve pin mounted so as to protrude from the slide hole at one end and coupled to the detent bracket so as to be slidable along the slide hole, a spring configured to be elastically deformed in accordance with sliding of the sleeve pin, and a lock stopper fixed to the hinge bracket and formed with a seating groove.

Abstract: A holder for holding a tablet computer includes a base with a bottom surface adapted to releasably attach to the back surface of a tablet computer, a top portion, and a body having an aperture formed therethrough and first and second sidewalls having inner surfaces defined in part by the aperture. The first and second sidewalls connect the base to the top portion, and in one embodiment have an outer surface with a concave contour in a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the aperture and which bisects the first and second sidewalls. The aperture has a size and configuration adapted to receive and accommodate one or more fingers of a user's holding hand. With the holder attached to the back surface of the tablet and the user's finger(s) inserted through the aperture of the holder, the user is better able to hold, secure, manipulate and interact with the tablet computer than would be possible without the benefit of the holder.

Abstract: An elastic hinge for spectacles includes a first hinge component having two chip elements connected together by means of being partially overlapped, and a second hinge component having two chip elements superimposed together. One chip element in the first hinge component is connected with the chip element of the second hinge component. A gap is disposed at the joint of one chip element of the first hinge component and one chip element of the second hinge component. Movable space is formed between the first hinge component and the second hinge component, so that the hinge elastically moves inwards or outwards. The elastic hinge is installed after the trim and the arm of the spectacles. Relying on the mutually smart cooperation of the components, the arm of the spectacles can have functions of bounding inwards and outwards without the help of any slingshot element, and has good durability.

Abstract: A burial system and method includes a container with an outer shell surrounding an interior containment space where the container is configured to retain biological remains in the interior containment space. A pressure relief valve is connected with the container where the pressure relief valve is a one-way valve for release of pressure from the interior containment space. An input valve is connected with the container where the input valve is a one-way valve for the introduction of material to the interior containment space. At least one sensor device is connected with the container where the at least one sensor device monitors and obtains data from the interior containment space and the exterior of the container. A management information system is connected with the container where the management information system maintains real time and historical data of the container.