Abstract: A method and application provides a universal key code for use when a key is lost. The code can be taken to a locksmith or retailer for duplication. The user can take their key to a kiosk located, for example, at a merchant's location. The kiosk can have the ability to extract a digital image of their key and a software application can extract unique key geometries from the key, via, for example, edge detection technology and/or other mathematical methods, digital image processing methods and standard image processing methods. A key code can be determined from this extracted information and mapped to a known key code database. The software application can output the key blank and key cut code to allow a consumer to simply and conveniently obtain a duplicate key. This information can be saved into a customer's loyalty account with a particular merchant for later retrieval as needed.

Abstract: A method and application provide a universal key code for use when a key is lost. The code can be taken to a locksmith or retailer for duplication. The user can take a picture of their key and a software application can extract unique key geometries from the key, via, for example, edge detection technology and/or other mathematical methods, digital image processing methods and standard image processing methods. A key code can be determined from this extracted information and mapped to a known key code database. The software application can output, from a picture of an original key, the key blank and key cut code to allow a consumer to simply and conveniently obtain a duplicate key.

Abstract: The present invention is an ingenuously designed multiple self locking hinge assembly that is simple to manufacture and can come in a variety of shapes and sizes given the application requirements. It has few parts making it cost effect and simple to use. The hinge assembly can easily be opened and closed with a single hand while at the same time creating a strong hinge connection. The invention can be used in a number of applications, including use with multiple poled devices for many common applications such as crutches, walkers, golf bag and baby carriages to name a few. The invention can also be used in conjunction with devices that require a collapsible frame. The invention also provides lateral strength and stability to a multiple poled device.

Abstract: The present invention is an ingenuously designed self locking hinge that is simple to manufacture and can come in a variety of shapes given the application requirements. It has few parts making it cost effect and simple to use. The hinge can easily be opened and closed with one hand while at the same time creating a strong hinge connection. The invention can be used in a number of applications, including use with poles for many common applications such as walking sticks, canes, ski poles and wading staffs used by fly fishermen who need poles to navigate through a stream to avoid holes or rocks in the stream bed. The invention can also be used in conjunction with devices that require a collapsible frame.

Abstract: A composite plastic foam pillow has a convoluted upper surface, a flat lower surface and a core disposed between those surfaces which is provided with a central void for imparting decreased firmness to the pillow adjacent the void. It is fabricated by coring a block of plastic foam, cutting out a central portion of the core, and then replacing the core and sealing it in its original position.

Abstract: This invention covers a shoe sole composition compounded from polyvinyl chloride and organic cellulosic flock, and the shoe sole product produced therefrom.

Abstract: This invention covers a shoe sole composition compounded from polyvinyl chloride and organic cellulosic flock, and the shoe sole product produced therefrom.

Abstract: Apparatus for testing footwear soles, comprising a frame, treadmill supports mounted on the frame for movement along an axis, a treadmill assembly mounted on the supports, the assembly including an operative treadmill surface movable in its own plane along a direction transverse to the axis, resilient means connected to the frame and the supports for biasing the treadmill surface in a rest position and for resiliently opposing movement of the surface along the axis away from the rest position to a range of operating positions, a shaft mounted on the frame, the shaft being located with its longitudinal axis parallel to the operative treadmill surface and spaced from the rest position thereof in the direction away from its range of operating positions, a drive for rotating the shaft about its axis, and a sole support mounted on the shaft at a distance from the shaft axis sufficient so that when a sole to be tested is installed on the sole support and the shaft is rotated by the drive the sole support will carry

Abstract: Footwear lasts are molded by preparing an oversized model of the last to be molded; isolating, applying mold release to, and covering with liquid ISP at least first and second surface portions of the model; allowing the ISP cure to form at least first and second mold portions; and using the mold portions to mold plastic lasts.