Abstract: A satellite with deployable optics is provided. The satellite has a frame, an optical axis, and a deployable optical system. The optical system has a mechanical aperture perpendicular to the optical axis, where light collected travels substantially parallel to the optical axis. The optical system has a stored configuration in which it remains within the frame and a deployed configuration in which it extends outside the frame. In some configurations, the light-collecting area of the deployed configuration is larger than the possible light-collecting area of the stored configuration. In a partially deployed configuration, all of the primary mirror segments remain substantially within the frame, and the light-collecting area is smaller than that in the deployed configuration. A method of using the satellite includes setting the satellite to the deployed configuration, detecting whether there is a deployment malfunction, and, if so, setting the satellite to a partially deployed configuration.

Abstract: A generally rectangular extender is designed to be secured to the upper face of a turn signal button using a foamed two-sided adhesive to enable, particularly, riders with smaller hands to be able to more safely utilize the turn signal buttons of, for example, models of 1996-2006 Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for a recessed light fixture, having a housing composed of heat-tolerant material, and having visible trim ring (12), and a means for retaining said cover to said fixture (10). Light generated by the recessed light fixture will pass through the lens (14), which may be transparent, translucent, or colored. The present invention is sized to fit within the baffle of a preexisting recessed light fixture (15), to which the present invention may be frictionally engaged, and over the outer trim of such a fixture (17), to which the present invention will form an airtight seal through the use of a seal ring (16). The present invention seeks to promote energy efficiency by providing an airtight barrier which inhibits the passage of conditioned (furnace-heated or air conditioner-cooled) air through the recessed light fixture and out of the living space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging formed of a single sheet of material and incorporating reversible panels, alternatively displaying a first surface (which could display address and postage markings to facilitate shipping), and after conversion, a second surface (which could display decorative markings for holiday or special occasion gift giving). Conversion from the first manifestation to the second is accomplished through manipulation of the reversible panels, allowing conversion without exposing the contents of the package. Construction may be of standard shipping materials such as corrugated cardboard, but due to the additional thickness and stability offered by the design, non-corrugated cardboard or fiberboard are expressly contemplated, as are synthetic sheet material and plastics where the packaging is to be reused.

Abstract: An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system. A coupling facility is provided whereby viewers may be linked equally or in a hierarchy so that information is passed between them concerning the objects being viewed. Viewers may thus follow one another voluntarily or automatically for mutual working, demonstration or tuition, for example.

Abstract: An object based computer system has viewers which may be directed around the object world of the system between semantic objects. The system includes a sequence object that has a path list specifying a path around a sequence of semantic objects of system. Each viewer can be linked to the sequence object to access the path list held by the latter, thereby enabling the viewer to follow the corresponding sequence of semantic objects, viewing each in turn.