Abstract: A container with a plurality of compartments is provided where each compartment includes a divider panel, or a portion thereof, that is rotatable about a pivot point. The divider panels (or portions thereof) pivot at the same time. The divider panels can each include a lower divider panel portion hingedly connected to an upper divider panel portion.

Abstract: A container with a plurality of compartments is provided where each compartment includes a divider panel, or a portion thereof, that is rotatable about a pivot point. The divider panels (or portions thereof) pivot at the same time.

Abstract: A method for making an orthodontic band configured for mounting on a human molar includes the steps of feeding a strip of metal to a die press, cutting a flat blank from the metal strip, die pressing the flat metal blank into cup having a sidewall, an open bottom and a top wall, the cup having a flange extending outwardly from the open bottom, removing the outwardly extending flange from the cup and then die punching a hole through the top wall to form an inwardly directed annular flange.

Abstract: The disclosed implementations describe techniques and workflows for a computer graphics (CG) animation system. In some implementations, systems and methods are disclosed for representing scene composition and performing underlying computations within a unified generalized expression graph with cycles. Disclosed are natural mechanisms for level-of-detail control, adaptive caching, minimal re-compute, lazy evaluation, predictive computation and progressive refinement. The disclosed implementations provide real-time guarantees for minimum graphics frame rates and support automatic tradeoffs between rendering quality, accuracy and speed. The disclosed implementations also support new workflow paradigms, including layered animation and motion-path manipulation of articulated bodies.