Abstract: The wheel chock is part of a wheel chock restraint system that also includes a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to engage at least one of the corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock.

Abstract: The wheel chock includes a locking mechanism that can be held in a locked state when properly positioned on a base plate. The locking mechanism includes a positioning unit having at least one tooth provided to engage a side of a corresponding one of the blocking elements in a latched engagement when the positioning unit is in the fully locked position. The locking mechanism also includes an actuating device to move the positioning unit from the unlocked position towards the fully locked position, and a holding device to selectively hold the positioning unit in the fully locked position.

Abstract: The wheel chock is part of a wheel chock restraint system that also includes a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to engage at least one of the corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a pipe assembly having an inner pipe and an outer jacket may include a support member, a pair of lance assemblies and a pair of caps. The support member supports the outer jacket of the pipe assembly and is drivable between a first position and a second position. The pair of lance assemblies are configured to be inserted into opposing ends of the inner pipe such that the pair of lance assemblies engage an inner wall of the inner pipe. One of the outer jacket and the inner pipes moves relative to the other of the outer jacket and the inner pipe to center the inner pipe within the outer jacket when the support member is driven from the first position to the second position. Insulation is inserted through at least one cap into a space between the inner pipe and outer jacket.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a pipe assembly having an inner pipe and an outer jacket may include a support member, a pair of lance assemblies and a pair of caps. The support member supports the outer jacket of the pipe assembly and is drivable between a first position and a second position. The pair of lance assemblies are configured to be inserted into opposing ends of the inner pipe such that the pair of lance assemblies engage an inner wall of the inner pipe. One of the outer jacket and the inner pipes moves relative to the other of the outer jacket and the inner pipe to center the inner pipe within the outer jacket when the support member is driven from the first position to the second position. Insulation is inserted through at least one cap into a space between the inner pipe and outer jacket.

Abstract: The present invention relates to digital art software, and more particularly to methods of simulating fluids, brushes and associated media in digital art software applications. According to certain aspects, the invention relates to modeling techniques used to simulate fluids (and gases), which modeling techniques can employ dynamically sized simulation areas. In embodiments, these techniques incorporate modifications made to conventional techniques such as Lattice Bolzmann Modeling (LBM). According to certain other aspects, the invention relates to simulations of media using these techniques for modeling fluids such as Watercolor and “Wet Oil”. According to still further aspects, the invention relates to a “tool” adjuster paradigm for digital art software, among other things.

Abstract: The presently disclosed technology teaches graphical user interfaces (GUIs) grouped in smart control panels that fade, disappear, move, rotate, and/or resize to reveal a work surface under the smart control panels. In one implementation, a smart control panel disappears until it is recalled by a keystroke. When the smart control panel is recalled, it reappears at a present location of a cursor on the work surface. In another implementation, the smart control panel disappears when the user renders an image in an area occupied by the smart control panel. More specifically, a cursor renders a mark across the work surface. As the mark reaches the smart control panel, the smart control panel disappears while the mark is rendered in the area occupied by the smart control panel. When the mark is no longer being rendered in the area occupied by the smart control panel, the smart control panel reappears.

Abstract: A drawing assistance system enhances a sketch drawn by a user in an electrical document on a computer system by collecting stroke data from one or more strokes of a sketch as a user draws the sketch. The stroke data includes time-based information and features of each stroke. The strokes are handled based on the time-based information, and analysed based on the strokes handled based on the time-based information. The sketch is enhanced based on results of the analysis.

Abstract: A drawing assistance system enhances a sketch drawn by a user in an electrical document on a computer system by collecting stroke data from one or more strokes of a sketch as a user draws the sketch. The stroke data includes time-based information and features of each stroke. The strokes are handled based on the time-based information, and analysed based on the strokes handled based on the time-based information. The sketch is enhanced based on results of the analysis.