Abstract: An electrical furniture assembly has: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base, (B) a transverse member, and (C) a coupler for coupling the base to the transverse member; and (ii) an electrical hub configured to selectively reside within the furniture assembly. The electrical hub features: (A) an electrical outlet assembly; (B) a securement panel; and (C) a spring-biased installation clip. The electrical hub is selectively secured at least partially within a transverse member of a furniture assembly and may be plugged into an external power source to supply power to various electronic devices conveniently used by a user sitting on the furniture assembly.

Abstract: An electronic furniture assembly of the present invention comprises: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base (e.g., a seat portion), (B) at least one transverse member (e.g., a side, armrest or backrest), and (C) a coupler for selectively coupling the base to the transverse member; (ii) an electrical hub for providing electrical power to the speakers, the hub configured to selectively reside within the furniture assembly; and (iii) a speaker system mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. The speaker system comprises one or more speakers mounted within the base and transverse member, hiding the speakers therein, and saving space within a home or office, using the same footprint for both furniture and speakers, providing a high fidelity surround sound system.

Abstract: An electrical furniture assembly has: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base, (B) a transverse member, and (C) a coupler for coupling the base to the transverse member; and (ii) an electrical hub configured to selectively reside within the furniture assembly. The electrical hub features: (A) an electrical outlet assembly; (B) a securement panel; and (C) a spring-biased installation clip. The electrical hub is selectively secured at least partially within a transverse member of a furniture assembly and may be plugged into an external power source to supply power to various electronic devices conveniently used by a user sitting on the furniture assembly.

Abstract: An electronic furniture assembly of the present invention comprises: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base (e.g., a seat portion), (B) at least one transverse member (e.g., a side, armrest or backrest), and (C) a coupler for selectively coupling the base to the transverse member; (ii) an electrical hub for providing electrical power to the speakers, the hub configured to selectively reside within the furniture assembly; and (iii) a speaker system mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. The speaker system comprises one or more speakers mounted within the base and transverse member, hiding the speakers therein, and saving space within a home or office, using the same footprint for both furniture and speakers, providing a high fidelity surround sound system.

Abstract: An integrated cosmetic brush applicator system having both a brush section and reservoir section in which the brush can be pushed to an extended applicator position moveable out from the brush section an automatically pushed back into a retracted storage position when the brush section is tightly connected to the reservoir section. A push button assembly enables the brush to manually be pushed out from its retracted to an extended position permitting the brush to be used to apply cosmetic material. The brush is in contact with the reservoir section to allow cosmetic material to coat the brush when the system is in the closed position.

Abstract: A specialized lighting fixture including a main housing and a front bezel, and a pair of clip elements mounted in the bezel to removably secure one or more filters and a reflector. The clip elements also include a pair of opposed spring arms angled towards the bezel axis with the upper portion of the side edges of the arms positioned closer to the bezel axis than the lower portion of such edges. The bezel includes support surfaces that function, together with the clip elements to position the reflector with respect to the bezel and the bezel with respect to the main housing.

Abstract: A specialized lighting fixture comprised of a main housing and a front bezel, wherein a pair of multifunctional clip elements are mounted in the bezel and serve to secure and position therein one or more filters and a reflector, such that the filters and reflector can be installed and removed as a unit with the bezel to facilitate changeovers. The multifunctional clip elements also include elements for mounting the bezel to the main housing with a quick, fractional rotation of the bezel, providing a secure detent action for retention of the bezel. The bezel includes support surfaces that function, together with the multifunctional clip elements to accurately position the reflector with respect to the bezel and the bezel with respect to the main housing, for achieve an optimum level of operating efficiency of the fixture.

Abstract: A portable hand-held device for measuring the pressure in an automobile air conditioning system includes a socket adapted to connect to a service port, an internal passage in communication with the socket, and a pressure gauge disposed in the housing selectively in communication with the internal passage. A valve is interposed between the internal passage and the gauge. When the socket is engaged to a service port of an automobile air conditioning system, gas from the automobile air conditioning system enters the socket, passes through the internal passage, and is read by the pressure gauge. A button is provided having a ramped portion, and a pin contacts the ramped portion of the button at one end at the valve at the other end. When the button is depressed, the pin raises the valve into an open position to allow pressurized gas trapped on a gauge side of the valve to be released via the socket to reset the gauge.

Abstract: A dispensing adapter for connecting pressurized containers to other valved systems such as automobile air conditioners is provided. The housing has a dispensing end, a receiving end, and fluid flow channel communicating between the dispensing end and the receiving end. The receiving end sealingly engages a first valve of a pressurized container, and the dispensing end sealingly engages a second valve such as a service port of an automobile air conditioner. When the dispensing end is attached to the service port, the core depressor opens the service port. A button, when depressed, pushes down and thus opens the valve on the pressurized container. The housing may be angled or straight.

Abstract: A dispensing adapter for connecting pressurized containers to other valved systems such as automobile air conditioners is provided. The housing has a dispensing end, a receiving end, and an interior volume communicating between the dispensing end and the receiving end. The receiving end sealingly engages a first valve of a pressurized container, and the dispensing end sealingly engages a second valve such as a service port of an automobile air conditioner. A reciprocatable core depressor is disposed inside the housing. When dispensing end is attached to the service port, the core depressor is moved toward the receiving end of the housing, and the proximal end of the core depressor engages a stem of the first valve and opens the first valve. The housing maybe angled or straight, and the core depressor may have a piercing pin to open puncture valve containers.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a sensory cell specific G protein gamma subunit, antibodies to such subunits, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and subunits, and methods of screening for modulators of sensory cell G protein gamma subunits.

Abstract: A dispensing adapter for connecting pressurized containers to other valved systems such as automobile air conditioners is provided. The housing has a dispensing end, a receiving end, and an interior volume communicating between the dispensing end and the receiving end. The receiving end sealingly engages a first valve of a pressurized container, and the dispensing end sealingly engages a second valve such as a service port of an automobile air conditioner. A reciprocatable core depressor is disposed inside the housing. When dispensing end is attached to the service port, the core depressor is moved toward the receiving end of the housing, and the proximal end of the core depressor engages a stem of the first valve and opens the first valve. The housing may be angled or straight, and the core depressor may have a piercing pin to open puncture valve containers.

Abstract: An improved container that may be used for displaying an article, particulary compact discs, for sale and thereafter for storage has a drawer and a tray, both of which can slide in and out of the container housing. The improvement comprises a tray in the shape of a "U" with a provision that minimizes or prevents the legs of the U-shaped tray from snagging on the housing and preventing the proper functioning of the drawer of the container.

Abstract: An asynchronous computer bus and method to maintain consistency of data contained in a cache and a memory which are each coupled to the bus. The bus comprises a cache hit indication means, a write access indication means, and a modified data indication means. A means is provided for invalidating a first portion of the cache, the invalidation means being operative upon activation of the cache hit indication means. Further, the bus comprises a modified data indication means and the write access indication means. A write-back means is provided for writing back the first portion of the cache data to the memory, the write back means being operative upon the first portion of the cache being invalidated by the invalidation means. Lastly, the bus comprises a shared data indication means which is operative on the cache hit indication means and upon failure of activation of the write access determination means.

Abstract: A container that may be used for displaying an article, for example, for sale and thereafter for storage, is disclosed. The container may have a drawer and a tray, both of which can slide in and out of the container housing. As the drawer is pulled out of the housing, the tray is forced to move out of the housing, but only to a limited extent. When the drawer is pushed back into the housing to close it, the drawer pushes the tray back into the housing. The container is particularly useful for displaying and storing articles such as compact discs on the drawer and the booklet that typically accompanies the compact disc on the tray. Because the tray is only partially moved out of the housing even at the tray's maximum outward extent of travel, the booklet can be easily removed without hindering removal of the compact disc. Whether or not the container has a tray, the drawer may be locked in an open position for display and sale.