Abstract: A support beam, configured to support a first side and a second side of a transport container, includes a first support member and a second support member. The first support member includes a first flange configured to engage the first side of the transport container. The second support member includes a second flange configured to engage the second side of the transport container. The first support member and the second support member are connected via a movable coupling which is capable of adjusting a cumulative length of the support beam to adjust to various size transport containers.

Abstract: Consistent with the present invention, systems, computer programs, and methods are provided for anonymously negotiating and matching buy and sell orders in a fungible asset trading market. Furthermore, systems and methods consistent with the present invention may provide a time-sensitive trading environment that encourages participants to continue negotiations for an asset until a mutually acceptable price is reached by providing a participant with an incentive to continue submitting orders, such as information concerning the other side's ordering actions, as long as the participant continues to negotiate in a timely manner.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs consistent with the present invention use the trading price for a fungible asset established in a continuous auction market as the set price for a call auction for the asset that occurs some time after the continuous market trade that establishes the trading price. Interested participants may submit orders at the established price that will be matched with complementary orders, if any have been submitted, when the call auction occurs, and a trade will be executed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs consistent with the present invention link markets for different fungible assets and different transaction types, allowing a participant to create and execute contingent orders across markets. Embodiments consistent with the invention provide an automated framework for participants to create a group of discrete orders for different fungible assets in different markets, including markets for different types of transactions. The automated framework manages execution of the group of discrete orders, linking them together in a contingent fashion such that all the discrete orders are filled or none are filled. In one embodiment, the discrete orders are all executed at approximately the same time.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs consistent with the present invention create a market for lenders and borrowers to negotiate, create, and service collateral-secured loans of differing structures. Embodiments consistent with the invention provide an automated framework for borrowers and lenders to create offers to borrow and/or lend a specified quantity of a specified asset for a specified term at a specified interest rate using a specified quantity of another specified fungible asset as collateral. Borrowers and lenders receive information on the loan market, such as the best offers to lend and the best offers to borrow, and can formulate their own offers accordingly. If an offer to lend and an offer to borrow are compatible, a loan transaction may be automatically initiated between the lender and borrower. Ongoing loan transactions may be automatically serviced throughout the loan's life according to the negotiated terms of the loan.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a container includes a dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a non-uniform surface structured so that the dispensing closure can be disposed on the surface when the container is in its dispensing position. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a vent, a vent cap forming a closure for the vent, a handle, a pouring aperture and a pouring closure covering the pouring aperture. The top surfaces of the vent cap, the handle and the pouring closure are generally parallel, and the heights of the top surfaces of the vent cap and the pouring closure are within an inch of the height of the top surface of the handle. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a handle extending from a handle base within the top wall. A pouring aperture is surrounded by a pouring aperture base which also extends from the top wall.

Abstract: A valve assembly and an ergonomic, convenient to use container for liquids such as heavy duty detergents, fabric softeners and the like, which includes the valve assembly. The valve assembly preferably includes at least two separate pieces, (i) a valve, and (ii) a collar for securing the valve to the container.

Abstract: A dual interlocked chamber dispenser having pumps for each chamber. An adapter which connects the chambers to the pump shell is snap fit to the chambers. The chambers may be of various desirable ergonomic shapes.

Abstract: A dual bottle is formed by two separable interlocked chambers. The chambers preferably each contain different ingredients and have adjacent product exit apertures so that after leaving the chambers the separate product streams can mix. Preferably the chambers are identical, which simplifies manufacture.

Abstract: A dual bottle formed by two separable interlocked compartments held together by a girdle The girdle includes pressure plates and straps holding it in place. The front walls of the compartments are recessed to accommodate the girdle. The chambers preferably each contain different ingredients and have product exit apertures. The product emerges from a common closure. Preferably the chambers and girdles are identical, which simplifies manufacture.