Abstract: A shooting rest is disclosed herein. The shooting rest may include a magazine floor coupling configured to couple to a bottom portion of a firearm magazine. The shooting rest also may include one or more removable retaining clips configured to maintain the magazine floor coupling to the bottom portion of the firearm magazine.

Abstract: A cart is disclosed which is capable of being wheeled to a vehicle and mounted thereon through a mount secure coupling attached to the cart and a secure receiver attached to the vehicle. Upon secure attachment to the vehicle, the carts undercarriage assembly including wheels are capable of being retracted into the top deck assembly of the cart. Therefore, the vehicle maintains clearance from the road even after the cart is attached. Upon reaching a destination, the undercarriage of the cart is lowered and the cart is detached from the vehicle. The cart is then able to be wheeled away. The cart allows for transportation of loads without the need for the operator to actually carry either the load or the cart at any stage from start to finish or perform any additional steps to safe and securely attach the cart to the vehicle.

Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a mask frame and a soft mask pad. The mask frame includes a ring-shaped base which is disposed at the front end of the mask pad, and a pair of wing portions which are connected to two opposite sides of the ring-shaped base and each of which is formed with a free end face. The mask pad includes an abutting portion, and is transformable between a non-sealing state, where the abutting portion is separated from the free end faces, and a sealing state, where the abutting portion abuts against the free end faces.

Abstract: In a work vehicle, an engine is mounted on an engine mounting face formed in an engine mounting member connected to a vehicle body frame. A gap is formed between a lower end of an engine hood covering the engine from above and the vehicle body frame. An air deflector is provided for guiding cooling air current flowing downwards along a side face of the engine toward the engine mounting face to the gap.

Abstract: [Summary] A mower unit includes an idler pulley unit and a single belt routed around an output pulley of a drive source, the idler pulley unit and a plurality of blade pulleys. The idler pulley unit includes a first idler pulley, a second idler pulley and a tension idler pulley. A pulley height of the idler pulley unit is set higher than a pulley height of the blade pulleys, and a forward belt portion from the output pulley and a reverse belt portion to the output pulley extend to pass over and above the blade belt portion.

Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a mask body and an adjusting unit. The mask body has a frame portion, a flexible portion extending from the frame portion, and a forehead pad. The flexible portion has a mask-connecting end that is adjacent to the frame portion, and a pad-connecting end that is distal from the frame portion and connected to the forehead pad. The adjusting unit has a hardness greater than that of the flexible portion, and is removably coupled to the flexible portion for adjusting a curvature of the flexible portion and a distance between the forehead pad and the frame portion.

Abstract: A cart is disclosed which is capable of being wheeled to a vehicle and mounted thereon through a mount secure coupling attached to the cart and a secure receiver attached to the vehicle. Upon secure attachment to the vehicle, the carts undercarriage assembly including wheels are capable of being retracted into the top deck assembly of the cart. Therefore, the vehicle maintains clearance from the road even after the cart is attached. Upon reaching a destination, the undercarriage of the cart is lowered and the cart is detached from the vehicle. The cart is then able to be wheeled away.

Abstract: A computer system measures noise in an urban environment using data records providing a location of a noise, a time stamp associated with the noise, and a noise category. Such data records are sparse with respect to both locations and time. The computer system also accesses other information that defines correlations of among different locations and among different time slots. Such correlation data can include geographic information and historical sample data. By applying this correlated information to the sparse data records about noise, the computer system can derive noise level and noise category information over a larger geographical area. Such information can be provided continually based on received data records about noise, typically in a matter of minutes after receiving the noise data for any given time slot.

Abstract: A computer system measures traffic speed on a road network. Sensors provide location data, over time, for a sampling of vehicles on the road network, such as a fleet of vehicles. This location data from a sampling of vehicles is sparse with respect to both road segments in the road network and time. From the location data, the computer system generates sample data associating speed of sampled vehicles on the road segments to points of time in a plurality of time slots. The computer system accesses other information that defines correlations among different road segments and among different time slots. The computer system derives at least an average vehicle speed for each road segment in the road network for at least the current time slot using the correlation data and the sparse sample data. The computer system can infer traffic volume from average vehicle speeds, and then compute environmental data.

Abstract: A shooting rest is disclosed herein. The shooting rest may include a magazine floor coupling configured to couple to a bottom portion of a firearm magazine. The shooting rest also may include one or more removable retaining clips configured to maintain the magazine floor coupling to the bottom portion of the firearm magazine.

Abstract: Described herein are external fixation systems for correcting bone deformities in adjacent bones or fragments thereof. The systems herein include first and second elongate rods that translate with respect to one another via rotation of an actuation member at an end of one of the rods. At least one housing is coupled along a length of one of the rods. The at least one housing includes at least one pin clamping member for clamping an end of a fixation pin therein. When the at least one pin clamping member is in an unlocked state, the fixation pin can rotate in polyaxial directions. When in a locked state, the angle of fixation wire with respect to the rods is set. The locked and unlocked state of the at least one pin clamping member is determined by the positing of a fixation member with respect to the housing it is coupled to.

Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a support frame, a mask pad, and an air duct. The support frame includes a base portion, an insert portion defining an air channel, a positioning pin having a hooked end, and two wing portions respectively disposed at lateral sides of the base portion. The mask pad has a main body, a through hole, and a face pad mounted on the main body. The main body has an open end portion abutting separably against the base portion and defining an opening for extension of the insert portion thereinto, and is clamped separably between the wing portions. The positioning pin engages removably the through hole. The air duct is connected to the support frame and communicates with the air channel.

Abstract: A respirator mask device includes a frame unit, a mask shell connected pivotally to the frame unit, a mask cushion secured to the mask shell, an adjusting unit operable for adjusting relative position between an upper end of the mask shell and the frame unit, two connecting pieces disposed respectively on left and right sides of a lower end of the frame unit and connected pivotally to the mask shell, two first engaging members disposed respectively on the left and right sides of the lower end of the extension frame, and a head strip unit. The head strap unit includes a strap body, and two second engaging members disposed on the strap body and connected respectively and removably to the first engaging members.

Abstract: A bone fixation device is disclosed that permits some movement of different portions of a fractured bone when the device is affixed thereto. Various embodiments are disclosed, including bone plates that have fixed holes and floating holes therethrough for receiving bone screws, and bone plates including oblong holes allowing for screw movement.

Abstract: A respiratory mask includes a mask body and an adjusting unit. The mask body has a frame portion, a flexible portion extending from the frame portion, and a forehead pad. The flexible portion has a mask-connecting end that is adjacent to the frame portion, and a pad-connecting end that is distal from the frame portion and connected to the forehead pad. The adjusting unit has a hardness greater than that of the flexible portion, and is removably coupled to the flexible portion for adjusting a curvature of the flexible portion and a distance between the forehead pad and the frame portion.

Abstract: A nebulizer mouthpiece includes a hollow main body and a connecting tube. The main body is a one-piece element, and includes an annular wall defining an inner space and having a middle section, an outlet section, and a storage section connected respectively to two ends of the middle section. The inner space has a storage space part that is located between the middle section and the storage section, and that has a volume ranging between 60 and 100 milliliters. The connecting tube is adapted for interconnecting the middle section of said main body and a liquid container, and surrounding a central axis. A distance between the central axis and a distal end of the storage section is not greater than 100 millimeters.

Abstract: Described herein are external fixation systems for correcting bone deformities in adjacent bones or fragments thereof. The systems herein include first and second elongate rods that translate with respect to one another via rotation of an actuation member at an end of one of the rods. At least one housing is coupled along a length of one of the rods. The at least one housing includes at least one pin clamping member for clamping an end of a fixation pin therein. When the at least one pin clamping member is in an unlocked state, the fixation pin can rotate in polyaxial directions. When in a locked state, the angle of fixation wire with respect to the rods is set. The locked and unlocked state of the at least one pin clamping member is determined by the positing of a fixation member with respect to the housing it is coupled to.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are external fixation devices including at least an elongate rod, a housing and an actuation member. The housing is coupled to the elongate rod and the actuation member is rotatably coupled to the housing such that a central longitudinal axis of the actuation member is angled and offset with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the elongate rod. Rotation of an actuation portion of the actuation member about the central longitudinal axis thereof in a first radial direction causes the housing to translate along the central longitudinal axis of the elongate rod in a first direction.

Abstract: Described herein are external fixation systems for correcting bone deformities in adjacent bones or fragments thereof. The systems herein include first and second elongate rods that translate with respect to one another via rotation of an actuation member at an end of one of the rods. At least one housing is coupled along a length of one of the rods. The at least one housing includes at least one pin clamping member for clamping an end of a fixation pin therein. When the at least one pin clamping member is in an unlocked state, the fixation pin can rotate in polyaxial directions. When in a locked state, the angle of fixation wire with respect to the rods is set. The locked and unlocked state of the at least one pin clamping member is determined by the positing of a fixation member with respect to the housing it is coupled to.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that tracks and compensates for input signal noise at a receiver of a data communication channel. In particular embodiments, the receiver of the data communication link receives an input signal which comprises two signal levels. Next, for each of the two signal levels, the system generates an error signal by comparing the input signal value of the signal level with an expected signal value for the signal level. The system then updates a threshold signal value based on at least one of the two error signals associated with the two signal levels. Finally, the system compensates for input signal noise in the received input signal using the updated threshold signal value.