Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed in which the system comprises a plurality of bags of different sizes, each bag having a first closed end and a second openable end, the second end, in one configuration, being folded over upon itself and secured in a folded orientation by at least one flexible fastener, and a plurality of modular trays of different sizes corresponding to the sizes of the plurality of bags, each modular tray being inserted into a cavity in the bag, the modular tray being adapted to house an article. In some cases, the article may include footwear adapted to be housed within the bag. Various differently sized bags and/or modular trays may also be provided as a system, such that different shaped and/or sized footwear may be accommodated by the packaging system.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode layer on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer on the negative electrode current collector; and an electrolyte between the positive and negative electrodes. The electrolyte is made of a first solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity. The positive electrode layer includes a base portion and an active material portion. The base portion is made of a second solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity in a continuous phase. The active material portion is dispersed in the base portion, and includes a positive electrode active material. The first and second solid-state electrolytes are lithium ionic conductive material having a hydride solid-state electrolyte, respectively.

Abstract: An air battery includes: a positive electrode for utilizing oxygen as active material; a negative electrode for adsorbing and desorbing a metal ion, which includes at least one of Li, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe and Al; and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes ion liquid. When the non-aqueous electrolyte includes the ion liquid, the oxide generated by the discharging step is effectively decomposed. Thus, the battery has excellent cycle characteristics.

Abstract: A mattress having a top surface, a bottom surface which is opposite of and parallel to the top surface, and a right side wall, a left side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, the right, left, bottom and top side walls being perpendicular to and extending between the top and bottom surface of the mattress. A single extended length mattress handle is attached horizontally along a substantial length of each opposing side wall of the mattress. The extended length mattress handles are sewn onto the mattress at two or more connection points and preferably at three or more points or areas on each mattress side wall. In one embodiment, the length of the mattress handles is less than the length of the side wall to which it is attached. In a second embodiment, the length of the mattress handles is greater than the length of the mattress and the handle wraps around each corner and extends onto the adjacent end wall or walls.

Abstract: The electric current collector of the present invention comprises a substrate composed of aluminum, a junction layer, formed on the surface of the substrate, in which aluminum and an electrically conductive material having electrical conductivity have been mixed, and an electrical conductor layer, formed on the junction layer, comprising the electrically conductive material. The electrode and the charge accumulating device of the present invention employ the electric current collector of the present invention.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes organic electroluminescent films, each containing organic electroluminescent materials and sandwiched by a pair of electrodes, each forming a plurality of light-emitting elements above a substrate. Each pixel of the display device is composed of two different colors light-emitting elements, and the chromaticity of each color is controlled by changing the concentration of organic electroluminescent materials or by adding foreign materials thereto. For example, if the chromaticity of the red light-emitting element is set to a value shifted toward green side, various colors including white can be produced by mixing this red with blue of the blue light-emitting element. Then, the organic electroluminescent display device can produce high-quality quasi-color images by mixing two colors of which chromaticity values are properly controlled. By virtue of a two-color structure, the aperture ratio becomes high and the manufacturing process becomes simple.

Abstract: The electric current collector of the present invention comprises a substrate composed of aluminum, a junction layer, formed on the surface of the substrate, in which aluminum and an electrically conductive material having electrical conductivity have been mixed, and an electrical conductor layer, formed on the junction layer, comprising the electrically conductive material. The electrode and the charge accumulating device of the present invention employ the electric current collector of the present invention.

Abstract: In an apparatus for driving a luminescent display panel, in a state in which scanning lines are sequentially scanned to drive and illuminate light-emitting elements, a voltage peak value arising in a scanning line in a non-scanning state is held by a capacitor through parasitic capacitance of the light-emitting element in a non-scanning state. On the basis of the voltage value held by the capacitor, a reverse bias voltage to be output from a reverse bias voltage generation circuit is controlled, and the voltage is supplied to the scanning lines.

Abstract: A transparent electrode layer, an organic EL layer, and a metallic electrode layer are stacked on top of each other in layers on the lower surface of a transparent substrate to form a planar light emitting element region in a light emitting device. A light beam which is emitted from the light emitting element region and incident on the transparent substrate is transmitted out from a display region as well as a light transmitting region formed near an edge of the transparent substrate. Thus, the light emitting device is enabled to facilitate fabrication and make an effective use of the entire surface of the transparent substrate as the light transmitting region.

Abstract: A game system allows a player's wish to influence appearance of event production squares. A game control device functions as various devices, including a device for displaying a route including plural squares and symbols representing attributes of the squares, on a display, a device for determining a value to be obtained by a player based on an instruction of the player via an input device, a device for moving a player character on the route according to the obtained value, a device for controlling a peculiar value corresponding to an attribute of the squares based on a stop position of the character, a device for controlling appearance of event production squares based on the peculiar value, and a device for producing an event relating to the event production square under a condition that the event production square and a stop position of the character establish a predetermined relationship.