Abstract: The present invention is a mobile gaming system that is moved on a roadway by a motor vehicle and towed to a location as desired and set up once positioned in a desired location.

Abstract: A device has a lightweight inner bladder and an outer layer that covers the inner bladder. The inner bladder bunches up, “crunches,” becomes pleated, folded or the like against the inner surface of the outer layer. The bunched up surface of the inner bladder may be flattened and/or reconfigured upon impact, thereby absorbing energy. The bunched up inner bladder may create an uneven surface on the outer layer thereby altering the manner through which the device travels through the air. The device may be configured for any of a variety of sports or games such as, for example, a simulated soccer ball, football, rugby ball, baseball and/or softball, a tennis ball, a beachball or other oversized ball, a golf ball, a flying disc, a weighted punching bag, or any of a wide variety of devices for play and/or training.

Abstract: A device has a lightweight inner bladder and an outer layer that covers the inner bladder. The inner bladder bunches up, “crunches,” becomes pleated, folded or the like against the inner surface of the outer layer. The bunched up surface of the inner bladder may be flattened and/or reconfigured upon impact, thereby absorbing energy. The bunched up inner bladder may create an uneven surface on the outer layer thereby altering the manner through which the device travels through the air. The device may be configured for any of a variety of sports or games such as, for example, a simulated soccer ball, football, rugby ball, baseball and/or softball, a tennis ball, a beachball or other oversized ball, a golf ball, a flying disc, a weighted punching bag, or any of a wide variety of devices for play and/or training.

Abstract: A ball has a lightweight inner bladder and an outer layer that covers the inner bladder. The inner bladder bunches up against the inner surface of the outer layer. The bunched up surface of the inner bladder may be flattened upon impact, thereby absorbing energy. The bunched up inner bladder may create an uneven surface on the outer layer thereby altering the manner through which the ball travels through the air. The outer layer may be provided with lines, indentations, graphics and/or other features that improve the performance of the ball and/or that replicate some or all of the characteristics of the exterior surface of the regulation ball it simulates. The ball may be configured for any of a variety of sports or games.

Abstract: A ball has a lightweight inner bladder and an outer layer that covers the inner bladder. The inner bladder bunches up against the inner surface of the outer layer. The bunched up surface of the inner bladder may be flattened upon impact, thereby absorbing energy. The bunched up inner bladder may create an uneven surface on the outer layer thereby altering the manner through which the ball travels through the air. The outer layer may be provided with lines, indentations, graphics and/or other features that improve the performance of the ball and/or that replicate some or all of the characteristics of the exterior surface of the regulation ball it simulates. The ball may be configured for any of a variety of sports or games.

Abstract: A “reduced-gravity” training ball that allows the user to more easily react to the ball's movement and accelerating skills than a regulation ball. A training system may be provided to coach the user through a series of drills and fitness exercises with the ball. The training ball may come in several weights that train the user by gradually using heavier balls that have more “gravity.” In one embodiment, a training ball has a lightweight inner bladder with an inflation port, and an exterior layer that covers the inner bladder. The exterior surface may be provided with lines, indentations, graphics and/or other features that improve the performance of the ball and/or that replicate some or all of the characteristics of the exterior surface of the regulation ball it simulates.

Abstract: An implantable apparatus for use in the correction of skeletal deformities comprising a rod, a pair of spaced apart attachment members, each of the attachment members being attachable to a bone. At least one of the attachment member mounts a rod receiving member, the rod being slidable along a predetermined path with respect to the rod receiving member.

Abstract: An implantable apparatus for use in the correction of skeletal deformities comprising a rod, a pair of spaced apart attachment members, each of the attachment members being attachable to a bone. At least one of the attachment member mounts a rod receiving member, the rod being slidable along a predetermined path with respect to the rod receiving member.

Abstract: A device (1) for staunching postpartum haemorrhage of the uterus (U). The device (1) comprises an inflatable internal balloon (2) having an inlet connected by a fitting (3) over a distal end (4) of a tubular conduit (5). The tubular conduit (5) has a proximal end (6) for connection to an inflation source for manually inflating the internal balloon (2). A non-return valve (8) is fitted in the conduit (5) at the proximal end (6). The device (1) has an inflatable external balloon (10) for indicating when the surface of the internal balloon (2) has engaged with the wall of the uterus (U). The external balloon (10) also acts as an indicator to indicate subsequent contraction of the uterus (U).

Abstract: A device (1) for staunching bleeding from an incision (2) made in the wall (3) of the vagina (4) of a subject comprises an inflatable member (8) carried on a tubular carrier member (5) which is inflatable within the vagina (4) for applying pressure to the wall (3) of the vagina (4) for urging a portion of the wall (3) adjacent the incision (2) against an adjacent portion of the anatomy, for example, the pubic bone (41) for staunching bleeding from the incision (2). The inflatable member (8) is inflated through the carrier member (5) through a releasable one-way valve (27) which retains inflatable medium, for example, air in the inflatable member (8) and which also facilitates exhausting of the inflatable medium from the inflatable member (8) for removal of the inflatable member (8) from the vagina (4). A drain tube (30) extending through the carrier member (5) drains blood and other fluids from the vagina (4) between the inflatable member (8) and the cervix (33).

Abstract: An interface circuit (1) for facilitating communication between an integrated circuit (2) and an external device (not shown) in either SPI protocol or one or both of I2C and SMBus protocols, comprises a signal processing circuit (7), which is configurable in I2C/SMBus and SPI protocol modes, and four communication terminals, namely, a CLK pin (3), and ADD/DOUT pin (4), and SDA/DIN pin (5) and a {overscore (CE)} pin (6). On power-up of the interface circuit (1) the signal processing circuit (7) is configured in I2C/SMBus protocol mode by a first mode select signal (Vdd) applied to a mode select input port (10) by a multiplexer (15) in response to a logic low switch signal from a switch signal flip-flop (22). A first state machine (20) outputs a logic low signal to an AND gate (21) for so long as the {overscore (CE)} pin (6) remains continuously high or low, thus holding a reset input of the switch signal flip-flop (22) low.

Abstract: A process for defining uniform contact hole openings in an insulator layer, and in a top portion of a conductive layer, has been developed. The process features a series of isotropic and anisotropic, dry etch procedures, used to define an initial contact hole opening in the insulator layer, and in the top portion of the conductive region. The isotropic dry etch procedure results in a tapered contact hole profile for top portion of the initial contact hole opening, while subsequent anisotropic dry etch procedures create a straight walled contact hole profile for the bottom portion of the initial contact hole opening. After removal of the contact hole defining, photoresist shape, a wet etch procedure is used to laterally recess-the insulator layer exposed in the initial contact hole opening creating the final, uniform contact hole opening.

Abstract: A process for defining uniform contact hole openings in an insulator layer, and in a top portion of a conductive layer, has been developed. The process features a series of isotropic and anisotropic, dry etch procedures, used to define an initial contact hole opening in the insulator layer, and in the top portion of the conductive region. The isotropic dry etch procedure results in a tapered contact hole profile for top portion of the initial contact hole opening, while subsequent anisotropic dry etch procedures create a straight walled contact hole profile for the bottom portion of the initial contact hole opening. After removal of the contact hole defining, photoresist shape, a wet etch procedure is used to laterally recess the insulator layer exposed in the initial contact hole opening creating the final, uniform contact hole opening.