Abstract: A water board for use by a child or young person for play in the water includes a board-mounted spray mechanism manually-operable for enabling the rider to selectively spray metered amounts of water outwardly from a barrel mounted on the spray mechanism.

Abstract: A multi-axial seamed base fabric is provided that is formed from a spirally wound fabric strip having a width less than an overall width of the fabric that is joined together along neighboring adjacent edges of the strip to form a fabric tube. The fabric strip includes a plurality of generally linearly extending vertically stacked pairs of machine direction (MD) warp yarns interwoven with cross-machine direction (CMD) weft yarns in a repeat pattern which maintains the vertically stacked alignment of the paired MD warp yarns. The fabric tube includes an upper layer and a lower layer formed from the spirally wound fabric strip that are adjacent to one another in the base fabric.

Abstract: A multi-axial seamed base fabric is provided that is formed from a spirally wound fabric strip having a width less than an overall width of the fabric that is joined together along neighboring adjacent edges of the strip to form a fabric tube. The fabric strip includes a plurality of generally linearly extending vertically stacked pairs of machine direction (MD) warp yarns interwoven with cross-machine direction (CMD) weft yarns in a repeat pattern which maintains the vertically stacked alignment of the paired MD warp yarns. The fabric tube includes an upper layer and a lower layer formed from the spirally wound fabric strip that are adjacent to one another in the base fabric.

Abstract: An umbrella includes a pole with an axially extending wire hole, a cover, and a plurality of cover support ribs, each of which is formed with a plurality of lamp holes, within each of which a lamp is mounted detachably. A main wire member extends through the wire hole in the pole. A plurality of branch wire members connect the lamps respectively and electrically to the main wire member. Each of the branch wire members is disposed between the cover and a corresponding one of the cover support ribs.

Abstract: A checkout counter belt cover for displaying information, including advertising information. The cover is formed of a stretchable material and includes at least one printable surface. The cover is releasably attachable to a checkout counter belt such that it substantially covers the entire belt but without affecting standard belt movement. A perimeter attachment component and a width attachment component are removably affixed to the belt. One end of the cover is releasably affixed to the width attachment component. As the belt is moved, the cover is releasably affixed to the perimeter attachment component. As one rotation of the belt is completed, the opposite end of the cover is releasably affixed to the width attachment component adjacent to the one end of the cover.

Abstract: The system of this invention manages customer orders using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real time basis to touch the data in each system on a real time basis. In effect, there is horizontal communication between the various components of the system such as inventory, purchasing, order management and receipt, logistics and inventory to have continual data flow without using a vertical software interface. As a result, customer orders are received on a real-time basis using screens that are user friendly to promptly take orders, and to verify customer data and verify the ability to meet those orders. Transmission of documents within the system is minimized thereby making it more efficient, timely and cost efficient.

Abstract: The system of this invention manages customer orders using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real-time basis to touch the data in each system on a real-time basis. In effect, there is horizontal communication between the various components of the system such as inventory, purchasing, order management and receipt, logistics and inventory to have continual data flow without using a vertical software interface. As a result, customer orders are received on a real-time basis using screens that are user friendly to promptly take orders, to verify customer data and to verify the ability to meet those orders. Transmission of documents within the system is minimized thereby making it more efficient, timely and cost efficient.

Abstract: A conjugate comprising a nucleoside ester of a steroid acid, said steroid acid having a cyclopentanophenanthrene carbon-carbon skeleton or a homolog thereof and containing up to a maximum of 40 carbon atoms and having at least one carboxylic group covalently bonded thereto, said ester exhibiting at least one activity selected from the group consisting of, (1) antiproliferative or antineoplastic activity induced by apoptosis as measured by activity against H9 cells, or (2) anti-HIV activity as measured by activity against T4 lymphocytes or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, derivative, metal complex, conjugate or prodrug thereof.

Abstract: An airborne radar interrogates tags on friendly ground vehicles, which when interrogated by a downlink signal from the radar, sends back a very low level uplink message signal that appears noise-like so as to avoid enemy detection and exploitation. This is achieved by retransmitting a time delayed and phase shifted version of the transmitted pulse from the radar. The digital RF tag captures every other pulse from the radar and transmits a digitally coded spread spectrum pulse back to the radar during every other intervening pulse which includes a pseudo random delay (range hop) and a pseudo random phase (direction).

Abstract: An umbrella includes a pole with an axially extending wire hole, a cover, and a plurality of cover support ribs, each of which is formed with a plurality of lamp holes, within each of which a lamp is mounted detachably. A main wire member extends through the wire hole in the pole. A plurality of branch wire members connect the lamps respectively and electrically to the main wire member. Each of the branch wire members is disposed between the cover and a corresponding one of the cover support ribs.

Abstract: A convection cooled traffic control device for selectively indicating traffic control guidance to vehicles. An enhanced brightness traffic control device for selectively displaying patterns of light emitting diodes (LEDs). A convection cooled traffic control device for selectively directing traffic by selectively actuating patterns of LEDs. A tapering system of a LED traffic control device. A brightness regulated LED traffic signal lamp. A conflict monitor interface system for a LED signal lamp. A failure logging method for compiling LED failures within an LED traffic signal light.

Abstract: A digital data transmitter includes a circuit board having at least a power circuit, a universal serial bus (USB) interface circuit, a central processing unit (CPU) and two connectors. The connectors are high-speed transmission USB connectors. To transmit digital data stored in a specific information product to another information product, the two information products are connected to the high-speed transmitter, thereby directly transmitting and storing data via the CPU without requiring computers as media as in conventional transmission means. Being free of restrictions of computer hosts, the digital data transmitter enables a user to quickly transmit and store digital data at all time.

Abstract: There is provided a process for the preparation of bicyclicheteroaryl carboxaldehydes having the structural Formula I where X and Y are defined in the specification 1

Abstract: A method and system to facilitate an inter-system CDMA multi-mode multi-pilot hard handoff is,provided. Reference target cell information consisting of reference target cell designations and their attributes are passed between the BS and MSC interfaces and between the serving MSC and target MSC interfaces. This invention enhances the ANSI-41 and CDG IOS A-Interface specifications to include reference target cell information. The target MSC processes the handoff request using the reference target cell information. The target MSC uses the reference target cell information to perform the handoff and other functions such as handoff retries, load balancing, and target screening. This increases the reliability of inter-system CDMA multi-mode multi-pilot hard handoffs.

Abstract: Providing different levels of quality of service for different data flows being transported over a data link requires a very fast way to classify individual packets. Providing meaningful classification generally requires classifying data packets in several dimensions. A classification method represents a rule base as a hierarchy of linked tables and sequentially matches each parameter value in a packet signature against tables in the hierarchy. The method supports longest prefix matching and avoids time consuming backtracking by adding rules to the rule base.

Abstract: An umbrella includes a plurality of wooden ribs for supporting a canopy. Each rib has a groove for insertion of a first portion of a corresponding tightening member. A sleeve member is sleeved on each rib and is formed with a through hole registered with the groove. The tightening member further includes a second portion with a shaft which passes through the through holes in the canopy and the sleeve member and which is formed with an externally threaded surface that engages threadedly an internally threaded surface of the first portion to secure the canopy and the sleeve member on the respective rib.

Abstract: Providing different levels of quality of service for different data flows being transported over a data link requires a very fast way to classify individual packets. Providing meaningful classification generally requires classifying data packets in several dimensions. A classification method processes multiple parameter values for a packet in parallel to obtain answer sets indicating which rules are matched by each parameter value. Answer indexes identify logical blocks in each answer set which contain TRUE values. The method performs an AND operation on the answer indexes to identify those blocks in the answer sets which could contain bits corresponding to matched rules. An AND operation is performed on the identified blocks to identify the particular rule matched by the packet. The classification method allows extremely fast wire speed packet classification.

Abstract: The system of this invention manages customer orders and using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real-time basis to touch the data in each system on a real time basis. In effect, there is horizontal communication between the various components of the system such as inventory, purchasing, order management and receipt, logistics and inventory to have continual data flow without using a vertical software interface. As a result, customer orders are received on a real-time basis using screens that are user friendly to promptly take orders and to verify customer data and verify the ability to meet those orders. Transmission of documents within the system is minimized thereby making it more efficient, timely and cost efficient.