Abstract: A single manufactured piece of injection molded or 3D (three-dimensional) printed plastic, metal, rubber, or wax is provided. The piece is adapted to fit around a communication port receptacle and a corresponding portion of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) where the communication port receptacle is located on the PCB. The piece includes a latch adapted to push down on a tab of a connector for a cord when the connector is inserted into the communication port receptacle to hold the connector within the communication port receptacle.

Abstract: A method for loading a sling having a bottom and sidewalls comprises placing the sling bottom on a raised platform and rolling the sidewalls down into a gutter surrounding the raised platform so that the sidewalls form a negative angle with the sling bottom. Bagged product is then loaded onto the bottom of the sling to form a stack. The sling sidewalls are then rolled up the sidewalls up the stack sides so that the sidewalls form a positive angle with the sling bottom and the sling now encloses the stack of product. The sling jig assembly includes a raised central platform on which is adapted to rest the bottom of the sling. A gutter formed about the periphery of the central platform is adapted to receive the rolled-down sidewalls of the sling.

Abstract: A method for loading a sling having a bottom and sidewalls comprises placing the sling bottom on a raised platform and rolling the sidewalls down into a gutter surrounding the raised platform so that the sidewalls form a negative angle with the sling bottom. Bagged product is then loaded onto the bottom of the sling to form a stack. The sling sidewalls are then rolled up the sidewalls up the stack sides so that the sidewalls form a positive angle with the sling bottom and the sling now encloses the stack of product. The sling jig assembly includes a raised central platform on which is adapted to rest the bottom of the sling. A gutter formed about the periphery of the central platform is adapted to receive the rolled-down sidewalls of the sling.

Abstract: An interlocked clamp for an elongated member such as a pipe, tube cable, or the like is provided. The two-part clamp is interlocked on one end and is secured by a fastener to a supporting surface on an opposite end. The two parts are interlocked by a T-shaped distal end of one of the clamp members that is received in an elongated slot formed in the other clamp member. A finger is provided that extends across the slot and secures the T-shaped distal end within the slot.

Abstract: In one basic form, at least one embodiment of the invention discloses an autoclave molding process to mold a part having a certain coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the mold involves a sufficiently gas permeable material that serves as a mold foundation and that has a coefficient of thermal expansion that sufficiently matches that of the part to be molded (which may be relatively low), in combination with a two or three dimensionally isotropic, part molding element that also has a sufficiently matching coefficient of thermal expansion and that is made from short reinforcement fiber material, with the intended result that risk of unacceptable deformation such as breaking of the material to be molded is sufficiently abated.

Abstract: A foldable adjustable cleaning shield for use while maintaining the drive mechanisms of a bicycle, designed to fit between the rear wheel and its sprockets in a plane parallel to said wheel protecting the wheel and tire while exposing the drive chain, sprockets, chain wheels, and deraileur mechanisms for cleaning and lubrication. A fold at floor level helps to hold the shield in place and also provides a surface to catch dirt and dripping liquids.