Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly for use with a water heater has a housing, a motor, and a fan. The housing has an exhaust volute surrounding the fan and a base adapted to be mounted atop a water heater. The housing has an inlet port adapted to receive exhaust gas from the water heater. The fan is connected to the motor for rotation about a rotation axis. The exhaust volute has a cut-off at a cut-off angle relative to the rotation axis. The exhaust volute has an exhaust outlet passageway that extends to an exhaust port. The exhaust port is lower than the top of the exhaust volute.

Abstract: The bow-mounted quiver is a removable attachment for a conventional archery bow. The bow-mounted quiver includes a mounting plate adapted for releasable mounting on the archery bow, an arm, and a U-shaped retaining member. The arm has first and second arm portions. A first end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to the mounting plate, and a second end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to a first end of the second arm portion. The second arm portion may have an adjustable length. The U-shaped retaining member has a central portion and a pair of free ends. The central portion is pivotally attached to a second end of the second arm portion, and each of the free ends defines a recess for releasably retaining a shaft of an arrow.

Abstract: The bow-mounted quiver is a removable attachment for a conventional archery bow. The bow-mounted quiver includes a mounting plate adapted for releasable mounting on the archery bow, an arm, and a U-shaped retaining member. The arm has first and second arm portions. A first end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to the mounting plate, and a second end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to a first end of the second arm portion. The second arm portion may have an adjustable length. The U-shaped retaining member has a central portion and a pair of free ends. The central portion is pivotally attached to a second end of the second arm portion, and each of the free ends defines a recess for releasably retaining a shaft of an arrow.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to predict new product performance metrics. An example disclosed method includes selecting a product hierarchy tree based on a distribution measure for a new product, identifying a segment location of the product hierarchy tree for the new product, retrieving a relationship matrix associated with the segment location of the product hierarchy tree, the relationship matrix comprising available product performance coefficients and attribute information, identifying a spatial location for the new product in the relationship matrix based on the attribute information, calculating, using a programmed processor, an impact parameter based on the spatial location within the relationship matrix, and calculating the performance metric for the new product based on the impact parameter and a channel sales value.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to predict new product performance metrics. An example disclosed method includes selecting a product hierarchy tree based on a distribution measure for a new product, identifying a segment location of the product hierarchy tree for the new product, retrieving a relationship matrix associated with the segment location of the product hierarchy tree, the relationship matrix comprising available product performance coefficients and attribute information, identifying a spatial location for the new product in the relationship matrix based on the attribute information, calculating, using a programmed processor, an impact parameter based on the spatial location within the relationship matrix, and calculating the performance metric for the new product based on the impact parameter and a channel sales value.