Abstract: A device attachable to a bicycle to prevent cables of the bicycle from wrapping around a steering tube is disclosed. The device includes an arm secured to a steering tube of the bicycle. The device includes a stop attached to the arm, to permit rotation of the steering tube about an axis of rotation relative to a head tube only between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A server receives a plurality of product data entries from a plurality of retailer computing systems. Each product data entry includes a product identifier uniquely identifying a corresponding physical product and descriptive data of the corresponding physical product. A subset of the plurality of product data entries having a same product identifier is determined. An embedding vector representative of a product data entry in the subset is pairwise compared with each of respective embedding vectors representative of other product data entries in the subset other than the product data entry to compute respective vector similarity metrics. A pooled semantic similarity metric for the product data entry based on the computed respective vector similarity metrics. It is determined whether the product data entry is an outlier in the subset based on the pooled semantic similarity metric. A notification is transmitted to a client device of a user based on the determination.

Abstract: A sling bar assembly allows variable positioning of a sling on the sling bar assembly. Some sling bar assemblies include opposing sling bar members that are movable with respect to one another in a lateral direction. Some opposing sling bar members are repositionable between a locked position, in which movement of the sling members with respect to one another is restricted, and an unlocked position. Some sling bar assemblies include multiple sling hooks positioned on a sling bar member. Some sling bar assemblies include a biasing member that permits movement of a sling hook with respect to the sling bar assembly in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A server receives a plurality of product data entries from a plurality of retailer computing systems. Each product data entry includes a product identifier uniquely identifying a corresponding physical product and descriptive data of the corresponding physical product. A subset of the plurality of product data entries having a same product identifier is determined. An embedding vector representative of a product data entry in the subset is pairwise compared with each of respective embedding vectors representative of other product data entries in the subset other than the product data entry to compute respective vector similarity metrics. A pooled semantic similarity metric for the product data entry based on the computed respective vector similarity metrics. It is determined whether the product data entry is an outlier in the subset based on the pooled semantic similarity metric. A notification is transmitted to a client device of a user based on the determination.

Abstract: An online concierge system receives unstructured data describing items offered for purchase by various warehouses. To generate attributes for products from the unstructured data, the online concierge system extracts candidate values for attributes from the unstructured data through natural language processing. One or more users associate a subset candidate values with corresponding attributes, and the online concierge system clusters the remaining candidate values with the candidate values of the subset associated with attributes. One or more users provide input on the accuracy of the generated clusters. The candidate values are applied as labels to items by the online concierge system, which uses the labeled items as training data for an attribute extraction model to predict values for one or more attributes from unstructured data about an item.

Abstract: An online concierge system offers items for sale and uses different units of measurements for items, allowing users to purchase numbers of an item, a weight of an item, or a packages of an item. To avoid confusing users with multiple options for specifying a quantity of an item, the online concierge system determines whether to present an interface for purchasing an item by a number of the item, by weight of the item, or a number of packages in the item from dynamic information about the item. For example, the online concierge system obtains historical pricing information an items and computes a par-weight price for the item from prior purchases of the item. The online concierge system uses the par-weight of the item to select an interface for a user when purchasing the item.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to processing a scanned form by causing an action to occur. The scanned form includes a unique identifier that indicates that the action is to occur when the form is scanned. The unique identifier is detected in the scanned form data. The scanned form data may be transmitted to a server to use the unique identifier to identify the action to execute for processing the scanned data.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to processing a scanned form by causing an action to occur. The scanned form includes a unique identifier that indicates that the action is to occur when the form is scanned. The unique identifier is detected in the scanned form data. The scanned form data may be transmitted to a server to use the unique identifier to identify the action to execute for processing the scanned data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, first content that is common to, or included within, each of a plurality of web applications is identified. The first content is interpreted, without presenting the interpreted first content until after receipt of an instruction to present one of the web applications. An instruction to present a selected one of the web applications is received. Second content of the selected web application is interpreted, the second content comprising content of the selected web application other than the first content. The interpreted first and second content are presented via a presentation device.

Abstract: A method for coupon offer personalization includes receiving information related to a location and a search criterion for coupon offers, and outputting coupon offers for selection based on the location and the search criterion. The method includes evaluating a selection history of coupon offers selected by a user from the output coupon offers. The method further includes determining if the selected coupon offers are a predetermined distance apart, and determining if a number of the selected coupon offers exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the selected coupon offers are the predetermined distance apart and if the number of the selected coupon offers exceeds the predetermined threshold, the method includes designating a location of the selected coupon offers as a location of interest to the user. The method further includes determining additional coupon offers in proximity to the location of interest to the user.

Abstract: An example of a system for presenting coupons is disclosed herein. An example of the system includes a user interface to collect information from a user and present coupons to the user and a non-transitory storage medium including a first database of information relating to the user collected from the user interface and further including a second database of coupons. The system also includes a coupon engine to: aggregate coupons from different sources, normalize the coupons into a common coupon data format, and store the coupons in the second database of the non-transitory storage medium. The system further includes an offer engine to analyze the coupons in the second database based in part on the collected information in the first database relating to the user to create a set of coupons for the user. An example of a method for presenting personalized coupon offers is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hole punch includes a base and a handle assembly to actuate a punch pin. The base may include a housing enclosing a punch head, and the housing may include an opening where the handle assembly is adapted to be recessed within the opening. The handle assembly may include a first linkage and a second linkage, each pivotally coupled to the base, and a third linkage pivotally coupled to both the first and second linkages, where the third linkage is arranged to move substantially parallel to the base. The first linkage may be substantially parallel to the second linkage when the punch pin is in a rest position, and the second linkage may be configured to nest within the first linkage when the punch pin is in a deployed position.

Abstract: A device for releasably securing to a support surface, such as a cork board, bulletin board and/or cubicle wall is provided. The device has a body, at least one pin movably coupled to the body for securing the body to a support surface, and an actuator coupled to the body and arranged to move the pin between a first position and a second position. The body may have a cavity and the pin may be movable between a first position where the pin is recessed within the cavity and a second position where the pin protrudes out of the cavity for securing the body to a support surface. In one embodiment, the device is a clip for releasably holding an object, such as paper, to the support device.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a stapler that is constructed in a manner such that the handle of the stapler remains at least substantially parallel to the base as the handle is moved downward by a user to actuate a stapling operation. One illustrative embodiment is directed to a stapler movable between a rest position and a staple ejection position that comprises a base, a stapler body, a handle, and a linkage assembly coupled to each of the base and the handle. The stapler body comprises a strike plate, a magazine, and at least one engagement surface coupled to the strike plate. The handle is operable to actuate the strike plate. The linkage assembly comprises at least one linkage member having at least one actuation surface configured to exert a force on the at least one engagement surface as the at least one actuation surface moves along the at least one engagement surface.

Abstract: In one embodiment, first content that is common to, or included within, each of a plurality of web applications is identified. The first content is interpreted, without presenting the interpreted first content until after receipt of an instruction to present one of the web applications. An instruction to present a selected one of the web applications is received. Second content of the selected web application is interpreted, the second content comprising content of the selected web application other than the first content. The interpreted first and second content are presented via a presentation device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises storing information in a database that describes cutting locations on a web upon which multiple images are printed; embedding, in an area on the web, a key into the database; and using the key to ascertain, from the database, the cutting locations.

Abstract: Described embodiments relate to a convertible cutting instrument with improved safety. In particular, some embodiments relate to a convertible cutting instrument that may be safely handled while blades of the cutting instrument are in a closed position, with no exposed cutting edges. Some further embodiments relate to a convertible cutting instrument that comprises only two cutting edges, both of which are inwardly-facing when the cutting instrument is in a dual-blade configuration. This may render the cutting instrument safer for use as a pair of scissors or shears. A conversion mechanism may be used to convert an inwardly-facing cutting edge into an outwardly facing cutting edge, so that the cutting instrument may be used as a knife.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a stapler that is constructed in a manner such that the handle of the stapler remains at least substantially parallel to the base as the handle is moved downward by a user to actuate a stapling operation. One illustrative embodiment is directed to a stapler movable between a rest position and a staple ejection position that comprises a base, a stapler body, a handle, and a linkage assembly coupled to each of the base and the handle. The stapler body comprises a strike plate, a magazine, and at least one engagement surface coupled to the strike plate. The handle is operable to actuate the strike plate. The linkage assembly comprises at least one linkage member having at least one actuation surface configured to exert a force on the at least one engagement surface as the at least one actuation surface moves along the at least one engagement surface.

Abstract: A hole punch includes a base and a handle assembly to actuate a punch pin. The base may include a housing enclosing a punch head, and the housing may include an opening where the handle assembly is adapted to be recessed within the opening. The handle assembly may include a first linkage and a second linkage, each pivotally coupled to the base, and a third linkage pivotally coupled to both the first and second linkages, where the third linkage is arranged to move substantially parallel to the base. The first linkage may be substantially parallel to the second linkage when the punch pin is in a rest position, and the second linkage may be configured to nest within the first linkage when the punch pin is in a deployed position.

Abstract: A hand-held hole punch is provided with a handle assembly including a first handle and a second handle. A first jaw is coupled to the first handle and a second jaw is coupled the second handle, where the second jaw is spaced apart from the first jaw. A punch is coupled to one of the jaws and the handle assembly is adapted to actuate the punch. In one embodiment, the handle assembly actuates the punch by movement of at least one of the first and second handles in manner that maintains a substantially parallel relationship of the second handle with the at least a portion of the first handle. In one embodiment, first and second linkages are provided and movement of one of the handles rotates the first and second linkages.