Abstract: An apparatus and method for fastening a container and a closure in a closed configuration is disclosed. The apparatus includes an insertion portion configured for insertion through an aperture of the container and an aperture of the closure when the container and the closure are in the closed configuration; and a restraining portion configured to prevent passage of the restraining portion through the apertures. The insertion portion includes a hanging slot, and a mechanism configured to impede removal of the insertion portion from the apertures once the insertion portion has been inserted through the aperture such that the container and the closure are fastened between the mechanism and the restraining portion.

Abstract: A device for training and/or analyzing a user's musculoskeletal system includes a stepping plate mounted on a base plate and periodically or aperiodically moveble by a driving mechanism encompassing a drive shaft on which a cam is disposed. On the bottom side of the stepping plate is a roll that rolls off an external surface of the cam. The stepping plate is connected to the base plate by vertical guides stationarily disposed on the base plate such that the mounted stepping plate follows a lifting movement caused by the driving mechanism. The cam has a first eccentric zone truncated such that the distance traveled by the roll rolling off the surface of the zone increases along the axial extension of the cam. A vertical adjusting mechanism allows the lift of the stepping plate to be modified by changing the position between the roll and the cam that cooperates therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment platform for animals, particularly for hoofed animals, comprising two side walls (2a, 2b) that are disposed at a distance from each other and define an interior space of the treatment platform (1), and comprising a blocking element (3, 3?) on at least one end (1?, 1?), wherein a passage that is delimited by the two side walls can be locked by said blocking element. The invention provides that feet (4) projecting toward the outside engage on the side walls (2a, 2b), wherein the contact points (P) of said feet with a support (5) carrying the treatment platform (1) are disposed at a distance from the planes defined by the side walls (2a, 2b), and that the side walls (2a, 2b) are disposed at a distance from the plane defined by the lower ends (4?) of the feet (4) of the treatment platform (1).

Abstract: A device for training and/or analyzing a user's musculoskeletal system includes a stepping plate mounted on a base plate and periodically or aperiodically moveble by a driving mechanism encompassing a drive shaft on which a cam is disposed. On the bottom side of the stepping plate is a roll that rolls off an external surface of the cam. The stepping plate is connected to the base plate by vertical guides stationarily disposed on the,base plate such that the mounted stepping plate follows a lifting movement caused by the driving mechanism. The cam has a first eccentric zone truncated such that the distance traveled by the roll rolling off the surface of the zone increases along the axial extension of the cam. A vertical adjusting mechanism allows the lift of the stepping plate to be modified by changing the position between the roll and the cam that cooperates therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for capturing a gait pattern of a living being, comprising a tread plate (4) and at least one sensor (5), associated with the tread plate (4) or integrated into it, a sensor signal of the at least one sensor (5) being supplied to an evaluation device (A). The device (1) further comprises a treadmill (6) which is superposed to the tread plate (4), the at least one sensor (5) allowing the individual tread pulses of a dynamic sequence of movements consisting of a sequence of individual movements to be detected and the sensor signals (S) correlated with the individual tread pulses to be supplied to the evaluation device (A). The invention is characterized in that the tread plate (4) is elastically received in the device (1) by means of a suspension (3), that the one sensor or at least one of the sensors (5) is configured as a sensor (5) detecting an acceleration and/or a deviation of the tread plate (4).

Abstract: Weighing scales for use as a teaching aid in educational establishments. The scales include a platform adapted to receive an article to be weighed, a compressible, fluid-containing reservoir, in the form of bellows or diaphragm provided with a fixed wall. The scales are provided with display means which are in fluid communication with the reservoir. The display means is a transparent flexible tube adapted to display the volume of fluid displaced in response to the article being placed upon the platform.