Abstract: A building structure comprising a first film and a second film. The first film and the second film are each impregnated with L-Dopa. The building structure further includes regolith bulk material between the first film and the second film.

Abstract: A furniture joinery includes a slide rail having a plurality of grooves or slides, a trapezoidal shaped slide block having the other of the plurality of grooves or slides, and a furniture support. One of the slide rail or the furniture support includes at least one tenon extending therefrom. The other of the slide rail or the furniture support includes an aperture which receives the at least one tenon. The at least one tenon includes at least one of a notch or a rib and the aperture includes the other of the notch or rib. The aperture is sized to allow movement of the tenon into the aperture and movement of one of the notch or rib toward the other of the notch or rib when the slide block is connected to the furniture support.

Abstract: Present embodiments relate to furniture joinery. More particularly, present embodiments relate to a slide rail, slide block construction for joining furniture structural components.

Abstract: A furniture joinery, comprises a slide rail and a slide block. The slide block includes a cut extending therethrough. The slide block receives a fastener and when the fastener passes through the cut, slides on the slide block become misaligned in the slide rail thus retaining the slide block therein.

Abstract: Compositions comprising (1) a refractory and/or a binder, and (2) bis-cyclopentadienyl iron cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A furniture joinery comprises a slide rail having a plurality of grooves, at least one slide block slidably disposed in the slide rail, the slide block having a plurality of slides for engaging the slide rail, at least one of the plurality of slides having a neck and a head, the grooves receiving the neck therein.

Abstract: Compositions comprising (1) a refractory and/or a binder, and (2) bis-cyclopentadienyl iron cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for sharing user information. The system and method involve the steps of receiving a request from a web site host for information concerning a user that has visited a web site maintained by the web site host, verifying the authorization of the web site host to receive the information, determining the level of access for which the web site host is authorized, and transmitting user information to the web site host such that the web site host can personalize the web site for the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for sharing contact information. In one arrangement, the method comprises the steps of storing a user's contact information in a database accessible over a network, receiving identification of a person that the user wishes to authorize for access the user's contact information, enabling the person to access to the user's contact information, and transmitting the user's contact information to a computing device of the authorized person from the database via the network in response to a request for this information. According to this method, therefore, the user can store and re-store (i.e., update) his or her contact information such that others can access the most current contact information for the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for sharing user information. The system and method involve the steps of receiving a request from a web site host for information concerning a user that has visited a web site maintained by the web site host, verifying the authorization of the web site host to receive the information, determining the level of access for which the web site host is authorized, and transmitting user information to the web site host such that the web site host can personalize the web site for the user.

Abstract: An applicator is provided for applying a sheet of surgical material, e.g., an adhesion barrier or other surgical fabric, to internal body tissue. The applicator includes an expandable operating tip which is insertable into an endoscopic tube through an incision in a body to enable a surgeon to apply the adhesion barrier or other surgical fabric to tissue inside the body. A preferred embodiment of the applicator includes a set of telescoping tubes comprising an outer delivery tube, a intermediate deployment tube, and a inner irrigation tube. An expandable spreader tip is mounted at the distal end of the irrigation tube and connected to the distal end of the deployment tube. By advancing the deployment tube and irrigation tube relative to the delivery tube, the spreader tip is exposed at the distal end of the delivery tube. The spreader tip is expanded by movement of the deployment tube relative to the irrigation tube to spread the adhesion barrier over the tissue.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is for inserting a flat flexible bag having a rigid fitment into a bottle through a small bottle finish, and expanding the bag inside the bottle. The flat flexible bag can be grasped and oriented via the fitment utilizing a friction chuck. The fitment also enables the bag to be sealed to the bottle in an air-tight manner by interference fit. A biased plunger extends into the bag through the fitment. The plunger helps push the bag through a funnel while a vacuum is applied to the bag through the plunger. The funnel includes two angled plows which cause the bag to fold in a "C" shaped configuration. This insures reliable expansion of the bag upon releasing a blast of air into the bag. During the expansion process an air vent channel permits escape of the air between the bag and the bottle. An exemplary package formed utilizing this method and apparatus is a squeeze pump package having a thin film beam spring vent valve.

Abstract: A bag-in-box composite container where the inner bag is easily separable from the outer box. In a preferred embodiment, a rigid one-piece outer box having a continuous side wall and a pair of end panels joined thereto defines a hollow box cavity. At least one of the end panels has a first aperture and at least two additional apertures therein. An inner bag is located within the hollow box cavity of the outer box. The inner plastic bag has a pouring spout with an annular flange connected thereto. The pouring spout extends through the first aperture in the end panel of the outer box. The annular flange of the pouring spout includes a pair of heat stakes which extend through the apertures in the end panel of the outer box. The heat stakes prevent relative rotation between the pouring spout and the outer box while temporarily securing the inner bag to the outer box. Upon emptying of the liquid contents, the inner bag is then separated from the outer box by depressing the pouring spout downward.

Abstract: A liquid-containing paperboard laminate carton including a one-piece plastic spout having a pair of opposing flanges sealed about an aperture in one of the carton walls to both the innermost and outermost surfaces of the carton wall. The double flange configuration not only forms a mechanically positive interlock between the plastic spout and the carton wall, but even more importantly, isolates the cut edges of the aperture from exposure to liquid either from within the container or from the environment through which the carton must pass from the point of manufacture until it is ready for disposal after its contents have been consumed. The spout preferably includes a liquid passageway having a membrane-type seal across its discharge orifice to provide evidence of tampering and a resealable closure member such as a screw cap or a snap-on closure held in place by means of a mating ring or groove on the spout.

Abstract: A barrier laminate for making containers and cartons that substantially resist the absorption of essential oils and flavoring components, e.g. peel oil, as well as the oxidation of 1-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) normally found in various beverages such as fruit and citrus juices. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the present laminate comprises a substrate material having a thin layer of PET-G (glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate) bonded to the substrate's inner and outer surfaces, said PET-G layer becoming the beverage-contacting surface of containers made from such a laminate. In other particularly preferred embodiments, the barrier laminate also includes one or more intermediate layers of oxygen barrier materials between the laminate's substrate and beverage-contacting layer of PET-G. Also disclosed are methods of making such barrier laminates and containers therefrom.