Abstract: Disclosed is a safety device that maintains a weapon inside a holster in a locked state without requiring the gun to be removed from the holster beforehand. In the embodiments, a single safety device can be used on a variety of holsters to lock the gun inside the holster, without requiring removal of the gun from the holster, therefore preventing children or other unauthorized individuals from accessing the gun and the gun's trigger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a safety device that maintains a weapon inside a holster in a locked state without requiring the gun to be removed from the holster beforehand. In the embodiments, a single safety device can be used on a variety of holsters to lock the gun inside the holster, without requiring removal of the gun from the holster, therefore preventing children or other unauthorized individuals from accessing the gun and the gun's trigger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a safety device that maintains a weapon inside a holster in a locked state without requiring the gun to be removed from the holster beforehand. In the embodiments, a single safety device can be used on a variety of holsters to lock the gun inside the holster, without requiring removal of the gun from the holster, therefore preventing children or other unauthorized individuals from accessing the gun and the gun's trigger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a safety device that maintains a weapon inside a holster in a locked state without requiring the gun to be removed from the holster beforehand. In the embodiments, a single safety device can be used on a variety of holsters to lock the gun inside the holster, without requiring removal of the gun from the holster, therefore preventing children or other unauthorized individuals from accessing the gun and the gun's trigger.

Abstract: The proposed device includes two segments adapted to enclose a body part in a form-fitting manner. Each segment contains an electroactive-material-based actuator, which is adapted to receive an electrical control signal and in response thereto adjust the actuator's morphology, so as to cause the segment to apply a basic pressure profile to the body part. A pressure transition is adapted to redistribute the basic pressure profiles between the first and second segments. A control signal in respect of the first segment causes the pressure transition system to apply a first adjusted pressure profile to at least part of the second portion of the body part, and vice versa, a control signal in respect of the second segment causes the pressure transition system to apply a second adjusted pressure profile to at least a part of the first portion of the body part.

Abstract: A screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the screen assembly vertically-mountable and further including a support, at least two screening faces on the support, said at least two screening faces each including screening material through which fluid is flowable from outside the screen assembly into a space within the screen assembly and interiorly of the at least two screening faces, and the support including an exit from which fluid may exit from within the screen assembly; shakers with at least one such screen assembly; and methods of using such a screen assembly in a vibratory separator. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 CFR 1.72(b).

Abstract: Esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids are used as plasticisers for polyvinyl chloride to enable products with comparable mechanical properties to be obtained using less polyvinyl chloride. Use of these esters also produces formulations with increased stability to ultra-violet light, improved low temperature properties, lower viscosity and improved processability as well as reduced smoke on burning. The esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may be used alone or in admixture with other plasticisers when the esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may act as viscosity depressants. Fast fusing plasticisers may also be included. The formulations are particularly useful in the production of a range of goods from semi-rigid to highly flexible materials and are particularly useful in the production of medical materials such as blood bags and tubing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for analyzing data from an instrument is disclosed. The raw data generated by the instrument, along with configuration data generated by a user, is packaged into a calling model. The raw data may include, for example, counts having a certain kinetic energy when analyzing photoelectron spectroscopy data. The configuration data may include several parameters selected by the user based on the composition and configuration of the structure being measured. The calling model may serve as an interface between the instrument and an engine for generating an algorithm for returning desired results to the user. The engine then generates the algorithm as well as the results specified by the user, and the calling model returns the results to the user. This allows a specific algorithm and results for a specific measured sample or structure to be generated using known algorithms and functions.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for analyzing data from an instrument is disclosed. The raw data generated by the instrument, along with configuration data generated by a user, is packaged into a calling model. The raw data may include, for example, counts having a certain kinetic energy when analyzing photoelectron spectroscopy data. The configuration data may include several parameters selected by the user based on the composition and configuration of the structure being measured. The calling model may serve as an interface between the instrument and an engine for generating an algorithm for returning desired results to the user. The engine then generates the algorithm as well as the results specified by the user, and the calling model returns the results to the user. This allows a specific algorithm and results for a specific measured sample or structure to be generated using known algorithms and functions.

Abstract: A testing device for monitoring the stretching ability of a user. The device has a generally box-like structure that includes a monitor to measure the user's extent of reach and thus flexibility. The device can be configured for use by two users simultaneously. The device includes a system that allows the device to be configured in a first, “in-use” position, and in a second, “collapsed” position, during non-use. When in the second position, the device is compact, occupies less volume, occupies less surface area on a floor or other support surface, and is easy to carry.

Abstract: Esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids are used as plasticisers for polyvinyl chloride to enable products with comparable mechanical properties to be obtained using less polyvinyl chloride. Use of these esters also produces formulations with increased stability to ultra-violet light, improved low temperature properties, lower viscosity and improved processability as well as reduced smoke on burning. The esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may be used alone or in admixture with other plasticisers when the esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may act as viscosity depressants. Fast fusing plasticisers may also be included. The formulations are particularly useful in the production of a range of goods from semi-rigid to highly flexible materials and are particularly useful in the production of medical materials such as blood bags and tubing.

Abstract: An industrial formulation-fluid system comprising one or more organic volatile formulation-fluids including a fluid F being a compound containing either an oxygen-containing or nitrogen-containing functional group and being substantially free from unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds or aromatic groups. Fluid F is selected from the group consisting of: carbonates, acetates, dioxalanes, pivalates, isobutyrates, pentanoates, propionates, hexanoates, nonanoates, nitriles and mixtures of any two or more thereof, such that fluid F exhibits a reduction in ozone formation in an amount of at least 10% less than that of the formulation-fluid system without fluid F. Also, fluid F has an ozone formation potential (OFP) (in accordance with the Absolute MIR scale in units of g. ozone/g. fluid F) of ≦1.5.