Abstract: An improved package for core-less rolls of bags provides a shrink-wrap film around the bag having differential shrinkage to better accommodate the roll form.

Abstract: An improved package for core-less rolls of bags provides a shrink-wrap film around the bag having differential shrinkage to better accommodate the roll form

Abstract: A central server pushes notifications of crime risk to mobile users based on reported location of the mobile users and a database of crime risks related to those locations. The notifications may provide for a notification of crime risks above a predetermined level as well as crime avoidance suggestions including alternative routes and the like.

Abstract: A dispensing package for plastic bags provides a core-less roll supporting on its outer surface a shrink-wrap sleeve providing the walls of the package. Upper and lower end forms being relatively more rigid than the shrink-wrap sleeve may be placed against the upper and lower edges of the core-less roll to provide improved robustness in shipping and package aesthetics.

Abstract: A dispensing package for plastic bags provides a core-less roll supporting on its outer surface a shrink-wrap sleeve providing the walls of the package. Upper and lower end forms being relatively more rigid than the shrink-wrap sleeve may be placed against the upper and lower edges of the core-less roll to provide improved robustness in shipping and package aesthetics.

Abstract: A twist tie and dispensing system provides for the dispensing of single twist ties attached together end-to-end in a semi continuous ribbon having spaced separation points that permit separation of individual twist ties at a predetermined tension. Twist ties may be dispensed through an aperture that engages with obstructions placed periodically on the ribbon to cause pulling of the twist tie through the aperture to impart the necessary separating tension when the obstruction is reached so that one twist tie at a time may be dispensed.

Abstract: A wall straightening apparatus provides multiple independently controllable jacking members pressing outward on diagonal braces to push those braces against the wall to move the wall into a vertical alignment. Feedback control of the jacking members provides coordinated straightening of large wall sections with lessened cracking and distortion.

Abstract: A method of providing crime risk data in the absence or partial absence of officially reported data uses a scoring system based on images of locations within particular regions where crime data is to be assessed. The collected crime data may be normalized to actual crime data were both exist to calibrate the proxy crime data derived from the images.

Abstract: A navigation system for mobile use includes street map data used for creating a dynamic map display tracking movement of the vehicle and includes crime data used to provide an overlay on the dynamic display indicating a risk of crime to the vehicle's occupants from the surrounding area. Crime data may be harvested from police websites and/or generated using statistical correlation techniques from other proxy information. Presented crime data indicate crime risk, type of crime, crime date or time of occurrence, and linkage to environmental conditions such as type of weather, temperature, and moonlight.

Abstract: A wall straightening apparatus provides multiple independently controllable jacking members pressing outward on diagonal braces to push those braces against the wall to move the wall into a vertical alignment. Feedback control of the jacking members provides coordinated straightening of large wall sections with lessened cracking and distortion.

Abstract: A method of providing crime risk data in the absence or partial absence of officially reported data uses a scoring system based on images of locations within particular regions where crime data is to be assessed. The collected crime data may be normalized to actual crime data were both exist to calibrate the proxy crime data derived from the images.

Abstract: A navigation system for mobile use includes street map data used for creating a dynamic map display tracking movement of the vehicle and includes crime data used to provide an overlay on the dynamic display indicating a risk of crime to the vehicle's occupants from the surrounding area. Crime data may be harvested from police websites and/or generated using statistical correlation techniques from other proxy information. Presented crime data indicate crime risk, type of crime, crime date or time of occurrence, and linkage to environmental conditions such as type of weather, temperature, and moonlight.

Abstract: Produce bags are delivered with less waste and in more sanitary condition through a container holding a roll of bags having overlapping but separate ends. Adhesion between the bags and ultimate separation of the bags may be flexibly controlled with an interfolding of the bags and control of an orifice which applies drag to the bags and compression as they are removed.

Abstract: A bag for holding perishable foods for transportation to a consumer's home includes an adhesive disposed on a flap of the bag to be folded down to cover the bag's opening. The adhesive can be used to bind multiple deli bags together for dispensing as well as to seal the bag for transportation of foodstuffs.

Abstract: A rack mountable plastic bag for food provides adhesive based resealing and a stackable configuration.

Abstract: Produce bags are delivered with less waste and in more sanitary condition through a container holding a roll of bags having overlapping but separate ends. Adhesion between the bags and ultimate separation of the bags may be flexibly controlled with an interfolding of the bags and control of an orifice which applies drag to the bags and compression as they are removed.