Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a passenger seat. The passenger seat includes a seatback comprising one or more guide tracks and a headrest configured to couple to the seatback. The headrest includes a head portion and a lumbar portion. The lumbar portion is configured to separate from the head portion and translate to a lumbar portion of the seatback. The lumbar portion includes one or more brackets configured to slide along the one or more guide tracks. The passenger seat further includes a translation assembly mechanically coupled to the seatback and the lumbar portion. The translation assembly includes a cable coupled to the one or more brackets, wherein a movement of the cable corresponds to a translation of the lumbar portion. The translation assembly further includes a cable route. The translation assembly further includes one or more pulleys configured to guide the cable through the cable route.

Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a passenger seat. The passenger seat includes a seatback comprising one or more guide tracks and a headrest configured to couple to the seatback. The headrest includes a head portion and a lumbar portion. The lumbar portion is configured to separate from the head portion and translate to a lumbar portion of the seatback. The lumbar portion includes one or more brackets configured to slide along the one or more guide tracks. The passenger seat further includes a translation assembly mechanically coupled to the seatback and the lumbar portion. The translation assembly includes a cable coupled to the one or more brackets, wherein a movement of the cable corresponds to a translation of the lumbar portion. The translation assembly further includes a cable route. The translation assembly further includes one or more pulleys configured to guide the cable through the cable route.

Abstract: An extending hanger assembly, for a wardrobe system having an enclosure and a door pivotable between open and closed positions, includes: a base on which an article support peg is mounted for linear translation; a mechanism operative to move the article support peg linearly relative to the base; and a control link coupling the door to the mechanism, whereby, upon opening and closing of the door, the control link operates the mechanism to translate the article support peg in opposing linear directions. The mechanism operative to move the article support peg linearly relative to the base can be a scissor mechanism having a proximal end extending toward the door and a distal end extending away from the door, wherein the distal end is attached to the base, and the proximal end is attached to a traveling bracket that carries the article support peg.

Abstract: A wardrobe includes a rear wall, a sidewall, and a door pivotally attached to the sidewall defining an enclosure. An articulating hanger mechanism includes a support arm pivotally attached to the sidewall, and a link device pivotally attached to the door and to the support arm. Hanger arms pivotally attached to the support arm have stowed positions at which they extend along two opposite sides of the support arm. Coupling links are pivotally attached to the hanger arms for pivoting the hanger arms from the stowed positions to deployed positions at which the hanger arms extend outward from the support arm to support a garment. Upon user action pivoting the door from the closed position, the link device automatically pivots the support arm outward from the enclosure and the coupling links pivot the hanger arms from the stowed positions to the deployed positions.

Abstract: Towers for wind turbines are provided. In one embodiment, a tower includes a hollow shell defining an interior, the hollow shell extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The tower further includes a platform disposed in the interior and connected to the shell. The platform includes a first plate fixedly connected to the shell. The platform further includes a second plate movably connected to the first plate such that relative movement of the first plate and second plate is permitted in a plane generally transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A transportation system is disclosed for transporting a rotor blade having a first end and a second end defining a rotor blade length. The transportation system includes a truck configured to transport the rotor blade, the truck including a bed having a forward end and a distal end defining a bed length. The transportation system further includes a first fixture configured on the bed, the first fixture comprising a generally arcuate guide member and a support frame slidable along the guide member, the support frame configured to support the rotor blade. The transportation system further includes a second fixture configured on the bed for one of slidable support or rotatable support of the rotor blade. Movement of at least one of the first fixture or the second fixture rotates the rotor blade within a plane defined by the bed.

Abstract: Towers for wind turbines are provided. In one embodiment, a tower includes a hollow shell defining an interior, the hollow shell extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The tower further includes a platform disposed in the interior and connected to the shell. The platform includes a first plate fixedly connected to the shell. The platform further includes a second plate movably connected to the first plate such that relative movement of the first plate and second plate is permitted in a plane generally transverse to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A transportation system is disclosed for transporting a rotor blade having a first end and a second end defining a rotor blade length. The transportation system includes a truck configured to transport the rotor blade, the truck including a bed having a forward end and a distal end defining a bed length. The transportation system further includes a first fixture configured on the bed, the first fixture comprising a generally arcuate guide member and a support frame slidable along the guide member, the support frame configured to support the rotor blade. The transportation system further includes a second fixture configured on the bed for one of slidable support or rotatable support of the rotor blade. Movement of at least one of the first fixture or the second fixture rotates the rotor blade within a plane defined by the bed.