Abstract: In one embodiment, a reversible anchoring device includes a base having a threaded shaft and an internal passage that extends through the base along a longitudinal direction of the base and a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a threaded circular opening formed in the bottom surface adapted to thread onto the threaded shaft of the base, and a suture opening that extends from the top surface of the cap to the threaded circular opening through which a suture can pass.

Abstract: There is described a method of forming an oxidation resistant coating on a cermet comprising tungsten carbide, tungsten boride, or boron carbide and a metallic binder material. The method comprises exposing the cermet to silicon in the presence of an activator to form a mixture, exposing the mixture to an inert gas, and heating the mixture to a temperature T for a time t, thereby forming a coating on the cermet.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a reversible anchoring device includes a base having a threaded shaft and an internal passage that extends through the base along a longitudinal direction of the base and a cap having a top surface, a bottom surface, a threaded circular opening formed in the bottom surface adapted to thread onto the threaded shaft of the base, and a suture opening that extends from the top surface of the cap to the threaded circular opening through which a suture can pass.

Abstract: This invention provides a means to secure the garbage receptacle lid to the container and have the ability to secure the lid over the garbage receptacle even in the event that the refuse is higher than the upper edge of the opening of the container. It allows for quick detachment when the garbage containers are emptied manually or by automated refuse trucks.

Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a twist-lock photocontrol that is mounted on a luminaire housing. The assembly includes a receptacle and a spring clamp. The receptacle has a disc portion with a hub extending from the central portion of the back side, a perimeter side wall with a castellated bottom edge that engages stops on the luminaire housing. Three fingers extend from the back side of the disc and terminate at a lip edge. The spring clamp has a substantially flat, ring-shaped body that includes a top surface, an opening, an inner edge, an outer edge, and at least one pair of spring members. The receptacle is attached to a luminaire housing using the spring clamp. The orientation of the receptacle can be adjusted and can be locked into a stationary position without tools.

Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a twist-lock photocontrol that is mounted on a luminaire housing. The assembly includes a receptacle and a spring clamp. The receptacle has a disc portion with a hub extending from the central portion of the back side, a perimeter side wall with a castellated bottom edge that engages stops on the luminaire housing. Three fingers extend from the back side of the disc and terminate at a lip edge. The spring clamp has a substantially flat, ring-shaped body that includes a top surface, an opening, an inner edge, an outer edge, and at least one pair of spring members. The receptacle is attached to a luminaire housing using the spring clamp. The orientation of the receptacle can be adjusted and can be locked into a stationary position without tools.

Abstract: The Strap ‘N’ Go, is a system that when all of the components are affixed, will secure any residential or commercial trash lid to the container as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Abstract: Enzymes and certain other bioactive substances are immobilized on solid substrates which have sufficient functional groups such as hydroxyl or carboxyl. The bioactive substances are linked to the substrates through spacer compounds having a long open alkyl chain with 7-18 carbon atoms and also through phospholipid intermediates. The spacer compound is chemically linked to the substrate. The phospholipid is covalently linked to the spacer compound. Immobilized bioactive substances of the invention exhibit a marked increase in activity and stability. In a preferred embodiment, immobilized enzymes having a high degree of resistance to thermal inactivation are prepared.

Abstract: A translating rudder pedal system which includes a rudder pedal assembly and a reclinable, translationally movable, seat operably connected to the pedal assembly, with both the pedal assembly and the seat mounted in a vehicle, such as an aircraft. The system ensures that, irrespective of the movement and positioning of the seat, the feet of the user seated in the seat always remain in contact with the control pedals of the rudder pedal assembly.