Abstract: A climbing sport of `Caribia` which is substantially identical to its parent in all respects except for its climbing habit.

Abstract: A new poinsettia cultivar distinguished by the unique characteristic of a whiter bract as compared with the former white variety of the Annette Hegg line shown and described in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,082. Otherwise this new plant has retained the important self branching, easy rooting, low temperature blooming and medium height characteristic of the Hegg family of poinsettias.

Abstract: A heart valve stent that includes an annular framework, preferably of bendable material, having three rounded apexes interconnected by support arms curved to incline away from the apexes. Additional support arms are included parallel to and axially beyond the first support arms. For use in the mitral position, the framework is circumscribed by an outer ring, which receives an annular element of felt or other suitable material. The heart valve is positioned on the stent, with its marginal portions overlapping it and affixed to it by sutures.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly which is flexible in at least one bending mode. A seat member of substantially planar shape has an integrally formed guard located transversely along its forward margin. The guard and seat members are formed of a flexible material. A flexible blade having a sharpened edge along a transverse margin is disposed on a surface of the seat member having its edge parallel to and rearwardly located of the guard bar. A cap member of flexible material has a planar surface in contact with the blade and a front margin located rearwardly of the cutting edge. The seat, blade and cap are yieldingly bonded together and freely flexible about an axis parallel to the plane of the blade and perpendicular to the cutting edge.

Abstract: A heavy duty truck liner for working on a truck, or large trailer, where a plurality of pulling and pushing operations are required to straighten a frame, etc. A plurality of tracks in the form of a rectangle surrounding the normal position of the truck and body, is prepared and set into the concrete floor of the work room. A large inverted U-frame is set on rollers which are adapted to travel longitudinally along the long sides of the track. The frame is large enough to completely encircle the truck and body can be moved readily along the track so as to be opposite any point on the side walls of the body where pulling or pushing operations are required. A folding platform is attached in a slidable manner to the sidewalls of the frame so as to position the platform at any level on either side of the body. Hydraulic locking means are provided to lock the frame in any selected position so as to withstand any pulling and pushing forces required.

Abstract: In a single lens reflex camera, an aperture interlocking device wherein a pantograph mechanism has one lever biased in one direction within a viewfinder detachable with respect to the body of the camera, is connected to the engaging portion of the aperture ring of the picture-taking lens during the mounting of the viewfinder to the camera body so that the aperture information of the picture-taking lens is transmitted to an exposure control device by displacement of the pantograph mechanism, is provided with first guide means for guiding the pantograph mechanism so that a pin on the one lever of the pantograph mechanism is rotatable about the optical axis of the picture-taking lens, an engaging lever engageable with the engaging portion of the aperture ring and supported for rotation on the one lever of the pantograph mechanism, and second guide means for guiding the engaging lever so that the engaging lever is rotated about the optical axis of the picture-taking lens.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control circuit used to conserve power in a portable optical recognition system. When the system is not being used or between actual scans of the reading electronics, power is supplied only to those circuits required to control power to the system and to permit sequence reading of items. An infrared signal is emitted from the reading device and when a document or other item to be read is scanned the infrared signal is reflected back into the scan unit and is detected, thereby sensing that a document is being read and turning the system on.

Abstract: A charge coupled device capable of operating with two phase clock pulses wherein asymmetrical potential wells are established by the use of channel stoppers which are formed on opposite edges of the charge coupled device and which have restricted portions through which the charges can flow from one storage area to the other.The invention also comprises an information storage device including an array of photosensors with certain photosensors coupled to a particular charge transfer device according to the invention wherein channel stoppers with restricted passages are formed so as to provide asymmetrical charge transfer between the photosensors and various elements of the charge transfer device.

Abstract: A protective cuff for the ankle has a padded cover which is secured about the ankle. An elastic cover is positioned over the padded cover to protect the ankle, achilles tendon and foot from injury during athletic endeavor.

Abstract: A belt package for a surgical gown is disclosed in which a belt is fan-folded within a tubular belt support and one belt end is folded over and temporarily attached to the front of the belt support. The folded over belt end includes a line of weakness situated a short distance from the tip of the belt end to form a detachable portion useful in insuring sterility. The belt end is folded over by first folding the detachable portion against the rest of the belt end at a point on the belt near the weakened line but between the line and the point of exit of belt from the belt support. The detachable portion is then folded against the belt support face by a fold in the belt near the point of exit from the belt support. The end is temporarily attached to the belt support at point between the line of weakness and the first fold.

Abstract: A sunshade has ribs which emanate from a hub and are connected intermediate their ends to struts which are in turn connected to a center sleeve. When the sleeve is remote from the hub, the ribs and struts lie alongside each other in a collapsed position in which they are generally parallel to the axis of the hub. However, as the sleeve is moved upwardly toward the hub, the struts swing outwardly and push the ribs outwardly. Indeed, the struts pass through an over center position before the sleeve comes against the hub, and when the sleeve is against the hub, the ribs are in an extended position wherein they radiate from the hub. Each rib at its outer end has a rib extension connected to it, and these rib extensions fold between extended positions, wherein they form continuations of their respective ribs, and folded positions wherein they lie alongside their respective ribs. A fabric cover is connected to the ribs and rib extensions and folds with them.

Abstract: Underpants suitable for use by male persons, have a pouch for holding a fluid-absorbing pad, and a fly opening. The latter makes the underpants more acceptable to men and in some cases appears to give psychological help for reducing incontinence. The pouch is preferably external, with an impermeable outer panel to prevent leakage from the pad. The inner panel of the pouch is permeable and made of a hydrophobic fabric such as polyester to keep the wearer dry and comfortable. The fly opening is conveniently located at or adjacent to a side of the pouch at the front of the underpants. It may have a fastening.

Abstract: Protective headgear comprising, a relatively rigid shell for covering the wearer's head. The headgear has a bumper for the shell comprising, a flexible cover attached to a front of the shell adjacent a lower front edge of the shell, with the cover having a recess facing the shell, and a pad of high energy attenuation material received in the recess.

Abstract: A heart valve has an elliptical occluder mounted for pivoting in an annular heart valve body with a circular passageway between an open position to allow blood flow through the passageway and a closed position to block blood flow. A pair of ears extend from the occluder into a pair of opposed pie-shaped depressions in the interior wall of the valve body so that the relative rotation of the ears along the verticies of the depressions defines an eccentric pivot axis. The occluder seats in its closed position against a lip which protrudes inward of the interior wall on the major side of the eccentric axis.

Abstract: An artifact usable in-vivo in general or buccal surgery of the type in which a metallic armature is covered with a coating layer of a biocompatible compound.The compound is insulating, refractory, amorphous and non porous, and the thickness of the coating layer is between 100 A.degree. and 0.5 micron, whereby the coating layer is adapted for supporting without cracks the deformations of the artifact during the clinical phase.

Abstract: The invention contemplates improved techniques for making lens implants for use in ophthalmological surgery, the lens being a replacement for a cataract-clouded natural lens. The lens of the invention is particularly adapted for posterior-chamber implantation, with position stability derived from the inner wall of the natural-lens sac (from which cataracted material has been removed). A manipulative tool in combination with the lens assembly (1) provides safe stabilizing support during storage and transit prior to the surgeon's access for operative use, and (2) is configurated to facilitate operative placement of compliant retaining feet within the sac, permitting posterior-chamber positioning of the lens prior to tool removal.

Abstract: A clamp is provided for detachably securing a toilet seat to a toilet bowl. A spherically headed bolt is securely bolted into each of the holes in the flange portion of the rear of the upper part of the bowl so that the spherical head of the post extends out beyond the upper part of the bowl. Fasteners, each having downwardly depending wall circumscribing a socket for mateably receiving one of these projections and securing it therein against unpurposeful disengagement, are associated with the toilet seat, and may rotatably engage the hinge shaft found to the rear of many types of toilet seats. By lifting on a finger grip ledge extending out at the rear of each of the fasteners, the fasteners and the bolt heads are disengaged, thereby detaching the toilet seat from its position on the top part of the bowl. This device, by permitting such easy disengagement of the toilet seat, facilitates cleaning and hygiene.

Abstract: An apparatus usable with conventional toilet structures, said apparatus of the type designed for providing sitz bath, sitz shower, and other such treatments of the general peri-anal area.A conduit means preferably extends vertically through an aperture formed in a toilet seat so that one end of the conduit is disposed upwardly of the toilet seat and the other end of the conduit is disposed downwardly of the seat, but in non-interfering relationship with the toilet bowl portion of the structure so that normal use thereof can be made even when the conduit is in its functional position.The upper end of the conduit is brought into fluid communication with a source of fluid under pressure by a flexible hose carrying a flow control valve at its end that releasably connects to the upper end of said conduit.

Abstract: An article of furniture characterized by use of heavyweight foam rubber material for the major structural components thereof, combined with a flat base supporting an upstanding tubular frame member. The flat base supports the bottom of the article and the tubular frame member acts as an internally positioned support for the back portion of the article. Seat cushions used with said article are hinged, one to the other and, when folded outward and placed on the floor, form a sleeping surface.

Abstract: A mattress pad having a porous aluminum silicone layer for reflection and retention of body heat.

Abstract: An improved self-releasing locking unit, such as a self-releasing locking edge support, in an inner spring assembly wherein the locking unit can be employed to secure the inner spring assembly in a compressed condition during the covering of same, and which will release the inner spring assembly from the compressed condition after the covering procedure has been completed. The self-releasing locking unit comprises a hook connected to the peripheral lower frame of the inner spring assembly and a hook receiver connected to an upper portion of the inner spring assembly. The hook is biased in a first position near the lower frame and is movable to a second position wherein the hook is disposed substantially normal to the plane of the lower frame and is adapted to engage the hook when the lower and upper frames of the inner spring assembly are in a compressed condition.

Abstract: A single leg mooring terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy assembly extending from the sea floor to the sea surface to moor a tanker vessel, and a separate fluid conduit extending at an upward incline to the vessel for carrying oil to or from it, and wherein the buoy assembly includes a tilt joint and both the buoy assembly and hose structure must rotate without limit about the same vertical axis to follow drifting of the vessel about the installation. The vertical rotation joint which joins the rotatable upper portion of the buoy assembly to the stationary lower portion thereof, is located below the tilt joint, and a fluid swivel of the conduit is joined to a sidewardly-extending pipe which extends sidewardly at a level above the vertical rotation joint but below the top of the tilt joint.

Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear includes attaching a connecting strip to the peripheral lower edge portion of a pre-formed upper so that the connecting strip surrounds the upper. The connecting strip has a profiled section providing a projecting extension, and a pre-formed ring-like welt member having an inner surface shaped for snapping engagement with the projecting extension of the connecting strip, is snapped into engagement with the connecting strip. A pre-formed sole and heel unit is then attached to the welt member by causing the upper peripheral surface of the sole and heel unit to adhere to the lower surface of the welt member. Alternatively, the pre-formed welt member may be omitted, and the pre-formed sole and heel unit snapped directly onto the connecting strip.

Abstract: An electrically driven hand-held apparatus for body care, such as a toothbrush, operates by means of a rotating motor. An eccentric pin is driven by the motor and engages in a longitudinal slot defined by a fork which is secured to an instrument holder and in this manner sets the instrument holder supporting the treatment instrument such as the toothbrush in oscillatory motion about its longitudinal axis. In order to permit the oscillation amplitude to be adjusted without alteration of the oscillation frequency, the eccentric pin is fixed on a support inclined to its axis of rotation, the support being set in rotary motion by the motor shaft and the support being set in rotary motion by the motor shaft and the support being axially displaceable on its axis of rotation by means of an external operating knob. The effective eccentricity, that is to say the radial distance of the location of engagement in the longitudinal slot, of the eccentric pin from the axis of rotation of the support is thus variable.

Abstract: A used roll of photostatic film is guided through a series of bunny brushes and vacuum nozzles to reclaim the film. The brushes pick particles from the film. The vacuum nozzles, connected to a blower, remove the particles from the brush. The reclaimed film is then rewound on a core. The process of reclaiming this web of photostatic film carefully guides the web from the used roll through the brushes to the rewinding spool without creasing the web.