Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Duesurimtili’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching; freely flowering habit; and single flowers that are red purple in color.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Verbascum plant named ‘Rosie’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; and light pink-colored flowers with red purple-colored centers.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Dardom’, characterized by its large and vigorous growth habit; upright and rounded plant habit; strong stems; large durable leaves; large dome-shaped inflorescences; and inflorescences with large sterile flowers and numerous small fertile flowers.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Pine tree named ‘Blue Angel’, characterized by its uniform and upright plant habit; silvery blue green-colored leaves; and excellent garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kicabo’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; small dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; and small white-colored flowers.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLEC01055’, characterized by its cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers; and good weather tolerance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLEC01061’, characterized by its cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering habit; light orange-colored flowers; and good weather tolerance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLEC01056’, characterized by its cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering habit; light yellow-colored flowers; and good weather tolerance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cobeer’, characterized by its compact, uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; glossy dark green foliage; freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; fully double inflorescence form; and purple-colored ray florets that fade to pink with subsequent development.

Abstract: An asexually reproduced variety of perennial zoysiagrass with a unique combination of characters including fine to medium leaf blade width, low floral production, and unique AFLP fingerprint.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant which have attractive magenta-purple colored flowers and attractive dark green and glossy foliage. The buds are large and well turbinated. This new variety is having high production of long stems with a long vase life, vigorous, upright growth, and good tolerance to powdery mildew. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is well suitable for year round production of cut flowers in commercial glass houses as a flowering cut rose. This and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new variety of apple tree named ‘Civni’ characterized by high sugar content, no biennial bearing (bears regularly every year), semi-spur plant and firm, crisp, juicy and aromatic fruit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plum tree, Prunus salicina, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a large size, vigorous, hardy, heavy blooming, pollen abundant, self-unfruitful, and usually productive tree. The present variety requires cross pollinization other plums that bloom during the mid to late season, such as ‘Blackamber’ (unpatented) or ‘Angeleno’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,747). The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in early September, with first picking on Sep. 7, 2002. The fruit is uniformly large in size, globose to slightly oblate in shape, blackish red in skin color, mostly red in flesh color, clingstone in type, very firm and crisp in texture, and very good in flavor. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using ‘Freedom’ (unpatented) as the selected seed parent and an undetermined plum as the pollen parent.

Abstract: A process which provides electronic access to pre-paid funds for cash or payment for goods and services. A card is issued to a customer with a value selectable by the customer. The card has a magnetic stripe with an encoded card number including a bank identification number (BIN) and an account number. The central card processor establishes a zero balance database including the card numbers, but with blank fields for the customer data and the value of the account. When a customer purchases a card, the sales agent transmits to the central database computer which fills in the blanks in the database, activating the account, and transmits an acknowledgement signal back to the sales agent. The customer can immediately use the card in ATM or other remote terminals to acquire cash or purchase goods and services. The customer inputs a PIN number which is provided with the card, or a customer selected alternative PIN number.

Abstract: Disclosed are a safe slurry photosensitive composition superior in image formation capabilities such as resolution and sensitivity and containing no harmful compound, and a safe water-soluble photosensitive composition capable of being dissolved in water without using any organic solvent while maintaining a sufficient sensitivity as a resist and containing no harmful substance. The slurry photosensitive composition contains a compound which generates an acid when irradiated with light or ionizing radiation, at least one type of a resin with acid-crosslinkability or acid-decomposability, and a powder. Various devices can be manufactured by forming a layer of this photosensitive composition on a substrate, exposing the layer to light in accordance with a desired pattern, and heating the layer. The water-soluble photosensitive composition contains a compound which generates an acid when irradiated with light or ionizing radiation, and an acetal resin.

Abstract: A piperidine compound of the formula (I): wherein A is a fused aromatic ring; R is hydrogen, chloro or methoxy; X is (CH2)n, which may be substituted, in which n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 10, —CH≡CH—, —C≡C—, —O—, —S—, —NH—, —N(COCH3)—, —N(COOC2H5)—, —N(CHO)—, —N(CH3)—, —CO—, —SO—, or —SO2—; Y is —CH≡CH—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2CO—, —O—, —S—, —NH—, —OCH2—, —SCH2—, —NHCH2—, —CH(OH)CH2— or —CH(OH)CH(OH)—; and Q is substituted or unsubstituted n-hexyl, carboxypropyl, ethoxycarbonylpropyl, cyanopropyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, indanyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, benzocycloheptyl, piperidinyl, tetrahydroisoquinolinyl, indolyl, pyrolyl, furyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, oxazolyl or N-methylpyrolyl, wherein any one or more of t

Abstract: The athletic face shield consists of a head frame that contours to a player's head along with an elastic headband. The interchangeable hand shield is affixed to the front of the head frame and can be replaced with other objects. The athletic face shield fits in front of the player's face to produce the “hand in your face” affect utilized by defense players. It allows a solitary player to practice his or her defense game and experience the defense hand in their face when shooting.

Abstract: A hair cover is composed of a top and a bottom piece, in which the top piece further comprises a relatively longer side, an opposite relatively shorter side, and two arcuate equilateral sides; the bottom piece is correspondingly shaped to the top piece, having also a relatively longer side, a shorter side, two arcuate equilateral sides, and a central through hole. The top and the bottom piece are to be combined together by binding thermally the corresponding portions of each piece to form a trapezoid hair cover that is capable of promoting the wearing comfortableness considerably. In wearing the hair cover, one's head is put penetrating the central hole to have his hair shaded closely from his forehead and his longer hair portion shaded in a wider rear end by taking advantage of the natural stretchability of the resilient cloth of the hair cover.

Abstract: An air filtration system and a helmet for use in the air filtration system are disclosed and utilized to filter air between a head and body of a user and an external environment. The air filtration system and helmet include inner and outer shells that define an air flow channel for channeling air about the user. A fan module is mounted between the inner and outer shells and a scroll housing is mounted adjacent the fan module. The scroll housing includes an air inlet for drawing air into the air filtration system and helmet, and at least one air outlet to distribute air flow to the air flow channel. The helmet includes air exits at front and rear sections that are in fluid communication with the air flow channel and the air outlet or outlets. The air filtration system includes a gown operating as a filter for filtering the air.

Abstract: Elastic and/or decorative trim is attached along an edge of a fabric body of a garment without sewing. The trim comprises a textile material containing fibers of thermoplastic material. The fabric edge to which the trim is attached can be any type of fabric, not necessarily containing any thermoplastic fibers. The trim is attached by wrapping the trim around the fabric edge so that the edge is sandwiched between two opposing portions of the trim, and then localized regions of the trim are heated, preferably ultrasonically, to cause the thermoplastic material in the trim to become plastic and flow together from the opposing portions, thus penetrating through the fabric edge. The thermoplastic material is then allowed to cool and solidify, thereby attaching the trim to the fabric edge. Also disclosed are garments having ultrasonically formed joints between two or more fabric panels.

Abstract: A rotatable coupling structure for a shield and visor of a helmet includes a rotation shaft unit installed at both sides of the helmet body. The shield includes a rotary shaft inserted into a shaft hole in a circular rotation plate member through insertion guide portions at both ends. The visor includes a respective rotary shaft inserted into a shaft hole in the circular rotation plate member. The shield is coupled to the shaft hole of the respective rotary shaft and is rotatable upward and downward at multiple stage stop points, and the visor is assembled to the shaft of the rotary shaft and is fixed at a fixed position without an upward and downward rotation.

Abstract: A coupling apparatus for a helmet shield includes a helmet and a shield that includes a left and right protruded inner portion, a curved rim protrusion, a cam shaped shaft portion having an engaging shaft flange at both sides of the rim protrusion and a guide pin shaft. A coupling apparatus includes a movable shaft member, base member and movable shaft member spring that is assembled to the back surface of the base member. The movable shaft member spring includes one end engaged to a spring engaging ring of the movable shaft member and the other end supported by the base member for thereby returning the movable shaft member, wherein the cam shaped shaft portion of the shield is rotatable in the movable shaft member, and the movable shaft member is slide-movable in the concave portion of the base member in a forward and backward direction.

Abstract: A toilet bowl deodorizing, disinfecting and washing apparatus. In one variation, the apparatus includes a flexible enclosure that contains a bellows, a high-pressure reservoir, a liquid reservoir, and a plurality of nozzles. The bellows, liquid reservoir, and nozzles are selectively placed in fluid communication with the high-pressure reservoir. In use, the flexible enclosure is disposed beneath a toilet seat (or is itself a toilet seat). Deodorizing/disinfecting/washing liquid, which is contained in the liquid reservoir, is admitted to the high-pressure reservoir. When a person sits on the flexible enclosure, the bellows compresses air that is admitted to the high-pressure reservoir, thereby pressurizing the deodorizing/disinfecting/washing liquid that is contained therein. As the person gets off the flexible enclosure, the high-pressure reservoir is connected to the nozzles such that pressurized deodorizing/disinfecting/washing liquid is dispensed.

Abstract: A dripless plunger includes a head connected to a shaft and a cover movable under user control of an actuator on the shaft from a closed position in which the cover overlies the head to prevent drippage from the head after use of the plunger to clear a clogged drain, and an open position in which the cover is moved to a position remote from the head to permit the head to be placed sealingly about the drain and deformed for forcing water through the drain to unclog the same.

Abstract: A retention system for holding and mounting a cover cap to a plumbing fitting having a tubular terminal that projects at an opening through a bath or shower wall, comprising a retainer ring fitting on said tubular terminal and tightenable toward said wall, a series of retention cams on said ring and space about a longitudinal axis defined by the ring, there being gaps between successive cams, and there being retention shoulders on the cams, the retention shoulders facing in directions toward said wall, for retaining holders on the cover cap, after said holders have been passed longitudinally through said gaps and after the cap has then rotated to cause said holders to slidably engage the cams and became wedged against said retention shoulders.

Abstract: A pool cover system including a pool cover collecting drum supported for rotation on its ends and a drive gear connected to the drum by a drive shaft. A power gear is operably connected to a portable electric drill by a power shaft, engaging the drive gear. Upon activation of the drill, the collecting drum rotates retracting the pool cover. A complementary apparatus on the same side of the pool, such as a rope reel collecting apparatus having an engageable drive gear and a drive shaft connected to a reel, extends the pool cover over the pool by pulling on a rope attached to a rigid end of the pool cover. The pool cover is extended and retracted with the sides sliding in one channel of a dual channel track, allowing the cover to serve as a safety cover.

Abstract: An insulating cover for a portable toilet as used on construction sites and for outdoor events is described. In one arrangement insulating panels are fastened around the portable toilet to reduce the escape of heat therefrom.

Abstract: A toilet seat lift comprising a base having opposite sides, a seat support mounted on the base for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal axis extending side-to-side with respect to the base between a lowered position and a raised position, a seat on the seat support having an opening therein adapted to overlie a toilet, and a power actuator for pivoting the seat support from its lowered position to its raised position.

Abstract: A convertible article of furniture includes a primary cushion member supported by a support structure, and a backrest assembly which is movable relative to the primary cushion member between an upstanding rearward position and a lowered forward position. The backrest assembly has a sectional articulated construction, including an inner backrest member and an outer backrest member. When the backrest assembly is in the upstanding rearward position, the outer backrest member extends upwardly from the inner backrest member to support the upper back area of a user seated upon the primary cushion member. When the backrest assembly is moved to its lowered forward position, the outer backrest member is moved downwardly and inwardly relatively to the inner backrest member, to an unobtrusive stored position.

Abstract: A crib including a pair of endwalls and a pair of sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls being descendable to facilitate placing a child into and removing the child from the crib over the descendable sidewall. The descendable sidewall has opposed ends, one of which adjoins one of the pair of endwalls and the other of which adjoins the other of the pair of endwalls. The crib further includes a leg-disposed proximately toward the descendable sidewall adjoins the one of the pair of endwalls and a leg disposed proximately to where the descendable sidewall adjoins the other of the pair of endwalls. The legs support the crib above a generally flat surface and provide clearance between the crib and the generally flat surface, such that the descendable sidewall is descendable toward the flat surface relative to the endwalls. The crib further includes a crib side rail for slidably supporting the descendable sidewall of the crib thereon between the endwalls.

Abstract: A bed siderail for a bed having a frame includes a flexible section to allow a portion of the siderail to flex upward.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for restraining a patient in a Trendelenburg position include positioning a patient on a patient support surface which is tiltable and includes a head end, a foot end and opposed sides which extend between the head end and the foot end, and engaging a top portion of the patient's hips on either side with padded hip braces configured to engage the top portion of the patient's hips and prevent the patient from sliding toward the head end of the tiltable patient support surface when tilted in the Trendelenburg position.

Abstract: A facial fatigue reducing pillow construction (10) for eliminating the application of compressive forces against the side of a user's face including the eye socket and cheek bone areas while the user's head rests on the pillow construction (10) which includes a pillow member (20) having an upper portion (22) provided with a pair of facial relief units 12 12′ and a head relief unit (13) aligned along the longitudinal axis of the pillow member (20) wherein the facial relief units (12 12′) create voids in the upper portion (22) of the pillow member (20) adjacent a person's eye sockets and cheek bones and the head relief unit (13) is dimensioned to receive and support the side of a user's head.

Abstract: An improved pillow is formed from an internal inflatable bladder having a filling and a lining secured thereto. A pump is secured to the internal inflatable bladder, inside of the filling or lining and a release valve is provided to release air from the pillow. The pump is easily operated by a single hand to inflate the pillow to a desired comfort level.

Abstract: A folding multipurpose hand tool including folding pliers and other tool blades and bits. A pair of handles each have a pivot axle at each end. A base of each jaw of the pliers is mounted on the pivot axle at one end of a handle, allowing the handles to fold around the jaws to a compact folded configuration of the tool. Each handle has frame side members with attached flanges. Elongate springs lie alongside the handle frame side members and fit around the flanges, rather than being riveted to the handle frame side member. The springs press against the base of a pliers jaw or other tool bit or blade, or a spacer, to keep each tool blade, jaw, or bit in a folded position or support it in a deployed position. Additional frame side members each include a flange and support a spring and one or two additional tool blades or bits. The pivot axles interconnect the handle frame side members and the tool bits.

Abstract: A folding multipurpose hand tool including folding pliers or scissors and other tool blades and bits. A pair of handles each has a pivot axle at each end. A base of each pliers jaw or scissors blade is mounted on the pivot axle at one end of a handle, allowing the handles to fold around the jaws to blades to a compact folded configuration of the tool. Each handle has frame side members with attached flanges. Elongate springs lie between the handle frame side members and fit around the flanges, rather than being riveted to the handle frame side members. The springs press against the base of each pliers jaw or other tool blade, to keep each in a folded position or support it in a deployed position. One end of a spring may be hooked around a spring retainer at one end of the handle. The pivot axles interconnect the handle frame side members and the jaws, blades, or tool bits.

Abstract: A three-piece bicycle tool assembly consists of a first tool carrier, a second tool carrier, and an engagement member separate from and slidingly engaging the first tool carrier and the second tool carrier. The first tool carrier and the second tool carrier each have a number of tools pivotably engaged thereon. A chain repair tool on the engagement member is held between the first tool carrier and the second tool carrier so that it is not substantially exposed.

Abstract: A corkscrew has an external tubular body having a mouth forming a support over a bottle, a spiral introducible into a cork when rotating the corkscrew, a support for supporting the spiral, and an actuating unit including a toothing provided on the tubular body, an arm having a lower end engageable with the toothing and a lever pivotably connected with the tubular body and also with an upper end of the arm and turnable toward and away form the tubular body, to provide step-by-step an engagement of the lower end of the arm with the toothing, a disengagement of the lower arm with the toothing, and a subsequent engagement of the lower end of the arm with the toothing at a greater height to impart an ascending movement to the support means and thereby to the spiral for removing the cork.

Abstract: A boot retainer can store boots without losing the shape. The retainer includes inner pads capable of moving to conform to the interior surface at two or more points of the boot of different sizes, and also includes a hook for suspending the retainer together with the boot.

Abstract: The invention provides a freely detachable insole and wooden mold as well as a method of manufacturing shoes, the method using the freely detachable insole and wooden mold, and the method being characterized in that the operation of attaching the insole to the wooden mold can be done in speedy fashion; the alignment of the insole can be easily adjusted even when the insole is attached to the mold not in alignment; there is no danger of failing to pull out nails; and there is no requirement of any special equipment cost. The method of manufacturing shoes comprises the steps of: providing suckers on a wooden shoe mold, attaching the wooden mold and the insole together by such means of causing adherence by suction between a generally flat surface mating the suckers and being provided on the shoe insole and the suckers being provided on the wooden mold made to be freely detachable, and covering the wooden mold by a shoe vamp to thereafter complete a tucking operation.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention a pneumatic-operated toothbrush incorporates a pump that a user may utilize to pump are into and pressurize air in a reservoir. The reservoir is attached to a pneumatic motor, which utilizes the pressurized air inside the reservoir to rotate a drive shaft. Attached to the end of the drive shaft is a plurality of bristles that rotate when the drive shaft is rotating. The motor will continue to rotate the bristles as long as the pressure inside the reservoir is sufficient enough to force the air into the pneumatic motor. When the motor stops rotating the bristles, the user can pump air back inside the reservoir for continued use. It is important to note that the pneumatic toothbrush for the present invention is a self-contained device, meaning that the reservoir, motor and pump are incorporated into a single toothbrush. In addition the present invention does not use batteries or other electrical elements to power the motor.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed in a brush cleaning apparatus for cleaning a major surface of a wafer and including wafer guide wheels for transporting the wafer. The improvement includes a polish pad material disposed on a circumference of the guide wheels. The polish pad material is a material used in chemical-mechanical polishing of the wafer. The polish pad material contacts an edge portion of the wafer during cleaning thereof, thereby removing contaminants from the edge portion of the wafer, so that edge cleaning is performed in situ in addition to the brush cleaning of the major surface of the wafer.

Abstract: A drip manifold having drip nozzles configured to form controlled droplets is provided for use in wafer cleaning systems. The drip manifold includes a plurality of drip nozzles that are secured to the drip manifold. Each of the plurality of drip nozzles has a passage defined between a first end and a second end. A sapphire orifice is defined within the passage and is located at the first end of the drip nozzle. The sapphire orifice is angled to produce a fluid stream that is reflected within the passage and toward the second end to form one or more uniform drops over a brush.

Abstract: A rotary brush assembly that is mounted to a traction vehicle, such as a skid steer type vehicle. The brush assembly is allowed to move relative to the traction vehicle within three degrees of freedom including yaw, roll, and up and down linear motion. The degrees of freedom reduce brush wear and facilitate more effective cleaning over uneven surfaces. Up and down linear motion is accommodated by a linear sliding joint. The sliding joint is further equipped with markings that indicate to the operator where, in the range of up and down motion, the brush is located. The brush assembly is also equipped with a mounting mechanism that translates motion of a skid steered vehicle implement arm joint into yaw motion of the brush. This eliminates the need for additional hydraulic cylinders or controls to actuate yaw motion.

Abstract: A wiper blade for a car comprises a seat part, a moisture absorptive part, and a sweep part. The seat part is an elongated strip made of non-absorptive material and provides a cross section and a length thereof corresponding to a wiper frame on the car for joining with the wiper frame. The moisture absorptive part is made of water absorbable material and has a length and a width thereof corresponding to the seat part for joining with the seat part. The sweep part is an elongated strip with a gap and has a size corresponding to the absorptive part for joining with the absorptive part. The moisture absorptive part can keep the sprayed water for next wipe as soon as the sweep part removes the foreign substances on a windshield of the car.

Abstract: A windshield wiper arm of the motor vehicle is provided with a device including a first power interruption switch, a second power interruption switch, a relay, a motor, a gear set, a push red, and a protruded rod. When the push rod is driven to move in a vertical direction, the windshield wiper arm is pushed to move away from the windshield of the motor vehicle which is not in operation. As the motor vehicle is activated, the push rod is driven to return to a horizontal position thereof, thereby causing the windshield wiper arm to be retracted in place.

Abstract: A windshield wiper for motor vehicle, having a drivably supported wiper arm that carries a wiper blade, wherein the wiper arm at least partly surrounds the wiper blade and is formed by a substantially U-shaped profiled part, characterized in that one leg pointing substantially in a travel direction of the vehicle forms an integrated spoiler, and at least one air outflow opening is disposed in an area of further legs, the one leg has a spoiler lip pointing in a direction of the window to be wiped, and the spoiler lip comprises an elastic material.

Abstract: A paint tray that can be used in the vertical as well as horizontal position to hold paint for use with a roller. Formed longitudinally inside the tray is an inclined bottom surface designed to return excess paint to the basin when the paint tray is disposed horizontally. Formed on the inclined surfaces is a plurality of parallel raised contact surfaces that provides a directional contact surface used to remove excess paint from the roller and return the excess paint to the basin. The length of the inclined surface is sufficient to create freeboard for use in the vertical position without risk of spillage. The paint tray is equipped with a pair of legs attached to its distal end that allows the paint tray to rest vertically on the rung(s) of a ladder or step(s) of a stepladder, or horizontally on the ladder shelf as traditional paint trays. Aligned longitudinally on the distal end of the paint tray is a rigid handle for easy transport of the paint tray in the vertical position.

Abstract: A position shifting plate for an air blowing device includes a casing having an inlet defined in an underside of the casing and an outlet defined in an end of the casing. An annular neck extends from the underside of the casing and encloses the inlet. A gap is defined between the underside of the casing and the neck. A guide member extends from the underside of the casing. A shifting plate has a grated portion and a hole. A flange extends from the shifting plate and two rails extend inward from the flange so as to be movably inserted in the gap. The shifting plate movably contacts the guide member to shift the hole or the grated portion to cover the inlet of the casing.

Abstract: A sash balance brake shoe assembly (2) is disclosed for counterbalancing a sash window (3) slidably supported within a master frame (5). The assembly generally includes a balance assembly preferably in the form of a block and tackle balance assembly (7) and a brake shoe (28). The balance assembly has a balance channel (6). The brake shoe (28) has an extension member (36) that is received by the balance channel (6). A fastener (42) directly connects the brake shoe (28) to the balance channel (6).