Abstract: A new plant variety of Hydrangea paniculata named ‘Shikoku Flash’ having clear white mottled foliage growth throughout the growing season.

Abstract: A new plant variety of Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum characterized by its white flowers and purple colored new foliage which matures to green.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel hybrid plant named ‘The Saint’ and belonging to the family Iridaceae said plant is a cross between two gladiolus varieties, ‘Purple King’ and ‘Friendship’ and is an ornamental plant widely cultivated for beautiful flowers which are of commercial and export value, further said plant is propagated vegetatively by corms and hence can be maintained as a stable genotype.

Abstract: A new Ageratum plant particularly distinguished by its large blue flower, early flowering, nicely branched plant habit and vigorous growth.

Abstract: A rose plant of the hybrid tea class notable by the contrast the slight red wine scent of its flowers, and the contrast between the color of the flowers and the color of the foliage as the flower opens.

Abstract: A new and distinct Bracteantha plant named ‘OHB003790’, characterized by its large inflorescences of yellow-colored involucral bracts and orange colored disc florets, dark green-colored foliage, and compact upright growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Clips Whitspla’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with many flower umbels per plant; and flower umbels with numerous white and red purple bi-colored single flowers.

Abstract: A new Ageratum plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by light purple red flowers, early and continuously flowering and has a growing habit that is flat, well branched and vigorous.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Iringa’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; full and dense plants; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored foliage; large inflorescences with dark red purple-colored ray florets; and high temperature tolerance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Amri Derose Two’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with many flower umbels per plant; and flower umbels with numerous dark red purple-colored semi-double flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘OHAR01240’, characterized by its single inflorescence form with pink-colored ray florets and yellow-colored disc florets, freely branching character, medium green-colored foliage and compact upright growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sulte Broe’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, decumbent and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and numerous flowers that are orange in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Leucanthemum plant named ‘Kiedai’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; dark green foliage; early and continuous flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with; white-colored ray florets and bright yellow-colored disc florets; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Carnation plant named ‘Yoder Mist’, characterized by its pure white-colored flowers; early and freely flowering habit with about nine to ten flower per flowering stem; fragrant flowers; good postproduction longevity with flowers maintaining good substance and color for about ten days in an interior environment after shipping; and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum.

Abstract: A new and distinct Hybrid Tea Rose plant variety with pink flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Silvermoon’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; and white to light green-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Jericho’, characterized by its compact plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; large white-colored flowers; and relatively early flowering.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Green Corsican’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; and white-colored flowers.

Abstract: ‘Hawaii’ is a new variety of calla lily having beautiful multi-colored flowers and strong branching.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the floribunda class which has abundant, lavender and purple flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: ‘Kakegawa S71’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has light orange petal lobes with darker orange veins and yellow corolla tube and dark green foliage.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the compact floribunda class which has abundant, dark red flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Cherry Red’ that is characterized by large deep red flowers, more branching, and earlier flowering. In combination, these traits set ‘Tamar Cherry Red’ apart from all other existing varieties of Impatiens known to the inventor.

Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct primocane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Jaclyn’, which is capable of producing fruit much earlier than that of the standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by a vigorous suckering ability and its consistently large, dark, long conic and very symmetrical fruit. Fruit seldom sunscalds in the mid-Atlantic states when grown under standard irrigation and fertilization practices. Fruit aroma is very full, and fruit quality is excellent through even high temperatures. Fruit separation can be difficult in cooler weather.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Genstarvi’ that is characterized by purple double flowers, medium green foliage with a light zonation pattern and a medium flower response.

Abstract: An electrical raceway assembly for use with a structure is provided. The elongated raceway is engageable to the structure and has a length, a transverse base and a pair of opposite upstanding sidewalls extending along the length to define at least one channel configured for retaining electrical wires. A locking element secures and detachably engages the raceway to a surface of the structure. In one embodiment, the locking element includes a mounting plate, a stud, a core, and a locking lever. The stud has a threaded first end, an opposite second end, and a shoulder between the first and second end. The threaded first end is insertable through an opening defined in the mounting plate to engage a threaded hole in the surface of the structure. The core has a rounded outer surface and defines a thru-hole for receiving the second end of the stud. The locking lever includes a handle portion and a rounded camming portion.

Abstract: A knitted collar for a shirt and a method for manufacturing such a collar. The collar includes a knitted collar body having a sewing edge adapted to be attached to the shirt, a finished edge and two selvedges. The body has a pocket at each of the two selvedges. The pocket has first and second ends extending approximately from the finished edge to the sewing edge. The pocket is closed at the first end by the finished edge. A stay is disposed in the pocket of each of the two selvedges. The stay has a first end facing the first end of the pocket and a second end facing the second end of the pocket. A stop stitch formed between the first and second ends of the pocket. The stop stitch closes one of the first and second ends of the pocket for substantially preventing the stay from moving within the pocket. A new type of stay with protrusions is also described.

Abstract: An athletic glove comprises a back portion and a palm portion. A tape is stitched to the back portion. The tape extends from a little finger portion, a ring finger portion and a middle finger portion toward the base of a thumb portion, and can supply proper fastening force to the little finger, the ring finger and the middle finger of the user's hand when the user grasps an object.

Abstract: For a firefighter, rescue worker, or chemical worker or another wearer needing head protection, a protective hood, a fitment, a face mask, and a head harness are combined. The head harness is attached to the face mask, at an upper portion of the face mask, so as to secure the face mask to the wearer's head, when the face mask and the head harness are worn. The protective hood is attached detachably to the face mask, at a lower portion of the face mask, but is not attached elsewhere. The protective hood is adapted to cover the wearer's head and to cover the head harness, except for a frontal region of the wearer's head, when the protective hood, the face mask, and the head harness are worn. The fitment is attachable to the face mask.

Abstract: Disclosed are men's underpants enabling the penis and scrotum to protrude out of the underpants naturally as well as to be received in separate tubes so as to improve a user's sense of wearing. The underpants includes an underpants body having penis and scrotum outlet ports so as to pull out a user's penis and scrotum respectively, a penis receiving part having a tube shape of which both ends are open so that one end of the penis receiving part is coupled with the penis outlet port wherein the penis protrudes out of the underpants body through the penis outlet port so as to be received in the penis receiving part, and a scrotum receiving part of which one end is coupled with the scrotum outlet port so that the scrotum protruding out of the underpants body through the scrotum outlet port is received in the scrotum receiving part.

Abstract: A protective helmet includes a substantially rigid outer shell defining a bottom opening and an internal cavity for receiving a wearer's head; an inner ring positioned substantially within and secured to the outer shell; a suspension secured to the inner ring and including at least two suspension straps; and a headband positioned substantially within the outer shell and adjacent the bottom opening of the outer shell, wherein the position of the headband relative to the inner ring can be manipulated, effectively adjusting the vertical position of the headband within and relative to the outer shell.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a magnet module adapted for use in an automatic shutdown assembly of a flip-up helmet mount for a night vision device, the magnet module comprising a vertically angled cavity with a substantially L-shaped profile, the cavity including a use end and a stowed end substantially opposite the use end and a bar magnet slidably received within the cavity and movable between the use end and the stowed end.

Abstract: A helmet neck skirt system for covering an entirety of a user's neck to inhibit debris and adverse weather from providing discomfort to the user includes a collar member couplable to a full circumferential length around a base portion of a protective helmet such that the collar member extends down from the helmet generally parallel to the user's neck. Thus, the collar remains in generally spaced relationship to the user's neck and permits the insertion of an upper portion of a jacket or shirt worn by the user between the neck of the user and the lower portion of the collar. The collar extends down a distance sufficient to cover an entirety of the user's neck.

Abstract: The invention is a chin stabilizer system for a full-face helmet, such as a motorcycle helmet or the like. It includes a flexible material having a generally triangular configuration with snap fittings at each point of the triangle. The snap fittings connect the flexible material to the helmet, underneath the chin. One snap fitting connects the material near the chin, while the other two connect the material to the helmet on opposite sides, near the wearer's jaw. The flexible material restrains the helmet from riding up over the face of the wearer.

Abstract: A go-kart chest protective device is disclosed that is comprises of a conventional shirt-type garment having a protective element affixed thereto. The protective element is fabricated from an impact resistant material and is operative to selectively protect the chest of the go-kart driver without interfering with the driver's ability to drive the go-kart.

Abstract: In an inside of a cassette 11 which is stored integrally with a toilet seat lid 1, a plurality of toilet seat covers 12 are stored, and by opening and closing of the toilet seat lid 1 which stores the cassette 11, a part of the toilet seat cover 12 which is exposed from a lower lid 7 of the cassette 11 contacts an adhesive button 3 which is disposed on a toilet set 14 or a seat 2 of the toilet seat and adheres to this, and thereby, the toilet seat cover 12 is set on the toilet seat 14 or the seat 2 of the toilet seat. Also, in order to facilitate refilling of the toilet seat covers 12 into the inside of the cassette 11, disposed are fixing means and opening and closing means by which the toilet seat lid 1 and the cassette 11, and an upper lid 5 and the lower lid 7 of the cassette 11 can be easily detached and attached, or opened and closed.

Abstract: An air plunger is described. The air plunger comprises an upper barrel and a lower barrel slidably received by the upper barrel. An air seal is fixed to the lower barrel and slidably engages with the upper barrel. A nozzle is attached to the lower barrel opposite to the upper barrel. A stop mechanism prohibits the upper barrel from disassociating with the lower barrel.

Abstract: A dual-phase flush urinal that maintains itself in a sufficiently sanitary condition with minimal water consumption. The urinal includes a piece of chinaware having a rear wall with a pair of sidewalls depending normally outward therefrom. A bottom extent of the sidewalls terminates in a curved bowl portion having a fluid well and a water drain therewithin. The sidewalls and rear wall together define a containment area in which an atmospheric vacuum breaker and valve means are disposed. The valve means is in electrical communication with a sensor that detects the presence of a user and has a first fluid discharge port in fluid communication with the bowl portion and a second fluid discharge port. Upon detection of the user, the sensor transmits a first signal to the valve means to initiate a first water exchange phase of the flush cycle. The first fluid discharge port provides water along an elongate channel to remove waste from the bowl portion.

Abstract: The pool tray has a horizontal surface having a perforations therein for allowing water to drain therefrom. The tray engages over a lip of the pool and is supported against a sidewall of the pool to maintain horizontal positioning. A cover which may be removable or hingedly fixed to the tray may be provided.

Abstract: A walk-on tray apparatus for concealing a pool cover operation system, is disclosed. A plurality of brackets each having a load-bearing upper portion may be attached to a sidewall of an elongate recess formed at one end of a pool, such that the load-bearing upper portions of the brackets extend in a substantially horizontal orientation. A plurality of platform sections each include a mortar veneer, a tray with an attachment plate removably disposed beneath an under side of the tray, and a nut-tightening arrangement, such that the load-bearing upper portions may be securely sandwiched between the under side of the tray and the attachment plate. The platform sections may reside in a side-by-side, sequential series. The mortar veneer may be formed directly on the tray, and the facade may be modified and customized to match the appearance of the perimeter sections of a pool deck. The veneer may be composed of mortar, resin and negligible amounts of fiberglass particles, forming an elastic composition.