Abstract: A wader that is shaped to allow for ease of movement in the hip and knee areas and that has seams running vertically on the anterior and posterior sides of the leg portions. The wader is designed to alleviate discomfort caused by stiff seams and to address the problem of seam abrasion. The wader is made of breathable fabric, and the seams are sewn and sealed. The wader can include, optionally, a foot-covering device and a cinching device. In the preferred embodiment, the seams are sealed with a thermoplastic adhesive tape. A method of manufacturing the wader described above.

Abstract: A pair of swimming goggles, includes left and right goggle frames, a connection bridge connected between the left and right goggle frames, a pair of buckles respectively attached to the left and right goggle frames opposite the connection bridge, and a head strap adjustably fastened to the buckles. Each goggle frame has outer and inner surfaces. A receiving hole is defined between the outer and inner surfaces of each goggle frame and receives a lens therein. Each buckle includes a base and a cover attached to the base. A chamber is cooperatively defined in the base and the cover and receives a shaft and a fastener therein. An entrance is defined between the base and the shaft. An exit is defined between the shaft and the cover. The fastener is adjacent to the shaft and includes a handle and an engagement protrusion. Each of free ends of the head strap extends into the entrance of the buckle, extends out of the exit of the buckle and abuts against the shaft.

Abstract: A toilet overflow prevention device including an overflow valve assembly, a control valve and a water level sensor. The overflow valve assembly is configured to selectively permit a flow of water through the valve assembly from the tank to the bowl of an associated toilet. The water level sensor is configured to provide a control signal in response to detecting an above-normal water level within the bowl of the toilet. The control valve is configured to actuate the overflow valve assembly in response to a control signal from the water level sensor. Preferably, the overflow valve assembly is separate from the primary flush valve of the toilet and is located between the primary flush valve and the bowl of the toilet.

Abstract: A personal lift aid for lifting and lowering ambulatory patients and other individuals by unassisted and assisted means. The invention device comprises of a stanchion assembly having a palm grip to an upper end thereof; three adjustable hand grips located below said palm grip; and a (step-on) anchor pad located at the lower end of the device to anchor the personal lift aid to the floor or ground during lifting and lowering of individuals. Methods of moving a person with the aid of the personal lift aid include methods of a caregiver assisting the person; methods of unaided moving by the person, and methods of traversing stairs.

Abstract: A bassinet and changing table assembly includes a frame, a changing table mounted to the frame, and a bassinet releasably mounted to the changing table and/or the frame so that the bassinet is positioned over the changing table. Hence, the diaper changing activity is separated from the child sleeping area.

Abstract: A towel (10) includes a base layer (12) and a plurality of raised projections (14) that project away from the base layer (12). The base layer (12) has a first side (16) and a second side (18). In one embodiment, the projections (14) are discontinuously positioned and are each separately secured to one or both of the sides (16, 18) of the base layer (12). In one embodiment, the projections (14) have a higher coefficient of static friction than the base layer (12) relative to a surface (20). The base layer (12) can be formed from an absorbent material and the projections (14) can be formed from a relatively non-absorbent material. In one embodiment, the projections (14) cover less than approximately 50 percent of one of the sides (16, 18) of the base layer (12). Moreover, in one embodiment, the projections (14) can be substantially hemispherical in shape.

Abstract: The bedding article comprises a plurality of channels which extend longitudinally or laterally of the featherbed and into which fill can be blown. Each channel is divided into two longitudinal portions, accomplished by a line of lateral stitching across the channel. The two portions have different lengths, with the two lengths alternating from end to end for adjacent channels.

Abstract: Motor adjustable support device for the upholstery of a seat and/or of reclining furniture, especially suited for a bed mattress, including a base body having rails, and one adjustable support element adjustable relative to the base body. An adjusting device for the adjustment of the support device relative to the base body may be provided. One of the rails may be hollow or open on one side for receiving part of the adjusting device. The one adjustable element can be adjusted between a first adjustment position and a second adjustment position and that interacts with the support element, and that is received in the first adjustment position in a rail, or as viewed in a side view, for example, within the bounds of the rail, and that protrudes in the second adjustment position over the rail toward the support side.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided to aid a person entering end exiting a bed. The apparatus includes an elongated shaft and a member mounted normally to an end of the elongated shaft. The member is in the same plane as the shaft and is centered relative to the end. The elongated shaft and the member are shaped so as not to have a closed loop. The elongated shaft has a bracket to mount to a bed with the plane parallel to a side of the bed.

Abstract: A combination tool comprising a hammer head portion, a pipe wrench, a crescent wrench and a handle, wherein the pipe wrench and crescent wrench are located on opposite ends of the tool. The pipe wrench comprises an adjustable jaw and a fixed jaw, and the fixed jaw of the pipe wrench lies directly on top of the hammer head portion. The handle optionally comprises finger grips that can be formed out of the same material as the handle or a separate piece of material, such as rubber, that is wrapped around the outside of the handle. In the preferred embodiment, the length of the handle is in the range of four to ten inches, and the overall length of the tool is in the range of ten to twenty-four inches. The tool is preferably made of chrome-plated forged steel.

Abstract: A pipe prepping tool for cleaning the ends of copper pipes and fittings to prepare their surfaces for soldering. The pipe prepping tool includes a hand-held housing member having an elongate handle portion and a head portion; and also includes a first brush support member being rotatably mounted to the hand-held housing member; and further includes a second brush support member being mounted to the first brush support member; and also includes a plurality of brushes being supported by the first and second brush support members for prepping threads and interior surface of a pipe; and further includes an assembly of rotating said brush members.

Abstract: A convertible vacuum cleaner has a nozzle comprising a suction port; a cleaner body having a filter housing in which a filter is mounted, and a motor housing in which a motor is mounted, the cleaner body for being removably connected with the nozzle, the suction port being connected with the filter when the cleaner body is connected with the nozzle; a locking member slidably disposed on a side of the nozzle; a slot formed in the motor housing for receiving the locking member and thereby preventing the cleaner body from separating from the nozzle; and a unlocking means for sliding out the locking member from the slot. By sliding the locking member, which is slidably disposed in the nozzle, into or out from the slot of the cleaner body, the nozzle and the cleaner body can be connected or disconnected simply.

Abstract: A caster assembly mounted at either bottom corner of luggage comprises a cavity disposed in an underside of the bottom corner, the cavity including an upright front wall and a slanted rear wall, a wheel mount including a positioning slot in a rear of an upper portion and a caster, and pendulum member including a thinner upper section pivotably secured to the cavity and a thicker lower section. The pendulum member is upright and disengaged from the positioning slot when the luggage is upright. Further, towing the luggage forwardly, obliquely will cause a portion the lower section of the pendulum member to enter in the positioning slot by pivoting due to gravity so as to limit the caster to move forwardly.

Abstract: A magnetic hinge defining a hinge axis includes first and second hinge plates of non-magnetic material and first and second magnets disposed therein, respectively, for movement therewith. The plates are generally parallel and independently pivotable about the hinge axis between a closed orientation, wherein the plates are essentially superposed, and an open orientation, wherein the plates are essentially not superposed. The first and second magnets are essentially superposed, generally coaxial with the hinge axis, and in the same magnetic orientation.

Abstract: A handle system for removable attachment to an existing handle of a rolling luggage case. The system includes a grasping bar that has a gripping area ergonomically formed for grasping, and a releasable securement structure coupled to the grasping bar. The releasable securement structure is configured for releasably securing the grasping bar to the existing handle of the rolling luggage case at an end thereof distal from the luggage case. A locking mechanism is provided that is operatively associated with the releasable securement structure for locking the grasping bar in two or more pivot positions relative to the existing handle of the rolling luggage.

Abstract: A releasable tie is described in which an elongated strand of flexible material is provided with a first set of three dimensional beads spaced apart along a first length of the strand. A second set of three dimensional beads, formed on the strand are spaced apart along a second length of the strand. A tab formed along the strand includes a first locking slot for releasably receiving the first strand length; and a second locking slot for releasably receiving the second length of the strand.

Abstract: A press-stud with lateral locking, having a male component and a female component which must be associable with each other, the female component has a seat which is suitable to accommodate, by insertion, the head of a mushroom-shaped element which protrudes from the male component; the seat can be accessed by the head through an opening which has a first larger part which allows insertion of the head and a second smaller part whose dimensions are intermediate between the dimensions of the head and the dimensions of the stem, the seat accommodating elastic contrast elements which allow the head to move over them during insertion and extraction, with a movement of the head toward the first part of the opening that is larger than the second smaller part, and viceversa.

Abstract: The invention concerns a piezoelectric resonator piece of a piezoelectric resonator having electrode patterns for forming exciting electrodes each of which is composed of an under a metal layer. Each of the electrode patterns for forming conduction electrodes is composed of the under metal layer except the curved or bent portions of the sides of the piezoelectric resonator piece and each of the electrode patterns in these portions are composed of the under metal layer and a gold electrode layer. It is thus possible to provide a piezoelectric resonator in which, even when noble metal layers are partially removed for increasing adhesion of surface protecting films, exciting electrodes are not brought into an open state between the upper side and the lower side of a piezoelectric resonator piece.

Abstract: Method and apparatus of back riveting construction for sections of aircraft structure utilizing the flush riveting wherein the back bar tooling for all the rivets in the entire section is a single piece of stationary tooling which conforms to the exterior shape of the aircraft section. The rivet gun is a single impact pneumatic gun with a rivet driving hammer which is offset from the axis of the gun's piston and impact pin to upset rivet under C-channel flanges.

Abstract: Method and apparatus of back riveting construction for sections of aircraft structure utilizing the flush riveting wherein the back bar tooling for all the rivets in the entire section is a single piece of stationary tooling which conforms to the exterior shape of the aircraft section. The rivet gun is a single impact pneumatic gun with a rivet driving hammer which is offset from the axis of the gun's piston and impact pin to upset rivet under C-channel flanges.

Abstract: In order to detect setting defects of a self-piercing rivet in a self-piercing rivet setting machine, on a graph having X-Y coordinates representing a rivet driven stroke and a rivet driving load, a normal upper limit curve 37 defining the upper limit of a normal setting range and a normal lower limit curve 38 defining the lower limit of the normal setting range are plotted to detect a conventionally detectable setting defects. Further, a defect upper limit curve 39 and a defect lower limit curve 41 which are obtained from an additional setting defect different from the conventionally detectable setting defects are plotted between the normal upper limit curve and the normal lower limit curve, so that the additional setting defect is detected when a plotted curve 45 of actual-measurement data of a rivet under a rivet driving operation lies between the defect upper and lower limit curves.

Abstract: A striking tool comprising a head assembled to a handle having a long axis is characterized in that the head comprises a closed cavity extending into the head in the direction of the long axis, an opening through a wall of the head into the cavity, the opening extending at substantially a right angle to the long axis, and a spreading element inserted through the opening and spreading a portion of the handle within the cavity to urge against walls of the cavity to secure the head to the handle.

Abstract: An auxiliary joining element is joint to a sheet metal work-piece with a foot deformed to interlock the auxiliary joining element to the sheet metal work-piece. The foot is depressed into the sheet metal work-piece, which is retained over a die having a recess defined by a wall. The wall is interrupted by die parts that are movable radially inwardly of the wall. The foot deforms the sheet metal work-piece into the recess and simultaneously forces the die parts radially inwardly of the wall. Spaced undercuts are formed by the die parts in the foot and the deformed sheet metal work-piece for retaining the auxiliary joining element to the sheet metal work-piece.

Abstract: A nut and plate washer assembly formed from a separate nut body and a separate washer body. The washer body is press fit onto a shank of the nut body, with a head of the nut body embedded in a recess of the washer body. The washer body and nut body can be made from dissimilar materials.

Abstract: A freezer door, adapted to be slidably attached to a refrigerator cabinet, includes a metal outer door pan defining an internal cavity, a plurality of plastic corner brackets positioned in the internal cavity, and an inner door liner attached to the outer door pan. A pair vertical support brackets, used to connect the freezer door to slide support members of the refrigerator cabinet, are attached to the outer door pan with mechanical fasteners extending through slots formed in the inner door liner and being secured to the corner brackets.

Abstract: A stator device which prevents the formation of varnish accumulations on jumper wires, thereby preventing jumper wire breakage due to temperature variations. A gap is created between the jumper wire and the stud located on the stator body. When varnish is applied to the stud and the jumper wires, excess varnish flows through the gap and pools underneath. Moreover, when there is a significant accumulation of varnish in the gap, the varnish will flow off from the edge of the stator body.

Abstract: A microwave coupler is constructed in a multilayer, vertically-connected stripline architecture provided in the form of a microwave integrated circuit that has a homogeneous, multilayer structure. Such a coupler has a vertically-connected stripline structure in which multiple sets of stripline layers are separated by interstitial groundplanes, and wherein more than one set of layers has a segment of coupled stripline. A typical implementation operates at frequencies from approximately 0.5 to 6 GHz, although other frequencies are achievable.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil unit includes the first step of disposing a coil between a first frame and a second frame, the second step of pouring liquid resin into between the first frame and the second frame with the coil disposed therebetween, and the third step of curing the liquid resin to thereby fix the first frame, the second frame and the coil to one another.

Abstract: A crimp press apparatus with first and second crimping stations includes at each station a device platform with device stations and a crimp press. A cable is advanced by a tape drive whereby the leading cable end is supplied to the first crimping station. After the leading cable end is provided with a crimping contact, the tape drive continues to advance the cable until the desired length of a cable section is reached. A separation and a stripping station separates the cable section from the cable and removes the insulation at the cable ends. The lagging cable end of the cable section is supplied to the second crimping station for assembly with a crimping contact. With the device stations located on a rotatable disk, a change of a type of contact to another type of contact is possible with minimum downtime of the crimp press apparatus.

Abstract: A device mounting method capable of efficiently, accurately arraying micro-devices on a circuit board is provided. The method includes a device separating step of separating a plurality of LED chips, which have been arrayed with a specific period on a wafer, into individual LED chips while keeping the arrayed state of the LED chips as it is, a device re-arraying step of handling the individually separated LED chips so as to re-array the LED chips at intervals of a value equivalent to the period multiplied by a specific magnification, and a device transferring step of transferring the re-arrayed LED chips on a mounting board while keeping the re-arrayed state of the LED chips as it is.

Abstract: A mounting device including a plurality of heads, each holding a chip, arranged on a circle, is used to realize accurate and high-speed mounting. A mounting device comprises a plurality of heads with calibration marks, first recognition mechanism fixed in a chip mounting position, and second recognition mechanism fixed in another position. Prior to mounting operation, the first recognition mechanism and the second recognition mechanism recognize and store the positions of the calibration marks of the heads. In mounting operation, the first recognition mechanism recognizes the positions of a substrate and the calibration marks of the heads, whereas the second recognition mechanism recognizes the positions of chips attracted on the heads. The heads are moved vertically to adjust plane to be recognized. The chip and the substrate are aligned according to the position information obtained by the recognition mechanisms, and the chips are mounted.

Abstract: An electronic package and method of making the electronic package is provided. A layer of dielectric material is positioned on a first surface of a substrate which includes a plurality of conductive contacts. At least one through hole is formed in the layer of dielectric material in alignment with at least one of the plurality of conductive contacts. A conductive material is positioned in the at least one through hole substantially filling the through hole. At least one conductive member is positioned on the conductive material in the through hole and in electrical contact with the conductive material. The electronic package improves field operating life of an assembly which includes a semiconductor chip attached to a second surface of the substrate and a printed wiring board attached to the conductive members.

Abstract: A method for equipping plug housings with fitted-out cables includes an equipping installation downstream of a fitting-out installation and introduces each fitted-out cable end into a first or second plug housing according to an installation sequence. A feeder unit takes a cable loop from a transfer unit moved from the fitting-out installation and transfers the leading cable end to a transfer station and the trailing cable end either to a rotatable store unit or, to the transfer station when it is free. An equipping unit takes over the cable ends in succession at the second transfer station and introduces the cable ends into designed cells of the corresponding plug housings.

Abstract: A connecting rod is formed using a method that includes providing a connecting rod blank. The connecting rod blank has a rod section disposed between a big end and a small end. The big end has a first hole generally sized to receive a crankpin of a crankshaft and at least one second hole generally sized to receive a bolt, wherein the axes of the first and second holes are generally normal to each other. The big end of the connecting rod has a dividing plane that extends through both the first and second holes. The connecting rod blank is processed by hardening at least the big end to a sufficient depth such that a first region of the big end lying between the first and second holes at the dividing plane is hardened, while leaving a substantial second region of the big end at the dividing plane generally unhardened. The connecting rod blank is further processed by splitting the big end along the dividing plane to produce a rod part fracture surface and a cap part fracture surface.

Abstract: Hollow shafts, and particularly camshafts, are produced using an internal high-pressure forming (IHF) process. Cams and/or machine elements are mounted at intervals onto the outer surface of the hollow shaft, depending on the use of the latter, by a non-positive and/or positive fit, in a position appropriate to their function when the hollow shaft is placed in the forming tool. An element with approximately the same external diameter as the internal diameter of the hollow shaft is placed in at least one of the hollow shaft, and the hollow shaft together with the cams and/or machine elements that have been pushed onto the same and the inserted element are placed in an IHF tool. Once the IHF tool is closed, the medium is caused to act under the required high-pressure in the hollow shaft. At the same time as the medium is acting internally, at least one ram is pressed axially against at least one front face of the hollow shaft.

Abstract: A deep V-section aero rim for a tensioned spoke wheel and a method for producing it are disclosed. The rim is produced by extruding an alloy to produce a rim profile, rolling the extrusion, cutting the rolled extrusion to length, joining the free ends to produce a rim blank and mechanically reducing the thickness of the rim side walls a substantial amount. In one embodiment, each of the side walls, after extrusion, has a thickness that is sufficient to withstand buckling of the side walls during rolling. After rolling and cutting the extrusion to length, its ends are joined and each side wall, namely, the portion between the rim floor and the braking surface, is thinned, preferably by mechanical abrasion, until each side wall is so thin that an extrusion having side walls of that thickness could not be rolled without side wall buckling. In another embodiment, flanges on the outside of the side walls prevent buckling during rolling and the flanges are removed after rolling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting member (7) includes a plate-shaped substrate (19) on which a tip (27) is provided which is bounded by a cutting edge (9). According to the invention, the tip includes an ultimate tip (31) and a basic tip (33), the ultimate tip extending from the cutting edge over a distance d1 and having a profile which at least approximates the equation w=a1.dn1, and the basic tip connecting to the ultimate tip and having a profile which at least approximates the equation w=a.(d+R)n, where w is a profile thickness (in ?m) and d is a distance (in ?m) from the cutting edge (9), and n1 is smaller than n, and a1=a.(d1+R)n/d1n1. In this manner, the profile of the ultimate tip is relatively robust and the profile of the basic tip is relatively slender, as a result of which the cutting member has a comparatively high resistance to wear, and the cutting forces of the cutting member are comparatively small. In one example, n1=n.

Abstract: The magnetic north detecting device comprises: a 3-dimensional geomagnetism sensor unit including three geomagnetism sensors for detecting respective components of a geomagnetism magnetic field intensity in respective directions of three coordinate axes perpendicular to each other; and a 3-dimensional operation functional section for carrying out an operation on the basis of the components of the geomagnetism magnetic field intensity detected by the geomagnetism sensors, and calculating a magnetic north direction of the geomagnetism, and the 3-dimensional operation functional section carries out the operation and calculates the magnetic north direction of the geomagnetism, based on two assumptions that: (i) at least one axis of three coordinate axes of the 3-dimensional geomagnetism sensor unit is level to the earth surface; and (ii) an angle of a geomagnetism magnetic field vector which is calculated from the detected components of the geomagnetism magnetic field intensity, referring to the earth surface, co

Abstract: A multi-tape measuring tool has a recoil-type tape measure and a removable ruler-type measure stored in a single housing. Conventionally, a user, such as an architect or an engineer, would have to carry one retractable tape measure along with a separate smaller ruler-like measuring tool, the smaller tool being useful, for example, in more confined spaces. The measuring tool of the presenting invention provides both a retractable tape measure and a separate ruler-like measuring tool stored in a single, easily carried unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-speed drying apparatus for drying objects which are rinsed with non-volatile or volatile liquid. The drying apparatus is capable of quickly drying such objects at a reduced cost, not permitting their oxidation. First, the rinsing liquid remaining on objects is substantially removed, still allowing small quantities of rinse to remain thereon. The substantial removal step is immediately followed by the complete removal of the still remaining liquid in the super dry atmosphere.

Abstract: A drying apparatus including a body portion including an upwardly extending drying member which has an upper portion for holding an item of apparel, and a platform coupled to the body portion. The platform can be moved into a first, generally horizontal position over the drying member and can be moved into a second, non-horizontal position not over the drying member such that a user has access to the upper portion of the drying member. The drying apparatus can include an air freshener.

Abstract: A shower dryer system includes a dryer tower with nozzles for directing heated air into a shower enclosure interior. A programmed controller controls the rate of air flow and the temperature of air flow to and through the air nozzles.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for making particles comprising: (a) spraying an emulsion, solution, or suspension, which comprises a solvent and a bulk material (e.g., a pharmaceutical agent), through an atomizer and into a primary drying chamber, having a drying gas flowing therethrough, to form droplets comprising the solvent and bulk material dispersed in the drying gas; (b) evaporating, in the primary drying chamber, at least a portion of the solvent into the drying gas to solidify the droplets and form particles dispersed in drying gas; and (c) flowing the particles and at least a portion of the drying gas through a jet mill to deagglomerate or grind the particles. By coupling spray drying with “in-line” jet milling, a single step process is created from two separate unit operations, and an additional collection step is advantageously eliminated. The one-step, in-line process has further advantages in time and cost of processing.

Abstract: A device for drying substrates which stores a plurality of substrate (1) and which comprises a processing container (3) to which cleaning fluid (2) after cleaning the substrates (1) is drained and an injection nozzle (5) for injecting drying fluid located at the terminating part of a feed pipe (4) through which liquid drying fluid is supplied, whereby an exhaust equipment is eliminated or simplified, and the drying fluid is fed smoothly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element for a shoe sole. The sliding element includes an upper sliding surface and a lower sliding surface, wherein the lower sliding surface is arranged below the upper sliding surface so as to be slideable in at least two directions. The upper sliding surface can form a lower side of an upper sliding plate and the lower sliding surface can form an upper side of a lower sliding plate. A relative sliding movement between the upper sliding surface and the lower sliding surface distributes the deceleration of the shoe sole over a greater time period and allows the foot to feel as if it is wearing a conventional shoe that contacts a surface with reduced friction, for example, a soft forest ground. As a result, the force acting on the wearer and the momentum transfer on his or her muscles and bones are reduced.

Abstract: A shoe including a plate capable of being deflected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe, an arch bridge integral with the plate, and a rear sole having a bottom surface with a ground-engaging portion including at least four portions each having a generally circular shape when viewed from beneath the bottom surface of the rear sole.

Abstract: A comfortable heel counter for a dress shoe is provided. The dress shoe includes an upper that has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the second portion to define a heel counter pocket. A heel counter insert is disposed between the first portion and the second portion in the heel counter pocket. The heel counter insert is disposed in spaced relation to a calcaneus bone of a wearer. The heel counter insert provides comfort to the wearer and an improved fitting of the dress shoe.

Abstract: A cast shoe sized and configured to be worn on a casted foot. The shoe includes an air-insufflated outer sole formed of a resilient polymeric material to absorb impact. The outer sole has a heel portion of substantially uniform thickness, a tapered toe portion that is thinner than the heel portion, an upper surface, and a lower surface that has a tread pattern and is curved as a result of the tapered toe portion to provide a single rocker bottom function in gait. An inner sole overlies and is attached to the upper surface of the outer sole. A strap located adjacent the heel portion of the outer sole is provided for securing the cast shoe to a casted foot. The outer and inner soles lack any rigid member that would stiffen the sole.

Abstract: A grooming implement is used for athletic fields, particularly the infield of a ball field. A frame has a tongue on a forward end for attaching to a towing vehicle. The frame has a longitudinal beam and a transverse beam on a rearward end that is supported by a pair of wheels. A rake bar for raking the ground is mounted to the frame by a pair of arms. The arms are pivotally secured to opposite sides of the longitudinal beam forward of the wheels, so that rotating the brake bar arms about the pivot point swings the rake bar upward from a ground engaging position to a storage position beneath the frame. A broom bar for sweeping the ground is pivotally mounted to the transverse beam about a pivot point for dragging the broom bar behind the wheels while the broom bar is in a ground engaging position. Rotating the broom bar arm about the pivot point on the transverse beam places the broom bar in a storage position above the longitudinal beam.

Abstract: License plate frames having recessed areas in the frame surface which form characters, words, and/or graphics, and having an adhered layer of material of contrasting color on the frame surface.