Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Visinforan’, characterized by its rounded and upright plant form; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; bushy appearance; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; and large bright orange-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Roblen’, characterized by its unique blooming time, upright, dense and globose growth habit, and attractive single to semi-double red flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant named ‘Robleja’, characterized by its unique blooming time, upright, dense and globose growth habit, and attractive single to semi-double flowers which change from pink to white.

Abstract: Floribunda rose plant having an apricot gold flower color; resistance to blackspot and rust; strong, sweet fragrance; blooming in clusters; and upright, compact plant habit.

Abstract: A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Henry’, characterized by white ray floret color 158D with slight green-yellow tinge, RHS 1B, to pure white, RHS 155D; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to upright stems; vigorous growth habit; less need for chemical growth retardation; and high number of inflorescences per plant.

Abstract: A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of cerise coloration with a yellow center.

Abstract: Hybrid tea rose plant for cut flower production having high production of flowers—(240-260 flowers per m2/year) of long lasting flowers (15-18 days).

Abstract: An oak tree named ‘QNSTD’ having a dense branching habit and consistent red new growth persisting in summer, and also capable of being reproduced reliably using vegetative cuttings.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Asiatic Hybrid Lily plant named ‘Tiny Bee’, characterized by its medium to large plant size; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; bright yellow-colored tepals that are slightly recurved; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘DekDinar’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences with pink-colored ray florets and green-colored disc florets; strong and upright flowering stems; freely flowering habit; uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Tricyrtis hirta ‘Raspberry Mousse’ characterized by its red flowers that are spotted and marked with deep purple and borne in a thick column on arching stems.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with very good eating quality, mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor. 3. Early maturity of peento type fruit. 4. Vigorous and upright growth of tree. 5. Fruit with an attractive red skin color. 6. Fruit with firm white flesh, good handling and shipping quality.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Bartwentynine’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; white-colored flowers; freely flowering habit; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Greek columnar basil for landscape and culinary use, Ocimum×citriodorum ‘Pesto Perpetuo’, characterized by variegated foliage of green centers and white margins and its non-flowering habit enabling year around vegetative propagation.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yomusic’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences that are about 6.8 cm in diameter; attractive light purple-colored ray florets; response time about 67 days; strong peduncles; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences and foliage maintaining good substance and color for about three weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Visinfpifr’, characterized by its rounded and upright plant form; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; bushy appearance; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; and large light pink-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alternanthera plant named ‘Creme de Menthe’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely basal branching habit; bushy and dense growth habit; and green and pale yellow bi-colored leaves.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘1301’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; moderately strong stems; large durable leaves; large inflorescences; and inflorescences with pink-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Panama’, characterized by its decorative-type inflorescences with yellow orange-colored ray florets; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A sweeper includes a support structure having parallel arms which may be moved apart to allow a brush held between the arms to be replaced. Each of the arms has a hub mounted thereon by a universal joint which provides automatic alignment of the two hubs to provide a single axis of rotation for the brush. One of the hubs is connected to a hydraulic drive motor and includes a plurality of slots, one of which receives a drive lug on the interior of the brush which is preferably of the type having a core of a thin metal tube. A raising and lowering mechanism comprises a parallelogram having a hydraulic cylinder in the center for controlling the configuration of the parallelogram. As the brush is raised its support mechanism remains parallel to the vehicle and moves closer to it. A unique stop element is mounted to the hydraulic cylinder to provide a minimum height for the sweeper.

Abstract: A disc mounting system includes the attachment of each disc to a disc gang bar via a dedicated leaf spring. Each of the leaf springs, which can be generally U shaped, are attached at a top end to the gang bar and at a lower leg to a disc spindle such that the disc is positioned at least partially alongside the spring lower leg. The mounting system allows the disc to deflect vertically, laterally or torsionally when the disc encounters an obstacle. An optional shield can be attached to the leaf spring to prevent soil and debris thrown out by adjacent discs from entering the spring. A disc scraper blade can also be attached to the shield.

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake is provided in which a support member movably couples the brake caliper to the frame of the bicycle. The bicycle disc brake caliper has a caliper housing with a single piston unit. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing between a release position, in which the piston unit is spaced from a disc brake mounted to a wheel of a bicycle, and a braking position, in which the piston unit engages the disc brake of the bicycle wheel. The piston unit has a first friction member movably coupled between a release position and a braking position and a second friction member arranged substantially parallel to the first friction member to form a disc brake receiving space between the first and second friction members. In one embodiment, the caliper housing is movably coupled to the support member by a pivot pin. In another embodiment, the caliper housing is movably coupled to the support member by a linkage assembly.

Abstract: A business form is provided which is particularly useful in shipping products where certain preprinted information can be provided and then individualized information is printed before the form is applied to a substrate. The form includes a face ply which has a pattern of adhesive applied to at least a portion of the inner face, and a release liner which includes a pattern of adhesive which exposes a portion of the release liner to direct adhesive contact to the face ply without intervening release coating to permanently adhere a part of the release liner to the face ply. The release liner has a surrounding protective border provided with release coating on the release face thereof and which is removed prior to application to the substrate, and a slip which remains with the form as applied to the substrate. The face ply includes lines of perforation defining a central portion.

Abstract: An electric motor design and method useful to reduce noise/vibration generated by a rotor/shaft assembly is provided whereby the motor has a stator which has an axial length and a rotor which has an axial length less than the axial length of the stator such that when the rotor rotates within the motor, the rotor is axially fixed by a stator field.

Abstract: An electrophotographic printer has a toner recycling transporting mechanism with a belt conveyor that transports toner from a toner collection chamber, in which toner removed from the photosensitive drum of the printer is collected, to a toner delivery chamber, from which toner is returned to the developing unit of the printer . The belt conveyor is disposed in a channel that loops around the ends of roller shafts in the printer, and does not increase the width of the printer. The toner recycling transporting mechanism is easily assembled, and can be driven without motion irregularities.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium is here disclosed which comprises a transparent substrate, a recording layer comprising an organic dyestuff on which information can be written by a laser beam, a reflective layer and a protective layer formed in this order on the substrate, the aforesaid optical information recording medium being characterized by containing a pit-edge control agent for the formation of recording pits, particularly a dyestuff thermal decomposition accelerator in the recording layer. By the addition of the pit-edge control agent, deviation properties and jitter properties can be remarkably improved, whereby a CD-R medium having a low error rate and good recording properties can be provided. In consequence, stable compatibility with a commercial CD player can be secured.

Abstract: The invention provides photoresist compositions comprising a resin binder having acid labile blocking groups requiring an activation energy in excess of 20 Kcal/mol. for deblocking, a photoacid generator capable of generating a halogenated sulfonic acid upon photolysis and optionally, a base additive. It has been found that linewidth variation is substantially reduced when using the halogenated sulfonic acid generator in a process involving a high temperature post exposure bake.

Abstract: Genomic and cDNA sequences coding for a protein having substantially the same biological activity as human protein C are disclosed. Recombinant plasmids and bacteriophage transfer vectors incorporating these sequences are also disclosed.

Abstract: A blackjack or other card game system having a plurality of player counters which count the blackjack hands or other player jackpot tally events dealt to players. The system also includes at least one dealer counter which counts the number of bust hands of the dealer or other dealer jackpot tally events. Displays are included for both the dealer and players to indicate the counts. The counters are typically zeroed at the end of each hand if a tally event has not occurred. Jackpots are awarded when the tally counts exceed predefined thresholds. A tabletop retrofit game system is shown for mounting upon blackjack tables. A special round of play having modified rules can be used as part of the jackpot award.

Abstract: Golf clubs, golf shafts, and inserts for golf club shafts have a coil or coil-type insert for enhancing swing weight control, stiffness and flex control, shock absorption and vibration elimination or reduction. The insert has a central section and a pair of couplers integrally formed on opposite ends of the central section to attach to the shaft or club head.

Abstract: There is described antifungal combination therapy comprising the use of known antifungal agents such as the azoles or polyenes in combination with a pneumocandin derivative antifungal agent. More particularly, the invention relates to antifungal combination therapy comprising the use of azoles such as fluconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, miconazole, ER 30346, SCH 56592; polyenes such as amphotericin B, nystatin or liposomal and lipid forms thereof such as Abelcet, AmBisome and Amphocil; purine or pyrimidine nucleotide inhibitors such as flucytosine; or polyoxins such as nikkomycins, in particular nikkomycin Z or other chitin inhibitors, elongation factor inhibitors such as sordarin and analogs thereof, mannan inhibitors such as predamycin, bactericidal/permeability-inducing (BPI) protein products such as XMP.97 or XMP.127 or complex carbohydrate antifungal agents such as CAN-296 in combination with a pneumocandin derivative as described herein.

Abstract: An environment monitoring system and method for systematically and continuously monitoring an environment. The system and method includes a data acquisition system which is programmed to systematically collect environment air quality environmental data and non-weather data for a site. The data acquisition system includes sensors coupled to a data storage device having a remote access device for electronic access from a remote system. Data may be uploaded to a remote database for storing environment data from many sites. The remote database includes a remote access device so that the data storage devices of various data acquisition sites can be electronically coupled to the remote database for centralized data collection and storage.

Abstract: An improved visor-type face shield for dentist includes a visor portion and a shield portion coupled to each other by a first pivotable connecting means and second pivotable connecting means. The visor portion comprises a visor assembly, including a visor member and a forehead member, a visor first extension, a visor second extension, and a band, which is coupled with the first and visor second extensions by the band first connection means and band second connection means respectively. The shield portion includes a face shielding means comprising a rest extended from the face shield inner surface, a shield lower portion, a shield upper portion, a shield first connecting means of the first pivotable connecting means, and a shield second connecting means of the second pivotable connecting means.

Abstract: A versatile upper body multi-mode garment is configured to provide a variety of modes of wear with respect to hand coverings and head covering. A coat, jacket, shirt or vest has an integral hood which covers the wearer's head. Within the hood is an integral face shield which may be swung behind the wearer's head or neck when not covering the face, enabling protection of various portions of the face. The hood may be tightened to expose a variable extent of the head or face. Versatile multi-mode mitten portions attached to the garment or mittens provided separately enhance a variety of modes of wear which are achieved without removing the mittens or any portion thereof. The wearing modes include full exposure of a hand, exposure of the thumb and the four fingers, exposure of the four finger tips, full hand coverage, and full hand coverage by an integral glove. The hand coverings may be provided as separate mittens.

Abstract: A multilayered material is provided that exhibits therapeutic effects for relieving the pain and swelling of various forms of arthritis (particularly osteoarthritis), delaying the onset of osteoarthritis, or preventing hypothermia or alleviating conditions caused by hypothermia. The flexible, breathable multilayered material includes a first layer of soft and hypoallergenic material (e.g., cotton, silk, linen), a second layer of soft, heat retentive material (e.g., wool, cashmere) contacting the first layer, and a third layer of water repellent material contacting the second layer. Additionally, the multilayered material provides a thin, flexible, breathable fabric that can be used to construct various garments, devices, and gears to combat harsh weather conditions.

Abstract: A batting pad comprising a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over a batter's thumb and an appendage to cushion the palm area between a batter's thumb and index finger. The appendage has a thickness T at its thickest point located between the first end and the distant end, and the thickness T of the appendage is selected to optimize an angle of a bat in the batter's hand relative to a line parallel to the batter's forearm, the angle being determined by the thickness T of the appendage displacing the bat toward the tip of the batter's index finger and causing the bat to contact the palm of the batter's hand near the batter's little finger.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to prevent entry of sand on a ground into a portion between an outside face of a lower portion of a jacket body of a jacket for baseball and an inside face near a waist belt of bottoms for baseball at the moment of headfirst sliding. An upper end portion of a cover sheet surrounding a trunk portion of a body is sewed and fixed on the lower portion and an inside of the jacket body. An upper portion of the bottoms for baseball and the waist belt are covered by the lower portion the jacket body and the cover sheet is fastened on a trunk portion via the upper portion of the bottoms for baseball by the waist belt.

Abstract: A swimwear garment having a material which is permeable to liquid but substantially impermeable to bowel movement material. In one embodiment, the garment can comprise a stand-alone disposable pant liner in the form of a swimpant with waist elastics and leg elastics. In other embodiments, a mesh liner can be a layer within a disposable swimpant. The mesh liner can be attached to the disposable swimpant around the perimeter of the composite structure, or in swimpants containing containment flaps, to the containment flaps. The mesh liner can, optionally, further include elastic strands attached under the mesh liner to provide further lift and hold the mesh liner close to the body of the wearer.

Abstract: A head covering for shielding the head neck, face and ears from the harsh elements of the environment with obstructing the user's vision. The head covering includes a cap including a head cover member and a bill; and also includes a shroud assembly including a shroud being removably depending from the cap; and further includes fastening members for fastening the shroud to the cap; and also includes a mirror assembly including a mirror being hingedly attached to the bill for allowing a user to view about oneself while wearing the head covering.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hair freshening apparatus that includes a hair retaining device having a compartment with a fragrance-permeable side adapted to lie adjacent the hair; and a freshening element disposed within the compartment and impregnated with a freshening substance. The compartment of the hair freshening device may include an opening, such that the freshening element may be removably disposed within the compartment through the opening. The compartment may also include a fastening means for closing the opening and thereby retaining the freshening element within the compartment. The compartment of the hair freshening device may also be removably attached to the hair retaining device by a fastener. The freshening substance may be a scented fragrance or an odor neutralizing agent. The hair retaining device may be a shower cap having a water-impermeable outer surface. Alternatively, hair retaining device may be a hair net, hair cap, or hat.

Abstract: A hat is made from a can carton that has a pattern marked on it. The pattern is cut out and the hat is assembled from the pieces. An 18 or 24 can carton can be used to make the brim of the hat and 12 and 18 can cartons can be used to make the crown. Hats of various shapes and styles can be made from the cartons.

Abstract: A martial arts belt sized to fit around a user's waist has a strap with a pair of strap sections. Each strap section has a fastening end and a tie end. The strap sections join together at a juncture located between the fastening end and the tie end of each strap section. The strap sections each have between the juncture and the fastening end of each strap section, posterior fastening devices for fastening the strap sections together behind a user's waist. Portions between the juncture and the tie end of each of the strap sections are tied into an anterior knot having dependent tails. An insignia patch can be removably secured at one of the tails for later removal or repositioning.

Abstract: A helmet construction for protecting a user's head, and the brain within the cranium from impact forces, includes a shell contoured to the shape of the user's head, with cushioning along at least part of the shell interior and a chinstrap. The shell consists of three (or more) discrete panels that are physically and firmly coupled together providing rigid protection under most circumstances, but upon impact the panels move relative to one another, but not relative to the user's head, thereby permitting impact forces to be dissipated and/or redirected away from the cranium and brain within. Upon impact to the helmet, there are sequential stages of movement of the panels relative to each other, these movements initially being recoverable, but with sufficient vector forces the helmet undergoes structural changes in a pre-determined fashion, so that the recoverable and permanent movements cumulatively provide a protective ‘crumple zone’ or ‘shear zone’.

Abstract: Swimming goggles includes a pair of lens portions, a peripheral wall portion extending rearward from a periphery of each of the lens portions, a nose belt portion, and a strap. The peripheral wall portion includes an inner peripheral wall portion which comes in contact with a surrounding area of a wearer's eye, and an outer peripheral portion which is formed to surround at least a portion of the inner peripheral wall portion. The outer peripheral wall portion is extended from a portion of a surrounding area of an inner peripheral wall portion positioned on at least upper and lower sides of the lens portion toward a rear side thereof so as to be gradually moved apart from an outer surface of the inner peripheral wall portion.

Abstract: A toilet seat apparatus includes a platform having upper and lower surfaces, a circular opening extending therethrough, an outer edge and an inner edge. Each of a pair of panels has a first end and a second end, and a first edge and a second edge. The panels are positioned on the platform. The first and second edges are arcuate such that the first edges may be aligned with the inner edge when the second edges are aligned with the outer edge. Each panel has top and bottom surfaces. A plurality of biasing members biases the panels upwardly away from the platform. Each biasing member extends between and is attached to the upper surface of the platform and the bottom surface of one of the panels. A plurality of guide members guides movement of the panels toward the outer edge of the platform as the panels move toward the platform.

Abstract: A toilet seat cover includes top and bottom layers each having outer and inner edge portions. The top and bottom layers are preferably formed from a paper and nylon composite for providing a waterproof barrier. The toilet seat cover further includes a middle layer sandwiched between the top and bottom layers and a plurality of adhesive strips for removably attaching the toilet seat cover onto a toilet seat are attached to the bottom layer. The middle layer is preferably formed from foam material and may include a deodorizing agent impregnated therein. The toilet seat cover is preferably made from soluble material so that it can be flushed down a toilet after use.

Abstract: A construction protective covering for covering and protecting delicate finishes on previously installed bathroom components on a construction job site from damage due to dropped tools and construction workers working in the vicinity of the installed component includes a double skinned, sheeted material protective covering having a center material between the double skins, the protective covering being sized to install within and cover either a bathtub or a shower stall enclosure including its front face and floor, the sheeted material having a thickness of from about ?? to about 5? thick, such that the sheeted material covering protects the shower stall enclosure and its floor.

Abstract: A selectable shower scrubber massager is an apparatus to aid in the scrubbing and cleaning of one's back while in the shower. The apparatus is suspended from the shower head from an adjustable hanger that permits vertical adjustment of the body of the apparatus. The body has three separate sections of brushes designed to clean and/or massage the upper, middle and lower areas of the back. Each section is provided with rotating brushes controlled by a variable speed motor. Each section also has a soap dispenser that provides for the application of liquid soap from an integral interior dispenser. On the back of the invention are a set of four suction cups to aid in attaching the invention to the shower or bath wall. Control switches and speed adjustments for each section are provided operatively coupled with a power source.

Abstract: A shower curtain deflector can be produced economically and installed easily without assembly. The deflector is of a simple design that attaches rotably to the shower curtain rod with an elongated portion which pushes the shower curtain away from the user due to counterweighted portion which hangs on the tub side of the shower curtain. Because the device hangs directly from the shower curtain support rod it is simple to install, does not interfere with a user's ability to get into the shower and leave the tub quickly, and does not pose a danger should the user fall against the curtain or have to push his/her way out through the curtain. A user only need use two units to effectively restrain the shower curtain. Because the device is small and simple, it is inexpensive and easy to manufacture and package.

Abstract: An automatic faucet control device including an electromagnetic valve for opening and closing a flow channel of a faucet, a ray emitting device (5) for emitting infrared rays to a target to be detected, a ray receiving device (6) for receiving the infrared rays reflected by the target, a sensing decision device for the deciding presence or absence of the target by an output from the ray receiving device (6), and an electromagnetic valve controller for controlling the electromagnetic valve based on a signal from the sensing decision device. The ray emitting device (5) has a first polarizing plate (7) allowing a polarized light component to be transmitted, and the ray receiving device (6) has a second polarizing plate (8) for allowing a polarized light component different from the rays transmitted through the first polarizing plate (7) to be transmitted therethrough.