Abstract: A new and distinct Jamesbrittenia plant named ‘DANBRIT1’ characterized by having 5-petalled flowers, measuring about 2.0 cm in diameter and dark red in color with a yellow-orange colored throat and center; vigorous growth habit, which maintains a trailing, compact growth habit; early flowering response; and suitable for use with hanging basket planters, combination planters and ground cover under full sunlight and slight shade.

Abstract: A new and distinct Sutera plant named ‘DANGUL14’ particularly characterized by having 5-petalled flowers, measuring about 2.7 cm in diameter and white in color with a yellow-orange colored throat; vigorous growth which maintains a trailing, compact growth habit; early flowering response, suitable for use with hanging basket planters, combination planters and ground cover under full sunlight and slight shade.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Catharanthus named ‘SAKURAI 01’ that is characterized by sterility, upright habit, dark-green foliage, pale green stems, and profuse red-purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘SAKURAI 01’ apart from all other existing varieties of Catharanthus known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Peppermint Twist’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely basally branching habit and relatively short internodes; dense and bushy growth habit; attractive red purple and white bi-colored flowers; freely and continuous flowering habit; resistance to Powdery Mildew; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Red Sensation’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; strong roots and stems; flowering during first year of production; and large inflorescences with light red purple-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new Lobelia plant particularly distinguished by its semi-upright mounded plant habit, large flower size and pink flower color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER10603’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; mid-season flowering response; inflorescences with pink and creamy white-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER4703’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; late season flowering response; inflorescences with maroon red-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER2904’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; late season flowering response; inflorescences with creamy white-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER2204’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; mid-season flowering response; inflorescences with creamy white-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER1090’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; mid-season flowering response; inflorescences with red-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER1904’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; recurved dark green-colored leaves; mid-season flowering response; inflorescences with pink-colored flower bracts that are recurved; and excellent post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Fuchsia plant named ‘Kiefubart’, characterized by its outwardly arching to trailing growth habit; freely branching plant habit; red and purple bi-colored flowers; and freely and continuous flowering habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Double Trouble’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniform plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with golden yellow-colored ray and disc florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anigozanthos plant named ‘Rambubona’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; freely and early flowering habit; freely branched flowering stems; and large bright yellow-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anigozanthos plant named ‘Rambudan’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely and early flowering habit; freely branched flowering stems; and large red and green bi-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anigozanthos plant named ‘Rambueleg’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely and early flowering habit; freely branched flowering stems; and large red purple-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mecardonia plant named ‘Sunmecareki’, characterized by its compact, decumbent and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and small bright yellow-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new phlox plant particularly distinguished by abundant, red-purple flowers, abundant branching, excellent tolerance to heat, good tolerance to rain and wind, a vigorous, compact growth habit and continuous flowering from spring to late autumn is disclosed.

Abstract: A new campanula plant particularly distinguished by wide open, intense blue, star-shaped flowers, an early and floriferous flowering response, medium-green foliage with thin, cordate leaves, medium vigorous growth, well-branching with relatively thin stems and a low, mounding plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new campanula plant particularly distinguished by large, wide open, white, star-shaped flowers, an early and floriferous flowering response, grass-green foliage with cordate leaves, medium vigorous growth, good-branching ability, compact, rounded mounding and even plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new campanula plant particularly distinguished by large, wide open, blue-violet, star-shaped flowers, medium-green foliage with somewhat fleshy, cordate leaves, good-branching ability, compact, spreading to prostrate and somewhat trailing plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘PET0607’, characterized by its mounding and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; green foliage; and numerous pure white colored flowers that are weather tolerant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Lobtrawi’ characterized by its spreading plant habit, strong branching, large flower size and white flower color.

Abstract: A new Impatiens plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by a flat and strong outward spreading growth habit, freely branching with branches that tend to grow horizontally, resulting in a big and floriferous plant with large carmine flowers with a distinct white star pattern.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ingbrisal’ characterized by its large white colored flowers with broad salmon edge with medium large, dark green foliage, early flowering, good heat tolerance, nice rounded shaped growth habit with excellent basal branching and good vigor.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘PET0611’, characterized by its mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; green foliage; and unique pattern of lavender and white flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘PET0604’, characterized by its mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; green foliage; and unique pattern of lavender flower with white markings.

Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly mechanism has shelves mounted on a vertical post arrangement formed by a first lower post and a second upper post. The mechanism is connected to a cabinet by upper and lower mounting brackets interacting with the top and bottom of the cabinet to support the posts and shelves carried thereby. The mechanism is mounted in the corner of the cabinet. To fit the mechanism within the cabinet, a height adjustment device is formed by positioning the second upper post in the upper end of the first lower post for slidable movement therebetween. When securement of the two joined posts and mounted shelves is desired, the slidably movable second upper post is extended upwardly until it engages the upper mounting bracket mounted on the cabinet. An elongated recess in the second upper post aligns with an opening in the first lower post, and a threaded member extends into a casting positioned within the upper post.

Abstract: A direct current sum bandgap voltage comparator for detecting voltage changes in a power supply. The direct current sum bandgap voltage comparator includes a summing node, current sources connected to the summing node and the power supply, and an indicator circuit connected to the summing node. Each current source supplies a current to the summing node wherein the summing node voltage level is responsive to the currents supplied. The indicator circuit is responsive to changes in the summing node voltage level and generates at an output a logical signal at one state when the summing node voltage level is greater than a predetermined value and generates the logical signal at the output at another state when the summing node voltage level is less than the predetermined value, the predetermined value corresponding to a preselected power supply voltage.

Abstract: There is provided a surge material for personal care products comprising a layered structure of at least one relatively high permeability layer on a top side toward a wearer and at least one relatively low permeability layer where the structure has a capillary tension range between about 1 and 5 cm with a differential capillary tension of at least about 1 cm from top to bottom. The surge material should have a high permeability layer with a permeability of at least 1000 Darcys and a low permeability layer with a permeability of less than 1000 Darcys. The surge material should also have a said high permeability layer which has a permeability of at least 250 Darcys greater than the low permeability layer. Such a layered structure should have a first insult run-off value of at most 30 ml from a 100 ml insult delivered at 20 ml/second. Such a surge material is useful in personal care products like diapers, training pants, absorbent underpants, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene products and the like.

Abstract: Described are non-invasive methods of detecting the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences as well as nucleic acid modifications and alterations by analyzing urine samples for the presence of transrenal nucleic acids. More specifically, the present invention encompasses methods of detecting specific fetal nucleic acid sequences and fetal sequences that contained modified nucleotides by analyzing maternal urine for the presence of fetal nucleic acids. The invention further encompasses methods of detecting specific nucleic acid modifications for the diagnosis of disease, such as cancer and pathogen infections, and detection of genetic predisposition to various disease. The invention specifically encompasses methods of analyzing specific nucleic acid modifications for the monitoring of cancer treatment. The invention further encompasses methods of analyzing specific nucleic acids in urine to track the success of transplanted cells, tissues and organs.

Abstract: The invention relates to piperazine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their medical use. The novel compounds are antagonists of tachykinins, including substance P and other neurokinins.

Abstract: A medical support assembly garment dimensionally adapted to receive a torso of a patient. The garment includes a vest portion including a back portion, and a left front portion and a right front portion each extending from opposite ends of the back portion and each comprising an inner surface facing the torso, and at least one pocket attached to the inner surface of at least one of the left and the right portions, wherein the pocket is adapted to support at least one container for storing bodily fluid outputted from the patient.

Abstract: A football glove and method of use that protects a player's digits from hyperextending without impairing the player's ability to grasp objects and other players includes a hand covering portion for covering a palm and back of a user's hand. A plurality of form fitting finger receiving receptacles extend from the hand covering portion, and are in communication with the hand covering portion, each of the finger receiving receptacles includes a front and a back for receiving therebetween a finger of the user's hand covered by the hand covering portion. A unidirectional stiffener is fixed relative to at least one of the finger receiving receptacles adjacent the back of the at least one finger receiving receptacle, and extends toward the hand covering portion.

Abstract: An automatic lifting and lowering device for a toilet seat or a toilet cover usable for a toilet seat provided with a function of washing a body with hot water, which requires reduced size and weight, includes a rotating shaft (40) rotated together with the toilet seat or the toilet cover, a drive motor (32) rotating the rotating shaft (40) in normal and reverse directions, and a speed reduction gear train (33). The drive force of the drive motor (32) is transmitted to the rotating shaft (40) through the speed reduction gear train (33) to automatically lift and lower the toilet seat or toilet cover, whereby the automatic lifting and lowering device itself can be formed compact by using a planetary gear mechanism for the speed reduction gear train (33).

Abstract: A self-contained sanitary system for a vehicle includes a toilet with a flush tank for storing a source of flush water. The system further includes a spout in fluid communication with the flush tank. The spout has a first open end coupled to the flush tank and a second open end. The spout is coupled for rotation about a generally vertical axis between a stowed position and an access position. The second end is rotatable relative to the first end about a generally horizontal axis between a fill position and a drainage position. The system further includes a bench and a holding tank. The holding tank is removably associated with the toilet and includes a pair of wheels and a retractable handle.

Abstract: A Recreational Vehicle tank flush system is provided in which the existing vent pipe to the blackwater tank is modified by attaching an introduction tee which provides a hookup to a source of flushing water and to a hose and sprayer which may be hung just inside the top of the tank.

Abstract: A waterfall for a portable spa does not take up any seat space by being set into the top rim of the spa. Water from the spa circulation system flows into a closed end of a channel located in the top rim and along the channel to the open end located at the edge of the top rim on the inside wall to fall into the body of water in the spa. A light source at the point where the water enters the closed end of the channel, which may be adapted to change colors, directs light into the water flow, lighting the water that falls into the spa, in different colors, as desired.

Abstract: A showerhead holder is provided for use with an original equipment manufacturer's showerhead connector and cradle to hold the handle of the removable showerhead in a desired position selected by the user.

Abstract: The invention described is a device and method for repositioning a patient in a bed. Bedding material positioned underneath the patient is wound by a ratchet system and a crossbeam that allows for the patient to be repositioned when the bedding material is drawn around the crossbeam. The patient is moved without physical contact or being lifted by patient caregivers. In one embodiment, the device allows for the patient to be repositioned by a single operator caregiver. In another embodiment, the device can be quickly removed from the patient's bed.

Abstract: A foldable baby crib includes a top frame unit, a bottom frame unit, a plurality of support rods, each of which has a top end segment connected to the top frame unit, and a bottom end segment opposite to the top end segment, and a plurality of foot members, each of which is connected fixedly to the bottom frame unit and is connected pivotally to the bottom end segment of a respective one of the support rods.

Abstract: A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. A siderail through use of an adapter is configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails.

Abstract: A fitted top sheet for a mattress includes a material blank having a pair of opposed fitted corners formed by at least one pleat on a blank surface of the sheet. A plurality of pleats may be formed in each corner to form a pocket mountable over a bottom corner of a mattress. The bottom edges of the fitted top sheet hang freely below the bottom edge of the mattress without tucking beneath the mattress to allow ample foot room between the top sheet and the mattress for a user's feet while without separating from the mattress during use of the bed.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a hospital bed is mounted on an undercarriage of the bed. The locking mechanism includes a locking pedal and an unlocking pedal, which are side-by-side one another on the undercarriage. To lock the bed in position to prevent it from rolling, one depresses the locking pedal which, through a mechanical linkage, moves a brake member having a brake pad vertically downward into contact with the floor beneath the bed, and locks the brake pad into that position. By depressing the unlocking pedal, the mechanical linkage is pulled in the opposite direction to raise the brake member and brake pad from the floor, thereby unlocking the bed.

Abstract: A docking assembly connected to a movable couch (30) docks the couch with an imaging apparatus (10). Couch alignment surfaces (72) mate with corresponding alignment surfaces (64) of a connecting region (50) of the imaging apparatus (10) to define a docked position of the movable couch (30) with respect to the imaging apparatus. A docking sensor (160) detects the movable couch (30) approaching the docked position. A latch (82) mates with the connecting region (50) of the imaging to apparatus (10). An actuator (130, 154) cooperates with the latch (82) to bias the movable couch (30) into the docked position responsive to a signal produced by the docking sensor (160).

Abstract: An automatically operated bed includes a support frame, a first frame, a first drive cylinder, a second frame, a second drive cylinder, an auxiliary frame, and a cushion. Thus, the first frame and the second frame are lifted or lowered by operation of the first drive cylinder and the second drive cylinder, so that the bed has a simplified construction, thereby decreasing the costs of fabrication. In addition, the auxiliary frame is disposed at a horizontal state by support of the push bar of the second frame until the auxiliary frame so that a user's lower leg is supported by the auxiliary frame in comfortable manner to prevent the user's leg from being bent excessively, thereby providing a comfortable sensation to the user.

Abstract: A bifurcated pillow for use by expectant mothers so they can comfortably lie on their sides. The pillow supports an expectant mother's abdomen and legs and has soft flaps that engage the rear of the woman's legs so the pillow will remain in position.

Abstract: A method of making a mattress component includes providing a first layer of a first material. Mating patterns are shaped in a surface of the first layer in areas corresponding to a position where hips and shoulders of the user will rest on a mattress. The mating patterns in the surface of the first layer result in a greater effective thickness of the first layer in areas corresponding to the position where the hips and the shoulders will rest, and a lesser effective thickness of the first layer in other areas. A second layer has a second material with different properties than the first material. Mating patterns are shaped in a surface of the second layer in areas corresponding to the mating patterns of the first layer and shaped to substantially match with the mating patterns of the first layer.

Abstract: A compact multipurpose tool including a bit head, a hollow first cylinder that defines a plurality of open-end wrenches on one end, and a second cylinder that communicates with the bit head and can be at least partially housed within the hollow first cylinder. In further features the hollow first cylinder defines a socket on the end opposite the plurality of open-end wrenches and the second cylinder includes a plurality of sockets.