Abstract: A penetration-obstructing article comprising a multiplicity of fabric layers of fibers having elongation at break of less than 8%, measured according to EN 12562, wherein there are at least two groups of fibers in at least one single fabric layer, wherein the regions of a first group have a first fabric density DG1 according to Walz of from 8% to 80% and wherein the regions of a second group have a second fabric density according to Walz of from 8% to 80% and wherein the difference between DG1 and DG2 is at least 3%.

Abstract: A glove for use on a motorcycle comprises a front and a back, the front further comprising: a palm region, said palm region comprising an internal surface proximate a hand during use and an external surface opposite the internal surface; a finger region; and a thumb region; wherein said palm region comprises at least one skid protruding from said external surface; whereby on impact on a road surface the wearer slides on the surface as said skid engages the road surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible glove prepared from a composition of waterborne polyurethane resin and waterborne acrylic resin, together with a cure-crosslinking agent, to prepare a flexible glove. The flexible glove, prepared by using this specific waterborne resin mixture and the crosslinking agent, after adding one kind of nano-calcium carbonate slurry, have excellent service performance and reasonable preparation cost. During the preparation, 10˜100 portions of waterborne acrylic resin, 0.1˜0.5 portions of amino resin crosslinking agent and 5˜20 portions of nano-calcium carbonate slurry are added to 100 portions of waterborne polyurethane. The present invention also relates to the preparation method of this particular flexible glove.

Abstract: A baseball cap including features for stabilizing the cap in a moving stream of air. The cap includes a modified bill having a downforce generator configured to create a relatively stagnate recirculation zone between the downforce generator and the head covering. This recirculation zone tends to negate the lifting effect found in prior art bills. The invention preferably also includes a vent through the bill. The vent is located behind the downforce generator, so as to connect the underside of the bill to the recirculation zone formed in the wake of the downforce generator. The vent is selectively closed by a flexible flap. The flap remains closed to prevent rain from passing through the vent. However, if pressure beneath the bill significantly exceeds pressure above the bill, the vent opens to equalize the pressure. This action prevents the creation of a net lifting force which might lift the cap off the wearer's head.

Abstract: A sports cap in which a visor has an intermediate support layer bonded with a bottom lining layer and sandwiched between a top layer and a bottom layer, and a positioning block with a center insertion hole selectively fastened to one of recesses on the top side of the intermediate support layer for securing a stem of a decorative item for enabling a golf counter to be detachably fastened to the decorative item by means of magnetic attraction.

Abstract: Panties of man's for protection of genital area. A scrotum pocket delimitation band is provided around a scrotum pocket formed on the front surface of an underpants body to receive the scrotum, thereby rendering contractibility to the scrotum pocket. The penis and the scrotum are separated from each other by the elasticity of a penis pocket delimitation band. The outer cloth of a penis pocket is formed with cut-away portions so that the upper part of the penis pocket is held close to the human body and the penis can be easily received in the lower part of the penis pocket. A portion of the upper part of the outer cloth of the penis pocket is not stitched to the underpants body, thus being open and thereby promoting ventilation of the inside space of the penis pocket.

Abstract: A mask is described herein that uses correlated magnets which enable a person to easily secure and remove the mask to and from their head. Some examples of such a mask include a scuba mask, a welding mask, a fencing mask, a goalie mask, a paint mask, a paintball mask, a catcher's mask, a ski mask, a goalie mask, an oxygen mask, a surgical mask, a face shield, a filter mask, a theatrical mask, a costume mask, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask.

Abstract: An opening/closing device for openably/closably supports an opening/closing part with regard to an opened/closed part, and the opening/closing device is characterized in that it comprises an attaching part attached to the opened/closed part so as to rotate around a rotation axis together with the opening/closing part, a rotation part rotatably attached to an attaching portion extending from a rotation center of the attaching part and engaged with the opened/closed part, and a friction torque generation means provided between the attaching portion of the attaching part and the rotation part, as well as in that the opening/closing device is so configured that it can bring the opening/closing part to stop using free-stop function, when the opening/closing part is opened and closed with regard to the opened/closed part.

Abstract: A pair of swimming goggles includes a body having a strap coupling section formed on each of two sides thereof. Each strap coupling section includes front and rear faces, with upper and lower grooves formed in the front face. Each groove includes a slot in an outer end thereof and a through-hole in an inner end thereof. The slots and the through-holes extend from the front face through the rear face. A head strap includes two ends each extending in sequence through one of the slots, one of the grooves, one of the through-holes, the other through-hole, the other groove, and the other slot, with the head strap forming upper and lower clamping sections.

Abstract: A suit is described herein which incorporates correlated magnets that enable an object (e.g., tool equipment bag, hood, glove, boot, flipper) to be secured thereto and removed therefrom. Some examples of such a suit include a scuba suit, a construction suit, a bio-hazard suit, a medical suit, a fire fighter suit, and an astronaut suit.

Abstract: In a drain socket for a toilet stool which comprises a vertical pipe having an upper end connected with the discharge port of the toilet stool, an adjustable pipe extending substantially horizontally from the lower end of the vertical pipe and a connecting pipe between the adjustable pipe and a drain in the floor of a toilet, the vertical pipe has a bend causing it to have at its lower end an axis displaced longitudinally and rearward of the toilet stool from its axis at its upper end to thereby define an eccentrically curved flow path. The socket adapts a toilet stool for installation in a wide range of drain positions and produces a siphoning action rapidly to flush the toilet bowl effectively with a small amount of water.

Abstract: A water conservation system comprising a reservoir for storing water; a toilet water tank for storing water, the toilet water tank is disposed below the reservoir; and a tube fluidly connecting the reservoir and the tank, wherein the tube is configured such that a first end of the tube reaches near a bottom surface of the reservoir, a second end of the tube reaches near a bottom surface of the tank, and an elevated portion with a crest that is oriented above the first end.

Abstract: The present invention is for a modular spa system design that is easy to disassemble for cleaning and eliminates water lines and the need for using cleaning chemicals. The invention comprises of at least one enclosure molded into the sidewall of the basin shell that forms a bathing tub. Each enclosure has an inside recessed surface and contoured side walls. A water supply and distribution channel system is molded into the inside surface of each enclosure and a detachable partition plate designed to fit the enclosure side walls is placed into the enclosure. Each partition plate contains at least one water jet threaded into the partition such that the jets are in direct communication with the channel system. Embodiments for introducing air into the water are also disclosed. A circulating pump takes the water feed from the tub and circulates it through the channel and the jets.

Abstract: A bathtub system includes a tub having a substantially horizontal planar floor and contiguous endwalls and sidewalls extending upwardly from the floor. At least one sidewall has a door opening. A sliding door cooperates with the door opening. The sliding door is operable in a direction which includes a horizontal translation component between oppositely disposed open and closed positions. The door is slid between those positions by a horizontal force applied by a user sitting in the tub urging the sliding door horizontally. The door opening has a sill having an elevation which is both substantially equal to an elevation of the seat of a user's wheelchair and substantially at the same elevation as the floor of the tub so as to not interfere with the user of the tub transferring laterally from the seat of the wheelchair, over the sill, and onto the floor of the tub.

Abstract: A bathtub seat structure is disclosed, having an continuous, compliant and highly frictional bottom surface, and a zero buoyancy to maximize resistance to lateral slippage when in contact with the bottom of a bathtub also having, a long and narrow rest for a users seat that also has steep open ended ends, steep sides and highly frictional surfaces. The seat is also self supporting and of hollow construction that allows air to freely escape when submerged to stop the seat from floating and also allows water to freely escape when the water level is reduced for cleanliness reasons.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a shower switch with adjustable device comprising a main body, a water divided device, a cover, a driving device and a handle. Particularly, the water divided device contains a water divided plate with water divided holes for operating with a sealing plate, which is further positioned inside the main body, and the driving device has one end thereof connecting to the sealing plate and the other end thereof pivoted to the handle. In this manner, the driving device pivoted to the main body and the handle synchronically rotates the sealing plate against the water divided plate by one hand so as to conduct the water from the sealing plate into different water divided holes for the purpose of water switching and of preventing from wetting the hands, hence increasing the convenience.

Abstract: An emergency eyewash unit includes a pair of water discharge ports oriented to produce a pair of upwardly directed, diverging water streams for inside-out flush flow of contaminants from a person's eyes. These eyewash streams can be combined with a plurality of smaller upwardly directed facewash streams for flushing contaminants from a person's face. The eyewash and/or facewash streams are produced by an eyewash body adapted for rotatable mounting onto a water supply conduit, with a locking clip normally preventing undesired rotational disassembly. The eyewash body may be used in combination with an overhead emergency shower which, in one preferred form, includes a shower spray head carrying multiple flow control and flow shaper elements to produce a substantially uniformly dispersed shower spray pattern.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bed base slat suspension device comprising at least one gusset forming a housing for accommodating the end of a bed base slat, said device having fixing means for allowing the fixing of the gusset on a bed base frame. The device comprises a plurality of n gussets connected by means forming a connecting band, arranged so as to allow a relative movement of at least certain adjacent gussets from the point of view of the fixing of the device on the bed base frame.

Abstract: A ready to assemble, expandable headboard that is capable of fitting different size mattresses and is packaged compactly so that a store and the resulting customer can easily carry the packaged headboard. A ready to assemble headboard and kit where the headboard is expandable yet easily assembled to result in a cushioned, fabric slipcovered headboard with a custom look.

Abstract: A movable patient support includes a frame, a patient support surface supported at the frame, a base supporting the frame and having a plurality of bearing assemblies for moving the base along a floor surface. The support also includes a brake, a brake actuator for actuating the brake of at least one bearing assembly, and a brake bar coupled to the brake actuator. The brake bar is movable between a non-braking position and a braking position wherein the actuator causes the brake to move to its braking position. Further, the brake bar extends between the head end and the foot end of the frame and further has a portion extending outwardly from the brake actuator to at least close proximity to the bearing footprint defined by the bearing assemblies but within the frame footprint to thereby provide relatively easy access to the brake bar to an attendant standing adjacent one of the longitudinal sides of the frame.

Abstract: This invention provides a stretcher that can be placed anywhere and on any surface without any concern, and that can be moved by sliding easily and smoothly on rough surfaces including indoor carpets, stairs and various types of roads. To structure the stretcher equipped with a mattress on which an injured/immobilized person can be placed and carrying means for the purpose of at least carrying a mattress, assemble a mattress on which an injured/immobilized person can be placed, a synthetic resin support panel placed below the mattress by having a designated thickness, flexibility and dimensions similar to the mattress and carrying means attached to the support panel.

Abstract: A headrest for protecting a hairstyle of a user including a base portion and a head-supporting portion extending substantially horizontally from an upper surface of the base portion. The head-supporting portion includes a support surface and at least three finger members that extend substantially vertically from a peripheral edge of the support surface. The first and second finger members are located opposite one another and extend upward past the cheeks of the user. The third finger member extends upward from the distal end of the support surface past the back of the head of the user.

Abstract: A baby change table which is to be mounted on a wall so that it can be folded up against the wall when not in use or lowered about a hinge axis when required, has a platform for a baby which can be installed either extending parallel to the wall, or at right angles to the wall. The orientation of the platform may be fixed at the time of installing the table, as the platform can be installed either orientation.

Abstract: An innerspring assembly includes a plurality of first springs arranged side-by-side in axis-parallel relationship and wound in the form of a helix. Several first springs which are arranged behind one another in a row define a spring strand. An edge reinforcement is formed by second springs placed on at least two opposite borders of the innerspring assembly, with each second spring being connected with two first springs of an adjacent spring strand.

Abstract: A bedding product including an upper surface defining a sleeping position, a plurality of capsules, each including a phase change material, a first layer including latex foam and the plurality of capsules distributed throughout the latex foam, at least one second layer adjacent below the first layer, and wherein the first layer is less than about 2 inches below the upper surface.

Abstract: A method for controlling a spinning cycle of a washing machine, the method includes accelerating a drum up to a first speed at which the laundry items essentially lie firmly against the wall of the drum, detecting a movement of the detergent solution tub in at least one direction for at least one predetermined period during the rotation of the drum at a speed that is equal to or greater than the first speed, determining an amplitude of the movement for the recorded direction, determining further movement amplitudes for known or detected speeds during the predetermined period, determining a change in the movement amplitude over the speed, and controlling the spinning cycle as a function of the change of the movement amplitude.

Abstract: A mop structure includes an adjusting sleeve sheathed to a mop tube, and the mop tube slidably connected to a slide bushing includes a slide bushing thread secured with a corresponding adjusting sleeve thread. A pull handle is pivotally connected to the slide bushing and turned up and down the slide bushing. A water squeeze head at a lower end of the mop tube includes at least two water squeeze rollers on opposite sides of the water squeeze head to define a gap. An upper edge of each link arm is pivotally connected to the pull handle, and a lower edge includes a hooking bracket. A cleaning element includes two hooking holes for receiving a hooking bracket of each link arm. The cleaning element is driven by the pull handle and the link arm, passed through the gap, and squeezed by the water squeeze rollers.

Abstract: The compact toothbrush (10) has a handle that is designed so that the toothbrush (10) can be held within a user's open palm. Preferably, the toothbrush's lower portion (12) has a substantially triangular contour. The toothbrush has a bristled head (14) and an oppositely disposed support rib. The support rib extends along the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush from an upper edge of the toothbrush's head (14), to a central region of the toothbrush's lower portion. The user cups the toothbrush (10) in the palm of his hand and extends two fingers adjacent to the support rib to stabilize the toothbrush (10) while brushing his teeth.

Abstract: A brush includes a head section having a scrubbing area and a handle section coupled to and extending from the head section. The handle section includes a proximal segment, a distal segment coupled to the head section, and a recess segment positioned between the proximal segment and the distal segment. The recess segment includes a recess having a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall. The recess includes a center point between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The proximal segment extends from a free end of the handle section to the center point and the distal segment extends from the center point to the head section. The weight of the proximal segment of the handle section balances the combined weight of the distal segment of the handle section and head section when the recess is placed on a dividing wall of a double sink.

Abstract: A toga towel and method for donning the same. The toga towel comprises a large piece of flexible sheet material that has an opening cut in an upper quadrant. The toga towel is wrapped around the torso of the wearer and the opening is used in a variety of ways to aid in securing the towel to the wearer.

Abstract: A hand trowel is provided with upstanding side and rear walls to prevent cement or grout from sliding off when scooped from a container. The sidewalls of the trowel taper to the front edge of the trowel so that no barrier is created to prevent the front edge from being utilized as a “finishing” edge. A handle extends from the rear wall of the trowel. The handle is provided with ergonomic indentations and the front edge is slanted to allow use by either a right- or a left-handed person.

Abstract: A wringer (1) for a mop (2) with a receptacle (3) in which the mop (2) can be wrung out by inward pressure, where the receptacle (3) consists of a number of wall parts (4), each of which has an inner leg (5) and an outer leg (6), which are connected together, where spacers (7) are arranged between the inner legs (5) and outer legs (6).

Abstract: A method of removing a waste product includes forming a waste product during operation of at least one sheath removal device. The method also includes inducing a fluid flow in a vicinity of waste product formation. The method further includes removing at least a portion of the waste product with the induced fluid flow.

Abstract: A surface treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, includes a main body, a surface treating head and a support assembly. The support assembly is rotatably mounted to the main body for allowing the main body to be rolled along a surface. The support assembly also houses a component of the appliance, such as a motor for driving a surface-agitating device. Alternatively, or additionally, the support assembly may accommodate a fluid inlet for receiving fluid flow, a fluid outlet for exhausting fluid and a device for acting on the fluid flow received by the inlet such as a filter or suction apparatus.

Abstract: A safety apparatus includes a first member (28) defining a profiled channel (30) and adapted to be coupled to a frame (10) of a closure assembly, and a second member (38) defining a profiled portion (44) and adapted to be coupled to a closure device (12), wherein said profiled portion (44) is adapted to be received within the profiled channel (30) and to rotate therein when the closure device (12) is pivoted relative to the frame (10) to open and close an aperture. In one disclosed embodiment the second member (38) is a pivoting member adapted to be pivotally mounted on the frame (10) of the closure assembly via a pivot assembly (82), wherein said pivoting member is coupled to the closure device (12), such that said closure device (12) is pivotally mounted on the frame (10) via said pivoting member, said pivoting assembly (82) comprising a pivot shaft (40) adapted to extend between the pivoting member and frame (10) and adapted to be retracted into at least one of the pivoting member and frame (10).

Abstract: An angle-adjustable hinge in which a pair of floating wedge members are disposed as to be rotation symmetric for 180° around a first axis as an axis of symmetry, and each of wedge faces of four wedge-shaped window portions is serially formed on an arc around a second axis as a center, eccentric from the first axis and rotation symmetric for every 90° around the first axis as the axis of symmetry.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for deploying a vehicle pedestrian protection system is provided, including a first hinge element, a second hinge element, and a biasing mechanism. The hinge mechanism also includes a closed position and an open position, where at least a portion of the first hinge element and at least a portion of the second hinge element separate from one another when the hinge mechanism is urged from the closed position to the open position. The biasing mechanism exerts a biasing force. A first biasing position is defined where the biasing force is exerted at the first and second hinge elements for retaining the hinge mechanism in the closed position. A second biasing position is defined where the hinge mechanism is in the open position.

Abstract: A grip member is equipped with a plurality of modules for generating haptic feed-back distributed along the grip member and activatable according to a pre-set sequence.

Abstract: A carding-flat bar for a card includes a base body and is provided with a card clothing and at least one fixing device for the card clothing. The fixing device for the card clothing is formed by a clamping rail, which can be released in a non-destructive manner.

Abstract: A device is fixed horizontally on an accommodating column of alternative profiles, and include an L shaped plate with a horizontal face and a vertical face connected together by a curved central section having a wide radius. The plate has two parallel and identical oblong holes formed in a height of the plate. These holes allow the positioning and passage of traction and safety ropes. The ropes having at their ends stops coming into contact with a lower side of the plate.

Abstract: A buckle device for a motor vehicle is provided. The buckle device comprising a locking tongue for inserting into a buckle and a deflecting body connected to the locking tongue, which is configured to subdivide a safety belt into a shoulder portion and a lap portion and to deflect said safety belt such that the two portions extend away from the deflecting body in different directions. The deflecting body is connected to the locking tongue via at least one elongate element, which is at least partially wound around the deflecting body.

Abstract: The present subject matter describes an Auto lock slider plastic slider for a slide fastener. According to one embodiment of the present invention the slider comprises a slider body having one or more slots formed therein. A puller means having a cam provision is integrated with the slider body. In another embodiment the puller means is attached to the slider body and not an integrated part thereof. Further, a resilient locking member having a first end and a second end is attached to the slider body so that the one end gets arrested in one of the slots in the slider body when assembled. Additionally the resilient locking member is adapted to cooperate with the cam provision to affect engaging and/or disengaging of the another end of the resilient locking member with respect to the slide fastener through another slot in the slider body thereby locking or unlocking the slide fastener.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a apparatus for compacting (10) a web (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based material. The apparatus (10) includes at least one pair of superimposed plates (11), whose facing surfaces (11a, 11b) create therebetween at least one compaction space (12). The apparatus is fed with the continuous web (N), that is moved through said at least one space (12), so as to be subjected to compaction by the closure of the plates, actuated by thrust means (25). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for compacting webs (N) of flexible fiber-based or filament-based materials.

Abstract: A handicraft assisting tool is used for stitching a fabric having a first face and second face into a pouch. This handicraft assisting tool has a first plate and a second plate that collaborates with the first plate. The first plate has a plurality of rhombic unit pieces of the same size arranged in a row, and an inner face abutting on the first face of the fabric. The second plate has a plurality of rhombic unit pieces of the same size arranged in a row, and an inner face abutting on the second face of the fabric. Each of the unit pieces of the first and second plates is of the same size. The first plate and the second plate are each provided with folding operation instructions for folding these plates along a diagonal line of each unit piece and a borderline between adjacent unit pieces.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating an array capacitor are disclosed, in which via structures of the array capacitor have increased uniformity in their transverse areas. One method involves perforating a capacitor body to form first holes extending from a first surface and partially through the capacitor body. The capacitor body may be further perforated to form second holes extending from a second opposed surface of the capacitor body. The second holes are to connect to the first holes to provide through holes extending across a thickness of the capacitor body. An appropriate conductive material may then be filled in the through holes to form via structures with increased uniformity in their transverse areas.

Abstract: An EMI filtered terminal assembly includes at least one conductive terminal pin, a feedthrough capacitor, and a counter-bore associated with a passageway through the capacitor and the lead wire. Preferably, the feedthrough capacitor having counter-drilled holes on its top side is first bonded to a hermetic insulator. The counter-bore in the capacitor provides greater volume for the electro-mechanical attachment between the capacitor and the lead wire, permitting robotic dispensing of, for example, thermal-setting conductive adhesive.

Abstract: A fixture assembly suitable for use in a manufacturing process includes a crowder plate coupled to a datum plate, which is configured to receive a work piece, such as a disc drive system. In some embodiments, the datum plate is configured to gimbal relative to at least a portion of the crowder plate, and substantially maintain a position along first and second directions relative to at least the portion of the crowder plate. The datum plate is also configured to translate in a third direction relative to at least the portion of the crowder plate, where the first, second, and third directions are substantially orthogonal. In some embodiments, the fixture assembly includes a platform coupled to the crowder plate, where the crowder plate may translate in at least one of the first and second directions relative to the platform.

Abstract: A method of making a golf club head includes the steps of: preparing a head body formed with at least one cavity, and at least one flange protruding from the head body and proximate to the cavity; mounting a counterweight unit in the cavity; bending the flange toward the cavity and pressing the flange against the counterweight unit; joining the counterweight unit to the head body using a solder; and polishing the head body and the counterweight unit to remove excess of the flange and the solder.

Abstract: A toy is described herein that is made from correlated magnetic toy parts (e.g., toy building blocks) which have an ingenious coupling means that enable the correlated magnetic toy parts to be attached to or released from one another. The correlated magnetic toy parts could have many different shapes and can be attached to one another to form an abstract shaped toy or a predetermined shaped toy.

Abstract: An outer panel and an inner panel are integrated by placing peripheral parts of the outer panel on a top surface of a lower mold such that bending parts formed by bending the peripheral parts of the outer panel are set up upward; placing a central portion of the outer panel on a top surface of a lifting device; lifting the central portion of the outer panel by the lifting device to open leading end sides of the bending parts of the outer panel outward; placing the inner panel on the top surface of the outer panel so as to superimpose those onto each other; lowering the central portion of the outer panel by the lifting device; and pressing the bending parts toward the lower mold by an upper mold to further bend the bending parts, and making the bending parts to closely contact with the peripheral parts of the inner panel.