Abstract: A portable boot style stirrup assembly with leg support for use during medical procedures. The portable boot style stirrup assembly affixes to the existing stirrup footrests found about medical examination tables, resultantly increasing procedural efficiency and decreasing doctor cost of the performance of in-office medical procedures, increasing patient comfort during prolonged procedures, and increasing doctor and patient safety during procedures. The portable boot style stirrup assembly includes a boot shell structure which supports a patient's foot and calf and a receptacle constructed and arranged to receive the existing stirrup footrest of medical procedure tables and allow for adjustment of the adductive and abductive angle positioning of a patient's leg for examination and surgical procedures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a functional pillow made of a material having elasticity. The functional pillow helps a user sleep in a correct sleeping position in which the user maintains a proper arrangement and angle of the cervical spine while sleeping in any sleeping environment, including on a hard floor or on a soft bed. The functional pillow includes a shoulder protecting portion, a cervical spine protecting portion, and a head protecting portion. The cervical spine protecting portion includes a cervical spine support that inclines upward in a front support portion which is relatively near a body side and inclines downward in a rear support portion which is relatively near a head. The inclination angle of the rear portion and the height of the pillow at the highest point are differently set depending on use of the pillow.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a seat cushion comprising an air chamber with the shape and size corresponding to those of the buttock print of a user. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention are directed to a seat cushion comprising an air chamber and with an areas corresponding the coccyx, perineum area, left and right thighs of a user when the user is in a standard sitting position. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, no part of the air chamber is excluded from a single air dissipation and flow. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are further configured with one or more air valves allowing for adjustment of inflation of said air chamber.

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance to adjust the thermal output of the heater to control the total power consumption of the washing machine.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus, and in particular a steam mop, comprises a steam generator and a cleaning pad. Steam from the steam generator can be applied to a cleaning composition applied to a stain on a floor surface. The cleaning composition can be applied directly to the floor surface, or indirectly via the cleaning pad.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an upper made of a composite material for an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes associating a layer of carbon fiber material and a flexible substrate to form the composite material. A thin outer coating of TPU is applied to an outer surface of the carbon fiber material of the composite material. The method forms an article of footwear having an upper that is generally flexible and lightweight.

Abstract: A pool cleaning robot for cleaning a surface of a swimming pool, said robot may include: a main housing; main wheels being configured for propelling the robot and for rotating at a first angular velocity; at least one auxiliary brushwheel disposed between said main wheels; and at least one inlet being formed in a bottom panel of the housing between said main wheels and being configured for intake of water and debris; wherein said robot is configured for rotating said auxiliary brushwheel about an axis of rotation at a second angular velocity which is substantially greater than the first angular velocity; wherein said second angular velocity is at least substantially twice that of the first angular velocity.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning swimming pools comprises a self-propelled device comprising: movement means for moving the self-propelled device in a swimming pool; a water recirculation circuit; means for cleaning the surfaces of the swimming pool; and a power supply battery for supplying electric energy to one or more out of the movement means, the recirculation circuit and the cleaning means; the apparatus also comprises a recharging base for the power supply battery, the base having at least a first inductive element positioned in the swimming pool; the recharging base comprising a supporting unit having a first end integral with the swimming pool and a second end which is opposite to the first end and suspended in the swimming pool; the first inductive element hanging from the second end of the supporting unit.

Abstract: An electric back scrub brush that includes a support handle housing having a push button control switch disposed on an outer surface of the support handle housing, a first spur gear coupled to an output end of a motor drive shaft, the motor drive shaft is coupled to a second spur gear which is coupled at a first end of a central drive shaft disposed in a center portion of a neck and a motor energized by a battery disposed within the support handle housing and a second end of a central drive shaft is coupled to a first bevel gear. The electric back scrub brush also includes a brush support housing coupled to the support handle housing, the brush support housing includes the neck and a head and a bristle roll that is protected by a cover member disposed over the head covering the bristle roll.

Abstract: A hand held dusting apparatus for use with a motor provided with a rotating axle, such as a variable speed drill, includes an elongated extension member attachable at one end to the rotating axle and a dusting member having a body section attachable to the opposite end of the elongated extension member and a dusting section constructed having multiple strands of synthetic fiber materials extending from the body section. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus further includes a tubular hand guide member fitted about the extension member and constructed to slide along the extension member. In another preferred embodiment the body of dusting section has a mid-section that can be pivoted to allow the dusting elements to rotate about an axis set at an angle to the axis of the extension member.

Abstract: A flushable hygienic wipe system is used to provide users with an indirect means to hold soft flushable wipes that improve the personal hygiene of a user's rectal and genital areas after using the bathroom. The system additionally provides users with a convenient disposal method by allowing users to safely discard the apparatus into a toilet bowl after use. The present invention comprises a most cleansing pad, a flushable applicator, and a dry cleansing pad. The flushable applicator additionally comprises a handle, a moist cleansing pad mount, and a dry cleansing pad mount. The handle additionally comprises a first section and a second section. The flushable applicator and the moist cleansing pad mount are able to retain their shape while the moist cleansing pad is attached through the use of a water insoluble polymer coating that inhibit moisture from degrading the hydro soluble cellulose mixture of the components.

Abstract: An oral care implement comprising at least one tapered bristle. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a face; a tuft hole in the face, the tuft hole having a polygonal transverse cross-sectional profile; and a bristle tuft mounted in the first tuft hole and extending from the face of the head, the first bristle tuft comprising a plurality of tapered bristles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brush ring having a ring-like frame part, to which bristles protruding radially outwardly can be fastened and which can be slid axially onto a shaft in order to form a sweeping roller and which can be fastened on the shaft in a rotationally secured manner by means of at least one catch device protruding radially inwardly, wherein the frame part, viewed in the circumferential direction, has ring sections arranged at an offset from each other in the axial direction and connecting elements formed in the axial direction, the connecting elements being arranged symmetrically to each other with respect to a center point axis extending through the catch device and the ring center point.

Abstract: A cleaning mechanism for injection molding machine includes a base including a mounting frame, a driving member, a pushing member connected to the driving member, a first movable plate, a first clipping plate, a connection shaft rotatably connected to the first pushing plate, a second movable plate parallel to the first pushing plate, and a second clipping plate. First and second movable plates are movably mounted on the mounting frame. First and second clipping plates are mounted on the mounting frame. The first movable plate is fixed to and perpendicular to a first pushing plate of the pushing member. The second movable plate is corresponding to the first movable plate, and perpendicular to the first pushing plate. When the pushing member is driven by the driving member, the first movable plate moves relative to the first clipping plate, and the second movable plate moves relative to the second clipping plate.

Abstract: A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of the flat blade type, a mounting head for transferring a reciprocal movement to said wiper blade, as well as a connecting device for an oscillating arm with the interposition of a joint part, wherein said joint part comprises at least one resilient tongue engaging in a correspondingly shaped hole provided in said oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm has an U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to said joint part, with the special feature that said oscillating arm and said joint part are interconnected by introduction of said joint part inside the U-shaped cross-section of said oscillating arm at a location between the hole provided in said oscillating arm and said mounting head.

Abstract: A decorating tip cleaning apparatus includes a first frame member having opposed front and rear edges and a second frame member having opposed front and rear edges. The rear edges of the frame members are pivotally coupled together such that the first and the second frame members are movable between a closed configuration at which the front edges, respectively, are generally adjacent one another and an open configuration at which the front edges, respectively, are separated from one another. The first and second frame members include a mesh material extending between respective front and rear edges. The mesh material of the first frame member defines a plurality of apertures spaced apart from one another, each aperture being configured to receive a decorating tip partially therethrough. Each aperture is configured to receive only a portion of a respective decorating tip.

Abstract: An inlet for a vacuum cleaning system which can be mounted in a wall of a structure or in a cabinet. The inlet includes a main frame, a front plate, a door, and an electrical switch that operates the motor of the vacuum cleaning system. The inlet is mounted adjacent a floor so that an individual can clean a room by sweeping up the dirt and debris towards the present invention. The door of the inlet is then opened and the dirt and debris is swept into the present invention. When the door opens the motor of the vacuum cleaning system is turned on so that the dirt and debris is sucked into a collection container. When the door is closed, the motor is turned off. A magnet helps to keep the door in the open position and a retainer helps to keep the door in the closed position.

Abstract: An illuminated inlet for a vacuum cleaning system which can be mounted in a wall of a structure or in a cabinet. The inlet includes a main frame, a front plate, a door, and an electrical switch that operates the motor of the vacuum cleaning system. Illumination of the area directly in front of the inlet is provided by LED's operated upon the opening of the door. The inlet is mounted adjacent a floor so that an individual can clean a room by sweeping up the dirt and debris towards the present invention. The door of the inlet is then opened and the dirt and debris is swept into the present invention. When the door opens the LED's are illuminated and the motor of the vacuum cleaning system is turned on so that the dirt and debris can be drawn into a collection container. When the door is closed, the LED's and the motor for the vacuum cleaning system is turned off. A magnet is used to keep the door in the open position and a retainer to keep the door in the closed position.

Abstract: A Multi-purpose truck for re-establishment of safe and practicable road conditions, after car accidents, through cleaning of the road platform, said truck being equipped by: several tanks, a high-pressure water gun for spraying cleaning products, a suction system suitable to remove, from the road platform, an emulsion that results from the addition of cleaning products to the debris on the road platform, and tanks containing the resulting emulsion to be temporarily stocked at a location, before being definitely delivered to special and authorized plants for disposal. The power supply, necessary to make the multi-purpose truck work properly, can be directly provided by the engine of the truck and/or any other point of energy transmission in the kinematic chain, or it can be directly provided by a pneumatic circuit previously installed on the same truck. The extracted energy can be used as a power supply for mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic devices.

Abstract: An extraction cleaner for a floor surface comprises a fluid delivery system for storing cleaning fluid and delivering the cleaning fluid to the surface to be cleaned and a fluid recovery system for removing the spent cleaning fluid and dirt from the surface to be cleaned and storing the spent cleaning fluid and dirt. The fluid delivery system includes at least one fluid distributor and the fluid recovery system includes an extraction nozzle. The extraction nozzle and the at least one fluid distributor can be simultaneously removed from the extraction cleaner.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a floor surface comprises a fluid delivery system having a supply tank for storing cleaning fluid and a fluid distributor for delivering the cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned. An air pathway is provided in the cleaning apparatus for removing heated air from the motor. In operation, heat from the heated air is transferred to the cleaning fluid in the supply tank.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner with a cyclone module assembly comprises a cyclone separation chamber for separating dust and debris from air and a collection chamber for collecting dust and debris that is separated from the air in the cyclone separation chamber. The cyclone module assembly further includes at least one feature for directing contaminants downwardly, such as a helical step dividing the separation chamber from the collection chamber or a circumferential fin that extends from the inside wall of the collection chamber or.

Abstract: A check link assembly for positioning a vehicle closure has a selectively positionable detent feature. The check link assembly includes an elongated link having a distal end. At least one cover is attachable to the link in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The cover has a first end, a second end, and a contoured surface between the first end and the second end. At least one member is biased against the link and is configured to ride against the contoured surface of the cover. The contoured surface at least partially defines a detent feature that interferes with the biased member to increase resistance to relative movement of the link and the biased member, thereby establishing a stop position. The detent feature is further from the distal end of the link when the cover is in the first orientation than when the cover is in the second orientation.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin curtain rail assembly kit includes a plurality of curtain rail components with linear curtain rail sections and curved curtain rail sections with an angle of curvature in a range of 0-90°. Each curtain rail component has a first end and a second end. On the first end, a recess for receiving a fixation protrusion of another curtain rail component is arranged and, on the second end, a fixation protrusion for inserting into a recess of another curtain rail component is present. The recess and the fixation protrusion include a fastening means for fixating the recess and the fixation protrusion relative to each other. Each curtain rail component includes a holder slit for attaching the respective curtain rail component to an object and a curtain slit for guiding curtain rail guiding means in the curtain rail component.

Abstract: A counterbalanced hinge assembly for rotatably supporting a decklid of a vehicle includes a hinge box and a support member rotatably attached to the hinge box. A linkage system interconnects the hinge box and the support member, and includes a wind-up link rotatably attached to the hinge box for rotation about a spring axis, and a driven link interconnecting the wind-up link and the support member. A planar coil spring is coiled about the spring axis and is coupled to both the hinge box and the wind-up link. The planar coil spring applies a torque to the wind-up link to rotate the wind-up link about the spring axis to assist movement of the support member from the closed position into the open position.

Abstract: To provide a biaxial hinge which enables an opening/closing movement of terminal, such as notebook PC, from 0° up to 180° or more, which ensures the opening/closing movement starting from a stable stopping position available at any opening/closing angle, a second hinge shaft attached to a second casing and a second hinge shaft attached to a second casing are connected to each other via a joint member and provided so as to be rotatable relative to each other, and a selective rotation restricting device is provided between the both hinge shafts. The selective rotation restricting device is so structured that it allows the both hinge shafts to rotate, when the first casing and the second casing are in a closed state, and it restricts one of the first hinge shaft and the second hinge shaft in rotation, when the other hinge shaft rotates relative to the one hinge shaft.

Abstract: A folding mechanism includes a first main body, a second main body, and a hinge assembly fixed between the first main body and the second main body. The hinge assembly includes a sleeve member and a fixing shaft. The sleeve member includes a fixing portion and a sleeve portion. The fixing portion is mounted on the first main body. The sleeve portion extends from an end of the fixing portion adjacent to the second main body. The fixing shaft is inserted into the sleeve portion, and is mounted to the second main body. At least one elastic strip protrudes from the fixing portion towards the sleeve portion. At least one ridge protrudes from the fixing shaft corresponding to the at least one elastic strip. The at least one elastic strip abuts against the fixing shaft.

Abstract: A fastening device, and corresponding methods of manufacture and use, are disclosed as the fastening device may be worn on an arm. In an example, the fastening device includes a band portion having an opening formed in the band portion. The opening is sized to slide onto a watchband. The fastening device may also include an edge portion of the band portion. A least one opening is provided with the edge portion for attaching a bracelet or other jewelry. As such, the bracelet or other jewelry is held next to the watchband when worn on the arm so that the bracelet or other jewelry does not slide up and down the arm.

Abstract: An improved D-ring apparatus is provided that comprises a first arm and a second arm, a first arcuate member and a second arcuate member, and a connecting member. The first arm and second arm are substantially parallel to each other. The first arcuate member and the second arcuate member are attached to the first and second arms so that the first and second members are located at opposite ends of the first and second arms and form a continuous apparatus. A connecting member is attached to the first and second arm approximately mid-way between the first and second arcuate members, thereby forming a first aperture and a second aperture.

Abstract: Clamping means are provided which include a substantially annular outer clamping member having two substantially opposite free ends and engagement means provided on or associated with said two opposite free ends to allow the diameter of the outer clamping member and/or distance between the two free ends to be adjusted and/or maintained in a required position in use. The clamping means includes at least one substantially annular inner clamping member that is located substantially within the annular outer clamping member.

Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a zipper head. The zipper head includes a main structure, a flexible member, a securing member, a pull tab, a guiding member, and a shaft. The main structure has a first fixing portion and receives the flexible member. The securing member has a second fixing portion corresponding to the first fixing portion. The securing member contacts with the flexible member. The guiding member is pivotally connected to one end of the main structure and contacts with the securing member. A receiving space is cooperatively defined by the main structure, the securing member, and the guiding member. A fixing end of the pull tab is disposed in the receiving space. The shaft penetrates the main structure and is pivotally connected to the securing member. The instant disclosure also discusses a method for replacing the pull tab of the zipper head.

Abstract: A releasable fastening features a first fastening strip including an elongated, flexible base carrying an array of discrete fastener elements arranged in rows and columns, and a second fastening strip configured to releasably engage with the first fastening strip. The first fastening strip also includes a longitudinally continuous rib supported by the upper surface of the base of the first fastening strip, the rib extending sufficiently far from the base of the first fastening strip to engage a sealing portion of the second fastening strip, and of a bending strength sufficiently low that the rib is placed in an elastically bent state, when the first and second fastening strips are in the engaged state, thereby forming with the sealing portion of the second fastening strip a non-interlocking barrier to resist flow across the fastening with the first and second fastening strips in the engaged state.

Abstract: A tongue for a seatbelt device includes: a metal core at which an insertion portion is formed continuously from a metal core base portion; a molded portion formed by the metal core base portion of the metal core being covered with a synthetic resin material; a webbing pass-through portion, one end of which opens along the thickness direction of the metal core base portion in one face of the molded portion, and another end of which opens in an end portion of the molded portion at a side opposite to the insertion portion; and a groove portion formed between the metal core base portion and the webbing pass-through portion, the groove portion opening in the end portion of the molded portion at the side opposite to the insertion portion and opening in an inner periphery face of the webbing pass-through portion.

Abstract: A safety hook includes a hook body defining a front opening, a swivel ring coupled to a rear side of the hook body, a latch pivotally connected to the hook body and movable between a latched position and an unlatched position to close/open the front opening of the hook body, a spring member stopped between the hook body and the latch to support the latch in the latched position, and a safety locking member mounted in the latch and movable between a locking position to lock the latch in the latched position and an unlocking position for allowing the latch to be moved from the latched position to the unlatched position.

Abstract: A locking mechanism is provided including a male latch member a female receptacle having first and second pairs of opposing resilient arms for locking with the latch member. Locking is accomplished by moving the latch member with respect to the receptacle in a first direction, and unlocking with the latch member is accomplished by moving the latch member an additional distance further in the first direction. The first and second pairs of opposing resilient arms lock the latch member in any rotational orientation of the first direction of the latch member. Other locking mechanism embodiments include planar members and flanges for mounting to various substrates.

Abstract: A device for securing a shoe lace has a first panel and a second panel affixed to the first panel. The second panel being movable about a fold line between a first position away from the first panel and a second position in contact with the first panel. A first shoe lace securing member extending from a first side of the first panel and a second shoe lace securing member extending from an opposed side of the first panel, each shoe lace securing member securing the first panel to a shoe. A fastener secures the first panel to the second panel when in contact with each other.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a duct bank comprising the steps of loading a frame with a series of templates, positioning the frame adjacent a pipe extruder, aligning a set of a plurality of holes with a die of the pipe extruder, extruding a pipe of a first length into the set of holes, repeating the steps of aligning and extruding for each set of holes, thereby forming the duct bank, banding the duct bank, and removing the duct bank from the frame.

Abstract: A hand-held apparatus is provided to allow a user to easily apply the necessary force required to install or remove caps into or from a vial or test tube. The device includes a handle member that is ergonomically shaped to provide a user with maximum comfort and control of a cap while applying pressure to insert caps. The device also includes a coupling portion configured to selectively engage a cap and efficiently disengage a cap. Through this configuration, a user generated force is transferred from the handle member through the coupling portion, and to the cap, thereby causing the cap into an opening of the vial for locking the cap into a sealed and closed position with the vial.

Abstract: A mounting mechanism includes a base, a pin movably mounted on the base, a first driving member, and a second driving member. The first driving member is connected to the pin and can drive the pin to move axially. The second driving member is connected to the pin, and can rotate the pin around its own axis, such that a plastic plug positioned on a free end of the pin can always be reliably inserted in a hole of a housing notwithstanding minor misalignments with the hole.

Abstract: An assembly tool for inserting a slide ring or counter ring of a slide ring seal, in particular a running gear seal, cooperating with an elastic sealing body into an associated housing part, the assembly tool including a number of clamping elements formed as arcuate segments and an assembly O-ring, wherein the clamping elements engage around the slide ring or counter ring, and around the sealing body and the assembly O-ring in a manner that corresponds to the circumferential length thereof, and the clamping elements are advanceable in the direction of the housing part in order to mount the sealing body within this housing part.

Abstract: Various multicolor writing tools and methods for applying multiple volatile marking substances one at a time. The tool includes a case member, a cartridge member, a cap member, and an optional actuator member. The case member forms an interior in which is disposed the cartridge member with multiple cartridges each containing one of the marking substances and a tip through which the marking substance is applied. The cap member changes and restores its configuration, while the actuator member changes the configuration and exposes one of the tips selected by an user out of the interior when the tool is in use, and then restores the configuration and encloses all of the tips inside the interior when not in use. Thus, the tool opens the cap member in response to input force without requiring the user to engage in a separate maneuver to remove the cap member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of profiling a running surface of a laid rail by means of a processing vehicle, in particular in the region of a switch, comprising placing a first copying probe element displaceable transversely to the rail in contact with the running edge or the inner side edge and machining the rail.

Abstract: A bicycle cleat positioning kit includes a foot locating instrument and a foot measuring instrument. The foot locating instrument includes a foot support surface. The foot measuring instrument includes a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location and a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location relative to the foot reference indicator.

Abstract: The hangar embodiments disclosed relate to a device and method for quickly changing out old pictures, quilts, etc. The device includes a back board that is attachable to a wall. A faceboard is rotateably attachable to the back board. A friction material is disposed between the backboard in the faceboard and used to hold up the flat object when the faceboard is traversed to the closed position.

Abstract: A universal mounting bracket for outboard marine equipment is provided. The universal mounting bracket includes a first member mounted to one end of an arm, and a second member mounted to the other end of the arm. The first and second members mate with the arm to define respective first and second adjustment axes. The arm is adjustable relative to the first member about the first axis. The second member is adjustable relative to the arm about the second axis. Adjustment about the first and second axes allows a user to govern the distance of marine equipment mounted to the second coupling relative to a watercraft.

Abstract: Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.

Abstract: A method for the mounting and alignment of a component supported in a supporting device at a plurality of support points in a desired orientation, wherein an elastic deformation of at least one deformation zone of the supporting device is registered, and from a certain deviation from a desired value of the at least one deformation zone is traversed orthogonally relative to at least one support point. Also a supporting device for purposes of executing such a method, which has at least one elastically deformable deformation zone, a measurement device for purposes of registering and evaluating the at least one elastic deformation, and at least one actuator for purposes of traversing the support points orthogonally relative to one another.

Abstract: A jig assembly and corresponding method for swage assembling a workpiece having first and second side components and a central component. A first pair of bi-directional traversable platforms are supported in inward and outward reciprocating fashion relative to a central support fixture, and upon which are mounted supporting structures for mounting the workpiece. A pair of engaging jigs are mounted to inner opposing sides of the pair of traversable platforms. Each of the engaging jigs includes a plurality of fingers which are adapted to seat within aperture locations associated with the workpiece side components and to facilitate loading and positioning the workpiece prior to swaging. A pair of opposing and synchronized inward compressing dies simultaneously swage locations associated with opposite edges of the central component which project through apertures defined in the side components.

Abstract: A system and method for an engineered joint according to one example embodiment includes a hinge pin and loops that extend from membranes around the hinge pin. Multiple embodiments include loops that extend from an upper module membrane and cross to attach to a second upper module membrane and loops that extend from a first lower module membrane and cross to attach to a second lower module membrane.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a module injection mechanism and a method of using the same for mounting a module to a chassis, the module injection mechanism comprising an injection assembly secured to the module, comprising a lever, a screw affixed to the chassis, a sliding bushing, disposed between the module and the screw, wherein the screw is fixed to the chassis via the sliding bushing, the lever comprising a lever grabbing portion and a lower lever portion capable of connecting to the sliding bushing, wherein the injection assembly is secured to the module so that the injection assembly is capable to transfer a mechanical force applied to the lever grabbing portion to the sliding bushing so that the module is mounted to the chassis.