Abstract: An assistive device for standing tasks allows for a reduction of effort on the part of a user while engaged in tasks or activities that are stationary or nearly stationary that lessens the strain on the bones, joints, and muscles normally used for standing while ensuring a proper alignment of the pelvis and spine.

Abstract: An assistive device for standing tasks allows for a reduction of effort on the part of a user while engaged in tasks or activities that are stationary or nearly stationary that lessens the strain on the bones, joints, and muscles normally used for standing while ensuring a proper alignment of the pelvis and spine.

Abstract: A dearmer positioning system has two assemblies, each of which circumscribes a dearmer's barrel. Each of the two assemblies includes two half rings and a one-piece outer ring. The two half rings are joined to one another to define a full ring having a first central opening defining a first diameter. The full ring has a periphery defining a second diameter. The one-piece outer ring has a second central opening defining a third diameter, and a periphery defining a fourth diameter. The third diameter is greater than the second diameter such that the full ring slidingly fits in the central opening of the outer ring. Threaded fasteners engage the outer ring and extend radially through the outer ring and into its central opening to engage the periphery of the full ring.

Abstract: An activating platform is disclosed. The platform includes a curved support plate. The support plate is divided into a standing area and a sitting area, the sitting area including a chair with a mounting arrangement and a seat. The curved shape of the support plate is meant to provoke the balance of a user standing or sitting on the platform, i.e. that the user has to use the muscles actively to hold the balance. Naturally, the user will rock around in a small angle around a middle position and flex in the hips and back to maintain the balance.

Abstract: A Serving Utensil Holder made of any material approved for food service. The holder has a 90 degree flange base, round base, hook base or flat base. The base is connected to stationary or adjustable shaft with top end fitted with a utensil holder attachment to hold various types, and sizes of food serving utensils. The 90 degree base and round base have a vertical edge and fit in the well of a buffet line server. The top of the base rest on flat area around the buffet server well. Flat base holder is used on flat areas and can have a bowl for drippings from serving utensil. The hook base enables the utensil Holder to hook on edge of buffet server well to stabilize it without fasteners. Attachments can be permanently made on shaft, or fixed with fasteners allowing other attachments to be used on the same utensil holder.

Abstract: A pole support system suitable for lighting fixtures. The system may include a lower support; a guide member interior to the lower support; a telescoping upper support inside the lower support and axially movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the upper support being at least partially received in an annular space between the lower support and the guide member; a biasing member biasing the upper support to the extended position; and a locking assembly partially surrounding the lower support at one end of the lower support. The locking assembly may include a body having a passage in which the upper support slides therethrough, and enclosing the passage at a first end while maintaining the passage in fluid communication with the interior of the lower support; and a lock configured to selectably engage the upper support to constrain axial motion of the upper support.

Abstract: A pipe holding device includes a fixed clamp member, a movable clamp member, an upper ring and a lower ring. The fixed clamp member and the movable clamp member each have inner peripheral surfaces as metal surfaces coming into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter pipe. Furthermore, inner peripheral surfaces of cylindrical bodies correspond to a first resin surface and a second resin surface coming into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter pipe, respectively. The inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, the inner peripheral surfaces of the fixed clamp member and the movable clamp member, and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body are adjacent to one another in an axial direction of a large diameter pipe.

Abstract: An elevation table includes a tabletop and a table leg frame mounted to the tabletop. The table leg frame includes a fixed leg, a movable leg insertable into the fixed leg, and an extendible/retractable bar arranged inside the fixed leg and the movable leg. The movable leg has an end connected to the tabletop and an opposite end receiving a first positioning sleeve to fit thereto and insertable into the fixed leg. The fixed leg has an end into which the movable leg is insertable and receives a second positioning sleeve to fit thereto. The first and second positioning sleeves each include embedding holes formed in at least two sidewalls thereof and the embedding holes receive embedded pieces to be fit therein. The first and second positioning sleeves are in point contact with surfaces of the movable leg and the fixed leg by means of the embedded pieces.

Abstract: A telescopic support having an outer support tube and an inner support that move with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis of the telescopic support. At least three bearing sets having roller bearings are affixed to one of the outer support tube or the inner support. The roller bearings of a bearing set may be spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, and may be configured such that a rotational axis of each of the roller bearings is substantially directed toward the longitudinal axis of the telescopic support.

Abstract: A portable display stand for removable attachment of fixtures for the display of merchandise is disclosed. The display stand features a hinged vertical support panel sub-assembly, including top and bottom panel segments, to reduce size and promote portability. Slideable pin locks within top or bottom braces for the top and bottom panel segments slide out from a disengaged position and lock in the engaged position, stabilizing the top and bottom panel segments relative to each other, for assembly. The hinged connection between the braces for the top and bottom panel segments promotes fast alignment during assembly. Assembly of the vertical support panel sub-assembly and the first and second leg sub-assemblies occurs without tools. The display stand disassembles into three (maximum) portable sub-assemblies that may be transported in a carrying case, and may be reassembled without tools in less than a minute.

Abstract: A telescoping mount includes an outer member, an inner member at least partially received in the outer member such that one member is movable relative to the other member between an extended position and a retracted position, a platform coupled to one of the outer and inner members for supporting a device, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is operable to substantially lock the position of the outer and inner members relative to one another in a plurality of non-predefined positions between the extended position and the retracted position. The locking mechanism is movable manually by a user to an unlocked position allowing adjustment of the mount between the extended and retracted positions, and the locking mechanism is movable automatically, upon release of the locking mechanism by the user, to a locked position in which the outer and inner members are substantially prevented from moving relative to one another.

Abstract: A seat tube of a bicycle has a tubular body and a tightening block. The tubular body has an insertion hole and a stationary block. The insertion hole is defined in the tubular body and has an inner surface and a tightening recess. The inner surface is formed in the tubular body. The tightening recess is defined in the inner surface. The stationary block is embedded in the tightening recess and has an oblique surface and a fastener hole. The fastener hole is defined in the oblique surface. The tightening block is mounted slidably on the oblique surface and has a tightening surface, a through hole and a fastener. The tightening surface is shaped to correspond to the inner surface. The through hole is defined through the tightening block. The fastener is mounted through the through hole and engages the fastener hole.

Abstract: An anchor mount formed of: a mounting device; a laterally expandable locking mechanism coupled to the base of the mounting device, the laterally expandable locking mechanism including first and second cooperating wedges, the first wedge being coupled to the base of the mounting device, and the second wedge being movable along an inclined plane of mutual contact with the first wedge and substantially laterally expandable relative thereto; a reaction surface fixed relative to the first wedge; an actuator having an actuation surface that is positioned adjacent to the reaction surface and movable relative thereto; and the second wedge being responsive to motion of the actuation surface of the actuator relative to the reaction surface for moving along the inclined plane of mutual contact with the first wedge and substantially laterally expanding relative thereto.

Abstract: A cooking utensil support apparatus used for the cooking of food in a cooking utensil over a heat source, such support apparatus having stand and a cooking utensil handle support member adjustably positioned on such stand with angle adjustment means for adjusting the angle of the cooking utensil handle support member and the handle supported therein of such cooking utensil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions useful for treating or controlling disease states or conditions associated with zinc containing proteinases, especially metalloproteinases. The active ingredient in these compositions is an alpha-oxo- or alpha-thioxophosphonate of formula (I). Out of the phosphonates of formula (I), some are known and others are new. The novel compounds constitute another aspect of the invention.

Abstract: An adjustable lift support apparatus includes a base, a sleeve attached onto the base, at least one meshing device, a shaft, and a support attached at the shaft. At least one groove is formed on an inner surface of the sleeve along a first axial direction. Each meshing device corresponds to one of the at least one groove and includes a flexible protrusion. The shaft is inserted into the sleeve. At least one rack is provided on an outer surface of the shaft along a second axial direction, such that the flexible protrusion of the meshing device is meshed between two neighboring teeth of the at least one rack. The support is lifted or lowered by an external force to make each of the at least one rack move with respect to the flexible protrusion of the corresponding meshing device, so as to adjust the height of the support.

Abstract: A link bracket assembly for a flat screen support device incorporates a locking set screw which prevents removal of the link bracket and appended support arm and device by insertion of the set screw into a circumferential groove in the support shaft dependent from the link bracket. A modification uses a hat-type washer secured to the shaft to form the locking groove and locking tabs and a rotation limiting foot on a washer to prevent full rotation of the link bracket.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a contractible table leg structure, comprising: an external sleeve; a folding rod, being a rod member with a cross section substantially in successive V-shaped turning surfaces, and having an included angle in the middle, a plurality of folding surfaces to define a plurality of interface corners, and the folding rod passing through the interior of the external sleeve; a bolt member, being secured on the external sleeve, and its inner end corresponding to the included angle of the folding rod; and when bold the bolt member being tightly secured, so that the folding rod produces a deformation stress to press the interface corner against the inner wall of the external sleeve and fix the position of the folding rod.

Abstract: A mounting device for a beach umbrella includes a hollow tubular base having an open tapered end adapted for penetrating a ground surface and an opposing open end adapted for receiving an elongated mounting post of the beach umbrella. At least one outwardly projecting support arm is attached to the tubular base, and is adapted for carrying beach items and accessories above the ground surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling, lifting and supporting construction panels such as sheet rock or the like includes a pole unit that has telescoping poles supported on a scaffolding unit by supports that are quickly and easily attached and detached from the scaffolding unit. A workpiece engaging element is rotatably mounted on the poles.

Abstract: An adjustable receiver tube includes an elongated tube having a flat resilient strap extending within the tube from the upper end of the cylindrical side wall. A flange at the bottom of the tube will support an IV pole within the tube, and a threaded shaft threaded through an aperture in the side of the tube will move the strip into engagement with an IV pole to hold the pole snugly within the receiver tube. A cushion is preferably mounted in the tube on the flange, to frictionally engage the lower end of the IV pole and prevent rotation, horizontal movement, and prevent damage to the lower end of the IV pole.

Abstract: A releasable coupling assembly for support ribs associated with sign panels, and the like elongated support members. Force generated by a knob and threaded shaft is applied to a pressure plate through a lever arm. The lever arm is arranged so as to provide a reduced mechanical advantage which limits applied force to the rib. The lever arm may also be made resilient to limit force applied to a rib being clamped.

Abstract: The invention is a pedestal mount for a boat seat including means for locking the seat in selected rotational positions or permitting the seat to swivel in either direction. A cylindrical sleeve attached to the seat rotates within the vertical stanchion. A series of apertures in the sleeve are engaged by a locking pin to stop rotation of the seat in a selected position. A circumferential groove in the sleeve may be engaged by the locking pin, permitting the sleeve and seat to rotate but not be withdrawn from the stanchion.

Abstract: A bobbin core holder for a bobbin creel. The bobbin core holder includes a sleeve body securable on a creel rod, on which sleeve body a ring socket is fitted so as to be rotatable into at least one predeterminable rotary position by a releasable spring detent mechanism. The bobbin core holder also includes a bearing block on the ring socket having a bore therein for the bobbin core and an additional threaded bore opening into the bobbin core bore for a set screw. The bobbin core bore is open at both ends and is circumferentially closed with its axis extending transversely with respect to the axis of the ring socket. The bobbin core bore has an intermediate longitudinal section which at least partly extends through the ring socket, and the length of the bobbin core bore is approximately the same as the outside diameter of the ring socket. The threaded bore extends approximately radially relative to the ring socket axis.

Abstract: A portable detachable meditation armrest support including a pair of interconnected armrest supports, a pair of telescoping members, an adjustable sleeve encircling said members for adjusting the overall length forming a monopode, one of the supports having a threaded plug receivable in a hole in the other support forming a flat planar surface, and a threaded shank on the outer telescoping member receivable in the plug.

Abstract: An armrest assembly for attachment to a chair includes a base plate. The base plate can be secured, in a chair of the type including a (i) seat bottom cushion on which a person can sit, (ii) a pedestal assembly supporting the seat bottom cushion, and (iii) a plurality of fasteners securing the pedestal assembly to the underside of the seat bottom cushion, between the seat bottom cushion and the pedestal. The base plate has a plurality of fastener openings equal in number to the number of fasteners in the chair to which the armrest assembly is to be attached. The fastener openings are arranged in the same pattern as the fasteners in the chair to which the armrest assembly is to be attached. The base plate can have at least two sets of fastener openings arranged in different patterns, whereby the base plate can selectively be secured intermediate the pedestal assembly and the seat bottom cushion of at least two different chairs having different fastener patterns.

Abstract: A holder or stand is disclosed herein having a base formed with a central depression and a notched rail for supporting a kitchen implement. A pair of raised receptacles carried on the base may insertably receive other implements while an upright adjustable post supports a yoke or bifurcated member for slidably receiving and supporting a pot or pan lid. The holder or stand may be readily disassembled for cleaning or maintenance purposes.

Abstract: An extensible rod comprising an outer tube, an inner tube fitting in the outer tube and a locking unit consisting of a cylindrical clamp, a movable block, and an eccentric shield. The outer tube and the inner tube are clamped in the locking unit by pivoting the eccentric shield causing the shield to pinch the clamp to secure the outer tube and to press the movable block against.

Abstract: A lightweight support stand particularly suitable for photographic equipment and the like in which a boom is suspended solely by a suspension cable that has its intermediate portion adjustably carried by a retainer at the top of a vertical standard. Opposite ends of the cable are adjustably connected to end portions of the boom. The boom is formed of a plurality of small-diameter sections that may be readily disassembled for transit and storage, and the standard includes a plurality of tubular sections that may be telescoped together. Collars for adjustably holding the sections of the standard in extended condition and for adjustably connecting the ends of the cable to the boom, a simple and highly-effective method for making such collars, and a retainer for adjustably supporting the cable at the upper end of the standard, are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric seat lift mechanism is easily mounted or dismounted from a seat post receptacle by insertion of its depending tube into fixed (but removable) position into the seat post, the depending tube carrying an axially positioned drive nut which is engaged with a drive screw driven by an electric motor powered transmission whose housing supports the seat.

Abstract: A poolside basketball goal for in-ground swimming pools with a backboard and hoop supported by a support having an extended horizontal component. A support is anchored in the ground by an anchor which is located more than 3 feet away from the in-ground pool and the extended horizontal component of the support is greater than 3 feet and is sufficiently long to laterally traverse the sidewalk to suspend the hoop over the pool. The support is moveable with respect to the anchor and may be pivoted away from the swimming pool so that the sidewalk around the swimming pool is free from impedance of pedestrian traffic by the horizontal component of the support. Locking mechanisms, such as set screws, allow for vertical telescopic adjustment as well as for locking the support pool in a selected angular position. The anchor includes radial members to resist rotation of the anchor embedded in concrete.

Abstract: The locking device may either be used with a conventional liftgate support or incorporated into the design of the liftgate support, to retain a hatchback-type door of a vehicle in an open position. The locking device of the present invention is for use with a liftgate support to retain a hatchback-type door in an open position even in cold weather or after the liftgate support has worn out. The liftgate support includes a housing cylinder and an elongated piston rod. The elongated piston rod is slidably positionable relative to the housing cylinder, one end of the elongated piston rod being received within the housing cylinder. The locking device is secured to the housing cylinder by two-sided tape proximate to where the elongated piston rod is received by the housing cylinder.

Abstract: A locking device for securing inner and outer telescoping cylindrical tubes in a selected relationship. A resilient collar attached to one end of the outer tube includes and inner annular flange extending in close-fitting relation between the inner and outer tubes. A locking screw extending through the outer tube is actuatable to bear against and resiliently circumferentially displace the inner flange to lock the inner tube in the desired position. The device is particularly suited for use with adjustable stands such as hospital IV bottle stands and the like.

Abstract: A collapsible conveyor comprises a frame supporting a plurality of rollers and a support structure comprising a pair of legs pivotally secured to the frame. The conveyor also includes braces which extend between the frame and the legs and maintain stability of the legs in their extended position. Each leg comprises a first member slidably receiving a second member therein. The second member includes an inclined surface which tapers towards an opposite surface downwardly towards the lower portion of the inserted leg member. A locking plate is pivotally secured to the first leg member adjacent the inclined surface, and is abutted against the upper leg member by a bolt threadably engaged within a mounting plate secured to the hollow leg member.

Abstract: Sturdy legs are normally retracted into the housing of an otherwise conventional smoke ejector but are extendable in various adjusted positions to support the ejector freestanding on a supporting surface.

Abstract: A clamping or coupling apparatus for clamping an extension rod telescopically extendable from a tubular member includes two separate and independent clamping adjustments. The clamping apparatus is adapted to rotate freely relative to the tubular member, yet is prevented from axial movement relative to the tubular member. The extension rod is adapted to extend linearly relative to the clamping apparatus, but is prevented from rotating relative to the clamping apparatus. In this manner, a first clamping adjustment inhibits the axial movement of the extension rod relative to the clamping apparatus, so that the extension rod is prevented from axial movement and rotational movement relative to the clamping apparatus. A second clamping adjustment prevents the clamping apparatus from rotating relative to the tubular member.

Abstract: An adjustable telescopic support having a standard providing a hollow core, an elongated telescoping slide bar movable within the hollow core of the standard with the slide bar providing a tapered face extending downwardly and inwardly within the standard. The standard provides an adjustable member threadable into the hollow core of the standard for engaging the tapered face of the telescoping slide bar for adjustably maintaining the telescopic position of the slide bar within the hollow core of the standard. A base is provided for maintaining the standard in a vertical plane.

Abstract: A novel clamp system for telescoping tubes that is particularly useful with a telescoping centerpost stand adapted to mount, e.g., a music desk or a loud speaker. The novel clamp system is of the split ring type, the split ring being positioned between the inner and outer telescoping tubes, i.e., outside the inner tube but inside the outer tube. Arms of the split ring are sized to extend through a port in the outer tube, those split arms cooperating with the outer tube for preventing significant longitudinal and rotational movement of the clamp relative to the outer tube. An adjustable fastener connects the split ring's arms outside of the outer tube for adjustably tightening and releasing the clamp relative to the inner tube.

Abstract: An apparatus for assisting carrying out exact hand movements, especially those performed by a surgeon during complex micro-surgical operations, comprising at least one support accommodated to the human arm or the hand. There is provided only a single upright column, one end of which is supported in a hinge joint equipped with a first brake device in order to obtain a free, braked mobility throughout a predetermined spatial region or zone with regard to the position and orientation thereof and at the other end such upright column carries the arm support. This arm support is mounted to be freely rotatable about the lengthwise axis of the upright column and is equipped with means located in the upright column for the continuous or infinite elevational adjustment of the upright column and thereby the arm support. There is also provided a second brake device for fixing the desired elevational position of the adjusted upright column and its arm support.

Abstract: Adjustable connector for connecting two tubular bodies such as pipes includes an outer sleeve connectable to one body, an elastically deformable inner sleeve connectable to the other body and accommodated within the outer sleeve and a fastening element to fasten the sleeves and the bodies together while causing elastic deformation of the inner sleeve. Overall pressured embracement of said other body by the inner sleeve deformed by the fastening element assures easy and reliable connection of the two bodies, avoids development of damages on the surfaces of the bodies even after repeated fastening and results in stably durable connection of the two bodies thanks to uniform distribution of fastening pressure over the entire portion of the inner sleeve surface.

Abstract: Tube coupling for coupling an inner and an outer tube, wherein the inner tube extends into the outer tube and projects out of the terminal end of the outer tube: a receiving member with one sleeve portion that receives the terminal end of the outer tube to be coupled and another sleeve portion around the inner tube; a split tightening ring is held inside the receiving member, is anchored in the receiving member against shifting around in it and is squeezable against the outside of the inner tube; the split tightening ring has tabs that are squeezed together to squeeze the ring against the inner tube.

Abstract: A quad cane includes a stabilizing device for improving the strength and rigidity of the cane. The stabilizing device comprises a collar having an interior opening therein and a wing screw which is threadably received in a hole which communicates the interior opening of the collar to the exterior thereof. The collar is drive fit over the exterior hollow sleeve of the upper portion of the quad cane in such a way that the threaded hole is located opposite an aperture in the sleeve. By rotating the threaded wing screw downwardly it is possible to impinge against the inner tubular member and immobilize the outer hollow sleeve relative to the inner tubular member of the cane. The stabilizing device is typically used in conjunction with a spring-loaded push button which serves to help adjust the height of the quad cane.

Abstract: A tool for positioning and holding pipe to be laid in a ditch at a desired level while the ditch is filled partially with rock, gravel, etc. The tool comprises a rod located in a tubular member and having a pointed end extending out of the tubular member. The tubular member and rod are movable axially relative to each other. A locking member is provided for securing the rod and the tubular member at a desired position relative to each other. A pipe supporting means is carried by the tool and is fixed in place relative to the tubular member. In addition, a pipe locking means is supported for movement between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the pipe locking means forms an enclosed or partially enclosed configuration with the pipe supporting means for holding the pipe in a position such that its axis is generally transverse with the axis of the tubular member or that of the rod.