Abstract:
An apparatus for connecting and anchoring tarpaulins, includes a polymer plastic elongate body having a first side, a second side, and a longitudinal axis. An integrally formed first connector and second connector extend parallel to the longitudinal axis for the entire length of the elongate body. The first connector has an opening facing the first side. The second connector has an opening facing the second side. Integrally formed anchoring wings underlie the elongate body, with a first side of each anchoring wing protruding past the sides of the elongate body. The second side of each of the anchoring wings merge into a vertical plane positioned along the longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
Abstract:
A method of serving beverages to a customer in a container having the customer's daily horoscope inscribed thereon includes determining the current date, determining a customer's astrological sign, gathering astrological information specific to the current date and the customer's astrological sign, printing a label inscribed with the current date, the customer's astrological sign, and the gathered astrological information, attaching said label to the outside of a beverage container, and serving said beverage container to the customer, wherein said container contains the customer's selected beverage of choice.
Abstract:
A socket connector including a socket base having a slot oriented at a first angle with respect to a bottom surface of the socket base. The socket connector also includes a contact having a base beam and a retention portion. The retention portion forms an initial angle with the base beam before the contact is assembled with the socket base that differs from the first angle. The socket base receives the contact with the retention portion held in the slot such that an angle between the base beam and the retention portion is changed from the initial angle.
Abstract:
A combination diaper bag and portable changing table provides convenient transport of infant care supplies and a place to change an infant's diaper which draws, filters, and then exhausts air from above the changing table. In a preferred embodiment, an infant care device has an enclosure, a lid pivotably attached to the enclosure, a generally planar platform which extends laterally across the enclosure, a generally planar foldable pad having a centrally disposed opening formed therethrough, and a fan which draws air from above the pad through its central opening.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a powder flow control valve comprising a nozzle formed from a material such as high density polythene having an upper frusto-conical section which converges towards the lower end of the nozzle and terminates in a cylindrical section. The nozzle is encircled by a plenum chamber to which sources of vacuum and air pressure are selectively connectable through a pneumatic control system. When vacuum is connected to the plenum chamber, the resulting pressure drop across the wall of the porous nozzle causes powder flowing through the nozzle to consolidate in the nozzle and terminate the flow. When air pressure is applied to the plenum chamber, the resulting pressure rise across the boundary surface accelerates powder flow through the nozzle. The control means is arranged to establish air pressure in the plenum chamber to initiate opening of the valve and flow through the valve and, after a pre-determined time, to terminate the air pressure supply and allow powder to flow under gravity through the nozzle before flow is terminated when a pre-determined quantity of powder has been delivered by the nozzle by applying vacuum to the plenum chamber.
Abstract:
In automatic banknote dispensing apparatus, a banknote access module comprises an enclosure which can be fixed in the outer wall of a bank and within which is a platform mounted to pivot about a fixed axis between a first position, in which it receives banknotes from an inlet aperture in the enclosure and is accessible to a customer when a door of the enclosure is unlocked following a correct delivery of notes to the platform, and a second position in which it ejects notes from the enclosure through a reject outlet aperture, for example following an incorrect delivery of notes. A shroud formed integrally with the door blocks the banknote delivery inlet aperture when the door is open.
Abstract:
Methods for controlling in real time an aspect of a process in a mobile or wearable device with a cadence of the device user are described, where the cadence of the device user is determined with an update frequency greater than the user's step frequency, and the controlling is also performed with an update frequency greater than the user's step frequency. For example, the determination of the user's cadence may leverage a combination of frequency and time techniques, with the analysis of, for instance, substantial orientation changes experienced by the device, or the detection of abrupt changes in the user's cadence.
Abstract:
A system includes one or more computer systems configured to receive a plurality of information streams from a corresponding plurality of client systems that have a defined geographic position, analyze the information feeds, generate messages based on the analysis of the information feeds, generate positional information associated with the messages, and generate a set of informational depictions of the generated messages, with the informational depictions of the messages when rendered on a display device are rendered in juxtaposition with representations of the client systems according to the generated positional information.
Abstract:
A system includes one or more computer systems configured to receive a plurality of information streams from a corresponding plurality of client systems that have a defined geographic position, analyze the information feeds, generate messages based on the analysis of the information feeds, generate positional information associated with the messages, and generate a set of informational depictions of the generated messages, with the informational depictions of the messages when rendered on a display device are rendered in juxtaposition with representations of the client systems according to the generated positional information.
Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for controlling any aspect of a virtual environment in a mobile or wearable device, where the user is performing a gait activity such as walking, jogging or running, and the controlling is performed leveraging the gait characteristics of the user. In some embodiments, the gait characteristics include velocity and stride length. In some embodiments, the only sensors utilized to obtain any contextual information are accelerometers.