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A cushioned wristband includes a carrier having a multi-layered band portion and a strap sewn to the back of the band portion of the carrier. The band has a surface with loop material and the strap has a surface of hook material, the hook and loop surfaces being intended to secure the band in place as it is wrapped about a patient's appendage. The strap is appropriately sized to insert through one or both of two cinch slots of a self-laminating hang tag which may be printed with patient information and separated from a sheetlet or page sized business form processed through a printer for imaging of patient information thereon. The band portion of the carrier includes a cushioned layer of soft foamy or spongy material for contacting a patient's skin to thereby substantially eliminate any possibility for abrasion, rash, or other irritation or injury to the patient through wearing of the wristband.

A firearm Magazine loading device designed to load bullets and cartridges into a magazine clip. The loader housing is designed to fit over the open end of the magazine. The top front of the loader includes a funneled bullet or cartridge loading port or aperture to facilitate the insertion of a bullet or cartridge into the housing loader primer end first. Once an operator inserts the bullets or cartridges into the loader housing through the funneled loading port, the housing incorporates a lever, handle or knob located at its rear, which, when squeezed or activated, forces or loads bullets or cartridges into the magazine.

Two identical support cushions are flexibly joined to provide ergonomic support to a person having to perform physical activities in a supine position, often in confined spaces, such as a plumber lying on his back under a sink inside a cabinet with the lower part of the body being positioned on the room floor and the upper part of the body being positioned on the raised floor of the cabinet. The lightweight and rugged support cushions can be easily configured into a valise-like rectangular shape for easy carrying utilizing integrated handles. In addition, a plurality of lamps is enclosed within the support cushion, the lamps comprising light diffusing lenses and the lamps being spatially aligned to provide illumination with minimum shadow creation of the space in front of the supported person, such as a plumber working under a sink in a cabinet.

Protective gear for a wearer's body such as the joint of a limb, that has an attachment system with few components, and integrated with the protective gear. The attachment system uses straps that can be adjusted by a wearer once during a first use and, after removal, retain their adjustments for a second use by the same wearer. Securing the attachment system in place can be accompanied by an auditory signal.

A foldable scooter includes a footboard, a steering column and a connecting member in between. The connecting member includes an elongated housing with an upper covering surface and two mounting seats at the rear portion, a pushing member pivotally disposed between said mounting seats, a lever pivotally connected to the rear portion of the housing for moving the pushing member. The lever is shielded substantially by the housing under the upper covering surface. The connecting member further includes a positioning member connected to a biasing device disposed at the front end of the footboard for biasing the positioning member against the mounting seats.

A motorized trimming apparatus having two blades placed side-by-side, has triangularly or trapezoidally cut teeth spaced apart from each other, at least one of said blades being movable to enable the cutting by shearing of wood inserted between said teeth, and connected to a drive device. The apparatus is characterized in that it comprises a means for controlling the drive device, said control means being constructed or configured so as to detect stops in movement of the movable blade(s) and to instantaneously and automatically control the reversal of the rotational direction of said drive device and thus control the reversal of the direction of movement of said movable blade(s).

Two identical support cushions are flexibly joined to provide ergonomic support to a person having to perform physical activities in a supine position, often in confined spaces, such as a plumber lying on his back under a sink inside a cabinet with the lower part of the body being positioned on the room floor and the upper part of the body being positioned on the raised floor of the cabinet. The lightweight and rugged support cushions can be easily configured into a valise-like rectangular shape for easy carrying utilizing integrated handles. In addition, a plurality of lamps is enclosed within the support cushion, the lamps comprising light diffusing lenses and the lamps being spatially aligned to provide illumination with minimum shadow creation of the space in front of the supported person, such as a plumber working under a sink in a cabinet.

A cushioned wristband includes a carrier having a multi-layered band portion and a strap attached such as by sewing or heat welding to the back of the band portion of the carrier. The band has a surface with loop material and the strap has a surface of hook material, the hook and loop surfaces being intended to secure the band in place as it is wrapped about a patient's appendage. The strap is appropriately sized to insert through one or both of two cinch slots of a self-laminating hang tag, and pressed against the patch of adhesive to secure it to the wristband. A fixative, such a an adhesive patch with peelable label is located about in the middle of the back of the strap and is used to closely position the hang tag along the length of the strap and ensure it remains flat against the strap / wristband as the wristband is worn. Alternate fixative arrangements are disclosed including hook and loop patches, etc, located at different positions on either or both of the hang tag and strap. The hang tag may be printed with patient information and separated from a sheetlet or page sized business form processed through a printer for imaging of patient information thereon. The band portion of the carrier includes a cushioned layer of soft foamy or spongy material for contacting a patient's skin to thereby substantially eliminate any possibility for abrasion, rash, or other irritation or injury to the patient through wearing of the wristband.

A ladder stabilizing assembly for extension ladders has two length adjustable legs attached to opposing sides of the ladder at substantially the midpoint of the working distance of the ladder and two length adjustable braces attached to opposing sides of the ladder near the bottom and are securely attached to the legs. Rods through the hollow rungs attach the legs and braces to the ladder. Heim joints at one end of each leg and brace attach securely to the rods and enable the legs and braces to pivot and swivel for optimum stability placement. The ladder and stabilizer function as a single unit with a wide four point base. The legs and braces are calibrated to assist in setting the ladder at the standard angle for safe use. The stabilizing assembly prevents the ladder from sliding, tipping or other movement and enables the user to work wearing a safety harness.

A loading / unloading system designed to easily load and unload wheeled vehicles from the bed of a larger vehicle. The loading / unloading system generally includes a vertically flexible support surface on wheels, U-shaped loading tracks for receiving the wheels of the support surface, a winch with accompanying cable assembly for pulling the support surface onto the loading tracks and into the bed of a vehicle, and a set of offloading springs with accompanying cable assemblies for pushing the support surface out of the bed of the vehicle when desired.

A crib has two sets of bi-fold doors which allows access by a wheel-chair-bound care giver and is provided with childproof latches in the form of upper and lower spring-biased actuators which must be simultaneously activated to allow opening of the bi-fold doors. Spring-biased safety bars may additionally be positioned to prevent the bi-fold doors from being opened by an unauthorized person.

An invention in which a projectile device is deployed from a compressed air firing system that, upon impact of the projectile device into a target, the projectile device embeds itself in the intended target's outer surface or material. In one application, a GPS receiver and transmitter provided within the projectile device relays position data to a receiving apparatus that is monitored by a stationary or mobile conveyance. In another application, the projectile device, may include remotely operable explosives which are preferably triggered once the target is an area where the explosives can be detonated with minimal collateral damage.

A device (10) for thermally clamping and releasing tools (11) in shrink-fit chucks (12), having a socket (15) for a shrink-fit chuck (12), a heating unit (16) that can be moved toward and away from the mounted shrink-fit chuck (12), and a cooling unit (20) for cooling the heated shrink-fit chuck (12). The cooling unit (20) has at least one coolant distributor (21, 22) that is capable of moving in relation to the socket (15) with the mountable shrink-fit chuck (12), conveys a preferably fluid coolant, e.g. cooling water, and has outlets (23) for the coolant, which are oriented toward the socket (15) with the mountable shrink-fit chuck (12) and out of which the coolant travels under pressure to act on the outside of the socket (15) with the mountable shrink-fit chuck (12) for cooling purposes (FIG. 1).

The invention relates to functional members extending from a vehicle body structure at the front or the rear side of a motor vehicle, and especially a cover plate of a shackle which is swingably hinged with a fixed member through a bolt for a commercial vehicle. According to the invention, the cover plate (10) surrounds the functional members (2, 3) as a housing, is fixed on the vehicle body structure (1), has a dropleaf (11) capable of being cocked at the outer side (10a), and can access the functional members (2, 3) through the dropleaf as required.

Protective gear for a wearer's body such as the joint of a limb, that has an attachment system with few components, and integrated with the protective gear. The attachment system uses straps that can be adjusted by a wearer once during a first use and, after removal, retain their adjustments for a second use by the same wearer. Securing the attachment system in place can be accompanied by an auditory signal.

A movement device and a manipulator configuration are provided for contact and / or invasive examination or treatment of the human or animal body under the influence of increased and / or changing acceleration. Wherein a functional head can be moved relative to a base along a plurality of degrees of freedom movable by drive devices and at least one drive device is constituted as a force-limited drive device.

A golf training aid is provided that teaches a golfer the proper motion of the lead knee during a backswing by providing the golfer with a positive feedback alert. A motion sensor detects a predetermined optimal position of the lead knee and a positive feedback alert is produced when the predetermined optimal position is achieve. The positive feedback alert may be an audible, visual, and / or tactile alert to notify a user that the predetermined optimal position is achieved.

A hair brush for use on animals or people has a planar base member with two major faces, the base member being formed with a plurality of shallow recesses on one of the faces. Two of the recesses are spaced from one another by an elongate area, and the base member is formed with at least one elongate groove on the other of the major faces of the base member. The groove is opposed to and parallel with the elongate area. Plural bristle plates are seated in respective recesses in the base member, each bristle plate exhibiting a multiplicity of prongs or tines. The bristle plates are substantially rigid at room temperature, while the base member is made of a material substantially more flexible at room temperature than the bristle plates.

A can opener (1) for opening a can (2) comprises a rotating device (4), a body (5), a traction device (6), a removal device (8) comprising at least one engagement element (9), and a cutting device (7). The traction device (6) is configured to adapt at least a traction device cutting position (tc) and a traction device lifting position (tl). The traction device (6) in the traction device cutting position (tc) and the cutting device (7) are arranged so as to open a can (2). The traction device (6) in the traction device lifting position (tl) and the engagement element (9) in a removal device lifting position (rl) are arranged such as to engage a lid (3) of an opened can (2). An actuation of the removal device (8) t removes an engagement between the traction device (6) and the engagement element (9) with the lid (3).

The invention relates to a distance measuring device and a distance measuring method used for a magnetizing exciter. The distance measuring device comprises a first distance measuring unit and a second distance measuring unit; the first distance measuring unit is arranged at a stator and comprises a distance measuring probe; the distance measuring probe is arranged oppositely to the inner sidewallof an armature so that the distance between each fastening assembly and the distance measuring probe is measured and a group of first measuring values is obtained when each fastening assembly turns to be opposite to the distance measuring probe; the second distance measuring unit is arranged between any fastening assembly and a diode probe to obtain second measuring values, further an offset of the distance measuring probe and a diode probe is obtained by using a difference between the first measuring values and second measuring values which are corresponding obtained by measuring the same fastening assembly, and distances from end faces where the rest fastening assemblies and the stator are arranged oppositely to the diode probe are obtained by using the difference between the first measuring values corresponding to the rest fastening assemblies and the offset. By adopting the distance measuring device, the distance measuring device has advantages of high efficiency and high security.