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An intervertebral implant comprising a spacer for engaging between two spinous processes of two vertebrae of the spine. The spacer has two elements each presenting a first part suitable for being connected to a spinous process and bearing second parts opposite from the first part, the bearing second parts being situated facing each other. An elastically-compressible member is disposed between the bearing second parts. Links are provided which are distinct from the elastically-compressible member for linking together the two elements, the link member being suitable for blocking translation movement of the two elements relative to each other when the two elements are driven apart from each other.

Flooring material comprising sheet-shaped floor elements with a mainly square or rectangular shape. The floor elements are provided with edges, a lower side and an upper decorative layer. The floor elements are intended to be joined by means of joining members. The floor elements are provided with male joining members on a first edge while a second edge of the floor elements are provided with a female joining member. The male joining member is provided with a tongue and a lower side groove while the female joining member is provided with a groove and a cheek, the cheek being provided with a lip. The floor elements are provided with a male vertical assembly joining member on a third edge while a fourth, opposite, edge is provided with female vertical assembly joining member. The floor elements are alternatively provided with a male vertical assembly joining member on a third edge while a fourth, opposite, edge also is provided with male vertical assembly joining member. Adjacent male vertical assembly joining members are hereby joined by means of a separate vertical assembly joining profile. Two adjacent edges of a floor element can hereby, at the same time, and in the same turning motion, be joined with a floor element adjacent to the first edge and a floor element adjacent to the third or fourth edge.

A chordae replacement device includes a first anchor for coupling to a native valve leaflet, a second anchor for coupling to heart tissue and a filament adapted for connection between the first anchor and the second anchor so as to limit the movement of the native valve leaflet away from the second anchor.

A backpack sprayer having a tank, an interior pressure chamber, and a piston assembly that is used to draw fluid into the pressure chamber and also to pressurize the chamber so as to expel the fluid under pressure, which piston assembly is connected by a linkage assembly to a handle bar that is manually operated by the operator of the sprayer to cause movement of the piston within a piston cylinder, the improvement including a piston cylinder cap that attached to the end of the piston cylinder and restrains downward movement of the piston arm.

A locking connection between first, second and third adjacent flooring panels. A tongue and groove connection is used for joining the long edges of the first and second pieces. The long edge of the third piece is inserted into an engaging relationship with the long edge of the first piece with the third piece is a tilted relationship with the first piece while a male protuberance on the short edge is aligned with a female groove of the second piece. The third piece is then tilted downwardly relative to the first and second pieces until it reaches the horizontal position and the groove has accepted the male protuberance along its full length.

A movable arm 10 engages a flexible line 50 at a well site for positioning the flexible line between run-in position for passing the flexible line with a tubular through a well hole in the rig floor and a clamping position wherein the flexible line is adjacent the tubular above the rig floor for clamping the line to the tubular. The arm 10 extends upward from the rig floor 70, and includes a line guide, such as roller 12, for engaging the flexible line when in the run-in position. A powered drive 14 moves the arm between the run-in position and the clamping position. A spacer 82 may be used for positioning two or more flexible lines at a desired spacing relative to one another prior to positioning the lines within a clamp secured to the tubular. A slip bowl assembly 60 may be laterally movable so that slips do not engage the flexible line as it is run in the well.

A protective helmet, which includes a motion restrictor device, is disclosed which has at least one strut member associated with the helmet and a harness assembly, and the at least one strut member includes a locking assembly associated with the strut member, which upon a predetermined force being sensed by a force sensor, stops substantially all relative motion between the ends of the strut member and the predetermined force is substantially transferred from the helmet to the harness assembly.

A shield assembly for enclosing and restricting access to the port of a container including a tamper evident structure. A housing includes two segments movable between closed and opened orientations. A hollow interior of the housing, when in the closed orientation, substantially corresponds to the enclosed port. A lock assembly includes male and female members wherein a frangible structure interconnects the female member in engaging relation to the male member in a locked orientation. Passage of the male member through the female member from the locked position into an unlocked position results in detachment of the frangible structure and an enlargement of the female member sufficient to restrict the lock assembly from assuming the locked position. A tracking assembly is included and operative to identify and distinguish a plurality of shield assemblies and / or their components from one another.

A junction box for receiving electrical cables and for housing electrical components has a base member and a lid member positionable over the base member to form an enclosure. The lid and base members are hinged on one side. On the side opposite the hinges is a clasp assembly via which a user may lock and unlock the base from the lid by two independent locking mechanisms. Lower and upper concentric flanges slidably engage cable conduits. Knock-out elements may be removed from within the concentric flanges to form apertures through which cables may pass from an engaged cable conduit into the enclosure. A mounting flange may be used to install the junction box within a recess of a building, between wall layers. A skirt flange may project from the junction box in the exterior direction past the external wall layer to convey moisture away from the building recess.

A MEMS device includes at least one movable member and an active device having at least one property affected by the location of the movable member with respect to the active device. A control circuit is used to limit movement of the movable member based on observation of the property affected by the active device.

Retainer structures (150) maintain stented valves (800) on the balloon (130) of a balloon catheter during delivery of the valve to an implantation node and subsequent expansion of the valve. The retainer structures define a raised edge relative to the outer surface of the balloon and limit movement of the valve longitudinally relative to the balloon. Deflation of the balloon following expansion of the valve stent releases the valve.

A guitar string bender bridge mount couples to a guitar bridge through an existing bridge string mount. The bridge mount has a side wall and a slot in and extending to an edge of the side wall. A mounting screw couples into a standard hole on a guitar bridge and is rotatable to adjust the tuning of at least one of the guitar strings. A saddle lever is supported by the bridge mount and is pivotal through a limited arc, limited by low and high stops. The saddle lever is selectively and manually removable from the bridge mount. A string attachment receives and retains a first end of a guitar string. A body wraps about the axis of rotation and is partially wrapped by the guitar string, and the pivoting varies an extent of wrap about the body, to thereby vary a tension upon the guitar string.

A motorized climb assist assembly is provided. The motorized climb assist assembly includes a looped belt, an attaching member, a motor assembly and a fall arrest system. The attaching member is coupled to the looped belt. A safety harness is in turn coupled to attaching member. The motor assembly includes a motor and a drive sheave. The motor has a drive shaft. The drive sheave is coupled to the drive shaft. In addition, the drive sheave is in contact with the looped belt. The fall arrest system is integrated with the drive sheave and is configured to limit the looped belt movement as the result of a fall event.

An electrical connector tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes a conductor tool and a connector tool connected to and cooperable with the conductor tool. The tool assembly can be used in connecting a first conductor to a second conductor with an electrical connector. The tool assembly is adjustably arranged and disposed to receive and removably retain a first conductive member of an electrical connector in the connector tool and is further arranged and disposed to both to hold the second conductor in place relative to a second conductive member of the electrical connector and to prevent rotation of the second conductive member with respect to the first conductive member.

A handheld mobile communication device operable in a mobile communication network for communicating multimedia data is provided. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the mobile communication device comprises a display screen positioned on a first surface of the mobile communication device in a first orientation for viewing by a user; and an orientation adjusting mechanism for allowing a user to change a viewing orientation of the display screen from the first orientation to a second orientation.

A manipulative toy is provided comprising a body and a plurality of interchangeable appendages, such as arms, legs, heads, tails and wings, removably attachable to the body at certain predefined coupling points using of complementary magnetic elements disposed within both the appendages and the body. The appendages are retained in place by the interaction between two sets of complementary ribbed elements disposed on both the body and the appendages about the magnetic elements, which complementary ribbed elements are formed in a beveled configuration. The configuration of these ribbed elements, in combination with attractive force of the complementary magnetic elements and the frictional engagement of the complementary ribs, limits the appendages from moving rotationally about the point of attachment, and limits the movement of the appendage in the plane of the point of attachment, thereby allowing the manipulative toy to be posed by a user and retain its position.

A projectile includes an ordnance portion configured to impact a target and a communication apparatus positioned rearward of the ordnance portion. The projectile is configured to rotate about and travel along a longitudinal axis after launch.

A cable rack for a cable backplane system includes a tray having a plurality of plates defining a frame and surrounding a raceway. Cable connector assemblies are held by the tray with each having a plurality of cables extending between at least two cable connectors and routed in the raceway. Each cable connector is positioned between and is supported by corresponding plates. At least one cable strain relief component is held by the tray. Each cable strain relief component is positioned between and is supported by corresponding plates of the tray independent of the cable connectors. Each cable strain relief component provides strain relief for the associated cables. Optionally, the cable connectors are loosely held by the tray and float relative to the tray with a predefined limited amount of movement relative to the tray and relative to the at least one cable strain relief component.

An adjustable tray for a merchandise display system may include a retainer for limiting the movement of products loaded in the adjustable tray, a first divider extending from a first panel and second divider extending from a second panel. The spacing between the first divider and the second divider can be configured to be adjusted. The first panel and the second panel can be configured to move to provide additional surface area for the adjustable tray to accommodate different sized products. The adjustable tray may further include a pusher mechanism configured to bias product toward the retainer.

The invention discloses a quick-replacing battery box electric connection device for an electric vehicle. The cross section of an outer box electrode contact (2) is of a T-shaped step structure, and the outer box electrode contact (2) is divided into a large end, a middle section and a small end. A groove is formed in the end face of the large end of the outer box electrode contact, and an elastic electric conductor (1) is fixedly arranged in the groove. The outer box electrode contact is sleeved with a spring (3) and then penetrates into a rear cavity from a front cavity of an outer box electrode base (4). One end of the spring abuts against the reverse side of the large end of the outer box electrode contact. The other end of the spring abuts against the position, in front of an inner hole, of the front cavity of the outer box electrode base. The small end of the outer box electrode contact is sleeved with a limiting block (7) and a cable connecting nut (5). The limiting block abuts against the step on the middle section of the outer box electrode contact. A connecting cable (8) is clamped and fastened through the limiting block and the cable connecting nut. An electrode base rear cover (6) is arranged in the rear cavity of the outer box electrode base. The quick-replacing battery box electric connection device can enable contact resistance between the outer box electrode contact and an inner box electrode contact to become smaller, the outer box electrode contact can swing along with the inner box electrode contact, and consequently it can be guaranteed that the electrode contacts are always in a good contact state.

A remote controlled retractable leg iron device provides a restraint device which can be used by police or any other authority to maintain control of persons while in transport. The device is remote controlled so an operator can control the wearer from a distance. The cuffs are secured to the legs of the wearer and are attached to the housing unit by cables which coil around winch drums within the housing unit. The winch drums rotate freely in a normal operation mode so that the wearer can walk or move with little resistance. In an emergency mode, the device retracts the wire cables into the housing unit so that the wearer's legs are restrained tightly together—removing the lack of resistance and thus stopping the wearer's motion. The emergency mode is activated using the remote control.

An apparatus for use in a shrink packaging machine for accommodating a greater height variance of articles includes: rollers, each roller including a shaft and a cylinder on the shaft for rotation about an axis of the shaft; and a frame including a pair of parallel side members generally extending in a first, horizontal direction and defining slots receiving opposite ends of the shafts for mounting of the rollers there between. Each of the slots has a slot length that extends in horizontal and vertical directions, and the rollers each generally extends in a third direction orthogonal both to the horizontal and vertical directions. Furthermore, each of the rollers is received within a pair of the slots and is vertically and horizontally displaceable and, when each roller is disposed at its respective lowermost position, the axes of the rollers do not all lie within a horizontal plane.

The present invention provides an apparatus for selectively preventing the collapse of a collapsible steering column of a vehicle. The invention includes a first steering column member defining first and second opposing surfaces that are fixedly spaced relative to one another. The invention also include a second steering column member connected to the first steering column member for sliding movement The second steering column member defines a third surface opposing and spaced from the first surface. The invention also includes a wedging member selectively moveable between the first and second surfaces for being selectively compressible between the first and third surfaces to limit the sliding movement. The invention selectively prevents the collapse of the steering column.

The present invention is directed to a fluid flow control assembly for regulating fluid flow, and may find particular application in additive dispenser systems. Typically a baffle arrangement (210) comprises a plurality of baffle elements (202) within a chamber (208). The arrangement forms an alternating sequence of restrictions and cavities for fluid flowing from an inlet (205) to an outlet (201) and tends to restrict fluid flow in an alternative manner to merely providing a fine diameter aperture. The fluid flow control assembly was developed for applications where foreign particles or air bubbles may block fine diameter apertures, such as low pressure additive dispenser systems where low relatively stable flow rates are important to their operation.

A seat support assembly including a substantially tubular containing jacket having a first end with an inwardly oriented return lip and a second end closable with a sealing closure, a guide portion adapted to be at least partially received by a seat stand, a resilient separator abutting a portion of the guide portion and the sealing closure, an adapter to attach to the guide portion and at least abut an inner surface of the containing jacket wherein the assembly damps oscillation between the adapter and the containing jacket.

A portable chamfering machine which can perform chamfering at a desired set amount with good productivity while preventing a cutting tip from being chipped without increasing burden on a worker. The portable chamfering machine (1) has a cutting tip (30) fixed to a rotating shaft (7) projecting from a casing (4). The portable chamfering machine comprises a guide plate (26) secured to the casing (4) toward the direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft (7) and coming into contact with the upper surface (100a) of a member (100) to be processed; a guide roller (20) supported at the end of the rotating shaft (7) and coming into contact with the side surface (105a) of a hole (105); and a steel ball (40) projected from the guide plate (26) by the urging force of a spring (41) to form a predetermined clearance between the upper surface (100a) and the guide plate (26). When the clearance is formed, the member can be processed with a chamfering amount smaller than a desired set amount, and the member can be processed with a desired set amount by pressing the portable chamfering machine (1) against the urging force and bringing the guide plate (26) into contact with the upper surface (100a).