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A collapsible container having a rigid base, a rigid top ring, and rigid intermediate rings extending therebetween. A flexible peripheral wall is intimately bonded to the base, top ring, and intermediate rings, to form wall sections having alternating sections of flexible material and flexible material intimately bonded to the intermediate rings, whereby the container is adjustable between an expanded position with the top ring spaced upward from said base and forming a container interior, and a collapsed position with said top ring surrounding said base in outwardly spaced substantially concentric relation thereto.

A collapsible container having a rigid base, a rigid top ring, and rigid intermediate rings extending therebetween. A flexible peripheral wall is intimately bonded to the base, top ring, and intermediate rings, to form wall sections having alternating sections of flexible material and flexible material intimately bonded to the intermediate rings, whereby the container is adjustable between an expanded position with the top ring spaced upward from said base and forming a container interior, and a collapsed position with said top ring surrounding said base in outwardly spaced substantially concentric relation thereto.

An imaging positioning system having a robotically positioned support structure is provided. By utilizing a robotic arm, imaging along multiple planes within a patient treatment room without having to move the patient is provided. Such a configuration allows multiple axis x-ray imaging, cone beam CT acquisitions having a dynamic field of view, and PET imaging within the treatment room. Rotation of the imaging panel on the support structure allows the imaging system to simulate a gantry rotation when a fixed beam is used for treatment. Beam line x-ray imaging is also provided by tilting the imaging panel or by moving the support structure on which the x-ray source is positioned. Laser distance scanning for collision avoidance and force torque sensing movement enhance the safety thereof. The support structure may be in the form of a ring along which the imaging components may move.

An interlocking or engaging container and container system are presented herein. In particular, the system includes a plurality of adjacently disposed (side-by-side, end-to-end and stacked) containers that are dimensioned to maximize the available space on a pallet, for example, a 463-L Pallet, HCU-6 / E Pallet or other pallet. The containers include enlarged wheels, one or more support feet, and a handle assembly. The containers are configured to include a plurality of interlocking or engaging portions such as one or more wheel assembly receiving portions, one or more foot receiving portions, outer extensions or engaging portions, and a handle engaging portion. The Interlocking or engaging portions are configured to matingly engage or abut corresponding portions of an adjacent container and at least partially restrict movement there between.

Disclosed are low-profile valve assemblies for engaging a counter top or other mounting surface having a through opening. A special collar is provided which has a flange facing the outer surface of the mounting surface, and a skirt that extends into the through opening where the inward portion of the skirt connects to the valve body. This insets the valve body. o-ring and recess structures are provided to seal the construction, and a handle has an outer skirt to hide the collar.

A gift presentation system comprising: a gift bag comprising at least four side edge connected side walls, each side wall connected at its side edge to an adjacent side wall edge, each side wall connected at a bottom edge of each side wall to a bottom panel side edge of the gift bag, with a cavity formed by the interior surfaces of the side walls and bottom panel, and an opening formed by the connected top edge of each side wall of the gift bag a cover operably attached to the opening of the gift bag, the cover placed over at least a contained gift in the cavity of the gift bag and the cover operably secured to the gift bag; and an at least one decorative element operably attached to the cover that also operably assists to secure the cover to the gift bag.

The present invention provides bond pads structures between semiconductor integrated circuits and the chip package with enhanced resistance to fracture and improved reliability. Mismatch in the coefficient of temperature expansion (CTE) among the materials used in bond structures induces stress and shear on them that may result in fractures within the back end dielectric stacks and cause reliability problems of the packaging. By placing multiple metal pads which are connected to the bond pad through multiple metal via, the adhesion between the bond pads and the back end dielectric stacks is enhanced.

A multi-well assembly including a filter plate and receiver plate. Each plate includes a plurality of wells, which, when the filter plate is placed in nesting relationship with the receiver plate, each filter plate well has a corresponding receiver plate well into which it extends. The receiver plate wells are of a non-uniform cross-section in order to increase the gap between the outer walls of the filter plate wells and the inner walls of a corresponding receiver plate well when the receiver plate and filter plate are in nesting relationship. The increased gap size reduces wicking and cross-contamination. A multi-section well of maximum cross-section in an upper region and a minimized cross-section in a lower region, with a gradual transition between the regions, is thus provided. The multi-well assembly of the present invention also improves the repeatability of positioning the filter plate and receiver plate in proper nesting relationship and provides stability during handling, mixing and shaking operations.

A mounting apparatus for securing to a perforated surface, including a bushing having a body portion from which a sleeve extends for insertion into a perforation, and a bore which extends through both the body and sleeve. The mounting apparatus also has a plunger that includes a head from which a stud extends. The bushing of the mounting apparatus is moveable from a first position to a second position. In the first position the sleeve of the bushing has a decreasing outer perimeter. In the second position the sleeve of the bushing is inserted into a perforation and the sleeve is radially expanded engaging the perforation by inserting the stud of the plunger into the bore of the bushing. When in the second position the apparatus has a mounting surface which extends away from the mounting surface. The mounting apparatus can further include a holding element and a magnetic element.

A conversion seat for a marine vessel that converts from a lean post configuration to a seat configuration. In a stowed position, the seat is stored vertically exposing a cushion that can be used as a lean post. When a positive lock is released the seat is able to rotate, in some embodiments with an assist from a gas strut, two-hundred and seventy (270) degrees until the seat lands on a horizontal surface. When released, a backrest opens to a desired angle providing a comfortable seat or sun pad. To stow the seat for use as a lean post, the backrest is folded back down and then the seat is able to rotate back through the two-hundred and seventy (270) degrees to its vertical stowed position.

A system for gift presentation comprising a gift container capable of containing a gift having at least four interconnected side panels and a bottom panel, including at least two generally opposed main panels and at least two generally opposed side panels, the main panels and side panels each terminating at the bottom panel and each pair of the opposed main panels and the side panels terminating in a common plane for each of the pair of main panels and each of the pair of the side panels at an open end of the gift container; a cover operably connected to the open end of the gift container; and a functional element operably connected the gift container.

Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and / or storage disk types.

The invention discloses a memory management method which comprises the following steps of predefining a public code and a private code; dividing memory space with preset size to the public code; selecting the private code according to actual scene; dividing corresponding memory space according to the selected private code to load the private code; and establishing a memory pool according to the rest available memory. Compared with the prior art, the establishing time of the memory pool of the memory management method provided by the invention is in the stage after program codes for specific operation of systems are determined, instead of the initialization stage of the systems so that when the memory pool is established, the rest available memory of the systems is known and is capable of maximizing the available space for establishing the memory pool, and thus, the use efficiency of memory is greatly improved.

A conversion seat for a marine vessel that converts from a lean post configuration to a seat configuration. In a stowed position, the seat is stored vertically exposing a cushion that can be used as a lean post. When a positive lock is released the seat is able to rotate, in some embodiments with an assist from a gas strut, two-hundred and seventy (270) degrees until the seat lands on a horizontal surface. When released, a backrest opens to a desired angle providing a comfortable seat or sun pad. To stow the seat for use as a lean post, the backrest is folded back down and then the seat is able to rotate back through the two-hundred and seventy (270) degrees to its vertical stowed position.

The present invention provides a quick attach / detach system for cumberbunds that maximizes available room for attachment of auxiliary equipment to a wearable personal device. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a personal wearable device having front and back portions, with each of the front and back portions having an outer wall and an inner wall such that the inner walls define a pocket within the device, wherein at least one of the inner walls has a fastening surface, and wherein a finger of a cumberbund attachment is insertable through a slot in an outer wall of the device so as to securely yet releasably attach to the inner wall fastening surface.

An interlocking or mating container and container system are presented herein. In particular, the system includes a plurality of adjacently disposed (side-by-side, end-to-end and stacked) containers that are dimensioned to maximize the available space on a pallet or in a shipping unit. The containers are configured to include a plurality of interlocking or mating portions such as one or more side flanges, teeth or projections, a handle engaging portion or channel, one or more wheel assembly receiving portions, or one or more foot receiving portions. The Interlocking or mating portions are configured to matingly engage or abut corresponding portions of an adjacent container and at least partially restrict movement there between.

The present invention provides bond pads structures between semiconductor integrated circuits and the chip package with enhanced resistance to fracture and improved reliability. Mismatch in the coefficient of temperature expansion (CTE) among the materials used in bond structures induces stress and shear on them that may result in fractures within the back end dielectric stacks and cause reliability problems of the packaging. By placing multiple metal pads which are connected to the bond pad through multiple metal via, the adhesion between the bond pads and the back end dielectric stacks is enhanced.

Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and / or storage disk types.

A catheter is provided that includes multiple passages within a catheter body. These passages are arranged in a way so as to maximize the usable space within the catheter body. More specifically, multiple tubes are positioned within a central lumen of the catheter. Both the tubes and the central lumen are used as passages for various functionality of the catheter, such as communication of air or fluids. By sharing the free space within the central lumen of the catheter, the flow area of this passage is maximized as compared with simply using an extruded lumen for each passage. Hence, the catheter can allow the addition of more passages than similarly sized prior art catheters.

The invention discloses an air-conditioning umbrella. The air-conditioning umbrella comprises a stand column, a main umbrella bone, a central shaft, an air conditioner inner machine and an air conditioner outer machine; the upper end of the middle of the main umbrella bone is connected with a top connection square pipe through a first connecting piece in a bolted mode; the periphery of a main-auxiliary umbrella bone central connecting device is fixedly connected with an auxiliary umbrella bone through pins, and the central shaft sleeve the middle part of the main-auxiliary umbrella bone central connecting device; the bottom of the central shaft is connected with the air conditioner inner machine through an inner machine mounting shaft in a bolted mode; and the top end of the central shaft is fixedly connected with an upper umbrella bone central connecting device and a top bead. According to the air-conditioning umbrella, a small air-conditioning system is formed by arranging the air conditioner outer machine, connecting pipelines and the air conditioner inner unit, so that the air conditioner inner machine at the umbrella body center can play the role of refrigeration or heating, and adjustment can be carried out according to the external environment temperature, so that an environment under the umbrella body is comfortable; and a supporting structure is a lateral vertical type, so that the available space is maximized under the umbrella body without affecting the stability of the air-conditioning umbrella, space utilization is high, and opening and closing of the umbrella body is convenient.

A tableware organizer for large group gatherings with holders for commonly used items for food service such as eating utensils, cups, plates, paper towels, and toothpicks. The organizer has a lid is attached to the base during transport or storage to prevent items from falling out of the organizer. The lid has a carrying handle at the top and finger inserts on the sides which allow it to be carried from the sides or the top. The holders are positioned on the base and shaped such that the items inside may be easily reached by children.

One embodiment of a scooping litter receptacle, which forms a compact cylindrical exterior design, includes a scooping device that can move within a litter filled channel inside a base container. The scoop is able to pass through the entire bed of litter granules, thus, separating waste material from usable litter. The scoop can then be lifted from the litter receptacle by the handle so that the complete scooping process can be done by the user without the user coming into contact with parts that have traversed through the soiled litter mass. Also, the scooping device is not fixed to the base container which makes it easy to remove and discard the waste as well to remove for cleaning. Further, the base container is designed such that the scooping device can be stored on the outside of the litter receptacle. An optional top cover allows for the litter receptacle to be enclosed which helps reduce litter tracking outside the litter receptacle as well as providing a compact and tidy appearance.

The invention provides radio frequency equipment (4), which comprises a first substrate layer (2) and a second substrate layer (3) arranged at a distance from each other, wherein the first and secondsubstrate layers (2, 3) comprise electrically conductive transmission line elements (10, 11, 10', 11'') on the first surface (6) of the first substrate layer (2) and on the second surface (8) of the second substrate layer (3), the electrically conductive transmission line elements allow radio frequency signals to be transmitted in a transmission direction, the radio frequency equipment (4) furthercomprises more than one electrically conductive crossing part (1) between the first surface (6) of the first substrate layer (2) and the second surface (8) of the second substrate layer (3), the electrically conductive crossing part provides electrically conductive connection of the respective electrically conductive transmission line elements (10, 11) on the first and second substrate layers (2,3), at least one phase shift region (12) of the radio frequency equipment (4) comprises corresponding regions of respective first and second substrate layers (2, 3) for forming at least one radio frequency phase shift element arranged on the first and second substrate layers (2, 3), all electrically conductive crossing parts (1) are arranged outside the at least one phase shift region (12) of theradio frequency equipment (4), and each electrically conductive crossing part (1) is electrically connected to a respective phase shift element.