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A container for containing an explosive device, including a mitigating layer defining an enclosure openable to insert the explosive device therein and closable to surround the explosive device, the mitigating layer reducing a force of a blast caused by an explosion of the explosive device, and a fragment-retaining layer substantially surrounding the mitigating layer, the fragment-retaining layer being resistant to a remainder of the force of the blast passing through the mitigating layer and retaining fragments propagated by the explosion of the explosive device, such as to reduce potential injury to a person in proximity of the container.

A radiography apparatus having an x-ray source, an x-ray imaging detector, and a support structure coupling the source and the x-ray detector and rotatable about a predetermined axis for positioning about a subject. The apparatus includes a first operator control console with a first command entry device for entry of operator setup instructions and a first display. A second operator control console is spaced apart from the first operator control console and has a second command entry device for entry of operator setup instructions and a second display. A control logic processor is responsive to the operator setup instructions for controlling operation of the radiography apparatus. At least some of the operator setup instructions entered at the first command entry device and operator setup instructions entered at the second command entry device are the same.

Falling causes serious injury to the body and is a leading cause of death in the elderly. An external belt placed over the waist comprises an inertia system and expandable modules. These modules contain packed air bags and can be expanded in size by orders of magnitude using an air tank. The modules are selected by the inertia system that senses the direction of the fall. The selected module is filled with air from the air tank generating a protective mattress which can be used to cushion their fall. Serious injury to the body can be reduced or even prevented. The module instead can contain an expandable support structure to reach the floor and act as a “third leg”. This support structure may be used by the individual to gain control of the individual's balance and stabilize the individual allowing a re-capture of balance and preventing the fall from occurring.

A housing carries an electrical disconnect switch having movable contacts. A cover is mounted on the housing and has an opening allowing access to a control lever of the disconnect switch. Electrical conductors are connected to the disconnect switch within the housing and have a blade terminal portion extending exteriorly of the housing for connection to jaws carried on an electrical component mountable in an electrical watthour meter socket. Degassing ports are formed between the cover and the sidewall of the housing to allow any arcing gasses generated within the interior of the housing to escape from the housing. A handle is mounted centrally on the cover. An ejector handle is movably mounted on the cover and carries an ejector arm to separate the housing from an attached electrical component. A method of removing and remounting a watthour meter in a meter socket is provided, including sequence steps printed on the face of the housing.

The disclosure relates to a hand-held power tool comprising a housing having a handle portion, a tool portion for a tool that can be driven to move linearly and / or oscillate, an operator part on the housing side for the activation of the tool and / or the power tool on the user side, a drive unit for producing a working movement of the tool, an electronic unit for supplying the drive unit at least with open-loop control and / or closed-loop control signals, and an operating voltage unit for making an electrical DC voltage available, the drive unit comprising at least one excitation actuator having a volume of an excitation-active material, which actuator is supplied with power by the operating voltage unit when operated and which is controlled in an open or closed loop control by the electronic unit.

This invention relates to a system and method of armed forces vehicle seating which reduces the potential for injury to occupants when the vehicle is subjected to a mine or similar explosive device. The seats are ceiling or wall mounted and include a trailing arm which allows for deflection while providing stability. The seat isolates the occupants from the chassis of the vehicle via a pneumatic or other shock absorber and / or a crushable element to provide protection from vertical and horizontal oriented blasts. These seats can also be combined with shock absorbing / isolating foot rests, appendage (leg) restrain systems and an occupant four-point harness to offer a completely integrated system. This integrated system reduces acceleration / deceleration related injuries, shock injuries to the lower legs, flailing injuries to the lower legs and internal collision injuries. Other options and alternatives are also described.

The present invention is a dynamic wall squat machine which assists the user to perform the exercise safely and more effectively by the ability to scale the exercise with empirical resistance. The dynamic wall squat machine assists the user to load and use wall squat exercise dynamically with three types of scaled resistance and in a safe way. The limited length of the back pad allows the user to get a natural healthy and safe extension of the lower back during the wall squat exercise. The upper back portion is supported by the back pad, while the lower portion can move naturally. The dynamic wall squat machine of the present invention provides a more comfortable, effective, and safe movement for the dynamic or static wall squat exercise, especially when the user adds resistance to the exercise which can be loaded and used safely.

An animal leash includes an attachment strip and a safety handling grip. The attachment strip has an attaching end portion attaching to the animal, and a handling end portion extended from the attaching end portion to an animal owner. The safety handling grip includes a handle body rotatably coupled with the handling end portion of the attachment strip, and an elongated grip handle extended from the handle body for the animal owner to sufficiently and optimally grip on the elongated grip handle, in such a manner that when the animal causes the attachment strip to twist, the handle grip is adapted to rotate with respect to the attachment strip for substantially relieving a twisting force induced on the handling end portion of the attachment strip as a result of the animal movement, so as to avoid potential injury to a corresponding hand of the animal owner.

A surgical towel useful in surgical applications. The surgical towel has opposed surfaces and a plurality of edges. At least one pair of edges that are adjacent to one another are folded inwardly and secured to a surface to entirely enclose and retain a rigid radiopaque detection element at a corner of the towel. When so retained, a first portion of the detection element extends partially along a first edge of the pair of adjacent edges and a second portion of the detection element extends partially along a second edge of the pair of adjacent edges. The detection element is sized and shaped to inhibit potential injury to a patient being caused by the detection element if the surgical towel is temporarily left in a surgical cavity. Multiple detection elements may be so enclosed and retained.

A manhole lifting apparatus comprising a base support assembly and a lifting mechanism. There is a beam structure which extends over the manhole, with a pivot support at one end of the beam structure, and a mobile support at the opposite end of the beam structure. The lifting mechanism is at the central part of the beam structure. The lifting mechanism lifts the manhole cover, and the support assembly is rotated about the pivot support to remove the manhole cover from the manhole.

A needle-less injector suitable for injecting fluid through a surface includes a housing, a driver, an engine and a trigger. The housing contains a fluid and the engine contains a compressed gas. Upon application of sufficient force to the trigger, the compressed gas is released from the engine forcing the driver through the interior of the housing, expelling the liquid from the housing at a speed sufficient to pierce an injection surface. In one embodiment, the needle-less injector includes a mechanism for mitigating the kickback associated with releasing compressed gas from the engine. In another embodiment, the housing includes finger rests that provide stability and resistance to activate the device. In another embodiment, the engine is fitted with a reusable valve. In another embodiment, a safety clamp is included on the housing, preventing accidental activation of the device.

A cutter adapter includes a holder having a receiving portion for inserting a cutter therein; a sleeve sleeved onto the holder and having an annular bevel; a lock pin inserted into the holder and having an active end and a passive end, the passive end being squeezed by the annular bevel when the sleeve is moved, the active end being inserted into the cutter when the passive end is squeezed; and a biasing pin located in the receiving portion and pushed by a spring mounted in the receiving portion. In this way, when intending to mount the cutter to the cutter adapter, the user only needs to insert the cutter into the receiving portion to force the biasing pin to disengage from the lock pin, the lock pin being forced by the annular bevel to insert the active end into the receiving portion to hold the cutter.

This invention provides a locking seat cover securing system that includes a listing bead with a notch removed from the bead, and a stop clip with a nub in an inner surface of the stop clip. The notch is curved so as to maintain the structural integrity of the listing bead. The nub is sized, shaped, and located to correspond to the notch on the listing bead, so that the nub can engage within the listing bead when the listing bead is inserted into the notch. The engagement of the nub within the notch prevents the listing bead from sliding within the locking stop clip. The listing bead with the stop clip can be inserted into an upholstery clip within a foam seat, and the stop clip can abut the upholstery clip so that the listing bead cannot move relative to the upholstery clip.

A remotely operated delivery vehicle for transport of a storage container between an automated storage and retrieval grid, which is configured to store a plurality of stacks of storage containers, and an access station for handling of the storage container by at least one of a robotic operator and human operator. The remotely operated delivery vehicle comprising; —a vehicle body comprising a motor for driving a plurality of rolling devices for moving the remotely operated delivery vehicle in a horizontal plane; —a control unit for controlling the remotely operated delivery vehicle; and—a container carrier (35) provided above the motorized vehicle body for carrying a storage container. The remotely operated delivery vehicle comprises a safety device which transmits a signal to the control unit such that it performs an action of operating the remotely operated delivery vehicle, in the event that a collision is detected. The collision is caused by a force (F) acting on the remotely operated delivery vehicle (30) and is detected by a collision mechanism (60) of the safety device and the collision mechanism is a container carrier displacement device (60) arranged such that it trips the safety device upon displacement of the container carrier (35) relative to the motorized vehicle body (31), which first position is the undisplaced position and the second position is the displaced position.

An apparatus and method for canting a skier comprising a cant angle plate that locks on to the heel bearing surface of a ski binding. The cant angle plate has portions of varying thickness for inducing a cant angle when the heel of a boot rests on the cant angle plate locked on to the heel bearing surface of the binding. Thus, the cant angle plate alters the cant angle at which a boot supports a skier's foot and lower leg, relative to the longitudinal running surface or bottom plane of an attached ski.

A warning system for a working machine including a movable load unit arrangement is disclosed. The warning system includes an illumination arrangement arranged to illuminate an area externally of the working machine and a load unit position prediction means arranged to determine a position of the load unit arrangement at a future point in time. The illumination arrangement is arranged to illuminate the area on the basis of the determined future position of the load unit arrangement.

A deployment guide assembly to guide the deployment trajectory of an airbag is disclosed. The deployment guide assembly guides the deployment of an inflatable curtain adjacent a side structure of a vehicle. The deployment guide assembly includes a guide member slidably engaged within guide rails. The guide member is capable of being in a retracted position and a guiding position. The deployment guide assembly is mounted inside a headliner adjacent the inflatable curtain in the retracted position. When the inflatable curtain deploys, it contacts the guide member and through friction, moves the guide member to the guiding position. The guide member in the guiding position directs the deployment of the inflatable curtain parallel to a side structure of a vehicle.

A casualty extraction strap for use in a tactical environment that is a durable, lightweight, adjustable, compact strap that allows the operator to effectively and rapidly extract a non-ambulatory casualty from a high-threat situation. Once the extraction strap is connected to an extraction loop sewn onto the neck of a flack jacket. The casualty's upper body is lifted off the ground, and his weight is centered between the legs of the operator, reducing drag and allowing maximum lifting capacity from the back, legs and hips of the rescuer. The operator maintains proper posture and the “hands free” design allows the operator to back away from the threat while maintaining engagement with the enemy.

A handlebar shock absorbing system for bicycles, utilizing a pair of side plates attached to a handlebar mounting bracket with rotational movement of a handlebar against a torsional spring. Where the handlebar can be adjustable for torsional spring force and / or for rotational travel and positioning of handlebar grips, either forward tilting, level or rearward tilting.

A handlebar shock absorbing system for bicycles, utilizing a pair of side plates attached to a handlebar mounting bracket with rotational movement of a handlebar against a torsional spring. Where the handlebar can be adjustable for torsional spring force and / or for rotational travel and positioning of handlebar grips, either forward tilting, level or rearward tilting.

The Pet Portable Articulated Walkway (PetPAW) is a portable pet ramp with integral protective folding sides and locking handles. The PetPAW is designed to allow owners of large and / or infirm pets to assist their pets in moving between heights (as from the ground to a car or other such distance) safely. The PetPAW s integral sides provide visual and physical protection from falls or missteps by the animals, and improved handle locking and securing features provide increased user protection against injury to hands and fingers during use.

An equine fence system fabricated of high density polyethylene having a plurality of vertical support posts embedded in the ground, there being a plurality of horizontal rail members extending between adjacent vertical posts, the horizontal rail members having a spiral electrically conductive wire embedded just below the surface of the horizontal rail to discourage contact between the horse and rail, the horizontal rails having an additional stiffener and support member longitudinally positioned within the horizontal rail to provide additional support for the horizontal rail and permit the use of longer horizontal rails therefore increasing the distance between vertical posts and reducing costs and maintenance.

The present disclosure concerns a transport vehicle for handling a rotor blade mold for the production of a rotor blade of a wind power installation or a shell portion of a rotor blade of a wind power installation, adapted for use in a handling apparatus. The handling apparatus includes a first rail set for displacement of the transport vehicle in a first direction, and a second rail set for displacement of the transport vehicle in a second direction. In addition the transport vehicle includes a first wheel set including a plurality of wheels for movement on the first rail set, and a second wheel set including a plurality of wheels for movement on the second rail set.

An epidural patient positioning system for providing a mobile support platform which is adjustable for a wide range of patient sizes and configurations of treatment tables. The epidural patient positioning system includes a base assembly having a plurality of casters, a vertical assembly extending upwardly from the base assembly, a pair of adjustable foot supports positioned on either side of the vertical assembly, and pair of adjustable arm supports positioned on either side of the vertical assembly, a torso support member positionable both vertically and laterally rom the vertical assembly, and a motor and control assembly.