A flexible and economical data transmission pedestal having a cover section and a base section, with the base section comprising two asymmetrical parts, a front and a rear. Removing the cover and the front part allows full access to the connections between service lines and a cable. The three piece pedestal also allows any piece to be easily replaced if damaged or a whole new pedestal may easily be placed around cable and service line connections on a mounting plate, all without interrupting cus...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating bone fractures by the application of intermittent pneumatic compression. The period of compression is sufficient to induce venous stasis at the fracture site. The period of recovery can be about half the period of compression. The applied pressure can be 50% or less of the baseline pressure.

An optically clear protective thin film having covalent chemical bonds on a molecular level between organic polymer and in situ generated silica molecules is formed from a hydrolyzed coating solution of tetraalkyl orthosilicate, epoxyalkylalkoxy silanes, (math)acryloxyalkylalkoxy silanes and solvent.

A stack assemblage of metallic, paper, or paper-like sheets or strips of material secured to one another to define a honeycomb core structure when the assemblage is expanded and flange tabs provided on the opposite edges of said stack. When the stack is expanded, the flange tabs can be deformed into flange orientation on the opposite edges of said stack. The method of fabricating the flange tabs and flanges on the assemblage and the expanded core structure.

A flashlight has a switch housing in between the battery compartment and reflector. The neck of the switch housing holds a lamp support at a central position within a reflector. A o-ring on the rear of the switch housing seals the battery compartment. The switch housing partially floats within the flashlight tube to allow for a slight adjustment of the lamp relative to the reflector to insure centering.

A fastening system for a flexible cover system for a truck box includes a first fastening material on the side edges of the flexible cover and a second fastening material that releasably engages with the first fastening material. The second fastening material comprises a fastening surface bonded to a substantially rigid elongated slat, and is slidingly received in channel portions of side rails mounted on the sides of the truck box. The first fastening material can be one member of a hook and lo...

An inflatable foot cuff for treatment of deep vein thrombosis includes a generally flexible body member configured to envelop a foot of a human and having a central region adjacent to the sole of the foot when applied thereon. A first inflatable air cell is disposed in the central region and extends generally from at least the ball of the foot to at least the heel of the foot. A second smaller separately inflatable air cell is disposed within a distal portion of the first air cell. Intermittent ...

An architecture of multiple agents is provided, based on a negotiating agents' approach to resolving feature interactions. An event-based model is used to detect feature interaction, and fuzzy constraints are applied to the policies that describe the system. A mechanism is established by which the user may add rules or provide the system with parameters that affect the outcome of any conflict that may occur, thereby giving real control over the conflict to the end user.

A system for providing a secure interface to a PBX system comprising a PBX having a command executor; a plurality of telephony devices connected to the PBX; one or more programmable computing devices connected to the PBX; wherein each programmable computing device has a telephony service provider component which communicates with the PBX command executor through a PBX command interface resident on the programmable computing device to request and obtain a list of telephony device identifiers corr...

The present invention is related to a method for removal of silicon carbide layers and in particular amorphous SiC of a substrate. Initially, the exposed part of a carbide-silicon layer is at least partly converted into an oxide-silicon layer by exposing the carbide-silicon layer to an oxygen containing plasma. The oxide-silicon layer is then removed from the substrate.