An infant feeding pouch is provided which has collapsible walls mounted to a structural supporting fitment. A nipple for feeding an infant may be attached to the fitment.

A gas pressure driven fluid pump comprising a pump tank having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet. A float, carried within the interior of the pump tank, is operable to move between a low level position and a high level position. A snap-acting valve control mechanism uses magnetic interaction to switch between exhaust porting and motive porting. Fluid exiting the pump tank causes the float to fall from the high level position to the low level position due to introduction of motive gas during mot...

A light fixture having a support system for holding the light fixture during installation, thereby allowing the user to have both hands free for wiring. The system includes a bracket configured to be mounted to an electrical box. A tether extends from the light fixture and has a connecting element for releasably attaching the tether to the bracket.

A lamp comprises a light socket supported by a lamp column extending up from a base. The light socket includes a pull cord for operating same. A pull cord guide device is attached to the lamp and includes an extension portion extending laterally from an axis of the lamp column. The extension portion of the pull cord guide device defines a guide hole located adjacent to a distal end thereof. The pull cord extends through the guide hole so as to be spaced apart from the lamp column.

A system and method of providing a quorum service which each system of a cluster registers with prior to a potential failover to insure proper functionality of the cluster is provided.

A spincast fishing reel has a reel frame to which front and rear covers are attached. The rear cover includes a pivotable thumb button which is depressed by a user when fishing line is to be cast. The front cover closes the face of the reel, but defines a forward opening through which the fishing line extends. A normally nonrotatable line spool is located inside of the front cover on a mounting hub of the reel frame. Fishing line is wound onto the line spool by a rotatable pickup head located fo...

A pocket lighter of the present invention comprises a gas container having an outlet valve through which ignitable gas is released. An igniter device having a reciprocative plunger is also provided. The igniter device is operative to produce a spark when the plunger is axially moved. A thumb actuator is operative to cause opening of the outlet valve and axial movement of the reciprocative plunger, thereby producing a controlled flame. The pocket lighter is constructed and arranged such that at l...

Positive electrode-active materials for use in lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer batteries contain quaternary composite oxides of manganese, nickel, cobalt and aluminum where one of the four is present at levels of over 70 mol percent. The composite oxides can be lithiated to form positive electrode-active materials that are stable over at least ten charge/discharge cycles at voltage levels over 4.8 volts, and have capacities of over 200 mAh/g. Methods for producing the materials and electroch...

An improved flywheel for use in a small gasoline engine of the type utilized in string trimmers, chain saws, lawn mowers and other such devices. The flywheel comprises a flywheel body including a central hub portion and an integral wheel portion. The hub portion of the flywheel body defines an axial bore extending therethrough in which the engine's drive shaft is received when the flywheel is mounted thereon. An integral key is located in the axial bore for receipt in a corresponding keyway defi...

A breathable, liquid-impermeable, apertured film/nonwoven laminate is provided for use as a backsheet on various absorbent articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, incontinent garments, and the like. The laminate is formed from a nonporous, breathable polymeric film layer, an apertured film layer, and a nonwoven web layer. The layers may be attached in an arrangement where the breathable polymeric film layer is sandwiched between the nonwoven web layer and apertured film layer, or where the a...