A shoulder pad for a football player, includes a rib protector pad body disposed adjacent to the body arch members and releasably connected to the pad body disposed beneath the body arch members of the shoulder pad.

A cantilever strap for a shoulder pad for a football player has a central portion which overlies the acromioclavicular area of the shoulder of the football player, and has a width which is substantially greater than two inches.

The protecting device comprises a vertebral column protecting element (2) presenting at its higher end a nape protecting element (3) and at its lower end a belt (1), a tight chamber extending on these three elements and being provided with automatically releasable inflating means (10). The protecting device can be beared as a harness by means of straps (15, 16) or incorporated to a clothing. It allows in case of accident to decrease the risks or the severity of injuries to the vertebral column, ...

Disclosed is a protective vest having a collar or neck guard intended for use with helmets and, optionally, with shoulder pads or harnesses, of the types worn by players in contact sports. The protective vest has a flexible body with shoulder portions between chest and back panels. Surrounding an opening for receiving a player's neck is a raised collar, integrally formed with the body, which has an upper ring-like surface for contacting the bottom edge of the player's helmet. When contacted by t...

A vehicle lighting device manufacturing method, for joining a transparent cover with a housing ray welding, includes: a preliminary heating step of preparing welding portions of the transparent cover and the housing, and of forming, on part of the welding portion of the transparent cover and/or the housing, a built-up portion, which overlays a welding portion in a design, and heating and softening the built-up portion; a pressure-bonding step of pressure-bonding the welding portion of the transp...

A low arc AC contactor comprises an on/off mechanism electromagnetic-controlled contact, a pulse power source generating circuit, a low arc trigger generating circuit, and a multifunctional fault-detecting circuit. The contactor converts an instantaneous strong current into strong pulse magnetic field energy to actuate contacts of mechanical portion of the contactor, so that the power source load is on or off. Each of the actuating process will be controlled by the electric circuit to perform at...

A child body protector formed of polyurethane foam in an oval shape in the design of a ladybug on its outer surface which has straps to strap onto the back of a child in order to provide cushioning from a fall which may occur while a child is learning to walk. The outer image on the protector provides amusement to the child.

A multiple frequency source system includes at least one frequency source tunable to a predefined target frequency, and at least one additional frequency source operable to generate a second signal at a frequency which is either higher or lower than the target frequency. A method for tuning the tunable frequency source to the target frequency during concurrent generation of the second signal includes (i) controlling the tunable frequency source to tune to at least one frequency point frequency l...

A method is provided for a virtual sensor system. The method may include establishing a virtual sensor process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of sensing parameters and a plurality of measured parameters, and obtaining a set of values corresponding to the plurality of measured parameters. The method may also include calculating the values of the plurality of sensing parameters simultaneously based upon the set of values corresponding to the plurality of measured parame...

The invention pertains to methods for using chimeric polypeptides of the formula: B--X wherein B represents the B fragment of Shiga toxin or a functional equivalent thereof, and X represents one or more polypeptides of therapeutic significance. Compositions for therapeutic use comprising the polypeptide B--X are also included.