An audio digital CODEC can be connected to a plurality of digital transmission facilities. The CODEC has a plurality of programmable compression schemes which are upgradeable and downloadable. One of the programmable compression schemes is provided with various parameters that when changed affect the quality of the resultant audio. These psycho-acoustic parameters include the standard ISO parameters and additional parameters and can be monitored and controlled by a user.

An adjustable earpiece for a communications headset includes a hook, an arm to displaceably connect to the hook, a hinge to connect to the arm and to the communications headset, and a connection mechanism to adjustably prevent relative displacement of the arm and the hook.

An adjustable hanger for hanging pictures, tools, or the like has an elongated, slotted bracket member having a wall mounting portion at one end thereof. A hanger hook member has a vertical portion with a bolt hole adjacent one end and is adapted to be positioned anywhere along the bracket by means of a bolt member and a resilient washer. The surfaces of the bracket and the vertical portion of the hook member may be roughened or striated to insure better purchase of the resilient washer between ...

A paper towel dispensing apparatus, includes a housing having a cover, a drum, an associated cutting device incorporated in the drum, and a stored energy mechanism. The cutting device having plural blades that are spaced apart from each other. A space between blades is adjustable so that tails of differing sizes can be obtained when the paper towels are dispensed. Accordingly, different tensile strength towels can be used with the same dispenser.

An adjustable hinge fixture that includes a base plate for adjustable fixation to an article of furniture, a connecting plate assembly including a generally U-shaped cross-section formed by a top portion and a pair of spaced apart side walls, and an adjustment screw operable to move the connecting plate assembly relative to the base plate about a curved region of the connecting plate assembly. The connecting plate assembly has a projection through a curved region to a lower portion of the projec...

An exercising apparatus which comprises first and second sets of weights, each of which has an opening extending inwardly from a periphery thereof defined by opposed surfaces. An elongated tubular assembly is provided which has a longitudinal axis and includes exterior surfaces constructed and arranged to provide a central surface area configured to be manually engaged by a user and first and second surface areas on opposite sides of the central surface area configured to enter the openings of t...

An adjustable door latch that enables one to adjust its length without removing any functionality from other areas of the door latch assembly. The improved door latch assembly includes a strike plate, adjustment head, adjustment stem, resilient member, and housing. The improved door latch utilizes a threaded adjustment head, which is screwed into an adjustment stem. The adjustment stem has a threaded aperture located on the front surface of a circular disc. The circular disc has at least one rib...

A cold knife (10) has a handle (12) within which a receiver bore (34) extends longitudinally. A split collet (38) is slidably mounted within the bore (34) and is configured to receive within a shank groove (40), at any desired longitudinal position therein, the shank (14a) of a cutting blade (14). Because the shank (14a) may thus be selectively positioned relative to split collet (38), cutting blade (14) may be positioned in infinitesimally small increments at a desired degree of extension relat...

An adjustable kettlebell includes a carrier having two or more compartments for selectively receiving weight members, a handle attached to the carrier for carrying the carrier, and a retaining device rotatably attached to the carrier for selectively opening the opening of the carrier and for allowing the weight members to be engaged into the carrier, and for selectively closing the opening of the carrier in order to selectively retain either or all of the weight members to the carrier. The weigh...

The adjustable bandana is adapted for covering a body part and includes a fabric sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, with an absorbent layer being secured to the lower surface. The absorbent layer absorbs perspiration when the adjustable bandana covers a body part of the user. The adjustable bandana includes a pair of first fasteners secured to the upper surface for adjustably and releasably engaging a second fastener secured to the upper surface, allowing the user to adjustably a...