A platform having a raised support member including a plurality of spaced openings configured to securing receive device connectors. In one preferred embodiment, the raised member comprises an upwardly extending barrier shaped as a comb, formed by a plurality of slots adapted to selectively receive the connector. The connector has a predetermined power rating, and is keyed such that portable electronic devices configured to draw power at or below the power rating of the connector can be securing...

A cleaning attachment which removably holds the cleaning implement such as a scrubber pad or a scrub brush in place on a wringer mop head and will not fall off during the vigorous scrubbing or brushing action because it is locked in place by means of a novel attaching mechanism. The present invention is comprised of a receiving channel affixed to the mop head, the channel receiving the unique locking members of the present invention attachment mechanism. The attachment comprises an elongated bas...

A receptacle to support and retain a plurality of used hypodermic needle and syringe combinations to prevent the accidental pricking of the care giver or patient after use comprising an outer receptacle support including a substantially cylindrical body having a centrally disposed substantially cylindrical canister recess and a plurality of peripherally disposed substantially cylindrical liquid retaining tube recesses formed therein to selectively receive and support an inner disinfectant canist...

Provided are certain novel fluid ternary glycol mixtures. Also provided is an improved process for preparing polyesters comprised of residues of the glycols which comprise the fluid ternary glycol/water mixtures.

A method and implementation are disclosed for binding a mobile node to a subnet. The invention comprises steps and implementations for intercepting messages sent by a mobile node to a server, associating a predetermined subnet with the intercepted messages and forwarding the intercepted messages to the server. The invention intercepts reply messages sent by at least one server, selects reply messages that are associated with the predetermined subnet. The selected reply messages are forwarded to ...

A grease seal cup for a splined joint between a drive shaft and a driven shaft comprises a cylindrical portion adapted to form a seal with the outer surface of the drive shaft and a seal with a sealing member, such as a spanner nut, of the driven shaft. The grease seal cup, comprising a flexible polymer material, tightly squeezed during installation to form the seals. The pre-fabricated light weight grease seal cup can be used in existing splined joints without adversely affecting the weight bal...

In connection with a method for automatically inserting documents to be displayed on a display device and/or copied in a digitizing device, such as microfiches, microfilm jackets or the like, in which process one document at a time is transported from a stack of documents to be processed to a document support and from there to a deposit magazine for the processed documents, provision is made according to the invention that the top document of a stack of documents contained in the holding magazin...

The invention is directed to an assay reagent comprising bacteria cells which have been killed but which retain a functional metabolic activity. The assay reagent is useful in a method for assaying an analyte when the functional metabolic activity of the killed cells is signal-generating. A kit for assaying an analyte using the assay reagent of the invention is also provided.

A switch assembly has an apertured grate superimposed upon a contact board on which a plurality of independent electrical contacts are located. The apertures in the grate are respectively associated with the contacts to expose the contacts through the grate. A cross-curved elongated contact strip is operatively connected to the grate on the side thereof opposite the contacts in a predetermined position and configuration such that the strip is flexed between its points of connection to the grate ...

A holder, in various embodiments, holds a previously opened, now recapped, bottle, partially filled with an effervescent liquid, in an inverted position. The effervescent liquid forms a gas seal about the interior of the replaced cap, where the vertical supports that stabilize the container in the inverted position are sized and positioned specifically about the holder to allow the holders with the containers therein to be stacked for storage, transporting or display wherein, the column strength...