A dilating pouch is disclosed that can be used as the container for transporting and quickly accessing items contained therein. The fully dilated pouch can also be used as a working surface to place tools or other items on. The dilating pouch includes a number of eyelets located on the circumference of the dilated pouch, through which a rope of suitable diameter is threaded. The pouch is closed, a...

A topsheet 1 for a disposable absorbent article including a first plastic film layer 2, a second plastic film layer 5 and a fibrous assembly layer 3 disposed between these two layers 2, 5. The first plastic film layer 2 includes a plurality of first plane regions 8 spaced one from another and extending in parallel one to another in one direction and the second plastic film layer 5 includes a plura...

A retracting extension cord reel includes a mounting bracket, a housing bracket removably attached to the mounting bracket, and a cord reel housing pivotally attached to the housing bracket. When the mounting bracket is attached to a mounting surface, the housing can be moved toward and away from the mounting surface. When the housing bracket is detached from the mounting bracket, the housing brac...

A towing vehicle includes a body on two frame side members and a towing device supported on the members. The frame side members extend substantially parallel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and are in a plane parallel to the surface on which the vehicle travels. The towing device is mounted on a towing beam which extends between the two frame side members at the rear of the vehicle an...

A towing vehicle includes a body on two frame side members and a towing device supported on the members. The frame side members extend substantially parallel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and are in a plane parallel to the surface on which the vehicle travels. The towing device is mounted on a towing beam which extends between the two frame side members at the rear of the vehicle an...

Disclosed are skin care compositions and their use in healing injured skin. The compositions are identical in lipid constituents and structural property to epidermal membranes. They comprise the major constituents for membranes of the stratum corneum, including ceramides, cholesterol and fatty acids, the major constituents for endodermal membranes, including lecithin and triglyceride, and physiolo...

An optical-electronic device measuring a charge level in a battery having a housing positioned within an interior of the battery, the housing having a cavity. A light source and a light receiving device are positioned within the cavity. A sensing surface and at least one reflecting surface are positioned within the cavity between the light source and the light receiving device. A box is formed wit...

An air duct fitting comprising a rectangular cross section duct segment having a central axis, a round cross section duct segment having a central axis, and a transition rectangle-to-round segment, the rectangular cross section duct segment having a lateral round opening with a central axis transverse to the rectangular duct segment central axis, the round cross section duct segment central axis b...

For a hydraulically actuated device a hydraulic power cylinder with an actuator slidably received for reciprocation within the cylinder and a piston slidably received for reciprocation within a sleeve of the actuator and defining a gas chamber on one side of the piston and a hydraulic fluid chamber on the other side of the piston so that the maximum pressure in the hydraulic fluid chamber is limit...

There is provided a system for dynamically resynchronizing a storage system made up of a plurality of mirrored logical volumes respectively divided into a plurality of mirrored logical data partitions in the event of a system failure. Immediately after the correction of the problem causing the failure, means start to resynchronize the plurality of logical volumes but without waiting for the resync...

Packaging for carrying goods comprises cardboard box with handle opening in overlapping ends forming its top side. A sheet of cardboard (1) is folded into four sections to form a box with channels inside, preferably extending in the box length direction, for carrying the goods. The ends of the sheet are glued together in the top side of the box, where an opening (5) extending through the two overl...

A fluid dispenser such as a soap dispenser or the like. The dispenser includes a sleeve and a pump rotatably disposed inside the sleeve. A swivel is substantially fixed to the pump and rotatable inside the sleeve. The dispenser is configured so that fluid is drawn from a reservoir, through the swivel and into the pump. From the pump, the fluid is dispensed through a spout to the user.