An automatically disconnecting plug has a rotatable drive member with a threaded central aperture. A threaded shaft extends through the central aperture. An electrically conductive coupling member is carried by the shaft. Upon rotation of the drive member, the coupling member is disconnected by being carried by the shaft into the interior cavity of the housing.

A binding for coupling a shoe to a snowboard and the like, comprising a base plate that can be fixed to a snowboard and the like and supports a front band, a rear band and a rear spoiler, fastenable onto a sho e, an interconnection being provided for connecting the spoiler and the front and rear bands for positioning in an open position, in which the bands are raised, with the rear spoiler in a lo...

A novelty hat assembled from lightweight, flat foam members and shaped, for example, like a racecar. The novelty hat includes details, such as wheels, windshield s, racecar number, and team logos, printed on flat laminated surfaces of the flat foam members. The flat foam members are designed to stack for storage or packaging, resulting in less volume and weight for shipping and distribution purpos...

A method for debranning grain, such as corn, involves treating the grain wit h hot water, followed by (1) treating the grain with an aqueous solution of a stro ng base and (2) detaching pericarp from the grain. Ethanol may be produced by hydrolyzin g debranned grain produced by this method to sugars, and fermenting the sugars to ethanol. Alternatively, chemically or enzymatically modifying grain i...

The invention relates to a method for visualizing the input and display components of terminal equipment. The terminal equipment includes the said input component for controlling the operations of the terminal equipment and the display component. The terminal equipment ( 10 ) has at least two states, of which in the first, open, state, the terminal equipment implements the operations directed to i...

A system and method for a media processor separates the functions of topolog y creation and maintenance from the functions of processing data through a topology. Th e system includes a control layer including a topology generating element to generate a topology describing a set of input multimedia streams, one or more sources for the input multimedia streams, a sequence of operations to perform on...

A skate boot for receiving a human foot, the skate boot comprising a front portion and a rear portion, the rear portion comprising an opening facing rearwardly and upwardly of the skate boot for allowing insertion of the foot in the internal cavity.

An illuminated shelf includes a tempered transparent glass panel having edges each housed in a slot of a housing defining a chamber through which and/or in which light is generated to illuminate the transparent panel . Each housing is preferably snap-secured together to access the chamber interior for purposes of replacement and/or repair. Each housing can be totally or partially encapsulated and ...

A lamp holder comprises a base (2), electrical connection elements (3) inserted into the base (2) and a supporting body (4) coupled to the base (2). The supporting body (4) has at least two through holes (5) for contacting the ends of a light bulb with the electrical connection elements (3). The lamp holder further comprises means (6) for fastening the lamp holder onto a supporting frame (7) and m...