An exercise apparatus comprising: a first mat including a resilient outer cover; and an inner pad located within the resilient outer cover; and at least one further mat havin g a resilient outer cover; and an inner pad located within the resilient outer cover of the at least one further mat, wherein the inner pad of the first mat has a different density to the inner pad of the at least one further...

A splicing machine ( 10 ) to join strip material, the strip material being intended to be delivered to a packaging machine. The splicing machine ( 10 ) supports two rolls of strip material on supports ( 12, 13 ), with the strip material being taken from one of the rolls. When the material taken from one roll becomes depleted the trailing end of the material is engaged by a first web securing membe...

A flame-retardant polymeric composition comprising (i) a polymer; (ii) a triazine or a mixture of halogenated or non-halogenated triazines; (iii) a bismuth compound of formula BizAw where A is X, O, CO3, O2CO3; and (iv) a compound chosen between red phosphorus, a phosphorous compound or an organic compound capable of forming free radicals, in which the maximum content of halogen on the total of th...

A full size screen designed to be easily attached and removed to and from t he sides/headboard/footboard of a crib. Its purpose is to prevent the legs and arms of a child in the crib from extending outside the crib rungs, thus preventing possible injury to the child while allowing breath ability and full viewing of the child to ensure safety via the mesh fabric used in making the screen.

A display device including a plurality of display elements ( 500 ) arranged in a matrix, wherein each display element includes a display pixel ( 510 ) coupled to a switch ( 530 ), and each display element includes an addressable latch ( 540 ) having an output coupled to a controlling input of the switch. The addressable latch includes a row address input ( 532 ) and a column address input ( 556 )....

This invention is an improved battery booster cable and clamp apparatus that operates in conjunction with a two piece split electrically conductive housing that is adapted to allow a battery terminal to reside therein, the two pieces of the housing being slid into or away from gripping contact with the terminal along a connecting base plate by utilizing a spring energized buckl e or clamp assembly...

Disclosed are new Ca, Mg and Ni-containing alloys of the general formul a: (Cac Mgd Me)b(Ni1-zTz)a where: M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, P r, Nd, Th, Nd, Ti, V, Zr, Ta, Hf, Sr, Ba and Misch metals; T is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, C u, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Mo, W, Si, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Ag, C and B; a is an integer equal to 2 ...

A refuse dump containment structure (1; 19) having a foundation layer (2) immersed in refuse and/or the ground, and a number of containment layers (8; 20) stacked on top of the foundation layer; each of the containment layers is covered for support by a geomesh (9), and has an outer portion (10; 21) of vegetable earth or clay, and an inner portion (11) of compacted refuse; and the outer portion (1...

A communication system includes an optical network, a first POP, and a secon d POP. The first POP receives user communications from a first user system and transfer s the user communications to the optical network over a first optical wavelength. The optical network transfers first user communications to the second POP over the first optical wavelength. The second POP transfers the user communicat...

An air conditioning system has a deodoriser with a container (2) that dispenses a perfumed liquid (4) with a semi-submerged wick (6), and a by-pass tube (10) linking a main air duct (12) and the wick. The wick is also exposed to a secondary airflow (13) with a variable throttle (14).