Abstract:
The present invention is an apparatus (20, 120) for displaying and storing sporting equipment (22, 24, 26, 126). The apparatus may be employed in a self standing rack (20, 120) or as a surface-mounted system (150, 190), and inlcudes at least one pair of U-shaped or J-shaped arms (40, 48, 50, 146, 148, 150) spaced apart from one another and in a generally equivalent horizontal position. At least one flexible support (60, 160) is suspended between opposing ends of each arm to provide at least lateral support to the sporting equipment stored thereon without contacting the arms.
Abstract:
The cargo rack assembly a support rack such as the roof rack of a vehicle to assist in the loading and unloading of cargo onto the support rack. The assembly includes load bars connected to base bars via a pivoting lever; the load bars include straps and load arms for securing cargo to the assembly. The base bars are affixed to the support rack and the load bars and pivoting levers transition between a secured position and a loading/unloading position in a smooth motion. The assembly may include a tensioning system for biasing the load bars to the secure position to aid the user in lifting the cargo.
Abstract:
The present disclosure involves an out board boat engine ballistic protection system. In one embodiment it comprises a flexible cover that closely conforms to the engine's cowling and has attachment means for affixing bullet resistant material to said flexible cover and bullet resistant material affixed to said flexible cover. In an other embodiment it comprises bullet resistant material to which a dry adhesive has been directly or indirectly connected, which dry adhesive can be repeatedly adhered to and removed from the surface of the cowling of the engine while remaining connected to the bullet resistant material. The bullet resistant material is connected to said flexible cover or is connected to the engine via the dry adhesive to protect at least one side and the rear of the engine. The dry adhesive is the type that can directly adhere to a surface without a partner.
Abstract:
The present invention is an apparatus (20, 120) for displaying and storing sporting equipment (22, 24, 26, 126). The apparatus may be employed in a self standing rack (20, 120) or as a surface-mounted system (150, 190), and inlcudes at least one pair of U-shaped or J-shaped arms (40, 48, 50, 146, 148, 150) spaced apart from one another and in a generally equivalent horizontal position. At least one flexible support (60, 160) is suspended between opposing ends of each arm to provide at least lateral support to the sporting equipment stored thereon without contacting the arms.
Abstract:
A mirror system facilitates the viewing of an area of a roadway rearwardly and to the side of a vehicle, for example, prior to changing lanes or direction in a roadway. To do so, in response to a user command, the mirror moves from a first position providing the driver with a first view of the roadway adjacent to the vehicle to a second position providing the driver with a second, different view of the roadway adjacent to the vehicle.
Abstract:
A method and device processes multi-channel audio signals, each channel corresponding to a loudspeaker placed in a particular location in a room, in such a way as to create, over headphones, the sensation of multiple 'phantom' loudspeakers placed throughout the room. Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) are chosen according to the elevation and azimuth of each intended loudspeaker relative to the listener, each channel being filtered with an HRTF such that when combined into left and right channels and played over headphones, the listener senses that the sound is actually produced by phantom loudspeakers placed throughout the 'virtual' room. A database collection of sets of HRTF coefficients from numerous individuals and subsequent matching of the best HRTF set to the individual listener provides the listener with listening sensations similar to that which the listener, as an individual, would experience when listening to multiple loudspeakers placed throughout the room. An appropriate transfer function applied to the right and left channel output allows the sensation of open-ear listening to be experienced through closed-ear headphones.
Abstract:
A method and device processes multi-channel audio signals, each channel corresponding to a loudspeaker placed in a particular location in a room, in such a way as to create, over headphones, the sensation of multiple "phantom" loudspeakers placed throughout the room. Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) are chosen according to the elevation and azimuth of each intended loudspeaker relative to the listener, each channel being filtered with an HRTF such that when combined into left and right channels and played over headphones, the listener senses that the sound is actually produced by phantom loudspeakers placed throughout the "virtual" room. A database collection of sets of HRTF coefficients from numerous individuals and subsequent matching of the best HRTF set to the individual listener provides the listener with listening sensations similar to that which the listener, as an individual, would experience when listening to multiple loudspeakers placed throughout the room. An appropriate transfer function applied to the right and left channel output allows the sensation of open-ear listening to be experienced through closed-ear headphones.
Abstract:
The present disclosure involves an out board boat engine ballistic protection system. In one embodiment it comprises a flexible cover that closely conforms to the engine's cowling and has attachment means for affixing bullet resistant material to said flexible cover and bullet resistant material affixed to said flexible cover. In an other embodiment it comprises bullet resistant material to which a dry adhesive has been directly or indirectly connected, which dry adhesive can be repeatedly adhered to and removed from the surface of the cowling of the engine while remaining connected to the bullet resistant material. The bullet resistant material is connected to said flexible cover or is connected to the engine via the dry adhesive to protect at least one side and the rear of the engine. The dry adhesive is the type that can directly adhere to a surface without a partner.
Abstract:
The cargo rack assembly a support rack such as the roof rack of a vehicle to assist in the loading and unloading of cargo onto the support rack. The assembly includes load bars connected to base bars via a pivoting lever; the load bars include straps and load arms for securing cargo to the assembly. The base bars are affixed to the support rack and the load bars and pivoting levers transition between a secured position and a loading/unloading position in a smooth motion. The assembly may include a tensioning system for biasing the load bars to the secure position to aid the user in lifting the cargo.
Abstract:
The present invention is an apparatus (20, 120) for displaying and storing sporting equipment (22, 24, 26, 126). The apparatus may be employed in a self standing rack (20, 120) or as a surface-mounted system (150, 190), and inlcudes at least one pair of U-shaped or J-shaped arms (40, 48, 50, 146, 148, 150) spaced apart from one another and in a generally equivalent horizontal position. At least one flexible support (60, 160) is suspended between opposing ends of each arm to provide at least lateral support to the sporting equipment stored thereon without contacting the arms.