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Benjamin R Barber

Michael E Cornell

Jonathan Goldszmidt

David B Ponterio

Max Brivic

Beth S Noveck

Sahib Singh

Julia Brady

Ahron Rosenfeld

James Doerhoff

Richard Bordoni

Jeffrey Rovenpor

A curb climbing wheelchair system having left and right side attachments are designed to be attached to left and right side portions, respectively, of a standard wheelchair to enable a wheelchair occupant to climb a curb, bump or other obstruction without the aid of another individual. Each attachment includes a ramp extending from a telescoping arm that is designed to be attached, via a clamping system, to one side of the wheelchair. When not in use, the ramps are folded and stowed away on the sides of the wheelchair. During use, the ends of the ramps are placed on the curb to allow the wheelchair occupant to roll up the curb. To retrieve the ramps (now disposed behind the wheelchair), the wheelchair occupant moves the telescoping arms, if necessary with the aid of an attached circular handle, to lift the ramps thus allowing the wheelchair occupant to grab the ramps. The retrieved ramps then are stowed away until needed.

Curb climbing wheelchair attachment

A method and apparatus for initiating and controlling an electronic conversation comprising the steps of: initiating a electronic conversation between a plurality of users, each user associated with a respective computer, determining whether a number of users engaging in the electronic conversation exceeds a predetermined number of users and, permitting a specific one of the plurality of users to become a moderator of the electronic conversation for a first time period if the number of users engaging in the electronic conversation exceeds the predetermined number of users, and preventing any of the users from becoming the moderator if the number of users engaging in the electronic conversation does not exceed the predetermined number of users. The present invention also allows for a dynamic rotation of the moderator, and allows the plurality of users to change the rules of the electronic conversation.

User-moderated electronic conversation process

A low voltage power control circuit supplies substantially equal voltages to a plurality of loads distributed along a pair of parallel wires. Moreover, the voltage delivered is automatically controlled by a feedback control circuit, so that the number of loads in the system may be varied without causing a substantial change in overall supply voltage supplied to the plurality of loads.

Low voltage power control

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Piscataway, NJ, United States of America

Benjamin R Barber