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Brian P Doyle

Geoffrey Roy Fernie

Christine Gale Kronich

Gerald Thomas Griggs

David Khazanovich

The invention pertains to the field of construction of buildings and structures. The invention relates to alignment guides for constructing building components, namely walls, ceilings and floors to be used in buildings and structures. This invention also relates to kits of specific alignment guides and methods of using alignment guides.

Alignment guides for constructing building components

A knee orthosis for supporting an injured knee or to protect a knee from injury and to aid the knee in rehabilitation while permitting flexion and extension movements of such knee, such movements involving both the displacement of the femur portion of such joint away from the tibia portion and also involving sliding, twisting and tilting movement of such femur portion relative to such tibia portion, the knee support having an upper cuff which can be secured around a portion of a leg, above the knee, a lower cuff which can be secured around the leg below the knee, attachments on the upper and lower cuffs, and, linear bearings secured to the attachments on either side of the knee, and placed to allow movement of one of the cuffs away from the other and enabling free displacement, rotating and sliding movement of the knee joint and a hinge joint device for connecting the upper and lower cuffs.

Knee orthosis and hinge joint

A toilet conversion kit for toilets of various shapes, the kit having a base which can stand on the floor around a soil pipe and an upper surface for supporting the toilet, and having first and second end wall profiles. An elongated axial opening extends from a point adjacent one end, for a distance along the length of the base, and can register with the soil pipe. There are a plurality of fastening openings in, the base alongside either side of the opening. A soil pipe extension separate from the base, defines a generally tubular shape having upper and lower ends, a soil pipe connection at its lower end, a toilet connection member at its upper end, and fastenings formed with the upper end of which can be fastened to the fastenings of the base. The upper end of the extensions interfits with the elongated opening in the base. In this way the soil pipe extension may be moved along the length of the opening, and fastened to the base at selected locations therealong, so that the toilet conversion kit can be used with a wide variety of a different toilet appliance designs, with one end profile of the base conforming as closely as possible to the shape of the stand of the toilet appliance.

Conversion kit for toilets for varying shapes

A walking aid for a handicapped person having a frame with wheels and brakes, handles attached to the frame at a suitable height for a person, who is enabled to push the walking aid along a walking surface, at least one brake operating assembly including a fixed handbar portion fixed as a handgrip extension of the handles, and a moveable member movably secured to the fixed handbar portion in coaxial relation so that the moveable member may be swung relative to the axis of the fixed portion, the moveable member being normally aligned with and substantially coaxial with the fixed portion, movement of said moveable member moving it out of coaxial alignment, and the brake cable being attached between the fixed portion and the moveable member so that movement of the moveable member will cause extension of the brake cable thus retarding the walking aid. Also disclosed is a folding mechanism for a walking aid, having swing arms linked together for swinging between extended and folded positions, and a lock for securing the arms in a semi-folded position and having a seat with height adjustments supported by the swing arms.

Walking aid

A spacer for a flush toilet is an insert block locatable between the base of a toilet pedestal and the floor. The spacer has a passage therethrough from top to bottom constituting a soil pipe extension and located to mate with the soil pipe and the toilet outlet. Preferably the spacer comprises a series of sub-spacers to allow for raising the toilet as much or as little as necessary. Sealing lugs are provided for sealing against soil leakage. Arm rests may be provided supported at least partially on cross members located in trough passages of the sub-spacers and the arm rests may be hingable out of their 'in use' position to allow easy access of a wheelchair.

Conversion kit for adjusting the height of a flush toilet

A reinforcement member for a plastic laminate structure consisting of at least two laminate layers bonded to one another, the member having a synthetic body defining a length axis X, a breadth axis Y, and a thickness axis Z, formed of a synthetic plastic material, the length and breadth axes X and Y lying in a first plane, and the thickness axis Z lying in a second plane normal to the first plane, a plurality of first reinforcement fibres lying parallel to the first plane, and, a plurality of second recruitment fibres lying parallel to the second plane.

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Toronto, Canada

Brian P Doyle