Outer Circle Products, Ltd.

Qualcomm Incorporated

International Business Machines Corporation

Hewlett-packard Company

Dell USA L.p.

Dell Computer Corporation

Smith Sport Optics, Incorporated

John W Lai

Thomas J Melk

Peter Charles Simpson

Bryan Franklin Howell

David J Ross

Paul E Peterzell

Paul E Bradley

Bryan K Hunter

Marland Chow

Ty R Aberle

James D Brownlie

Andrew Bert Hodge

John Lake

Linda P Mai

David J Buckley

Peter Nils Skillman

John David Swansey

Orin Michael Ozias

Traci Angela Neist

Steve D Gluskoter

Rodney Hal Monson

Daniel Flickinger

Peter Skilman

Lynn C Beckley

A computer monitor stand and method according to which a lower support member receives a docking device and a portable computer to enable the computer to be docked to the docking device. An upper support member includes a plate for receiving the monitor, and one or more feet extend between the plate and the docking device. The feet are detachably connected to the plate or the docking device to enable the feet to be changed to adjust the position of the plate and therefore the monitor. This enables a preferred monitor viewing angle to be maintained despite use with different-sized docking stations.

Computer monitor stand and docking method

Housing for piggyback mounted battery for portable phone

A docking tray includes first guides for receiving a first docking device of a first size and second guides for receiving a second docking device of a second size. Contacts are provided adjacent the first and second guides. A display and control area is provided on the tray, remote from the guides, and is electrically connected to the contacts. The first and second docking devices each have contacts which matingly engage the tray contacts to provide communication with the display and control area. Grip members are formed on opposite sides of the tray and extend inwardly into the tray. The tray has a low profile and includes a surface having a tilt angle of less than two degrees.

Modular docking tray and method

Portable telephone

Container

A dispensing lid assembly for use with a container assembly and a container assembly including the lid assembly. The lid assembly can be attached to a container liner of the container assembly. The lid assembly includes a spigot housing through which liquids are dispensed. The spigot housing is configured with a grip portion which facilitates tipping of the container assembly with the lid assembly attached thereto. A dispensing conduit is provided in the lid assembly which communicates with a cavity in the container liner. A spring loaded valve assembly is retained in the spigot housing to controllably dispense liquids from the container liner through the dispensing conduit. A check valve assembly is included in the lid assembly. The check valve assembly provides controlled introduction of air into the container to equalize the pressure in the cavity during dispensing. The container assembly also includes a bottom or foot which is partially rounded to facilitate tipping of the container assembly to place a nozzle of the lid assembly in a dispensing position and to return the assembly to an upright position to prevent dripping.

Insulated vessel with handle and dispensing spout

A dispensing lid assembly which includes a rotatable spout for use with a container defining a container cavity. The container may be the type having deflectable sidewalls. The rotatable spout includes an arcuate ball portion and a nozzle portion. The arcuate rotator portion is retained on a base of the lid assembly to allow rotation thereof to align a through hole in the spout with a dispensing hole in the base. The arcuate rotator portion is configured to reduce the wear on a sealing gasket. A check valve assembly is attached to the base of the dispensing lid assembly. The check valve assembly includes a diaphragm which is pre-loaded within a valve chamber to provide a desired sealing effect between the diaphragm and the base portion. The check valve assembly is configured to pre-load forces on the diaphragm such that a desired inhaling force will unseat the diaphragm from the corresponding portion of the base to draw air therethrough. Upon equalization of the pressure within the container cavity and the ambient atmosphere, the diaphragm will return to seal against the base portion to prevent dripping therethrough.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

John W Lai