Pitney Bowes Inc.

Bell'o International Corp.

Telebrands Corp.

Other

United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

Norman L Barrigas

Steven J Sculler

Walter J Kulpa

Steven Richard Remy

Paul Dowd

Michael P Zambelli

Erol Searfoss

Ben Portnoy

Cara Leonard

Micah E Lissy

George A Goebel

A medical holding system and method are disclosed herein. The medical holding system, in an embodiment, includes a retainer and a pivot device having a plurality of arms. Each of the arms is configured to be engaged with the retainer. The medical holding system also includes a grasper configured to be coupled to the pivot device. The grasper is configured to grasp a portion of an implantable element, and the pivot device is configured to be pivoted relative to the retainer.

Pivot-based medical holding system and method

A beverage container including an outer cup having an integrally formed base plate, an inner cup disposed in the outer cup, a base including a lower portion configured to releasably engage the beverage container to an external surface, the lower portion including a suction cup defining a cavity and configured to sealingly engage the beverage container with an external surface by forming a seal between the suction cup and the external surface, and a valve operably connected to the integrally formed base plate and movable between a first position and a second position to control fluid communication between atmospheric pressure and the cavity.

Stable beverage container

Beverage container

Apparatus and methods for using a plurality of golf balls to train a person to swing a golf club are described. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes a ramp, a golf ball holder and a trigger, which may be mechanical or electrical. The ramp conveys the plurality of golf balls, one at a time, from a first end of the ramp to a second end of the ramp. At least a portion of the ramp is angled downward from the first end to the second end. The holder contains the plurality of golf balls. It is arranged near the first end of the ramp to release one of the plurality of golf balls at a time onto the ramp. The holder further has an input. The trigger is connected to the input of the holder and arranged so that it can sense the golf swing, wherein when the trigger senses the golf swing, it triggers the input of the holder to cause the holder to release one of the plurality of golf balls into the ramp.

Method and apparatus for training a golf swing

A cable management system includes track units whose tracks are engageable to each other at longitudinal ends to ease installation of the tracks to a wall surface as a chain of longitudinally aligned tracks. The system also includes an adjustable track unit whose longitudinal length can be varied, so that a desired length of longitudinally aligned track units can be obtained without cutting a track unit of the system. In addition, the system includes a cap attachable at an end of a track unit for strengthening the engagement between the cover and the track of the track unit.

Cable management system

End cap for cable management system

A postage meter includes a print head, a purge unit for removing waste ink from the print head, an ink tray for receiving the waste ink, and a mechanism for heating the ink tray to promote evaporation of the waste ink.

System for evaporating waste ink in a postage meter

A mailing machine print head and carriage that use one or more systems or elements to latch the print head in a controlled location and to guide it into and out of that location in a manner that prevents debris from being transferred to the electrical connector contacts is provided.

Postage meter print head and carriage

A mailing machine including a postage meter for printing evidence of postage payment on a media includes a registration surface, a print head, an envelope transport having at least two nips for keeping the media from skewing and contacting the print head, a media ski ending upstream of the registration surface for pushing the media into contact with the registration surface, and at least one star wheel disposed in an opening of the registration surface for holding the media down as it is fed through the mailing machine.

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Danbury, CT, United States of America

Norman L Barrigas