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University of Missouri

Richard D Evans

James L Cook

Brandon Lee Roller

Aaron Stoker

Keiichi Kuroki

Bridget Colleen Garner

Prakash Sidha Jayabalan

Cristi R Cook

John Michael Tamkin

John Michael Rodgers

Richard John Hirst

Matthew Scott Howarth

A caddy for carrying window cleaning accessories such as squeegees. The caddy can hang from the waistbelt of a user. The caddy can include a lower reservoir portion hingedly connected to an upper sleeve portion by a hinge. The sleeve loosely engages the oversized brim of the reservoir to form a peripheral drainage gap between the outer surface of the sleeve and the reservoir brim to trap liquids dripping over the outer surface of the sleeve. A releasable lock allows the reservoir to disengage from the sleeve, swing about the hinge and drain the liquid contents of the reservoir.

Window cleaning caddy having movable reservoir

Window cleaning caddy having articulating reservoir

A portable toilet seat for user over pre-existing toilet seats or in lieu of a broken or missing toilet seat is provided. The portable toilet seat provides a chain of arcuate portions pivotably connected in series so as to be adapted to fold among a flat condition, a first folded condition and a second folded condition. The bottom side of each arcuate portions may provide radial fins, each radial fin may provide a concentric slot. The concentric slots share a radial distance from a center of the opening defined by the portable toilet seat in the flat condition so that in such a condition the concentric slots may engage a rim of a toilet basin or bucket, while in the second folded condition the concentric slots securely engage the radial fins of opposing arcuate portions.

Portable toilet seat

Biomarkers, biomarker panels and methods for diagnosing osteoarthritis (OA) and determining treatment are disclosed, using measurement of the expression level of certain polypeptides in a test sample from a subject, including MCP1, IL8, KC, MMP2, MMP3, Apolipoprotein A1, and Apolipoprotein E. Related methods for monitoring OA treatment efficacy, diagnostic reagents, and kits are also described.

Biomarkers of osteoarthritis

An imaging system. An array of light sources and an array of lenses corresponding to the light sources and having optical axes substantially parallel to one another are provided. The lenses produce collimated output beams. An afocal optical relay having an optical axis substantially parallel to the optical axes of the lenses is also included, the array of lenses being positioned relative to the afocal optical relay so as to form an optical system that produces an image of each collimated output beam on an image plane, each image having a prescribed depth of focus and spot size. The light sources preferably are lasers producing an array of respective laser beams having high intensity and a long waist. A system for writing information on a light-sensitive label includes the imaging system. Methods of imaging and of writing information on a light-sensitive label are also provided.

Optical system for direct imaging of light markable material

A collar for animals which serves the function of holding identification tags or medallions in place. The collar holds the tags in a manner that is integral to the structure of the collar, in an orientation such that the tags are easily visible and readable, and in such a way that the tags will not strike one another, thereby reducing noise produced when the animal moves and decreasing the risk of the tags catching on exterior surfaces.

Animal collar with integral identification holders

A multi-functioning water-directing device is described comprising an input garden hose coupler, a series of straight pipe sections, an U-shaped transition pipe section, a straight output water-directing jetting segment, and a handle all coupled together by a plurality of coupling means. As a result, fluid flow can be directed both downstream and upstream relative to said handle and eventually exit from the jetting segment in a desired output pattern. In accordance with one aspect, the handle (positioned in parallel contact with at least the U-shaped transition section and the jetting segment and in series contact with at least the input hose coupler), is constructed so that its interior is placed in fluid contact with passing fluid stream wherein the weight of the contained fluid adds handling stability as the device is dynamically moved through a series of working positions such as relative to an overhead rain gutter and high riding motor vehicle. After assembly, the axes of symmetry of the following elements are coincident: the input hose coupler, the series of straight pipe sections, the U-shaped transition pipe section and the handle. As a result, a common working plane is defined through such axes whereby surprisingly flexibility of operations results. In a preferred form, the device is formed of light-weight plastic piping and associated couplers thus permitting the device to span relatively large vertical or horizontal distances. Operational and assembly steps are also described.

Combination water-directing device and method

A structure permitting pets separate passage between a household and the out-of-doors, comprising a succession of weathertight doors which the animal must traverse independently and consecutively and for which the household pet must be trained. An animal approaching the structure from the outside is not exposed to any draft or odor emanating from the interior of the house and, furthermore, is initially presented with a door that only opens backward toward itself and up; consequently, strange animals--those not trained to the structure--are not induced to enter.

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Vallejo, CA, United States of America

Richard D Evans