Thule Sweden Ab

Tornier, Inc.

Cannondale Corporation

Snow Solutions, LLC

Ranier Limited

Cannoncale Corporation

Robert H Humphries, Jr

John R Laverack

Rebecca Hawkins Wahl

Greg G Weaver

Kevin S Bogoslofski

Hanspeter Robert Bayer

Ernie Corrao

Mark J Noonan

Christopher P D'Aluisio

Thomas C Patterson

Stephen C Fog

Mario M Galasso

Scott Johnson

Jonathan Lawson

Stephen A Maguire

Ernest Corraro, Jr

Louse M Focht

John C Nadworny

A lockable carrier mount including a main body, an actuating mechanism and interference locking member, and a securement member. The actuating mechanism is configurable between locked and released configurations. The actuating mechanism includes rotatable actuator having a blocking portion with at least one protrusion extending radially further from a rotational axis of the actuator than other parts of the blocking portion. The interference locking member is coupled to the main body and has an engagement surface for selectively engaging the blocking portion. The engagement surface can abut the protrusion in the locked configuration to prevent rotation of the actuator relative to the locking member. The securement member is operably coupled to the actuating mechanism and configured to move toward a secured configuration when the actuator is rotated in one direction and move toward a released configuration when the actuator is rotated in an opposite direction.

Carrier mount

An instrument for distracting and/or compressing adjacent vertebrae is described. The instrument includes a yoke, a first blade movably mounted to the yoke, a second blade mounted to the yoke and an adjustment system. The yoke, the first blade and the second blade form a working channel for the instrument. The adjustment system of the instrument is configured to adjust a spacing between the first blade and the second blade by selectively moving the first blade relative to the second blade to distract and/or compress adjacent vertebrae when the first blade and the second blade have been secured to the adjacent vertebrae. The instrument may include a depth stop system that limits an insertion depth of an associated tool inserted into the working channel of the instrument. The adjustable depth stop system includes a releasable catch for securing a stop element of the associated tool. A position of the releasable catch relative to the working channel is adjustable to vary the insertion depth of the associated tool.

Distractor

A bone staple () for securing a first bone region (A) to a second bone region (B) includes a staple body () having a first leg section (), a second leg section (), and a connector section (). The first leg section () is insertable into the first bone region (A). The second leg section () is insertable into the second bone region (B). The connector section () connects the first leg section () to the second leg section (). The connector section () includes a deformable region (A) that is movable from a first configuration (A) in which the leg sections () () are spaced apart a first distance () and a second configuration (B) in which the leg sections () () are spaced apart a second distance () that is less than the first distance (). In one embodiment, compression of the deformable region (A) causes the deformable region (A) to move from the first configuration (A) to the second configuration (B). As a result of this design, the bone staple () can easily be moved from the first configuration (A) to the second configuration (B). The deformable region (A) can be substantially square ring shaped and can define a region aperture (D) that is substantially square in the first configuration (A). Further, the deformable region (A) can be substantially oval ring shaped and the region aperture (D) can be generally rectangular shaped in the second configuration (B).

Bone staple with compressible deformation region

Various exemplary embodiments are provided of wheeled shovels. In one exemplary embodiment, a wheeled shovel generally includes a wheel assembly having an axle and a wheel. The wheeled shovel also includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion. The frame may be disposed relative to the axle such that the axle is operable as a fulcrum about which the frame may pivot. A handle may be disposed at about the upper portion of the frame. A shovel blade may be disposed at about the lower portion of the frame. The wheel assembly, frame, handle, and shovel blade may be cooperatively configured so as to enable the wheeled shovel to throw a load of material generally upwardly and forwardly away from the shovel blade in response to a sufficient force applied to the handle for pivoting the frame relative to the axle with a recoil generated through the fulcrum at the axle.

Wheeled shovels

A crank assembly for a bicycle uses a plurality of auxiliary sprockets and chains to achieve high ratios of wheel speed to pedal-rotation speed. The compact crank assembly is especially well suited for use on full-suspension bicycles, as high gear ratios are attained without altering the normal size and layout of the main sprocket and drive chain of the bicycle. The auxiliary sprockets may be coupled by a simple axle or, alternatively, may be coupled by a rider-adjustable transmission to provide greater control over the gear ratio of the crank assembly.

Crank assembly for a bicycle

Crankarm for a bicycle

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Danbury, CT, United States of America

Robert H Humphries, Jr