What is claimed is:
1. A reusable infant diaper comprising:
a) inner and outer panels, each panel having upper and lower elliptical portions connected by an narrowing incurvate intermediate portion, said upper elliptical portions having a leading edge, each of said panels attached peripherally one to the other in matched contour;
b) a first elastic strip attached to said inner and outer panels along each side of said intermediate portion;
c) a second elastic strip attached along at least a portion of said leading edge of said outer panel;
d) a first plurality of snap members attached to each end of both the inner and outer upper elliptical body portions;
e) a second plurality of snap members attached to said lower body portion of said outer panel cooperatively fastenable with said first plurality of snap members; and
f) a removable, reusable, absorbent pad inserted between said inner and outer panels and located along said intermediate portion.
2. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 1 wherein said inner and outer panels utilize a previous material.
3. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 1 wherein an inner face of said outer panel is lined with an impervious material.
4. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 1 wherein said inner and outer panels are polar fleece.
5. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 1 wherein said outer panel is an expandable polyurethane laminate coated with a durable water resistant chemical.
6. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of female snap members are attached to said lower body portion of said outer panel in a manner whereby said female snap members are arranged in pairs located at acute angles either side of a longitudinal center line running through said upper and lower body portions.
7. A reusable infant diaper comprising:
a) inner and outer panels having an hour-glass shape comprised of an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a narrowing incurvate intermediate portion connecting said upper and lower body portions, said upper and lower body portions being transversely elliptical with said upper body portion being larger than said lower body portion and having a leading edge, each said panel attached peripherally one to the other in matched contour;
b) a first elastic strip attached to said inner and outer cloth panels along each side of said intermediate portion;
c) a second elastic strip attached along at least a portion of said leading edge of said outer cloth panel;
d) a first and second male snap members attached to each end of said upper body portion;
e) a plurality of female snap member cooperatively fastenable with said first and second male snap members attached to said lower body portion of said outer panel in a manner whereby said female snap members are arranged in pairs located at acute angles either side of a longitudinal center line running through said upper and lower body portions;
f) A reusable absorbent pad inserted between said inner and outer panels and located at least along said intermediate portion.
8. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 7 wherein said inner and outer panels utilize a previous material.
9. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 7 wherein an inner face of said outer panel is lined with an impervious material.
10. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 7 wherein said inner and outer panels are polar fleece.
11. The reusable infant diaper according to claim 7 wherein said outer panel is an expandable polyurethane laminate coated with a durable water resistant chemical.
12. A method for improving comfort and fit in a reusable diaper comprising the steps of:
a) providing a reusable diaper comprising:
i) inner and outer previous fleece panels, said outer panel having an inner face lined with an impervious material, each panel having upper and lower elliptical portions connected by an narrowing incurvate intermediate portion, said upper elliptical portions having a leading edge each of said panels attached peripherally one to the other in matched contour;
ii) a first elastic strip attached to said inner and outer panels along each side of said intermediate portion;
iii) a first plurality of snap members attached to each end of both the inner and outer upper elliptical body portions;
iv) a second plurality of snap members attached to said lower body portion of said outer panel cooperatively fastenable with said first plurality snap members in a manner whereby said female snap members are arranged in pairs located at acute angles either side of a longitudinal center line running through said upper and lower body portions; and
v) a removable, reusable, absorbent pad inserted between said inner and outer panels and located along said intermediate portion and extending into said upper and lower body portions; and
b) folding said diaper in a manner delimiting a shape having front and rear waist portions, an intermediate crotch portion, a pair of leg openings defined by marginal edges of said crotch portion, and front and rear portions separated from one another by said crotch portion; and
c) connecting said male snap members to said female snap members.
13. The method according to claim 12 further comprising the step of adding an elastic strip along said leading edge of said upper panel to allow for waist line expansion when said snaps are secured.
14. The method according to claim 12 further comprising the step of selectively securing each said first male snap members to any one of a plurality of said female snap members for adjusting said waist size without affecting leg opening size.
15. The method according to claim 12 further comprising the step of selectively securing each said second male snap members to any one of a plurality of said female snap members for adjusting said leg opening size without affecting waist opening size.
16. The method according to claim 12 firther comprising the step of removing said absorbent pad without removing the diaper from a wearer of said diaper.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
establishing a first entity and a second entity in an entity relationship graph, wherein the entity relationship graph comprises a set of entities interconnected through a plurality of edge relationships and wherein the first entity and the second entity are included in the set of entities;
assigning an initial activation value to the first entity;
creating an activation value distribution in the entity relationship graph by spreading the initial activation value assigned to the first entity to other entities in the entity relationship graph;
determining an activation value at the second entity in the activation value distribution;
determining a plurality of candidate path relationships between the first entity and the second entity, wherein each of the plurality of candidate path relationships terminates at both the first entity and the second entity and comprises one or more edge relationships in the plurality of edge relationships;
for each candidate path relationship in the plurality of candidate path relationships:
determining a path type that is associated with a candidate path relationship; and
generating a score value for the candidate path relationship based in part on the path type that is associated with the candidate path relationship;
wherein the score value represents a likelihood that the candidate path relationship is of interest to a user; and
selecting, in the plurality of candidate path relationships, one candidate path relationship having a score value that satisfies one or more first criteria;
wherein the plurality of candidate path relationships is identified as one or more path relationships whose contributions to the activation value at the second entity satisfy one or more second criteria;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first entity and the second entity are specified in a query issued by the user.
3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the entity relationship graph is a candidate entity relationship graph that is reduced from an original entity relationship graph.
4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein an entity in the entity relationship graph is of one of a plurality of entity types.
5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein an edge relationship in the entity relationship graph is of one of a plurality of edge relationship types.
6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a candidate path relationship in the plurality of candidate path relationships is of a path type in the form of a tuplet that comprises one or more edge relationship types and wherein each edge relationship type in the one or more edge relationship types is a type of an associated edge relationship in the one or more edge relationships that forms the candidate path relationship.
7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the score value for the candidate path relationship includes a first measure that indicates how strongly the first entity and the second entity are connected through the candidate path relationship.
8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the score value for the candidate path relationship includes a second measure that indicates how rare the candidate path relationship is in the entity relationship graph.
9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the score value for the candidate path relationship includes a third measure that indicates how prestigious one or more entities along the candidate path are.
10. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 1.
11. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 2.
12. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 3.
13. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 4.
14. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 5.
15. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 6.
16. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 7.
17. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 8.
18. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method recited in claim 9.