1. A prosthetic breast form that is worn external to the human body to simulate a missing breast or portion thereof, the prosthetic breast form comprising:
a fabric pouch that defines an outer shape that approximates a breast shape or portion thereof, and that further defines an inner compartment; and
a filler disposed within the inner compartment, the filler comprising a free flowing blend of clustered fiber filler and beads that are intermingled.
2. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein the fiber filler comprises clustered polyester fiber filler.
3. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the beads comprise weighting beads.
4. The prosthetic breast for according to claim 3, wherein the weighting beads comprise at least one of glass beads and PVC beads.
5. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the beads comprise filler beads.
6. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 5, wherein the filler beads comprise expanded polystyrene beads.
7. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein the beads comprise a blend of weighted beads and filler beads.
8. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein the beads comprise a blend of polystyrene beads and polyvinyl chloride beads.
9. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein the pouch comprises rear panel and a front panel, with the rear panel being made of an absorbent fabric and the front panel being made of a stretchy fabric.
10. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 9, wherein the rear panel is approximately tear-drop shaped.
11. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 1, wherein the pouch comprises a rear panel and a front panel and wherein at least one of the rear panel and the front panel comprises first and second fabric layers that sandwich a fiber fill layer.
12. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 11, wherein the rear panel is approximately tear-drop shaped.
13. A prosthetic breast form that is worn external to the human body to simulate a missing breast or portion thereof, the prosthetic breast form comprising:
a fabric pouch that defines an outer shape that approximates a breast shape or portion thereof, and that further defines an inner compartment; and
a filler disposed within the inner compartment, the filler comprising a free flowing blend of clustered fiber filler and beads, the beads comprising a plurality of weighting beads and a plurality of filler beads.
14. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 13, wherein the clustered fiber filler comprises clustered polyester fiber filler.
15. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 13, wherein the beads comprise a blend of polystyrene beads and polyvinyl chloride beads.
16. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 13, wherein the pouch comprises rear panel and a front panel, with the rear comprising an absorbent natural fabric and the front panel comprising a stretchy fabric.
17. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 16, wherein the rear panel comprise a cotton knit fabric and wherein the front panel comprises a nylon-spandex blend fabric.
18. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 16, wherein the rear panel is approximately teardrop shaped.
19. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 13, wherein the pouch comprises a rear panel and a front panel and wherein at least one of the rear panel and the front panel comprises first and second fabric layers that sandwich a fiber fill layer.
20. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 19, wherein the rear panel is approximately tear-drop shaped.
21. A prosthetic breast form that is worn external to the human body to simulate a missing breast or portion thereof, the prosthetic breast form comprising:
a fabric pouch that defines an outer shape that approximates a breast shape or portion thereof, and that further defines an inner compartment, wherein the pouch comprises rear panel for contacting the chest surface of the user and a front panel, with the rear panel being made of an absorbent natural fabric and the front panel being made of a stretchy fabric; and
a filler disposed within the inner compartment, the filler comprising a free flowing blend of clustered polyester fiber filler and beads, the beads comprising a plurality of weighting beads and a plurality of filler beads.
22. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 21, wherein the beads comprise a blend of polystyrene beads and polyvinyl chloride beads.
23. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 21, wherein at least one of the rear panel and the front panel comprises first and second fabric layers that sandwich a fiber fill layer.
24. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 21, wherein the rear panel is approximately tear-drop shaped.
25. The prosthetic breast form according to claim 21, wherein the pouch comprises rear panel and a front panel, with the rear panel being made of an absorbent fabric and the front panel being made of a stretchy fabric.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for determining a pre-selected point-to-point separation between a first craft C1 and a second craft C2, the method comprising the steps of:
providing two laser devices, L1, and L2, each laser device L1 and L2 having position vectors P1 and P2, respectively, where L1 and L2 are mechanically attached to crafts C1 and C2 to form lasercraft pairs L1C1 and L2C2, respectively;
determining a skin location vector S2 of craft C2 in P2 coordinates;
translating the skin location vector S2 to P1 coordinates; and
determining skin separation between crafts C1 and C2 in accordance with the translated position vector.
2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the step of translating the skin location vector S2 to P1 coordinates further comprises the steps of:
transmitting skin location vector S2 to lasercraft pair L1C1; and
combining skin location vector S2 with a skin location vector S1.
3. A method as in claim 2 wherein the step of combining skin location vector S2 with a skin location vector S1 further comprises the steps of:
determining a first set of position parameters for position vector P1, wherein the first set of position parameters comprises:
a first azimuthal value, Az1;
a first elevation value, El1;
determining a second set of position parameters for position vector P2, wherein the second set of position parameters comprises:
a second azimuthal value, Az2; and
a second elevation value, E12.
4. A method as in claim 3 wherein the step of determining the first set of position parameters further comprises the steps of:
generating the first set of position parameters with a first gimbaled pedestal, wherein the first gimbaled pedestal is mechanically attached to the first craft C1 and electrically coupled to a first microprocessor.
5. A method as in claim 3 wherein the step of determining the second set of position parameters further comprises the steps of:
generating the second set of position parameters with a second gimbaled pedestal, wherein the second gimbaled pedestal is mechanically attached to the second platform and electrically coupled to a second microprocessor.
6. A method as in claim 3 wherein the step of translating the skin location vector S2 to P1 coordinates further comprises the steps of:
executing an Euler rotation on the second set of position parameters to represent the second set of position parameters in the P1 coordinate system.
7. A method as in claim 1 wherein the step of providing the two laser devices, L1 and L2 further comprises the steps of:
providing laser device L1 with a receive only mode; and
providing laser device L2 with a transmit only mode.
8. A method as in claim 1 wherein the step of providing the two laser devices, L1 and L2, further comprises the step of:
providing laser devices, L1 and L2, with blue-green lasing capability.
9. A method as in claim 1 wherein the step of providing the two laser devices, L1 and L2, further comprises the step of:
providing laser devices L1 and L2 with transceiving capability, wherein the laser devices L1 and L2 each comprise:
a 1550 nm diode lasing wavelength;
a 10 Mbps transmit data rate;
a 159 pan range; and
a tilt range between 31 up and 47 down.
10. A method as in claim 1 wherein the first craft C1 and the second craft C2 comprise a first marine vessel and a second marine vessel, respectfully.
11. A method as in claim 1 wherein the first craft C1 and the second craft C2 comprise a first spacecraft and a second spacecraft, respectfully.
12. A method as in claim 1 wherein the first craft C1 and the second craft C2 comprise a first land-based vehicle and a second land-based vehicle, respectfully.
13. A method as in claim 1 wherein the first craft C1 and the second craft C2 comprise a first moving platform and a second docking station, respectfully.
14. A laser based system for measuring separation distance between a first platform and a second platform, the system comprising:
an interrogator, the interrogator mechanically attached to the first platform, wherein the interrogator comprises:
a first lasing device;
first-circuitry for interrogating off-platform devices with the first lasing device;
a first gimbal device, the first gimbal device adapted to provide first interrogator azimuthal and elevation coordinates, the first gimbal device adapted to support the first lasing device;
an interrogatee, the interrogatee mechanically attached to the second platform, wherein the interrogates comprises:
a second lasing device:
second-circuitry for communicating with the first interrogator using the second lasing device; and
a second gimbal device, the second gimbal device adapted to provide interogatee coordinates, the second gimbal device adapted to support the second lasing device.
15. A laser based system as in claim 14 wherein the interrogator further comprises:
a rotation module, wherein the rotation module comprises:
a X-Euler module;
a Y-Euler module;
a Z-Euler module;
a translator module, wherein the translator module is coupled to the rotation module; and
a distance calculator module, wherein the distance calculator module is coupled to the translator module.
16. A laser based system as in claim 14 wherein the first gimbal device comprises:
a first pan-tilt pedestal, wherein the first pan-tilt pedestal comprises:
first pan gearing for substantially 159 pan rotation; and
first tilt gearing for substantially 3147 tilt rotation.
17. A laser based system as in claim 14 wherein the second gimbal device comprises:
a second pan-tilt pedestal, wherein the second pan-tilt pedestal comprises:
second pan gearing for substantially 159 pan rotation; and
second tilt gearing for substantially 31 and 47 tilt rotation.
18. A method for determining skin-to-skin distance using multi-purpose laser transceiver devices Laser_1 and Laser_2, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a first location vector S1 in Laser_1 coordinates;
determining a second location vector S2 in Laser_2 coordinates;
expressing the second location vector S2 in Laser_1 coordinates; and
determining at least one skin-to-skin distance vector.