1. A method implementable on a computing device, the method comprising:
receiving a page based graphical application having multiple elements on a page;
defining a page based hierarchical view of said application; and
converting said page based hierarchical view to a linear hierarchical view.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said defining comprises:
analyzing each page of said graphical application to determine components within said page.
3. The method according to claim 1 where said converting comprises:
if said component is a container containing other components, indexing said components therein based on a pre-defined property or property combination of said components;
associating each said container with a menu; and
building a linear hierarchy with said menus.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said graphical application is one of a website, a catalog and an e-shop.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said linear hierarchical view is rebuilt whenever a user switches between said linear hierarchical view and said page based hierarchical view.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said views have component property sheets and wherein said linear hierarchical view has a simplified component property sheet.
7. The method according to claim 2 wherein said determining comprises filtering said components for relevance.
8. The method according to claim 2 wherein said analyzing comprises scanning a single page at a time.
9. The method according to claim 2 wherein said analyzing comprises scanning multiple page groups at a time.
10. The method according to claim 8 wherein said scanning does not scan non-container components.
11. The method according to claim 9 wherein said scanning does not scan non-container components.
12. The method according to claim 3 wherein said pre-defined property is a geometrical metric of the relationship between two or more components.
13. The method according to claim 12 wherein said geometrical metric is proximity.
14. The method according to claim 12 wherein said geometrical metric is adjacency.
15. The method according to claim 3 wherein said pre-defined property is at least one of component age, component type, component inheritance history, component size, component shape and any combination thereof.
16. The method according to claim 3 wherein said pre-defined property is at least one of component z-order, component use within said application, component formatting information, component content, component native reading order, inter-page component association, user-defined hints and any combination thereof.
17. An express mode generator implementable on a computing device comprising:
a receiver to receive a page based graphical application having multiple elements on a page and to define a page based hierarchical view of said application; and
a converter to convert said page based hierarchical view to a linear hierarchical view.
18. The express mode generator according to claim 17 wherein said receiver comprises:
an analyzer to analyze each page of said graphical application to determine components within said page.
19. The method according to claim 17 where said converting comprises:
if said component is a container containing other components, an indexer to index said components therein based on a pre-defined property or property combination of said components; and
a builder to associate each said container with a menu and to build a linear hierarchy with said menus.
20. The express mode generator according to claim 17 wherein said graphical application is one of a website, a catalog and an e-shop.
21. The express mode generator according to claim 17 wherein said a linear hierarchical view is rebuilt whenever a user switches between said linear hierarchical view and said page based hierarchical view.
22. The express mode generator according to claim 17 wherein said views have component property sheets and wherein said linear hierarchical view has a simplified component property sheet.
23. The express mode generator according to claim 18 wherein said determining comprises filtering said components for relevance.
24. The express mode generator according to claim 18 wherein said analyzing comprises scanning a single page at a time.
25. The express mode generator according to claim 18 wherein said analyzing comprises scanning multiple page groups at a time.
26. The express mode generator according to claim 24 wherein said scanning does not scan non-container components.
27. The express mode generator according to claim 25 wherein said scanning does not scan non-container components.
28. The express mode generator according to claim 19 wherein said pre-defined property is a geometrical metric of the relationship between two or more components.
29. The express mode generator according to claim 28 wherein said geometrical metric is proximity.
30. The express mode generator according to claim 28 wherein said geometrical metric is adjacency.
31. The express mode generator according to claim 19 wherein said pre-defined property is at least one of component age, component type, component inheritance history, component size, component shape and any combination thereof.
32. The express mode generator according to claim 19 wherein said pre-defined property is at least one of component z-order, component use within said application, component formatting information, component content, component native reading order, inter-page component association, user-defined hints and any combination thereof.
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. Locking pliers comprising:
a stationary assembly having an elongated overall shape, wherein one end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary handle, and the other end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary jaw;
a moveable assembly including an operating lever and a moveable jaw that is supported on said stationary jaw via a first pivot;
said operating lever having a front end that is supported directly on said stationary jaw via a second pivot, and a rear end that forms a moveable handle;
a spring biasing said moveable handle away from said stationary handle;
said moveable assembly further including link mechanism pivotally connected between said operating lever, said moveable jaw and said sattionary handle and dimensioned whereby said moveable jaw is caused to close toward said stationary jaw from an open position to a closed position for clamping an item between said jaws when said moveable handle is moved toward said stationary handle to provide a past-dead-center locking toggle mechanism.
2. The locking pliers of claim 1, wherein said first pivot is a slidable pivot connection whereby said moveable jaw is permitted to close down on an object disposed between said jaws for providing self-adjustment of said jaws for different sized objects to be gripped between said jaws.
3. The locking pliers of claim 2, wherein said slidable pivot connection includes a spring biased pawl and ratchet mechanism with said pawl secured to said moveable jaw by said first pivot and moveable within a slot extending in said stationary jaw generally transversely to said jaws, said pawl having forwardly facing teeth for engaging a rack of teeth on a front edge of said slot for providing said ratchet, and a spring connected between said pawl and said stationary assembly for maintaining said pawl teeth normally disengaged from said rack teeth.
4. The locking pliers of claim 3, wherein said second pivot is a slidable pivot connection.
5. The locking pliers of claim 4, wherein said spring for biasing said moveable handle away from said stationary handle is comprised of a spring disposed between said stationary handle and the front end of said second link.
6. The locking pliers of claim 5, said link mechanism including a first link having a front end supported on said moveable jaw via a third pivot and a rear end supported on said operating lever via a fourth pivot at an intermediate point along said operating lever, and said rear end of said first link having a rearwardly extending protrusion extending beyond said fourth pivot and a second link having a front end supported on said protrusion of said first link via a fifth pivot and a rear end supported on said stationary handle via a sixth pivot at a resting point that is adjustable along a length of said stationary handle, and stop means for preventing said toggle mechanism from going beyond a point of alignment past dead center upon movement of said moveable handle toward said stationary handle, and a protrusion on the front end of said second link which is dimensioned for retaining an end of said spring at a position located in front of said fifth pivot in the open position and in rear of said fifth pivot in the closed position.
7. (original) The locking pliers of claim 6, wherein said spring is a torsion spring.
8. The locking pliers of claim 6, wherein said sixth pivot is displaceable along said second link to two alternate positions for presetting said jaws for gripping larger or smaller objects.
9. The locking pliers of claim 6, wherein said stop means also prevents said toggle mechanism from going beyond a point of alignment past dead center upon movement of said moveable handle away from said stationary handle to the open position.
10. The locking pliers of claim 1, wherein said second pivot is a slidable pivot connection.
11. The locking pliers of claim 1, wherein said spring for biasing said moveable handle away from said stationary handle is comprised of a spring disposed between said stationary handle and said link mechanism.
12. The locking pliers of claim 11, wherein said spring is a torsion spring.
13. The locking pliers of claim 1, wherein the pivot connection of said link mechanism to said stationary handle is displaceable along said second link to two alternate positions for presetting said jaws for gripping larger or smaller objects.
14. The locking pliers of claim 1, including stop means for preventing said toggle mechanism from going beyond a point of alignment past dead center upon movement of said moveable handle toward or away from said stationary handle to the respective closed or open positions.
15. The locking pliers of claim 1, wherein the pivot connection of said link mechanism to said stationary handle is adjustable along a length of said stationary handle by means of a slide received in said stationary handle and which is displaceable with a thumb screw received in said stationary handle.
16. Self-adjusting locking pliers comprising:
a stationary assembly having an elongated overall shape, wherein one end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary handle, and the other end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary jaw;
a moveable assembly including an operating lever and a moveable jaw that is supported on said stationary jaw via a first pivot which is comprised of a slidable pivot connection whereby said moveable jaw is permitted to close down on an object disposed between said jaws for providing self-adjustment of said jaws for different sized objects to be gripped between said jaws;
said operating lever having a front end that is supported on said stationary jaw via a second pivot which is comprised of a slidable pivot connection, and a rear end of said operating lever that forms a moveable handle;
a spring biasing said moveable handle away from said stationary handle;
said moveable assembly further including a first link having a front end supported on said moveable jaw via a third pivot and a rear end supported on said operating lever via a fourth pivot at an intermediate point along said operating lever whereby said moveable jaw is caused to close toward said stationary jaw from an open position to a closed position for clamping an item between said jaws when said movable handle is moved toward said stationary handle, said rear end of said first link having a rearwardly extending protrusion extending beyond said fourth pivot, and a second link having a front end supported on said protrusion of said first link via a fifth pivot and a rear end supported on said stationary handle via a sixth pivot at a resting point that is adjustable along a length of said stationary handle, whereby said links provide a past-dead-center locking toggle mechanism;
a protrusion on the front end of said second link which is dimensioned for retaining an end of said spring at a position located in front of said fifth pivot in the open position and in rear of said fifth pivot in the closed position; and
stop means for preventing said toggle mechanism from going beyond a point of alignment past dead center upon movement of said moveable handle toward said stationary handle to the closed position, and for preventing said toggle mechanism from going beyond a point of alignment past dead center upon movement of said moveable handle away from said stationary handle to the open position.
17. The self-adjusting locking pliers of claim 16, wherein said sixth pivot is adjustable along a length of said stationary handle by means of a slide received in said stationary handle which is displaceable with a thumb screw threadably received in said stationary handle.
18. The self-adjusting locking pliers of claim 17, wherein said sixth pivot is displaceable along said second link to two alternate positions for presetting said jaws for gripping larger or smaller objects.
19. The self-adjusting locking pliers of claim 18, wherein said spring is a torsion spring.
20. The self-adjusting locking pliers of claim 19, wherein said slidable first pivot connection includes a spring biased pawl and ratchet mechanism with said pawl secured to said moveable jaw by said first pivot and moveable within a slot extending in said stationary jaw generally transversely to said jaws, said pawl having forwardly facing teeth for engaging a rack of teeth on a front edge of said slot for providing said ratchet, and a spring connected between said pawl and said stationary assembly for maintaining said pawl teeth normally disengaged from said rack teeth.