Author: claimsbot

1. A seat comprising:
a sitting portion frame;
a cushion material including a lower layer portion stretched in a front-rear direction on the sitting portion frame, and a surface layer portion layered on the lower layer portion and stretched on the sitting portion frame;
and
a tension adjusting mechanism that connects connection positions of the lower layer portion in to portions of the sitting frame that are lower than the connection positions, the connection positions being provided on the lower layer portion at locations corresponding to locations where ischial tuberosities of a person are located when the person is seated in the seat;
wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism generates tensile force at a time when the person sits in the seat;
the surface layer portion includes portions between a central portion in a left-right direction which support the seated person and both end portions in the left-right direction, and which elongate in a left-right direction more easily than the central portion and the both end portions; and
the portions between the central portion in the left-right direction and both end portions in the left-right direction include elastic members which elongate more easily than the central portion and the both end portions.
2. The seat of claim 1, wherein the elastic members include a three-dimensional solid knit fabric.
3. The seat of claim 1, wherein left-right direction widths of the elastic members vary continuously along a front-rear direction of the sitting portion frame or a top-bottom direction of the back portion frame.
4. A seat comprising:
a back portion frame;
a cushion material including a lower layer portion stretched on the back portion frame at a portion corresponding to a region between a lower side of shoulder blades and a lumbar vertebrae region of a seated person, and a surface layer portion layered on the lower layer portion and stretched on the back portion frame; and
a tension adjusting mechanism that connects at least one connection position of the lower layer portion that is located further upward than beneath the shoulder blades and a connection position further downward than the lumbar vertebrae region to the back portion frame;
wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism generates tensile force which pulls the lower layer portion rearward at a time of sitting;
the surface layer portion includes portions between a central portion in a left-right direction which support the seated person and both end portions in the left-right direction, and which elongate in a left-right direction more easily than the central portion and the both end portions; and
the portions between the central portion in the left-right direction and both end portions in the left-right direction include elastic members which elongate more easily than the central portion and the both end portions.
5. The seat of claim 4, wherein the elastic members include a three-dimensional solid knit fabric.
6. The seat of claim 4, wherein left-right direction widths of the elastic members vary continuously along a front-rear direction of the sitting portion frame or a top-bottom direction of the back portion frame.
7. A seat comprising:
a seat frame that includes a fixed frame and a movable frame provided at a rear portion of the fixed frame, the movable frame being able to move in a front-rear direction;
a cushion material that includes a cloth spring material with a front end portion that is anchored at the fixed frame and a rear end portion that is anchored at the movable frame, and a surface layer portion layered on the cloth spring material and stretched on the fixed frame;
an urging member provided between the fixed frame and the movable frame, the urging member urging the movable frame rearward and adding tension to the cloth spring material at a time when a person sits in the seat; and
a tension adjusting mechanism that connects connection positions of the cloth spring material to portions of the fixed frame that are rearward and downward with respect to the connection positions;
the connection positions are provided on the cloth spring material at locations outward and rearward with respect to locations where ischial tuberosities of a person are located when the person is seated in the seat;
wherein:
the tension adjusting mechanism generates tensile force at the time when the person sits in the seat;
the surface layer portion includes portions between a central portion in a left-right direction which support the seated person and both end portions in the left-right direction, and which elongate in a left-right direction more easily than the central portion and the both end portions; and
the portions between the central portion in the left-right direction and both end portions in the left-right direction include elastic members which elongate more easily than the central portion and the both end portions.
8. The seat of claim 7, wherein the elastic members include a three-dimensional solid knit fabric.
9. The seat of claim 7, wherein left-right direction widths of the elastic members vary continuously along a front-rear direction of the sitting portion frame or a top-bottom direction of the back portion frame.
10. The seat of claim 7, wherein a pushing member, which pushes the cloth spring material from a lower side at the time of sitting, is provided further forward than a front-rear direction central portion of the cloth spring material.
11. The seat of claim 10, wherein the pushing member includes a pushing plate which is formed in a rectangular shape that includes a width of substantially 100 mm and that is disposed in a left-right direction of the seat and that includes a rear end portion that is positioned from 250 mm to 350 mm forward of the connection positions, and an elastic member which is provided between the pushing plate and the fixed frame.
12. A seat comprising:
a frame; and
a sheet of a cloth spring material;
wherein:
a front end portion of the sheet is attached along its length to a front portion of the frame;
a rear end portion of the sheet is attached along its length to a rear portion of the frame;
the front portion of the frame is provided so that the front portion of the frame and the front end portion of the sheet remain fixed in location when the seat is in use;
the rear portion of the frame comprises a connecting portion and a torsion bar, the connecting portion being rotatable about the torsion bar;
the rear end portion of the sheet is attached to the connecting portion so that the rear end portion of the sheet and the connecting portion rotate about the torsion bar against a torsional load of the torsion bar when the seat is in use; and
rotation of the connecting portion about the torsion bar causes the location of the rear end portion of the sheet to change both in an up-down direction and a front-rear direction in accordance with a pushing force applied to the sheet so that a planar orientation of the sheet changes.
13. The seat of claim 12, further comprising:
at least one first spring member connected to the frame and to the sheet;
wherein:
the at least one first spring member is attached to the rear portion of the frame at a location above the connecting portion, the location being fixed when the seat is in use;
the at least one first spring member is attached to the sheet at a location forward of the rear end portion of the sheet;
the at least one first spring member acts to resist movement of the rear end portion of the sheet toward the front portion of the frame when the seat is in use.
14. The seat of claim 13, wherein the at least one first spring member comprises at least two extension coil springs attached to the sheet at respective locations equidistant from a center line of the sheet in a left-right direction.
15. The seat of claim 12, further comprising:
at least one second spring member connected to the frame and to the sheet;
wherein:
the at least one second spring member is attached to the rear portion of the frame at a location below the connecting portion, the location being fixed when the seat is in use;
the at least one second spring member is attached to the sheet at a location forward of the rear end portion of the sheet;
the at least one second spring member acts to resist movement of the rear end portion of the sheet toward the front portion of the frame when the seat is in use.
16. The seat of claim 15, wherein the at least one second spring member comprises at least two extension coil springs attached to the sheet at respective locations equidistant from a center line of the sheet in a left-right direction.
17. The seat of claim 15, wherein the at least one second spring member comprises at least one extension coil spring.
18. The seat of claim 12, further comprising:
a plate member; and
at least one third spring member;
wherein:
the plate member extends along a width of the seat beneath the sheet at a location rearward of the front end portion of the sheet;
the at least one third spring member is connected to the frame and the plate member;
the at least one third spring member pushes the plate member into a bottom surface of the sheet when the seat is in use.
19. The seat of claim 18, wherein:
the plate member comprises a pushing plate having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from above and having a major dimension provided in a left-right direction; and
the at least one third spring member comprises a plurality of compression coil springs attached to the plate member at uniform intervals in the left-right direction.
20. The seat of claim 12, further comprising:
at least one fourth spring member;
wherein:
the at least one fourth spring member is connected to a side edge portion of the sheet and a side portion of the frame;
the at least one fourth spring member acts to resist movement of the side edge portion of the sheet toward a portion of the frame opposite from the side portion of the frame when the seat is in use.
21. The seat of claim 12, further comprising:
a cushion member; and
a surface skin;
wherein:
the cushion member is provided over a top surface of the sheet;
the surface skin is provide over a top surface of the cushion member; and
the cushion member comprises a three dimensional solid knit 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.

1. A Faraday rotator comprising:
a magnetic field forming section configured to form a magnetic field at a predetermined magnetic flux density in a predetermined region;
a Faraday element disposed in the predetermined region; and
a first heat exhaust member, disposed on a side of one primary plane of the Faraday element, configured to form an optical contact surface with the Faraday element and configured to allow light at a predetermined wavelength to pass.
2. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1,
wherein the Faraday element is one of an InSb crystal, a Ge crystal, a CdCr2S4 crystal, a CoCr2S4 crystal, and an Hg1-xCdxTe crystal.
3. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1,
wherein the first heat exhaust member includes a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the Faraday element.
4. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1,
wherein the first heat exhaust member includes diamond.
5. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second heat exhaust member, disposed on the side of the other primary plane of the Faraday element, configured to form an optical contact surface with the Faraday element and configured to allow light at a predetermined wavelength to pass.
6. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1,
wherein the magnetic field forming section is a hollow magnet in which a through-hole is provided; and
the Faraday element is disposed within the through-hole.
7. The Faraday rotator according to claim 6, further comprising:
a movement mechanism configured to move the Faraday element along a direction of a line of magnetic force formed by the magnetic field forming section.
8. The Faraday rotator according to claim 1, further comprising:
a cooling mechanism configured to cool the first heat exhaust member.
9. A Faraday rotator comprising:
a magnetic field forming section configured to form a magnetic field at a predetermined magnetic flux density in a predetermined region;
a Faraday element disposed in the predetermined region;
a first anti-reflective film formed on one primary plane of the Faraday element; and
a first heat exhaust member, disposed on the opposite side of the Faraday element to the first anti-reflective film, configured to form an optical contact surface with the first anti-reflective film and configured to allow light at a predetermined wavelength to pass.
10. The Faraday rotator according to claim 9, further comprising:
a second anti-reflective film formed on the primary plane of the first heat exhaust member that is on the opposite side to the primary plane that faces the Faraday element.
11. The Faraday rotator according to claim 9, further comprising:
a third anti-reflective film formed on the other primary plane of the Faraday element; and
a second heat exhaust member, disposed on the opposite side of the Faraday element to the third anti-reflective film, configured to form an optical contact surface with the third anti-reflective film and configured to allow light at a predetermined wavelength to pass.
12. The Faraday rotator according to claim 11, further comprising:
a fourth anti-reflective film formed on the primary plane of the second heat exhaust member that is on the opposite side to the primary plane that faces the Faraday element.
13. An optical isolator comprising:
the Faraday rotator according to claim 1;
a first polarizer disposed upstream from the Faraday rotator and configured to allow light of a first polarization direction to pass; and
a second polarizer disposed downstream from the Faraday rotator and configured to allow light of a second polarization direction to pass,
the Faraday rotator being configured to rotate the polarization direction of first laser beam entering via the first polarizer and the polarization direction of second laser beam entering via the second polarizer from the opposite side to the first laser beam by substantially 45\xb0 in a predetermined rotation direction central to an optical path of the first laser beam; and
a plane of incidence of the first laser beam on the second polarizer being tilted substantially 45\xb0 in the predetermined rotation direction relative to a plane of incidence of the first laser beam on the first polarizer.
14. An optical isolator comprising:
the Faraday rotator according to claim 9;
a first polarizer disposed upstream from the Faraday rotator and configured to allow light of a first polarization direction to pass; and
a second polarizer disposed downstream from the Faraday rotator and configured to allow light of a second polarization direction to pass,
the Faraday rotator being configured to rotate the polarization direction of first laser beam entering via the first polarizer and the polarization direction of second laser beam entering via the second polarizer from the opposite side to the first laser beam by substantially 45\xb0 in a predetermined rotation direction central to an optical path of the first laser beam; and
a plane of incidence of the first laser beam on the second polarizer being tilted by substantially 45\xb0 in the predetermined rotation direction relative to a plane of incidence of the first laser beam on the first polarizer.
15. A laser apparatus comprising:
a master oscillator configured to output laser beam at a predetermined wavelength;
one or more amplifiers disposed in an optical path of the laser beam outputted from the master oscillator; and
at least one optical isolator according to claim 13, disposed in the optical path of the laser beam outputted from the master oscillator and upstream from at least one of the one or more amplifiers.
16. A laser apparatus comprising:
a master oscillator configured to output laser beam at a predetermined wavelength;
one or more amplifiers disposed in an optical path of the laser beam outputted from the master oscillator; and
at least one optical isolator according to claim 14, disposed in the optical path of the laser beam outputted from the master oscillator and upstream from at least one of the one or more amplifiers.
17. An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus comprising:
the laser apparatus according to claim 15;
a chamber;
a target supply system, attached to the chamber, and configured to supply a target material to the interior of the chamber; and
a focusing optical element configured to focus pulsed laser beam outputted from the laser apparatus at a predetermined region within the chamber.
18. An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus comprising:
the laser apparatus according to claim 16;
a chamber;
a target supply system, attached to the chamber, and configured to supply a target material to the interior of the chamber; and
a focusing optical element configured to focus pulsed laser beam outputted from the laser apparatus at a predetermined region within the chamber.

1. A support assembly comprising:
a) a bracket for engaging an item to be supported, the bracket including an engagement body contoured to generally conform to the shape of an item the assembly is intended to support:
b) an elongate apertured band for connecting the bracket to an item to be supported, the band including an anchored end connected to the bracket;
c) structure connected to the bracket, the structure including projections for extending into band apertures;
d) the band having a free end portion for coaction with the projections to secure the bracket to an item after the band has been wrapped around the item; and,
e) the projections being slanted such that when a projection is projecting into a band aperture it is engaged with the band to resist relative movement in a band loosening direction while permitting the band and housing to be readily moved relatively in a band tightening direction.
2. A tool for use with the assembly of claim 1 including a body for extending into a selected aperture in the free end portion and with another part of the assembly functioning as a fulcrum, coacting with said another part to lever the band in a tightening direction.
3. The assembly of claim 1 further including a second apertured band and the structure further including two sets of projections each for selective extension into apertures of a respective and associated one of the bands.
4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein the structure includes a spaced pair of housings and the projections are within the housings.
5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein the body is curved and the housings are tangential to the body.
6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein the body is curved and the housing is tangential to the body.
7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the structure includes a housing and the projections are within the housing.
8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein a leg support projection extends from the body for connection of a support leg.
9. The assembly of claim 8 wherein a bolt is carried by the projection for extension through a leg aperture.
10. The assembly of claim 1 further including at least one additional bracket for engaging an item to be supported, the second bracket being coactable with the band to be retained in a supporting position on an item to be supported.
11. A support assembly for use with a planting comprising:
a) a curved bracket for engagement with a peripheral portion of a planting;
b) a pair of apertured bands for securing the bracket to a planting when the assembly is in use;
c) the bracket including spaced pairs of band locating recesses respectively for receiving and locating the bands relative to one another and relative to the bracket;
d) a spaced pair of tangential housings connected to the bracket each for receiving an associated one of the bands when the assembly is in use;
e) each of the bands including an anchor end secured to the bracket when the assembly is in use;
f) each of the bands also including a free end to enable wrapping of the bands around a planting and insertion the free ends into respective and associated ones of the housings;
g) each of the housings having a plurality of projections positioned to extend into band apertures in band retaining coaction; and,
h) a leg support secured to the bracket and constructed to be connect to a leg in plant supporting relationship.
12. The assembly of claim 11 wherein the leg support is adapted to receive a rod having a threaded end portion, the end portion being for receipt of a leg retaining fastener.
13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein the rod is a bolt.
14. The assembly of claim 11 wherein a web is connected to the leg support and the bracket to reinforce their securement.
15. In combination with the assembly of claim 11 a tool for insertion into a band aperture in a free end portion of one of the bands and another aperture in the same band near the anchor end for tightening the same band about a planting by using walls defining said another aperture as a fulcrum for the tool to be used as a second class lever.
16. A support arrangement, the arrangement comprising
a) a bracket and a connected elongate member which can be bent to form a loop extending from and returning to the bracket;
b) one end of the elongate member being attached to the bracket and the other end of the elongate member extending through a tightening opening in the bracket to close the loop;
c) the bracket and member being constructed such that said other end can be moved through the opening to tighten the loop but will automatically be restrained to substantially prevent movement the other way to increase the size of the loop; and
d) the member having a plurality of openings such that the loop can be tightened by passing an elongate tool through an opening in the member towards said other end of the member, and moving the member relative to the bracket by a levering action of the elongate tool.
17. An assembly according to claim 16 in which a rigid ground engaging elongate support member is provided and selectively mountable thereto to permit the support assembly to support an upstanding item.
18. An arrangement according to claim 16, in which the arrangement is configured such that the elongate tool can pass through a second opening in the member towards said one end thereof after passing through the first opening, such tat the elongate tool can be pivotally moved relative to the second opening.
19. An arrangement according to claim 18, in which the arrangement is configured such that the elongate tool can pass through a tool opening in the bracket after passing through the second opening in the member.
20. An arrangement according to claim 16 in which the bracket has a generally arcuate configuration, and is arranged such that the member extends from said one end in a generally circumferential alignment, while the other end extends in a generally tangential alignment.
21. An arrangement according to claim 16, in which a mounting structure is provided on the bracket to permit items to be mounted thereto.
22. An arrangement according to claim 21, in which the structure comprises a threaded passage.
23. An arrangement according to claim 16, in which a formation is provided on the elongate tool to prevent the same sliding through the elongate member when causing movement thereon.

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 biosensor for quantitatively analyzing a material having a predetermined and larger size, the biosensor comprising:
a) an electrode substrate;
b) a plurality of first monolayer molecules having electrochemical conductivity and forming an exposed conductive region on the electrode substrate, the exposed conductive region having a diameter less than that of the material to be analyzed; and
c) a plurality of second monolayer molecules formed on the electrode substrate excluding the area where the first monolayer molecules are formed, the second monolayer molecules having electrochemical dielectricity.
2. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the second monolayer molecules forms an insulated region.
3. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the exposed conductive region from the first monolayer molecules has a constant diameter or area.
4. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the exposed conductive region formed by the first monolayer molecules has a nano-scale diameter.
5. A biosensor according to claim 1, further comprising signal medium formed of a first material which can be bound specifically to the material to be analyzed and a second material which can produce an electro-chemical signal, the signal medium being able to diffuse through the exposed conductive region formed by the first monolayer molecules.
6. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the first and second monolayer molecules include a self-assembled monolayer molecules.
7. A biosensor according to claim 6, wherein the first monolayer molecules is formed of an organic compound containing thiols or disulfides.
8. A biosensor according to claim 6, the second monolayer molecules is formed of an organic compound containing thiols or disulfides,
9. A biosensor according to claim 7, wherein the first monolayer molecules is formed of a compound which is able to form a self-assembled monolayer molecules having a length that enables electrochemical current flow.
10. A biosensor according to claim 9, wherein the first monolayer molecules is formed of any one selected from the group consisting of 3-mercatopropionic acid, cysteamine, and cystamine.
11. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the second monolayer molecules is formed of a compound which is able to form a self-assembled monolayer molecules having a length that enables electrochemical insulation.
12. A biosensor according to claim 11, wherein the second monolayer molecules is formed of a 1-decanethiol series compound.
13. A biosensor according to claim 1, wherein the electrode substrate is formed of gold or platinum.