Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A package for a golf article comprising:
a generally rectangular indication section disposed on said package for indicating salient characteristics of said golf article, said section being divided into a plurality of subsections, and
identifying means for uniquely identifying said salient characteristics of said golf article, said identifying means being disposed within each of said subsections.
2. The package as defined by claim 1, wherein said golf article is a golf glove, and wherein there are three subsections, said identifying means comprising a first graphical icon disposed within said first subsection to identify the type of golf glove; a second graphical icon disposed within said second subsection to identify material from which said golf glove is made; and a third graphical icon disposed within said section subsection to identify feeling or fit of the glove on a player.
3. A package as defined by claim 2, wherein said first graphical icon denotes one of professional and amateur player, and said first graphical icon includes an identification mark to denote all weather and maximum durability.
4. A package as defined by claim 2, wherein said second graphical icon denotes that the glove is made of leather or a combination of leather and a synthetic material.
5. A package as defined by claim 2, wherein said third graphical icon denotes one of stretch knuckles and a soft feel for when gripping the golf glove.

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 set of medical instruments for forming a transplantable osteochondral allograft, the set of instruments comprising:
a first tubular crown saw having a proximal end and an open distal end;
a clamp assembly, the clamp assembly including a base and a vertically extending clamp adapted to receive and constrain bone tissue, the clamp assembly movably coupled relative to the first tubular crown saw to align the first tubular crown saw with constrained bone tissue, the first tubular crown saw movable with respect to the vertically extending clamp;
a guide plate including a plate base, a first guide cylinder extending from the plate base with a first bore disposed therethrough, and a second guide cylinder insertable into the first guide cylinder wherein the first and second guide cylinders are concentric, the second guide cylinder with a second bore disposed therethrough;
a second tubular crown saw having a proximal end and an open distal end, wherein the first bore receives the first tubular crown saw and the second bore receives the second tubular crown saw;
a sleeve including a tubular sleeve body and a base plate having a guide aperture disposed therein, the tubular sleeve body having an inner diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the second crown saw; and
a guide pin adapted to be received in the guide aperture.
2. The set of instruments of claim 1, further comprising a cannulated burring shell having a conical inner surface.
3. The set of instruments of claim 1, further comprising a pair of forceps having a first lever arm and second lever arm, the first and second lever arms pivotally joined at a pivot point, the forceps further having a first curved clamp and a second curved clamp formed at the distal end of the respective first and second lever arms, the first and second clamps coated with an elastomer.
4. The set of instruments of claim 1, further comprising a vertical alignment plate coupled between the base and the first tubular crown saw, the first tubular crown saw extending through a passage in the vertical alignment plate to engage the constrained bone tissue.
5. A set of medical instruments for forming a transplantable osteochondral allograft, the set of instruments comprising:
a first tubular crown saw having a proximal end and an open distal end;
a clamp assembly including a vertically extending clamp adapted to receive and constrain bone tissue;
a guide plate including a plate base, a first guide cylinder extending from the plate base with a first bore disposed therethrough, and a second guide cylinder that is removably inserted into an assembled position with the first guide cylinder, the second guide cylinder with a second bore disposed therethrough, the first and second guide cylinders being concentric in the assembled position;
a second tubular crown saw wherein the first bore concentrically receives the first tubular crown saw and the second bore concentrically receives the second tubular crown saw;
a sleeve including a tubular sleeve body and a base plate having a guide aperture disposed therein, the tubular sleeve body having an inner diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the second crown saw; and
a guide pin adapted to be received in the guide aperture.
6. The set of instruments of claim 5, further comprising a cannulated burring shell having a conical inner surface.
7. The set of instruments of claim 5, further comprising a pair of forceps having a first lever arm and second lever arm, the first and second lever arms pivotally joined at a pivot point, the forceps further having a first curved clamp and a second curved clamp formed at the distal end of the respective first and second lever arms, the first and second clamps coated with an elastomer.
8. The set of instruments of claim 5, further comprising a vertical alignment plate coupled between the base and the first tubular crown saw, the first tubular crown saw extending through a passage in the vertical alignment plate to engage the constrained bone tissue.

1. A light device for illumination by a power supply circuit comprising:
a bulb portion,
a first end cap disposed at one end of the bulb portion,
a second end cap disposed at an end of bulb portion opposite the first end cap, the first and second end caps forming a pair of end caps on opposite ends of the bulb portion; and wherein the bulb portion and the pair of end caps are dimensioned to be mounted in a fluorescent light tube socket, and
a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed inside the bulb portion, the light emitting diodes in electrical communication with the end cap for illuminating in response to electrical current received from the power supply circuit, and wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted an at least one circuit board; and wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted at an angular off-set from the circuit board to establish a predetermined radiation pattern of light.
2. A light tube for illumination by a power supply circuit comprising:
a bulb portion,
a first of end caps disposed at opposite ends of the bulb portion, wherein each of the pair of end caps is shaped to be coupled with a fluorescent light tube socket, and
a plurality of closely-spaced light emitting diodes disposed inside the bulb portion and extending between the opposite ends of the bulb portion, the light emitting diodes in electrical communication with the pair of end caps for illuminating in response to electrical current received from the power supply circuit; and wherein each of the pair of end caps is an electrical bi-pin connector.
3. In a replacement light tube for a fluorescent light fixture having a light tube socket and a power supply circuit, the improvement comprising:
a plurality of closely-spaced light emitting diodes disposed inside a bulb portion of the light tube and in electrical communication with a pair of end caps coupled to opposed ends of the bulb portion and engageable with the light tube socket, the plurality of light emitting diodes operable to illuminate in response to electrical current delivered by the fluorescent light; and wherein each of the pair of end caps is an electrical bi-pin connector.
4. The improvement of claim 3, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted to a circuit board.
5. The improvement of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted at an angular off-set from the circuit board to establish a predetermined radiation pattern of light.
6. The light device of claim 1 wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted on only one side of the at least one circuit board.
7. The light device of claim 6 wherein the radiation pattern of light from each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is centered at a 90\xb0 angle relative to the at least one circuit board.
8. The light device of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is a white LED.
9. The light device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is displaced substantially continuously between the opposite ends of the bulb portion.
10. A light device for illumination by a power supply circuit comprising:
a bulb portion,
a first end cap disposed at one end of the bulb portion, and
a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed inside the bulb portion, the light emitting diodes in electrical communication with the end cap for illumination in response to electrical current received from the power supply circuit; and wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted on at least one circuit board; and wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted at an angular off-set from the circuit board to establish a predetermined radiation pattern of light; and wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is arranged into one of a plurality of equidistantly-spaced light emitting diode banks, each of the plurality of light emitting diode banks comprising at least two light emitting diodes.
11. The improvement of claim 3 wherein the bulb portion is annular.
12. The improvement of claim 3 wherein the electric current is a direct current signal, the improvement further comprising:
a rectifier for converting an alternating current signal from the fluorescent light fixture to the direct current signal.
13. In a replacement light tube for a flourescent light fixture having a light tube socket and a power supply circuit, the improvement comprising:
a plurality of closely-spaced light emitting diodes disposed inside a bulb portion of the light tube and in electrical communication with a pair of end caps coupled to opposed ends of the bulb portion and engageable with the light tube socket, the plurality of light emitting diodes operable to illuminate in response to electrical current delivered by the flourescent light fixture wherein the electric current is a direct current signal;
a rectifier for converting an alternating current signal from the fluorescent light fixture to the direct current signal; and
a pulse-width modulating circuit for receiving the direct current signal and supplying a resulting modulated signal to the plurality of light emitting diodes.
14. The improvement of claim 3 wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is a white LED.
15. In a replacement light tube for a flourescent light fixture having a light tube socket and a power supply circuit, the improvement comprising:
a plurality of closely-spaced light emitting diodes disposed inside a bulb portion of the light tube and in electrical communication with a pair of end caps coupled to opposed ends of the bulb portion and engageable with the light tube socket, the plurality of light emitting diodes operable to illuminate in response to electrical current delivered by the flourescent light fixture; and wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is arranged into one of a plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks, each of the plurality of light emitting diode banks comprising at least two light emitting diodes.
16. The improvement of claim 4 wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes is mounted on only one side of the circuit board to emit light toward only one side of the bulb portion.
17. The improvement of claim 16 wherein the radiation pattern of light from each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is centered at a 90\xb0 angle relative to the circuit board.
18. The light device of claim 1 wherein the bulb portion comprises one of clear glass and frosted glass.
19. A retrofit LED light tube for replacing a light tube in a fixture, the retrofit LED light tube comprising:
a elongated cylindrical transparent envelope,
a base cap at an end of the envelope, wherein the base cap is an electrical bi-pin connector comprising a first pin and a second pin extending perpendicularly from a surface of the base cap, wherein the first and second pins are adapted to electrically communicate with a fluorescent light socket; and
at least one LED device in electrical communication with the base cap, wherein the at least one LED device is electrically connected to a rectifier and the at least one LED device is further electrically connected to a pulse-width modulating circuit receiving a direct current signal from the rectifier and supplying a modulated signal to the at least one LED device.
20. The retrofit light tube of claim 19, wherein the LED device comprises a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs serially connected to the circuit board.
21. The retrofit light tube of claim 19, further comprising:
current-limiting means coupled to the at least one LED device.
22. The retrofit light tube of claim 19 wherein the base cap has circuitry means for connection with an AC source.
23. The light device of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is arranged into one of a plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks, each of the plurality of light emitting diode banks comprising at least two light emitting diodes.
24. The improvement of claim 3 wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is arranged into one of a plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks, each of the plurality of light emitting diode banks comprising at least two light emitting diodes.
25. The improvement of claim 24 wherein each of the plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks is spaced equidistant from adjacent ones of the plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks.
26. The improvement of claim 15 wherein each of the plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks is spaced equidistant from adjacent ones of the plurality of spaced light emitting diode banks.

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 for sorting objects based on destination point, comprising:
reading destination information associated with the objects;
placing the objects into separate holders on a first carriage;
assigning each of the separate holders an assignment number associated with the destination information for the objects placed therein;
assigning a final sort order number to unused spaces on a second carriage;
moving the separate holders from the first carriage to respective positions on the second carriage based on an alignment of the assignment number and the final sort order number in order to sequentially order the objects based on delivery destination.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising one of:
(i) initially moving any of the separate holders from the first carriage to the second carriage based on an alignment of the assignment number and the final sort order number without moving either of the first carriage or the second carriage; and
(ii) incrementally rotating the first carriage to align the separate holders with a location on the second carriage based on an alignment of the assignment number and the final sort order number in order to sequentially order the objects on the second carriage while the second carriage remains stationary.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising dropping the objects from the separate holders now on the second carriage into a packager and sealing the objects into a package based on delivery point destination.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
determining whether there are additional objects in any of the separate holders for the specific delivery point and, if so, continuing to drop each of the objects into the packager for the specific delivery point;
determining whether there are additional objects for the specific delivery point and, if not, packaging the objects into a package for delivery;
placing the objects in a delivery container;
measuring a thickness of the objects prior to placing in the delivery container to determine when the delivery container is full; and
providing labels on the delivery container.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
placing a packager at a predetermined position with respect to the second carriage such that the objects are unloaded from each of the separate holders of the second carriage in the sequential order into the packager; and
moving each of the separate holders from the second carriage to the first carriage when all of the objects are unloaded to the packager.
6. A method for sorting objects, comprising:
placing objects into separate holders on a first carriage;
assigning each of the separate holders an assignment;
assigning a final sort order to unused spaces on a second carriage; and
moving the separate holders from the first carriage to the unused spaces on the second carriage based on an alignment of the assignment and the final sort order.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the assignment corresponds to an order of the separate holders on the first carriage.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the assignment is associated with destination information for the objects placed therein.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the unused spaces are slots which accommodate the holders from the first carriage.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving the separate holders between the first carriage and the second carriage comprises sliding the separate holders from the first carriage to the second carriage.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein after the moving the separate holders between the first carriage and the second carriage, all of the separate holders are on the second carriage.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein after the moving the separate holders between the first carriage and the second carriage, the separate holders extend downward from the second carriage.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising unloading the objects from the separate holders extending from the second carriage.