Author: claimsbot

1. A foldable electric cart comprising:
a frame assembly including a left side beam, a right side beam, a rear beam integral with the left side beam and the right side beam, a rear transverse beam extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, a front transverse beam extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, a front foot support plate portion extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, and a rear foot support plate portion extending from the left side beam to the right side beam;
a vertical left side seat support plate attached to the frame assembly, and spaced from the left side beam;
a vertical right side seat support plate attached to the frame assembly, spaced from the left side beam and parallel to the left side beam;
a rear lower tube pivotally connected to the vertical left side seat support plate and the vertical right side seat support plate by a lower rear pin, a left rear arm connected to the rear lower tube, a right rear arm connected to the lower rear tube, a front lower tube pivotally connected to the vertical left side seat support plate and the vertical right side seat support plate by a lower front pin that is parallel to and spaced from the lower rear pin, a left front arm connected to the front lower tube, right front arm connected to the front lower tube, a seat mount assembly pivotally attached to the left rear arm and the right rear arm by an upper rear pivot pin, pivotally attached to the left front arm and the right front arm by an upper forward pivot pin, a seat bottom of the seat mount assembly moveable between a horizontal raised position above the frame assembly and a front lower tube and a horizontal lowered position forward of the lower front pin, and a seat back rest pivotally attached to the seat bottom for pivotal movement between a substantially vertical use position and a substantially horizontal storage position;
a left vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly, and a right vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly and spaced from the left vertical front plate;
a steering tube, with an attached yoke, journaled in a housing, the housing including a left trunnion journaled in the left vertical front plate a right trunnion journaled in the right vertical front plate for pivotal movement about a transverse horizontal axis of the left trunnion and the right trunnion, a steering handle base clamped to the steering tube above the housing and the attached yoke;
a left tube attached to the steering handle base, a right tube attached to the steering handle base, a left steering handle and a right steering handle attached to the left tube and the right tube and wherein the housing is pivotal about the transverse horizontal axis of the housing between a steering use position and a steering storage position with the left steering handle and the right steering handle to the rear of the seat bottom when the seat bottom is in the substantially horizontal storage position;
a rear axle attached to the frame assembly, a left rear wheel and tier mounted on the rear axle, and a right rear wheel and tire mounted on the rear axle; and
a hub motor driven wheel journaled on the yoke attached to the steering tube.
2. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, including a rod that holds the left front arm and the right front arm and the attached seat bottom in the horizontal raised position during use of the foldable electric cart.
3. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, including a rod with one rod end pivotally attached to the left front arm, a second rod end pivotally attached to the right front arm and a transverse base that is received in one of a series of left vertical recesses in the vertical left side seat support plate and that is received in one of a series of right vertical recesses in the vertical right side seat support plate.
4. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, including an over center linkage assembly including an arm pivotally attached to the housing the left trunnion and the right trunnion and having an arm free end engageable with the frame assembly, at least one short link with a link pivot end pivotally attached to the arm and pivotally attached to the frame assembly, and a spring that urges the link pivot end to a locking position of the over center linkage assembly.
5. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 4 wherein the spring is mounted on a bolt one spring end engaging a bolt head and a second spring end engaging the arm pivotally attached to the housing and urging the arm free end toward engagement with the frame assembly when the bolt head engages the housing.
6. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, including a bumper bar mounted on the yoke attached to the steering tube and protecting the hub motor driven wheel when the housing is in the steering use position and wherein the bumper bar becomes a handle for moving the foldable electric cart when the housing is in the steering storage position.
7. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the steering handle base clamped to the steering tube includes a left wing with a left wing half pipe surface, that holds the left pipe, a right wing with a right wing half pipe surface that holds the right pipe and wherein the left wing half pipe surface and the right wing half pipe surface hold the left pipe and the right pipe forward relative to a bore in the steering handle base that receives the steering tube.
8. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 1, including a battery container mounted between the left tube and the right tube attached to the steering handle base.
9. A foldable electric cart comprising:
a frame assembly including a left beam, a right beam, a rear beam integral with the left beam and the right beam, a rear transverse beam extending from the left beam to the right beam, a front transverse beam extending from the left beam to the right beam, a front foot support plate portion extending from the left beam to the right beam, and a rear foot support plate portion extending from the left beam to the right beam;
a left seat support plate attached to the frame assembly, and a right seat support plate attached to the frame assembly and spaced from the left seat support plate;
a rear tube pivotally connected to left seat support plate and to the right seat support plate, a left rear arm connected to the rear tube, a right rear arm connected to the rear tube, a front tube pivotally connected to the left seat support plate and the right seat support plate, a left front arm connected to the front tube, a right front arm connected to the front tube, a seat mount pivotally attached to the left rear arm and the right rear arm, to the left front arm and the right front arm, a seat bottom mounted on the seat mount moveable between a horizontal raised position above the frame assembly and a horizontal lowered position forward of the front tube, and a seat back rest pivotally attached to the seat bottom for pivotal movement between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position;
a left vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly, a right vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly and spaced from the left vertical front plate;
a steering tube, with an attached yoke, journaled in a housing, including a left trunnion journaled in the left vertical front plate, a right trunnion journaled in the right vertical front plate for pivotal movement about a transverse horizontal axis of the left trunnion and the right trunnion, a steering handle base clamped to the steering tube above the housing and the attached yoke, a left tube attached to the steering handle base, a left steering handle and a right steering handle attached to the left tube and the right tube and wherein the housing is pivotal about the transverse horizontal axis of the housing between a steering use position and a steering storage position with the left steering handle and the right steering handle to the rear of the seat bottom when the seat bottom is in the substantial horizontal storage position;
said steering handle base includes a left wing with a left wing half pipe surface that holds the left pipe, a right wing with a right wing half pipe surface that holds the right pipe and wherein the left wing half pipe surface and the right wing half pipe surface hold the left pipe and the right pipe forward relative to a bore in the steering handle base that receives the steering tube;
a rear axle attached to the frame assembly, a left rear wheel and tire mounted on the rear axle, and a right rear wheel and tire mounted on the rear axle; and
a hub motor driven wheel journaled on the yoke.
10. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 9, including a rod that holds the left front arm and the right front arm and the attached seat bottom in the horizontal raised position during use of the foldable electric cart.
11. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 9, including a rod with one rod end pivotally attached to the left front arm, a second rod end pivotally attached to the right front arm and a transverse base that is received in one of a series of left vertical recesses in the vertical left side seat support plate and that is received in one of a series of right vertical recesses in the vertical right side seat support plate.
12. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 9, including an over center linkage assembly including an arm pivotally attached to the housing the left trunnion and the right trunnion and having an arm free end engageable with the frame assembly, at least one short link with a link pivot end pivotally attached to the arm and pivotally attached to the frame assembly, and a spring that urges the link pivot end to a locking position of the over center linkage assembly.
13. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 12 wherein the spring is mounted on a bolt one spring end engaging a bolt head and a second spring end engaging the arm pivotally attached to the housing and urging the arm free end toward engagement with the frame assembly when the bolt head engages the housing.
14. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 9, including a bumper bar mounted on the yoke attached to the steering tube and protecting the hub motor driven wheel when the housing is in the steering use position and wherein the bumper bar becomes a handle for moving the foldable electric cart when the housing is in the steering storage position.
15. A foldable electric cart, as set forth in claim 9, including a battery container mounted between the left tube and the right tube attached to the steering handle base.

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 computer system for receiving user data comprising:
a user access component having a display and a processor arranged to execute a data receiving application, wherein the data receiving application provides on the display at least one address field; and
a geographical location device in communication with a location network and arranged to identify a geographical location of the device using information from the location network, the geographical location device located at a user address, the geographical location device operable to provide location data from which address data of the user address is derived and supplied to the data receiving application to automatically populate the address field on the display.
2. A computer system according to claim 1, which comprises a unitary mobile terminal.
3. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the geographic location device comprises a geographical positioning system operable to provide location data using a satellite network.
4. A computer system according to claim 1 which comprises a data connection for supplying the location data from the geographical location device to an address service which uses the location data to provide said address data for populating the address field.
5. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the data receiving application is operable to issue a notification to the geographical location device at commencement of a data entry flow which will include a user address.
6. A computer system according to claim 1, which further includes an approximate positioning device capable of supplying address data to populate the address field until the geographical location device has supplied the geographical location.
7. A computer system according to claim 1, comprising a memory for holding said address data in association with location data from the geographical location device.
8. A method of supplying address data to a data store in a computer system, the method comprising:
executing on a processor of the computer system a data receiving application which provides an address data field on a display for a user;
notifying a geographical location device to identify a location of the computer system using information from a location network and to supply to the data store address data to the data store derived from the geographical location data; and
the data receiving application retrieving address data from the data store and automatically populating the address field with said address data.
9. A method according to claim 8, comprising:
supplying location data from the geographical location device to an address service, wherein the address service forwards address data for populating the address field based on the location data to the data receiving application.
10. A method according to claim 8, wherein the data receiving application issues a notification to the geographical location device at commencement of a data entry flow which will include user address.
11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon program codes which when executed on a processor implements the steps of:
providing an address data field on a display for a user;
notifying a geographical location device to identify a location of a geographical location device using information from a location network; and
receiving address data based on the location identified by the geographical location device and automatically populating the address field with said address data.

1. A device for bending a metallic strip, comprising at least one feeding section for carrying said strip through a guide opening, at least one pair of bending tools arranged near said guide opening, said bending tools being rotatable about at least one common axis of rotation, and means for rotatably driving the bending tools about said at least one common axis of rotation, characterized in that each of said bending tools can be rotatably driven about its own axis, which is different from said common axis of rotation and from the axis of rotation of the other of said tools.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of said bending tools comprises rotary driving means independent from the rotary driving means of the other of said bending tools and from the rotary driving means of both bending tools about said common axis of rotation.
3. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least two moving units are provided for said tools, said moving units being arranged on opposite sides relative to said guide opening and mechanically connected to each other at least through said tools.
4. The device according to claim 3, wherein each of said moving units comprises at least one main shaft with the axis coincident with said common axis of rotation, said main shaft comprising cylindrical portions having parallel and staggered axes relative to said common axis of rotation.
5. The device according to claim 4, wherein each of said moving units comprises at least one first bracket having at least one supporting portion, to which there is removably attached an end of a first of said bending tools, and at least one connecting portion to first rotary driving means about its own rotation axis of said first bending tool, and wherein there is provided at least one connection element having an end fastened to said first bracket and another end rotatably mounted to at least a first one of said cylindrical portions with parallel and staggered axis relative to the axis of rotation of said main shaft.
6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said rotary driving means about its own axis of rotation of said first bending tool comprise at least one first motor and means for transmitting the rotary motion to at least one first arm that can be rotated about said common axis of rotation passing through an end thereof, the other end of said arm comprising a slot in which there is slidably engaged a pin integral with the end of the connecting portion of said first bracket.
7. The device according to claim 6, wherein said first motor is connected to the first brackets of both said moving units through said means for driving the rotary motion about its own axis of rotation of said first bending tool.
8. The device according to claim 4, wherein each of said moving units comprises at least one second bracket having at least one supporting portion, to which there is removably attached an end of a second of said bending tools, and at least one connecting portion to second rotary driving means about its own axis of rotation of said second bending tool, and wherein there is provided at least one connection member having an end fastened to said second bracket and another end rotatably mounted to at least a second one of said cylindrical portions with parallel and staggered axis relative to the axis of rotation of said main shaft.
9. The device according to claim 8, wherein said rotary driving means about its own axis of rotation of said second bending tool comprise at least one second motor and means for transmitting the rotary motion to at least one second arm that can be rotated about said common axis of rotation passing through an end thereof, the other end of said arm comprising a slot in which there is slidably engaged a pin integral with the end of the connecting portion of said second bracket.
10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said second motor is connected to the second brackets of both said moving units through said means for driving the rotary motion about its own axis of rotation of said second bending tool.
11. The device according to claim 4, wherein a third motor is provided for rotary driving said main shaft about said common axis of rotation.
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14. A method for performing the bending on a metallic strip, wherein said strip is carried through a feeding section to a guide opening; and wherein said strip is bent by at least one pair of bending tools that are arranged near said guide opening and can be rotatably driven about at least one common axis of rotation, characterized in that each of said bending tools can be rotary driven about its own axis of rotation which is different from said common axis of rotation and from the axis of rotation of the other of said tools.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein each of said bending tools is rotary driven separately from the rotary driving of the other of said bending tools and from the rotary driving of both the bending tools about said common axis of rotation.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein said common axis of rotation and said their own axes of rotation of said tools are parallel to each other.

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 client device for receiving delivery of a media object from a server, wherein the delivery adapts to network conditions by dynamically changing between different download rates without any involvement of an end user, the client device comprising:
at least one processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to:
download segments from a server,
measure network bandwidth usage while downloading the segments from the server,
responsive to the measured network bandwidth usage, determine transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, each download rate among the different download rates related to a corresponding distinct bitrate at which the media object is encoded,
assemble the segments retrieved from the server into the media object, and
render the media object assembled from the segments.
2. The client device of claim 1, wherein the instructions configured to measure network bandwidth usage while downloading the segments from the server are further configured to:
monitor a time required to render a remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments;
respond to the measured network bandwidth a monitored time to effect transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, the transitions including a transition from a first download rate corresponding to a first encoded bitrate to a second lower download rate corresponding to a second lower encoded bitrate, responsive to the measured network bandwidth falling below a threshold bandwidth needed to download a smallest playable segment at the first encoded bitrate over a current time required to render a currently remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments.
3. The client device of claim 1, wherein the delivery employs an underlying reliable transport protocol capable of retransmission of non-received packets, and wherein the instructions are further configured to selectively prevent retransmission of non-received packets based on operating conditions.
4. The client device of claim 3, wherein the instructions are further configured to selectively prevent retransmission of non-received packets in the case that a network coupled to the client device is experiencing prolonged congestion.
5. The client device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to create at least one bookmark associated with the media object from user-generated interactions and store the at least one bookmark in a database on the client device.
6. The client device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to play the media object in an offline mode where the client device is no longer coupled to a network.
7. A method in a client device for receiving delivery of a media object form a server, wherein the delivery adapts to network conditions by dynamically changing between different download rates without any involvement of an end user, the method comprising:
downloading segments from a server;
measuring network bandwidth usage while downloading the segments from the server;
in response to the measured network bandwidth usage, determining transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, each download rate among the different download rates related to a corresponding distinct bitrate at which the media object is encoded;
assembling the segments retrieved from the server into the media object; and
rendering the media object assembled from the segments.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the measuring further comprises:
monitoring a time required to render a remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments;
responding to the measured network bandwidth with a monitored time to effect transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, the transitions including a transition from a first download rate corresponding to a first encoded bitrate to a second lower download rate corresponding to a second lower encoded bitrate, in response to the measured network bandwidth falling below a threshold bandwidth needed to download a smallest playable segment at the first encoded bitrate over a current time required to render a currently remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the delivery employs an underlying reliable transport protocol capable of retransmission of non-received packets, and wherein the instructions are further configured to selectively prevent retransmission of non-received packets based on operating conditions.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
selectively preventing retransmission of non-received packets in the case that a network coupled to the client device is experiencing prolonged congestion.
11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
creating at least one bookmark associated with the media object from user-generated interactions and store the at least one bookmark in a database on the client device.
12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
playing the media object in an offline mode where the client device is no longer coupled to a network.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to at least one processor, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to:
download segments from a server;
measure network bandwidth usage while downloading the segments from the server;
responsive to the measured network bandwidth usage, determine transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, each download rate among the different download rates related to a corresponding distinct bitrate at which the media object is encoded;
assemble the segments retrieved from the server into the media object; and
render the media object assembled from the segments.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions configured to measure network bandwidth usage while downloading the segments from the server are further configured to:
monitor a time required to render a remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments;
respond to the measured network bandwidth a monitored time to effect transitions between different download rates to be used for downloading different segments from the server, the transitions including a transition from a first download rate corresponding to a first encoded bitrate to a second lower download rate corresponding to a second lower encoded bitrate, responsive to the measured network bandwidth falling below a threshold bandwidth needed to download a smallest playable segment at the first encoded bitrate over a current time required to render a currently remaining amount of previously received and buffered segments.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the delivery employs an underlying reliable transport protocol capable of retransmission of non-received packets, and wherein the instructions are further configured to selectively prevent retransmission of non-received packets based on operating conditions.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further configured to selectively prevent retransmission of non-received packets in the case that a network coupled to the client device is experiencing prolonged congestion.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further configured to create at least one bookmark associated with the media object from user-generated interactions and store the at least one bookmark in a database on the client device.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions are further configured to play the media object in an offline mode where the client device is no longer coupled to a network.