Author: claimsbot

1. A diagnostic test strip vial comprising a container, a lid, and a plurality of diagnostic test strips:
(i) wherein the container comprises a generally annular wall terminating at a base and at an open mouth at an end opposite the base, wherein the annular wall is cut at an oblique angle whereby the wall has a high side and a low side at the open mouth, wherein the low side is shorter in length than a diagnostic test strip,
(ii) wherein the test strips are disposed in the container, and
(iii) wherein when the lid is closed with the container, the test strips are enclosed in the vial.
2. The vial of claim 1, further comprising a seal disposed on the lid, the container, or both.
3. The vial of claim 2, wherein the lid is sized to slidably receive the annular wall of the container and wherein the seal comprises a raised circular ridge on the outer side of the annular wall of the container.
4. The vial of claim 3, wherein the lid has a depression on the inner side of the lid for snap fit engagement with the raised circular ridge.
5. The vial of claim 2, wherein the container is sized to slidably receive the lid and wherein the seal is a raised circular ridge on the inner side of the annular wall of the container.
6. The vial of claim 5, wherein the lid has a depression on the outer side of the lid for snap fit engagement with the raised circular ridge.
7. The vial of claim 2, wherein the lid is sized to slidably receive the container and wherein the seal is a circular raised ridge on the inner side of the lid.
8. The vial of claim 7, wherein the container has a depression on the outer side of the annular wall of the container for snap fit engagement with the raised circular ridge.
9. The vial of claim 2, wherein the container is sized to slidably receive the lid and wherein the seal is a raised circular ridge on the outer side of the lid.
10. The vial of claim 9, wherein the container has a corresponding depression on the inner side of the annular wall for snap fit engagement with the raised circular ridge.
11. The vial of claim 1, further comprising a desiccant disposed in the lid, the container, or both the lid and the container.
12. The vial of claim 1, wherein the lid is pivotally connected to the container.
13. The vial of claim 12, wherein the lid is connected to the container by a living hinge.
14. The vial of claim 1, wherein the annular wall of the container is oval.
15. The vial of claim 1, wherein the lid further comprises a thumb lip.
16. A diagnostic test strip vial comprising a container, a lid, a circular snap fit seal, a desiccant, and a plurality of diagnostic test strips:
(i) wherein the container comprises a generally oval wall terminating at a base and at an open mouth at an end opposite the base, wherein the oval wall is cut at an oblique angle whereby the wall has a high side and a low side at the open mouth, wherein the low side is shorter in length than a diagnostic test strip,
(ii) the circular snap fit seal comprises a raised circular ridge on the oval wall of the container or lid and a corresponding depression on the oval wall or lid, wherein when the lid is engaged with the container, the circular snap fit seal seals the lid to the container by the interaction of the raised ridge on the container or lid and the corresponding depression,
(iii) wherein the test strips are disposed in the container, and
(iv) wherein when the lid is closed with the container, the test strips are enclosed in the vial.
17. The vial of claim 16, wherein the lid is sized to slidably receive the container and wherein the raised circular ridge is on the outer side of the oval wall of the container and the corresponding depression is on the inner side of the lid.
18. The vial of claim 16, wherein the container is sized to slidably receive the lid and wherein the raised circular ridge is on the inner side of the oval wall of the container and the corresponding depression is on the outer side of the lid.
19. The vial of claim 16, wherein the lid is sized to slidably receive the container and wherein the raised circular ridge on the inner side of the lid and the corresponding depression is on the outer side of the oval wall of the container.
20. The vial of claim 16, wherein the container is sized to slidably receive the lid and wherein the raised circular ridge is on the outer side of the lid and the corresponding depression is on the inner side of the oval wall.
21. The vial of claim 16, wherein the lid is pivotally connected to the container by a living hinge.

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 of providing a single point of access for information about distinct products and services in a multitude of distinguishable advertisements, comprising the steps of:
providing an advertisement comprising a reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on an ad retrieval system;
receiving a telephonic request for information about the advertisement at the ad retrieval system;
determining the advertisement a user is requesting information about; and
providing information about the advertisement to the user.
2. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a first set of information about the advertisement at the ad retrieval system, wherein the first set of information comprises a copy of the advertisement, a location where the ad will be provided, a product or service being offered in the advertisement and contact information for a seller of the product or service being offered in the advertisement; and
storing the first set of information about the advertisement in the ad retrieval system.
3. The ad retrieval method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
generating a time stamp for the advertisement on each occasion that the advertisement is broadcast;
receiving the time stamp for the advertisement at the ad retrieval system; and
storing the time stamp with the first set of information about the advertisement in the ad retrieval system.
4. The ad retrieval method of claim 2, further comprising:
providing a first set of voice prompts to request additional information about the advertisement;
receiving at least one response to the first set of voice prompts from a supplier of the first set of information about the advertisement; and
storing the response with the first set of information about the advertisement in the ad retrieval system.
5. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the advertisement the user is requesting information about further comprises the steps of:
providing a second set of voice prompts requesting information about the advertisement;
determining if a response was received from the user to the second set of voice prompts;
adding the response to a set of search parameters if the response to the second set of voice prompts was received from the user;
searching an advertisement database for the requested advertisement based on the set of search parameters; and
determining if at least one advertisement in the advertisement database matches the set of search parameters.
6. The ad retrieval method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a name of a seller from the user in response to the second set of voice prompts;
determining if the seller provides information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
determining contact information for the seller if the seller does not provide information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
providing a third set of voice prompts to determine if the user wants to be connected to the seller in exchange for a monetary fee;
connecting the user to the seller if the user wants to be connected; and
charging a monetary fee to the user.
7. The ad retrieval method of claim 6, further comprising the step of sending the seller a message that a search was made for the seller’s advertisements on the ad retrieval system.
8. The ad retrieval method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
a. determining at least one closest matching advertisement to the set of search parameters if no advertisements match all of the set of search parameters;
b. retrieving the closest matching advertisements from the ad database;
c. providing a fourth set of voice prompts to determine if the user wants to listen to the closest matching advertisements;
d. playing a first closest matching advertisement if the user wants to listen to the closest matching advertisements;
e. determining if the first closest matching advertisement is the advertisement the user was searching for;
f. repeating steps (d)-(e) for each additional closest matching advertisement if the first closest matching advertisement is not the advertisement the user was searching for;
g. retrieving the contact information for a seller associated with the first closest matching advertisement if the first closest matching advertisement is the advertisement the user was searching for; and
h. connecting the user to the seller associated with the first closest matching advertisement.
9. The ad retrieval method of claim 8, wherein the order of playing the matching advertisements is modified when a business pays a monetary fee to have its advertisement played in a selected position in the order of matching advertisements.
10. The ad retrieval method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
a. receiving a name of a seller from the user in response to the second set of voice prompts;
b. receiving a product type from the user in response to the second set of voice prompts;
c. determining if the seller provides information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
d. determining at least one other seller of the product type that provides information about advertisements to the ad retrieval system if the seller does not provide information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
e. playing the advertisement of the other seller of the product type;
f. determining if the user wants to be connected to the other seller of the product type;
g. repeating steps (d)-(f) if the user does not want to be connected to the other seller; and
h. generating a telephonic connection between the user and the other seller if the user wants to be connected.
11. The ad retrieval method of claim 10, wherein a business can pay a monetary fee to be selected as one of the other sellers of the product type and have its advertisement played to the user.
12. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing information about the advertisement further comprises the steps of:
determining if the user wants to listen to a reproduction of the advertisement the user is requesting information about;
playing a reproduction of the advertisement if the user wants to listen;
determining if the user would wants to be telephonically connected to a seller associated with the advertisement;
retrieving contact information for the seller associated with the advertisement if the user wants to be telephonically connected to the seller; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the seller of the advertisement.
13. The ad retrieval method of claim 12, further comprising the step of charging a monetary fee to the seller of the advertisement in response to generating the telephonic connection.
14. The ad retrieval method of claim 12, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user would like to receive additional information associated with the advertisement the user is requesting information about;
retrieving the additional information from the information about the advertisement in the ad database if the user would like the additional information; and
providing the additional information to the user.
15. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is a telephone number.
16. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is a symbolic representation of the ad retrieval system.
17. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is at least one auditory tone.
18. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is at least one word.
19. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is a radio advertisement.
20. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is a billboard advertisement.
21. The ad retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement is a television advertisement.
22. A method of providing an ad retrieval system as a single point of access for information about products and services in a multitude of distinguishable advertisements from disparate sellers, comprising the steps of:
receiving a first set of information about a billboard advertisement at the ad retrieval system, wherein the first set of information comprises the location of the billboard advertisement; a product being offered in the billboard advertisement; a script of the billboard advertisement, and contact information for a seller associated with the billboard advertisement;
displaying the billboard advertisement comprising a reference indicating information about the billboard advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system;
receiving a telephonic request from a user for information about the billboard advertisement at the ad retrieval system;
providing a first set of voice prompts requesting information from the user about the billboard advertisement;
generating a set of search parameters comprising at least one response from the user to the first set of voice prompts;
searching an ad database based on the set of search parameters to locate the first set of information for the billboard advertisement the user is searching for; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the seller associated with the billboard advertisement.
23. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user would like to receive additional information associated with the billboard advertisement;
retrieving the additional information from the information about the billboard advertisement; and
providing the additional information to the user.
24. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user want to receive a reproduction of the billboard advertisement the user is requesting information about; and
providing the reproduction of the billboard advertisement based on the determination that the user wants to receive the reproduction.
25. The ad retrieval method of claim 24, wherein the reproduction comprises an electronic visual image of the billboard advertisement transmitted to the user.
26. The ad retrieval method of claim 24, wherein the reproduction comprises and auditory reproduction of the script of the billboard advertisement.
27. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of
receiving a name of a seller associated with the billboard advertisement from the user in response to the first set of voice prompts;
determining if the seller provides information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
determining contact information for the seller if the seller does not provide information about the seller’s advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
determining if the user wants to be connected to the seller; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the seller associated with the billboard advertisement.
28. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:
searching the ad database for at least one closest matching advertisement to the set of search parameters if no billboard advertisements match all of the set of search parameters, wherein the search of the ad database comprises a search of all advertisements in the ad database;
retrieving the closest matching advertisements from the ad database;
determining if the user wants to listen to the closest matching advertisements;
playing a first closest matching advertisement if the user wants to listen to the closest matching advertisements;
determining if the first closest matching advertisement is the advertisement the user was searching for;
retrieving the contact information for a seller associated with the first closest matching advertisement if the first closest matching advertisement is the advertisement the user was searching for; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the seller associated with the first closest matching advertisement.
29. The ad retrieval method of claim 28, wherein the order of playing the matching advertisements is modified when a business pays a monetary fee to have its advertisement played in a selected position in the order of matching advertisements.
30. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:
a. receiving a product type from the user in response to the first set of voice prompts;
b. determining if the ad database comprises the first set of information for the billboard advertisement the user is searching for;
c. determining at least one other seller associated with the product type that provides information about advertisements to the ad retrieval system if the first set of information for the billboard advertisement the user is searching for is not in the ad database;
d. playing the advertisement of the other seller of the product type;
e. determining if the user wants to be connected to the other seller of the product type;
f. repeating steps (c)-(e) if the user does not want to be connected to the other seller; and
g. generating a telephonic connection between the user and the other seller if the user wants to be connected.
31. The ad retrieval method of claim 30, wherein a business can pay a monetary fee to be selected as one of the other sellers of the product type and have its advertisement played to the user.
32. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, wherein the reference indicating information about the billboard advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is a telephone number.
33. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, wherein the reference indicating information about the billboard advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is a symbolic representation of the ad retrieval system.
34. The ad retrieval method of claim 22, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is at least one word.
35. A method of providing a single point of access for information about distinct products and services in a multitude of distinguishable advertisements from disparate sellers, comprising the steps of:
receiving a telephonic request from a user for information about a product associated with an advertisement at an ad retrieval system;
providing a first set of voice prompts requesting information about the advertisement from the user;
adding at least one response from the user to the first set of voice prompts to a set of search parameters;
searching an ad database based on the set of search parameters to locate the information about the product associated with the advertisement;
determining if at least one advertisement in the ad database matches the set of search parameters;
playing a reproduction of the advertisement that matches the set of search parameters; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and a seller associated with the advertisement.
36. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the step of charging a monetary fee to the seller associated with the advertisement in response to generating the telephonic connection.
37. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user would like to receive additional information associated with the product the user is requesting information about;
retrieving the additional information from the ad database if the user would like the additional information; and
providing the additional information to the user.
38. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the step of providing an advertisement comprising a reference indicating information about the advertisement is available at the ad retrieval system.
39. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a first set of information about the advertisement at the ad retrieval system;
generating a time stamp for the advertisement on each occasion that the advertisement is broadcast;
receiving the time stamp for the advertisement at the ad retrieval system; and
storing the time stamp with the first set of information about the advertisement in the ad database.
40. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a name of a seller associated with the product the user wants information about from the user in response to the first set of voice prompts;
determining if the seller provides information about advertisements associated with the seller to the ad retrieval system;
determining contact information for the seller if the seller does not provide information about advertisements associated with the seller to the ad retrieval system;
determining if the user wants to be connected to the seller in exchange for a monetary fee;
connecting the user to the seller if the user wants to be connected;
charging a monetary fee to the user; and
sending the seller a message that a search was made for the seller’s advertisements on the ad retrieval system.
41. The ad retrieval method of claim 35, further comprising the steps of:
a. determining a product type from the user’s responses to the first set of voice prompts;
b. searching the ad database for at least one other seller associated with the product type that provides information about advertisements to the ad retrieval system;
c. determining if the user wants to hear an advertisement for the other sellers associated with the product type;
d. playing the advertisement of the other seller of the product type;
e. determining if the user wants to be connected to the other seller of the product type;
f. repeating steps (c)-(e) if the user does not want to be connected to the other seller; and
g. generating a telephonic connection between the user and the other seller if the user wants to be connected.
42. The ad retrieval method of claim 41, wherein a business can pay a monetary fee to be selected as one of the other sellers of the product type and have its advertisement played to the user.
43. A method of providing a single point of access for information about a multitude of distinguishable advertisements from disparate sellers, comprising the steps of:
generating a plurality of advertisements from a plurality of disparate sellers comprising a reference indicating information about each advertisement is available from a single source; and
providing telephonic access to the single source to obtain information about each advertisement.
44. The ad retrieval method of claim 43, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available from a single source is a telephone number.
45. The ad retrieval method of claim 43, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available from a single source is a symbolic representation of the ad retrieval system.
46. The ad retrieval method of claim 43, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available on the ad retrieval system is at least one auditory tone.
47. The ad retrieval method of claim 43, wherein the reference indicating information about the advertisement is available from a single source is at least one word.
48. A method of providing a single point of access for information about distinct products and services provided by a multitude of businesses comprising the steps of:
receiving a request for information about a business providing a product or service;
providing a first set of voice prompts requesting information about the product or service;
adding a received response to the first set of voice prompts comprising a keyword to a set of search parameters, wherein the keyword is not the name or address of a business;
searching a database for at least one business matching at least one of the set of search parameters;
determining if a user wants to hear a commercial for each of the matching businesses;
retrieving a commercial for each of the matching business based on a positive determination that the requester wants to hear a commercial for each of the matching businesses; and
playing the commercials.
49. The ad retrieval method of claim 48, further comprising the step of placing the commercials in a sequential order prior to playing.
50. The ad retrieval method of claim 49, wherein the order of playing the commercials is modified when a business pays a monetary fee to have its name played first in the list of businesses.
51. The ad retrieval method of claim 48, further comprising the steps of:
retrieving a list of matching businesses based on a negative determination that the requester wants to hear a commercial for each of the matching businesses;
placing the list of businesses in an order
playing the list of businesses;
determining if one of the business in the list of business was selected by a user; and
playing a commercial for the selected business.
52. The ad retrieval method of claim 51, wherein the order of playing the matching businesses is modified when a business pays a monetary fee to have its name played first in the list of businesses.
53. The ad retrieval method of claim 48, further comprising the steps of:
determining if a user wants additional information about at least one of the matching businesses
retrieving the contact information for the business selected by the user; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the selected business.
54. The ad retrieval method of claim 53, further comprising the step of charging a monetary fee to the selected business in response to generating the telephonic connection between the user and the selected business.
55. The ad retrieval method of claim 48, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user would like to receive additional information associated with the selected business;
retrieving the additional information from the database; and
providing the additional information to the user.
56. A method of providing a single point of access for information about distinct products and services in a multitude of distinguishable advertisements, comprising the steps of:
receiving a telephonic request for information about an advertisement at a first ad retrieval system;
determining a location from which the telephonic request originated;
determining if the location is within a first region covered by a first ad retrieval system;
transferring the telephonic request to a second ad retrieval system that has a second region that the location is within if the location is not within the first region;
providing a first set of voice prompts requesting information about the advertisement;
adding a received response to the first set of voice prompts to a set of search parameters;
searching a database for at least one advertisement matching at least one of the set of search parameters;
retrieving a set of advertisements comprising at least one advertisement most closely matching the set of search parameters from the database; and
playing the set of advertisements.
57. The ad retrieval method of claim 56, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user selected one of the set of advertisements;
determining if the user wants to be telephonically connected with a business associated with the selected advertisement if the user selected one of the set of advertisements; and
generating a telephonic connection between the user and the business associated with the selected advertisement.
58. The ad retrieval method of claim 57, further comprising the step of charging a monetary fee to the business in response to generating the telephonic connection between the user and the business.
59. The ad retrieval method of claim 56, further comprising the steps of:
determining if the user selected on of the set of advertisements;
determining if the user wants additional information about a business associated with the selected advertisement if the user selected one of the set of advertisements; and
retrieving additional information about the business from a database.

1. An interconnect device comprising:
a contact assembly having a carrier holding an array of conductors, each of the conductors having opposite first and second ends configured to engage corresponding first and second electrical components, the conductors defining conductive paths between the first and second ends to electrically interconnect the first and second electrical components; and
a first corner frame and a second corner frame separate and discrete from the first corner frame, the first and second corner frames being separately mounted to the carrier, the first and second corner frames defining a receiving space therebetween configured to receive the first electrical component therein, each of the first and second corner frames includes a first arm and a second arm, the first and second arms being metal and integrally formed, the first and second arms extending from proximal ends to distal ends, the first and second arms of the first corner frame joined at the proximal ends thereof at a flexible hinge of the first corner frame, the first and second arms of the second corner frame joined at the proximal ends thereof at a flexible hinge of the second corner frame, the first and second arms having metal spring fingers extending to the distal ends of the respective arms and extending along different sides of the receiving space, the spring fingers being configured to engage different side edges of the first electrical component to locate the first electrical component in the receiving space, the spring fingers being deflectable and being configured to be spring biased against corresponding side edges of the first electrical component.
2. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the corner frames are mounted directly to the carrier.
3. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein each spring finger is configured to engage a different side edge of the first electrical component, with the spring fingers of the first corner frame biasing the first electrical component toward the second corner frame and with the spring fingers of the second corner frame biasing the first electrical component toward the first corner frame.
4. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the side edges of the first electrical component meet at corners, the corner frames receiving corresponding corners of the first electrical component and extending along both side edges that meet at such corner.
5. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the first corner frame and second corner frame are arranged on opposite corners of the first electrical component, the first corner frame engaging first and second side edges of the first electrical component, the second corner frame engaging third and fourth side edges of the first electrical component.
6. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the metal spring fingers of each corner frame locate the first electrical component in at least two different directions.
7. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the corner frames include locating posts for locating the corner frames with respect to the carrier and the array of conductors.
8. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the corner frames include integral fasteners for securing the corner frames to the carrier.
9. An interconnect device comprising:
a contact assembly having a carrier holding an array of conductors, each of the conductors having opposite first and second ends configured to engage corresponding first and second electrical components, the conductors defining conductive paths between the first and second ends to electrically interconnect the first and second electrical components; and
a first corner frame and a second corner frame separate and discrete from the first corner frame, the first and second corner frames being separately mounted to the carrier, the first and second corner frames defining a receiving space therebetween configured to receive the first electrical component therein, each of the first and second corner frames having metal spring fingers meeting at a corner and extending along different sides of the receiving space, the spring fingers being configured to engage different side edges of the first electrical component to locate the first electrical component in the receiving space, the spring fingers being deflectable and being configured to be spring biased against corresponding side edges of the first electrical component, wherein each corner frame includes a clip extending through the carrier and engaging the corresponding corner frame to secure such corner frame to the carrier.
10. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the corner frames are stamped and formed from a sheet of metal.
11. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein each first and second arm includes a base mounted to the carrier, the bases of the corresponding corner frames being oriented generally perpendicular with respect to each other, the metal spring fingers extending from the bases to the distal ends of the respective arms.
12. The interconnect device of claim 1, wherein the metal spring fingers of the first corner member are oriented at an acute angle, and the metal spring fingers of the second corner member are oriented at an acute angle.
13. The interconnect device of claim 11, wherein the flexible hinges allow hinge allow the first and second arms and corresponding bases to flex and to pivot relative to one another.
14. An interconnect device comprising:
a contact assembly having an insulative carrier holding an array of conductive elastomeric columns, each of the elastomeric columns having opposite first and second ends configured to engage corresponding first and second electrical components, the elastomeric columns being internally conductive between the first and second ends to electrically interconnect the first and second electrical components; and
a first corner frame and a second corner frame separate and discrete from the first corner frame, the first and second corner frames being separately mounted to the carrier, the first and second corner frames defining a receiving space therebetween configured to receive the first electrical component therein, each of the first and second corner frames includes a first arm and a second arm, the first and second arms being metal and integrally formed, the first and second arms extending from proximal ends to distal ends, the first and second arms of the first corner frame joined at the proximal ends thereof at a flexible hinge of the first corner frame, the first and second arms of the second corner frame joined at the proximal ends thereof at a flexible hinge of the second corner frame, the first and second arms having metal spring fingers extending to the distal ends of the respective arms and extending along different sides of the receiving space, the spring fingers being configured to engage different side edges of the first electrical component to locate the first electrical component in the receiving space, the spring fingers being deflectable and being configured to be spring biased against corresponding side edges of the first electrical component.
15. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein the corner frames are mounted directly to the carrier.
16. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein each spring finger is configured to engage a different side edge of the first electrical component, with the spring fingers of the first corner frame biasing the first electrical component toward the second corner frame and with the spring fingers of the second corner frame biasing the first electrical component toward the first corner frame.
17. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein the metal spring fingers of each corner frame locate the first electrical component in at least two different directions.
18. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein the corner frames include locating posts for locating the corner frames with respect to the carrier and the array of conductors.
19. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein the corner frames are stamped and formed from a sheet of metal.
20. The interconnect device of claim 14, wherein each corner frame includes a clip extending through the carrier and engaging the corresponding corner frame to secure such corner frame to the carrier.

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 passive guide vane system comprising:
a rotatable shaft moveable between a fully open position and a closed position;
an airfoil connected to the shaft, the airfoil operable for guiding working fluid in a flow path of a turbo-machine;
a biasing member operable for biasing the airfoil toward the closed position; and
a retainer connected to the shaft for retaining the biasing member within an aperture formed in the shaft.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein momentum of the fluid flowing through the flow path causes the vane to move toward the fully open position.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the fully open position corresponds to a desired operating condition of the turbo-machine.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the biasing member is a spring.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein spring is one of a torsional, compression coil, tension coil, or leaf spring.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a locking mechanism to hold the vane in the fully open position.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism includes a ball detent with a set screw for position control.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the locking mechanism includes a pocket formed in the shaft for receiving the detent ball.
9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a locking collar connecting the biasing member to static support structure.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the turbo-machine is a gas turbine engine.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the guide vane is positioned in one of a compressor section and a turbine section of a turbine engine.
12. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a section with at least one stage of variable position guide vanes and at least one stage of rotating blades positioned within a flow path for working fluid; and
a passive control system operable for controlling the position of the guide vanes; and
a locking mechanism to hold the vanes in the fully open position.
13. The turbine engine of claim 12, wherein the section is one of a compressor section and a turbine section.
14. The turbine engine of claim 13, further comprising:
a biasing member operable for biasing the vanes toward a closed position.
15. The turbine engine of claim 12, wherein momentum of the fluid flowing through the flow path causes the vanes to move toward a fully open position.
16. The turbine engine of claim 15, wherein the fully open position corresponds to a desired operating condition of the gas turbine engine.
17. A method for controlling variable position guide vanes comprising:
biasing the vanes toward a closed position;
flowing fluid through a flow path; and
opening the vanes in response to the momentum of fluid flow through the flow path; and
locking the vanes in a desired open position.
18. A passive guide vane system comprising:
a rotatable shaft moveable between a fully open position and a closed position;
an airfoil connected to the shaft, the airfoil operable for guiding working fluid in a flow path of a turbo-machine;
a biasing member operable for biasing the airfoil toward the closed position; and
a locking mechanism to hold the vane in the fully open position.
19. The passive guide vane system of claim 18 further comprising a retainer connected to the shaft for retaining the biasing member within an aperture formed in the shaft.
20. A passive guide vane system comprising:
a rotatable shaft moveable between a fully open position and a closed position;
an airfoil connected to the shaft, the airfoil operable for guiding working fluid in a flow path of a turbo-machine;
a biasing member operable for biasing the airfoil toward the closed position; and
a locking collar connecting the biasing member to static support structure.