Author: claimsbot

1. A refrigerator, including a housing and a pair of doors that are coupled to the housing in a hingedly rotatable manner, the refrigerator comprising:
sets of link devices to respectively transmit a rotating force of each of the doors relative to the housing;
a damper, associated with each of the doors, coupled to the respective link devices, to absorb a shock to each of the doors and to allow each of the doors to be automatically closed.
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein each damper includes:
a substantially cylindrical casing;
a cam member coupled to each of the link devices so as to convert the rotating motion of the associated one of the doors into linear motion;
a piston, coupled to the cam member inside the casing, to move linearly; and
a spring anchored to the casing and oil charged inside the casing to dampen the linear motion of the piston.
3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the damper is mounted vertically inside the door.
4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the cam member of the damper comprises a substantially hollow shaft having spiral grooves, wherein
the piston is coupled to the cam member to linearly move along the spiral grooves, and
the cam member converts the rotating motion of the door, transmitted through an associated one of the link devices, to the linear motion of the piston.
5. The refrigerator according to claim 2, further comprising link connection portions to couple the cam members to the respective link devices, wherein each cam member is positioned inside each cylindrical casing so that the link connecting portion is provided at one end of each cylindrical casing and protrudes outwardly to allow the link device to be rotatably fitted therearound.
6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the damping device further includes a sealing member, which is fixed around the piston to seal the oil charged around the piston inserted inside the casing.
7. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the cam member and the piston are coupled to each other by guide pins so that the piston is linearly movable within a range of the spiral grooves formed at the cam member.
8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the guide pins are located close to a lower end of the cam member in a closed state of the door, and slide upward along the spiral grooves toward an upper end of the cam member by receiving an external force when the door is opened, so as to allow the oil to be compressed by a sealing member.
9. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein the guide pins allow the door to be smoothly andor automatically closed as they are returned toward the lower end of the cam member by making use of a repulsive force of the spring andor the oil.
10. A refrigerator comprising a housing, and a pair of doors coupled to the housing in a hingedly rotatable manner, the refrigerator further comprising:
damping devices provided at the doors or the housing; and
link devices to connect the housing and the respective doors and to transmit a rotating force of the doors to the damping devices.
11. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein each of the link devices includes a first link member and a second link member.
12. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein each of the first and second link members has rotatably connectable joint portions at both ends thereof.
13. The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the first and second link members partially overlap each other while forming a small angle therebetween in a closed state of an associated one of the doors, whereas they are spaced apart from each other by a certain large angle when the door is opened.
14. The refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein fasteners to rotatably connect the first and second link members to each other are coupled to the respective joint portions.
15. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein each link device is adjacent to a central axis of rotation of an associated one of the doors.
16. The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein each link device includes a hinge member and a hinge shaft, wherein one end of the hinge member is fixed to the housing, and the other end of the hinge member is coupled to the associated one of the doors by the hinge shaft so as to secure rotation of the door.
17. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the damper is mounted vertically inside one of the doors.
18. A damping device to dampen to absorb shock applied to a refrigerator door and to automatically close the refrigerator door, comprising:
a hinge to rotably connect the door to the refrigerator so as to allow the door to rotate from a first position in which the door closes the refrigerator to a second position in which the refrigerator is open;
a damper including a cylindrical casing, a cam to translate the rotational movement of the door to linear movement, a piston coupled to the cam to move linearly in accordance with the translated rotational movement, and a spring anchored to the casing to oppose the movement of the piston in one direction and aid the movement of the piston in the other direction; and
a link system to connect the hinge with the damper so as to actuate the damper.
19. The damping device according to claim 18, wherein the damper is coupled to the door via a support member having a cylindrical guide portion into which the piston is inserted and a circular center opening.
20. The damping device according to claim 19, further comprising a link connecting portion to integrally protrude from the end of the cam, the link connecting portion having a cylindrical section to extend through the circular center opening of the support member and a rectangular section to cooperate with the link system.
21. The damping device according to claim 19, wherein the link system comprises:
a first link member having a rectangular hole to cooperate with the rectangular section of the link connecting portion at a first end thereof; and
a second link member to be coupled to a second end of the first link member at a first end thereof and to be coupled to the hinge at a second end thereof.
22. The damping device according to claim 19, wherein the second link member is longer than the first link member.

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 treating an eye of a patient, comprising:
providing a geometric representation of the eye, based, at least in part, on anatomic data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
producing a first x-ray beam and a second x-ray beam, each beam having a width of less than about 6 mm;
directing the first x-ray beam such that the first beam passes through a first region of a sclera of the eye to a target of a retina; and
directing the second x-ray beam such that the second beam passes through a second region of the sclera to substantially the same target of the retina as the first beam,
wherein the first region and second region of the sclera are selected based on the geometric representation of the eye; and
wherein the first and second x-ray beams are directed such that central axes of the first and second x-ray beams are projected through the sclera at a distance of from about 0.5 mm to about 6 mm from a limbus of the eye.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the directing the first x-ray beam comprises determining a trajectory of the first beam based on the geometric representation of the eye.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the directing of the first x-ray beam and the directing of the second x-ray beam occur sequentially.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the producing comprises producing the first x-ray beam and the second x-ray beam with maximum photon energies of from about 25 keV to about 150 keV.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising administering to the patient at least one of heating, cooling, a VEGF antagonist, a VEGF-receptor antagonist, an antibody directed to VEGF or a VEGF receptor, microwave energy, radiofrequency energy, a laser, a photodynamic agent, a radiodynamic agent, and a therapeutic agent, prior to, or after, the directing of the first x-ray beam.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the producing the first and second x-ray beams is by an x-ray source that is positioned less than about 50 cm from the retina.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second x-ray beams are emitted from an x-ray source having an anode that is placed within about 25 cm of the eye.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising exposing the retina to about 15 Gy to about 25 Gy of x-ray radiation during one treatment session.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining the eye in substantially the same position during the producing the first x-ray beam and the second x-ray beam.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking a position of the eye during the producing the first x-ray beam and the second x-ray beam and adjusting a trajectory of the first or second x-ray beams based on the position of the eye.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said beam is characterized by regions with higher energy and lower energy.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein said retinal target comprises drusen, a macular edema, a tumor, a blood vessel, or an inflammatory membrane.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising imaging the eye, during the producing the first x-ray beam and the second x-ray beam, with at least one of fundoscopy, optical coherence tomography, scanning laser ophthalmoscope, ultrasound imaging systems, CT scans, MRI, PET, slit lamp microscopy systems, video, and still photography.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second beams is directed to cross the pars plana region as it passes through eye tissue.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second x-ray beams are directed such that the x-ray beam paths do not substantially intersect with the optic nerve of the eye.
16. A method, of treating an eye of a patient, comprising:
providing a geometric representation of the eye, based, at least in part, on anatomic data obtained by an imaging apparatus;
producing a first x-ray beam and a second x-ray beam, each beam having a width of less than about 6 mm;
directing the first x-ray beam such that the first beam passes through a first region of the eye to a target within the eye; and
directing the second x-ray beam such that the second beam passes through a second region of the eye to substantially the same target within the eye,
wherein the first region and second region of the eye are selected based on the geometric representation of the eye; and
wherein the first region of the eye comprises a first region of a sclera of the eye and the second region of the eye comprises a second region of the sclera, and an edge-to-edge distance from the first region of the sclera to the second region of the sclera is from about 0.1 mm to about 2 mm.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the target comprises the posterior lens capsule of the eye.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the target comprises the trabecular meshwork of the eye.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the target comprises a region of the retina.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein the target comprises a tumor of the eye.
21. The method of claim 16, wherein the first region comprises the cornea of the eye.
22. The method of claim 16, wherein the producing comprises producing the first x-ray beam and the second x-ray beam with maximal photon energies of from about 25 keV to about 150 keV.
23. The method of claim 16, further comprising collimating the first and second x-ray beams with a collimator positioned within about 15 cm of the eye.
24. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second x-ray beams are emitted from an x-ray source positioned within about 15 cm of the eye.
25. The method of claim 16, further comprising moving an x-ray source within about 15 cm of the eye.
26. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second x-ray beams are directed from a nasal region external to the eye.
27. The method of claim 16, further comprising directing the first and second x-ray beams such that they overlap at the macular region, wherein the first and second x-ray beams are collimated to a diameter of less than about 6 mm.

What is claimed is:

1. A method of determining the distance between a first electronic device and a second electronic device for allowing a user to access one of the first and the second electronic devices, said method comprising the steps of;
emitting a radio frequency (RF) signal and an audio signal (24) simultaneously from the second electronic device (14),
detecting the RF signal (20) with the first electronic device (12),
detecting the audio signal (24) with the first electronic device (12), and
measuring a time interval (28) between the detection of the RF signal (20) and detection of the audio signal (24) by the second electronic device (14),
said method characterized by comparing the measured time interval (28) to a predetermined time range (38) and enabling one of the first and the second electronic devices in response to the time interval (28) being within the predetermined time range (38) such that the user (52) may have access to the enabled electronic device and disabling one of the first and the second electronic devices in response to the time interval (28) being outside the predetermined time range (38) such that the user (52) cannot have access to the disabled electronic device.
2. A method as set forth in claim 1 including calculating a distance between the first electronic device (12) and the second electronic device (14) utilizing the time interval (28), comparing the distance to a predetermined radius (64), and enabling one of the first and the second electronic devices in response to one of the devices being within the predetermined radius (64) and disabling one of the first and the second electronic devices in response to the devices being outside the predetermined radius (64).
3. A method as set forth in claim 2 wherein the step of emitting the RF signal (20) and the audio signal (24) simultaneously from the second electronic device (14) is further defined by emitting the RF signal (20) at a first velocity and emitting the audio signal (24) at a second velocity simultaneously from the first electronic device (12).
4. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein the step of emitting the audio signal (24) at the second velocity is further defined by emitting the audio signal (24) at the speed of sound.
5. A method as set forth in claim 3 wherein the step of calculating the distance between the first electronic device (12) and the second electronic device (14) is further defined by calculating the distance by using the measured time interval (28) and the second velocity.
6. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of emitting the audio signal (24) is further defined as periodically emitting the audio signal (24) for verifying the continued presence of the user (52) within the predetermined time range (38).
7. A method as set forth in claim 1 including measuring the strength of the RF signal (20) and comparing the strength of the RF signal (20) to a predetermined threshold (54) for initiating the measurement of the time interval (28).
8. A method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the step of measuring the strength of the RF signal (20) further includes verifying the presence of the user (52) within the predetermined time interval (28) by comparing the strength of the RF signal (20) to the predetermined threshold (54).
9. A method as set forth in claim 8 wherein the step of emitting the audio signal (24) is further defined as emitting the audio signal (24) for verifying the continued presence of the user (52) within the predetermined time range (38) in response the RF signal (20) falling below the predetermined threshold (54).
10. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the steps of emitting and detecting of the RF signal (20) is further defined by emitting and detecting a user code and comparing the user code to an authorized user database having authorized user codes and allowing the user (52) to access the previously enabled electronic device in response to the user code matching an authorized user code.
11. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of emitting the RF signal (20) is further defined by sequentially emitting the RF signal (20) from a first emitting antenna (42) and a second emitting antenna (44).
12. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of detecting the RF signal (20) includes detecting the RF signal (20) with a first detecting antenna and a second detecting antenna.
13. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the emitting of the RF signal (20) and the audio signal (24) includes emitting the RF signal (20) and the audio signal (24) from a computer (12).
14. A method as set forth in claim 13 wherein the detecting of the RF signal (20) and audio signal (24) includes detecting the signals with a token (70) carried by the user (52).
15. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the emitting of the RF signal (20) and audio signal (24) includes emitting the signals from a token (70) carried by the user (52).
16. A method as set forth in claim 15 wherein the detecting of the RF signal (20) and audio signal (24) includes detecting the signals with a computer (72).
17. A security apparatus comprising;
a first electronic device (12),
a first transceiver (16) connected to said first electronic device (12) and having at least one antenna for emitting and detecting a radio frequency (RF) signal,
a first detector (22) connected to said first electronic device (12) for detecting an audio signal (24),
a second electronic device (14),
a second transceiver (30) connected to said second device and having at least one antenna for emitting and detecting a RF signal (20),
a transmitter (34) connected to said second electronic device (14) for emitting an audio signal (24),
a counter (26) connected to said first electronic device (12) for measuring a time interval (28) between a transmitted RF signal (20) and audio signal (24) from said second electronic device (14),
said apparatus characterized by a first processor (36) connected to said first electronic device (12) for comparing the measured time interval (28) to a predetermined time range (38) and enabling one of said first and second electronic devices in response to said time interval (28) being within said predetermined time range (38) and disabling one of said first and second electronic devices in response to said time interval (28) being outside the predetermined time range (38).
18. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 including a measurement device (64) for measuring the strength of the RF signal (20) detected by said electronic devices and said processor comparing the strength of the RF signal (20) to a predetermined threshold (54).
19. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said detector connected to said first electronic device (12) is a microphone (76).
20. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said transmitter (34) connected to said second electronic device (14) is a loudspeaker (74).
21. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 including a second processor (40) connected to said second electronic device (14) for processing said RF signals.
22. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein one of said first electronic device (12) and said second electronic device (14) includes a user (52) code being emitted with the RF signal (20) and one of said first and second processors includes a database with a plurality of authorized user codes for comparing said user code to said plurality of authorized user codes for allowing the user (52) to access the previously enabled electronic device.
23. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said first transceiver (16) includes a first detecting antenna and a second detecting antenna, said first detecting antenna being transverse to said second detecting antenna for increased detection of the RF signal (20).
24. An apparatus as set forth in claim 23 wherein said second transceiver (30) includes a first emitting antenna (42) and a second emitting antenna, said first emitting antenna (42) being spaced apart from said second emitting antenna for sequentially emitting the RF signal (20).
25. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said second transceiver (30) includes a third detecting antenna and a fourth detecting antenna, said third detecting antenna being transverse to said fourth antenna for increased detection of the RF signal (20).
26. An apparatus as set forth in claim 25 wherein said first transceiver (16) includes a third emitting antenna and a fourth emitting antenna, said third emitting antenna being spaced apart from said fourth emitting antenna for sequentially emitting the RF signal (20).
27. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said first electronic device (12) includes a computer (72).
28. An apparatus as set forth in claim 27 wherein said second electronic device (14) includes a token (70) carried by a user (52).
29. An apparatus as set forth in claim 17 wherein said first electronic device (12) includes a token (70) carried by a user (52).
30. An apparatus as set forth in claim 29 wherein said second electronic device (14) includes a computer (72).

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A removable trigger guard for a firearm, comprising:
a one-piece housing having a gap;
a lock member slidably connected to the housing; and
a lock mechanism attached to the housing for locking the lock member into a position partially within the gap.
2. The removable trigger guard of claim 1, wherein the lock mechanism is a combination lock.
3. The removable trigger guard of claim 1, wherein the gap is a fixedly sized gap.
4. The removable trigger guard of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first guard member and a second guard member having the gap therebetween, the first guard member and the second guard member connected by a linking member.
5. The removable trigger guard of claim 4, wherein the linking member comprises a crossbar permanently connecting the first guard member and the second guard member.
6. The removable trigger guard of claim 4, wherein the linking member is disposed outside a trigger guard section of the firearm when the lock member is in a closed position.
7. The removable trigger guard of claim 4, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a combination lock.
8. The removable trigger guard of claim 7, wherein the lock member includes a latching section and the combination lock includes an opposing latching section for engaging with the lock member latching section.
9. The removable trigger guard of claim 1, further comprising a button attached to the housing, the button for releasing the lock member from the position partially within the gap.
10. A removable trigger guard for a firearm, comprising:
a housing comprising an integral first guard member for covering one side of a trigger on the firearm, and an integral second guard member for covering an opposing side of the trigger on the firearm;
a lock mechanism attached to the unitary housing; and
a lock member slidably coupled to the unitary housing for locking the housing onto the firearm.
11. The removable trigger guard of claim 10, wherein the lock member has a U-shape.
12. The removable trigger guard of claim 11, wherein the lock member includes a first shaft with a latching section and a second shaft parallel to the first shaft.
13. The removable trigger guard of claim 10, wherein the locking mechanism is a combination lock.
14. The removable trigger guard of claim 10, further comprising a button coupled to the locking mechanism, the button for releasing the lock member from a closed position to an open position.
15. The removable trigger guard of claim 14, wherein when the locking mechanism is in an open position the button can be depressed, and when the locking mechanism is in a locked position the button cannot be depressed.
16. The removable trigger guard of claim 15, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a combination lock.
17. The removable trigger guard of claim 16, wherein the lock member includes a latching section and the combination lock includes an opposing latching section for engaging with the lock member latching section.
18. A removable trigger guard for a firearm, comprising:
a housing having a fixedly sized gap, the housing adapted to be disposed around a trigger; and
a means for locking the housing to the firearm.
19. The removable trigger guard of claim 18, wherein the housing includes a first guard member and a second guard member, the first guard member and a second guard member fixedly connected by a linking member.
20. A one-piece removable trigger guard for a firearm, the removable trigger guard being configured to fit over the trigger of the firearm and having a lock member held in place over the trigger by a lock.