Author: claimsbot

1. A new and distinct Floribunda rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics:
(a) exhibits a compact and bushy growth habit,
(b) forms in abundance attractive pure white blossoms that initially include some pink coloration at the margins prior to full maturity possessing a large number of petals and a configuration similar to that of an old-fashioned rose which display a citrus fragrance,
(c) forms very ornamental dark green and glossy foliage, and
(d) is particularly well suited for forming attractive ornamentation in the landscape;

substantially as herein shown and described.

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 catheter insertion system utilizing a catheter introducer device having an introducer sheath, comprising: a catheter containment unit in which a catheter tube having a catheter hub is held, said catheter containment unit comprises an opening adapted to sealably and reversibly connect to an inserter head, said inserter head is adapted to sealably and reversibly connect, and provide said catheter tube passage, to said catheter introducer device, wherein said catheter containment unit comprises at least one flexible portion and an elasticresilient portion located near its opening for advancing portions of said catheter tube through said passage, and wherein said inserter head is adapted to sealably receive a portion of said catheter hub in a socket provided therein.
2. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, wherein the catheter introducer device is held by an adapter having hollow connecting means adapted for connecting it to the inserter head and for providing passage therethrough into the introducer sheath of said catheter introducer device.
3. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, further comprising a stiffening guide-wire removably placed in, to fill, the lumen of the catheter tube.
4. The catheter insertion system according to claim 2, wherein the catheter introducer device is a type of removable catheter introducer device.
5. The catheter insertion system according to claim 4, wherein the catheter introducer device is a peelable introducer.
6. The catheter insertion system according to claim 2, wherein the adapter comprises a \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion having substantially parallel distal and proximal arms, each of which having an inner and outer sides, said arms are connected by a base and comprise opposing apertures, and wherein said \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion is adapted to receive and hold the catheter introducer device such that the proximal portion of said catheter introducer devices held by said arms, at least a portion of the introducer sheath of said introducer device is passed through the aperture provided in said distal arm, and the interior of said introducer sheath is accessible via the aperture provided in said proximal arms of said \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion.
7. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein the distal andor proximal arms of the \u201cU\u2019-like shaped portion further comprises retaining means for holding the introducer device.
8. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein the aperture provided in the distal arm of the \u201cU\u201d like shaped portion is adapted to prevent the splitting of the portion, or entire length, of the introducer sheath passed therethrough.
9. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein the hollow quick connecting means are provided on the outer side of the proximal andor distal arms for allowing sealably and reversibly connection thereto while providing passage therethrough tofrom the apertures provided in said proximal arms.
10. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein The proximal and distal arms of the \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion of the adapter further comprise slits passing from an upper side thereof and connected to the apertures provided in said arms.
11. The catheter insertion system according to claim 9, wherein the hollow connecting means comprise a corresponding slit passing from an upper side thereof and connected to their hollow interiors.
12. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein the base connecting the arms of the \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion comprises lateral, upper, andor lower, grooves for increasing its elasticityflexibility.
13. The catheter insertion system according to claim 9, wherein the passage through the aperture in the distal arm and the interior of the hollow connecting means connected to the outer side of the distal arm is distally tapering.
14. The catheter insertion system according to claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the passage through the hollow interior of the connecting means connected on the outer side of the distal arm tapers proximally.
15. The catheter insertion system according to claim 6, wherein the adapter further comprises a base portion or wings to which said \u201cU\u20197-like shaped portion is connected.
16. The catheter insertion system according to claim 15, wherein the connection between said base portion or wings and said \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion is achieved by means of an elastic or flexible member allowing reversibly tilting said \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion thereabout.
17. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, wherein the catheter containment unit further comprise filter means for allowing passage of air tofrom its interior.
18. The catheter insertion system according to claim 17, wherein the filtering means is a type tortuous path filtering means.
19. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, wherein the catheter containment unit further comprises a compliant or corrugated portion adapted to expand in response to pressure buildups in said catheter containment unit, and to restore its shape whenever said pressure buildup are released.
20. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, wherein the size andor thickness of a distal portion of the elasticresilient portion of the catheter containment device is made smaller than the sizethickness of the proximal portion thereof.
21. The catheter insertion system according to claim 1, wherein a disinfecting element containing an antimicrobial substance is placed over a portion of the catheter tube adjacent to the insertion site.
22. A method for inserting a catheter tube by means of a catheter introducer device having an introducer sheath, comprising:
placing the introducer sheath in the body of the treated subject by means of a piercing needle and removing said piercing needle therefrom thereafter;
connecting a catheter containment unit to said catheter introducer device by means of an inserter head reversibly connected to an opening of said catheter containment unit, said catheter containment unit comprises a catheter tube having a catheter hub, wherein said inserter head is adapted to sealably receive a portion of said catheter hub in a socket provided therein;
advancing said catheter tube into the body of the treated subject by manually pushing said catheter tube distally via said catheter containment unit;
retaining said catheter hub in said socket provided in said inserter head; and
removing said catheter containment unit by pulling it proximally and releasing its grip over said inserter head.
23. A method for inserting a catheter tube by means of a catheter introducer device having an introducer sheath, comprising:
placing said catheter introducer device in an adapter having hollow connecting means adapted for connecting it to an inserter head and for providing passage therethrough into said introducer sheath of said catheter introducer device;
placing the introducer sheath in the body of the treated subject by means of a piercing needle and removing said piercing needle therefrom thereafter;
connecting a catheter containment unit to said catheter introducer device by means of an inserter head reversibly connected to an opening of said catheter containment unit and having a socket at a proximal portion thereof, said catheter tube is contained in said catheter containment unit;
advancing said catheter tube into the body of the treated subject by manually pushing said catheter tube distally via said catheter containment unit;
retaining the entry port of said catheter tube in the a socket provided in said inserter head; and
removing said catheter containment unit by pulling it proximally and releasing its grip over said inserter head.
24. A method according to claim 25, wherein the adapter comprises a \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion adapted to receive and hold the catheter introducer device.
25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the catheter introducer device is a type of removable catheter introducer device, and wherein said catheter insertion device is removed after completing the catheter insertion steps by splitting portions of the introducer sheath within the \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion.
26. A method according to clam 23, wherein the catheter tube comprises a stiffening guide-wire filling the lumen thereof, said stiffening guide-wire is removed therefrom after removal of the catheter containment unit.
27. An adapter for a catheter introducer device having an introducer sheath, comprising: a \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion flaying substantially parallel distal and proximal arms, each of which having inner and outer sides; a base for connecting said arms; opposing apertures provided in said arms; wherein said \u201cU\u201d-like shaped portion is adapted to receive and hold said catheter introducer device such that the proximal portion of said catheter introducer device is held by said arms, the introducer sheath of said catheter introducer device is passed through the aperture provided in said distal arm, and the interior of said introducer sheath is accessible via the aperture provided in said proximal arms of said \u201cU\u201d like shaped portion.
28. A catheter containment unit for advancing a catheter tube contained therein, comprising: an opening adapted to sealably and reversibly receive an inserter head, said inserter head is adapted to sealably and reversibly connect, and provide said catheter tube passage, to said catheter introducer device, at least one flexible portion and an elasticresilient portion located near its opening for advancing portions of said catheter tube through said passage, wherein said inserter head is adapted to sealably receive a portion of said catheter hub in a socket provided therein.
29. The catheter containment unit according to claim 28, wherein the size andor thickness of a distal portion of the elasticresilient portion of the catheter containment deice is made smaller than the sizethickness of the proximal portion thereof.
30. The catheter containment unit according to claim 28, further comprising filtering means for allowing air to flow thereinto, while preventing contamination of its interior.

1. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising:
a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end and the other end thereof,
wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, said foam-disposed portion is located at least from said one end of the side member to said connection portion of the side member, and said cross member includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided along a longitudinal direction of the cross member.
2. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising:
a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end thereof,
wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, said foam-disposed portion is located at least from said one end of the side member to said connection portion of the side member, said cross member includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided, said suspension cross member is disposed at the rear of vehicle to support rear wheels, said foam-disposed portion of the side member is located at a front-side portion of said side member and said non-foam-disposed portion of the side member is located at a rear-side portion of said side member, said cross member is formed such that a central portion thereof is curved upward so as to cross over a drive shaft of the vehicle, and an additional rear cross member, which includes a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided, is disposed so as to interconnect said non-foam-disposed portions of said both side members.
3. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising:
a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end thereof,
wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, said foam-disposed portion is located at least from said one end of the side member to said connection portion of the side member, said suspension cross member is disposed at the rear of vehicle to support rear wheels, and a fuel supply pipe is disposed so as to pass through a space formed between said foam-disposed portion of the side member and said vehicle frame supporting the side member.
4. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said suspension cross member is disposed at the rear of vehicle to support rear wheels, and said specified vehicle unit is a fuel tank.
5. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 4, wherein each of said side members has a closed cross section which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said foam-disposed portion of the side member is provided in said closed cross section, and said additional rear cross member is disposed so as to interconnect respective rear portions of said side members.
6. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising:
a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end thereof,
wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, said foam-disposed portion is located at least from said one end of the side member to said connection portion of the side member, and said suspension cross member further comprises a pair of vertical members extending upward from said connection portions of the side members with said cross member, wherein upper ends of said vertical members are supported on the vehicle frame respectively, said one end of the side members which is supported on the vehicle frame is constituted as an one end which is located away from said connection portion of the side members, and said foam-disposed portion is located at around said connection portion of the side member and said non-foam-disposed portion is located at said one end which is located away from said connection portion of the side members.
7. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 6, wherein each of said vertical members includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided, and said cross member includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided at around a portion thereof which is connected with said side members.
8. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 6, wherein each of said side members includes a reinforcing partition wall to separate an inside of the side member into a front side portion and a rear side portion, whereby said foam-disposed portion and said non-foam-disposed portion of the side member can be separated by said partition wall.
9. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 7, wherein said cross member includes further a non-foam-disposed portion, where no foaming agent is provided, at a central portion thereof which is adjacent to a power unit of the vehicle.
10. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 9, wherein said cross member includes a pair of reinforcing partition walls to separate an inside of the side member into both side portions and a central portion, whereby said foam-disposed portion and said non-foam-disposed portion of the cross member can be separated by said partition wall.
11. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 9, wherein said suspension cross member is disposed at the front of vehicle to support front wheels, said cross member includes a steering support portion to support a steering mechanism, and said foam-disposed portion is located from the both ends of the cross member to said steering support portion.
12. A suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle, which is supported on a vehicle frame to support a wheel via a suspension arm, comprising:
a cross member extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
a pair of side members respectively connected with both ends of said cross member at a connection portion thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at right and left sides of the vehicle, the side members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame at least at one end thereof; and
a pair of vertical members extending upward from connection portions of said side members with said cross member, upper ends of the vertical members being respectively supported on the vehicle frame,
wherein each of said side members includes a foam-disposed portion where a foaming agent is provided and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided therein, and said foam-disposed portion is located at around said connection portion of the side member with the cross member and said non-foam-disposed portion is located at around said one end of the side member which is supported on the vehicle frame.
13. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 12, wherein said cross member includes a foam-disposed portion where the foaming agent is provided at around a portion thereof which is connected with said side members and a non-foam-disposed portion where no foaming agent is provided at a central portion thereof which is adjacent to a power unit of the vehicle.
14. The suspension cross member of an automotive vehicle of claim 13, wherein said cross member includes a pair of reinforcing partition walls to separate an inside of the side member into both side portions and a central portion, whereby said foam-disposed portion and said non-foam-disposed portion of the cross member can be separated by said partition wall.

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 composition comprising at least one silicone resin and at least one silicone pressure sensitive adhesive.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one of silicone resin is an MQ resin.
3. The compositions of claim 1, wherein the at least one silicone resin is a polymethylsilsesquioxane film former.
4. The composition of claim 1, further comprising pigments.
5. The composition of claim 1, which is anhydrous.
6. The composition of claim 1, further comprising water.
7. The composition of claim 1, which is in the form of a lip composition, a foundation or a mascara.
8. The composition of claim 1, which is in the form of a lip composition or a foundation.
9. The composition of claim 1, which is in the form of an emulsion or dispersion.
10. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a surfactant.
11. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a volatile oil.
12. The composition of claim 1, comprising a volatile hydrocarbon oil.
13. The composition of claim 12, wherein the volatile hydrocarbon oil is isododecane.
14. The composition of claim 3, wherein said polymethylsilsesquioxane film former is present in an amount ranging from about 1% to about 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
15. The composition of claim 2, wherein said MQ resin is present in an amount ranging from about 1% to about 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
16. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one silicone pressure sensitive adhesive are a reaction product between silica dioxide and silanol-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane fluid having a viscosity of about 1000 to 200000 cs.
17. A method for treating, caring for andor making up keratinous material comprising applying the composition of claim 1 to the keratinous material in an amount sufficient to treat, care for andor make up the keratinous material.
18. A method for covering or hiding defects associated with keratinous material comprising applying the composition of claim 1 to the keratinous material in an amount sufficient to cover or hide such skin defects.
19. A method for enhancing the appearance of keratinous material comprising applying the composition of claim 1 to the keratinous material in an amount sufficient to enhance the appearance of the keratinous material.