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1. A foldable table, comprising:
a plastic tabletop comprising two table panels, wherein each of said table panels has two longitudinal edge portions and an inner transverse edge portion; and
a foldable frame, which comprises:
a pair of U-shaped tabletop supports mounted underneath said two table panels respectively, wherein each of said table supports has two longitudinal supports extended along said two longitudinal edge portions of said respective table panel and a transverse support integrally extended between said two longitudinal supports to extend along said inner transverse edge portion of said respective table panel;
two folding hinges spacedly mounted between said two tabletop supports to pivotally connect said two tabletop supports with each other such that said tabletop is adapted to fold from a folded position that said two table panels are overlappedly folded with each other to an unfolded position that said two table panels are aligned edge-to-edge;
two connecting members coupling with said tabletop supports underneath said table panels respectively, wherein each of said connecting members is transversely mounted between said two longitudinal supports of said respective tabletop support; and
two leg frames foldably connected with said tabletop supports respectively, wherein each of said leg frames comprises a standing leg having an upper portion pivotally connected to said respective tabletop support, and a retaining frame having a leg coupling end pivotally coupling with said respective standing leg and a table coupling end pivotally connecting to said respective connecting member to retain said standing leg at a standing position that said standing leg is pivotally and perpendicularly folded to said respective table panel while said standing leg is adapted to pivotally fold to rest on a bottom side said respective table panel, wherein each of said connecting members is positioned between said respective standing leg and said respective transverse support of said tabletop support.
2. The foldable table, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said table panels comprises two longitudinal rims longitudinally extended from said longitudinal edge portions of said respective table panel, wherein each of said longitudinal rims has two supporting walls downwardly extended from said bottom side of said respective table panel to define a support channel between said two supporting walls to receive said respective longitudinal support of said tabletop support so as to retain said longitudinal support under said table panel in position.
3. The foldable table, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said table panels has a receiving cavity formed within said two longitudinal rims and said bottom side of said table panel, wherein each of said receiving cavity has a predetermined depth to receive said respective standing leg therein so as to overlappedly fold said table panels with each other.
4. The foldable table, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said folding hinges comprises a pivot hinge and two hinge arms opposedly extended from said pivot hinge to securely connect to two inner ends of said two corresponding longitudinal supports of said tabletop supports respectively so as to pivotally connect said two tabletop supports.
5. The foldable table, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said folding hinges comprises a pivot hinge and two hinge arms opposedly extended from said pivot hinge to securely connect to two inner ends of said two corresponding longitudinal supports of said tabletop supports respectively so as to pivotally connect said two tabletop supports.
6. The foldable table, as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said folding hinges comprises a pivot hinge and two hinge arms opposedly extended from said pivot hinge to securely connect to two inner ends of said two corresponding longitudinal supports of said tabletop supports respectively so as to pivotally connect said two tabletop supports.
7. The foldable table, as recited in claim 1, wherein a height of said respective standing leg is shorter than a length of said longitudinal support such that said standing leg is adapted to pivotally folded within said respective tabletop support to rest on said respective table panel so as to overlappedly fold said table panels with each other.
8. The foldable table, as recited in claim 3, wherein a height of said respective standing leg is shorter than a length of said longitudinal support such that said standing leg is adapted to pivotally folded within said respective tabletop support to rest on said respective table panel so as to overlappedly fold said table panels with each other.
9. The foldable table, as recited in claim 6, wherein a height of said respective standing leg is shorter than a length of said longitudinal support such that said standing leg is adapted to pivotally folded within said respective tabletop support to rest on said respective table panel so as to overlappedly fold said table panels with each other.
10. The foldable table, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said table panels has an inner transverse biasing wall configured that when said table panels are folded at said unfolded position, said two biasing walls of said table panels are biased with each other to align said two table panels side-by-side so as to block up a further pivot movement of said tabletop.
11. The foldable table, as recited in claim 6, wherein each of said table panels has an inner transverse biasing wall configured that when said table panels are folded at said unfolded position, said two biasing walls of said table panels are biased with each other to align said two table panels side-by-side so as to block up a further pivot movement of said tabletop.
12. The foldable table, as recited in claim 9, wherein each of said table panels has an inner transverse biasing wall configured that when said table panels are folded at said unfolded position, said two biasing walls of said table panels are biased with each other to align said two table panels side-by-side so as to block up a further pivot movement of said tabletop.

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 disambiguating an input into a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a plurality of objects stored thereon, the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects, each of at least a portion of the language objects of the plurality of language objects being associated with an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the plurality of language objects including a plurality of word objects and a plurality of n-gram objects, substantially each n-gram object of the plurality of n-gram objects including at least a first character, the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the plurality of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto, the method comprising:
detecting an ambiguous input including a number of input member actuations of a number of the input members of the plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the number of input members including a number of characters assigned thereto, at least one of the input members of the number of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto;
generating a number of prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each prefix object of the number of prefix objects including a number of the characters of the number of the input members of the ambiguous input;
for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, seeking a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the prefix object;
generating a result by, for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, said at least a portion being a quantity of one of zero and greater than zero, identifying a word object of the plurality of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the prefix object, obtaining an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the prefix object;
for at least a portion of the prefix objects of the result, generating an output set of the prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith;
outputting an output including the prefix objects of at least a portion of the output set organized in descending order of frequency value;
detecting an editing input as to one of the prefix objects of the output, the one of the prefix objects of the output including a number of characters;
detecting as the editing input an editing actuation of an input member of the plurality of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto as to one of the characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output;
employing the editing actuation in the context of the other characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output as an additional ambiguous input;
generating a number of additional prefix objects corresponding with the additional ambiguous input;
for each additional prefix object of at least a portion of the number of additional prefix objects, seeking a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the additional prefix object;
generating an additional result by, for each additional prefix object of at least a portion of the number of additional prefix objects, said at least a portion being a quantity of one of zero and greater than zero, identifying a word object of the plurality of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the additional prefix object, obtaining an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the additional prefix object;
for at least a portion of the additional prefix objects of the additional result, generating an additional output set of the additional prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith; and
outputting an additional output including the additional prefix objects of at least a portion of the additional output set organized in descending order of frequency value to output a number of proposed edited objects.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a movement input, and responsive to said detecting a movement input determining to which of the characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output the editing actuation is directed.
3. A handheld electronic device comprising
a processor unit including a processor, an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a plurality of objects and a routine stored therein;
the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects, each of at least a portion of the language objects of the plurality of language objects being associated with an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the plurality of language objects including a plurality of word objects and a plurality of n-gram objects, substantially each n-gram object of the plurality of n-gram objects including at least a first character;
the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the plurality of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto;
the routine being adapted to detect an ambiguous input including a number of input member actuations of a number of the input members of the plurality of input members, each of at least a portion of the input members of the number of input members including a number of characters assigned thereto, at least one of the input members of the number of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto;
the routine being adapted to generate a number of prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each prefix object of the number of prefix objects including a number of the characters of the number of the input members of the ambiguous input;
for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, the routine being adapted to seek a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the prefix object;
the routine being adapted to generate a result by, for each prefix object of at least a portion of the number of prefix objects, said at least a portion being a quantity of one of zero and greater than zero, identifying a word object of the plurality of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the prefix object, obtaining an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the prefix object;
for at least a portion of the prefix objects of the result, the routine being adapted to generate an output set of the prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith;
the routine being adapted to output an output including the prefix objects of at least a portion of the output set organized in descending order of frequency value;
the routine being adapted to detect an editing input as to one of the prefix objects of the output, the one of the prefix objects of the output including a number of characters;
the routine being adapted to detect as the editing input an editing actuation of an input member of the plurality of input members having a plurality of characters assigned thereto as to one of the characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output;
the routine being adapted to employ the editing actuation in the context of the other characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output as an additional ambiguous input;
the routine being adapted to generate a number of additional prefix objects corresponding with the additional ambiguous input;
for each additional prefix object of at least a portion of the number of additional prefix objects, the routine being adapted to seek a corresponding language object of the plurality of language objects that corresponds with the additional prefix object;
the routine being adapted to generate an additional result by, for each additional prefix object of at least a portion of the number of additional prefix objects, said at least a portion being a quantity of one of zero and greater than zero, identifying a word object of the plurality of word objects, the identified word object corresponding with the additional prefix object, obtaining an associated frequency object of the plurality of frequency objects, the associated frequency object being associated with the identified word object and having a frequency value, and associating the frequency value of the associated frequency object with the additional prefix object;
for at least a portion of the additional prefix objects of the additional result, the routine being adapted to generate an additional output set of the additional prefix objects sorted according to the frequency values associated therewith; and
the routine being adapted to output an additional output including the additional prefix objects of at least a portion of the additional output set organized in descending order of frequency value to output a number of proposed edited objects.
4. The handheld electronic device of claim 3, wherein the routine is adapted to detect a movement input, and responsive to said detection of a movement input, to determine to which of the characters of the one of the prefix objects of the output the editing actuation is directed.

1461109864-68602326-41f0-4e1c-b467-4d7d93332712

What is claimed is:

1. A cartridge for supporting an optical backplane, comprising:
a base;
an upper portion coupled with the base; and
optical connector slots for supporting one or more optical connectors of the optical backplane disposed within the cartridge.
2. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein walls of the upper portion approximate a predetermined radius of curvature.
3. The cartridge of claim 2, wherein the optical backplane mounts within the upper portion such that the predetermined radius of curvature of the upper portion supports the optical backplane in a predetermined range of radius of curvature.
4. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the optical connector slots are sized and dimensioned to support and mount the one or more optical connectors with a friction fit.
5. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge is made of a material selected from the list of metal, plastic, composite, ceramic, and wood.
6. The cartridge of claim 1, further comprising optical card slots disposed in the upper portion for supporting one or more optical cards.
7. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the optical card slots are sized and dimensioned to support at least a portion of the one or more optical cards with a friction fit.
8. The cartridge of claim 1, wherein the cartridge is sized and dimensioned to facilitate a flow of air therethrough for cooling.
9. An optical component, comprising:
a housing;
at least one plane disposed within the housing;
a cartridge disposed within the housing proximal to the at least one plane; and
an optical backplane disposed within the cartridge such that one or more optical connectors coupled with the optical backplane are supported by the cartridge and the one or more optical connectors further couple with the at least one plane.
10. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the cartridge comprises a base and a upper portion.
11. The optical component of claim 10, wherein walls of the upper portion together with the base portion approximate a predetermined radius of curvature.
12. The optical component of claim 11, wherein the optical backplane mounts within the upper portion and the base portion such that the predetermined radius of curvature of the upper portion and base portion supports the optical backplane in a predetermined range of radius of curvature.
13. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the cartridge comprises one or more optical connector slots.
14. The optical component of claim 13, wherein the one or more optical connector slots are sized and dimensioned to support and mount the optical connectors with a friction fit.
15. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the cartridge is made of a material selected from the group of metal, plastic, composite, ceramic, and wood.
16. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the cartridge comprises one or more optical card slots disposed in the upper portion for supporting one or more optical cards.
17. The optical component of claim 16, wherein the one or more optical card slots are sized and dimensioned to support and mount at least a portion of the one or more optical cards with a friction fit.
18. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the cartridge is sized and dimensioned to facilitate a flow of air therethrough for cooling.
19. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the base of the cartridge is coupled with the housing with at least one of a locking device, a fastening device, a weld, and adhesive.
20. The optical component of claim 9, wherein the plane comprises one of a mid-plane and a backplane.

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 casting metal strip comprising:
(a) assembling a pair of casting rolls laterally disposed to form a nip between them,
(b) assembling an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along and above the nip between the casting rolls, with at least one segment having a main portion and an end portion having a reservoir portion having passages adapted to deliver molten metal to a casting pool and an inner trough extending longitudinally through the main portion and into the end portion beneath the reservoir portion, with end walls at opposite ends thereof, the inner trough communicating with outlets adjacent bottom portions formed in each segment adapted to deliver molten metal to the casting pool,
(c) introducing molten metal through the elongated metal delivery nozzle to form a casting pool of molten metal supported on the casting rolls above the nip, such that molten metal is caused to flow into the inner trough of the delivery nozzle, from the inner trough through the outlets and through the reservoir portion passages into the casting pool, and
(d) counter rotating the casting rolls to deliver cast strip downwardly from the nip.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the inner trough has a bottom portion with a convex upper surface.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the inner trough has a bottom portion with a concave upper surface.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the reservoir portion in the end portion of each segment has parts on opposite sides of the inner trough and longitudinally extending weirs adjacent the side walls of the inner trough adapted to allow molten metal to flow over the weirs from the inner trough into the reservoir portion.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the inner trough in the end portion of each segment extends under the reservoir portion, and has a weir positioned between the reservoir portion and the inner trough in the main portion of each segment adapted to allow molten metal to flow over the weir from the inner trough into the reservoir portion.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 where the outlets in communication with the inner trough extend to adjacent to the end of each segment.
7. A metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip comprising at least one elongated segment having a main portion and an end portion having a reservoir portion having passages adapted to deliver molten metal to a casting pool and an inner trough extending longitudinally through the main portion and into the end portion beneath the reservoir portion with end walls at opposite ends thereof, the inner trough communicating with outlets adjacent bottom portions formed in each segment adapted to deliver molten metal to the casting pool.
8. The metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip as claimed in claim 7 where the inner trough has a bottom portion with a convex upper surface.
9. The metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip as claimed in claim 7 where the inner trough has a bottom portion with a concave upper surface.
10. The metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip as claimed in claim 7 where the reservoir portion in the end portion of each segment has parts on opposite sides of the inner trough and longitudinally extending weirs adjacent the side walls of the inner trough adapted to allow molten metal to flow over the weirs from the inner trough into the reservoir portion.
11. The metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip as claimed in claim 7 where the inner trough of each segment extends under the reservoir portion in the end portion, and has a weir positioned between the reservoir portion and the inner trough in the main portion of each segment adapted to allow molten metal to flow over the weir from the inner trough into the reservoir portion.
12. The metal delivery apparatus for casting metal strip as claimed in claim 7 where the outlets in communication with the inner trough extend adjacent to the end of each segment.