All The Claims

1-10. (canceled)
11. A ski, comprising:
an elongated ski base including a front portion, a rear portion located opposite the base from the front portion, a first side extending between the front portion and the rear portion, and a second side extending between the front portion and the rear portion and located opposite the base from the first side;
a first side front inflection point located on the front portion of the base and adjacent the first side of the base;
a first side rear inflection point located on the rear portion of the base and adjacent the first side of the base, wherein the first side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the first side front inflection point by a first distance;
a second side front inflection point located on the front portion of the base and adjacent the second side of the base;
a second side rear inflection point located on the rear portion of the base and adjacent the second side of the base, wherein the second side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the second side front inflection point by a second distance that is greater than the first distance; and
a weak area provided in the base adjacent at least one of the first side front inflection point and the first side rear inflection point, wherein the weak area is operable to result in a first force distribution from the first side of the base to a surface that differs from a second force distribution from the second side of the base to a surface.
12. The ski of claim 1, wherein a first weak area is provided in the base adjacent the first side front inflection point, and a second weak area is provided in the base adjacent the first side rear inflection point.
13. The ski of claim 1, wherein the base includes a top bearing layer and the weak area includes a cutout in the top bearing layer.
14. The ski of claim 1, wherein the base includes a top bearing layer and a bottom bearing layer, and wherein the weak area includes a first cutout in the top bearing layer and a second cutout in the bottom bearing layer.
15. The ski of claim 1, wherein the base includes a top bearing layer and the weak area includes a cutout in the top bearing layer, and wherein the ski further comprises:
at least one supplemental bearing layer located adjacent the cutout in the top bearing layer, wherein each at least one supplemental bearing layer includes a first edge that forms an acute angle with a longitudinal axis of the base and a second edge that is located opposite that at least one supplemental bearing layer from the first edge and that is shorter than the first edge.
16. The ski of claim 1, wherein the weak area includes a recess in the base that is oriented substantially perpendicularly relative to a bottom surface of the base.
17. The ski of claim 1, wherein the weak area includes a substantially sinusoidal-shaped recess that extends along a portion of the length of the base and that crosses a longitudinal axis of the base.
18. The ski of claim 17, wherein the base includes a top bearing layer and the weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped recess in a portion of the top bearing layer.
19. The ski of claim 17, wherein the base includes a core and a top bearing layer and the weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped recess in a portion of the top bearing layer and a portion of the core.
20. The ski of claim 17, wherein the base includes a core, a top bearing layer, and a bottom bearing layer located opposite the core from the top bearing layer, and wherein the weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped recess in a portion of the top bearing layer, a portion of the core, and a portion of the bottom bearing layer.
21. A set of skis, comprising:
a first ski that is operable to couple to a first ski shoe of a user, wherein the first ski includes an elongated first ski base having a first ski front portion, a first ski rear portion located opposite the first ski base from the first ski front portion, a first ski outer side extending between the first ski front portion and the first ski rear portion, and a first ski inner side extending between the first ski front portion and the first ski rear portion and located opposite the first ski base from the first ski outer side, and wherein the first ski further includes:
a first ski outer side front inflection point located on the first ski front portion of the first ski base and adjacent the first ski outer side of the first ski base;
a first ski outer side rear inflection point located on the first ski rear portion of the first ski base and adjacent the first ski outer side of the first ski base, wherein the first ski outer side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the first ski outer side front inflection point by a first distance;
a first ski inner side front inflection point located on the first ski front portion of the first ski base and adjacent the first ski inner side of the first ski base;
a first ski inner side rear inflection point located on the first ski rear portion of the first ski base and adjacent the first ski inner side of the first ski base, wherein the first ski inner side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the first ski inner side front inflection point by a second distance that is greater than the first distance; and
a first ski weak area provided in the first ski base adjacent at least one of the first ski outer side front inflection point and the first ski outer side rear inflection point, wherein the first ski weak area is operable to result in a first ski inner side force distribution from the first ski inner side of the first ski base to a surface that differs from a first ski outer side force distribution from the first ski outer side of the first ski base to the surface; and

a second ski that is operable to couple to a second ski shoe of a user, wherein the second ski includes an elongated second ski base having a second ski front portion, a second ski rear portion located opposite the second ski base from the second ski front portion, a second ski outer side extending between the second ski front portion and the second ski rear portion and that faces away from the first ski when the first ski is coupled to the first ski shoe and the second ski is coupled to the second ski shoe, and a second ski inner side extending between the second ski front portion and the second ski rear portion, located opposite the second ski base from the second ski outer side, and that faces towards the first ski when the first ski is coupled to the first ski shoe and the second ski is coupled to the second ski shoe, and wherein the second ski further includes:
a second ski outer side front inflection point located on the second ski front portion of the second ski base and adjacent the second ski outer side of the second ski base;
a second ski outer side rear inflection point located on the second ski rear portion of the second ski base and adjacent the second ski outer side of the second ski base, wherein the second ski outer side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the second ski outer side front inflection point by a third distance;
a second ski inner side front inflection point located on the second ski front portion of the second ski base and adjacent the second ski inner side of the second ski base;
a second ski inner side rear inflection point located on the second ski rear portion of the second ski base and adjacent the second ski inner side of the second ski base, wherein the second ski inner side rear inflection point is spaced apart from the second ski inner side front inflection point by a fourth distance that is greater than the third distance; and
a second ski weak area provided in the second ski base adjacent at least one of the second ski outer side front inflection point and the second ski outer side rear inflection point, wherein the second ski weak area is operable to result in a second ski inner side force distribution from the second ski inner side of the second ski base to the surface that differs from a second ski outer side force distribution from the second ski outer side of the second ski base to the surface.
21. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski includes a first first ski weak area that is provided in the first base adjacent the first ski outer side front inflection point, and a second first ski weak area that is provided in the first ski base adjacent the first ski outer side rear inflection point; and
the second ski includes a first second ski weak area that is provided in the second base adjacent the second ski outer side front inflection point, and a second second ski weak area that is provided in the second ski base adjacent the second ski outer side rear inflection point.
22. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski base includes a first ski top bearing layer and the first ski weak area includes a first ski cutout in the first ski top bearing layer; and
the second ski base includes a second ski top bearing layer and the second ski weak area includes a second ski cutout in the second ski top bearing layer.
23. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski includes the first ski base including a first ski top bearing layer and a first ski bottom bearing layer, and wherein the first ski weak area includes a first first ski cutout in the first ski top bearing layer and a second first ski cutout in the first ski bottom bearing layer; and
the second ski includes the second ski base including a second ski top bearing layer and a second ski bottom bearing layer, and wherein the second ski weak area includes a first second ski cutout in the second ski top bearing layer and a second second ski cutout in the second ski bottom bearing layer.
24. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski includes the first ski base having a first ski top bearing layer and the first ski weak area includes a first ski cutout in the first ski top bearing layer, and wherein the first ski further includes at least one first ski supplemental bearing layer located adjacent the first ski cutout in the first ski top bearing layer, wherein each at least one first ski supplemental bearing layer includes a first first ski supplemental bearing layer edge that forms an first ski acute angle with a first ski longitudinal axis of the first ski base and a second first ski supplemental bearing layer edge that is located opposite that at least one first ski supplemental bearing layer from the first ski supplemental bearing layer edge and that is shorter than the first ski supplemental bearing layer edge; and
the second ski includes the second ski base having a second ski top bearing layer and the second ski weak area includes a second ski cutout in the second ski top bearing layer, and wherein the second ski further includes at least one second ski supplemental bearing layer located adjacent the second ski cutout in the second ski top bearing layer, wherein each at least one second ski supplemental bearing layer includes a first second ski supplemental bearing layer edge that forms an second ski acute angle with a second ski longitudinal axis of the second ski base and a second second ski supplemental bearing layer edge that is located opposite that at least one second ski supplemental bearing layer from the first second ski supplemental bearing layer edge and that is shorter than the first second ski supplemental bearing layer edge.
25. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski weak area includes a first ski recess in the first ski base that is oriented substantially perpendicularly relative to a first ski bottom surface of the first ski base; and
the second ski weak area includes a second ski recess in the second ski base that is oriented substantially perpendicularly relative to a second ski bottom surface of the second ski base.
26. The set of skis of claim 20, wherein:
the first ski weak area includes a substantially sinusoidal-shaped first ski recess that extends along a portion of the length of the first ski base and that crosses a first ski longitudinal axis of the first ski base; and
the second ski weak area includes a substantially sinusoidal-shaped second ski recess that extends along a portion of the length of the second ski base and that crosses a second ski longitudinal axis of the second ski base.
27. The set of skis of claim 26, wherein:
the first ski base includes a first ski top bearing layer and the first ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped first ski recess in a portion of the first ski top bearing layer; and
the second ski base includes a second ski top bearing layer and the second ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped second ski recess in a portion of the second ski top bearing layer.
28. The set of skis of claim 26, wherein:
the first ski base includes a first ski core and a first ski top bearing layer and the first ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped first ski recess in a portion of the first ski top bearing layer and a portion of the first ski core; and
the second ski base includes a second ski core and a second ski top bearing layer and the second ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped second ski recess in a portion of the second ski top bearing layer and a portion of the second ski core.
29. The set of skis of claim 26, wherein:
the first ski base includes a first ski core, a first ski top bearing layer, and a first ski bottom bearing layer located opposite the first ski core from the first ski top bearing layer, and wherein the first ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped first ski recess in a portion of the first ski top bearing layer, a portion of the first ski core, and a portion of the first ski bottom bearing layer; and
the second ski base includes a second ski core, a second ski top bearing layer, and a second ski bottom bearing layer located opposite the second ski core from the second ski top bearing layer, and wherein the second ski weak area includes the sinusoidal-shaped second ski recess in a portion of the second ski top bearing layer, a portion of the second ski core, and a portion of the second ski bottom bearing layer.

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 pocket door assembly comprising:
a horizontal header assembly;
a door slidingly mounted to the horizontal header assembly;
a first and second vertical members coupled to the horizontal head assembly, the first and second vertical members defining an opening;
a first plurality of coplanar members coupled to the first vertical member, a plane defined by the first plurality of coplanar members substantially parallel to a plane defined by the door;
a second plurality of coplanar members coupled to the second vertical member and extending a same direction as the first plurality of coplanar members, a plane defined by the second plurality of coplanar members substantially parallel to the plane define by the door;
wherein the first and second vertical members, and the first and second plurality of coplanar members, define a pocket into which the door slides;
a first and second metallic members coupled between the first and second vertical member and the first and second set of coplanar members respectively;
a handle coupled to the door and extending substantially perpendicularly any from the plane defined by the door, the handle extending a distance greater than a clearance between the door and one of the first and second vertical members;
a latch assembly coupled within the door and in operational relationship to the handle; and
one of the first and second vertical members defining an indention. the indention having a deflection toward a back of the pocket;
wherein the handle resides at least partially in an area defined by the indention when the door is substantially within the pocket; and
wherein the latch assembly latches the door in a closed position, and wherein the handle releases the latch assembly from a latched position when the handle is rotated.
2. The pocket door assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein each of the first and second metallic members further comprises a metallic member having an \u201cL\u201d shaped cross-section.
3. The pocket door assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein the metallic member further comprises an aluminum material member having the \u201cL\u201d shaped cross-section.

1. A method for fabricating a thin film transistor, comprising:
forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate;
forming a gate insulation layer on the semiconductor layer;
forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer;
etching an entire upper surface of the gate insulation layer except a portion on which the gate electrode is formed by as much as a first thickness; and
forming a lightly doped drain (LDD) region in which a projected range of ions doped in the semiconductor layer extends to a first depth from a surface of the semiconductor layer,
wherein the first thickness equals the first depth.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first depth satisfies the following mathematical expression:
(thickness of the semiconductor layer2)-100 \u212b\u2266first depth\u2266(thickness of the semiconductor layer2)+100 \u212b.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein ion doping for forming the LDD region is performed under accelerated voltage conditions in a range of about 80 to about 90 keV.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein ion doping for forming the LDD region is performed under dose conditions in a range of about 1E13 to about 5E13 ionscm2.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the gate insulation layer on which the gate electrode is formed has a second thickness before and after the gate insulation layer is etched, and a portion of the gate insulation layer on which the gate electrode is not formed has the second thickness before being etched and a third thickness after being etched, the difference between the second thickness and the third thickness equaling the first thickness.

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. An apparatus comprising:
an enclosure mounted within an interior of an engine compartment of a vehicle and transverse to a front of said vehicle and in communication with fluid flow generated by movement of said vehicle;
an electro-mechanical generator mounted in said enclosure and in electrical communication with a battery;
said electro-mechanical generator integrated into a rotational element comprising:
a rotational element mounted within said enclosure to rotate about an axis upon receipt of said fluid flow in said enclosure;
a magnet coupled to a distal end of said rotational element to rotate with said rotational element;
an electrically conductive material spaced about a housing relatively concentric to said rotational element and in communication with said magnet;
an electrical charge generated from rotation of said rotational element; and

a connection to communicate said electrical charge to said battery.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first electro-mechanical generator housed in said enclosure adjacent to a second electro-mechanical generator, said first electro-mechanical generator having a first rotational element to rotate in a first rotational direction and said second electro-mechanical generator having a second rotational element adapted to rotate in a second rotational direction, wherein said first and second rotational directions are different.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a first fluid force generated by initial movement of said vehicle to cause rotation of said first rotational element, and a second fluid force generated by rotational of said first rotational element to cause rotation of said second rotational element in an opposite direction to said first rotational element.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a first battery operatively connected to said first electro-mechanical generator and a second battery operatively connected to said second electro-mechanical generator.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said electro-mechanical generator is a modular component secured in said enclosure.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a visual indicator operatively engaged with each of said modular electro-mechanical generator components to communicate proper operation of said component.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein proper operation of said component includes generating of a minimum electrical charge to said battery operatively engaged with said generator component.
8. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising modular housing compartments within said enclosure, wherein each of said housing components is sized to receive one of said modular electro-mechanical generator components.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising replacing one of said generator components with a replacement component absent disruption to a previously installed modular electro-mechanical generator component in said enclosure.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein replacement of one of said modular components is initiated following receipt of a communication that output from said component to said battery is below a threshold of required electrical energy.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a control system to monitor electrical output from each of said modular generator components.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising an output device in communication with said control system to convey failure data of one of said generator components, wherein said output device communication data in a format selected from the group consisting of: visual, auditory, and tactile.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said electro-mechanical generator is an generator integrated into said rotational element.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said generated electrical charge recharges said battery.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said vehicle is selected from the group consisting of: a land vehicle, an air vehicle, and a water based vehicle, and combinations thereof.
16. An apparatus comprising:
an enclosure mounted within an interior of an engine compartment of a vehicle transverse to a front of said vehicle and in communication with a fluid flow generated by movement of said vehicle;
said enclosure having a plurality of interior compartments, with each of said compartments configured to receive and mount a single modular electro-mechanical generator component, said modular electro-mechanical generator component in electrical communication with a battery;
each of said electro-mechanical generator components comprising a generator mounted to a brace and a rotational element in communication with said generator through a shaft;
said rotational element adapted to rotate about an axis upon receipt of said fluid flow in said enclosure;
a first electro-mechanical generator component housed in a first compartment of said enclosure adjacent to a second electro-mechanical generator component housed in an adjacent compartment, said first electro-mechanical generator having a first rotational element adapted to rotate in a first rotational direction and said second electro-mechanical generator having a second rotational element adapted to rotate in a second rotational direction, wherein said first and second rotational directions are different;
an electrical charge generated by each of said generator components through rotation of said rotational elements; and
an electrical connection to communicate said generated electrical charge to said battery.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a first fluid force generated by initial movement of said vehicle to cause rotation of said first rotational element, and a second fluid force generated by rotation of said first rotational element to cause rotation of a second rotational element in an opposite direction to said first rotational element.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said first and second rotational elements are mounted in adjacent compartments of said enclosure.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said generated electrical charge recharges said battery.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a visual indicator operatively engaged with each of said modular electro-mechanical generator components to communicate proper operation of said components.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein proper operation of said component includes generating of a minimum electrical charge to said battery operatively engaged with said generator component.
22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said electro-mechanical generator is a modular component secured in said enclosure.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising modular housing compartments within said enclosure, wherein each of said housing components is sized to receive one of said modular electro-mechanical generator components.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising replacing one of said generator components with a replacement component absent disruption to previously installed generator component in said enclosure.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein replacement of said component is initiated following receipt of a communication that output from said component to said battery is below a threshold of required electrical output.
26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising a control system to monitor electrical output from each of said generator components.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising an output device in communication with said control system to convey failure data of said generator component, wherein said output device communication data in a format selected from the group consisting of: visual, auditory, and tactile.
28. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said vehicle is selected from the group consisting of: a land vehicle, an air vehicle, and a water based vehicle, and combinations thereof.
29. An apparatus comprising:
an electro-mechanical generator mounted in a frame and in electrical communication with a battery;
said electro-mechanical generator integrated into a rotational element comprising:
a first rotational element mounted within said frame to rotate about an axis upon receipt of said fluid flow;
a plurality of blades in communication with said first rotational element, a proximal end of each of said blades mounted to said first rotational element and a distal end of each of said blades in communication with a second rotational element;
a magnet housed in said second rotational element;
said second rotational element to rotate with said first rotational element;
an electrically conductive material housed in a third element, spaced apart from said second rotational element; and
an electrical charge generated from rotation of said magnet proximal to said electrically conductive material; and

an electrical connection to communicate said generated electrical charge to said battery.
30. The apparatus of claim 29, further comprising a motor in communication with said battery, said motor to receive electrical energy from said battery as a power source.
31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein said third element in a fixed position relative to said first and second rotational elements.
32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein said third element is concentric with said first and second rotational elements.
33. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein said electrically conductive material is a plurality of units spaced about said third element.
34. The apparatus of claim 33, further comprising a capacitor and rectifier bridge for each of said units.
35. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein said vehicle is selected from the group consisting of: a land vehicle, an air vehicle, and a water based vehicle, and combinations thereof.