All The Claims

1. A foldable portable stadium chair that folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating, said foldable portable stadium chair comprising:
a. an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, said adjustable base member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape;
b. a chair frame coupled to said adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable towards and away from said adjustable base member;
c. a chair back coupled to a substantially vertical portion of said chair frame, said chair back being manufactured from a second predetermined material and having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape; and
d. a hammock style chair seat coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of said chair frame, said chair seat being manufactured from a third predetermined material and having a third predetermined size and a third predetermined shape.
2. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1 wherein at least one arm rest is operably connected to said chair frame, said at least one arm rest being manufactured from a fourth predetermined material and having a fourth predetermined size and a fourth predetermined shape.
3. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 2, wherein said at least one arm rest includes a cup holder.
4. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1, wherein said adjustable base member includes at least one first locking mechanism for use in securing said adjustable base member to a bleacher bench.
5. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 4, wherein at least one second locking mechanism is coupled to said chair frame for locking said chair back into a generally upright position.
6. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1, wherein a carrying means is operably connected to said chair frame at a predetermined location thereon.
7. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1, wherein said adjustable base member is releasably securable to a bleacher bench measuring between about 10\u2033 to 14\u2033 inches in width.
8. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1, wherein at least one fastening means is secured to and disposed on said chair frame at a predetermined location thereon for securing said chair frame to said adjustable base member when said foldable portable stadium chair is in a closed position.
9. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 8, wherein said at least one fastening means is a hook and loop type fastening means.
10. (canceled)
11. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein upon said chair back reaching said generally upright position said first locking mechanism automatically secures said adjustable base to such bleacher bench.
12. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein said means for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair is at least one of a shock mechanism, a spring mechanism, and a combination shock and spring mechanism.
13. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 19 wherein said means for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair is a fluid pressure shock mechanism.
14. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 2 wherein said at least one armrest is padded.
15. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1 wherein at least one cushion is attached to at least one of said chair back and said chair seat.
16. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1 wherein said foldable portable stadium chair is water resistant.
17. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1 wherein said chair seat is a hammock style seat.
18. A foldable portable stadium chair, according to claim 1 wherein said adjustable base is telescoping.
19. A foldable portable stadium chair that folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating, said foldable portable stadium chair comprising:
a. an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, said adjustable base member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape;
b. a chair frame coupled to said adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable towards and away from said adjustable base member;
c. a chair back coupled to a substantially vertical portion of said chair frame, said chair back being manufactured from a second predetermined material and having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape;
d. a chair seat coupled to a substantially horizontal portion of said chair frame, said chair seat being manufactured from a third predetermined material and having a third predetermined size and a third predetermined shape; and
e. a means operably connected to said chair frame for automatically opening said foldable portable stadium chair such that said foldable portable stadium chair will automatically open from a closed position wherein said chair back is in a substantially parallel position to said chair seat to an open position wherein said chair back is in a generally upright position substantially perpendicular to said chair seat.
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 conveyor belt comprising:
a body rubber extending in a longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt;
a plurality of tension bodies that extend in the longitudinal direction of the belt, are disposed in a width direction of the belt, and are embedded in the body rubber; and
a reinforcement layer that extends in the longitudinal direction of the belt and is embedded in at least one of portions within the body rubber, which is located between the tension bodies and each of top surface and bottom surfaces of the body rubber,
wherein the belt is rounded in the width direction of the belt so that side end sections of the body rubber overlap on an upper side in a vertical direction to form a pipe-shaped section extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt, and an object to be carried is accommodated therein,
the reinforcement layer is formed in which a plurality of fabric members extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt are continuously provided in the width direction of the belt,
the side end sections of the fabric members among the fabric members, which are adjacent to each other in the width direction of the belt are connected to each other to form a fabric joint section, and
the fabric joint section is disposed on the inner side in the width direction of the belt rather than the both side end sections in the body rubber, and is disposed on an intermediate section that includes the center in the width direction of the belt.
2. A pipe conveyor comprising:
the conveyor belt according to claim 1; and
a belt support device that has a plurality of idlers disposed around a pipe axis on the outer side of the pipe-shaped section in the radial direction, and supports the pipe-shaped section by bring the idlers into contact with the pipe-shaped section from the outer side in the radial direction.
3. The pipe conveyor according to claim 2,
wherein the intermediate section of the body rubber is a section of the body rubber that is located between the intermediate section boundaries separated from the center in the width direction of the belt to both outer sides in the width direction of the belt, by the same distance as the size in the width direction of the belt of the side end section of the body rubber.

1. A process for producing an organic fertilizer containing organic carbon carriers, the process comprising the following steps:
1) mixing organic matter with water and adding a base to the mixture; and
2) decomposing organic matter with the base in order to extract organic carbon solution having a carbon content of 10 to 20%; and
3) adding propionic acid to the solution containing an extract of organic carbon,
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carbon content of the solution is about 16%.
3. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic matter is peat, coal, or animal waste.
4. The process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the organic matter is peat.
5. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein 600-1300 liters of water is added per 100 kg of dry organic matter.
6. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein from 6 to 14 kg base is added per 100 kg dry organic matter.
7. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a nutrient or nutrients are added to the solution.
8. The process as claimed in claim 7, wherein the nutrients are a Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium or Ammonium salt, urea andor micro nutrients.
9. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the propionic acid is added to bring the PH of the solution to 6.5-7.
10. The process as claimed in claim 1 or 9, wherein the base is KOH or NaOH.
11. The process as claimed in claim 10, wherein the base is KOH.

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 photoactive crosslinking compound having the general formula:
wherein R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are each independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene;
n is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
2. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 wherein Z is a hydrogen abstracting moiety derived from an acetophenone, benzophenone, anthraquinone, 9-fluorenone, anthrone, xanthone, thioxanthone, acridone, dibenzosuberone, benzil, or chromone.
3. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 wherein Z is a hydrogen abstracting type or an \u03b1-cleavage-type photoinitiator group.
4. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 wherein Z is selected from:
5. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 wherein Z is derived from a benzophenone, anthraquinone, 9-fluorenone, anthrone, xanthone, thioxanthone, acridone, dibenzosuberone, chromone, flavone, benzyl, and acetophenone compounds having a nucleophilic H\u2014X1\u2014(R2\u2014X2)n\u2014 group thereon, wherein X1 and X2 are each independently\u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014; R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, n is 0 or 1, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene.
6. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 of the formula:
where
R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
p is 2 to 10, preferably 2 to 6,
n is 0 or 1;
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
7. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 of the formula:
wherein
R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
R3 is H or CH3;
X2 is \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
m is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
8. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 wherein Z is selected from:
9. The photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 of the formula:
wherein
R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
R3 is H or CH3;
X2 is \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
m is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
10. A method of making the photoactive crosslinking compound of claim 1 comprising the steps of reacting an aziridine compound of the formula:
with an acryloyl compound of the formula
wherein R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group and o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are each independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene;
n is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
11. A crosslinkable composition comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and a photoactive crosslinking compound of the formula:
wherein R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are each independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene;
n is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.
12. The crosslinkable composition of claim 11 wherein the acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer comprises:
i. 85 to 99 parts by weight of an (meth)acrylic acid ester of non-tertiary alcohol;
ii. 1 to 15 parts by weight of an acid functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer;
iii. 0 to 10 parts by weight of a non-acid functional, ethylenically unsaturated polar monomer;
iv. 0 to 5 parts vinyl monomer; and
v. 0 to 5 parts of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate;
based on 100 parts by weight total monomer.
13. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 comprising 0.005 to 5.0 parts by weight of the photoactive crosslinking compound, relative to 100 parts of the copolymer.
14. The crosslinkable composition of claim 13 wherein said second polar monomer is selected from 2-hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate; N-vinylpyrrolidone; N-vinylcaprolactam; acrylamide; t-butyl acrylamide; dimethylamino ethyl acrylamide; N-octyl acrylamide; poly(alkoxyalkyl)(meth)acrylates; poly(vinyl methyl ether); and mixtures thereof.
15. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 wherein said copolymer comprises 1 to 5 parts by weight of acrylic acid and 1 to 5 parts by weight of a polar monomer.
16. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 wherein said composition is an aqueous emulsion.
17. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 wherein the acid functional monomer is selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid, crotonic acid, citraconic acid, maleic acid, oleic acid, \u03b2-carboxyethyl(meth)acrylate, 2-sulfoethyl methacrylate, styrene sulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, vinyl phosphonic acid, and mixtures thereof.
18. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 comprising 1 to 5 parts of a vinyl monomer selected from vinyl esters, styrene, substituted styrene, vinyl halide, vinyl propionate, and mixtures thereof.
19. The crosslinkable composition of claim 12 with the average number of carbon atoms of the non-tertiary alcohol being from about 4 to about 12.
20. A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the crosslinked composition of claim 12.
21. The crosslinkable composition of claim 11 wherein said non-tertiary alcohol of said (meth)acrylic acid ester of non-tertiary alcohol is selected from 2-octanol or dihydrocitronellol.
22. An adhesive article comprising the crosslinked composition of claim 20 and a flexible backing layer.
23. An emulsion comprising:
(a) 30 to about 70 weight percent, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of the crosslinkable composition of claim 22, and
(b) 30 to 70 weight percent of an aqueous phase comprising a surfactant, based on the total weight of the emulsion.
24. A solution comprising the crosslinkable composition of claim 11 and an organic solvent.
25. A method of preparing a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising combining;
(a) a copolymer comprising
i. 85 to 99 parts by weight of an (meth)acrylic acid ester of non-tertiary alcohol;
ii. 1 to 15 parts by weight of an acid functional monomer;
iii. 0 to 10 parts by weight of a second, non-acid functional, polar monomer;
iv. 0 to 5 parts vinyl monomer, with

(b) a photoactive crosslinking compound of the formula:
wherein R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are each independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene;
n is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group; and
(c) heating the mixture, and
(d) exposing to UV to effect photocrosslinking.
26. Syrup polymer composition comprising:
a) first component solute polymer comprising:
i. 85 to 99 parts by weight of an (meth)acrylic acid ester of non-tertiary alcohol;
ii. 1 to 15 parts by weight of an acid functional monomer;
iii. 0 to 10 parts by weight of a second, non-acid functional, polar monomer;
iv. 0 to 5 parts vinyl monomer, and

b) a second component comprising at least one free-radically polymerizable solvent monomer, and
an aziridine crosslinking compound of the formula:
wherein R1 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group;
o is 0 to 2;
X1 and X2 are each independently \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014NH\u2014;
R2 is a divalent alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms or \u2014(R3)2C(CH2)m(CO)OR9\u2014, where m is 0 or 1, R3 is H or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and R9 is a C2-C6 alkylene;
n is 0 or 1,
R7 is H or CH3; and
Z is a photoinitiator group.