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Nurses push to prevent assault in healthcare
Healthcare professionals are four times as likely to be assaulted on the job compared to other professions, and lawmakers in Massachusetts are looking to strengthen protections for nurses and healthcare workers.
Last week, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) endorsed bill S.765/H.795, which would strengthen penalties against assaults on healthcare workers. The MNA has called the bill Elise's Law, in honor of Elise Wilson, a nurse that was stabbed multiple times on the job last month. The bill would increase the penalty for assaulting emergency medical technicians, ambulance operators and attendees, or healthcare providers from a misdemeanor to a felony. The bill would also streamline how victims of healthcare violence can use the justice system, making it easier to seek legal recourse for their injuries.
The bill is part of a larger effort to improve prevention and response to workplace violence in healthcare. "Health care professionals are being assaulted at a rate four times greater than those working in other industries," said Donna Kelly-Williams, RN, president of the MNA, in a press release. "Fear of violence and actual violence is rampant in Massachusetts health care facilities. An assault on a nurse is a serious action and should be taken seriously by our judicial system."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care workers experience the most non-fatal workplace violence compared to other professionals, and account for 70% of all non-fatal workplace assaults. A survey conducted by the MNA found that 75% of nurses reported that violence was a problem in their workplace, and the Emergency Nurses Association reports that 80% of emergency department nurses have been a victim of workplace violence.
For information on how to prepare your facility for workplace violence, check out this excerpt from Preventing Workplace Violence: Handbook for Healthcare Workers.
Tips for recommitting to nursing in the new year
The new year is often a time for retrospection and reflection, especially when it comes to your career. If you're starting to feel burnt out on nursing but not quite ready for a career change, here is some advice to freshen things up in the new year.
- Reflect on your past: Sometimes the best way to go forward is to look back. What drew you to nursing in the first place? Why was a career in nursing right for you? Think about the positive experiences you've had as a nurse that reaffirmed your career goals. Treat your next shift like it's your first day; what excites you? What makes you nervous? Sometimes asking these questions can reinvigorate how you approach your work.
- Connect (and disconnect): If you're feeling down about your job, sometimes the best solution is to ask for help. Reach out to your peers and develop a support system to help yourself and others. If you think there's something that could make you happier at work, talk to your managers about it; sometimes a small change can have a profound effect.
It's also important to let go sometimes. Being a caregiver, interacting with patients at some of the worst times in their lives can negatively impact your outlook and make your job even more difficult. Try to focus on the good you've done for patients and don't take it personally when a patient struggles or suffers.
- Commit to the new: Even though it doesn't always feel like it, taking on new challenges can be a great way to energize your career. Seek out new experiences and opportunities; take the frustrations of the day and channel it toward learning a new skill or pursuing additional training options. Reflecting on your weaknesses can be difficult at first, but identifying them and working towards improvement can be satisfying and build you confidence.
Another great way to embrace the new is working with nursing students or new nurses. They bring energy and enthusiasm to the job, and becoming a preceptor or informal mentor can be a great way to grow your own enthusiasm while furthering your career.
For more articles about avoiding burnout and developing your career, check out the Health & Wellness section of the Strategies for Nurse Managers Reading Room!
Allina nurses go back on strike
Allina nurses enter their second month of striking after voting "No" the most recent contract proposal.
The nurses at Allina Health hospitals in Minnesota began contract discussions in February, and eight months later, Allina and the nurses have yet to settle on an offer. Allina Health's 4000 nurses walked out for a week in June to start negotiations, and have been striking since Labor Day.
The dispute started when Allina wanted to eliminate the nurses' union-backed health plans, with high premiums but low deductibles, and replace them with their corporate plan, saving the company $10 million per year. Both sides have agreed to move all nurses by 2020, but the nurses want input on the plans to ensure they get quality healthcare.
Allina made a new contract offer on Monday, and the nurses voted to reject this latest offer and continue the strike. The Minnesota Nurses Association reports that the offer was largely the same that they rejected in August, while Allina insists that their offer was fair and addressed many of the concerns raised by the unions.
This is set to become the longest strike in state history, and the Star Tribune reports that the strikes have cost Allina more than $40 million dollars so far.
For more information about nurse labor disputes, check out these articles from the Strategies for Nurse Managers' Reading Room:
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Perspectives on nurse leadership
The responsibilities of nurse leaders are changing rapidly and the role is more fluid than ever. We collected perspectives from several nurse leaders on how nurse leaders can stay effective in the ever-changing world of healthcare.
Jeanine Frumenti, RN, an expert in leadership consulting, posits that the most important aspect of nurse leadership is the ability to create a healthy work environment. "[Nurse Leaders are] always looking at what's good for the organization, what's good for their patients, their staff, their team — it's not about them. And their focus stays on the goal… They're transformational, giving those around them a voice, encouraging them to share in the decision-making, and owning their work and their practice." This focus creates a healthy culture, that can allow their staff to flourish and take pride in their work.
Toby Cosgrove, CEO and President at Cleveland Clinic, writes that healthcare leaders need to embrace the quickly changing healthcare environment to remain effective. "Today's leaders must have a clear vision of the future based on the most fundamental values of the organization. We need to communicate our strategies, achieve consensus, and move quickly to implement change. Innovation is essential, and so is the courage to fail. Most importantly, we must never give up." Cosgrove agrees that leaders should rely on their staff and create an environment for them to grow: "A leader creates a learning environment that opens all caregivers to new skills and capabilities. Each of us needs to inspire and uplift our teams with a commitment to their professional growth and development."
Claire Zangerlie, MSN, MBA, RN, president and CNO for the Visiting Nurse Association in Cleveland, Ohio, argues that this impetus to teach should be applied to patients as well through population health management. As nurse leaders take on more and more responsibility, they will be able to educate "entire populations of patients through workshops and printed materials." According to Zangerlie and her team, competencies that nurse leaders will need for population health management include: "Effective communication, including excellent negotiation skills; relationship management, including asserting views in nonjudgmental, nonthreatening ways; [and] diversity, including creating an environment that recognizes and values differences in staff, patients, families and providers."
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Getting nurses from bedside to the boardroom
Last week, we discussed some of the benefits of having nurses in executive positions. It is crucial to bring a myriad of perspectives to these positions, and nurses are significantly underrepresented in hospital leadership. This week, Becker's Hospital Review has offered up some tips about how nurses can prepare for hospital board seats.
The first thing an aspiring nurse should consider is the core competencies of the hospital board. This can be a little different for each hospital, so having a specific facility or type of facility in mind would be helpful; if you can find a facility that matches your nursing specialty, even better. Often, boards have lists of competencies, so not having the right core skills can sink an application right away.
Once you establish the required skills would need, you can begin working towards that goal. Many nurses don't have opportunities to develop governance skills on the job, so it might be helpful to look outside the hospital for that. Volunteer board positions in their community or at a nonprofit organization can be a great way to get experience in governance and make nurses more appealing candidates for board positions.
Connections are key in this process as well. Nurses should meet with board members and the chair if possible, to better understand the board's mission and how they might align with it. These relationships can be crucial to obtaining a board position, but also to keep it. Board members can become mentors that can teach nurses how to navigate their new responsibilities and help them through the gauntlet of new board membership.
Temp is not the same as terrible: Study finds supplemental nurses have no negative effect on quality
What do you do when you don't have enough nurses on staff and don't have the funds to hire additional staff? A possible solution is to hire temporary nurses to fill the gaps made by retiring staff, seasonal needs, or new medical programs.
The Department of Health and Human Services found that there are 88,495 temporary nurses working in the U.S., making up 3.4% of the total nursing population. Most temporary nurses are experienced travel nurses who work with a hospital on three- to six-month contracts before moving on.
Yet many nurse managers are leery of using temp nurses because of a longstanding stigma associating such nurses with lower quality care. This belief has been reinforced by media exposés on shoddy temp agencies skimping on background checks and allowing temps to jump from hospital to hospital to avoid misconduct charges. [more]
Are your nurses getting their flu shots?
More healthcare personnel (HCP) are getting their flu shots, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study, but there are still large gaps in immunization. During the 2014-2015 flu season, 77% of HCPs were vaccinated against the flu, a 14% increase from the previous season. The highest rates of immunization—at 90.4%–was with HCPs working in hospitals.
While the increase is a positive step, it was also revealed that only 75% of nonclinical personnel had received the vaccine, including food service workers, laundry workers, janitors, housekeeping staff, and maintenance staff. The numbers were even lower for aides and assistants, with only 64% immunized. [more]
Rock Your Health: Living your true passion
If you have lost the passion as a nurse manager or nurse leader, it's time to ask yourself whether you are willing to challenge the status quo to begin living your passion. Try the below exercise to identify what you love to do.
First, make a list of five things you love to do. Then prioritize your list.
Is priority number one your passion?
How much time do you devote to priority number one? How does it relate to the work you are doing? [more]
Rock Your Health: Tips for being a great manager
What kind of manager are you? What do others say about you? Here's a list of qualities that I like in a manager.
M – Meets employees where they are and accepts them.
A – Assesses their attitude daily and keeps a positive attitude.
N – Notices greatness and share with others.
A – Ask questions rather than giving advice.
G – Greets everyone they see with a smile.
E – Engages employees in the decision making process.
R – Recognizes achievements and celebrates regularly.
Rock Your Health: Five steps to de-clutter your workspace and life
Clutter got you down? This five-step process will reduce your stress and open up space to allow new energy, ideas, and creativity to flow in. All you have to do is just do it! Enjoy the process and implement it with your nursing staff too.
1. Schedule a quarterly de-cluttering day on your calendar.
2. At the beginning of your de-cluttering day, do the following:
I. Set the intention of finishing the day with a neat clean office filled with open space
II. Commit to staying focused on the task at hand and don't allow distractions
III. Put on some great music that gets you energized
IV. Put a large waste receptacle in your office to receive all the discarded stuff
V. Put a large box or bag in your office to receive items you will give away or donate [more]


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Do you remember, the 17th day of December?
I marvel at the demonstration of the connectivity of God! As I sat on December 17th, I recalled the deepened relationships that emerged before my very eyes. I graduated on December 17, 2003 with a doctorate degree. A close friend of mine, graduated on December 17, 2015 with a doctorate degree as well. Ten women, a few of whom I know also graduated on December 17, 2015 but from a job start program offered as they serve prison sentences. The untrained eye not directed by God might miss the connections, but if we consider that we are all standing as a result of the grace of God, then its not difficult to see God's unchanging hand.
Our commonalities were insurmountable. We are mothers, daughters, and have each experienced love and loss. The thread that runs seamlessly through our narratives is our acknowledgement that without God we would be nothing. My friend and I both were single mothers, just as several of the women expressed. Each of us desire to make our children proud, and to feel loved in a world that may turn its back. Each of us have had to forgive ourselves for what we've done, and occasionally more importantly, what we've thought. We collectively stand upon Jeremiah 29:11 and have to stand upon it even when our feet feel as though they are sinking in quick sand. Just as one of the ten described, my friend and I have participated in throwing a "dump party," ridding self (and thoughts) of that which can no longer provide sustainability, and that which hinders one from moving to where God has ordained. I haven't been able to stop thinking about what one of the ten said to the haters, "I've rid myself of the garbage of my past, and if you wish to play in my trash – that's up to you!"
The beauty of December 17th was that all too often we played in our own trash. Self-doubt, disappointment, dreams deferred, pain, hurt, abuse, and unrequited love were our playmates on the playground. Other times, our imaginary friend known as fear kept time in the footsteps of life, leaving us immobile, opting for invisibility, as opposed to facing that which terrified us. As much as my friend and I have in common, the similarities to the women was astounding. Society would have us believe that we are distinct from those who are incarcerated. To a certain extent that belief may have some validity. And yet, there were grown women, who described their excitement about learning skills I'd learned in high school; learning to write a resume, create a powerpoint presentation, interviewing confidence and how to dress for success. My heart pounded as I considered how very different many of their lives had been if they'd had opportunity to be children, teenagers and young adults instead of being sexually abused, often by a family member, turning to substance abuse to dull the pain, or running away from the horror in their home, only to find horror in the arms of someone else. My heart broke as I listened to women describe dysfunctional and loveless relationships with their mothers, as I considered how loving my mother was to me, and how my friend and I both will go to the moon and back for our daughters. The reality is that many of the decisions perhaps dissimilar to the women were grounded in the fact that we grew up under the auspices of love. Now, we are knitted together because just as my friend and I acknowledge, so too did each of the ten women, these brave women, stood declaring the love of God over their lives and their determination never to act in a space where God does not exist.
I know you're thinking, but God is omnipresent. Indeed. Therefore, when we invite Jesus the Christ to live inside of us, we can rest in John 1:4-5 that reads, "In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." As I listened to the women, as I firmly believe and continue to keep them lifted in the love of Christ, I pray against the darkness that may attempt to overtake them not only as they serve out their sentence but upon release. I further pray for those of us who have not found ourselves incarcerated to extend to them the opportunity they need, be it housing, access to transitional resources, employment, ministry and even a smile or word of encouragement. In many instances, these women demonstrated a liberation that many of us, free to come and go as we please will never know, because they have had a serious one on one with God, enabling the power of forgiveness to run rapid through their veins. The "ten" confessed the love of the Lord being the catalyst to get them through on December 17th, just as my friend did, just as I did 12 years ago. If the elements will indulge me to reconstruct just a tad bit, "Ba de ya, say do you remember, ba de ya, dancing in "December," remember the true love we share today." #John3:16
If you'd like to make a donation of your treasure, time and/or talent to assist with the empowerment of women like the ten described, please visit this link: Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women

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The Woman With No Choices
I used to watch her lean out windows While fear bound me in icy chains I watched the woman with no choices Choose to struggle, falter, and struggle again And I knew I was proud Of her strength But sometimes I just waited For her to tempt fate too far F...
I Dream of Monkeys
Dan woke up to the sound of his daughter's screams. As he raced across the cold floors, his heart pounding with terror, the bloodcurdling sound faded into quiet sobbing. His young daughter was curled into a tight ball on her pink sheets, a puddle of ...
April Showers
Dirty fingers dig deep into dark mud To bury seeds in a festering hole Poison holds the young earth in an unnatural winter While the groundhog abandons its duty But within the warmth of Spring's smile Timid seeds show their petals without fear Bright...
Proof of Trust
If you trust me to catch you when you fall to guide you downwards without impact And you fly without fear to ground you your only tether a connection that refuses confinement Then you become more then your skin can hold and express more with your body ...
You Were My Sunshine
Food for Thought
I crave the connection That comes from a single source A lonely light in the constant darkness Which (in its solitude) starves me Of all others In my desperation for scraps from a familiar table I miss the feast in which I choose the food And the compa...
We are creatures of contradiction Fluidity our greatest strength and source of debilitating fear Even our greed A malignant cancer of deliberate distance Is rooted in our fear That someday our comfort will disappear And we will become the people We'v...
One-fingered salute
As the wind shifts
Slender stems are crushed beneath our exuberant collapse as familiar fingers dare to twine together with a newly woken sun the only witness We have gazed upward together into the twisting sky before and as those floating pillows transform, we follow o...
Love is watching someone die (Version 2)
The greatest gift I can give In this sterile white room Is the warmth of my presence And the knowledge that I will stay As your fingers lose their strength And your skin its rosy glow For even when your heart has ceased to beat You will live forever Wi...
Love is watching someone die (Version 1)
Cupid cackles without puckish mischief to lighten the pain of arrows aimed at naïve hearts lured from their cage of bone and blood relatives who would protect their delicate flutter But soon the golden arrows rust in an acid rain of ruthless rejection...
Dangerous Vulnerability
Delaying the Dawn
I shot the moon as she waited for dawn For a fleeting glimpse of a sun now grown And prayed for a piece of a past long gone My eyes followed the path my gun had shown I watched waiting for her to turn my way To acknowledge the heart she turned to stone...
Pick Your Path
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The S Word
Of course she cares
Do you remember those stories about mothers who lifted entire trucks off of children trapped beneath They performed impossible feats of strength and speed to protect those vulnerable lives and sacrificed themselves their bodies their goals their time t...
They say our fathers tried to save us When they sent us to the nuns As they prayed for our redemption And sold our blameless sons
Frozen by Fear
The whispers follow us everywhere Dripping sweet poison in our battered ears They promise sunshine In an sky full of thunderclouds And warmth For a ground still laden with snow They promise change To a world of statues Forever poised on the brink Of gr...
I Think Not
Before she knew Of the escape Presented by a pen Leaving scars on a pure page She lived In the madness that spun Her head like a top Until she was in danger Of falling Is it any wonder That her words Stumble Before they fly Or that peace Still lacks ...
Corrupting History
The past blurs Beneath present politics And warps the written word By assigning current stigmas To script composed long before Running water or light bulbs When flight was only a dream And personal hygiene even less And yet We continue To pick and choo...
The Coming Cold
Darkness spreads into the daytime As chill creeps into our bones Torrents of tears are coming closer And when flora sleeps so does the sun So find a shelter Start a fire Something to last you through the months For leaves are falling by the dozens And ...
As the Shadows Spread
Have you ever wondered where the shadows go When the sun is bright and beautiful Do they sleep Dreaming of darkness in world of garish white Or do they hide In stained hands and souls Counting the hours Until they spread A bone deep bruise Across th...
Le Petite Mort
If you only live one more moment please love me fast because I die beneath your graceful fingertips harder than I've ever lived
Today is the day I burned Today is the day my skin could no longer squirm away From the touch of his hot fingers Lost to unconsciousness Brought on by one too many martinis I lay beneath his gaze Unaware Of the pain to come The marks of his touch last...
A Hero's Beginning
Have you heard of the broken boy wonder Who spent his bitter youth torn asunder Knowing he could kill with a single touch And desperate not to use that as a crutch To silence those who couldn't comprehend Some minds are too broken to simply mend But ...
Confidence Boost
A Watery Warning
Though talk is cheap there's always hidden clues On how creatures can live beneath the blue Of an ocean teaming with life and blood If you would only listen to the flood Of information about deadly teeth Ripping those who dare venture down beneath Fo...
You answer my every prayer with unbearable silence With unending quiet when all I desire are words Have I only dreamed of past answers in thoughts twisted By an overwhelming desire for your acknowledgement Or are you merely so capricious as to ignore...
A Fiddle's Tale
Hey diddle diddle Have you heard about the fiddle Who dared to dream of a spoon Who wouldn't think to laugh At his dreams of flying Over a bright and shining full moon He thought he could seduce Though he was too obtuse To romance past a wine and di...
Stepping Stones Part 2
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There's a heartbreak to the end of summer, but the advent of fall is a poison made more palatable with the crisp smell of sweater weather, the kick-off of the NFL season and the broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards. Every September for the past 12 years I've watched the VMA's. I've seen Jimmy Fallon mock Enrique Iglesias to his face. I've seen 'Nsync and Brittany Britney murder Wade Robson's choreography on school desks. I've seen Justin Timberlake command an entire theater with a single spotlight and a white suit. The Video Music Awards mark the unofficial end of summer and get us ready for the Lupe Fiasco kinda cool of fall.
That is, when they don't suck, and last night? Last night was a GD shit show.
Last year MTV broad-casted the VMA's live from Las Vegas, completely reimagining the stagnant "Awards Show" format with artists, bands, DJ's and rappers performing in personalized suites throughout the entire show. The end result for the viewer at home was an exhilarating Rock & Roll lifestyle atmosphere. We were taken from the Foo Fighters rocking out with Cee-Lo to Lil Wayne freestyling with Gym Class Heroes. Kanye West and T-Pain performed a rendition of 'Ye's song "The Good Life" on top of the Palms hotel in a single camera tracking shot that culminated with the two overlooking Las Vegas, a helicopter circling over head. It was straight out of a Michael Bay flick, but it was live and so fruckin' awesome.
How would MTV follow-up one of the most inspired broadcasts in the network's history? Oh man, I bet they're going to do some crazy shit and have – wait, what's that? Really? You're kidding me. Oh. This just in, ladies and gentlemen. MTV decided to do nothing innovative this year and air the most flaccid VMA's since Diddy hosted in Miami. I hope you got that good plan with unlimited night minutes because, MTV, you phoned it in.
I never thought I'd say this but props to Pink and Kid Rock. You two came through and brought some much needed energy to a show that was terribly paced, under produced, and planned like a high school homecoming. Pink's march through a studio lot screaming she's a rock star while explosions went off around her on cue was pretty entertaining. As was her outfit. And Kid Rock, I don't know where you've been the past 5 years but for some of that time you were definitely working on your pipes. Dude can kinda sorta sang. His performance of "Rock N Roll Jesus / All Summer Long" was a refreshing portrayal of vitality amidst a barrage of lackadaisical performances. Even TI's tracks fell flat (except that one with Rihanna, that was toyt). But Kid Rock? Kid Rock hanged out. He even brought Weezy out for an impromptu verse, during which I think Wayne rhymed something along the lines of "I don't know what I'm saying / I'm so faded." But he made it all okay when he tried to sing a little bit toward the end.
I can't really comment on the rest of the show since it was so mind-numbingly atrocious I had to switch over to NBC to watch the Bears blow out the Colts. Russell Brand seemed ambitious if not necessarily funny during the show's opening by mocking the Jonas Brothers' commitment to virginity. I can't say that upset me since the Disneyfication of popular rock music ,personified by Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers, makes me fear for the authenticity of our children's futures. How are they going to properly rebel and stick it to the system in their 20's if they spent their formative years rocking out not to anti-establishment heroes like Nirvana and Pearl Jam but to promise ring-wearing commodities packaged and promoted by that overlord of saccharine entertainment, Disney? But Brand's comments about a "retarded American President" are a bit offensive coming from a foreigner. Dude, we can insult our leader, but you can't. Though it was interesting to note that people took offense to his comparison between President Bush and the mentally challenged as an insult to the mentally challenged.
Brittany's Britney's opening? Beyond lame. A cheap promotional stunt that underscores the total disgusting bull shit nature of MTV and validates every criticism Kanye West ever leveled at it. Jonah Hill tried to make it funny but it was shot and edited like a bad sketch for a high school AV class.
And what was with the space? The absolute absence of any audience excitement probably has to do with the horrendous pacing of the show, but that space was even unwelcoming for people watching from home. It looked like a bad fashion show with wide aisles, folding chairs, and massive empty areas. The people at MTV need to bone up on their Guy Debord because that is not how you create spectacle. What is our popular culture coming to when the Democratic National Convention is more raucous than the facking Video Music Awards? Oh right, the fall, as in not only the season but also the demise of MTV's relevance as an agent of change.


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Connecting to OAuth 2.0 authentication might be a common and critical task to do for many developers, especially in Microsoft Office 365 environment. It could be a connection to OneDrive, Excel, SharePoint, OneNote, even the big developer platform such as Microsoft Graph. It could be connecting to any other cloud app services such as twitter, facebook, google, pinterest, or any other cloud services in this world.
You can take a look to find out how we deal with Microsoft OAuth 2.0 authorization code is retrieved and how the flow works for you at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-v2-protocols-oauth-code.
In practical way, you can follow my step-by-step below if you find the article is not clear enough or lack of examples. This article will be focusing on Microsoft Online credential which can be used with Azure Active Directory or Microsoft Online account.
Registering Your App
Before you can make connection to any cloud services using OAuth 2.0, you would need 2 things, Client ID and Client Secret. Anything that connects using OAuth 2.0 is considered an app, and you need to register that before proceeding. This will usually generates you a Client ID and commonly with Client Secret, which acts same like your own username and password.


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It's gone. The big yellow metal box which has been a feature at the top of St Philip's Avenue has finally been taken away, leaving a - well a space (and some bags of sand.)
The box was a sort of headquarters and storage unit for the shop front works going on at the top of the high street. The last bit to be done was a bit of scraping of painted pebble dash of the side of last building. This having been completed, the box was removed yesterday.
Some had thought the box was something to do with More Than Lofts but this was indeed not the case.
If you find yourself missing the box and need some box time, you can go and enjoy some up in North Cheam where they are doing the works up there. (There's one in Lavender Avenue and one in Courtenay Road.)


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Sunday, July 09, 2017
The Answer is always YES!
The answer is always YES!
Should you stand up against injustice-
When you are afraid they will turn injustice against you?
The answer is always yes!
Should you see when it's better to pretend to be blind?
Should you be awake when it's better to be asleep?
Should you try to help someone just cause he is a human being
and will never be able to help you back?
The answer is always yes.
Should you say something when you are not sure of the words?
But know words are needed to be said?
Should you protect a helpless victim from a bully,
When you might get victimized yourself,
Just cause it's the right thing to do?
Should you fight evil ? When you know you may lose?
Just to slow Evil from expanding all around you?
Should you waste your time and energy trying to bring light to the world-
When all around - there is so much darkness?
Should you go on loving - when everyone around you is hating?
Should you go on listening when everyone around you is shouting?
Should you continue believing in peace - even when everyone is so eager to wage a war?
Should you believe in humanity- when everyone around you is seeking revenge?
The answer is always yes!
Cause we are humans and that's what we do!
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Review – Ankalia – Seagrass Jade
May 2, 2016
Ankalia's other reviewers have so well summed up this beautiful wrap – that there isn't really much else insightful I feel I can add! So. End review. Just kidding! I don't have much new to add but I will share my thoughts on this gorgeous wrap for those that just can't get enough details about Seaglass. Seaglass is … More Review – Ankalia – Seagrass Jade


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From the Garden Gear range of flower seeds, the Cowslip, or Primula veris, is one of the most striking native primula species. One of the most striking native primula species. Several flower stems are produced, each crowned by a one sided cluster of long funnel shaped blooms rich yellow and sweetly fragrant. Cowslips are perennial plants that are an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
Flowers from March to May and grows to approximately 15cm tall. Thrives in an open position or part shade and is happy in moist or dry soils. Sow late winter onwards. Sow seed on the surface of good compost firm then seal in a plastic bag and keep in a light position to germinate which takes 10-15 days. Transplant when large enough to handle into pots and finally plant out 23cm apart in good soil in sun or part shade.
Sowing Time: For best results March to early May or August to September
Approx. Number of Seeds - 40
Planting Position - Full sun or partial shade


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This application is a continuation-in-part of my pending patent application entitled "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING CHANNEL LETTERS FOR SIGNS", Ser. No. 622,067, filed June 19, 1984, now abandoned.
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for making channel letters for commercial signs, and more particularly to apparatus and methods for reducing the cost and labor involved in making channel letters by providing snap connectors for attachment and removal of plastic letter faces from the metal channel sides of the letters, and by providing snap connectors for attachment and removal of the letter backs.
Channel letters are known to those skilled in the art of making commercial signs as the most expensive form of lettering, and are generally also regarded as the most attractive form of sign lettering. Briefly, channel letters usually include a wood back having the shape of the letter to be formed. Electrical lighting fixtures, such as neon tubing and mounting brackets, are attached to the wood letter back. Metal channel siding, frequently formed of aluminum with a painted or otherwise finished exterior surface, is attached to and sealed to the letter back, giving depth to the letter to be formed. Typically, a colored, transluscent plastic letter face is attached to the front edge portion of the channel side material.
The commercial sign-making industry is a large, labor intensive, multi-million dollar international industry. Although there are several major competitors in the business of supplying the channel siding material usually used in making channel letters, including the Heath Northwest, Inc. Company of Yakima, Wash., with its patented CHANNELUME channel letter fabrication technique, and the Let-R-Edge Company of Hayward, Calif., and a few others who have made innovations in this field, the industry of making channel letters still remains highly labor intensive. U.S. Pat. No. 3,414,305 is generally indicative of the state of the art, as is the CHANNELUME technical brochure entitled "Channelume - An Exciting New Concept in Technical Letter Fabrication" published by Heath Northwest, Inc., and incorporated by reference herein.
Generally, the standard prior manufacturing procedures involve attaching aluminum clad marine plywood referred to as "armored plywood" to the plastic letter facing material, and then attaching the letter "layout pattern" to the other surface of the plastic letter facing material, simultaneously cutting out the letter backs and letter faces with a bandsaw, then using various laborious techniques to bend the metal channel siding material (such as "Channelume or Let-R-Edge" material) to conform to the desired letter shape, using various tools such as a CHANNELUME break devices or a LET R-EDGE break device. Various roller devices, pegboard, and wedge and peg techniques are used to hold and maintain the letter back material, the channel side material, and the letter faces in proper alignment while the channel siding material is glued and/or attached to the letter backing material. The procedures for marking and bending the prior metal channel siding material and attaching it to the letter back and the letter face are especially laborious. Yet, no practical technique is yet known for significantly reducing the high amount of labor required for this phase of conventional channel letter construction techniques.
Furthermore, even after conventional channel letters have been installed, they occasionally require maintenance. For example, it is occasionally necessary to replace defective neon lighting elements inside the channel letters. When such maintenance is required, the procedure for removing the letter face and channel side to achieve access to the internal lighting components of the channel letter lighting system or to clean the interior surface of the transluscent letter face is quite laborious. Furthermore, some of the prior materials used for plastic edging and channel siding are subject to gradual deterioration by sunlight. Such deterioration leads to cracks and openings which allow dust to enter into the interior of the sign, sometimes reducing the amount of light that can pass through the plastic letter facings when layers of dust build up on the inner surfaces of letter faces.
It would be highly desirable to be able to use unbreakable plastic material, such as LEXAN, for letter faces for signs that are subject to destructive forces, such as vandalism. Unfortunately, there are no readily available glue substances that are capable of reliably attaching presently available "unbreakable" plastic materials to present available letter edge materials, such as BUTYRATE. Similarly, it would be highly desirable to be able to use "second side painted" plastic letter faces. "Second side" painted letter faces are clear plastic letter faces with the inner face spray painted. This can be advantageous because there are many more shades of paint available than there are shades of tinted plastic material that is suitable for making letter faces.
Although the technique for making channel letters described in the parent application results in a great improvement over prior techniques, further development of the technique has resulted in significant improvements which are the subject of the present application.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an improved structure and technique for making channel letters with substantially lower labor cost than previously has been achieved in the art.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus and method for making channel letters to significantly reduce the amount of effort and labor required to gain access to internal lighting components of installed channel letters.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved channel letter without use of glue to attach the plastic letter face to the letter edging material.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved, reliable channel letter using "unbreakable" plastic letter face material, such as LEXAN plastic or "second surface painted" plastic letter faces that cannot, as a practical matter, be glued with presently available glue or adhesives.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved channel letter manufacturing system that provides greater resistance to entry of dust and water than prior art channel letters.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improvement on the channel letter technique described in the above indicated parent application.
Briefly described, and in accordance with one embodiment thereof, the invention provides an improved channel letter apparatus and method of making channel letters for signs wherein armored or aluminum or metal clad marine plywood material used for the letter backs is attached to the letter face material (typically transluscent colored plastic) by means of double sided tape, and the letter shape is simultaneously cut out to form both the letter back and the letter face; metal channel side material is provided with an adhesively attached strip of snap-on connector material along the inner front edge surface thereof, and a strip of mating snap-on connector material is adhesively attached around the periphery of the letter face, the letter face then is snap-connected to the front edge portion of channel side material that has been shaped to conform to the shape of the letter face; an armored plywood backing material is then attached, typically by screws, onto the bare inner edge surface portion of the channel material and sealed thereto by means of a foam gasket that is adhesively attached along the rear inner edge portion of the channel side; the letter face then is removed from the channel letter by disengaging the mating snap connectors, typically with the aid of an elongated hook tool to allow any needed connections of interior lighting fixtures to be made or completed. The partially completed channel letter is then installed in its desired permanent location, and any necessary electrical connections are made, after which the letter face is again snap-connected onto the front of the channel letter to complete the installation.
In another embodiment of the invention, shallow grooves are cut by means of a router with an edge guide in the lower surface of the plastic letter face, along all edges of the letter face. A plastic edge joint strip is adhesively attached to the inner "top" surface of the channel side material. The edge joint strip has a groove therein having a predetermined depth and width equal to the thickness of the letter face. A snap lock element is provided on the lower inner edge of the edge joint groove to effectuate "snapping" the edge groove of the letter face into the edge joint groove. After bending the channel side material and the edge joint strip thereon to conform to the shape of the letter face, the edge of the letter face is snapped into the edge joint groove. The snap lock element retains the letter face edge in the edge joint groove, eliminating the need to provide any other technique for maintaining the proper position of the channel side and the letter face until the glue sets, as is the case if prior art glued letter edge connections are utilized
In another embodiment of the invention, brackets are attached to the edge of the letter back, wherein each bracket includes one element of a snap locking mechanism, in the form of a V groove with an enlarged circular hole at the bottom of the V grove. The other member of the snap locking mechanism is attached to the inner surface of the bottom edge of the channel side material, in the form of a rivet-like element that snaps into the circular hole in the V groove and has a disk-shaped retaining flange thereon to prevent lateral movement out of the hole.
In another embodiment of the invention, plastic, aluminum filled channel side material has an edge joint integral therewith, wherein an edge joint groove and snap locking means receive the edge of the letter face and engage the edge groove thereof in the manner described above. A "foot" is provided on the lower end of the plastic channel side material to effectuate gluing of the channel side material to a back plate.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a channel letter constructed in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a partial section view taken along section line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an exploded partial perspective view useful in explaining the construction of FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged section view illustrating the male and female snap connector elements used in the channel letter construction technique of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a removal tool useful in the construction and/or maintenance of the channel letters of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of a suction cup tool which may be useful in removing the letter faces of the channel letters of the present invention.
FIG. 7A is a partial perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 7B is a section view of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 7A.
FIG. 8 is a partial section view of another embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 9A is an exploded perspective view of an alternate means for attaching the letter back of the channel letter of the invention.
FIG. 9B is a section view useful in explaining the utilization of the device shown in FIG. 9A.
Before reading the description of the preferred embodiments, it will be helpful to note that FIGS. 1-6 illustrate the embodiments of the invention described in the parent application, and FIGS. 7A-7C, 8, and 9A-9C illustrate the further improved embodiments of the invention of the present continuation-in-part application.
Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, the basic features of a channel letter and construction technique of the present invention will be described. Reference numeral 1 designates a typical channel letter. It has a letter face 2, which typically is composed of transluscent colored plastic, and channel siding material 3, which may be composed of sheet metal or aluminum having a smooth painted exterior surface or is composed of formable plastic material with an aluminum filler to provide the formability. A letter back 4 (FIGS. 2 and 3) has precisely the same stylized shape as the letter face 2, and is typically composed of armoured plywood, which is marine plywood clad with thin aluminum on the opposed major surfaces thereof. If the letter is to be electrically illuminated, neon lights such as 15 are attached by means of a suitable bracket 16 to the letter back 4. The neon light tubing may be shaped to conform to the general stylized shape of the channel letter. Other types of internal electrical illumination also can be used.
It can be seen that a typical channel letter has some portions such as 7 (FIG. 1) wherein the channel siding is flat, some other portions such as 8 wherein the channel siding has generally convex curvature, and other portions such as 6 which have generally concave curvature.
Typically a channel letter will have a circumferential molding, or a lip 5 to provide a "transition" between the metal channel siding material 3 and the flat plastic letter face 2.
In accordance with the present invention, the front edge of the channel siding material is not glued or adhesively attached to the peripheral edge of the plastic letter face 2, as in the prior art. Instead, a strip of plastic, easily formable male snap lock material 10 is adhesively attached to the peripheral edge of the letter face 2. A corresponding female snap lock connector strip 17 is adhesively attached along the inner front edge portion of the channel siding material 3, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
This allows the channel letter to be manufactured much more easily than the prior art channel letters, because once the letter face 2 is cut out, the strip of male snap-lock in connector 10 can be easily adhesively attached, as indicated by 35, along the edge surface of letter face 2, as shown in FIG. 2. The channel siding 3, which can be aluminum or sheet metal, can have a corresponding female snap-lock in connector 17 adhesively attached to its front edge surface, the adhesive connection being indicated by reference numeral 36. Then, the letter face 2 can be aligned with and connected to the channel siding 3 by simply forcing the male connector 10 in the direction of arrow 37 (FIG. 3), so that the enlarged body 14 of male snap-lock connector 10 is inserted into and thereby locked into the female snap-lock connector 17 in the manner shown in FIG. 2.
At this point, it will be convenient to refer to FIG. 4, which is an enlarged view showing the male snap-lock connector 10 engaged with the female snap-lock connector 17. The male snap-lock connector 10 includes an inverted J-shaped upper portion, including a curved portion 11 and a neck 13. The lower end of neck 13 is attached to an enlarged body portion 14 having a lower sloped surface 38, and an upper sloped surface 23, and a rounded curve 22 between sloped surfaces 38 and 23. The lower portion of body 14 is pointed, as indicated by reference numeral 12.
The female snap-lock connector 17 includes a base plate 19, having an upper portion 19B above point 12 and a lower portion 19A below point 12. A sloped arm 18B extends outwardly and upwardly to the right of base plate 19 at the same slope as the slope of surface 38 of the male-snap lock connector 10. At the upper end of portion 18B of arm 18 is an enlarged head 18A. Enlarged head 18A has an upper surface 39, the slope of which corresponds to the slope of upper surface 23 of the male snap-lock connector 10.
Male snap-lock connector 10 can be made to be easily formable by provision of a layer of thin aluminum 21 therein. The technology for doing this is well developed and is included in the channel side material manufactured by the Let-R-Edge Company, mentioned above.
It can be seen that as the male connector 10 is inserted into the female connector 17, the lower sloped surface 38 moves into the gap between the rounded surface 41 of enlarged head 18A, causing arm 18 and enlarged head 18A to be "rocked" outward in the direction of arrow 42. As insertion of male connector 10 continues, the outermost curve 22 of body 14 passes over the rounded surface 41, which then rocks backward in the direction of arrow 43 to the configuration shown in FIG. 4, with the inner surface 39 of enlarged head 38A pressing downward and inward against the upper sloped surface 23 of male snap-lock connector 10.
By applying a sufficient upward force on male snap-lock connector 10 while holding the female snap-lock connector 17 stationary, it can be seen that surface 23 of body portion 14 of male connector 10 can slide against surface 39 of enlarged head 18A, forcing it outward in the direction of arrow 42. This allows relatively easy removal of male connector 10 from female connector 17. Thus, the letter face 2, with the male snap-lock strip connector 10 attached to its outer peripheral edge, can be easily locked into or removed from the channel siding material 3.
At this point, it may be helpful to describe a typical overall manufacturing process for manufacturing and installing channel letters using the above-mentioned snap locking technique.
As is the practice in making conventional channel letters, the shape of the letter back 4 and letter face 2 is accomplished by double-sided taping them together and using a band saw or the like to produce the desired stylized letter shape. The armored plywood is then beveled to produce a slope, such as the one indicated by reference numeral 44 in FIG. 3, of approximately 15° relative to the plane of the channel siding, to ease the insertion of letter back 4 into the back side of the shaped channel siding 3.
At this point, it is noteworthy that the lower edge of the channel siding material 3 may be provided with a "back folded" portion 45 for increased structural strength. Adjacent to the back folded portion 44, a foam gasket 22 is adhesively attached to the inner surface of the channel siding material 3 for the purpose of sealing the interior of the channel letter against both the alumimum channel siding 3 and the armored plywood 4, as is best seen in FIG. 2.
After the letter back 4 and the letter face 2 have been sawed to their desired shape, and the male snap-lock strip 10 has been adhesively attached to the letter face 2. Meanwhile, the neon tubing or other internal electrical lighting fixtures 15 are attached to the inner surface of the letter back 4.
Various conventional techniques can be applied, using various "brake" tools to provide the proper bends in the channel siding 3 in order to make it conform to the shape of the letter face 2. Then, the letter face 2 is aligned with the preformed channel siding material 3, and the male snap-lock connector strip 10 of the letter face is simply "snapped" into the female snap-lock connecting strip 17 of the channel siding material.
The various holes that are needed in the letter back 4 to facilitate attachment of the interior lighting brackets 16 and the like can be drilled. Then, the partially constructed channel letter consisting of letter face 2 snapped onto the channel siding 3 is slipped over the beveled edge 44 of the letter back 4, so that sealing engagement with the foam rubber gasket 20 is achieved. Screws then are utilized to permanently attach the back inner edge surface of the channel siding 3 to the beveled edges 44 of the letter back 4.
Then, the narrow shank 27 of a hook tool 25 such as the one shown in FIG. 5 is inserted between outer surface of the male snap-lock connector 10 and the inner surface of the upper base member 19B (FIG. 3), so that the hook 28 on the lower end of shank 27 slips over the pointed lower end 12 of the male snap locking connector 10. The handle 26 of tool 25 is utilized, possibly in conjunction with a suction cup such as 29 shown in FIG. 6, to unlock the letter face 2 from the channel siding material 3. The letter face is then set aside.
Next, the portion of the channel letter including letter back 4, the internal lighting fixtures 15, 16 and the channel siding 3 permanently attached to the letter back 4 are transported as a unit to the permanent installation site and are installed. The necessary electrical connections are made. The letter face 2 then is installed simply by aligning it with the front of the already partially installed channel letter and then "snapping" it into place.
When it is necessary to perform maintenance operations on the lighting apparatus within the channel letter, the letter face 2 can be easily removed in the fashion described above.
Thus, the above disclosed embodiment of the invention represents a breakthrough in the field of making channel letters by very substantially reducing the amount of labor required for attaching the letter faces to the channel siding material. The invention also reduces the amount of labor required for maintanence of the interior lighting fixtures of the letter.
It should be appreciated that the particular design of the male snap-lock member 10 and the female snap-lock member 17 allows both of these members to be bent and formed easily to follow the contour of the peripheral edge of the letter face and the corresponding curvature of the channel siding, respectively. At "convex" bends of the channel siding, as seen from the outer surface thereof, occur, the arm 18 of the female snap locking member 17 will tend to pivot slightly about the pivot points indicated by reference numeral 46 and 47 whereby the enlarged head 18A moves toward the base 19B, tending to attain the same radius of curvature as the section 19B of the base. This will tend to help lock in the inserted male snap locking member 10 in place. Similarly, at the locations of "concave" curvature of the outer surface of the channel siding 3, the same type of pivoting of the arm 18 will occur, again so that the enlarged head portion 18A will tend to attain the same radius of curvature as the base portion 19B.
Due to the fact that the male and female snap locking members 10 and 17 are composed of flexible plastic, such as Butyrate, and despite the tendency of the enlarged head 18A to move toward base section 19B occurs at both concave and convex bends in the channel siding, it will still be relatively easy to insert the male snap locking member 10, as the pivoting of the arm at pivot points 46 and 47 will occur in order to accommodate insertion of enlarged head 14 of snap locking member 10. The tendency of enlarged head 18A to assume the same radius of curvature as the channel siding simply enhances the locking effect.
It should be noted that another significant advantage of the invention is that the male snap-locking member 10 can be of a different color that contrasts well with letter face 2 and/or the channel siding 3. The lip 11 then serves as a color contrasting trim for the edge of the letter face, and hence, of the entire channel letter. This provides the possibility of using three separate contrasting colors in the channel letters, and can provide much better visual definition of the edges of the channel letter, and thereby greatly enhance the appearance of channel letters made in accordance with the invention.
Referring now to FIGS. 7A-7B, an embodiment of the invention is shown wherein aluminum channel siding material 3 has a J-shaped hook 56 at its upper end extending into a thin groove 55 of a plastic edge joint strip 49. Edge joint strip 49 has a thin, plastic sheet like lower section 51, and an enlarged head 50 both attached to and integral with the upper portion of edge joint strip 49. The plastic lower section 51 is preferably "filled" with aluminum 51A, as in FIG. 4 described above. The configuration of enlarged head 50 is generally triangular (although it can have various other configurations that might suit various tastes), and includes a sloped outer surface 79, a lower surface 80 that forms the upper wall of a letter edge receiving groove 54 having a rectangular cross-section. Enlarged head 50 has a back surface 81 (FIG. 7A) that forms one wall of thin groove 55 into which the J-shaped hook portion 56 extends.
Letter edge receiving groove 54 has a back surface 82 formed by sheet-like lower section 51 and also has a lower surface 83. Lower surface 83 of groove 54 is the upper surface of a horizontal snap lock member 52.
Edge joint strip 49 preferably is formed of semi-rigid plastic material which can be easily bent.
An arcuate latch member 53 is symmetrically disposed on the outer or right edge of snap lock member 52, the left edge of which is attached to and integral with back sheet 51.
A pre-cut letter face 2, similar to the ones described with reference to FIGS. 1-3, has a bottom surface in which an edge groove 56 is disposed, preferably being cut by means of a router. Groove 56 has an inner edge 84 (FIG. 7A) which engages the end of latch element 53, preventing the edge end 86 of letter face 2 from being withdrawn from groove 54, once it has been inserted therein.
The bottom portion of channel siding 3 can be the same as indicated in FIG. 3, and can be attached to letter back 4 in the manner previously described, or in a new fashion subsequently described with reference to FIGS. 9A-9B in accordance with the present invention.
In accordance with the present invention, all edges of the letter face 2 are provided with a continuous edge groove such as 56 along each edge of the letter face. The plastic edge joint strip 49 is adhesively attached to the upper inner surface of channel siding 3, which then is rolled up and, if desired, stored.
After the letter faces 2 have been pre-cut, the channel siding 3, with the edge joint strip 49 adhesively attached thereto, is bent to conform to the shape of the letter face edge. The edge 86 of letter face 2 is then inserted into and "snap-locked" into edge receiving groove 54. The snap locking occurs because the plastic material of member 52 is resilient, allowing insertion of the edge 86 of letter face 2 to push latch member 53 downward in the direction of arrow 87 (FIG. 7A) which then snaps back upward in the direction opposite to arrow 87 into edge groove 86 when letter face edge 86 is pushed all the way into groove 54.
I have found that the foregoing snap connection of the edge of letter face 2 to edge receiving groove 54 (FIG. 7A) is a very strong, tight connection, so tight that it is very difficult to remove the edge of letter face 2 from groove 54 of edge joint strip 49. The connection is so strong, and seals the edge of the letter face 2 to the edge joint strip 49 so well that ordinarily no glue needs to be used to improve that connection or to provide a better seal against water and/or dust. However, glue can be applied in groove 54 if desired.
This technique avoids the need to prepare a pegboard or jig, as earlier described, for holding the edge joint strip 49 tightly against the edge of letter face 2 until the glue dries. Instead, the entire length of pre-bent channel siding 3 can be simply and quickly snapped onto the letter face 2.
The sloped edge 79 of enlarged head 50 provides an attractive border 4, letter face 2. The color of enlarged head 50 can contrast to the color of letter face 2 to visibly clearly define the edges of the channel letter.
The configuration of latch element 53 can be symmetrical if this is necessary to prevent the upward or downward deflection of member 52 that otherwise might occur at bends in the aluminum siding. However, up to now, this has not been found to be necessary.
The above-described technique and structure avoids the need to attach the male member 10 of FIG. 3 to the edge of the letter face 2, and thereby saves a significant amount of labor and time, and hence cost.
Referring now to FIGS. 9A-9B, an alternate technique to the one described with reference to FIG. 3 for attaching the bottom end of the channel siding 51 to the letter back 4 is described.
A plurality of metal or plastic brackets such as 60 in FIG. 9A are provided, each having a horizontal section 61 with a hole 66 therein through which a screw 68 (FIG. 9B) extends to attach the bracket 60 to the edge of a letter back 4.
The bracket 60 has a sloped section 62, the slope of which is the same as the slope of the surface 44 of letter back 4, connected at its upper end to section 61. A vertical section 63 connected to the lower end of section 62 and extending from the lower edge of sloped section 62 upward has a V-shaped pin-receiving groove 64 located at the bottom of and in open communication with V groove 64.
As best seen in FIG. 9B, a small peg 67 horizontally aligned with retaining aperture 65 extends horizontally from a mid portion of slope member 62 into a corresponding hole 89 in the sloped surface 44 of letter back 4. In accordance with this embodiment of the invention, horizontal, precisely spaced holes 89 are drilled in the sloped surface 44 of letter back 4 for receiving the horizontal peg 67. At the same time, i.e., in the same operation, holes are drilled through the lower lip 59 of channel siding 3 in alignment with the holes 89. The holes 89 and corresponding holes in channel siding 3 are strategically placed around the letter back 4 so as to adequately fasten the channel side 3 thereto.
The V-shaped groove 64 receives rivet pins such as 70 that are attached to the lower edge of aluminum channel siding 3. The diameter of pin 70 is less than the diameter of the enlarged aperture 65, but greater than the gap between the bottom edges of the V-shaped groove 64, so that when the pin 70 is forced downward into the V-shaped opening 64, it snaps into and is locked into aperture 65.
A round retaining flange 69 is attached to and is integral with the outer end of pin 70. A riveting operation or the like between a flange 71, which is attached to the mid portion of pin 70 and connected by the shank of pin 70 to rivet head 72 and extends through an opening in the bottom lip of aluminum channel siding 3, rigidly attaches pin 70 to channel siding 3.
Thus, after the letter face 2 and its aluminum channel siding 3 have been attached together by the edge joint strip 49, as described above, the channel letter may be completed by simply forcing each of the pins onto an appropriate ones of the brackets 60, as shown in FIG. 9B.
Although the particular dimensions of the edge joint strip 49 are not critical, some exemplary dimensions are given. The depth of groove 55 can be approximately 3/16 inch, the depth of edge receiving groove 54 can be 5/32 inch, the distance between the bottom of groove 55 and the upper wall 80 of groove 54 can be 3/32 inch, the width (in the vertical direction) of groove 54 can be 7/32 inch, the outward extend of each side of symmetrical latch element 53 can be 1/16 inch, the distance between surface 85 and wall 82 can be 3/32 inch, the distance between the wall 82 of the groove and the outermost surface of latch element 53 can be 5/32 inch.
Referring now to FIG. 8, an alternate embodiment of the invention of FIGS. 7A-7B is shown, wherein the enlarged head 50 is integral with channel siding 51, which is "aluminum-filled" by sheet 75 of aluminum. The manner in which the edge 81 of letter face 2 is inserted into groove 54 is identical to that described above.
An integral foot 76 is provided on the bottom edge of channel siding 51 to allow the assembly consisting of the channel siding 51 and integral edge joint 50 and an attached letter face 2 to be glued to a suitable backing plate such as 77, which may be of wood or plastic material that contrasts in color to the color of enlarged head 50, which in turn contrasts with the color of letter face 2.
While the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment thereof, those skilled in the art will be able to make numerous variations to the described embodiment of the invention without departing from the true spirit and scope thereof. It is intended that the invention encompass all variations or modifications to the disclosed elements and steps which produce substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve substantially the same result. For example, even though the disclosed embodiment of the invention has the male snap locking member attached to the channel letter and the female snap locking member attached to the channel siding, it is possible to reverse the position of the male snap locking function and the female snap locking function. It is not essential that the lip 11 of the male snap locking element 10 be as shown in the drawings, and in fact, if it were desired to cover the outer edges of the base section 19B and the channel siding 3, a lip or flange could be provided on the section J to do so. Furthermore, the upper portion 19B of the base 19 of the female snap locking member 17 could be omitted, so that the neck of the male snap locking member directly abuts the inner surface of the channel siding 3. The techniques described also could be used to snap-attach rectangular (or otherwise shaped) single-faced small signs, wherein letters or other indicia are painted, screened, or cut out (for example) on the single face.
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This app allows access to your Google Play Games Services account, which Cinderella Free Fall Google Play requires for Progress Cloud Saving and Achievements. This app also allows access to approximate location in order to send informative notifications to users. This app allows content to be saved to external storage.
Game Name: Cinderella Free Fall
Category: Android Games Download
Game Type: Adventure
Release Date: 2017
Language: English
Size: 110.69 MB
Developer Company: Disney
File Type: .apk
1. infinite Lives
2. infinite PowerUps
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