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Note B - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Notes Tables |
Schedule of Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] |
|  | Useful lives (in years) |
Buildings |  |  | 20 - 42 |
Land improvements |  |  | 10 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 2 - 20 |
Furniture and fixtures |  |  | 3 - 7 |
Computer equipment and software |  |  | 3 - 10 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | The shorter of the life of the applicable lease or the useful life of the improvement |
Transportation equipment |  |  | 5 |
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Beginning Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 703 |  |  | $ | 821 |  |  | $ | 995 |
Warranty costs incurred |  |  | (826 | ) |  |  | (457 | ) |  |  | (1,261 | )
Provision for warranty |  |  | 386 |  |  |  | 339 |  |  |  | 1,087 |
Ending Balance, December 31 |  | $ | 263 |  |  | $ | 703 |  |  | $ | 821 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123368208&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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