The limitation on capital expenditures for the current fiscal year under the credit agreement.

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The percentage of equity interest pledge as collateral under the credit agreement.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit - Lines of Credit - Narrative (Detail)				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 08, 2016 CNY (¥)	Jul. 10, 2015 USD ($)	May 01, 2016 USD ($)	May 03, 2015 USD ($)	May 01, 2016 CNY (¥)	May 03, 2015 CNY (¥)
United States [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 10,000,000
Interest rate description				Interest was charged at a rate equal to the one-month LIBOR rate plus a spread based on the ratio of debt to EBITDA as defined in the agreement.
Applicable interest rate at end of period					1.78%		1.78%
Expiration date			Aug. 31, 2017		Aug. 31, 2015
Reference rate on which the interest rate is based				One-month LIBOR rate
Annual capital expenditures limit			$ 12,000,000
Letters of credit, outstanding amount				$ 250,000	$ 250,000
Outstanding amount				0	$ 0
China [Member] \| Revolving credit agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		¥ 40,000,000		$ 6,200,000		¥ 40,000,000	¥ 40,000,000
Interest rate description				This agreement has an interest rate determined by the Chinese government
Expiration date		Mar. 08, 2017		Mar. 08, 2017	Feb. 09, 2016
Outstanding amount				$ 0	$ 0	¥ 0	¥ 0
Second Amendment [Member] \| United States [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 30,000,000
Interest rate description	Variable spread over LIBOR, based on the company's ratio of debt to EBITDA
Applicable interest rate at end of period				1.89%		1.89%
Reference rate on which the interest rate is based	LIBOR
Annual capital expenditures limit	$ 15,000,000
Percentage of common stock in subsidiary pledge as collateral	65.00%