Note 6 - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014
Patents and trademarks	$ 2,203,673	$ 2,153,717
Trade names	342,416	404,129
Non-competition agreements	150,048	177,090
Customer relationships	2,516,952	2,970,574
	5,213,089	5,705,510
Less accumulated amortization	(2,998,327)	(2,845,250)
Net intangibles	$ 2,214,762	$ 2,860,260

Gross carrying amount before accumulated amortization as of the balance sheet date to an asset acquired in a business combination representing a favorable existing relationship with customers having a finite beneficial life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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Gross carrying amount before accumulated amortization as of the balance sheet date of payments made to third parties in exchange for their agreement not to engage in specified competitive practices in specified geographic territories for a specified period of time.

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