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00000025 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
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Accounting Policies [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2015-12-27 - 2016-12-31
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
 
Schedule of inventory

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

    December 31, 2016     December 26, 2015  
             
Raw Materials   $ 162,882     $ 203,173  
Work-in-process     68,602       69,690  
Finished goods     293,789       273,762  
Inventory Reserves     (40,452 )     (46,071 )
Inventory, net of reserves   $ 484,821     $ 500,554  

 
 
Schedule of property and equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

 

Buildings and improvements   39-50
Office furniture and equipment   3-5
Manufacturing and engineering equipment   5
Vehicles   5
 
 
Schedule of dividends payable

The dates determined by the Board were as follows:

 

Dividend Date   Record Date   $s per share  
June 30, 2016   June 16, 2016   $ 0.51  
September 30, 2016   September 15, 2016   $ 0.51  
December 30, 2016   December 14, 2016   $ 0.51  
March 31, 2017   March 15, 2017   $ 0.51  

  

Dividend Date   Record Date   $s per share  
June 30, 2015   June 16, 2015   $ 0.51  
September 30, 2015   September 15, 2015   $ 0.51  
December 31, 2015   December 15, 2015   $ 0.51  
March 31, 2016   March 16, 2016   $ 0.51  

 

Dividend Date   Record Date   $s per share  
June 30, 2014   June 17, 2014   $ 0.48  
September 30, 2014   September 15, 2014   $ 0.48  
December 31, 2014   December 15, 2014   $ 0.48  
March 31, 2015   March 16, 2015   $ 0.48  

 

 
 
Schedule of product warranty

The following reconciliation provides an illustration of changes in the aggregate warranty reserve:

 

 

    Fiscal Year Ended  
    December 31,     December 26,     December 25,  
    2016     2015     2014  
                   
Balance - beginning of period   $ 30,449     $ 27,609     $ 26,767  
Accrual for products sold(1)     61,578       44,620       44,423  
Expenditures     (54,794 )     (41,780 )     (43,581 )
Balance - end of period   $ 37,233     $ 30,449     $ 27,609