sub new
 {
  my ($class, @arg) = @_;
  $class->_incr_count();

  my (@item, $ref, @objref);

  $sth->execute($company, $_[1]);
  $sth->bind_columns(undef,
        \$item[0], \$item[1],

etc..

 while ($ref = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref())
   {
    $objref[$i] =
    (
    {
    _item        => $item[0]  || "",
    _available   => $item[1]  || "",
    _brand       => $item[2]  || "",

etc..

   }
    );
   $i++;
  }

  return bless \@objref, $class;

 } # End sub new