var timeout    = 36000;
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;

function zanimate_open()
{  zanimate_canceltimer();
   zanimate_close();
   ddmenuitem = jQuery(this).find('ul').css({'display' : 'block'});
}

function zanimate_close()
{  if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('display', 'none');}

function zanimate_timer()
{  closetimer = window.setTimeout(zanimate_close, timeout);}

function zanimate_canceltimer()
{  if(closetimer)
   {  window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
      closetimer = null;}}

jQuery(document).ready(function()
{  jQuery('#xMenu > li').bind('mouseover', zanimate_open)
   jQuery('#xMenu > li').bind('mouseout',  zanimate_timer)});

document.onclick = zanimate_close;