Abstract: A method of fishing, including the steps of catching a fish; determining data, the data including at least one member selected from the group of: angler's name, location, time, date, length of fish, girth of fish, weight of fish, variety of fish, lure and notes; recording the data on a tag, the tag being a laminated tag; selectively sticking the tag to the fish; photographing the tag and the fish; removing the tag without injuring the fish; and returning the fish to the water.

Abstract: A lint trap, including a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall and a front wall, and the bottom wall defining an aperture; at least one attachment mechanism joining the housing to a utility sink; a lint collection plate slot defined in the side walls; a lint collection plate, the lint collection plate being slidably received within the lint collection plate slot; and an adapter having a hose end and a trap end, the hose end being adapted to join to a hose of a washing machine and the trap end being joined relative to the aperture defined in the bottom wall and a method of use including the steps of flowing water into a flow rate control chamber of a lint trap; flowing water from the flow rate control chamber to a water release chamber; flowing water from the water release chamber through a lint collection plate; removing the lint collection plate from the lint trap; wiping lint off the lint collection plate; and reconnecting the lint collection plate to t

Abstract: A joint, usable as a component of a golf club, including an outer sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface and an inner surface; an inner sleeve having a proximal end, an inner surface in circumscribing contact with the inner surface of the outer sleeve, a slit, and a projection ring having an inner diameter; and an inner projection having a proximal end sized to be in circumscribing contact with the inner surface of the inner sleeve, a distal end, a key sized to be slidably fit in the slit of the inner sleeve, a proximal taper, a distal taper and a maximum diameter, the maximum diameter being larger than the inner diameter of the projection ring, the maximum diameter being selectively passable through the projection ring.

Abstract: A scaffold system, including a plank; at least one end support having a plank bracket, the plank engaging the plank bracket, the end support having adjustable legs, and the end support having at least one cross bar interconnecting the legs; a moveable tray including a plank attachment, a vertical support and an upper horizontal support, the vertical support interconnecting the plank attachment and the upper horizontal support, the plank attachment having a hook end adapted to encase an edge of the plank; and a material support bracket including a plank securement and a material support, the plank securement releasably and slidably joined to the plank, the material support adjustably joined to the plank securement.

Abstract: A hand tool, including a shank having a proximal end joined to an operational head, the shank including an elongated groove with corresponding ends adjacent the proximal end and a distal end of the shank; a slidably sleeve sized to receive the shank, the sleeve defining a set aperture; a set disposed in the set aperture and positioned to bias into the elongated groove, the set preventing sliding between the shank and sleeve when tightened and the set allowing sliding between the shank and the sleeve when loosened; and a selective lock relating between the sleeve and the shank, the lock preventing separation of the sleeve and the shank when the sleeve and shank are in rotational alignment, the lock allowing separation of the sleeve and the shank when the sleeve and shank are out of rotational alignment.

Abstract: A bicycle seat, including a seat frame; a first cushion joined to the seat frame, the first cushion being adapted to rotate forward and rearward; a second cushion joined to the seat frame, the second cushion being adapted to rotate forward and rearward; at least one first elastomer support joined between the first seat cushion and the seat frame; and at least one second elastomer support joined between the second seat cushion and the seat frame.

Abstract: A cover for a liquid container having a mechanism for selectively attaching the cover to the liquid receptacle, a valve centrally located upon the cover, the valve being adapted to either allow the flow of liquids or disallow the flow of liquids, the valve having a pair of outwardly extending hinged ears pivotal to urge the valve into the on position; a pair of spacing horns formed on the cover, each horn extending upwardly and coaxially from the top surface of the cover proximate the periphery of the cover.

Abstract: A medical appliance for assisting in the performance of exercises for regaining lost range of motion in a previously traumatized knee joint of the leg of a patient having a planar leg support with a first end and a second end, the leg support further having a cushion attached on the first end thereof, the cushion surrounding the first end of the planar support and being further adapted for fitment adjacent to and behind the knee joint to support and locate the lower leg for performance of exercises, and an elongate stretcher removably attachable to the to the leg support whereby the patient may apply force to the to the stretcher increasing the range of movement in the previously traumatized knee.

Abstract: A measuring device including a mechanism for measuring such as a tape measure, the mechanism for measuring having a end hook; and a mechanism for selectively securing, such as a magnet, the tape to an object, such as a pipe, the mechanism for selective securing being attached to the end hook of the mechanism for measuring.

Abstract: A device for changing the drive belt in a machine having power transmitted by a trapezoidal flexible drive belt, a circular adapter plate for attachment to the terminal end of the shaft having the pulley having the spring means having an attachable compressor with a bail and a connector yoke, the connector yoke being shaped approximating a semi-circular flattened annulus, the inner radius being sized to fit about the adapter plate carried on the shaft, the outer being sufficiently larger to provide the necessary strength and provide for the attachment of the bail; the bail being pivotally attached to the yoke and having a planer graspable handle and an offset bearing pad, the bearing pad extending outwardly from the plane of the bail and affixed proximate the pivotal attachment to the connector yoke forming the “L” shape of the bail, the bearing pad further being adapted to engage the extension of the movable sheave of pulley with the spring means.

Abstract: A fishing device, including a wall, the wall defining a large opening, a small opening, and a slit, the large opening operably communicating with the small opening through the slit; and an interior surface of the wall, the interior surface being frustoconical in shape and a method of threading a fishhook including the steps of at least partially circumscribing an eyelet of a fishhook with a curved surface of a wall; and directing fishing line adjacent the curved surface and through the eyelet.

Abstract: An educational board game includes a game board that has a plurality of spaces marked on a surface of the game board. The spaces include a pair of win spaces, a start space, and a plurality of medial spaces divided between a pair of tracks. Each of the tracks extends between the start space and an associated one of the win spaces. Tokens are provided for moving between adjacent spaces by a player. Movement of tokens on the game board is determined by a combination of chance elements including cards, dice, and spinners for determining direction and number of spaces moved.

Abstract: A hole patching device including mechanism for covering an opening on an interior surface of a wall, the covering mechanism being formed of a generally rigid material and being at least two inches in diameter; mechanism for guiding the covering mechanism through the opening, which may include a slit cut from a center of the covering mechanism to an outer edge of the covering mechanism; mechanism for securing the covering mechanism to the interior surface of the wall to define a pocket; an insert for filling the pocket; and a hardenable material spread over the insert and pocket smoothable with the wall and a method of use.

Abstract: A cutting device, including a receptacle for containing butter; a push mechanism for pushing the butter or margarine down into the receptacle, the push mechanism sitting atop a stick of butter and inside the receptacle, the push mechanism being in mechanical communication with the receptacle such that movement of the receptacle causes the push mechanism to move butter downward in relation to the receptacle, the push mechanism including a retrieval chain; a cutter, the cutter including a mechanism for knocking-off a piece of cut butter, the knocking off mechanism being a tapered piece; a gear mechanism in mechanical communication with the receptacle such that movement of the receptacle causes movement of the gear mechanism, the gear mechanism including at least one upper flat gear joined to the receptacle, a round gear joined to the frame and at least one lower flat gear joined to the cutter, wherein movement of the receptacle causes the upper flat gear to rotate the round gear, which in turn moves the lower f

Abstract: An apparatus for telescopically extending the shaft length of a tool including a handle with a circular or noncircular hollow core shaft with at least one longitudinal extension channel, a circular or noncircular hollow shank wherein one end has an internally threaded drive ring with at least one tab for insertion into an extension channel, and the second end has a head assembly to receive various tool fittings where an externally threaded adjusting rod extends into the hollow shank and is engaged in the threaded drive ring and is operated by a rotatable adjusting knob is attached to the adjusting rod, and a lock assembly is used to selectively eliminate rotation of the knob; the lock assembly comprises a pair of facing spline faces which engagingly prevent rotation of the knob.

Abstract: A light system, including a channel sign having a cover, walls and a bottom; a power source; a wire harness coupled to the power source; a flexible conductor strip coupled to the wire harness, the flexible conductor strip defining solder pad openings and the flexible conductor strip coupled to the channel sign, the flexible conductor strip being foldable; a socket mounted to the flexible conductor strip, the socket including pin receptacles in electrical contact through the solder pad openings; and a light having conductive pins, the conductive pins disposed in the pin receptacles and a method of installing lights including mounting a flexible conductor strip to a structure; supplying power to the flexible conductor strip; electrically connecting lights to the flexible conductor strip to power the lights; and exchanging burned out lights with operable lights without removing the flexible conductor strip.

Abstract: In a small-sized and precision injection molding apparatus, a raw material supply means, a raw material plasticization means, an injection plunger means and a melted resin flow passage means are all together incorporated in a mold, thereby a substantial distance from the raw material up to a cavity becomes shorter. Thus, an overall construction of the injection molding apparatus becomes small-size and compact.