Abstract: A fuel absorbent device for maintaining fuel spills and preventing overflow, spillage, and splashes of liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant during a liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant filling process from contacting surfaces adjacent a liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant filler entrance. The fuel absorbent device has absorbent material, an opposing non skid surface, which is substantially impervious to liquid strikethrough, and a hole therethrough. Liquids, fuels, and lubricants contacting the absorbent material are typically contained within the absorbent material, and prevented from reaching adjacent surfaces by the opposing non skid surface, which is substantially impervious to liquid, fuel, and/or lubricant strikethrough. The opposing non skid surface also substantially prevents slippage of the fuel absorbent device thereon surfaces that the fuel absorbent device is removably placed thereon.

Abstract: A toothbrush for pets and animals, which easily conforms to compound and complex shapes of an animal's teeth, and which cleans substantially all surfaces of an animal's tooth at the same time, during brushing. The toothbrush is capable of being used with minimum visibility of the animal's teeth, as the animal may not always be cooperative during the teeth brushing process. The toothbrush is durable, long lasting, easy to manufacture, light weight, inexpensive, safe to use, attractive, sturdy, and of simple construction.

Abstract: A limited slip differential comprising a casing containing a fluid medium, the casing rotatably driven along an axis by an input member; a plurality of opposing pinions therein the casing that are immersed in the casing fluid medium, having substantially parallel rotational axes, the opposing pinions meshing one with the other circumferentially at medial portions of the meshing opposing pinions; the pinions having partitions therebetween lateral and said medial portions of each of the opposing pinions; opposing driven gears, immersed in the casing fluid medium, the opposing driven gears meshing with a plurality of the lateral portions; the opposing driven gears having output shafts adjoined thereto; the casing having opposing holes therethrough, the opposing output shafts rotatably mounted therethrough; and seals adapted to retain said fluid medium therein said casing.

Abstract: A method of remotely manufacturing a cover for an article, such as a piece of upholstered furniture includes the steps of: ascertaining dimensional data of the article, and relating the data to individual portions of the article, determining a group of physically inter-related templates associated with these individual portions. Each template is definable on a plane of co-oridinates and is derived from a series of mathematical functions evaluated using this data, and using each template to form a corresponding cover piece and joining the cover pieces to form the cover for the furniture article.

Abstract: A hazardous material catcher, which maintains hazardous material spills and prevents spillage of hazardous materials during coupling, uncoupling, loading and unloading processes. The hazardous material catcher has absorbent material associated therewith to absorb excess hazardous materials and prevent hazardous materials from contacting neighboring areas. The hazardous material catcher is light weight, portable, easy to mount, easy to transport, and has absorbent material associated therewith that is easily disposable in a safe and environmentally sound manner, and is useable in a variety of hazardous material loading and unloading applications, including vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to stationary, stationary to vehicle, and stationary to stationary applications.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder comprising: a frame adapted to support and pivotally hold a at least one fishing rod, the frame having an anteriorly disposed side and a posteriorly disposed side, each opposing the other, and opposing sides, the anteriorly disposed side having a plurality of anterior fishing rod accommodations, and the posteriorly disposed side having plurality of corresponding inverted posterior fishing rod accommodations; a support member for supporting the frame; at least one supplementary strut therebetween the frame and the support member; and mounting means adapted to mount the fishing rod holder thereonto a surface.

Abstract: A sea bird marine craft protector having an elevated protector net for preventing sea birds, such as sea gulls and the like, from landing on deck and superstructure of a marine craft and supports or struts for supporting and elevating the protector net above the deck and above the superstructure. The sea bird marine craft protector has fasteners for fastening the protector net to a rail on the deck and fasteners on stern of the marine craft, for pulling the protector net taut, and for maintaining the protector net at a minimum height above the deck and the superstructure. Additionally, the sea bird marine craft protector has strut support mounts, which are mounted on port deck and starboard deck of the marine craft, respectively, for supporting the struts therebetween, maintaining the struts in user selected positions, and for maintaining the minimum height of the protector net above the deck and the superstructure.

Abstract: A clip is attached to each temple piece of a pair of eyeglass, to hold the eyeglasses within a pocket of a shirt. They are molded of thermoplastic resins such as polycarbonate or polyvinylchloride in a variety of colors to match eyeglass temple pieces such as black or brown. In addition, these clips can also be finished in a metallic tone such as gold or silver through a well known process used in packaging for cosmetics. These latter clips would closely match the temple pieces of gold or silver frames.

Abstract: A wheel skid having an arcuate base for facilitating mobility of a vehicle on terrain where wheels ordinarily sink into the terrain, and/or otherwise become directed in a direction other than the desired direction of travel of such vehicles, and where wheeled transportation is otherwise difficult or impossible, and hazardous. The wheel skid has an arcuate base having a slot, a wheel assembly having a wheel, the slot having the wheel of the wheel assembly protruding therethrough, and a fastener fastening the wheel assembly thereto the wheel skid. The wheel skid may be supplied as a complete unit and/or as an accessory skid for retrofit installations.

Abstract: A tool box in which tools, hardware, parts, and the like stored therein can be displayed, accessed, and retrieved in a quick, convenient, and efficient manner. Tools, hardware, and the like can be displayed and distinguished one from the other, accessed, removed, and stored quickly, and easily. The tool box has mating hinged container portions and mating hinged cover portions that may be pivotally opened for display, access, and retrieval of tools, hardware, and the like stored therein in a quick, convenient, and efficient manner and distinguished one from the other, accessed, removed, and stored quickly, and easily or closed for storage and transport, and display storage cases that may be removably and pivotally adjoined one to the other. The tool box is durable, light weight, inexpensive, safe to use, attractive, sturdy, and of simple construction, and may be of metal, such as aluminum or steel, thermoplastics, thermosetting polymers, rubber, or other suitable material or combination thereof.

Abstract: Colorimetric indicators for breath, air, gas, & vapor analyses that can be thrown away after a single use, are easy to use, low cost, small, and simple to manufacture for indicating at least volume passed through the colorimetric indicators and may also be used to indicate concentration of an analyte within breath, air, gas, & vapor passed through the colorimetric indicators. The present invention is directed to colorimetric indicators for breath, air, gas, & vapor analyses. The colorimetric indicators may have a housing with an entrance port, an outlet, a volume indicator, and an analyte indicating reagent. The volume indicator may be a breath volume reagent. Different analytes may be measured, the analyte indicating reagent depending upon the particular analyte being to monitored. The breath volume indicator is colorimetric, and changes color when a predetermined volume of air is passed through the colorimetric indicators for breath, air, gas, & vapor analyses.

Abstract: An inexpensive, attractive, easy to install, disposable bath liner and tile shield that prevents water from contacting walls and infiltrating behind walls and into a building structure, which may be removably attached to bath walls. The disposable bath liner has a side panel and opposing end panels for covering and protecting a side wall and opposing end walls of a bath enclosure, is flexible, capable of being removably attached to the bath walls, may be transparent or opaque, depending upon a user's needs, and of a material that may be imprinted with a decorative design. The disposable bath liner is also durable and light weight, easily fits irregularly shaped walls and a variety of bath enclosure sizes, is fabricated from materials that do not corrode, rust, bleed onto, and/or soil bath walls, is installable as a retrofit to existing baths, and has cut outs for bath fixtures to fit therethrough.

Abstract: A window draft shield having at least one flexible window for preventing draft from infiltrating into a building. The window draft shield has at least one roller, each of the rollers having at least one flexible window mounted thereon and for dispensing and retracting each of the respective flexible windows; an exterior frame for supporting the rollers, the exterior frame having a plurality of locking clamps for locking the flexible windows into place and creating a seal between the flexible windows and the exterior frame when the flexible windows are dispensed; and a plurality of mating interior support frames adjoined to the exterior frame and for adjoining the window draft shield to a window casing.