Abstract: A product useful for preventing water seepage onto a floor in a structure having a foundation, a footing, a floor and a drain below the floor, including a barrier having a cross-sectional shape which forms conduit portions and contact portions, the barrier being suitable for placement against the foundation and the footing prior to installation of the floor, the barrier having an upper diverter suitable for placement against the foundation, the barrier having a lower diverter suitable for placement against the footing, the upper diverter being connected to the lower diverter at approximately right angles to one another, the lower diverter extending a distance away from the foundation farther than the footing extends from the foundation, the cross-sectional shape providing conduit portions which allow water to travel through the upper diverter conduit portions to and through the lower diverter conduit portions to a point under the floor and away from the footing to the drain under the floor and the cross-secti

Abstract: A tool useful for marking and constructed of a flexible material which includes a flat member having a structural layer of a predetermined shape with first and second parallel surfaces, the structural layer having marking edges perpendicular to the first and second parallel surfaces for measuring, aligning and marking, a first wear rim along the marking edges extending a uniform distance away from the first parallel surface of the structural layer, a second wear rim along the marking edges extending a uniform distance away from the second parallel surface of the structural layer, a plurality of first marking indicia on and extending away from the first parallel surface along the first wear rim, a plurality of second marking indicia on and extending away from the second parallel surface along the second wear rim, wherein the first wear rim extends away from the first parallel surface a greater distance than the first marking indicia extend away from the first parallel surface, and wherein the second wear rim e

Abstract: A pistol grip for use with a pistol having a barrel with a predetermined line of flight of a bullet and a predetermined center of gravity, including a grip which is affixed to the pistol, a platform extending from the grip, and a support portion of the platform extending away from the grip such that at least one point of the support portion of the platform is vertically below the center of gravity when the line of flight of a bullet is raised 5.degree. from horizontal.

Abstract: A measuring tool including a flat member having the shape of a right triangle and having upper and lower surfaces and a first side and second side which form a right angle at their intersection, a tee affixed along the edge of the first side which is perpendicular to the flat member and extends from both the upper and lower surfaces of the flat member, a first slot extending along the first side and running approximately parallel to the first side, a first stop bolt slidably affixable in the first slot, a second slot extending along the second side and running approximately parallel to the second side; a layout bar having a thickness equal to that of the extension of the tee from the surface of the flat member, the layout bar having a fastening slot perpendicular to the second slot and being alignable with the second slot; the layout bar having a recessed channel running along its length, and a second stop bolt slidably affixable in the recessed channel so that the tee and the layout bar when affixed to the f

Abstract: A method and a product providing for waterproofing soil utilizing a flexible non-biodegradable support capable of venting gas coated with water swellable bentonite and covering the soil to be waterproofed with the coated support.

Abstract: A device for use with guttering, troughs and downspouts which collects water and blocking debris, including a channel open at one end including a chute portion and a pair of side walls capable of being attached to a trough so that the chute portion is aligned with the bottom of the trough and the chute portion slopes downward and away from the trough at its attachment to the trough and the pair of side walls are connected to the front wall of the trough so as to allow water to flow from the trough to the channel, and an outlet located in the chute portion of the channel capable of conducting water from the channel to a downspout, the outlet being displaced between the trough side of the channel and the open end of the channel, wherein the channel and the outlet when used in guttering between a trough and a downspout allow water to be collected by a trough, flow to the channel, flow down the chute, flow into the outlet and then flow through a downspout, while also allowing blocking debris to pass through the c

Abstract: A device for use with a toilet seat including a lever adapted to fit through a hole in the toilet seat cover so as to allow rotation of the lever when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, a latch connected to the lever so that the latch will rotate in direct relationship to the lever and pivotally connected to the lever so that when the toilet seat cover is in a vertical position, the latch will lay substantially against the toilet seat cover and when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, the latch will hang away from the toilet seat cover, and a retainer which is adapted to be affixed to a toilet and positioned so that when the toilet seat cover is in a horizontal position, rotation of the lever will allow rotation of the latch into or out from the retainer.

Abstract: An anchor useful for attaching articles to a member of predetermined width including a support section, a pair of arms extending from the support section, each arm extending to an end away from the support section, a retainer at each of the ends of the arms being affixed so that as the arms are pushed onto a member of predetermined width, the retainers force the pair of arms apart and when the arms are pulled off the member of predetermined width, the retainers tend to grip the member of predetermined width, where the arms are spaced apart from one another by a distance substantially equal to the width of the member of predetermined width, where the retainers define a plane with which the retainers are substantially aligned, where the retainers extend toward each other and toward the support section such that when viewed from a line of sight perpendicular to the plane formed by the retainers, the angles formed by each of the retainers and each of the respective arms is substantially acute and the arms are sub

Abstract: A method for repairing holes and rust areas in automobile and truck bodies comprising the steps of identifying or providing a cavity behind the hole or rust area, filling said cavity with a moldable plastic material which will harden as a closed cell foam and provide a support base behind the hole or rust area, removing any hardened plastic support material on the surface of the body which does not conform to a desired body surface contour, applying a plastic filler to the area, the plastic filler being selected from the class consisting of a polyester resin and filler mixed with a catalyst or an epoxy resin and filler mixed with a catalyst, and grinding the surface of the plastic filler to a feathered edge at the surface of the metal surface.

Abstract: An article of furniture providing a flight of steps employing a chest of drawers and a desk within the frame supporting the top step.