Abstract: A device for animating a steer for use in the practice of roping a steer. The device has a pedestal member and a guide arm rotatably secured to the pedestal member. A frame is connected to the guide arm and is for supporting a motor for driving the frame. A surface engaging member is mounted to the frame and is adapted to effect movement of the frame along an operating surface. The motor is mounted to the frame and is operative coupled to the surface engaging member for driving the same. A first speed reduction assembly is engaged releasably to a clutch which is operatively connected to the motor. A second speed reduction assembly is operatively engaged to the first speed reduction assembly and to the surface engaging member.

Abstract: A fishing rod having a structurally tapering rod section and a handle connected to the tapering rod section. The handle has a longitudinal bore, and a rod having an external surface with weight calibrations is slidably disposed in the longitudinal bore. A calibrated compression spring helically surrounds the external surface of the rod within the longitudinal bore. The compression spring biases the rod towards the structurally tapering rod while in the longitudinal bore. A hook support member connects to an end of the rod, and a hook member pivotally connects to the hook support member. A method for measuring the length of a fish and for weighing the fish. A scale for weighing an object.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of low-viscosity improved stable crude oil transport emulsions. The process comprises producing a hydrocarbon crude, and mixing the produced hydrocarbon crude with an emulsifying composition(s) which contains water and is capable of assisting the formation of an oil-in-water emulsion. The amount of the emulsifying composition(s) that is mixed with the produced hydrocarbon crude is sufficient to form an oil-in-water emulsion having water content of from about 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight water and a viscosity sufficiently low for allowing the transport of the formulated oil-in-water emulsion.

Abstract: A luggage securer which uses the vacuum of an engine in order to steadfastly hold an article to a predetermined location on a vehicle. The luggage securer includes a vacuum receiving chamber, and a conduit which extends from the vacuum source to the vacuum receiving chamber. At least one valve is disposed within the conduit. At least one other conduit extends from the vacuum receiving chamber to the predetermined location on the vehicle where the article is to be steadfastly held.

Abstract: An apparatus for manually smoothing and cleaning ceramic articles. The apparatus has a flexible body with a pair of springable legs. Each leg has a top portion, an intermediate portion, and a terminous portion having a structure defining a slot. Each intermediate portion optionally has a lug secured to an outside surface thereof. A flexible fastening device is secured to the lug or directly to the intermediate portion. A method for manually smoothing and cleaning ceramic articles.

Abstract: A process for recovering oil from a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir having a hydrocarbon and penetrated by a wellbore. The process comprises injecting through the wellbore and into the subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir an emulsifying composition containing an aqueous phase and a minor amount of an emulsifying agent such that the emulsifying composition contacts at least a portion of the hydrocarbon to form an oil-in-aqueous phase emulsion within the subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir.

Abstract: A target projecting apparatus having a main support housing assembly, and a target conveyance assembly mounted to the main support housing assembly. Also mounted or connected to the main support housing assembly are a target drive assembly, a releasing assembly, and a switch for interrupting power to a sprocket support that is included in the target drive assembly. A method for throwing targets comprising interrupting power to stop the sprocket support from rotating, and tripping a safety latch to release a spring biased crank shaft in order to propel a target.

Abstract: A majority amount of a heavy hydrocarbon crude is reacted with a minor amount of brine, at supercritical temperature and pressure for the brine, for a predetermined period of time in order to upgrade and convert the heavy hydrocarbon crude into a lighter hydrocarbon crude of higher API gravity. The upgrading and conversion of a viscous heavy hydrocarbonaceous crude oil into lighter hydrocarbons is accomplished in a continuous reactor system and may be accomplished in a subterranean petroleum reservoir at supercritical temperature and pressure. The overall heat of reaction is neutral, i.e., neither exothermic nor endothermic. In order to provide the necessary temperature, heat is added to the system prior to the reaction. For an in situ application, a combustion operation may be utilized to provide the necessary temperature, and is initiated using an oxidizing gas injected through an injection well.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding athletic equipment having a stanchion member with a pair of outside standards and an intermediate standard to form a pair of longitudinal openings. A bifurcated member is provided having a pair of brackets. The pair of brackets slidably lodge in the pair of longitudinal openings such that the bifurcated member slidably engages the stanchion member. A support is secured to the stanchion member for supporting and retaining athletic equipment off of the ground.

Abstract: A golf game having at least one game board carrying a pictorial configuration of a multi-hole golf course including appropriate pictorial representations of a tee, a green with a boundary and distant from the tee, a hole on each green, a fairway generally extending between the tee and the green, and a plurality of hazards positioned adjacent to the fairway and to the green. At least one ball marker is provided to signify a golf ball of a player and adapted to be moved and positioned on the game board by a player after a golf shot. A plurality of dice, matrix type schedules, and distance/direction guages are used to determine where golf shots come to rest. A method for playing a golf game which includes selecting a golf club and manipulating simultaneously a six-sided die and a twelve-sided die in order to randomly generate a pair of numbers that are used to determine the distance and direction of a golf shot from a pair of matrix type schedules.

Abstract: A cannular instrument having a pair of cannulas and a pair of needles that are slidably disposed through the cannulas such that the ends of the needle extend beyond the associated ends of the cannulas. A method for inserting a cannula instrument a blood stream of an artery which includes adjusting and rotating the needles such that a facial plane on each of the beveled ends of the needles generally face in the same direction. The beveled ends of each needle and the accompanying associated ends of the two cannulas are situated within the artery and the needles may be withdrawn in order to connect to the cannulas intravenous bags holding medicinal fluids.

Abstract: A complete motor vehicle parking device having a plurality of transparent plates bearing the latter "P", and a plurality of lights for illuminating at least one of the plurality of transparent plates. The motor vehicle parking device includes a circuitry that is electrically situated between the power source and the plurality of lights in order to illuminate any one, or combination of a plurality of lights.

Abstract: A motorized carrying cart having a pan bracket, and a plurality of wheels for supporting the carrying cart. A battery is positioned in a battery recess of the pan bracket. A pair of upright brackets is secured to the pan bracket. A handle support bar extends through and protrudes from an aperture of each of the brackets, and a handle latch is pivotally secured at its respective ends to the pair of upright brackets and is biased upwardly towards the handle support bar by a pair of springs secured between each end of the handle support bar and the end section of the handle lathe. A pair of motors engage a pair of upper sprockets that are engaged to a lower sprocket through an endless chain. A U-shaped handle is pivotally secured to the handle support bar. An electronic circuitry is electrically engaged between the battery and each of the drive motors.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for dispensing matter into the ground having a rod, and a body conduit terminating at one end into a funnel and terminating at another end into a body aperture. The rod is slidably disposed within the body aperture and the body conduit. A cylinder reservoir is bound to the body conduit. A measuring device is rotatably bound around the body conduit in order to dispense a certain quantity of solid or fluid matter through a dispensing conduit and into the body conduit. A method for dispensing matter in the ground comprising rotating a filled measuring device until it registers with a lower plate aperture spacedly positioned from the bottom of a cylinder reservoir in order to flow matter from the measuring device through the lower plate aperture, and through a dispensing conduit and into a body conduit wherein it is funneled through a funnel into the ground.

Abstract: The electronic paper towel dispenser permits paper towels to be dispensed from a supply roll by placing your hand or other object in front of a sensor located on or near the front of the supply cabinet. Dispensing of the paper towels is stopped when your hand or other object is removed from in front of the sensor or whenever normal room lighting is not present.

Abstract: A toy having a base, a support bound to the base, and a lever pivotally secured to the support. A trough is connected to the support and has a zig-zag channel terminating into a generally straight channel. A plunger is slidably disposed in the trough at the end of the generally straight channel. A method for moving a spherical object from a higher elevation to a lower elevation.

Abstract: A capillary blood collector having a collection tube with a collar secured thereto. A bowl is provided with a capillary tube secured to the bowl bottom and communicating with an opening in the bottom of the bowl. A plurality of legs are attached to the bowl and extend downwardly therefrom. Each leg has a lower recess and an upper recess that are adapted to removably receive the collar. A method for collecting blood comprising lodging the collar in the lower recess of each leg, depositing blood in the bowl to gravity feed through the capillary tube into the collection tube, and removing the collar from within each lower recess and lodging the collar in the upper recess of each leg.

Abstract: A jumper cable assembly having a battery contact clamp for use in charging storage batteries. A pair of members is pivotally secured to each other. Each member has a jaw and a plurality of teeth. A torsion spring urges the jaws together. A lug terminal is pivotally secured to one of the members to provide a connection joint for a cable. A connector is secured to the cable.

Abstract: A coin cue device having a pliable support, a circular backing secured to the pliable support and elevated pictorial coin indicia integrally bound to the circular backing. A circular ridge is secured to the pliable support and to the circular backing, and a removable backing is removably secured to the back of the pliable support. A method for aiding the handicapped in determining which monetary coins are to be desposited in a machine.