Abstract: The present invention discloses a dispenser box allowing for the removal of individual coupons without the chance of another coupon being removed at the same time. The dispenser comprises walls defining a cavity adapted to receive the stack of sheets, a rectangular flat top wall having an opening through which the sheets may be individually dispensed, a flat bottom wall having approximately the same dimensions as the flat top wall, with the flat bottom wall being approximately parallel to the flat top wall, and resilient means to push the stack of said sheets to the opening in the top wall of the dispenser.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hemostat used in performing infant male circumcisions. The hemostat has a small beaded tip which prevents or limits the possibility of causing an accidental injury. Less trauma is caused during surgery due to the use of the smooth, rounded tip of the invention.

Abstract: An improved design drawing device for drawing amorphous patterns is disclosed. The drawing device contains a segmented flexible guide comprised of segments covered with a soft plastic or rubber or rubber type surface piece. The segments each consist of a male ratchet and a female ratchet, which snap together, wherein the size of the designs created are determined by the number of segments used to create the design. When the segments are attached together, they ratchet relative other so as to lock their positions in place.

Abstract: A bean bag toss game is disclosed wherein the pieces of the game are assembled by means of grooves cut into the various sections of the game, allowing the sections of the game device to be secured without screws or collapsible legs. Such an arrangement makes the game sturdier, allows for easy assembly, disassembly, and storage, and allows the game to withstand the impact of small children jumping on the board, thereby reducing the possibility of injuries.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a toy vehicle powered and propelled by a launching device. More specifically, the invention includes a toy vehicle, preferably about three inches long, with a flywheel at its midpoint. The body, chassis, wheel and other parts are preferably plastic. The flywheel, however, is preferably a non-ferrous metal, and most preferably a diecast zinc metal. In one embodiment of the invention, the toy vehicle is placed in the launching device. The vehicle rolls down a ramp to a car stop. Magnets in the flywheel activate a switch that turns on an electromagnet, causing the flywheel to accelerate. When the vehicle reaches the vehicle stop of the launcher, the flywheel is spinning and magnets on the flywheel activate a reed switch that turns on an electromagnet each time a magnet passes the reed switch. The reed switch, acting as a commutator along with the magnets in the flywheel, creates the effect of a D.C. motor.

Abstract: An endoscopic retriever comprising an endoscope and retriever is disclosed, wherein the illuminating light passes at right angles to the plane of the grasping jaws of the retriever. In one embodiment of the invention, at least one illuminating light guide fiber travels partly through at least one of the grasping arms and passes perpendicular to the length of at least one of the grasping jaws through at least one of the grasping laws, terminating in at least one of the two jaws at right angles to the plane of the jaw. The endoscope may have a torque handle to control the grasping force of the jaws of the retriever.

Abstract: A method and device for determining the presence and concentration of total microbial contamination or the presence and concentration of a specific microbial species on a surface is described. The method consists of a means of a collection device and fluid for removing the microbes from the surface and suspending them in a fluid phase. An aliquot of the fluid phase is introduced into a disposable test ticket which allows filtration of the sample to remove extraneous substances including somatic cells, and concentration of the microbes. The total concentration of microbes is determined by adding a somatic and bacterial releasing reagent to a disposable test device which comprises a membrane containing the luminescent reagents luciferin and luciferase, and introducing the disposable test device into a luminometer that can read the luminescence from the underside.

Abstract: An improved design drawing device for drawing amorphous patterns is disclosed. The drawing device contains at least one flexible guide bendable into any desired shape and having an outer circumference wall and an inner circumference wall, at least one solid wheel disk which is rotatable about the inner circumference wall of the flexible guide, at least one hole through the solid wheel disk through which a drawing implement is positionable, wherein the solid wheel disk is rotatable about the inner circumference wall or outer circumference wall of the flexible guide when the drawing implement is positioned through the hole positioned through the solid wheel disk, thereby forming a patterned drawing. The flexible guide is made of a soft plastic which preferably surrounds a flexible bar. As the wheel disk revolves around the inner surface of the flexible guide, the teeth of the wheel disk enter the surface of the flexible guide at right angles to lock into the surface of the flexible guide.

Abstract: A care giver data collection and events reminder system for an infant. The device is used to collect data for parents, hospitals, pediatricians, or care givers. Information such as feeding times, measurable amounts of consumption or discharge, bowel movements, medications, shots, first words, walking, apgar, growth chart, last appointment, allergies or allergic reactions to medications, and the like are stored in the system's memory. The storage may be non-volatile or volatile with a battery back-up. The stored data is used to provide reminders to the care giver. These timed reminders include the next time medication is to be administered, the feeding schedule, the times between last bowel movement and when the next doctor appointment should occur. A schedule of appropriate events and the times, as they are to occur, are set within the device. Icons are used to assist in international use of the device and to simplify the operation of the device. A case is used to store and transport the present invention.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a life-like septum in a taxidermy manikin, using a septum kit comprising an artificial septum and a septum tool, is disclosed.

Abstract: A magnetic domino set is disclosed comprising a set of dominoes magnetically attracted to a playing surface which, when folded, also serves as an attractive carrying case for the dominoes.