Abstract: A device for storing and cleaning a toilet plunger includes an open-topped container and a lid having two lid-halves with each lid-half having an interior surface and an exterior surface. An internal closure mechanism having two closure members is disposed within the lid with one closure member projecting from the interior surface in each lid-half. Each closure member has a curved member for engaging a side wall of a toilet plunger cup and a linear member for engaging a toilet plunger cup end wall. The container has a base having upstanding walls, a base top having grooves, a base top surface and an opposing bottom surface. A counterweight is preferably disposed under the base top surface. The container walls have a portion defining a pour spout. The container and the lid are dimensioned for enclosing both the toilet plunger cup and a portion of the toilet plunger handle. The remainder of the toilet plunger handle protrudes through a hole in the lid when the toilet plunger is in the device.

Abstract: A portable grill includes a vertical post, a grill support member, a grill grate for mounting on the grill support member, and a locking member for attaching the grill support member to the vertical post. The locking member has four sidewalls disposed in parallel spaced opposed pairs forming a rectangular tube with open opposed ends. The locking member includes a slot penetrating three of the sidewalls. The slot forms an angled opening on one of the sidewalls and also 180 .degree. opposed "J" shaped openings on an opposed pair of sidewalls. The "J" shaped openings each have a curved side portion corresponding to one half circumference portion of the circumference of the post. The angled opening is contiguous with the "J" shaped openings. The post is retained in position when it is received through the angled opening and rests against the opposing curved side portions of the "J" shaped openings receiving full 360.degree. contact. A grill accessory holder and a portable grill kit are included.

Abstract: The computer automated system and method of converting an image file of a scanned source document, bearing alphanumeric text relating to the lengths and directions of the bounding lines of an area surveyed, into a mathematically accurate vector computer drawing file based on that alphanumeric text. The digitized image file is imported into an existing CAD system having a COGO subroutine and using an OCR operating within the CAD system. The alphanumeric text relating to the lengths and directions of the bounding lines of an area surveyed is recognized by the OCR and then converted by the COGO subroutine into mathematically accurate vectors which can be used for producing accurate drawings. The recognition and conversion steps are such that anyone familiar with software of CAD, OCR, and COGO systems can provide a suitable subroutine to enable a user to employ the method. Hard copy survey maps and legal descriptions may be converted into accurate computer based drawings.