Abstract: A knockdown nerf bar for replaceably and adjustably protecting a side of a vehicle from dings and dents. A frame replaceably and adjustably mounts to the vehicle. Mounting apparatus is operatively connected to the frame and mounts the frame to the vehicle. Adjusting apparatus is operatively connected to the frame and replaceably and adjustably attaches the frame to the vehicle. The frame has a pair of subframes connected to each other by a plurality of transverse portions that extend horizontally across the side of the vehicle. Each subframe has a stationary portion and a movable portion. The stationary portion mounts to, and extends outwardly from, the underside of the vehicle by the mounting apparatus. The movable portion is replaceably and adjustably connected to the stationary portion by the adjusting apparatus and extends vertically along the side of the vehicle. The mounting apparatus attaches to the underside of, and the panel flange of the underside of, the vehicle.

Abstract: A moorage for affixing to a floating dock and allowing a user to single handedly soft land, dock, and moor a boat thereto. Attaching apparatus attaches to the floating dock. Bow stop apparatus is connected to the attaching apparatus by connecting apparatus and is engaged by a bow of the boat during mooring. The connecting apparatus is generally vertically-oriented, straight, slender, and elongated. The attaching apparatus includes a lower portion and an upper portion which both receive a lower end of the connecting member. The bow stop apparatus includes a pair of plates that diverge away from the connecting member. In an alternate embodiment, the pair of plates are resiliently attached to the connecting apparatus by coil springs that act as shock absorbers when the pair of plates are impacted upon by the bow of the boat during mooring.

Abstract: An amphibian delta wing jet aircraft, which has a plurality of triangular folding wing panels, two of which are hingedly attached to a lifting shape body, which incorporates a W-shaped hull in it's cross section of a fuselage so that the craft operates efficiently as an aircraft when flying through the air with the wings in a fully unfolded extended position. The craft also performs well as a watercraft capable of relatively high speeds on the water surface when the wing are folded-up in a non extended position. The W-shape hull transverse cross section also provides excellent characteristics so that the craft can hydroplane over marshlands or waterlogged soil which may be covered with emersed rushes, or snow, cattails and other tall grasses. The craft is also provided with four retractably mounted mechanically extendable wheels, to be utilized when configured as a land vehicle.

Abstract: An improved tambourine of the type having a frame being arcuate-shaped and including a center of gravity, a pair of rims, and a grasping portion disposed at or near the center of gravity of the frame so as to allow comfortable holding for long periods of time, and a plurality of jingle members being affixed to the frame. The improvement includes an electronic sound pick-up apparatus. The electronic sound pick-up apparatus is either an amplifier pick-up or a midi pick-up. The amplifier pick-up is disposed in the frame, opposite the grasping portion, and the midi pick-up is disposed on the pair of rims of the frame, to a side of the grasping portion. The improvement further includes soft pad beading covering the pair of rims of the frame.

Abstract: A grip adjusting insert for a hole in a bowling ball. An outer sleeve is inserted in the hole in the bowling ball, an inner sleeve is movably mounted in the sleeve, and a finger-engaging member is affixed in the inner sleeve and conforms to a finger of a user. The outer sleeve has a pair of throughslots that are inverted T-shaped. The inner sleeve has a pair of pins that ride axially downwardly in the pair of throughslots in the outer sleeve, respectively, when the inner sleeve is inserted into the sleeve, and at which time, the inner sleeve is rotated relative to the outer sleeve so as to cause the pair of pins to move laterally in the pair of throughslots in the outer sleeve, respectively. The finger-engaging member is rubber poured into the inner sleeve, with a finger therein so as to conform thereto.

Abstract: A rear peep sight for mounting to a string of a bow and having interchangeable sight ports for accommodating different user preferences. A mounting member mounts to the string of the bow and a sighting member is interchangeably attached to the mounting member so as to accommodate different user preferences of sight ports. The mounting member has a channel that slidably receives the sighting member so as to provide a dove-tail joint that prevents the sighting member from vertical movement, yet allows for horizontal movement so as to allow the sighting member to slide sideways into the channel. The sighting member has an auxiliary through bore and a pimple that align with, and engage with, respectively, a pair of through bores in the mounting member. A screw extends freely through one through bore in the mounting member and threadably into the auxiliary through bore so as to maintain prevention of the sighting member from horizontal movement.

Abstract: A case indicative of specific greens of a specific golf course for displaying golf balls on tees. The case includes a display case and golf course-related elements sitting in the display case. The golf course-related elements include at least one insert. Each insert has a through bore replicating the hole in a specific green of a specific golf course for holding a split tee teeing a golf ball, a top surface having indicia thereon pictorially replicating a specific green of a specific golf course, and a bottom surface having a portion of hook and loop fasteners thereon. The portion of hook and loop fasteners on each insert selectively mates with a sheet of a mating portion of hook and loop fasteners in the display case so as to allow each insert to be interchanged to replicate a specific green of a specific golf course.

Abstract: An oscillating machine for washing trays. The machine includes a housing, a frame, a water system, and an air system. The frame is oscillatingly mounted in the housing and holds the trays to be washed. The water system is contained in the housing and supplies water to wash the trays. The air system is contained in the housing and supplies air to dry the trays.

Abstract: A word-forming game for at least two players that includes twenty-eight aligned playing pieces. Each playing piece has front and rear indicia thereon that includes an uppercase letter and a corresponding lowercase letter therebelow. The front and rear indicia of a first and twenty-eight playing pieces is a “star,” while the front indicia of a second to a twenty-seventh playing piece are each respective letters of the alphabet in alphabetical order and the rear indicia of the second to the twenty-seventh playing pieces are each also respective letters of the alphabet, but in reverse alphabetical order. The method of playing the word-forming game includes making as many words as possible from the twenty-eight playing pieces, removing the associated letters therefrom each time a word is made. The last player to be able to make a word is the winner.

Abstract: A thermoglue binding tape to protect and decorate carpet's edges and borders with a fuse system. An adhesive is disposed at strategic locations on a tape. In one embodiment, the adhesive completely covers one surface of the tape and the tape is bent into a channel shape that adhesively captures the unfinished edge of the carpet. In another embodiment, one strip of adhesive extends along one surface of the tape adjacent one edge thereof, another strip of adhesive extends along the other surface of the tape adjacent the other edge thereof, and the tape is bent into a channel shape that adhesively captures the unfinished edge of the carpet, with a terminating portion of the tape bent under itself. In still another embodiment, one strip of adhesive completely covers one surface of the tape and another strip of adhesive extends along the other surface thereof adjacent one edge thereof.

Abstract: A holder for attaching a remote control to a piece of furniture. A bracket attaches to the piece of furniture and a platform is pivotally attached to the bracket and holds the remote control. The bracket includes a mounting plate, a stationary arm, and a movable arm. The platform has a lowermost surface which is concave allowing the platform to be used with remote controls having either flat or convex lower surfaces by merely inverting the platform accordingly, and a first portion of hook and loop fasteners screwed to the platform. A second portion of hook and loop fasteners is attached to the remote control and releasably engages with the first portion of hook and loop fasteners so as to releasably engage the remote control with the platform. A joint pivotally attaches the platform to the bracket and includes a pair of plates and a post with a second ball bearing and a screw boss.

Abstract: An Internet system. The system includes a main server and at least one participant server. The main server stores information to be requested over the Internet by a client so as to form a request for information and has an IP address. The at least one participant server has an IP address and electrically communicates with the main server. The at least one participant server does not receive the request for information from the client, but rather the main server receives the request for information over the Internet from the client and requests over the Internet that the at least one participant server send the requested information over the Internet back to the client. If the at least one participant server does not have the requested information, the requested information is downloaded from the main server to the at least one participant server.

Abstract: A multi-tip marker. Multiple tip cartridges are disposed in, and extend from, a housing. The housing contains a pair of orthogonal partitions that divide the housing internally into four chambers. Each tip cartridge includes a casing and a felt wick. The casing fits snugly in an associated chamber and is filled with ink. The felt wick extends in the casing and through the housing to form a tip.

Abstract: A mail receptacle. Exterior and interior portions are attached to opposing sides of a door. The exterior portion includes a first flap hingedly attached to the door and selectively closes a mail slot in the door, and an exterior receptacle affixed to the door and selectively closed by a second flap hingedly attached to the door. The interior portion includes an interior receptacle affixed to the door, communicates with the mail slot, and is selectively closed by a third flap hingedly attached to the door, and a clasp hingedly attached to the third flap and selectively overlying the interior receptacle. A padlock is welded to the clasp and a staple extends outwardly from the interior receptacle and is positioned to pass through the clasp, and after the staple passes through the clasp, the staple is engaged by the shackle of the padlock, and by closing the shackle, the interior portion becomes locked.

Abstract: A system for venting noxious fumes from a toilet. A toilet seat weight-sensing switch operatively connects to a fan and activates when the seat of the toilet is sat upon. A toilet flush handle switch activates when the flush handle of the toilet activates. A timer circuit activates when the toilet flush handle switch is activated. A logic gate operatively connects to the toilet seat weight-sensing switch, the timer circuit, and the fan. When the seat of the toilet is sat upon, the toilet seat weight-sensing switch generates a pulse turning on the logic gate which generates a pulse which turns on the fan. When the flush handle of the toilet activates, the toilet flush handle switch generates a pulse turning on the timer circuit which after a predetermined time generates a pulse which turns off the logic gate which turns off the fan.

Abstract: A self-contained, emergency marker for attaching to, and selectively ascending from, a scuba diver's buoyancy control device. A buoy portion is contained in an enclosure and is selectively released therefrom by an activating apparatus. A buoy inflates, escapes from a buoy sub-enclosure by buoyancy, and tethers a buoy cord out of a buoy cord sub-enclosure when a pull pin is released, causing an upper end of an arm to bias away from the buoy sub-enclosure, causing a lower end of the arm to pivot toward the buoy sub-enclosure, causing a pin to rise and puncture a CO2 cartridge. The buoy has thereon a beeper and a flashing strobe light that electrically communicate with a battery interface that, in one embodiment is located in the buoy, and in another embodiment is located in the buoy cord sub-enclosure.

Abstract: A non-fused electrical slide switch. A handle assembly is operatively connected to a base, between on and off positions, and movable relative to a cover. The base has two pair of raised landings rising above four contact strips. Each pair of raised landings are disposed between one load and one line contact strip of the four contact strips and between the one load contact strip and partitions of the base, respectively. A shoe assembly includes a pair of contact shoes and at least one pair of springs biasing the pair of contact shoes. Depending portions of each contact shoe are in direct contact with associated load and line contact strips allowing electrical communication therebetween. The two pair of raised landings prevent arcing as the handle assembly traverses the on/off positions by raising the depending portions of each contact shoe immediately after they leave contact with the associated load and line contact strips.

Abstract: A water dispensing apparatus switches from a city water supply line to an auxiliary water reservoir when the city water supply line becomes unacceptable. A valve connects, alternatively, city water and auxiliary water supply lines to a consumer water supply line. Auxiliary water is supplied from a water accumulator to the auxiliary water supply line and replenished by pumping from the auxiliary water reservoir in response to detection by a pressure switch of low accumulator pressure. A check valve is inserted in the auxiliary water supply line downstream of an electric pump and upstream of the pressure switch. A low water level detector operates a switch to cut off power to the pump when the level of water in the auxiliary water supply reservoir falls below a predetermined value.