Abstract: A motivational savings bank set, the motivational savings bank set including a savings bank, the savings bank including a plurality of separate and discrete chambers, the chambers being of sequential, ordered, and ascending vertical heights, each of the chambers having indicia provided thereon, the indicia on the chambers indicating a plurality of sequential, ordered, and ascending levels of achievement corresponding to the sequential, ordered, and ascending vertical heights of the chambers, all but one of the chambers having an associated insertion slot and the shortest of the chambers lacking an insertion slot, and a plurality of tokens, each of the tokens bearing indicia thereon indicating a denomination, and the indicia on the tokens being of ascending denominations.

Abstract: A mirror arrangement for mounting on a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a passenger compartment, the mirror arrangement including a polygonal three dimensional member having at least two planar surfaces oriented obliquely with respect to one another and intersecting one another at an apex, at least two mirrored surfaces, one each of the at least two mirrored surfaces being disposed on one each of the at least two planar surfaces, the apex being oriented substantially toward the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, the angle of the apex being substantially between about 60 degrees and 120 degrees, an adjustment mechanism for rotating the directional orientation of the apex, the adjustment mechanism including: a rotatable support shaft connected to the polygonal three dimensional member, and a coaxial cable connected to the rotatable support shaft, the coaxial cable extending into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and a mounting mechanism for mounting the mirror arrangement on at lea

Abstract: A skateboard for propulsion by the leg motion of a rider thereof, the skateboard including a platform for supporting the rider of the skateboard, the platform having a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of wheels, the plurality of wheels being disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis of the platform, each of the plurality of wheels including a singular wheel, the plurality of singular wheels including at least six singular wheels, the plurality of singular wheels being substantially equally spaced at about 31/2 inch intervals, the platform being substantially about two feet in length, measured along the longitudinal axis of the platform, and the platform being substantially about nine inches in width, measured transverse to the longitudinal axis of the platform.

Abstract: A game apparatus, the game apparatus including a housing, the housing enclosing a playing chamber therewithin, at least one pair of substantially opposing impeller devices sharing a common longitudinal axis, each impeller being capable of impelling a projectile into the playing chamber.

Abstract: A fluid charging system for charging each of a succession of components with a weight of a fluid, each of the components being charged with a respective selected fluid weight selected from a plurality of fluid weights, the fluid charging system including a scale for weighing each of the components and for generating weight signals indicative of the weight of each of the components, an identification mechanism for generating identification signals identifying each of the components, a pumping system for charging each of the components with the respective selected fluid weight by delivering the respective selected fluid weights to the components, and a digital processing mechanism for receiving the weight signals and the identification signals, for determining the respective selected fluid weight for each of the components from the plurality of fluid weights, and for actuating the pumping system to thereby cause the pumping system to deliver the respective selected fluid weights to the components.

Abstract: A carriage for the support and transport of a juvenile car seat, the carriage including a frame for attachment of the juvenile car seat thereto, the frame including a front cross member defining a front of the frame, a rear cross member defining a rear of the frame, and a pair of elongated side members defining opposing sides of the frame, each of the side members being connected to and extending from the front cross member to the rear cross member, and the pair of side members being spaced from one another by substantially the width of the frame, a handle member extending upward from the rear of the frame, a pair of rotatable wheel bearing shaft members, each of the rotatable wheel bearing shaft members having an elongated longitudinal axis, and one each of the rotatable wheel bearing shaft members extending along one each of the opposing sides of the frame, each of the rotatable wheel bearing shaft members being rotatable about its respective longitudinal axis, at least a pair of wheels attached to each of

Abstract: A shingle cutting tool for cutting a shingle having a longitudinal edge, the shingle cutting tool making a cut across the shingle at a selectable angle transverse to the longitudinal edge thereof, the shingle cutting tool including a guide member, the guide member having a substantially upright surface for guiding the longitudinal edge of the shingle, and a cutting assembly, the cutting assembly being pivotally attached to the guide member and extending outward therefrom, the cutting assembly including a cutting base member, a cutting blade, the cutting blade having a cutting edge, the cutting edge opposing the base member, a reciprocating guide mechanism for guiding the cutting blade in a reciprocating fashion within a plane extending from the cutting base, and a pressure mechanism for exerting a pressure on the cutting blade to thereby bring the cutting edge into contact with the cutting base member.

Abstract: A decorative insect trapping device, the decorative insect trapping device including at least two support members, the at least two support members being connected together and positioned substantially transverse to one another, a hanging mechanism for hanging the at least two connected support members, at least four insect trapping members, each of the at least four insect trapping members including a substantially laminar member, each of the substantially laminar members being provided with a decorative design thereon, and an insect trapping adhesive applied to at least one surface of the substantially laminar member, a first two of the at least four insect trapping members being suspended from a first of the at least two support members in a spaced relationship with respect to one another, and a second two of the at least four insect trapping members being suspended from a second of the at least two support members in a spaced relationship with respect to one another, each of the at least four insect trapp

Abstract: A trash receptacle particularly configured to be mounted on a column in an encircling fashion, and which includes a pair of outer baskets of generally half-cylindrical shape, an inner wall of each outer basket being provided with a recessed mounting channel dimensioned to accommodate the column. An inner basket is nested within each outer basket and is slidably retractable therefrom through the provision of handle grips formed thereon. A generally cylindrical periphery formed by the outer baskets has a number of display chambers spaced evenly thereabout for displaying visual media. A two piece conical hood is mounted on the column upward of the baskets, and provision is made for locking the inner baskets in place. Where the column is provided with a service connection adjacent a pedestal base, the mounting channels are preferably stepped in transverse dimension to accommodate same.

Abstract: A purse designed to be worn by an individual, the purse being specifically designed to reduce the possibility of the purse being snatched away from the individual, the purse including a panel of material having a fold along which the panel of material is folded to create an interior surface of the panel of material and an exterior surface of the panel of material, the interior surface of the panel of material being substantially concealed when the panel of material is in a folded state. At least one interior pocket is formed on the interior surface of the panel of material, and a securement device is provided for securing the panel of material to the individual, the securement device being located on the panel of material substantially adjacent the fold.

Abstract: A hand-held lighting device, including a housing, an elongated cantilevered member anchored within the housing, and a mantle mounting disposed at the unanchored end of the cantilevered member, the cantilevered member including a first member, a second member coaxially and slidingly mated with the first member and a spring for biasing relative coaxial movement between the first and second members. A knuckle socket is disposed between the unanchored end of the cantilevered member and the mantle mounting for canting a portion of the cantilevered member in response to transverse shock forces.

Abstract: A valve for a liquefied gas lighter, which includes an expander-evaporator and a flow limiter for limiting flow of the liquefied gas to the expander-evaporator, the flow limiter including a rigid member, a deformable sleeve of a gas permeable material surrounding the rigid member, an elastically deformable element in contact with the sleeve, and a compression member for compressing the elastically deformable element and deforming it radially in the direction of the sleeve and the rigid member. The rigid member includes a support member for supporting the sleeve and the expander-evaporator, the elastically deformable member is an O-ring surrounding the sleeve, and the expander-evaporator is a deformable and permeable element whose permeability is varied by movement of the rigid member, effected through an adjustment member.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling and regulating an electrical motor, especially a reactive motor for time-keeping devices such as clocks. The motor has a permanent-magnetic rotor with at least two poles, and a stator with at least two coils. In a normal speed mode one of coils is supplied with driving pulses whereas the second coil senses the rotational speed of the rotor. If the rotational speed of the rotor falls below a predetermined value, a self-starting mode is initiated wherein the first and second coils are alternately supplied with driving pulses. In this self-starting mode the frequency of the pulses supplied to the first and second coils is increased until normal speed has been reached wherein the self-starting mode is switched off and the normal speed mode regulation is switched on.

Abstract: A hand-held lighting device employing an incandescent mantle as a light source and having a pilot burner fixedly mounted within the lighting device housing adjacent a mantle mounting, the pilot burner being aspirated to promote efficient combustion and reduce the accumulation of soot on the interior of the housing. The pilot burner is ignited by an ignition assembly, such as a flint wheel, which is actuable from outside of the housing.

Abstract: A pen point for writing with an ink, having a pen nib with two nib points separated by a slit. The surfaces of the nib points perpendicular to the slit have, over a part of their length, a film chemically inert to the ink and wettable thereby, thus forming two lips which substantially cover the slit and abut with one another when the nib is in an unflexed state. The lips extend substantially from the slit origin to the nib tips and consist of a varnish, a plastic material or a metal. The pen point is manufactured by a process wherein a pen nib having two nib points and a slit therebetween is coated with a continuous film of material, chemically inert to the ink and wettable thereby, with the film then being divided to form the two lips.

Abstract: A supply circuit for supplying an electrical load with a relatively constant current from a variable voltage input source, the supply circuit including a blocking oscillator including a transformer with primary and secondary windings and a switching transistor, the load terminals of the switching transistor being connected in series with the primary winding across the voltage input source, a resistor-capacitor circuit connected between the secondary winding and a control terminal of the switching transistor, a diode connected between the secondary winding and a first terminal of the electrical load, a voltage feedback connection for applying to a first load terminal of the switching transistor a portion of the secondary winding voltage, and a reference voltage source connected to the control terminal of the switching transistor.

Abstract: A vibrating armature motor, which includes a voltage source, an armature, an electromagnet having at least one exciter coil disposed adjacent the armature, a spring for rotationally biasing the armature, a sensor element for sensing the rotational velocity of the armature and for generating a signal proportional to the sensed velocity, a variable duty cycle pulse generator for generating a stream of triggering pulses, the duty cycle of the triggering pulses being dependent upon the sensor signal, and an electronic switch for controlling the current flow from the voltage source through the exciter coil in response to the triggering pulses.