Abstract: A reflector for flashlights and other light emitting objects is disclosed which includes a generally deep dish shaped reflector member having a reflective inner surface. The reflector member has a rear vertex end and a forward open end and has a depth greater than the average diameter of said forward open end. Preferably the depth is at least 1.2 times greater than said average diameter of the forward open end. Also the reflector preferably has an optical axis and having a focus point located thereon at a location less than 10% of the distance from the rear vertex end to the forward open end of the reflector.

Abstract: A wire rope clamp includes a U-shaped clamp member having a central fold. The clamp member has a first plate portion on one end of the central fold and a second plate portion on an opposite end of the central fold. The clamp member has a least one opening therein sized to allow at least one wire rope to pass therethrough. Such opening is located on said central fold between opposite sides of the clamp member. A tightening member urges the first plate portion and the second plate portion relatively closer together causing the plate portions to clamp onto one or more wire ropes located therebetween. The plate portions have embossments perpendicular to the rope direction that provide sufficient clamping grip.

Abstract: A plot planter includes a top valve, two finger pickup units, a bottom valve and a controller. A top valve including a sliding block movable between a first block position and a second block position and has a first seed chamber adapted to receive a first type of seed and a second seed chamber adapted to receive a second type of seed. A first finger pickup unit communicates with the first seed chamber when the sliding block is in its first position and a second finger pickup unit communicates with the second seed chamber when said sliding block is in its second position. A bottom valve has a first position which allows seed from the first pickup unit to be delivered to a seed tube for planting while collecting seed from the second finger pickup unit and has a second position which allows seed from the second pickup unit to be delivered to the seed tube for planting while collecting seed from the first finger pickup unit.

Abstract: A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a bore drilled into the bone. A first elongated anchor member and a second elongated anchor member each have opposite ends and have an engaging portion on at least one end thereof which are adapted to engage into a cylindrical wall of the bore in the bone. The first and second members have a channel provided in one end thereof for receiving and holding a central portion of a tendon during insertion and when in final position in the bore in the bone, the first and second elongated members engage one another at a location intermediate the opposite ends thereof. The members are adapted to move relative to one another in a scissor like fashion when the members are inserted into the bore of the bone they are in a substantially closed scissor position with the central portion of the tendon engaged and held in the channel of each member.

Abstract: The present invention provides an umbrella fan which includes a pole, an upper hub, main umbrella support members, a lower hub, lower umbrella support arms and a main umbrella fabric cover attached to the main umbrella support members. At least one fan member is attached to the main umbrella fabric cover and depends downwardly therefrom. A motor mounted to the pole is operably connected to at least one of the upper hub and the lower hub and is adapted to rotate the upper hub, the main umbrella support members, the lower hub, the lower support arms and the main umbrella fabric cover and at least one fan member relative to the pole. This causes the fan member to direct a flow of air downwardly when the motor is operating.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an exercise device which has a base, a vertical upright member attached to the base and at least one roller attached to the vertical upright member. A ratcheting hand crank is mounted to the upright member at a location spaced away from the roller. One or more lengths of exercise tubing are attached to the hand crank and extend at least partially around the roller. A second end of the length of exercise tubing which extends away from the roller is utilized by the user for resistance training. The amount of resistance can be adjusted by altering the available length of the exercise tubing with the hand crank.

Abstract: A weight plate lifting apparatus includes base member, an upright member attached to the base, a generally horizontal weight plate arm member attached to the upright member and a handle member attached to an upper portion of the upright member. The device allows the user to lift a desired number of weight plates by providing a handle at a location vertically above the weight plates thus reducing the distance toward the floor the user must bend.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a case for carrying and storing flexible elongated objects. The case includes a base member, which has an upper surface with a plurality of upwardly extending pegs. A lid is releasably attached to the base member with said pegs being in contact with said lid when said lid is in closed position. With this arrangement the elongated objects are restrained from movement by the pegs and tangling of the elongated objects is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides an umbrella fan which includes a pole, an upper hub, main umbrella support members, a lower hub, lower umbrella support arms and a main umbrella fabric cover attached to the main umbrella support members. At least one misting element is attached to the main umbrella support members to direct a misting spray downwardly to an area under the fabric cover of the umbrella.

Abstract: A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a bore drilled into the bone. The tendon anchor is inserted into a bore of a bone. The tendon anchor has a channel for receiving and holding a central portion of a tendon during insertion and when in final position in the bore of the bone. Opposite ends of the tendon extend out of the bore. A securing mechanism (preferably a screw) moves at least a part of the tendon anchor radially outward to securely engage the tendon anchor and the central portion of the tendon to the bone by urging at least a part of the first tendon anchor against a cylindrical wall portion of the bore in the bone. Thus, an anchor is provided without the need for sutures and the anchor may be inserted through the bore in the bone. In many cases, a second tendon anchor will also be utilized to attach the tendon to two different bones.

Abstract: A pull cart for removably securing and transporting an elongate object. The pull cart includes a frame, a pair of spaced-apart wheels rotatably attached to the frame, a handle attached to the frame and an elongate object holder. The elongate object holder includes a first finger, a second finger and a third finger. The first finger and the second finger are arranged as a pair of spaced-apart fingers and are located on the opposite sides of the elongate object. The third finger is longitudinally spaced from the first finger and the second finger. The elongate object holder also includes a tension spring adapted to move at least one of the first finger and the second finger relatively closer to the elongate object so that the first finger, the second finger and the third finger are each in contact with the elongate object and the elongate object is removably held onto the pull cart.

Abstract: A lifting device for transporting items of personal property between floors of a building is provided which includes an a vertically adjustable outer frame, a pair of vertically adjustable spaced apart guide rails attached to the outer frame, a lift container having guide members positioned thereon to guide the lift container along said guide rails and to allow the lift container to move vertically along said guide rails, and a drive mechanism including a motorized drive pulley, a plurality of idler pulleys and drive belt. The drive belt is connected at one end to a top wall of said lifting container and is connected at an opposite end to the bottom wall of said lifting container.

Abstract: An exercise device is disclosed for exercising hamstring muscles, adductor/abductor muscles, quadriceps or gluteus maximus muscles of a user. The device includes a base member having a generally flat upper surface portion adapted to receive and support a bottom of a foot of the user. A back member is attached to the base. A heel yoke is attached to the back and is adapted to receive the heel of a foot of the user. A roller arm mechanism is attached to the back and a roller member is attached to the roller arm. The roller member is adapted to contact a top of the foot of the user to secure the device to the foot. Weight plates may be easily attached to and removed from the device to provide a desired resistance for a particular exercise.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed which has a terminal block having threaded screw opening provided in a first surface thereof. The screw opening has a pair of longitudinally extending groves on opposite sides of a cylindrical side wall of the screw opening. The terminal block also has a cable opening on a surface adjacent the first surface. The cable opening extends longitudinally into the screw opening. A screw member is provided having a threaded outer surface. The screw member is provided with a generally diamond shaped compression member which is rotatably mounted to a shaft provided on the first end of the screw member. The diamond shaped compression member has two rounded corners provided on a long axis of the member in such a manner that when the first end of the screw member is inserted into the screw opening, the two rounded corners of the compression member slide in and are guided by the longitudinally extending groves as the screw member is threaded into the screw hole.

Abstract: A plant watering device is disclosed which includes a planter tray having an upper surface for supporting potted plants. The planter tray has a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the upper surface with the upper surface located above a bottom wall of a water container. The water container has an open top, closed side walls and a closed bottom wall which define a reservoir to receive water or water mixed with plant food. The water container includes deep recessed pockets in the bottom wall of the water container positioned to receive and support the legs of the planter tray when the planter tray is in a lower watering position. The water container also includes shallow recessed pockets in the bottom wall of said water container positioned to receive and support the legs of the planter tray when the planter tray is in an upper drainage position.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which has a body having a opening therein sized to receive an unstripped end of insulated electrical cable of the type having at least two individually insulated conductors which are encased in an outer sheath. A pair of arm members are pivotally connected opposite sides of the body which are adapted to rotate between and open position and a closed position. A pair of electrically conducting blade members are attached to said arm members. When the arm members are in an open position the blade members do not extend within said cavity and when the blade members are in a closed position said blade members do extend within said cavity. An electrical output is located on the body and electrical pathway provides an electrical connection between said blade members and the electrical output.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for fishing lures or other objects. The container includes an outer tube having a cylindrical side wall and one closed end and one open end. The cylindrical side wall has an elongated opening therein and the outer tube has recess therein. The container also includes an inner tube which is rotatably mounted within the outer tube. The inner tube has a cylindrical side wall and also has one closed end and one open end. The open end of the inner tube is sized for longitudinal insertion into the open end of said outer tube. The side wall of the inner tube also has an elongated opening therein and inner tube has a rib thereon which cooperates with the recess to longitudinally hold the inner tube within the outer tube. Rotation of the inner tube to a rotational position where the elongated opening of the inner tube is in alignment with the elongated opening of the outer tube provides a substantial area of access to the interior of the container.

Abstract: An industrial truck, in particular a fork-lift truck, has a driving axle which is fixed to the industrial truck at two mounting locations at least. A rotor of an electric propulsion motor is disposed within an axle housing (3a, 3b, 3c) of the driving axle. At least at one end, the rotor of the propulsion motor is mounted rotatably on a bearing bracket (17) fixed to the axle housing. The bearing bracket (17) is detachably fixed to the axle housing (3a, 3b, 3c) and the mounting locations (1, 13) are disposed on the axle housing (3a, 3b, 3c). In one embodiment of the invention, the bearing bracket (17) exhibits an offset form and in the axial direction the area of the bearing bracket (17) fixed to the axle housing (3a) is a greater distance from the rotor (10) than the area of the bearing bracket (17) on which the rotor (10) is mounted.

Abstract: In a method for operating an industrial truck, a load-lifting member (1) is moved up and down vertically on a lift mast (2). A discrete control signal is provided to control the vertical speed of the load-lifting member (1) by at least one single or multistage switch. In switching on and then holding the switch (13) in the on position, the load-lifting member (1) is first accelerated from zero to a first vertical speed value (V.sub.1) and after the passage of a period of time T.sub.1, it is accelerated to a second higher vertical speed value (V.sub.2).