Abstract: A wing positioner apparatus for installing and removing an aircraft wing includes a wheeled base having a pair of vertically extending telescoping posts attached thereto. A wing support arm is hinged to each vertically extending telescoping post. A winch couples one wing support arm to one of the vertically extending posts for raising and lowering the wing support arm. A telescoping post winch is attached to the wheeled base for raising both vertically extending telescoping posts simultaneously. This allows an aircraft wing to be supported between the pair of wing support arms and the pair of vertically extending telescoping posts while being moved on the wheeled base and positioned for installation or removal from an aircraft fuselage.

Abstract: A process of making a hinged access hatch for use in marine and RV industries includes selecting a stainless hinge having a pair of leaves and rotating on a pentel or pivot pin and placing a portion of one leaf of the selected hinge into an access hatch door mold and sealing around said one leaf extending into said access door hatch mold to prevent plastic in said mold from contacting the moving portion of said hinge. The access hatch door is then molded in the access hatch mold having a portion of the one leaf of the hinge molded therein. The molded access hatch door has been removably attached to an access hatch frame by attaching fasteners through the plurality of openings in the other hinge leaf whereby an access hatch eliminates the need for hinge door fasteners while improving the strength of the access hatch door attachment to the access hatch frame.

Abstract: A mister nozzle apparatus has a check valve incorporated therein to shut off the water passing through the misting nozzle to prevent draining of the water from the misting water supply pipes. The check valve has a resilient membrane valve element which opens and closes responsive to water pressure to block or open the nozzle inlet. The check valve is vented to atmosphere through a vent located in the housing between the resilient membrane and the nozzle misting outlet.

Abstract: A storm water filter system apparatus includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet and has a floating filter basket therein having an open end portion. A scoop formed on the front end of the filter basket is positioned to face the inlet to the housing. The filter basket has a least one float attached thereto in a position to float the filter basket in water in the housing to position the filter basket open end and scoop in front of the housing inlet and at least partially above the water level in the housing to capture floating debris from the entering storm water so that the floating filter basket adjusts for varying water levels in the housing.

Abstract: A handheld dental instrument has a horizontal level indicator and a vertical midline angle marker pin mounted on a bite line plate. The bite line plate has an arcuate front and a pair of protruding positioning pins. The bite line plate is rotatably mounted to a handle. The dental device is used in the formation of custom fitted lab fabricated dental prosthesis to improve dental bite registration recording of a patient's horizontal and vertical angles by the dentist and transferred to the dental lab technician to permit the formation of a prosthesis.

Abstract: A bar clamp connection connects an elongated bar member, such as the handle of a dumbbell to a bar clamp. The bar clamp has a clamp body having an elongated open sided tube having a side opening sized to receive a predetermined elongated bar member therein. A tubular extension extends perpendicular from the open sided tube for attaching to a matching tubular member. A strip of hook and loop material has the hoop portion on one side of the material and the loop portion on the other side of the material and can be adhesively attached to the clamp body such that the strip of hook and loop material can be wrapped over the open side of the open sided tube having an elongated bar member therein and attached to the hook and loop material on the other side thereof. The hook and loop material is adhesively attached to the clamp body and also has an opening therein which is fitted over the clamp body tubular extension.

Abstract: A wobbling irrigation sprinkler head for attachment to a water conduit has a wobbling sprinkler head facing upward from the water supply conduit. The sprinkler head has a base having an attachment portion for attaching to a water source and a nozzle mounted to the base for directing water therethrough. A wobbling water deflector head is movably attached to the base and has a water deflector pad thereon having a deflector surface of predetermined shape to deflect water being emitted from the nozzle to rotate the wobbling water deflector head. A counterbalancing skirt extends from the water deflecting head around a portion of the base and spaced from the base for rotation with a wobbling water deflector head so that counterbalancing the skirt counterbalances the water deflector head to dampen vibration forces in the deflector head.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus utilizes a user's own weight as a load has a folding A-frame formed from two frame sections hinged together and being foldable on the hinge from a storage position to an operative position. A generally U-shaped swing portion is movably attached to one of the frame sections and has a seat attached thereto. A pair of arms, each having a handle, are attached to a generally-U-shaped swing portion and extend therefrom so that a person sitting in the generally U-shaped swing portion seat can grip the handles and move the swing portion with the person sitting therein to thereby exercise a person's arms. A leg exerciser is attached to one of the frame sections to allow a person seated in the seat to exercise his legs.

Abstract: A process for making a chemical composition includes the steps of mixing 200–800 parts by volume of petroleum solvent with 10–500 parts by volume of normal paraffin or isoparaffin at room temperature to form a solvent paraffin mixture. A microcrystalline wax is heated to between 180–200 degrees Fahrenheit until melted and 90–700 parts by volume of melted microcrystalline wax is vigorously mixed with the normal paraffin or isoparaffin mixture to form a creamy liquid useful as a hand cleaner and paint remover as well as a fire starter.

Abstract: A therapeutic glove apparatus has a first glove half formed of a flexible material and shaped to cover one side of a person's hand and has a bladder broken into cells and filled with a viscous liquid, such as a fluid clay material. A second glove half is formed of a flexible material and shaped to cover the other side of a person's hand and is movably attached to the first glove half and also has a bladder having a plurality of cells formed therein filled with a viscous material, such as a fluid clay. Attaching straps have hook and loop material thereon for attaching the first and second glove halves for removably attaching a therapeutic glove over a person's hand. The therapeutic glove allows a person to exercise the muscles of the hands, fingers, and wrists by movement against the resistance of clay while applying heat or cold to a person's hand.

Abstract: A method of making a tailgate for a pickup truck or the like includes selecting a pair of polymer sheets and selecting a flexible fiberglass woven mat and sandwiching the selected fiberglass woven mat between the selected pair of polymer sheets. The sandwiched mat polymer sheets are placed on a tailgate forming mold for molding the inner tailgate panel from the sandwiched matted polymer sheets. The inner tailgate panel has a plurality of spacing reinforcing ribs thereon. The outer tailgate panel is formed and the ribs on the inner tailgate panel have a cold setting adhesive applied thereto for binding the outer tailgate panel thereover to form a tailgate having inner and outer fiberglass reinforced polymer panels spaced and reinforced by a plurality of intersecting ribs. Once the inner and outer panels have been positioned, they are placed in a fixture to hold them while the adhesive cures.

Abstract: A method of making a golf course green drainage system and the system made from the process which includes forming a drainage system field in a golf course green and coupling a drain pipe to the drain field for channeling water collected from the drain field. The process includes selecting a filter system having an inlet and a discharge for filtering water from the golf course green drainage field and placing the selected filter underground remotely from the golf course green and connecting the drain pipe thereto. The filter system discharge is connected to a retention pond so that water collected on a golf course green drainage field is filtered prior to being fed into the retention pond. The process includes selecting a filter having a housing and a hydrocarbon absorbent filter medium therein having a filter screen covering over the hydrocarbon absorbent medium and having a water deflector adjacent the inlet.