Abstract: A litter sifting device for use with an existing litter box. The device has a first screen assembly and a second screen assembly, each having a screen, two handles, and two side walls. The screen has a mesh size which is small enough to permit unused litter to fall back into the litter box, while retaining soiled litter, when the device is removed from the litter box for appropriate disposal of the waste material. For smaller litter boxes, the first screen assembly may be used alone. For larger litter boxes, the second screen assembly may be used in conjunction with the first screen assembly. The first screen assembly is telescopically positionable within the second screen assembly, thereby allowing a range of possible lengths for the litter sifting device. The handles permit lifting the litter sifting device from the litter box without a user coming into contact with the soiled litter.

Abstract: A head-protecting bag for an occupant in an automobile is provided. The bag is not likely to be caught at an inner surface of a compartment as it inflates downward along a lateral side of the compartment. The bag includes an intermediate folded-body which is formed by folding a plurality of times along folding lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the automobile. The intermediate folded-body is bellows-folded from its lower end to its upper end. As a result, the lower edge of its head-protecting bag is positioned toward the lower end side of the folded body. Since the lower edge of the bag is positioned toward the lower end side of the folded body, the folded body inflates always downward along the lateral side of the compartment.

Abstract: A fly trap includes a cylindrical side wall made of a mesh material; a bottom wall located proximate (i.e., “at or near”) the bottom end of the side wall; a top wall located proximate the top end of the side wall; a conical entry conduit extending from proximate the bottom wall and providing an entry path to the interior chamber of the fly trap; and a lure holding device for holding a fly lure composition beneath the bottom opening of the entry conduit. The entry conduit may include an extending flange member that forms at least a portion of the bottom wall of the trap. Preferably, the top wall and/or some other part of the fly trap includes a light reflecting device, such as a prism or reflector, to help attract attention to the trap in the daylight. Also, to help attract attention to the trap at night, one or more surfaces may be coated with or constructed from a material that glows in the dark (e.g., a powder containing a commercially available phosphorescent material).

Abstract: A hand held game fowl decoy comprising a generally flat body having opposed substantially parallel surfaces of contrasting color or brightness. The body includes a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion having a peripheral outline generally to provide roughly a silhouette of a game fowl's wing. The body is hinged along a hinge line which forms the junction between the first and second body portions. A handle adapted to be held in the hand of a hunter extends from the first body portion. Repeated movement of the handle by the hunter effects swinging of the second body portion relative to the first portion about the hinge line alternately making visible to the game fowl being hunted the contrasting color or brightness of at least the second body portion and simulating the flapping of a fowl's wings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a firing capsule for the gas generator of a passenger restraint system in a motor vehicle, especially for the gas generator of an inflatable impact protection cushion (airbag), in which the electrical energy necessary for detonating the igniting agent is inductively coupled into the firing capsule from the outside by means of alternating magnetic fields. The secondary circuit located in the firing capsule is formed by a closed resistance wire which is applied to a carrier plate of insulating or poorly conductive material.

Abstract: An individual hanger as well as a hanger system is provided for changing the height on a trailer. Each individual hanger includes a hanger spacer which is easily removable and interchangeable with hanger spacers of a different size. The system includes hanger spacers of the same and differing heights so that different combinations of hanger spacers can be used to achieve different trailer heights.

Abstract: A hook setting fishing pole holder including a base having a forward end and having a hollow storage space; a fishing pole holding sleeve fixedly and hingedly attached to the base; a pair of extension springs spanning between the fishing pole holding sleeve and the base; a trip latch assembly oppositely spanning between the fishing pole holding sleeve and the base, the trip latch assembly being responsive to a forward pull upon a fishing pole held by the fishing pole holding sleeve to release the fishing pole holding sleeve for rearward sweeping of the fishing pole; a first ground staple, and apertures within the base adapted for receiving the ground staple for anchoring the base to the ground.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder for mounting on a pedestal of and under a seat of a fishing chair carried by a deck of a boat. The fishing rod holder provides for retaining one or more fishing rods in a variety of angularly oriented positions, such a storage position and a position where the fishing lines are cast in the water. The holder is formed as an open frame defined by a top plate, a parallel bottom plate and a pair or more side plates extending between the top plate and the bottom plate. Openings in the top and bottom plates allow sliding of the holder on the pedestal of the fishing chair. Tubular members are secured on angular braces connecting the top plate(s) with the side plates. The tubular members receive ends of fishing rod handles when the fishing rods are oriented in the operational position.

Abstract: An improved artificial bait fish is disclosed for use with a fishing hook attached to a fishing line. The improved artificial bait fish comprises a longitudinally extending fish body member formed in a replica of a fish having a head portion, a body portion and a tail portion. A bore extends longitudinally through the fish body member from the head portion toward the tail portion. The bore receives the fishing line therein for positioning the fishing hook relative to the tail portion of the fish body member. The improved artificial bait fish may be used with an artificial fishing lure.

Abstract: A delivery system (20) for a warhead (3) for neutralization of mines, having an orientation device. The fragmentation warhead (3) is triggered over a visible mine or, over the position of a mine that is optically marked and/or the coordinates of which are known. The triggering of warhead (3) destroys a mine up to a depth of 30 centimeters below the surface. A throwing system with controllable spring tension energy is employed, which has, when compared with a conventional mortar, a higher quality of reproducibility in its starting speed, smaller starting mistakes by means of precise roller bearing guides (6) during the acceleration phase, and temperature independence due to the measuring the energy of the springs (1) during the tensioning process by electric motors. Three microreaction drive mechanisms (15) are provided to correct the flight path, along with a sensor (14) that measures flight path deviation.

Abstract: The invention provides a barrel for a gun having a portion comprising a substantially transparent material. The barrel can be made of any substantially transparent material including a polycarbonate or glass, such as tempered glass. The barrel is coated with a substantially transparent material to add hardness, which provides scratch resistance, and prevent deterioration of the substantially transparent material. A barrel assembly is constructed by attaching the barrel to a gun housing, also called a barrel cage, comprised of a stiff material, for example metal such as aluminum. In another aspect of the invention, an expansion chamber is provided having a housing with a portion comprising a substantially transparent material, such as a polycarbonate or glass, such as, tempered glass. The housing is coated with a substantially transparent material to reduce scratching and absorption of pressurized gas into the transparent material.

Abstract: A modular seating system (12) for a vehicle is provided. The seating system (12) includes at least one seat assembly (14) having a primary seat structure (24) and an integrated base panel (26), which is mechanically coupled to and actuateable with the primary seat structure (24). A base structure (22) is mechanically coupled to a vehicle support structure (16) and includes at least one attachment mechanism (76). The seat assemblies (14) are engageable with the attachment mechanisms (76). A method of installing the seating system (12) is also provided.

Abstract: A FISHING GEAR CADDY for holding a plurality of fishing rods and fishing gear includes a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. Each of a plurality of sleeves has an upper edge and a lower edge. Each of the sleeves is removably attached to an outer surface of the peripheral wall by brackets such that the sleeves are spaced from the peripheral wall. Each of the upper edges extends above the peripheral wall at a different height.

Abstract: A pet toe nail cover is provided with a predetermined quantity of liquid adhesive that is stored at the tip end of the cover. The liquid adhesive is covered by a frangible seal which can be penetrated by the animal toe nail when the cover is fitted on the toe nail. The adhesive is released and cures in place, firmly attaching the cover to the toe nail. In alternative embodiments, the cover can be provided with a reservoir end covered by an airtight seal or the adhesive can be provided in a capsule or globule that is stored in the cover and penetrated when the cover is applied to a toe nail.

Abstract: A small calibre projectile has an outer hollow cylindrical base member and a conical or ogive front region constructed to mushroom upon impact. A sleeve core is inserted into the cylindrical base member with a non-positive fit, the core extending beyond the front of the base member with a hollow space between the rear of the core and the rear of the base. Upon impact, the core is displaced axially into the space with its rear in contact with the base.

Abstract: A weedless fishhook having a plurality of individual deflector strands extending toward the free end of the hook and a method of making such weedless fishhook.

Abstract: A ballistic panel is provided for being incorporated into a lightweight soft body-armor product adapted for covering an area of the body. The ballistic panel includes an assembly of woven fabric plies with warp and fill yarns formed of bundled aramid fibers. The plies have a collective areal density of no greater than 1.30 pounds per square foot, and a V50 ballistic limit of no less than 1925 feet per second using a .22 caliber, 17 grain FSP at 0 degrees obliquity.

Abstract: A hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a bent portion culminating in a point at the other end and having a specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of water is combined with a buoyant body mounted on the hook and means connected to the hook which, in cooperation with the buoyant body, causes the point of the hook to float above the eye of the hook in the water. In one embodiment, the cooperating means is a weight mounted on the hook or made integrally as part of the hook and located between the eye of the hook and the buoyant body so as to cause the eye to orient below the buoyant body. In another embodiment, the cooperating means is a plug to which the eye is pivotally connected to provide a point about which the buoyant body will cause the hook to rotate and thus orient the point of the hook above the eye. In an alternate to the latter embodiment, the pivotal connection can be arranged so that the point of the hook is directed toward the rear of the plug.

Abstract: A mission responsive ordnance of the present invention arranges a plurality of projectiles in a bundled configuration. The bundled configuration is defined by the projectiles and a bundling means which, together, form a combination that bears loads generated when the bundled configuration strikes and penetrates a target. Unbundling means, coupled to the bundling means, can be operated to selectively render the bundling means inoperative before the target is struck so that one or more of the projectiles are released from their bundled configuration.

Abstract: A scent releasing fishing apparatus such as a downrigger weight. The apparatus includes a body having a cavity formed therein providing a reservoir to hold an amount of scented attractant in liquid form. A nozzle may be removably coupled with the body and in communication with the cavity for releasing the liquid material contained therein. A wicking member may be partially disposed in the cavity and extend through the nozzle orifice such that it is partially externally located relative to the body of the apparatus. The wicking member is formed of an absorbent material and assists in delivering the liquid material through the nozzle through a wicking or capillary action. The apparatus may be formed of a dense material such as lead for easy submersion in a body of water.