Abstract: Apparatus for shoring a structure such as a foundation, comprising a support bracket engageable with the foundation, a pile adapted to be driven down into the ground adjacent the bracket, and at least one footing structure on the outside of the pile extending circumferentially of the pile in a plane generally at right angles to the central longitudinal axis of the pile. The footing structure has an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the pile for engagement with the soil as the pile is driven down thereby to increase the load-bearing capacity of the pile. A mechanism is provided for securing the pile to the bracket after the pile and the footing structure thereon have been driven to a depth sufficient to shore the foundation. A shoring method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Tweezers for withdrawing hair from the skin comprising a pair of legs having flat opposing inner surfaces and outer surfaces which flare outwardly at their free ends to form broad flat feet for contacting the skin and for gripping a hair near its base between the opposing inner surfaces.

Abstract: Apparatus for shoring a concrete slab, for example, comprising support members engageable with the bottom of the slab, a guide engageable with the support members having an internal screw thread, and piling having an external screw thread which mates with the internal screw thread of the guide. The piling is rotated about a generally vertical axis for threading it down through the guide into the ground below the slab and into engagement with load-bearing underground strata thereby to shore the slab. A method of this invention for shoring a slab is also disclosed.