Abstract: An electrified livestock controller for guiding animals, preferably pigs, doubles as a gate and a prod. The controller comprises a central panel of generally planar dimensions, comprising a plurality of central, vertically disposed ribs separated from one another by elongated slots. One or more similar accessory panels are hingedly connected to each side of the central panel. The hinge structure facilitates adjustment of the controller for deployment in a variety of configurations. The hinge structure comprises a detent system having a plurality of indexing disks which, when yieldably mated together, facilitate positioning of the panels in a custom configuration. Suitable flush mounted electric strips are defined on all of the ribs, to provide a shocking effect without tissue damage. The system includes a removable cattle prod which, besides functioning as a handle, can be withdrawn from the handle to separately prod animals.

Abstract: A coin operated parking meter which includes a meter housing having a coin receiving slot and spaced transparent closure windows. A time dial is provided with time indicia thereon and the dial is mounted in the housing between the windows. A translucent time indicating pointer is pivotally movable from one end through an arc relative to the time dial in the housing. The translucent pointer is visible on a short range basis to the naked human eye when a motorist is positioned near the meter for advising time available for parking and with the translucent time indicating pointer being relatively invisible to the naked human eye when viewed by a person on a longer range basis such as from an adjacent street by a cruising motorist. A swingable violation flag is swingably mounted to arcuate movement when the translucent time indicating pointer falls to a zero time position.