Abstract: A towrope retriever system for a watercraft for simplifying and improving the safety of the towrope handling, storage, reeling out, and reeling in of a towrope, in which the towrope retriever is connected to or integrated into a support unit such as a tower or pylon securely attached to the watercraft, substantially increasing the overall height of the watercraft, and allowing the performer to jump higher and perform more challenging aerial maneuvers, is disclosed. The towrope retriever may be rotatable to allow the performer a greater flexibility of movement and may be easily removed for storage.

Abstract: A towrope retriever system for a watercraft for simplifying and improving the safety of the towrope handling, storage, reeling out, and reeling in of a towrope, in which the towrope retriever is connected to or integrated into a support unit such as a tower or pylon securely attached to the watercraft, substantially increasing the overall height of the watercraft, and allowing the performer to jump higher and perform more challenging aerial maneuvers, is disclosed. The towrope retriever may be rotatable to allow the performer a greater flexibility of movement and may be easily removed for storage.

Abstract: A towrope retriever system for a watercraft for simplifying and improving the safety of the towrope handling, storage, reeling out, and reeling in of a towrope, in which the towrope retriever is connected to or integrated into a support unit such as a tower or pylon securely attached to the watercraft, substantially increasing the overall height of the watercraft, and allowing the performer to jump higher and perform more challenging aerial maneuvers, is disclosed. The towrope retriever may be rotatable to allow the performer a greater flexibility of movement and may be easily removed for storage.

Abstract: A towrope retriever system for a watercraft for simplifying and improving the safety of the towrope handling, storage, reeling out, and reeling in of a towrope, in which the towrope retriever is connected to or integrated into a support unit such as a tower or pylon securely attached to the watercraft, substantially increasing the overall height of the watercraft, and allowing the performer to jump higher and perform more challenging aerial maneuvers, is disclosed. The towrope retriever may be rotatable to allow the performer a greater flexibility of movement and may be easily removed for storage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stroller stand for preventing a stroller from tipping over backward. The stroller stand is designed for lightweight, foldable strollers known as “umbrella” strollers. Strollers often tip over backward when a child is removed from the stroller seat before bags or packages present weighing on the stroller handles are removed. The stroller stand consists of an elongated member or stand that is attached to the stroller and folds up to a stored position that is flush with the frame of the stroller. When deployed, the stroller stand extends diagonally from the back of the stroller and touches the ground, acting to counterbalance any additional weight of the handles of the stroller. The stroller stand is lightweight and attaches to various types of stroller frames with customized adapters.

Abstract: A transmission is provided wherein selected configurational parameters of interacting spur gearing are modified to abate the vibration levels thereof due to the effects of differential thermal expansion of the gearbox housing. The chordal addenda of the gear teeth of the interacting spur gearing are extended by a predetermined amount, based upon the computed relative radial displacement of the centerlines thereof due to the differential thermal expansion effects, to provide modified interacting spur gearing having increased outside diameters. Such modified spur gearing provides an effective centerline spacing for the transmission such that the interacting spur gearing thereof has an operating contact ratio greater than the design contact ratio at engine start up.