Abstract: Devices, kits and methods are provided to reduce or even eliminate fecal contamination and cross-contamination and transmission of fecal-born pathogenic organisms by users employed in the food production and food preparation industries or users in a home, for example in restaurants, cruise ships, schools, hospitals, dormitories, transportation means and terminals, and government buildings, the devices and methods pertaining to a glove-like garment that is applied prior to disposal of feces and removed after disposal of toilet tissue. The glove is flushable, and in an embodiment includes means of retraction from the wrist area for inversion of the garment, followed by flushing the inverted removed glove.

Abstract: Beam placement during bridge construction by a carriage moving across an abutment or pier, supporting the end of a beam or pipe to position and align it on the abutment. A lift assembly lowers the end and the carriage is disengaged and moved to receive another beam, placing multiple parallel beams, without requiring a large crane. A carriage formed in sections separates to return to a new position. A screw jack or hydraulic unit moves the lift assembly, and deposits the beam on a load plate, and opposed separately-operated lift plates connected by a hinged cross-bar may form a beam-receiving basket assembly. Carriage rollers bear against a channel iron that protects underlying concrete structure from damage. A first set of rollers may bear against a horizontal surface and a second set of rollers bear against a vertical face of the abutment, aligning the carriage and beam along orthogonal axes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of constructing barrier wall structures. More particularly, the invention relates to a manner in which to use common building materials and methods in erecting a barrier wall system more efficiently than in the past. The apparatus includes among its essential elements a formed reinforcement cage; a plurality of spacers that are used to support the reinforcement cage; a plurality of cable anchors each being an elongated member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is anchored to the ground and the second end is adapted to be attached to a cable; a plurality of elongated cable members that connects the reinforcement cage and the anchor member; a plurality of cable gripping members for holding the cables taut wherein the cables secures in place the reinforcement cage; and, a formed outer concrete layer that is molded over the reinforcement cage.