Abstract: An abdominal and upper body exercise accessory for a lower body exercise apparatus comprising an adjustable arrangement detachably connected between a pair of spaced, substantially parallel arrangements secured to the lower body exercise apparatus. A cylindrical member is secured to the adjustable arrangement centrally thereof and extending upwardly perpendicular thereto. A longitudnal, rotatable member is rotatably secured centrally to the cylindrical member and in a spaced relationship with the adjustable arrangement. A pair of spaced rotatable members are each disposed adjacent opposite ends of the longitudnal, rotatable member grippable by hands of an exerciser to enable exercising abdominal muscles and upper body muscles in conjunction with exercising lower body muscles with the lower body exercise apparatus.

Abstract: A fastener system includes a fastener and a driver tool in which the fastener includes a cavity for insertion of the driver tool and in which the driver tool and the fastener form an interlocking relationship between the driver tool and the fastener is formed by having a portion of the fastener overlie a portion of the driver tool. This interlocking relationship prevents accidental separation of the driver tool from the fastener and consequent marring of the surfaces of the work pieces being joined together and also prevents stripping of the driver tool and the fastener cavity.

Abstract: A wall mounted extendible and retractable electrical extension cord has an enclosed housing having a rear wall and a front wall parallel to the rear wall, the front wall having at least one aperture therein and the housing being secured to a wall of a building; an electrical extension cord having a predetermined length and an electrical connector on one end thereof, a portion of the electrical extension cord adjacent the one end thereof extending through the one aperture; a reel disposed within the housing between and parallel to the rear wall and the front wall to store the electrical extension cord thereon; an electrical power source coupled to the housing having at least a power terminal and a neutral terminal; and a mechanism disposed within the housing coupled to the reel, the electrical extension cord and the electrical power source to couple electrical power to the electrical extension cord, to enable pulling the electrical extension cord from the reel by the one end to a desirable length for use, to l

Abstract: A plastic shopping bag recycling wastebasket, comprising a shopping bag having a pair of plastic handles, a rectangular wastebasket having a predetermined rectangular dimension, a predetermined height dimension and an open top having a bulb-type rim therearound; and four longitudinal slots, each of the four slots being disposed in a different corner of the basket. The slots receive and retain in place the pair of handles after the shopping bag is inserted in the basket. The handles are disposed externally of the basket when received and retained in the four slots. Four concave cavities extend downward from the rim with each of the four cavities disposed in a different corner of the basket. The associated one of the four slots are disposed at the bottom of an associated one of the four cavities. The four cavities assist in the pair of handles engaging the four slots.

Abstract: A propulsion system for a vehicle having a longitudinal axis comprising a single driving source having a driving shaft; a pair of driven elements, each of the pair of driven elements being spaced from and on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis; a first differential device having an input shaft coupled to the driving shaft and two output shafts; a second differential device having an output shaft coupled to one of the pair of driven elements, a first input shaft coupled to one of the two output shafts of the first differential device and a second input shaft coupled to the driving shaft; a third differential device having an output shaft coupled to the other of the pair of driven elements, a first input shaft coupled to the other of the two output shafts of the first differential device and a second input shaft coupled to the driving shaft; and a control arrangement coupled to the driving source, the first input shaft and the output shaft of the second differential device and the first input shaft and the

Abstract: A removable cover for an existing lamp shade having a base structure covered by an outer decorative material comprising a piece of new decorative fabric having a new decor conforming to the shape and size of the existing lamp shade to cover the outer decorative material, the new decorative fabric having a first portion adjacent to a top of the outer decorative material and a second portion adjacent to a bottom of the outer decorative material; a pair of VELCRO strips each having a hook portion and a loop portion; a selected one of the hook portion and the loop portion of one of the pair of strips being fastened to a first predetermined location on the outer decorative material adjacent the top thereof; a second one of the hook portion and the loop portion of the other of the pair of strips being fastened to a second predetermined location on the outer decorative material adjacent the bottom thereof; the other of the hook portion and the loop portion of one of the pair of strips being fastened to the first por

Abstract: A sole for the footwear has an inner surface and an outer surface including a heel. A spongy material is disposed adjacent the inner surface over a majority of the sole remote from the heel and a sheet of material covers the inner surface and the spongy material. A cylindrical passageway is disposed in the sole in communication with the spongy material and an exterior of the heel adjacent a back of the footwear. A one-way air noise-maker is disposed in the passageway adjacent the exterior of the heel, the noise-maker enabling the spongy material to draw air therethrough after a step is taken and the spongy material is deflated to inflate the spongy material without emitting noise and to make noise by air passing therethrough when a step is taken and the spongy material is deflated thereby providing only a single noise per step of a person wearing the footwear.

Abstract: A gutter cover for a building having a shingled roof and a gutter fastened to the building to receive water from the roof, the cover reducing the amount of debris entering the gutter, the cover comprising a rectangular sheet of rigid plastic material of predetermined length having a first solid rectangular section coextensive with the sheet and disposed parallel to the gutter to be inserted under a first course of shingles of the roof and a second rectangular section coextensive with and parallel to the first section to cover the gutter, the second section having a plurality of perforations therethrough through which the water can pass into the gutter; and a hinge formed in the sheet interconnecting the first and second sections to enable raising the second section to clean debris from the gutter that has passed through the plurality of perforations.

Abstract: An anchor for a beach umbrella having a canopy and a support post therefore comprising a container having a predetermined hollow, solid geometric configuration capable of being buried in and containing sand, the container including an open top, a bottom and a side wall extending from the open top to the bottom, the bottom having an aperture therein coaxial of a longitudinal axis of the container; a cylindrical member secured in the aperture and extending at least downward from the bottom externally of the container coaxial of an extension of the longitudinal axis to receive an end of the support post; and an arrangement to secure the cylindrical member to the one end of the support post and, hence, to secure the container to the support post. Three embodiments are disclosed, but the compression nut embodiment of FIG. 1 is preferred due to ease of (tool-less) fastening the container to the support post.

Abstract: A high-frame rate image acquisition and motion analysis system comprising a first arrangement to obtain an image of an object; a second arrangement coupled to the first arrangement to slice the image into N analog segments, where N is equal to an integer greater than one; a third arrangement coupled to the second arrangement to convert the N analog segments into N digital data streams; a fourth arrangement coupled to the third arrangement to store each of the N digital data streams; a fifth arrangement coupled to the first arrangement, the second arrangement, the third arrangement and the fourth arrangement to provide software control of the operation thereof, the fifth arrangement further controlling the first arrangement and the second arrangement to adjust separately predetermined variables of each of the N analog segments and further controlling the fourth arrangement to provide a read out of an adjusted version of the image; a common enclosure for the first arrangement, the second arrangement, the third

Abstract: An elongated arrangement is secured to an inner surface of a tailgate of a truck in a parallel relation with the rear of the truck, the elongated arrangement having a pair of first members dispose coextensive with the elongated arrangement, equally spaced from and parallel to the inner surface of the tailgate and spaced from each other to form a slot in the elongated arrangement coextensive therewith; a ladder arrangement having a first portion disposed in a rotatable and slidable relation with the slot adjacent one end thereof and a second portion pivotably and removably connected to the other end of the first portion having a plurality of steps to permit easy ingress and egress to and from a bed of the truck when the ladder arrangement is in its use position; and a tie down arrangement disposed in a removable relation with the slot and at least two of the steps to hold the ladder arrangement when rotated from the use position to a storage position disposed adjacent the elongated arrangement and the inner su

Abstract: A funeral procession motorcade safety flag assembly including a flag containing predetermined wording thereon to identify a motor vehicle in the motorcade as being in a funeral procession and to alert drivers of other motor vehicles using the same road of this fact; and a member fastened to a predetermined edge of the flag to enable properly displaying the predetermined wording and to detachably secure the flag to an existing radio antenna of the motor vehicle in the motorcade.

Abstract: A fastener system includes a fastener and a driver tool in which the fastener includes a cavity for insertion of the driver tool and in which the driver tool and the fastener form an interlocking relationship between the driver tool and the fastener is formed by having a portion of the fastener overlie a portion of the driver tool. This interlocking relationship prevents accidental separation of the driver tool from the fastener and consequent marring of the surfaces of the work pieces being joined together and also prevents stripping of the driver tool and the fastener cavity.

Abstract: In an automotive vehicle having a first compartment for a vehicle operator and a second compartment disposed behind the first compartment having at least one of a rear door and a side door, the second compartment carrying equipment accessible from the at least one of these rear door and the side door, the equipment including a heat exchanger and a front panel having an upper portion containing certain selected ones of predetermined controls, gauges, an inlet and predetermined outlets and a lower portion containing others of the selected ones of the predetermined controls, the gauges, the inlet and the predetermined outlets, a thermal draft guard to protect the equipment from outside cold air drafts and to retain heat from the equipment in the vehicle comprising a sheet of flexible material; a first arrangement to secure the sheet in an opening of the at least one of the rear door and the side door; a plurality of transparent windows disposed in the sheet, certain ones of the windows being in registry with the

Abstract: A pencil sharpener accessory for a tape measure comprising a body member having a bottom surface with a first predetermined configuration, a top surface with a second predetermined configuration, a cavity disposed in the body member and a recess in the top surface interconnecting the cavity with a periphery of the body member; a pencil sharpener disposed in the cavity communicating with the recess to enable sharpening a pencil; and an arrangement associated with the bottom surface and a predetermined surface of the tape measure to fasten the body member and, hence, the pencil sharpener, to the predetermined surface of the tape measure.

Abstract: A therapeutic enclosure for a patient having a framework arrangement having a predetermined configuration; a transparent plastic material covering at least the framework to provide the enclosure for the patient; and a temperature sensitive strip secured to a predetermined location on the plastic material to measure a temperature within the enclosure and to be observable from an exterior of the enclosure.

Abstract: A tennis training device comprising a first arrangement surrounding a selected one of a upper arm above an elbow of a tennis player and a lower arm below the elbow of the tennis player; and a second arrangement connected between the first arrangement and a tip of a tennis racket head held in the hand of the tennis player to produce a classic tennis stroke from an early lower preparation to a high and complete follow-through while correctly positioning the associated shoulder, the arm, the elbow, the associated wrist and the hand of the tennis player relative to each other during the classic stroke.

Abstract: A disposable, collapsible pet house foldable from a unitary blank of material received in a flat state, the house being foldable from the blank between a collapsed state for shipping, storage and disposal and an enclosed, erect state for use, the house comprising a container portion having a bottom, a pair of oppositely opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from and integral with the bottom, and a pair of oppositely opposed end walls extending upwardly from and integral with the bottom, the pair of end walls being connected to the pair of sidewalls; a pair of sidewall panels, each integral with a different one of a pair of sidewalls; a pair of end wall panels, each integral with a different one of a pair of end walls, at least one of the pair of end wall panels having an opening therein for ingress and egress of a pet when the house is in the erect state; a pair of roof panels, each integral with a different one of the pair of sidewall panels, one of the pair of roof panels overlapping a portion of the other o

Abstract: A device capable of flashing upon movement of the device comprising at least one light emitting diode having a first preformed conductor connected to a cathode of the diode and a second preformed conductor connected to an anode of the diode; a first arrangement to provide a power source having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the negative terminal being connected to the first conductor; a normally open contact lever coupled to the positive terminal capable of closing a connection to the second conductor resulting in light being emitted from the diode; and a second arrangement associated with the lever responsive to movement of the device to cause intermittent closing of the connection to the second conductor resulting in the diode flashing.