Abstract: Mechanism in a sewing machine for actuating the feed dog includes a pivoted actuating arm carrying on its distal end a feed dog support which is rockable about a vertical axis and also is slidable vertically. The feed dog support includes an arm which cooperates with an arcuate guideway which controls the attitude of the feed dog support so that the feed dog is maintained in proper work feeding attitude in its horizontal movement. Additional means effect vertical movement of the feed dog support in synchronism with the horizontal movement.

Abstract: A combined miter box, corner clamp and measuring gauge apparatus is provided. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in forming picture frames, frames for screens, or trims for other purposes and very precise and accurate cuts may be obtained due to the location and placement of an adjustable saw guide and because of the inclusion of a measuring gauge.

Abstract: An ornamental stitch sewing machine has a drive shaft with a first cam mounted on the shaft for axial movement. The cam is tracked by a tracking element. A second cam is adapted to be removably mounted on the shaft in superposed relation to the first cam and when so mounted displaces the first cam so that it is rendered ineffective and the tracking element responds only to the second cam. Upon removal of the second cam the first cam is again rendered effective for tracking by the tracking element.

Abstract: A carrier formed of welded rod or tubular metal and mountable on a conventional bicycle above the rear wheel to provide a rigid platform for supporting items of luggage and the like. A child's seat of molded plastic material includes simple means for detachably securing the seat to the carrier so that the device may be selectively used for carrying a child or luggage.

Abstract: A table for use in administering chiropractic adjustments including at least one column mounting a body support and vertically movable relative to a base. Detent means bear against the column. A first air cylinder serves to elevate the column. A second air cylinder imposes a force against the detent means to provide a braking effect to hold the column at the upper limit of travel when the column is raised with a patient lying in part on the body support. When air pressure is shut off to both cylinders, the first cylinder retracts and air pressure is trapped in the second cylinder. The force imposed by the air pressure in the second cylinder to maintain the braking effect is substantially equal to the force required to lift the weight of the patient carried on the body support. The braking effect is overcome when a chiropractic thrust is applied to the body of a patient.

Abstract: A knockdown, put-together article of furniture, such as a dresser, cabinet, desk and the like, in which the parts can be packaged and shipped in a knocked-down disassembled condition and readily assembled by the use of U-shaped wire interlocking members. The spaced sides each have adjacent the upper end, oppositely facing horizontal grooves which cooperate with spaced inwardly facing grooves formed in a channel on the underside of a top.A u-shaped interlocking pin is inserted into said cooperating grooves to interlock the top to the sides. The sides have means for slidably supporting a drawer.The sides have a horizontal channel with spaced inwardly facing grooves which cooperate with oppositely positioned horizontal grooves adjacent the sides of the bottom. The last mentioned grooves being interlocked by a U-shaped wire interlocking member to secure the bottom to the sides. The sides, top and bottom have channels for securing a back or rear wall in a locked position.

Abstract: A sewing machine support structure in which the machine is slidable in a horizontal plane from in-use to out-of-use position and vice-versa, and in either position, the machine always is in full view, never concealed. Additionally, means are provided for mounting the machine so that it may be selectively moved vertically to position a convertible type sewing machine in a flat bed or free arm mode of operation.

Abstract: A wheel and tire carrier for attachment to the door of a motor vehicle in which the door is hingedly supported adjacent its rear edge by upper and lower hinge means, the wheel and tire carrier comprising a pair of members each connected at their one end to the door adjacent the front edge thereof, and the other end of each of said pair of members secured to an independent clamping means, one of the clamping means adapted to be independently clamped to the upper hinge means and the other clamping means adapted to be independently clamped to the lower hinge means, with each of said clamping means adapted to be clamped to its respective hinge means independently of the other. The wheel and tire carrier has means supported by the pair of members to which a tire wheel is attached.

Abstract: A fishing lure has a body including a pair of wire-like diverging arms with a weight and hook connected to one the arms. A V-shaped wire-like member is freely connected to the other arm of the body and has a pair of swivelly connected spinners of unequal size which function to slow the descent of the lure to a controlled rate after the lure strikes a water surface so that the lure is maintained in a desired attitude for attracting fish.

Abstract: A wheel and tire carrier for attachment to a variety of different motor vehicle doors having differently arranged and spaced hinges and different width doors. The carrier has a tubular frame member which is generally U-shaped and which has curved extensions. The extensions being axially and rotatably adjustable relative to the frame member so that they may be secured to the hinges of the door with the side of the frame member secured to the side of the door adjacent the front edge of the door. The frame member supports a bracket which is pivotally supported on the frame member so that the bracket may be moved to its non-use position within the frame member for shipment and storage and moved and locked to its in-use position at right angles to the frame member.

Abstract: A velocity responsive lighting system for a vehicle provides a plurality of warning light means which are periodically illuminated in sequence for a period determined by the velocity of the vehicle. The system includes a plurality of magnetically responsive switch means and a plurality of magnetic field generating means, one of the pluralities being mounted on a rotatable member of the vehicle and the other being mounted adjacent thereto so that upon rotation of the member each of the plurality of magnetic field generating means is placed within the vicinity of one of the magnetically responsive switch means to cause the latter to be energized and thereby periodically energize each of the light means in sequence for a period determined by the velocity of the rotatable member. The system can further include battery means or electrical current generating means, or both with circuit means for alternatively switching therebetween, for energizing the light means.

Abstract: A take-up lever and thread guide for a sewing machine includes a first arm portion and an overlying second arm portion forming an open-ended slot communicating with an aperture spaced from the open end. The second arm portion includes a depending detent spaced from the aperture in the direction of the open end and is adapted to prevent a thread from moving outside of the slot during the operation of the take-up lever.

Abstract: A prefabricated pre-hung combination storm and screen door which may be selectively installed so that the manner of opening may be in a selected direction. The door structure permits reversal of the kick plate from the bottom of the door to the top thereof and the reversal of the other components of the door in correspondingly related positions followed by an inversion in the plane of the door to adapt the door for pivotal movement on the opposite side of the framed opening.

Abstract: A console cabinet for a portable television receiver comprising a base, a top, open front and rear sides, and sidewalls attached to said base and terminating at said top has vertical adjustment receiver support means disposed above said base and open front closure means whereby when the portable receiver is inserted in the cabinet on said adjustment means and said closure means frames the receiver, a floor console model is obtained.

Abstract: A sewing machine in which the portion of the bed plate disposed forwardly of the needle or operating area is inclined downwardly. This perceptually brings the needle closer to the operator and provides improved visibility of the working area.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for mounting a sewing machine in a cabinet. The hinge assembly guides the machine for vertical movement to be selectively supported on the cabinet in two different positions corresponding to free arm and flatbed modes of operation. Additionally, the hinge assembly guides the machine to a position within the cabinet for storage.

Abstract: A water closet flush valve actuator which constitutes a part of the cover for the flush tank and which blends into the surface contour of the cover so that in non-operative position the actuator appears as an integral part of the cover.

Abstract: A cooking grill which provides moist or dry heat for cooking meat or meat products and which includes an enclosure, a heat source, a body of water in the enclosure and a foraminous member above the heat source to prevent the passage of flame so as to preclude flare-up due to ignition of fat drippings.

Abstract: A cylindrical bearing formed of an alloy of powdered metal and arranged to be press fitted into a bearing mounting. The bearing includes a body having an axial bore and is provided between the bore and the periphery thereof with a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending through passages arcuate in cross section and concentric with the bore. The body portions outwardly adjacent said arcuate passages are resiliently deformable when the bearing body is pressed into a mounting.

Abstract: A tension band for retaining a chain link fence fabric tension bar to a support post for maintaining the fence fabric under tension. The tension band comprises a generally flat unitary sheet metal member having a circular opening to receive a support post and reduced opening to receive a tension bar. The reduced opening is elongated and lies on a line generally tangent to the circular opening.