Abstract: A fishing lure retriever having a plurality of flexible loops for engaging one or more hooks on the lure to be retrieved. The flexible loops are mounted on, and extend outward at various angles from, one end of an elongated handle or pole. A fishing line guide having an open outlet for engaging the fishing line is transversely mounted on the handle or pole near the same end. The handle or pole is preferably telescoping.

Abstract: A pool game set for use on a dining room table, kitchen table or another similar tabletop or the like. The pool game set comprises an essentially rectangular, bottomless frame, a plurality of lightweight, rigid balls, and a cue stick. The frame has a plurality of inwardly opening pockets and a plurality of elastic band holders which hold a plurality of elastic bands between adjacent pockets to function as bumpers. Each of the balls has a fibrous surface texture which simulates the surface texture of the felt top of a conventional pool table. The cue stick has a resilient vinyl or rubber tip with such a surface texture.

Abstract: A dolly system for campgrounds, parks and the like. A picnic table dolly, a general purpose dolly and various attachments for the general purpose dolly are included in the system. The picnic table dolly is suitable for use alone or in combination with the general purpose dolly for moving conventional picnic tables. The various attachments for the general purpose dolly adapt it for movement of garbage cans, trailers, charcoal grills and the like, firewood and other similar heavy objects commonly found in campgrounds, parks and the like.

Abstract: An eyeglass frame and nasal cannula assembly for inconspicuously administering oxygen or other gases into the nostrils of a patient having respiratory ailments. An eyeglass frame has a pair of grooves in the rear surface of its front piece and a groove in the interior surface of each of its hinged temples. A nasal cannula assembly comprising a pair of cannula tubes is fitted in the grooves. One end of each of the cannula tubes is adapted for insertion in one nostril of the patient's nose and the opposite end of each of the cannula tubes is connected to a portable source of supply of oxygen or another gas to be administered to the patient. The overall appearance of the eyeglass frame is substantially identical to that of a conventional eyeglass frame and all but a small portion of the cannula tubes are hidden from view.

Abstract: A device for simultaneously compressing a row of resilient finger pairs on an article holding rack to facilitate placement and removal of articles. A pair of opposed, plate-like jaws are supported in the same horizontal plane by a pair of parallel, L-shaped side walls which are in turn supported by a support frame. One of the plate-like jaws is fixed and the other is moveable on a pair of bearing blocks, each of which travels on a horizontally positioned bearing way. Hand and foot actuators are provided for moving the moveable plate-like jaw adjacent to the fixed plate-like jaw to compress the finger pairs. The hand and foot actuators which are provided include a pair of counterbalanced dogleg lever arms which act on vertical plates fixedly attached to the under surface of the moveable plate-like jaw. The moveable jaw is first moved into position for compressing with the handle and then further moved to compress the finger pairs with the foot pedal.

Abstract: A graphic arts toy including a string retaining sketch pad, an elongated string, and means for storing, dispensing and retracting the string. The string retaining sketch pad comprises a flexible, plate-like element having a plurality of upwardly extending, flexible fingers on its top. The fingers are arrayed in equally spaced, parallel, transverse rows. The means for storing, dispensing and retracting the string comprises a string storage, dispensing and retracting pencil having a housing, a string storage dispensing and retracting reel rotatably mounted in the housing, and a string dispensing and retracting tube with one of its ends in the housing and the other of its ends exterior to the housing. When the tube is moved between a pair of fingers, the fingers are flexed apart and the string dispensed there between. The fingers return to their normal position to grip and hold the string after the tube moves to the next pair of fingers.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube holder which is particularly suitable for use during medical emergency situations. The holder comprises a pair of identical curved, plate-like hooking members and an interconnecting attachment band which encircles the patient's face and neck. Each of the hooking members has a dogleg opening for receiving and engaging the endotracheal tube when the hooking members are overlapped in position over the patient's mouth. The attachment band has segments of bristly fastening material of the type commercially available under the Velcro trademark which enable adjustment of its length to accommodate patient's of various sizes.

Abstract: A dolly system for campgrounds, parks and the like. A picnic table dolly, a general purpose dolly and various attachments for the general purpose dolly are included in the system. The picnic table dolly is suitable for use alone or in combination with the general purpose dolly for moving conventional picnic tables. The various attachments for the general purpose dolly adapt it for movement of garbage cans, trailers, charcoal grills and the like, firewood and other similar heavy objects commonly found in campgrounds, parks and the like.

Abstract: A tool for installing and removing a seal retainer of the type found on the drive axles of certain front wheel drive automobiles. The tool comprises a C-ring for engaging a seal retainer and a crossbar parallel to the C-ring. A pair of spacers are rigidly attached to and between the C-ring and crossbar to form a frame. A thumbscrew is operatively positioned in a threaded hole through the crossbar for engaging a shaft while installing or removing a seal retainer. The crossbar of the tool is tapped with a mallet to apply the force which is necessary to remove a seal retainer. The force which is necessary to install a seal retainer is applied by tightening the thumbscrew.

Abstract: A one-piece seat frame structure having a plurality of parallel curvilinear slots which demarcate cantilever-action spring segments. A thin-walled, hollow, molded plastic body, or a similar body of another suitable relatively rigid material having resilient characteristics, has a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a front wall and a positively bowed top. A plurality of parallel curvilinear slots are provided through the top to demarcate a plurality of parallel curvilinear spring segments. In response to a typical load created by a seat occupant, the spring segments are deflected downward in a cantilever manner.

Abstract: A talking figure play set comprising an environmental structure having a record player with an upwardly pointing stylus on its tone arm and a plurality of human figures or animal figures, or both, each having an open-bottom base with a phonograph record permanently recessed therein. The tone arm with its upwardly pointing stylus is recessed in a circular opening in the housing of the record player along with support means, such as a ledge or rim, for the open-bottom bases of the various figures. The phonograph record recessed in the open-bottom base of each figure has a sound recording on spiral grooves which is compatible with the appearance of the figure. When the open-bottom base of one of the figures is inserted in the circular opening in the housing of the record player, the record player is turned on to reproduce the sound recording associated with the particular figure while that figure remains stationary to allow a child to perceive the figure as a talking figure.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning lenses, mirrors and the like. A single, elongated piece of essentially flat plastic material has a pair of parallel, transverse grooves which demarcate a pair of jaws with a connecting element there between. By folding along such grooves, the jaws can be positioned to function as a pincer. A cleaning pad is affixed to the free end of each of the jaws for simultaneous cleaning of two parallel surfaces of a lens or a mirror or the like when the jaws are positioned to function as a pincer. Each of the cleaning pads comprises a soft, supple cleaning cloth having a velvety surface finish and a soft, cushiony base of foam or sponge rubber or other similar absorbent material. The velvety surfaces of the cleaning cloths permit effective, non-scratching cleaning of lenses, mirrors and the like, including plastic eyeglass lenses, without the use of water, chemical cleaning solutions or similar liquids.

Abstract: An electrically lighted plush toy having a glowing face or head. A semi-rigid vinyl, hollow, translucent head has a plush exterior cover attached thereto. The plush exterior cover encloses a resilient mass which surrounds an essentially cylindrical, molded plastic, translucent battery and lightbulb housing. A retaining ring in the neck portion of the head coaxially positions and retains the housing. The housing has an integrally molded battery compartment, an integrally molded globe for enclosing a lightbulb, and an integrally molded operating lever positioned on its exterior. A first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor are positioned in the interior of the housing with at least one battery and a lightbulb. The operating lever is adapted for depressing the first electrical conductor through an opening in the housing to contact the second electrical circuit and complete an electrical circuit formed by the electrical conductors, battery and lightbulb to light the lightbulb.

Abstract: A device for dispensing tissue paper and similar sheet material, such as hair end-wrap papers used in the beauty and cosmetology profession. A pick-up assembly is mounted on an essentially rectangular container for a stack of tissue paper or similar sheet material. The pick-up assembly is comprised of a pick-up head having an adhesive secured thereto for contacting the top sheet of the stack, a rigid shaft connected to the pick-up head, a coil spring having one of its ends fitted over the rigid shaft and the other of its ends rigidly connected at a positive angle on a top center location of one of the ends of the container, and a spring cover. When the user of the device presses the pick-up head downward, the coil spring bends until the adhesive on the pick-up head contacts the top sheet of the shaft and separates and lifts the top sheet from the stack as the coil spring straightens to return the pick-up head to its original position.

Abstract: A fashion and hairstyle doll play set comprising a self-standing, three-dimensional doll and various removably attachable articles simulating clothing, headgear and coiffured natural hair. The doll included in the play set comprises a rigid or semi-rigid body with integrally formed limbs and a semi-rigid or flexible head with an integrally formed sculptured hair design. The waist of the body is configured as a right circular cylinder. The head has an essentially horizontal, encircling recess above the lower periphery of its sculptured hair design. The play set includes at least one semi-rigid or flexible, open-ended, hollow article simulating an article of lower body clothing, such as a skirt, with an integrally formed ring positioned in one of its open ends which flexes to engage the waist of the body of the doll.

Abstract: A building system formed from a plurality of building panels of triangular shape which are continuously attached on all sides to the earth or other triangular panels thereby defining a rigid panel structure of regular geometric form. Preferably, each panel is formed from two panel sections wherein each section is formed by cutting a stock piece of rigid material, having a known or predetermined length to width dimensional ratio, along its diagonal to form two right triangular panel sections. The dimensions of each triangular panel are equal and in a preferred embodiment, the ratio of the base to the perpendicular height is unity, wherein the panel sections are formed from a stock piece of material having a length to width dimensional ratio of two to one.