Abstract: The invention is a one-piece planer foldable cardboard-like vehicle having artwork thereon and capable of being easily assembled into a vehicle replica, said planer material having four segments, one of which has a bottom segment with two opposing ends, and extending from each end a trunk section having transverse fold lines and having connecting means, and from the other end a hood segment, which in another variation has transverse fold lines and tabs, defining a windshield assembly, such that when the hood segment is brought forward over the front end of the top segment and between two wheel wells in the top segment, which wheel wells are formed by opposing cuts and longitudinal fold lines within the top segment; and connected to the front end of the top segment, the front of the vehicle is formed. The top segment also has an interior opening with a downward folding portion providing for a dashboard and steering wheel.

Abstract: In a composite video system having a digitized composite video signal to be modified, wherein the digitized video signal has discrete values having sampling frequency Nf.sub.s where N is an integer greater than one, and f.sub.s is the color subcarrier frequency of the video input signal, a method and apparatus for utilizing look-up tables to create special color effects without decoding to luminance and chrominance, the method having the steps of storing in memory N sets of predetermined values such that the sets are addressable in a desired predetermined order and such that the predetermined values relate to a discrete equal distant points on a color subcarrier frequency wave corresponding to a desired color, retrieving from memory the stored values at a rate Nf.sub.s such that the N sets are addressed in the predetermined order, and using the digitized composite video signal to address said memory, to produce a digitized video output signal with different values, as desired.

Abstract: A forearm and skin protector worn over the hand and forearm to be used underneath standard rubber surgical gloves. The protector is a crushable, lightweight, semi-rigid material encompassing the palm and back of the hand and the forearm, and having openings for the thumb and at least two openings for the remaining four fingers, said material having an interior side nearest the skin and an exterior side opposite thereto, said interior side comprised of a moisture absorbing material, and the exterior side comprised of a cellophane-thin non-penetrable membrane.

Abstract: In a composite video system having a digitized composite video signal to be modified, wherein the digitized video signal has discrete values having sampling frequency Nf.sub.s where N is an integer greater than one, and f.sub.s is the color subcarrier frequency of the video input signal, a method and apparatus for utilizing look-up tables to create special color effects without decoding to luminance and chrominance, the method having the steps of storing in memory N sets of predetermined values such that the sets are addressable in a desired predetermined order and such that the predetermined values relate to a discrete equal distant points on a color subcarrier frequency wave corresponding to a desired color, retrieving from memory the stored values at a rate Nf.sub.s such that the N sets are addressed in the predetermined order, and using the digitized composite video signal to address said memory, to produce a digitized video output signal with different values, as desired.

Abstract: A compact, retrievable and inexpensive marker buoy has a primary housing in the shape of an hourglass having a throat in the center, and a base. The primary housing has a waterproof chamber situated closer to one end than the other and a non-waterproof chamber at the opposite end. A lid at one end provides access to the waterproof chamber, which chamber contains an unattached battery, a signal receiving device, and an electrical device which are linked to a releasably attachable hook. The base has a corresponding device attached to the hook. A tether is connected from the base to the primary housing unit. A transmitter transmits the necessary command signal to the receiver from above the water.

Abstract: In a linear video mixer, two video signals are combined into a single output signal in response to any n bit byte digital control signal, the mixer having a buffered isolation input, a series of n electrically controlled double-throw type switches, each of whose control input is connected to a corresponding bit of the desired digital control signal; the two inputs of each switch are connected to one of the two respective buffered video signals to be mixed, and the output of each switch is connected to respective rungs of a 2R/R resistor ladder network that itself is connected to a buffer having relatively high output impedance; the most significant bit down to the least significant bit of the digital control word is connected to the switches in the switch-ladder network to achieve the desired output, which in combination with the resistor ladder network, will achieve the desired combination of input video signals.

Abstract: In a digital composite video processing system where the video signal has a color subcarrier F.sub.sc, horizontal and vertical sync signals and produces multiple color fields, and where the system has system clock of frequency nF.sub.sc for digitizing and a horizontal counter counting to L incremented by the system clock, a method and apparatus is disclosed for synchronizing the system clock to color burst and synchronizing the horizontal counter to horizontal sync, whereby a window of width W clock counts wide is selected such that HSYNC is desired to occur at clock pulse P+W/2 when P is an integer; a determination is made whether HSYNC occurs before, within or after the window, the system counter is reset at counts L-(n/2), L, or L=(n/2) determined by where HSYNC appeared in relation to the window, and color reference signal is sampled to determine which of the four color fields is being processed, all in order to properly process the color video signals.

Abstract: An improved spinning toy comprised of a primary flywheel affixed near one end of a shaft penetrating the central axis, a symmetrical handle having a specific size, shape, and relational location rotatably connected about the shaft penetrating it; a smaller secondary flywheel near the lower end of the handle through which the shaft penetrates, two end caps having conical terminations, flat protruding surfaces on the sides of the handle, a tangential line of the handle having the lower end tip in the line, and a hole in the handle through which a string passes.

Abstract: A cooler for releasably mounting on the front end of a motorized cart, such as golf carts. In one preferred mode, the cooler is mounted on the inside front portion of the cart and comprises a multi-sided enclosure having coplanar side walls with a shape resulting in the rear wall and bottom wall that are substantially coplanar with the cowling and floorboard respectively. A hooked plate member provides one method of securing the cooler to the cart; a toe plate at the bottom also secures it. In an alternate mode, the cooler attaches to the outside front portion of the cowling and has a bottom wall that is coplanar with the cowling while the top wall is horizontal; the cooler is attached with a planar hooked member. Both modes of the invention can utilize rubberlike or other preshaped members to place between the cooler and the cart to allow for additional universal adaptation of the coolers to various carts.

Abstract: A clipboard/padholder for holding, reading or writing on paper or a tablet while in a wind and to store and/or protect the paper from damage during heavy use or abuse of the clipboard. A frame having an opening holds the tablet or paper securely in place on all four sides. The frame is hinged to allow quick and easy access to changing the paper or turning pages. A cover that is hinged to the backboard and frame allows the paper to be protected from rain or snow when not in use or when laid down temporarily and allows for preserving confidentiality.

Abstract: A packing extractor tool comprised of an elongated metal shaft and handle attached, whereby the shaft has a flat sharp tip at one end, a first bend which, with the tip, comprises a curved hook; a second bend in the shaft in the same imaginary plane as the curved hook, but in the opposite direction; a third bend in the shaft in the direction perpendicular to the imaginary plane having in it the curved hook. The tool quickly, cleanly, and efficiently removes the packing material in pumps and other equipment.