Abstract: A posture belt which is worn on the body of the user to remind the user to maintain good posture. The posture belt has a buzzer housing and an elongated belt. One end of the belt is detachably connected to the buzzer housing and the other end of the belt is connected to structure for actuating the buzzer alarm that forms part of the buzzer alarm circuit mounted within the buzzer housing. The buzzer alarm is actuated when the belt of the invention is distended due to improper posture. An adjustable time delay feature is incorporated into the wiring circuit that permits the user to select a few moments delay before the buzzer alarm is actuated.

Abstract: The shopping cart retrieval system has been designed to allow search teams to detect and recover stolen or misplaced shopping carts. It consists of two distinct units of electronic equipment integrated together to form a retrieval system. The heart of the system is a VHF "beacon " radio transmitter implanted in the handle of the shopping cart which is continuously emitting a signal when it leaves the store. A search team, assigned the task of locating and recovering shopping carts, is equipped with a VHF radio receiver with both omni-directional antenna for detection of a shoping cart at maximum range, and a directional antenna used for the close-in location process.

Abstract: An aero marine vehicle having a fuselage having front wings extending from its respective left and right sides. Engines are mounted in these wings and their drive propellers are supported adjacent the rear edge of these wings. A pair of laterally spaced hull members are supported beneath the respective right and left wings. A plenum chamber is formed in each of the hull members with the bottom wall of the hull members forming the bottom wall of the plenum chambers. Exhaust lines are connected between the engines and the respective plenum chambers. The bottom wall of the hull members has a plurality of exhaust ports formed therein which allow the escaping exhaust gases to form a boundary layer of air between the bottom wall of the hull members and the water they are floating upon to overcome the suck-down effect of the water upon the hull member. The majority portion of the interior of the hull members form a buoyancy chamber.

Abstract: A composition comprising squalene and saturated normal aliphatic hydrocarbons which is very effective in the treatment of acne, minor skin irritations and minor skin wounds, burns, inflammation and soreness when applied topically to the skin. Basically, the product comprises from about 5 to 40 volume percent squalene and from about 5 to 25 volume percent n-decane, n-dodecane or mixtures thereof with the balance being normal aliphatic hydrocarbons with chain lengths in the C10 to C35 range or a water-polysorbate emulsion. If desired, certain other ingredients such as zinc oxide or a filler may be added to the mixture. The product may be applied as a spray, cream or gel.

Abstract: The pressurizing closure apparatus for a carbonated beverage bottle has a closure plug assembly, a female quick disconnect coupling, and an air pumping unit. The closure plug assembly has a pressure seal plug whose diameter can be increased to seal the neck of a bottle by actuating a cam lever that is pivotally mounted on the top of the closure plug assembly. The one-way valve unit is mounted in the top cap portion of the closure plug assembly and its bottom end is in communication with an air passage tube whose bottom end has an outlet port in the interior of the bottle. The female quick disconnect coupling has its one end connected to the one-way valve unit and it other end connected to the air pumping unit. Actuation of the air pumping unit will introduce air into the sealed bottle to repressurize its interior.

Abstract: The wrist note pad has an elongated housing having its respective ends pivotally connected to the opposite ends of a wrist fastening band. Within the housing is a scrolled paper roll journaled adjacent its one end and a take-up roll shaft journaled adjacent its opposite end. A rewind knob and a paper feed knob are both positioned outside of the housing and are connected to the respective scrolled paper roll and take-up roll shaft positioned within the housing. A writing surface cover is attached by a hinge to the top surface of the wrist note pad and it has a pair of longitudinally spaced laterally extending slots therein through which the scrolled paper would be threaded to provide a writing surface atop the cover.

Abstract: A rocker arm stabilizer bar assembly that is designed for use with a tandem axle travel trailer and it is used when one of the four tires of the trailer goes flat. It is used temporarily in place of a spare tire until the driver can get to the nearest service station to repair the flat tire. The stabilizer bar assembly is clamped into position between the bottom surface of the trailer frame and the top surface of the rocker arm. The stabilizer bar is channel-shaped and it is vertically oriented. A bolt passes through a horizontal aperture in the stabilizer bar and a horizontal aperture in a spanner plate and it has a nut threaded on its end to clamp it into position adjacent the respective ends of a U-shaped bracket that supports the rocker arm. The stabilizer bar has a pair of intermediate horizontal walls having tongue portions that function to center the stabilizer bar within the walls of the U-shaped bracket that supports the rocker arm.

Abstract: A snail trap in the form of a housing having a dome-shaped top wall with cylindrical side walls extending downwardly therefrom. A plurality of snail entry archways are formed around the circumference of the side walls. A plurality of legs extend downwardly from the side walls for anchoring the snail trap in the ground. In actual use, a liquid or paste type of snail insecticide is first applied to the bottom surface of the ceiling of the dome as a toxic bait for slugs and snails. The snail trap is then placed on the ground and its legs are pushed into the soil up to the bottom of the archways.

Abstract: The winch has a disc-shaped hub having a shaft extending upwardly from its top surface. It also has a winch drum having an axial bore whose diameter is sized to rotatably receive the shaft of the disc-shaped hub. The bottom end of the winch drum has a recess with ratchet teeth formed around its inner annular surface and there are a pair of pawl members in spring loaded attachment with the outer surface of the shaft of the disc-shaped hub to form a ratchet assembly. There is a bore hole in the bottom end of the disc-shaped hub and an upright extending secondary shaft member has its top end rotatably inserted into this bore hole. A handle has its one end secured to the secondary shaft and it extends radially therefrom and has a supporting block mounted on its opposite end and a double cam cleat is mounted thereon. An alternative form of handle is also operable with the same basic winch structure but does not require the handle to be permanently secured to the winch.

Abstract: A locking device for firearms that allows the firearms to be openly displayed, yet safe from the hands of inquisitive children. The device is formed from an elongated rod member that has been formed into an open loop configuration whose free ends are directed toward each other and have a predetermined open space between their tips. The rod member is inserted into the eyelet portion of an eyebolt that has been threaded into a corner stud of a room. Two portions of the open loop configuration of the rod member are oriented at 90 degree angles to each other and these aligned horizontally and in mating relationship to the respective corner walls to which the eyebolt has been secured. Either of the free ends of the rod member is threaded through the trigger guard of a rifle or revolver to secure the firearm to the locking device.

Abstract: A garage door security system for a house having an automatic garage door opener. The system utilizes a pair of horizontally oriented locking rods that have inner ends pivotally secured to the respective top and bottom ends of an elongated secondary bar member. The secondary bar member has a pivot pin passing through its central area that is secured to the garage door itself. The horizontal locking rods pass through respective bore holes in the opposite side frame members of the garage door and when they are in their locked positions, they are inserted into bore holes in the respective side walls of the garage door opening. A primary bar which has its intermediate area pivoted about a fixed pivot pin has a roller mounted on its top end and its bottom end is pivotally secured to the top end of the secondary bar.

Abstract: Floating small boat cleaning facility formed from a floating dock assembly having a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending side walls, a front entrance end wall, a rear exit end wall, a bottom wall, and a top wall spaced downwardly from the top edge of the side walls, to form a buoyancy chamber. The outside surface of the side walls have brackets to receive anchor pilings that have their bottom ends secured to the sea bottom. The front end wall and the rear end wall have a cutout portion formed adjacent their top edge and a plurality of vertically oriented strips of flexible material have their bottom ends attached to this top edge to form an entrance curtain and an exit curtain through which boats may pass. The curtains have structure for maintaining them in a floating substantially vertical orientation.

Abstract: A resonance frequency stimulator for increasing blood circulation by having a four-legged animal or person standing upon a top plate through which vibrations are transmitted. The top plate is oriented substantially in a horizontal plane and it rests resiliently on a plurality of coiled compression springs at a predetermined height above a bottom plate. Fastening structure passes through the coiled compression springs to secure the top plate to the bottom plate. A rotary vibrator with motor is mounted on the top plate adjacent the front end of the top plate for producing a resonance frequency vibration in the top plate. A frame assembly surrounds the front end, the rear end and the lateral sides of the bottom plate. A handrail assembly extends upwardly a predetermined height from the frame assembly along both lateral sides thereof and also transversely thereto at a position rearwardly of the motor.

Abstract: A flying saucer toy having a pair of LED's mounted diametrically opposed to each other on the rim of its disc-shaped body. The LED's are electrically connected to a printed circuit board and batteries which allow the LED's to strobe imperceptably fast at approximately 100 Hz. A touch-sensitive switch has three terminal posts that extend through the top surface of the disc-shaped body and the bottom ends of the terminal posts are soldered to the circuit board to form a mounting structure for the circuit board. When the flying saucer toy is thrown at night the strobing effect will produce the effect of more than twenty lighted points around the disc perimeter depending upon the rotational speed of the disc.

Abstract: A multi-flag marching baton formed from an elongated tubular sleeve within which an elongated member is telescopically received. There is a space between the inside wall surface of the tubular sleeve and the outer surface of the elongated member to form an annularly shaped flag storage chamber. A strap passes along the outside length of the tubular sleeve and has its opposite ends attached adjacent one end of the elongated member. A first display flag is secured to this strap. A second display strap is secured to the elongated member. When the elongated member is telescopically withdrawn from one end of the tubular sleeve, the second flag will be withdrawn from the flag storage chamber within the tubular sleeve and unfurled for display while at the same time the first display flag that is attached to the strap will be drawn into the opposite end of the tubular sleeve and its flag compressed into the flag storage chamber.