Abstract: A battery powered dent puller for re-contouring sheet metal having a dent is disclosed. A direct current welding electrode mounted on a handle allows the user to attach the electrode to an indentation in sheet metal with a very brief surge of 12 volt direct current. The welding current is regulated by means of a switch mounted on the handle which controls a relay through which the current travels. Once the electrode is attached on the sheet metal, the user may pull with considerable force in a direction that is generally in-line with the electrode. The force of the user pulling on the sheet metal tends to alter the contour of the metal, thus pulling out the indentation. To disengage the electrode from the sheet metal, the user twists the electrode, which breaks the weld. The battery power supply allows portability, increases safety, and tends to reduce assembly costs.

Abstract: A second handle attachment for a tool having a handle shaft, such as a shovel, is disclosed. The second handle attachment provides a grip portion that a user may grab so that the shovel may be used without the user bending over. In this manner, back injury and strain is reduced. The second handle attachment provides two clamshell brackets which are bolted into a rigid relationship with the tool's handle shaft. The attachment also provides a rotating second handle that may be locked into place at any of several angular relationships with the tool handle shaft. The second handle provides a grip portion that is typically covered by a plastic or rubber grip cover. The second handle attachment may be transferred among any type of shovel, rake, snow shovel, hoe or pitch fork. It may be adjusted up or down the handle shaft, to accommodate taller or shorter users. It may be rotated to accommodate right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous users.

Abstract: A boat plug to seal the hole in a boat's transom is disclosed. The plug provides a flexible rubber stopper having an axial channel that is inserted into the transom hole. A plug bolt and a plug nut are threadedly engaged inside the rubber stopper. A spring rod, attached to the plug bolt, may be rotated by hand to turn the plug bolt on the plug nut's threads. Clockwise rotation shortens the length of the rubber stopper, expanding its diameter to make a water-tight seal. Counterclockwise rotation causes the rubber stopper to relax, allowing it to be easily inserted or removed from the transom hole. The flexibility of the spring rod allows the user to apply torque while keeping his hand a safe distance from the hull of the boat, thereby avoiding scraped knuckles.