Abstract: Ventilated footwear formed of an upper of impermeable material having its lower margin spaced from the upper surface of the sole, whether inner or tread sole, and socklining, to provide a space for ventilation, and the upper is secured to the sole by means including a rim of permeable material.

Abstract: A wrist compass is formed with a base member having straps at each side for strapping to a user's wrist and with a detachable compass body having complementary interengaging surfaces for removably securing the compass body to the base member. The base member also is provided with folding lens and sight line elements to overlie the attached compass face in a folded position and to be erected to a sighting position when desired. The lens and sight line elements are preferably formed entirely of transparent material so that the compass face is visible when the elements are folded thereover.

Abstract: A dispenser for elongate thin flexible articles that are stacked within a cartridge package is comprised of a cartridge holder to be vertically positioned and having a front access door and interior projections whereby a cartridge may be placed in the holder with the door open and maintained in a predetermined vertical position within the holder after the door is closed. The cartridge is provided with an opening at its lower end and the holder is provided with an opening at its lower end shaped to prevent the removal of an article unless it is gripped and flexed to conform to the opening.

Abstract: Improvements in the safety and comfort of footwear having the appearance of having very thick soles and improvements in the method of their manufacture.

Abstract: An underwater camera casing is formed as a pouch of molded flexible waterproof material with front, back and side walls forming an upper body space adapted to contain a camera and a lower space into which a hand may be inserted for insertion of the camera. The side wall is provided with a side opening extending from the top of one side of the upper and lower body spaces to the top of the other side of the upper and lower body spaces. An opening is provided through the front wall of the upper body space into which a removable waterproof lens unit may be inserted to be detachably connected to a camera body removably positioned within the pouch camera body space thus securing the camera body within the pouch. Waterproof sealing means is provided for the lens opening for the lens unit and a waterproof closure is provided for the side opening.

Abstract: Improvements in the safety and comfort of footwear having the appearance of having very thick soles.

Abstract: A geographically configured globe is provided with a transparent overlay globe geometer segment shaped to closely overlay the globe surface and is adapted to be removably and pivotally secured to the globe at a pivot point of the overlay. A transparent circular longitude degree amd time disk is pivotally secured to the overlay assembly at the pivot point thereof and the overlay assembly may be generally pie-shaped with the pivot point end enlarged to a circular configuration about the pivot point.

Abstract: A process for improving the physical properties and chemical resistance of concrete, brick and like materials by impregnation with an epoxy resin and comprising the steps ofA. drying the material to a moisture level below about 5% by weight,B. impregnating the dried material under conditions of vacuum and/or pressure with an epoxy resin composition comprising a mixture of an epoxy resin, from about 10 to about 50 parts per one hundred parts of resin of a reactive diluent for epoxy resins, and a curing agent having a substantial pot life, andC. curing the resin impregnated within the material.The invention also embodies the epoxy resin-impregnated material so obtained.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and device for the attaching of soles to uppers of footwear which assures the correct seating of the upper on the last prior to the attaching of the sole and allows further to shorten the time needed to bond the sole to the upper.