Abstract: A beach cart for carrying supplies to and from a beach picnic and for multi-functional use at the picnic site. Of a size to be carried readily in the trunk of a car, the cart has two wide independently-mounted wheels that support the cart near the rear of the bed and beneath the area where an ice chest is to be carried. A removable towing bar has a cross handle that permits the cart to be pulled readily over sandy or rough surfaces. A rotatable stanchion, that locks in the down position, provides, with the wheels, a three point support when the cart is in use as a table or for other purpose. Two folding racks provide support for large articles such as beach chairs or a chaise lounge when the cart is being pulled from auto to the beach site and serve as racks for holding towels or swim suits at the picnic site.

Abstract: An improved log splitter for home use incorporating a load-responsive clamping mechanism of the type that utilizes a stack of locking plates surrounding a cylindrical member to which the plates are to be clamped by a tilting action. The plates are prevented from chewing up the surface of the cylindrical member by a pair of shoes positioned on opposite sides of the cylindrical member and within the openings in the locking plates. One of the shoes is smooth and adapted to move longitudinally on the cylindrical member during the application of clamping force and the other is rough and remains stationary during the clamping action.

Abstract: A mold for making plastic shoes that includes a pivotally mounted last within the mold cavity. Means are provided to facilitate removal of the molded shoe by physically displacing one part of the insert from the cavity and then rotating the last out of the mold cavity so that the molded shoe can be removed readily from the last.

Abstract: A vertical type log splitter for home use in which a splitting wedge is releasably secured to upright frame members and a power-driven ram guide supports a log to be split and forces it into the splitting wedge. To protect the frame of the log splitter from damage caused by twisting moments and to provide a visual indication of the presence of such moments, the ram guide is tiltably mounted and arranged to abort the splitting action when the angle of tilt exceeds a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A log splitter with automatic overload protection that prevents the log splitter structure from being damaged by accidental overload. A low-mass rapid-response pressure relief valve is incorporated in the pump side of a hydraulic jack, which produces the splitting force, so that the pressure that can be applied to the jack plunger is limited, but the load that can be supported by the jack is not so limited. The hydraulic jack has applications apart from the log splitter.

Abstract: A portable water filtration system adapted to be carried by backpackers includes a pump, a filter mechanism and a storage compartment adjacent and laterally displaced from the pump, the physical arrangement providing a convenient, sturdy, compact and lightweight unit.

Abstract: A safety cut-off for a two-cycle gasoline engine in which a common actuating arm both causes an interruption of the ignition circuit and operates a valve to release pressure from the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A game in which a disc with an angularly extending rim covered with a multiplicity of small hooks in a fabric hook tape is adapted to be sailed to a target board having a fibrous surface to which the rim of the disc will removably adhere.