Abstract: An anatomic secondary wound dressing holder for providing painless access to a radiation wound and the like on the body of a patient. The secondary wound dressing holder is readily adaptable to various parts of the anatomy of the patient for holding one or more primary wound dressings on the wound of the patient. The secondary wound dressing holder includes an enlarged dressing holder portion with an outwardly extending first strap with a hook fastener thereon and a second strap. The hook fastener on the first strap is releasably attached to loose weave material along a length of the second strap, when the enlarged dressing holder portion is received on the patient. The invention also includes one or more primary wound dressings with hook fasteners thereon. The primary wound dressings are infinitely adjustable on the enlarged dressing holder portion for receipt on one or more wounds on the patient's upper and lower body.

Abstract: A method for outward and upward growth of a hydraulic fracture along a well bore sandpacked annulus and over a selected rock formation interval along a length of a well bore. The fracture is created along the interval encompassing a multitude of oil and gas saturated sand formations and intervening silt and shale formations for more efficiently producing oil and/or gas from the formations. The method includes creating a linear sourced, cylindrical, stress field by maneuvering an intersection of a fluid friction controlled first pressure gradient and a second pressure gradient of a frac pad fluid traversing through a well bore sandpacked annulus and a hydraulic frac in the adjacent rock formation interval. The first pressure gradient is created by controlling a fluid flow rate of the frac pad fluid through a portion of the sandpacked annulus located above the top of an upwardly propagating hydraulic fracture.

Abstract: A full-body mattress for the prevention of conditions which may have a negative impact on health and for the improvement of the health and comfort of a user. The full-body mattress has a first end with a first height, a second end opposite the first end with a second height, a top surface disposed between the first end and the second end, with approximately one half of the top surface being horizontal and planar, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The first height is less than the second height, only a portion of the top surface is inclined at an angle, the angle is located in a plane defined by a length and a height of the full-body mattress, the angle is between about 30 degrees, and the bottom surface is not parallel with the inclined portion of the top surface. Also, in combination, a full-body mattress as described above, and a full-body mattress covering adapted to fit the full-body mattress removable bumpers are attached to the top surface of the full body, integral, and unitary mattress.

Abstract: A water paddle used for surface and underwater swimming, snorkeling, water aerobics and other water exercises. The water paddle includes a hand held, lightweight, flexible plastic, hydrodynamic paddle disk. A front of the paddle disk is flat or concave in shape for increasing or decreasing water resistance when moving the paddle in the water. Also, the paddle disk has a minimal thickness of ? inch or less for allowing the flexing of the disk. An adjustable strap is received through a pair of parallel strap slots in the disk. The adjustable hand strap allows a swimmer to adjust his or her hand at various positions on the back of the paddle disk. The hand can be adjusted for allowing the disk to cover the fingers and palm of the hand in a first position. Also, the hand can be moved upwardly allowing the fingers to extend beyond the upper edge if need be in a second position and reduce pressure against the wrist of the swimmer.

Abstract: A flat-faced interactive training soccer goal used for soccer practice. The soccer goal has a goal frame held in compression and a net and web frame held in tension for increased rebounding of a soccer ball. The flat-faced soccer goal includes a goal frame made up of a plurality of metal tube sections joined together by plurality of connector sleeves and a pair of corner elbow sleeves for forming a pair of upright posts and a horizontal crossbar. A top portion of the upright posts is joined to opposite ends of the crossbar using the corner elbow sleeves. The corner elbow sleeves are bent at an angle greater than 90 degrees and upward to 110 degrees for forming a trapezoid configuration with the crossbar being parallel to the ground surface. The upright posts are disposed outwardly and at an angle from the vertical. When the goal frame is installed, the upright posts are moved inwardly into a vertical position for forming a rectangular configuration.

Abstract: A method of making pellets of coconut coir pith used as cat litter. The coconut coir pith is nontoxic, lightweight and creates very little dust when compared to other cat litter products. Also, the coir pith pore structure absorbs all of the cat urine and doesn't release any of the typical cat urine smell to the atmosphere. In the method of making cat litter pellets from powdered coir pith, the first step includes crushing coconut husks and mixing the residual powdered coconut coir pith with water. The coir pith and water mixture is then compressed through a die having a plurality of ?th inch diameter holes therein for creating spaghetti like strings of coir pith. The strings of coir pith are then cut to a length of ½ inches or less. The pellets are heated in an oven for removing moisture and hardening them. The harden pellets are then packaged for shipment to customers.

Abstract: A fence post with horizontal studs used for quick fence wire connection. The fence wire connection used for securing a portion of the fence wire next to the fence post. The fence post with a quick fence wire connection is designed to eliminate the use of a separate tying wire and twisting of the tying wire on the fence post using a pair of pliers. The fence post includes a plurality of equally spaced pairs of horizontal studs disposed along the length of one side of the post. An equally spaced wire gap is provided between each of studs. The wire gap is dimensioned for receiving a portion of fence wire therein. Each of the horizontal studs has a side profile of a rectangular geometric shape or similar geometric shape and with a vertical base integrally attached to the side of the post and a parallel vertical top. An upper side of each stud is parallel to a lower side of the stud. In each of the studs is a vertical locking pinhole with an upper opening in the upper side and a lower opening in the lower side.

Abstract: A decorative removable helmet cover adapted for receipt over the top of a hard plastic exterior surface of a ski helmet, a snowboard helmet, a skateboard helmet, a bicycle helmet or hardhat for providing a unique appearance to the helmet or the hardhat. The removable helmet cover includes a flexible dome-shaped soft cloth exterior surface disposed on top of a flexible dome-shaped soft cloth interior liner. The interior liner is adapted for receipt over and conform to an exterior surface of the helmet. A lower circumference of the exterior surface is attached to a hollow elastic band. Also, a lower circumference of the interior liner is attached to the hollow elastic band. Disposed inside the hollow elastic band is an elastic tie. Opposite ends of the tie extend outwardly from an opening in a rear portion of the elastic band. The opposite ends of the tie are received through a tie lock and are attached to a tie pull.

Abstract: A safety hook that includes a body having a hook portion and a shank portion, a gate that is pivotally mounted from a gate pivot point on the shank portion, and a locking element that is pivotally supported from the shank. The safety hook also includes a peninsular portion that extends between the locking element and the and the heel portion of the gate, and a spring, the spring being mounted between and against the locking element and the locking element, so that to release the gate the user simply rotates the locking element away from the peninsular portion and then rotates the closure portion in, towards the mouth of the hook.

Abstract: A time keeping device that provides a user with the time of day at any point on earth and the current day or night condition of any point on earth. The time keeping device includes a translucent external globe indicia for indicating time and an internal globe rotatably mounted within the external globe, and a support mechanism adapted for rotating the internal globe about a pair of axis, so that the time at a particular point on the internal globe can be read by a user by peering through the external globe to see the location of the indicia as projected on the internal globe.

Abstract: An aerodynamic container adapted for receipt around a front portion of a pair of skis or a front portion of a snowboard, when the equipment is mounted on a vehicle ski rack. The container provides improved aerodynamic airflow with reduced wind noise and buffeting. The container helps improve vehicle fuel efficiency substantially by reducing the incremental drag of a loaded ski rack by up to 50 percent, while protecting valuable alpine equipment form potential damage during transit. The container includes a hard plastic housing having a split first housing member and an identical split second housing member. A bottom portion of the first housing member is hinged to a bottom portion of the second housing member for opening to the inside of the housing members. Top portions of the two housing members are releasably attached using hand operated release latches. The latches are used for securing the two housing members around the skis or snowboard.

Abstract: A wall pedestal for displaying and rotating an animal head and other wildlife objects next to a wall. The wall pedestal includes a wall mounting plate adapted for securing the pedestal to the wall at various heights. The wall mounting plate includes an outwardly extending horizontal support arm. A far end of the horizontal support arm includes a threaded bore for receiving a threaded lower end of a vertical pivot rod. An upper end of the vertical pivot rod is slidably received in a lower portion of a vertical sleeve. A top portion of the vertical sleeve is attached to a portion of a display mounting plate. The display mounting plate is adapted for attachment to the wildlife object suspended the object thereon.

Abstract: A tool for adjusting the position of a set of support wheels for a floor edger. The tool includes a body that supports a leading gage surface, an angle gage surface, and a pair of wheel setting surfaces, the wheel setting surfaces being spaced apart from one another and mounted from the trailing end of the body, the leading gage surface and the angle gage surface lying along a support plane, the wheel plane being at wheel support distance form the support plane.

Abstract: A wrapping system for wrapping an injured joint, the joint having recessed areas and prominent areas. The system includes stackable resilient sections that are joined to one another by scored areas, the scored areas allowing seperation of each of the resilient section into sections adapted fit in the recessed areas. Each of the resilient section should have an adhesive portion for attaching, in a stacked manner, one resilient section to another resilient section, so that the resulting stacked resilient sections nest in the recessed areas of the injured joint. An elastic wrap strap is used to secure and urge the resilient sections over the injured joint.

Abstract: A volleyball practice system that includes a generally rectangular first flexible panel supported from a pair of vertical supports, and at least one connector of adjustable length extending from at least one of the lower opposing corners of the first flexible panel. A second flexible panel that is smaller than the first flexible panel is supported in a generally parallel fashion from the first flexible panel. The first flexible panel extends below the second flexible panel, so that a trough area is created below the lower edge of the volleyball net when at least one of the lower opposing corners is suppported from the vertical supports.

Abstract: A handheld, portable color measuring device for measuring the primary colors of red, green and blue in a color target to be analyzed and connected to a built-in LCD display or connected to a separate personal computer. The color measuring device includes an elongated color measuring probe housing. A hollow cone shaped probe tip is attached to one end of the probe housing. A target contact end of the probe tip is placed against a color target to be measured. Inside the probe housing is a battery powered white LED light source connected to a color measurement switch. When the measurement switch is actuated, the white light source illuminates the color target surrounded by the target contact end of the probe tip. A light pipe is centered inside the probe housing and inside a portion of the probe tip. The light pipe captures the reflected light off the color target and projects the captured light onto a 3 color (RGB) sensor.

Abstract: An aircraft monitoring system adapted for mounting in an aircraft and at a location independent of the aircraft for providing information related to aircraft location and/or the current state of the operation of the aircraft. The monitoring system includes an aircraft-tracking device and a server computer adapted for communicating with an aircraft owner/operator. The device includes a signal receiving antenna for receiving signals from a satellite positioning system and a decoder connected to the antenna for decoding the location position coordinates (GPS or GLONASS). Further, the aircraft-tracking device includes a microprocessor connected to the decoder and a two-way satellite communication transceiver. The transceiver is connected to a two-way radio communication antenna. The radio communication antenna receives and sends two-way satellite communications between a satellite communication system. The satellite communication system communicates with a ground-based satellite communication service.

Abstract: A tool for finishing surfaces to be joined together. The tool includes a support wheel with a lower surface with a generally flat surface and a central axis that is generally normal to the flat surface of the lower surface. The generally flat surface of the lower surface being adapted for supporting a section of snadpaper or the like. The tool also includes a guide axle that extends from the flat surface of the lower surface and along the central axis of the support wheel and a drive axle that extends from the upper surface of the support wheel and along the central axis of the support wheel, so that the support wheel driven through the drive axle supports the sandpaper against the surfaces to be joined as the guide axle is inserted into the aperture in the surfaces to be joined.

Abstract: A waterfowl decoy system used by one or more hunters for simulating large numbers of geese and ducks in a field or on a water surface. The system includes a plurality of decoy pennants attached to a decoy line. A plurality of decoy lines joined in series form a decoy line train. Opposite ends of each decoy line include a snap swivel for preventing the pennants and decoy line from becoming tangled. A portion of the decoy line is attached to a top of a line pole for suspending the decoy pennants above a ground surface or a water surface. Also, a portion of the decoy line can be connected to a decoy line animator for moving the decoy line and pennants from one position to another. The decoy system also includes a backpack or dolly with a vertical hand operated vertical spool for holding the pennants and decoy lines thereon and transporting the decoy system to and from the hunting area.

Abstract: A bullet that has a controlled fragmentation on impact with a target. The bullet includes a generally cylindrical body having a nose, a mid-portion and a heel. The body includes an aperture that starts at the nose, extends past the mid-portion of the bullet and ends near the heel of the bullet. The aperture also includes ay least one scored area along the sides of the aperture and extending along at least some or all of the aperture. The heel portion includes a scored area that terminates at a location that aligns with the scored area along the sides of the aperture in the bullet.