Abstract: A crimping tool for nut locks which comprise a ring type lock member having spaced apart teeth extending outwardly from the circumference and which are positioned adjacent a nut that is to be locked or held in place thereby when a selected one of the teeth is crimped or bent over to bear against the flat surface of the adjacent nut. The present invention comprises a flat support bar for placing over and across the outer end of the nut and member on which it is threaded, a puller member extends through an aperture at one end of the bar having a lateral projection or hook formed at its inwardly extending end with a puller nut threaded on the outwardly extending end of the puller member on the opposite side of the bar. The lateral projection or hook is positioned behind one of the teeth of the nut lock ring and the puller nut is then rotated to draw the tooth of the nut lock ring forward to crimp or bend over the surface of the adjacent nut.

Abstract: An exercise and posture correcting device comprising a slightly bowed strip of spring steel or other material having comparable flexing characteristics extends upwardly from the rearward portion of a broad width waist belt to which it is connected at one end to a padded contact member connected to a height adjustable extension sleeve slidably received on the strip at its upper end, such padded contact member at such upper end being positioned to bear against the wearer's back in the region between his shoulder blades. The padded contact member is biased toward and against the wearer's back by the strip of spring steel or other material. A rigid plate is secured to the broad width waist belt in back on which a tension adjusting ratchet assembly is mounted to increase or decrease pressure against the user's back as desired.

Abstract: An applicator for creating designs, patterns and configurations in the paint or other material being applied to a surface area, comprising a body portion for the user to hold and a working portion to apply the paint or other material to the surface area. The working portion includes a plurality of absorbent flexible sheet cup members or pods, having radially extending folds which flare outwardly to the outer free end. A thread is drawn through the radial folds at the outer free end portion of each cup member or pod which has been folded over around the outer circumference. The thread is drawn up to bring the radial folds together in close side-by-side relationship, giving a patterned or textured outer free end surface to the working portion of the applicator. A restricting band is drawn up relatively tighter around the mid-section of each cup member or pod about midway between the outer free end and the lower end which is secured to the body portion.

Abstract: An auxiliary wheel conversion assembly for a motorcycle comprises a quick connect and disconnect structure, including a generally U-shaped frame having side frame members on opposite sides of a receiving pocket to receive the rear drive wheel of the motorcycle when connected thereto, a cross-bar across the rear between the two side frame members, an auxiliary wheel mounted along and to the outside of each side frame member, such wheels being of the same size as the rear drive wheel and substantially in axial alignment therewith when the conversion assembly is connected to the motorcycle.

Abstract: A shelf supporting bracket for a scaffold comprises a pair of spaced apart angle irons connected together by a first cross bar at the rear and a second cross bar located inwardly from the open front end. A diagonal brace bar extends downwardly and forwardly from the rearwardly facing end of the spaced apart angle irons and first cross bar, terminating forwardly at a location below the second cross bar and on a line that extends from the forwardly facing wall of the second cross bar normal to the direction in which the angle irons extend. A semi-cylindrical socket member is secured to the forward end of the diagonal brace bar to receive a lower portion of a scaffold upright when an upper portion is received through the open front end of the spaced apart angle irons and rearwardly to abut against the forwardly facing wall of the second cross bar. A pin is then inserted through a pair of aligned apertures of the spaced apart angle irons to the front of the scaffold upright.

Abstract: A holder for a container and other articles comprises a plurality of flexible retaining strips which can be formed in laterally extending loops to define a peripheral side wall of the holder cavity and in a longitudinal extending loop to define the bottom wall of the cavity. The ends of the loops are releasably secured together by Velcro type hook and loop elements which are releasably interconnectable. A longitudinal retaining strip extends upwardly from the cavity of the holder to form a waistbelt receiving loop. A short lateral strip is provided near the upper end of such longitudinal retaining strip to form a laterally extending loop which can receive an upwardly extending portion of the frame of a bicycle or other vehicle on which the holder can be conveniently carried. The cross-sectional and longitudinal dimension of the cavity can be made larger or smaller to snugly receive and hold articles of differing lengths as well as differing cross-sectional dimensions.

Abstract: A body harness for securing to and movement of a victim from harm's way, comprising an elongated belt for extending around the chest of a victim and under his armpits, having a quick lock-quick release buckle to rapidly buckle the ends of the belt together around the victim's chest and to rapidly unbuckle the ends for removal of the harness after the victim has been moved to a safe location so he can be quickly transported to a hospital for observation and treatment, and having an elongated hand grasp loop that is long enough to extend from its connection to the belt around the victim's chest in the direction toward the victim's head to a location beyond the victim's head where the rescuer can feel for, locate and grasp the hand grasp loop to drag the victim to safety. The hand grasp loop is attached to the belt at a diagonal so it extends diagonally in the direction toward the victim's head when the belt is secured around a victim lying on his back.

Abstract: A shaping clip for a shirt collar to hold the shirt collar in a neat round position when not being worn, and to prevent the shirt collar from becoming wrinkled. The shaping clip comprises an outer relatively long V-shaped band of somewhat resilient but yet stiff material to be placed along the outside of the central front portion of the shirt collar, and an inner relatively shorter arcuate shaped band of the same stiffening material to be placed along the inner surface of the central front portion of the shirt collar. A clamping mechanism is provided to clamp the outer band and inner band together with the central front portion of the shirt collar sandwiched therebetween. The clamp mechanism includes a socket member with a receiving socket integrally formed on one of the bands, preferably the outer band, and an insert member integrally formed on the other for clamping reception in the receiving socket of the socket member.

Abstract: A spray mist collector for use with a spray gun, such collector connected to a vacuum source to draw the spray mist surrounding the spray of paint or other sprayable material emitted from the nozzle of the spray gun to the intake apertures of the collector where the particles suspended in the spray mist are trapped by a filter. The spray mist collector has a connection mechanism for connection to the spray gun whereby its expanded intake apertures are automatically pointed at the spray mist surrounding the spray of paint as the painter directs it on to the work object. The filters are replaceable when they become filled, and an adjustable signal mechanism may also be included to indicate when the filters should be changed. The rearward duct portion of the spray mist collector is connected to an elongated flexible air hose or air conduit which leads to a vacuum source.

Abstract: A positioning member for a curb stop box which extends into the ground over an underground valve to hold the passageway through the curb stop box in alignment with the operating member of the underground valve so a tool can be extended down into the stop box passageway for turning the valve on and off. The positioning member comprises a cylindrical sleeve made of a durable rigid plastic material, having securing means such as internal threads to engage external threads on the neck of the valve body. The outer diameter of the cylindrical sleeve corresponds to the inner diameter of the facing portion of the curb stop box passageway when in position over the underground valve.

Abstract: A coffee filter dispenser to dispense individual coffee filters of the cup type from a stack, comprising a housing having a bottom wall, side walls, a rear wall and an open front wall, dimensioned to receive a stack of cup type coffee filters therein facing upside down. A friction bar is positioned to slide on tracks secured to the side walls, first in a rearward direction in which it makes initial contact with the uppermost filter in the stack to slightly raise and loosen it and then in the foreword direction to eject the loosened filter from the stack and from the dispenser. The friction bar is normally biased to its forward position by a pair of coil springs connected to respective end regions of the bar and to respective brackets extending forwardly from the forward edges of the side walls.

Abstract: A mattress having an innerspring or other cushioning assembly and a mattress cover over both oppositely facing bearing surfaces thereof, the mattress covers each having a peripheral fabric flange extending therefrom in the direction toward the other along and around the peripheral side wall of the mattress, such flanges each being secured to the inner cushioning assembly along and around its peripheral side wall, with a plurality of pads, a urethane foam cushioning layer, and the like sandwiched between each mattress cover and the respective bearing surface of the inner cushioning assembly it covers. The invention comprises openable and closable access means to the sandwiched materials when in its open position, including a zipper assembly or other comparable releasable fastening device extending around the periphery of the fabric flange to which separated upper and lower peripheral portions of each flange are connected.

Abstract: A waste water treatment machine for use primarily with dry cleaning equipment to remove the solvent perchlorethylene and other contaminants from waste water so the purified water can be returned to the environment. The machine includes a collecting tank to collect waste water from both a dry cleaning machine and a dry cleaning vacuum press which vacuum waste water and solvent from garments that still remains therein after the dry cleaning operation is completed. The treatment machine pumps the collected waste water through filters and an elevated separation tank wherein the heavier than water perchlorethylene separates from the water, the machine having a re-circulation conduit through which the partially purified water above a separation level in the separation tank can flow by gravity back down for re-circulation through the filters and then pumped up again to the separation tank for additional filtering and separation of the solvent and other contaminants.

Abstract: A single laterally elongated seed hopper on a multi-row planter which can be pivoted from its elevated or raised operating position on the planter to a lowered position on the ground to the rear of the planter making it easier to re-fill with seed, including a hopper support member on the planter on which the hopper seats when in its raised operating position, a plurality of feeding tubes leading from discharge ports of the support member through which seed is fed from the hopper to respective ones of the plurality of seed planting assemblies that meter and deposit seed in each row being planted, pivot arms at each side connected between the hopper on each side thereof and support frames on each side of the planter to pivot the hopper between its raised operating position and its lowered re-filling position, and hydraulic cylinders connected to operate the pivot arms powered and controlled by the hydraulic system of the tractor which pulls the planter.

Abstract: A vehicle shade and vehicle window combination comprises a vehicle side panel having a window recess and a window which may be lowered into such window recess and raised therefrom to a window closed position, a window opening in the vehicle side panel having a window opening bottom wall, window opening top wall, and window opening side walls, the window recess opening to the window opening bottom wall, a window shade recess between the window recess and inner wall of the vehicle side panel also opening to the window opening bottom wall, a wind-up roller secured in the window shade recess, one end of a flexible sheet shade member secured to the wind-up roller, its other free end being liftable to the window opening upper wall and having one or more eyelets to receive corresponding hook members on a rib member secured to the upper edge of the vehicle window. The shade when so connected to the upper edge of the vehicle window can be raised and lowered by raising and lowering the vehicle window.

Abstract: A yaw damper for railway cars comprises a pair of rotary hydraulic units connected to the laterally extending truck bolster of a railway truck assembly on opposite sides of its central pivot bearing member, a pair of connecting plates secured to the corresponding laterally extending car body bolster under a railway car in position on the truck assembly on opposite sides of the corresponding pivot bearing member of the car body bolster, the rotary hydraulic units on the truck bolster connected to respective ones of the connecting plates on the car body bolster by respective ones of a pair of longitudinally adjustable connecting rods. The connecting rods are connected at one end to the pivotable crank or stabilizing lever of respective ones of the hydraulic units and at the other end to connecting lugs of respective ones of the connecting plates.

Abstract: A sun visor for eye glasses, comprising a U-shape or arcuate frame member which supports a stretchable fabric covering, in which the fabric covering includes an upper and lower panel to provide a pocket therebetween. The upper and lower panels are sewn together around the arcuate or U-shape portion of their periphery in a pair of spaced apart peripheral seams that provides a peripheral through passageway for the U-shaped or arcuate frame member. The opposite end portions of the arcuate frame member project outwardly from each opposite opening to the peripheral through passageway. A strip of material having tiny hook members thereon is secured to the inwardly facing surface of each outwardly projecting end portion for releasably connecting to corresponding members having tiny loops thereon secured to the forward ends of the temple pieces of the eye glasses, to releasably secure the sun visor to the eye glasses.

Abstract: A golf club having a club shaft connected to a club head wherein the club head has a preselected "sweet spot" or preferred impact point on the surface itself of the club head face, and the shaft of the club is positioned so its longitudinal axis when extended intersects and passes through such "sweet spot" or impact point on the surface of the club head face. The club head is balanced by making the weight equal on each side of a diagonal plane through the club head coincident with the extended axis of the club shaft and normal to its face, even though the total volume of the portion of the club head on one side of such diagonal plane may be greater than the portion on the other side thereof.

Abstract: An elongated flexible pole, a shorter flexible connecting member fixedly connected to the outer end of the flexible pole to rotate therewith, an elongated rod fixedly connected to the outer end of the flexible connecting member therewith when the handle end of the pole is rotated, a transducer of a sonar fish finding assembly fixedly connected to the outer end of the elongated rod to rotate therewith, the transducer connected by cable to the signal generating component and monitor of the sonar assembly which is positioned next to the handle end of the pole on the river bank or shoreline, the pole being held at a diagonal extending upwardly and outwardly over the body of water, and an elongated rod extends downwardly into the water on a substantially vertical line, the transducer being submerged below the surface of the water having its transmitting face pointed in a direction parallel to the surface of the water, the transducer and its transmitting face being rotatable on the vertical axis of the elongated ro

Abstract: A bottle filling machine comprising a rotary spoke assembly rotating in a vertical plane on a horizontal axis carries bottles between each spoke with their open necks facing radially inward toward the central axis of the rotating spoke assembly. A valve assembly is positioned around the central axis of the rotary spoke assembly, having a rotating valve cup which rotates with the spoke assembly and bottles carried between the spokes. Filler tubes extend from discharge apertures through the rotating valve cup to the open necks of the bottles. The valve assembly includes a stationary valve plate which bears against a corresponding bearing face of the valve cup. An inlet aperture and inset distribution groove of the valve plate flows distilled water or other fill material to and through the discharge apertures of the rotating valve cup as they rotate past to thereby fill the bottles.