Abstract: A fifth wheel ball hitch latching assembly includes a housing, a funnel mounted within the housing and defining a conical-shaped passage for guiding movement of a ball hitch into the funnel through an open bottom end thereof toward an open top end thereof as the housing is lowered onto the ball hitch, a shaft mounted in the housing to undergo movement along a longitudinal axis of the housing between raised and lowered positions, the shaft having a lower end extending through the open top end and into the passage of the funnel and biased toward the lowered position, a pair of latch dogs extending through slots in the funnel and being movable away from and toward the longitudinal axis of the housing between retracted and extended positions, a linkage pivotally connecting the shaft with the latch dogs such that movement of the shaft between the lowered and raised positions causes the latch dogs to correspondingly move between the retracted and extended positions such that insertion of the ball hitch through the

Abstract: A portable scoreboard system has motion sensing capability for providing theft protection. The system includes a main scoreboard and a remote control device. The main scoreboard includes a housing, a display panel configured to show predetermined parameters of one or more sporting events, a main microcontroller operating the display panel, a motion sensor unit responsive to movement of the scoreboard by sending an activation signal to the main microcontroller, an alarm operated by the main microcontroller and made to sound upon the main microcontroller receiving the signal from the motion sensor unit, and an RF receiver and antenna connected to the main microcontroller.

Abstract: An electronically controlled bicycle suspension apparatus includes a suspension system, a sensor such as a biaxial accelerometer, an electronics module, at least one actuator and at least one battery for powering the sensor, electronics module and actuator. The suspension system mounted to and between first and second parts of a bicycle movable relative to one another in response to a shock applied to the bicycle, includes a cylinder having telescoping members defining an interior cavity and respectively connected to the first and second relative movable bicycle parts and movable toward and away from one another between predetermined limits, an extendable and contractible spring disposed within the interior cavity being biased to force the telescoping members away from one another, a fluid contained in the interior cavity and a partition fixed across the interior cavity inside of a telescoping members to divide the interior cavity into separate chambers.

Abstract: A ventilator and trach holder device includes a main attachment body and at least one and, preferably, a pair of spaced apart attachment tab members. The main attachment body includes a central panel, a pair of spaced apart first connection members, a pair of spaced apart second connection members and a plurality of patches of complementary mateable hook and loop fastener material. The first and second connection members and central panel provide the main attachment body with a H-shaped configuration and the patches are complementary to and mateable with one another such that the main attachment body may be wrapped around a ventilator circuit component and held in place by fastening the patches to one another. Each attachment tab member includes opposite first and second ends and a pair of patches of complementary and mateable hook and loop fastener material. The first end of the attachment tab member is mounted to the central panel of the main attachment body.

Abstract: A flat flashlight device includes an inner casing, a light generating bulb having a pair of spaced apart leads and a battery disposed between the leads, a middle folded card insert, an outer protective cover and an end cap. The inner casing includes upper and lower plates attachable to one another and together defining a cavity. The middle folded card insert extends over and substantially overlies the upper and lower plates of the inner casing and the outer protective cover has an open end and defines a pocket receiving the middle folded card insert, bulb, battery and inner casing. The end cap includes top and bottom cap members attachable to one another and together defining a cavity and a hole. The cavity receives portions of the outer protective cover, middle folded card insert and inner casing and in combination with the outer protective cover encloses the middle folded card insert, bulb and battery and inner casing. The hole in the end cap may receive a key ring therethrough.

Abstract: A vehicle tire inspection apparatus includes a flat plate, a flexible bladder containing a quantity of fluid, and transducers on the plate. The plate is made of a transparent yieldable resilient bendable material capable of transmitting an inflated vehicle tire footprint and of undergoing a deflection in response to the supported weight on the tire applied thereon. The bladder is supported on the top side of the plate and has an upper opaque portion of a first color, a lower transparent portion and an enclosed interior cavity. The fluid contained within the cavity is of a second color different from the first color of the upper bladder portion.

Abstract: A gas flow proportioning and controlling valve system includes a pressurized air flow source, a flow control valve, first and second latching valves and a control mechanism. The control valve is capable of pneumatic actuation between fully opened and closed positions permitting and preventing gas flow through it and to selected intermediate positions to provide proportionately greater and lesser opening of the control valve and magnitude of pressure and velocity of gas flow through it. The first latching valve is connected to the source, control valve and a vent line and is switchable between an opened condition in which communication of pressurized air flow is only provided therethrough from the source to the control valve and a closed condition in which communication of pressurized air flow is only provided therethrough from the control valve to the vent line.

Abstract: A multiple hair setting roller heating apparatus includes a housing having a heating chamber defined therein, a heat generating source disposed in the housing, and a plurality of height-adjustable elongated holder members in the form of hollow posts supported upright in the heating chamber of the housing. The height-adjustable holder members are adjustably movable between lowered and raised positions for holding different numbers and sizes of hair setting rollers at different elevations to thereby selectively change the roller holding capacity of the heating chamber. The housing includes an enclosure, a top cover removably fitted on an open top of the enclosure for enclosing the heating chamber of the housing, and a flat platform disposed in the housing enclosure and supporting the height-adjustable holder members in the heating chamber. The enclosure also is adapted to hold a quantity of fluid, such as water, in communication with the heating chamber.

Abstract: A switch-over valve for a compound water meter includes an annular-shaped housing defining an annular valve seat and a central throughflow cross section, a pivot extending across the housing and supported at opposite ends in opposed portions of the housing, a closure member formed by a divided flap having a pair of wings disposed along opposite longitudinal sides of the pivot and articulated by the pivot for movement between opened and closed positions relative to the annular valve seat and the central throughflow cross section and a spring disposed about the pivot biasing the wings toward the closed position. The two wings of the divided flap are connected hinge-like one with the other along and via the pivot which extends along and in the region of division of the flap. The divided flap, due to its construction, has gaps along its region of division and along the pivot which are covered by a flat flexible seal disposed on an upstream side of the divided flap.

Abstract: A hand-held laser light generator device includes a wand, a semiconductor diode laser for generating a beam of laser light, an optical arrangement, a housing having an interior chamber, a battery in the housing interior chamber, an electrical cord connecting the laser in the wand with the battery in the housing, an electronic timing circuit, a start switch and a selector knob. The wand, capable of being retained in a user's hand, is an elongated hollow tube and defines an interior cavity. The laser is mounted in the wand interior cavity and therewith is freely movable so as to enable the user to direct the beam of laser light onto a desired location. The optical arrangement mounted in the wand interior cavity receives and transforms the generated beam of laser light into a line of laser light. The electrical timing circuit is disposed in the housing interior chamber and mounted to the housing.

Abstract: A portable dual flashlight assembly includes a flexible and deformable elongated body member for wrapping and retaining the assembly around an object, a battery compartment mounted to each end of the body member and providing a source of electrical power at each end thereof, a light bulb enclosure mounted to each battery compartment, a light bulb mounted in each light bulb enclosure and generating a beam of light at one end of each battery compartment and a mechanism associated with each light bulb enclosure for switching each light bulb on and off. The deformable body member includes an elongated deformable member and a flexible tubular covering enclosing the deformable member. The flexible covering extends around and along the deformable member and has a longitudinal central channel receiving the wire therethrough.

Abstract: An overflow pan assembly includes a pan, cap, pair of first handles and pair of second handles. The pan has a lower cooking chamber formed by a bottom wall and annular shaped lower side wall and an upper reservoir chamber formed above the lower cooking chamber by an annular shaped upper side wall and annular shaped ledge extending between and interconnecting the lower side wall and upper side wall. The cap has an inner splash chamber inside the cap formed by a top wall and annular shaped side wall and an outer catch chamber outside the cap formed by the side wall of the cap and upper side wall and ledge of the pan. The first handles are mounted to the upper side wall of the pan opposite one another. The second handles are mounted to the side wall of the cap opposite one another.

Abstract: A device which allows accessories to be securely mounted to a vehicle without the need for drilling holes in the vehicle, or otherwise modifying and damaging the vehicle, including an elongated member having a channel extending the length of the top of the elongated member which is shaped to slidably engage a variety of fastening members, and attached to manufacturer predrilled holes on the side railings of the bed of a pickup truck. The channel slidably engages a variety of fastening members, such as the head of a bolt or a snap fastener, so that they may be slid into position at intervals along the elongated member and used to fasten a variety of accessories to the vehicle. For example, the fastening members may be used to removably fasten a removable hardtop, a truck bed cover, and/or a toolbox to the side railings of a vehicle.

Abstract: A seating and kneeling assembly includes a front base member, a rear base member, a seat and a top member. A top side of the front base member defines kneeling pads for receiving knees of a user. The rear base member at a forward portion is connected to the front base member at a rear portion. The rearward portion of the rear base member has a substantially wedge-shaped configuration narrowing from a front to a rear thereof for accommodating the lower legs and feet of the user along opposite sides of the rearward portion. The seat is mounted to an upper portion of the rear base member for receiving buttocks of the user. The top member is supported by upper and lower support members at a height above a front portion of the front base member. A top side of the top member defines a rest for receiving forearms of the user. A bottom side of the top member is for resting on a top of a wall of a bathtub.

Abstract: A plunger arrival target time adjustment method for use in conjunction with a gas-producing well includes the steps of setting times of A valve open and close states, setting times of B valve open and close states where the time of B valve open state occurs separately from and in succession after the time of A valve open state, setting a target time for arrival of a plunger starting with opening of the well upon converting the A valve to the open state and ending with sensing of arrival of the plunger at an upper terminal position of the well, measuring travel time of the plunger from the opening of the well to the sensing of plunger arrival irrespective of whether the arrival occurs during the time of A valve open state or the time of B valve open state, and setting a new target time for plunger arrival based on a predetermined relationship of the measured plunger arrival travel time to the previously set plunger arrival target time.

Abstract: A dual annulus production tool includes an upper annular seal provided in a sealing relationship with well casing bore below ground surface and above an opening in the casing, an elongated outer tubing in the casing bore extending from ground surface downward through and in a sealing relationship with the upper annular seal to an lower end of the outer tubing located below the upper annular seal, the outer tubing and casing defining an outer annulus therebetween extending from above the upper annular seal to the ground surface, an elongated inner tubing in the casing bore within the outer tubing extending from ground surface downward to a lower end of the inner tubing located below the upper annular seal, the outer and inner tubings defining an inner annulus therebetween for routing flow of fluid from below the upward annular seal upward through the inner annulus to ground surface without entering the outer annulus, and an annular housing in the casing bore below the upper annular seal and adjacent to a well

Abstract: A cable connection crimping machine for applying female sleeve ends of connectors over male ends of cables in repetitive one at a time manner includes a connector feeder mechanism operable to collect and feed connectors in a row to a transfer location, a connector transfer mechanism operable in a repetitive one at a time manner to receive connectors at the transfer location and arrange connectors with their sleeve ends projecting forwardly in alignment with ends of cables that are inserted in a repetitive one at a time manner to an insertion location, a cable transfer mechanism operable in a repetitive one at a time manner to grip and advance cable ends into the sleeve ends of the connectors, and a crimper die mechanism operable in a repetitive one at a time manner to crimp sleeve ends of the connectors onto the inserted cable ends to form substantially uniform round sealed connections with the cable ends.

Abstract: A mat for an animal, particularly a female mammal such as a sow comprises a main body (3) provided with a ridge (5') adapted for a sow to lie along one side thereof so that the sow's udder rests on the ridge and thus is made more accessible to piglets. The ridge (5') preferably extends along a central longitudinal axis of the mat and optionally includes a bacteriocidal agent.

Abstract: A molded one-piece golf club organizer structure and organizing assembly includes a molded one-piece framework and a golf bag top collar. The framework includes first and second divider members extending in intersecting relationships with one another so as to form compartments between the divider members for receiving shafts of golf clubs placed in the carrying bag. The top collar includes an annular body encircling the framework. Connector tabs are integrally fixed on opposite ends of the first and second divider members. The annular body has a plurality of apertures defined therethrough in spaced apart relation to one another. Each aperture receives a respective one of the connector tabs for securing the framework to the top collar such that the annular body is retained in a wrapped relation about the framework. Each first divider member has a height greater than the height of each second divider member.