Abstract: Multi-sections vertically acting doors of the prior art comprise a plurality of horizontally longitudinally extending sections that are pivotably connected and including rollable engagement with longitudinally separated trackways. Such prior art doors are herein shown to be installed into vertical trackway lengths by a novel hoisting method that permits the installer to remain standing at ground level as all door sections are being sequentially pivotably connected and rollably engaged into the trackways; this novel hoisting method differs from the prior art ladder-method in that the installer is spared having to tediously and repetitively position, climb, descend, and re-position a ladder.

Abstract: Multi-hooks brackets are utilized for suspendably supporting writing desks and other office equipment from an upright environmental wall, such as office-partitions, etc. The bracket hooks must reliably securely engage with a wall anchorable multi-apertured column, which might be incorporated into an office-partition or mounted to a conventional wall. The typical manufacturer of the multi-hooks brackets usually also manufactures mating multi-apertured columns. Thus, the manufacturer is free to arbitrarily select some "model-design" for these two mating components. Thus, "model-designs" vary from one manufacturer to another and are rarely interchangeable with components made by other manufacturers. Accordingly, the office equipment purchasing agent has practically no other source for multi-hooks brackets than the manufacturer of the previously purchased office-partition.

Abstract: Drips-catching mats for installation in combination with a minor proportion of a floor especially a garage floor beneath a motor vehicle to capture oil drippings therefrom. The mat essentially comprises generally horizontally extending laminar elements including: a base member highly-tenaciously bonded to the underlying floor environment; an oleophilic blotter member having a lower-tenacity attached to the base member whereby an oleo-laden blotter can be manually replaced with a fresh blotter without disrupting the high-tenacity flooring bond to the base member, the lower-tenacity attachment preferably comprising an oleo-resistant laminar adhesive; and visual indicator means to indicate when blotter replacement is necessary.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for making aesthetically pleasing and novel quilting including intricate artistic stitching-patterns. The quilting results from a preferably tri-laminar layup having a resiliently-compressible foam layer sandwiched between relatively thin facing and base fabric sheets. The method utilizes a tabletop for supporting the layup, at least one sewing machine head overlying and associated with the tabletop, and gripper means for frictionally engaging non-peripheral areas of the layup for shifting same along the tabletop relative to the sewing head according to successive command means.

Abstract: Whenever a tractor vehicle of the cab-over-engine type is being parked in a wheels-turned condition, the steering column pitman-arm typically resides in temporary horizontal registry with a foot-hold opening of the tractor frontal bumper. For such environment, an anti-theft device comprises three main components including: a J-hook extendable through the foot-hold opening and engageable with the pitman-arm; a vertical abutment-plate surrounding the J-hook longer leg and abutting the bumper while obscuring the foot-hold opening; and a padlock having its shackle passing through the J-hook longer leg frontally of the abutment-plate. These three main components, and including steadying means for the combination, result in the J-hook being drawn tightly forwardly against the pitman-arm toward the bumper whereby attempted thievery is frustrated because the steering is thereby inoperative.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerial projectile game apparatus for playing along a horizontal play-field provided with a plurality of uprightly extending targets of the elevated cross-bar type and arranged in a courseway wherein the targets are to be serially consecutively engaged by a bola-type projectile according to some predetermined game-plan. The elevated cross-bar of the respective targets is preferably undulate along the transversely extending length to facilitate reliable engagement by the hurled bola and to permit various scoring values. The selected game-plan quest is optionally playable by two or more competing players respectively being assigned with an indentifiably marked bola. The game-plan to be selected might be analagous to that of prior art croquent utilizing rolling-ball projectiles, but instead utilizing an aerial bola projectile and an appropriate cross-bar type target.

Abstract: Disclosed are closure mechanism for the open-neck of manually resiliently squeezable receptacles permitting liquid to be dispensed through the open-neck only so long as manual pressure is being exerted against a visually indicated portion of the receptacle deflectable wall. The dispensing closure mechanism generally includes: a cap secured to the open-neck and having a leadward outlet-opening; a longitudinally extending and movable spindle and preferably having a shoulder attached thereto inside the receptacle; and a yieldable seat for the spindle such as a resiliently stretchable gasket secured to the cap and constrictably surrounding the spindle. Accordingly, maintenance of manual pressure against the receptacle deflectable wall moves the spindle causing fluid dispensing such as via the gasket central-opening. Novel optional features include special shields overlying the cap, specially contoured and/or visually marked receptacle walls, various yieldable seats for the spindle, etc.

Abstract: Orally inserted medical device includes a pair of laterally separated upright barriers downwardly abuttably restable along the two lower rows of dental molars supported by the parallel alveolar ridges of the mandible. The physician inserts two index fingers or thumbs into and thus protected by the orally positioned medical device ancillary to manually reducing dislocated mandible. The device barrier components adequately resist uprightly extending dental forces and include semi-hard material at the teeth exposed surfaces, and the device is so constructed as to permit ready accurate insertion into, procedural use within, and removal from, the patient's oral cavity.

Abstract: Disclosed are hygienic articles for the rectal perineum region and comprising a blotter member formed of hydrophilic fibers and including: a nodular button of compressed fibers emplaceable within a flaccid anus; a wick of looser fibers located immediately above the anus-emplaced nodular button whereas to absorb rectal secretia and convey same toward the emplaced nodular button; and a relatively massive and lengthy flap of fibers extending downwardly from the nodular button and communicating with the wick. A flexible skirt member might surround the blotter member flap immediately below the nodular button and conform as two folds against the two perineal walls. Therapeutic and/or drying agents might be impregnated into the blotter and/or skirt members.

Abstract: Upholsterable base for seating furniture comprises a plurality of very low-density and light-weight foam panels including a pair of upright arm-panels and at least one intervening-panel wherein inter-panels angularity is maintained with opposed "angleiron-type" stiffener connections provided by flexible fabric sheeting adhered to the meeting foam panels. Thus, non-resilient inflexible framework is unnecessary for maintaining the armrests and backrest upright and perpendicular to each other. The fabric sheeting type stiffener connections are of low airflow permeability so as to prevent foam panel decompression by the seated occupant, though such stiffener connections are located below the armresting top-edge so as to enhance occupant comfort.

Abstract: One of two elongate tubular frame members to be removably connected is telescoped over, and frictionally and also latchably removably secured to the intervening connector structure. The connector structure comprises a conventional rigid body component of inverted U-shaped configuration including apertured horizontal wall and two vertical flanking-walls, for respective broad frictional engagements with the apertured top-panel and the two vertical panels of the surrounding tubular frame member. Departing from the prior art, the connector structure herein comprises a J-shaped spring means, the longerleg extending along the inner surface of the connector apertured horizontal wall and being provided with an upwardly extending locking projection surrounded by said wall aperture, and the shorterleg extending below the bottom-plane of the body flanking-walls.

Abstract: One of two frame elements to be removably connected is telescoped over and removably latchably secured to the intervening connector structure. The removable latching means takes the form of a cantilever mounted spring component located internally of the connector structure hollow body component, the spring resilient forward portion including a locking projection upwardly urged through an apertured wall of the body component and into a registering-aperture of the telescoped frame element. The cantilever spring is of novel structural and internally mounted relationship with the hollow body component to prevent longitudinal slidable movement of the spring and to ensure that it will reliably, though yieldably, upwardly urge the locking projection through the apertured wall and into the registering-aperture of the frame element to be removably latchably secured.

Abstract: Animal immobilization apparatus accommodates a typically encountered range of herd animal sizes to permit an unassisted operator to perform various animal treatments such as castration, innoculations, surgery, tatooing, and the like. The apparatus is especially useful to an unassisted operator whose task is to quickly humanely castrate the various sizes of pigs in his herd. Each successively encountered herd animal is placed supinely within the apparatus cradle that is frontally equipped with a canopy restricting the animal's head. A laterally extending restraining-bar is moved forwardly and downwardly along apparatus parallel inclined-rails so as to press forwardly against the thus immobilized animal's upstanding hindlegs. For further operational convenience, the apparatus will have the cradle member pivotably mounted at some finite-elevation, and will be equipped with means for resisting the hindlegs reflexes against the restraining-bar.

Abstract: A side dump cart useful for carting lengths of pipe and steel in various forms and other items and comprising a frame with wheels, a load-carrying platform tiltably mounted thereon and held from tilting during travel by a latch which is releasable for allowing the platform to tilt for dumping the load. A safety spring maintains the latch in latching position; a guard protects the latch operating surface from accidental engagement forces; a removable catch further prevents the platfrom from tilting; and the guard and catch being released by a separate motion of the operator from the releasing of the latch.

Abstract: Disclosed are carpet stretching tools comprising a pair of laterally extending and parallel barbed bars including a lead-bar and a trail-bar, guide means permitting longitudinal movement between the barbed bars while maintaining them in parallelism, and force application means to forceably controllably move the carpet engageable barbed bars into proximity. Preferably, the guide means takes the form of slidably engaged collar and shank, and the force application means includes a longitudinally extending threaded stud firmly attached to one barbed bar and movably surrounded by the other barbed bar, and further includes a controllable handle. Loftily disposed guide shank and force application threaded stud might provide the sole connection between barbed bars to permit ancillary manual operations to be performed therebelow. The barbed bars might be of selectable lateral length appropriate to certain carpet stretching tasks.

Abstract: The prevalent lockrods type rear-end closures for overland cargo carrying vehicles are exceedingly vulnerable to determined thievery. The high security locking assembly of the present invention is highly deterrent to thievery and comprises a hasp including a pair of J-shaped members respectively removably engaged with the two closure lockrods and having the apertured staple of the primary J-hook member cooperatively protruding through a slot of the secondary J-hook member. The two cooperating J-hook members are securely joinable with a padlock having its U-shaped bar passing through the protruding staple, and hence, protectively shrouded by the cooperating J-shaped members. When the lateral spacing of the lockrods is relatively close, the locking assembly prevents closure play as additional deterrent to thievery. The locking assembly will also accommodate relatively distant spacing of the lockrods and even if the two closure doors include a rearwardly protruding upright rib.

Abstract: For high quality handcrafted furniture, cushioned upholstery (comprising a field of padded chambers respectively delineated by attractive deep channels) provides a luxurious external appearance. Cushioned upholstery material of the prior art is traditionally of the "discretely individually stuffable pockets" type. The cushioned upholstery material described herein differs markedly from the prior art in that pocket means is unnecessary, but rather, a relatively broad and thick piece of laminar resiliently compressible foam sheeting is stitchably incorporated into a plurality (and possibly even all) of the field padded chambers, the stitching rows also providing improved deep channel delineations for the resultant multi-chambered cushioned upholstery material.

Abstract: Disclosed are towably paired teams of farm implements pivotably connected together at their central leadward-tongues to an intervening vehicular frame member which permits a tractor or other drayage vehicle to tow the farm implements together. During abreastly field position, the drayage vehicle tows the frame member from its medially positioned frame-tongue, there being removably secured bracing means, preferably comprising guidably automatically engageable struts and couplers, to maintain the two farm implements in finite-spacing parrallelism.