Abstract: An apparatus for placement of golf balls and golf tees comprising a longitudinally extending frame member with a longitudinal central axis where the frame member has a generally longitudinally extending internal chamber of cylindrical disposition with such longitudinal chamber having an axis which is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal central axis of the frame member. The internal chamber holds therein a longitudinally extending movable plunger rod, which plunger rod member extends out from the opposing ends of the chamber. Integrally disposed on the exposed lower end of the plunger rod member is a cap having a semispherically-shaped concave bottom to rest conformingly against the upper spherical surface of the golf ball. Extending integrally from the bottom of the longitudinal frame member is a secondary frame member, the bottom end of which is adapted to temporarily hold a golf tee with a golf ball thereon.

Abstract: The subject device is an operational apparatus for front end loaders. The apparatus can be adapted directly onto the front end loader linkage arms at the attaching points that normally a bucket is attached to or can adapted by the means of a quick coupling attachment. The subject device should be used with a quick coupling device but is not limited to this device for its operation. The subject device herein is specifically adapted to a front end loader as an operational apparatus to perform various work functions such as a mobile crane, a front end loader, a fork lift or similar work functions in construction or railroad use but with an added dimension, that being the ability to swing 90.degree.. Such a unit comprises an auxiliary operational mechanism having dimensional power motions when attached to a front end loader and is basically a swinging, lifting and tilting member for three dimensional movement actuated by hydraulic cylinders.

Abstract: The invention herein is directed to an improved apparatus used for facilitating the process of securing roof coverings, such as rubber roof sheets to the upper surface of a roof deck, particularly on high-rise buildings. The subject apparatus is adapted to directly and simply weigh down, by its own weight alone, portions of the upper surface area of a roof covering sheet so that the covering sheet cannot be blown up and away from the roof deck. The structure encompassed herein includes an open box-like container, with individual vertically disposed compartments. These latter compartments are adapted to contain cement, stones or other heavy fill so as to cause the filled structure to be heavy enough to weigh down the roof covering.

Abstract: The subject invention is an improved frame mechanism adapted to be deployed and otherwise integrally affixed on a land based motor vehicle that is adapted to retrofitted with rail wheels in addition to conventional land based wheels, in order to enable the motor vehicle to ride on railroad tracks, in addition to being capable of being driven on non-rail surfaces. The apparatus incorporating the features of the subject invention comprises, in general, a longitudinally extending support system adapted to hold the rail wheels therein, which support system is connected to the motor vehicle base frame in a transverse manner, said support system being constructed to be laterally shortened or elongated to move the wheel members inwardly or outwardly to correspondingly adjust the distance between the rail wheels.

Abstract: The subject apparatus is a movable basketball backboard framework, which is readily movable from one position to another. Such framework comprises, in general, a base frame having a triangular disposition, with a vertically disposed spinal support member, integrally disposed on the upper portions of the vertical spinal support member is a flat basketball backboard member.

Abstract: The subject device is an auxiliary apparatus designed and structured to be appended to the lower part of a cane or crutch so that the user may have additional mechanical means to help lift his leg or foot with the aid of the crutch or cane. The device comprises in general an L-shaped frame member, the lower leg of which functions essentially as a stirrup upon which the foot can be placed, while the vertical is adapted, when so used, to be rested against the lower shank of the cane or crutch. An adjustable U-shaped collar is pivotally mounted to the upper leg of the L-shaped member serving to affix the L-shaped frame to the crutch shank. By pivotally mounting the L-shaped frame to the collar member, the L-shaped frame member can be pivotably moved to a position that is retracted upward out of the way when not in use.

Abstract: The subject invention is an adapter aiding in the extension of long, traditionally extending pole members, such as flag poles or pipes similar such poles or pipes, with the subject device comprising a long accordingly extending device of generally cylindrically configuration, with one end thereof having a shape in the form of a truncated conical member, while the other end has a cylindrically shaped opening which extends inside the member and wherein the longitudinally central axis of such opening is generally concentric with the longitudinally central axis of the adapter.

Abstract: The invention herein is a roofing fastener with integrated swivel means on the upper part to facilitate the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof. Specifically, the invention is a longitudinally disposed fastening member in the general form of a screw or nail-like member which is adapted to be inserted through the upper surface of the rubber roofing sheets and thence through the upper surface of the roof structure, serving thereby to anchor the rubber roofing sheets to the fixed roof structure.

Abstract: The subject invention is a portable apparatus constructed to function as a safety warning device to be temporarily deployed on disabled motor vehicles or the like, such device comprising a container with an internal reel from which can be drawn a predetermined length of reflective material that can be placed around a part of the vehicle to serve as a reflectorized warning device. The container is a substantially cylindrical housing member having an internal rotatable shaft serving as the reel member around which is wound the strip of reflective material. The reflective strip of material has a lead edge which can be fed through a vertically disposed and longitudinally extending opening in the outer shell of the housing member. The lead end of the reflective strip is appropriately magnetized and the housing member is also magnetized to temporarily adhere a part of the reflectorized tape and housing member to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: The subject apparatus is a device constructed and adapted to bend longitudinally extending members into a desired degree of curvature so that such curved members may be used for various architectural or construction purposes. Such apparatus is comprised of a frame member having an upper platform and a lower platform, and disposed between such platform members are a plurality of parallel roller members through which roller members the longitudinal members are drawn and move for the bending process. The roller members are adjustable so as to be positioned relative to another at different positions so as to adjust the degree of curvature finally achieved as the roller members pass therethrough, and for this purpose such rollers are disposed on their respective upper and lower ends in adjustable tracks in the upper and lower platforms respectively so that the rollers can be moved to various distances and positions from one another to accommodate a desired degree of bending.

Abstract: The subject invention is a device used to help dehydrate and dehumidify the substructure immediately under the roof structure. The subject device includes an air intake member adapted to eject relatively humid air, under the roof surface, said device being in the form of a longitudinally extending, vertically upwardly protruding finger-like member formed as a one-piece member having an internally disposed longitudinally extending internal chamber which communicates with an opening in the bottom thereof, which opening in turn communicates with yet another opening in the roof structure which second opening communicates to spatial areas immediately beneath the roof structure. The upper part of the device has a plurality of openings that communicate from the internal chamber to spatial areas outside said unit.

Abstract: The subject apparatus is a portable tree stand for observation purposes, and generally comprises, as the basic support member, a triangularly-shaped member, basically formed as a right triangle, when observed from the perspective of a side elevational view. Disposed in the leg of the triangular member which is comparable to the hypotenuese side of such triangular member, is an opening which is adapted to hold a longitudinally and vertically extending shaft member, the upper portion of which is affixed in a pivotal manner to the undersurface of a seat structure. The upright leg of the support structure, which leg is comparable to the vertical leg of the triangle, has upper and lower support elements adapted to engage the outer circumference of a tree trunk so as to affix the apparatus in a vertical position along said tree trunk.

Abstract: The invention herein is directed to an improved apparatus used for facilitating the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof, in which process a plurality of bonding plates are used to bond the rubber roof sheets to the upper roof surface. The invention relates to an improved integrated bonding plate apparatus used as stated, wherein an adhesive material is deployed on both the upper and lower surfaces respectively of such bonding plate apparatus; and wherein such plate has integrally emeshed between the upper and lower surface both a rubber binder plate and a concentrically disposed metallic plate.

Abstract: The invention herein is directed to a bonding plate used for facilitating the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof. The invention related to an integrated bonding plate apparatus serving as a fastening plate and is affixed in a flush manner to the upper rubber roof surface, with fastening means such as nails, screws, or other similar means being used to affix the bonding plate through the rubber roof to the fixed roof structure. The device comprises a flat member having a concentric, centrally located removable insert, which insert has opening means there through to receive one type or size of fastening means, and with the insert removed the bonding plate has another size and type of opening to receive yet another type and size of fastening member.

Abstract: The invention herein is directed to an apparatus used for the facilitating in the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof in which rectangularly shaped bonding plates are used to bond the rubber roof sheets to the upper roof surface. The invention relates to an integrated bonding plate apparatus wherein an adhesive material is layered in a flush manner to the upper bonding plate surface, with a layer of plastic or paper covering material attached in a flush manner over the top surface of said adhesive material so that said covering material can be easily removed just immediately prior to the process of installing the bonding plates either over or under the respective rubber roof sheet adjoining bonding plate surfaces.

Abstract: The subject invention is silo explosion door serving as a safety protection apparatus to prevent damage resulting from an explosion within a silo from internally generated gaseous pressures. The invention is structured as an automatically actuated door mechanism that opens solely by the internal pressure generated against the inside areas of the door, and in this inventive application the door is equipped with an elastomeric frame that encompasses the perimeter of the door. This elastomeric frame is engineered and designed to have a specified internal resistance, as governed by its shape and modules of elasticity, which when exceeded by the internal pressure within the silo permits the door to be forced and ejected outwardly away from the silo, thereby permitting the escape of internal pressure.

Abstract: The invention herein is directed to an apparatus used for the facilitating in the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof in which rectangularly shaped bonding plates are used to bond the rubber roof sheets to the upper roof surface. The invention relates to an integrated bonding plate apparatus wherein an adhesive material is layered in a flush manner to the upper bonding plate surface, with a layer of plastic or paper covering material attached in a flush manner over the top surface of said adhesive material so that said covering material can be easily removed just immediately prior to the process of installing the bonding plates either over or under the respective rubber roof sheet adjoining bonding plate surfaces.

Abstract: The invention herein is a carrier apparatus for small three-wheeled vehicles, which carrier is adapted for external attachment to a motor vehicle for carrying the three-wheeled vehicle externally to said motor vehicle. The carrier apparatus has three major subcomponents, specifically, a basic connecting and support member, referred to as a main support member, which is rigidly affixed to a portion of the vehicle, multidimensional tilting device and a separate carrying platform. The main support member is provided with a member to pivot the carrier from a horizontal position upward to a position vertically aligned along the vehicle. A further pivoting device is provided to tilt the carrier downwardly to the ground in order to receive the three-wheeled vehicle from the ground, or reciprocally to unload the three-wheeled vehicle from the carrier. The carrying platform is adapted to support and hold the bottom portions of the wheels of the carried vehicle.

Abstract: A process for crushing objects, primarily to crush cans, which is comprised of the steps of using manual forces assisted by resultant inertia a ramming action impacted against the device. The process involves lifting the ram, lowering it by force against the can, with a subsequent optional measurement of the can's final height after being so impacted. The process involves the measurable characteristics in degrees of offset rim alignment, as well as the quantity and quality measurements made on the layers of stratification in the crushed can's sidewalls.