Abstract: A bottle carrier 1 comprises a thin flexible strip 10 that is provided with a bottle-engaging portion 12, a mid-portion 14, and a carrying portion 16. The bottle-engaging portion 12 contains an aperture 18 having a special periphery configured with certain peripheral elements designed to engage the bottle carrier 1 with a bottle 2. Whether the bottle carrier 1 is designed to carry a single bottle, or to carry two bottles, each bottle-engaging portion 12 thereof will have an aperture 18 for each bottle and each aperture 18 will have the special periphery with the aforesaid peripheral elements. Aperture 18 comprises a semi-circular portion bounded by a semi-circular edge 20 that circumscribes an arc of at least 180.degree.

Abstract: A lifting and transferring system for lifting a person and transferring the person from one location to another location comprises a lifting and transferring assembly and a transfer apparatus. The lifting and transferring assembly comprises a lifting arm assembly and a support, the lifting arm assembly providing a lifting arm rotatable about a vertical axis. A mounting rotatably mounts the lifting arm to the support so that the lifting arm cantilevers from the mounting. An extendable and retractable lifting cable depends from an outer end of the lifting arm. A first motor is provided for rotating the lifting arm. A second motor is provided for extending and retracting the lifting cable. A controller is provided to operate the first and second motor. The transfer apparatus is connectable to the lifting cable and arranged to support the person during operation of the lifting and transferring assembly.

Abstract: A process for removing ions of dissolved heavy metals and complex heavy metals comprises provides a treatment zone in which is contained an extraction material having an activated surface that has an affinity for heavy metal ions and complex heavy metal ions. The activated surface is the reaction product of a polyamine with a covalently anchored trifunctional hydrocarbyl silyl that yields non-crosslinked amino groups to which functional chelator groups can be covalently attached. The activated surface of the extraction material is formed by first hydrating the extraction material surface and then silanizing the hydrated surface with a short chain trifunctional silane having a hydrocarbon substituent containing 1-6 carbon atoms and a terminal leaving group, and then reacting a polyamine with the hydrocarbylsilyl from the silanization of the hydrated surface so as to form an aminohydrocarbyl polymer covalently bound to the extraction material surface.

Abstract: A septic system filtered pump vault comprises a housing for an effluent pump, a plurality of effluent filters contained within a filter compartment that is located in the housing, a filter support within the housing. The filters are secured to the filter support in spaced relation to one another so as to provide filtering sections between the filters. The filter support includes at least one backflush conduit provided with a plurality of backflush orifices oriented to direct backflush fluid into the filtering sections onto upper surfaces of the filters. An effluent pump is contained within the housing for effecting flow of effluent through the effluent inlet and through the filters. The pump includes a discharge conduit for discharging filtered effluent from the housing. Valving communicates with the backflush conduit and the discharge conduit so that the pump may be selectively communicated with the backflush conduit to effect backflushing of the filters with filtered effluent.

Abstract: A knife having a handle section and a blade section, the blade section comprising a pair of opposed flanking side members and a replaceable blade insert confined between the side members and held therebetween. The side members are joined together by a blade insert locator so as to provide a slot for the blade insert. The blade insert is configured to engage with the blade insert locator so as to be held in place in the slot. The blade insert includes a tang configured to extend into the handle section, and the handle section is configured to receive the tang and to confine the tang within the handle section. The handle section includes a tang spacer positioned to separate the side members within the handle section so that the tang fits within the handle section between the side members.

Abstract: A branding iron stove comprises a body having an upright longitudinal extent so as to provide an elongated upright heating compartment closed by upper and lower ends. The body has an elongated upright opening therethrough for providing access to the heating compartment. A first branding iron support is attached to the body and provides a first plurality of vertically spaced-apart locations for receiving and holding a plurality of branding iron rods, the first plurality of spaced-apart locations being disposed outwardly away from the body. A second branding iron support is attached to the body and provides a second plurality of spaced-apart locations disposed adjacent to the opening for receiving and holding a plurality of branding iron rods. The first and second spaced-apart locations are cooperatively constructed and arranged to receive and hold the plurality of branding irons in a vertical array of generally horizontal positions.

Abstract: A hand-held sharpener tool for a knife or similar implement comprises a unitary body having first and second sections; sharpening elements mounted in the first section; the second section being located rearwardly of the sharpening elements and comprising an elongated handle on an upper side of the body, and an elongated hand guard extending rearwardly of the sharpening elements, the hand and the hand guard forming an elongated ring rearward of the sharpening elements with sufficient space for a user's fingers to extend between the handle and the hand guard. The sharpening elements can be provided to sharpen/deburr either a two-sided blade such as a knife blade or a one-sided blade such as a scissors blade.

Abstract: A snowmobile ski-type runner braking system provides a braking "claw" at the trailing end of each snowmobile ski-type runner that can be activated by the operator from his console to pivot downward into digging engagement with the snow to help brake the snowmobile. The claws are activated in unison so that balanced braking force is applied to each trailing ski end on both sides of the snowmobile. Even with the claws extended into their digging mode, the operator can still steer by turning the skis. Each claw can be actuated by an electric motor and power screw mechanism mounted on the runner. Alternately, each claw can be actuated by a hydraulic piston/cylinder mechanism mounted on the runner.

Abstract: A hand-held sharpener tool for a knife or similar implement comprises a unitary body having first and second end sections and a third mid section, processing elements such as sharpening, deburring or whetting elements mounted in the first and second sections. The third section is located between the processing elements of the first and second end sections and comprises an elongated handle on an upper side of the body, and an elongated blade guide and hand guard extending inwardly of the processing elements, the handle and the hand guard forming an elongated ring rearward of the processing elements with sufficient space for a user's fingers to extend between the handle and the hand guard, and the blade guide depending from the hand guard. The processing elements can be provided to sharpen/deburr either a two-sided blade such as a knife blade or a one-sided blade such as a scissors blade. One of the sets of processing elements can be provided as whetting elements to whet a sharpened blade.

Abstract: The gun support of this invention comprises a base having a front end and a rear end, a front leg support assembly longitudinally movable between the front end and the rear end and having a pair of front support legs, and a rear leg support assembly at the rear end having a rear support leg. A gun forearm rest assembly is mounted to the front end of the base, and a gun butt support assembly is mounted to the rear end of the base. The front leg support assembly is so constructed that the front legs are longitudinally movable relative to the rear leg support assembly and the gun forearm rest assembly, and so that the front legs are pivotable between downward and outward support positions and inward collapsed positions. The base is so constructed that the rear leg support assembly is longitudinally movable so that the rear leg is longitudinally movable relative to the gun forearm rest assembly, and so that the rear leg is pivotable between a downward and outward support position and an inward collapsed position.

Abstract: A secondary sewage treatment system is provided with a treatment vessel disposed within a septic tank. The treatment vessel has a draft tube for aerating and circulating waste liquor through the treatment vessel and through media contained within the treatment vessel. The media has one part that is submerged media and another part that is an unsubmerged trickle media. The operation of the draft tube circulated waste liquor within the treatment vessel through the submerged media and up through the draft tube where it is expelled and trickles down through the trickle media back into the liquor in the lower portion of the treatment vessel.

Abstract: A prisoner restraint device that permits a prisoner's lower legs or wrists to be secured in an adjustable loop at one end of a restraint strap and restrained close to one of the vehicle's doors comprises (a) a restraint buckle at one end of the strap so that the strap can be placed around a prisoner's lower legs or wrists and fastened into an adjustable loop, and (b) a moveable locking clip at the other end of the strap so that the strap can be extended through a closed vehicle door and the moveable locking clip wedged against the outside of the vehicle to secure the prisoner's bound limbs when the strap is pulled taut.

Abstract: A T-Lock shingle installation tool comprises a plate having a hand grip provided therein, a pair of tapered leading insertion edges at a forward end of said plate that are separated by a recessed portion. The plate may taper from back to front, and the insertion edges each may have a knife-like forwardly projecting tapered edge. The plate may be provided with an aperture located near a back edge of the plate with the hand grip being defined between the back edge and the aperture.

Abstract: Horseshoe device having a squared off toe portion including branches with heel portions in which the front edge of the toe portion is straight or linear across its front. The edge extends under the toe of the hoof an approximate predetermined distance from the hoof toe. An insert grab plate is formed or received in a cavity on the bottom of the shoe such that the ground contact surface thereof is forward of a line extending directly downwardly from the tip of the coffin bone to a line of up to 30 degrees forward and also extending from the coffin bone tip.

Abstract: An excavating bucket attachment assembly comprises a pair of side arms and a tooth-mounting box mountable to an excavating bucket pivot pin without removing either the pivot pin or an excavating bucket to which the pivot pin is attached, and at least one tooth mounted in the tooth-mounting box. The tooth-mounting box comprises a transverse member providing a teeth-mounting channel that extends between the side arms with the side arms attached to the transverse member and closing off the channel at opposite ends thereof. A tooth retaining pin removably-extends through the tooth and through the side arms for retaining the tooth in the channel. The assembly may includes a plurality of clamping teeth, each mounted in the box by the retaining pin, and includes spacers located between adjacent teeth, the retaining pin extending through the spacers to hold the spacers between the teeth. Alternately, the assembly may include a ripping tooth mounted in the box by the retaining pin.

Abstract: The transfer device of this invention comprises a sled means 10 and a handle means 12. The sled means 10 comprises a generally rectangular, relatively thin and flat-surfaced transfer board 20. Transfer board 20 has two parallel sides and two transverse ends. Each side is provided with a plurality of loops 22 which conjoin with mating fasteners 24 of the handle means. Loops may be spaced equidistantly from the transverse ends along the sides of the transfer board 20. Handle means 12 comprises a grip bar 26, a tension bar 28, a plurality of fastener means 24, and a plurality of straps 30 which are attached to the grip and tension bars as shown.