Abstract: A cutting and serving implement for pizza or other pies comprises a blade having a body portion with an arcuate cutting edge, and a handle portion extending from the body portion opposite the cutting edge at an angle of about 135.degree.. The configuration of the implement facilitates cutting of a pizza into slices by downward pressure applied on the handle accompanied by a rocking motion of the implement on the cutting edge, and lifting of a cut slice for serving, by insertion of the body portion under the slice.

Abstract: A horizontally elongated body is provided having opposite end portions and top and bottom sides. A pair of blade members are provided and blade support structure is supported from opposite end portions of the body and removably support the blade members therefrom with the blade members oppositely inclined downwardly and outwardly from the body opposite end portions. The blade members include bevelled end surfaces which are substantially coplanar and horizontally disposed. The blade members are subtantially rigid, but slightly flexive. The blade members extend beyond the body ends and sides to facilitate maximum working potential to perpendicular abutments and parallel objects. Also, the blade members, notwithstanding the body, are angled convergently upward toward each other from the work surface. It is this bi-angular blade concept that enables the scraper to function as a unit on a work surface.

Abstract: A bank of storage batteries is maintained in a fully charged state by a charging circuit coupled by a controlled, battery energized inverter to AC load lines to which the charging circuit and an AC source are connected. Charging current is controlled in accordance with the load current in the load lines through the primary windings of transformers in the charging circuit and applied to the batteries at a voltage level slightly higher than the full standby battery voltage. Application of full battery voltage to the AC load lines is delayed during a timed start-up period.

Abstract: An L-shaped pillow and pillow case combined with an anchor structure for retaining the pillow and pillowcase in position on a bed with one leg of the L-shaped pillow and pillowcase being positioned under the head in a conventional manner and the other leg of the pillow and pillowcase extending longitudinally alongside of a person reclining on the bed to provide support substantially throughout the length of the back of a person using the pillow and pillowcase. The anchor includes a sheet or panel of fabric or similar material placed on the bed under the person using the pillow with the anchor panel being secured to the bed if desired. The pillow includes anchoring tabs which extend through openings in the pillowcase for connection with the sheet or panel along one edge portion thereof by the use of hook and loop fastener material such as that sold under the trademark "Velcro" or similar detachable fastening arrangements.

Abstract: A conventional nail clipper construction is provided including a reversible and convertible pivoted lever for displacing a spring-type arm equipped with a first cutting blade portion toward a base plate equipped with a second cutting blade portion. The base plate, however, includes opposite side flanges between which the spring arm is swingable and the opposing surfaces of the spring arm and base plate and the inner sides of the flanges together define a storage area in which nail clippings may be contained when the clipper is not in use. Further, the structure by which the lever is pivotally supported includes coacting portions of the lever and side flanges of the base plate and functions to enable the pivot axis of the lever to be shifted between front and rear limit positions longitudinally of the spring arm and base plate.

Abstract: A stand, table or other supporting structure having one or more supporting leg assemblies connected thereto in such a manner that the leg assemblies can be collapsed into a compact condition to facilitate storage, transportation and handling of the stand, table or other supporting structure. The leg assemblies are retained in their operative position substantially perpendicular to and rigid with respect to the stand to provide a stable support for the stand and for any item or items placed thereon. The leg assemblies are retained releasably in their operative position by a manually operated spring lock device that is provided with a camming feature which enables automatic locking of the leg assembly when oriented into operative position and maintaining a continuous upward bias on the leg assembly for maintaining the rigid perpendicularity of the leg assembly in relation to the stand.

Abstract: A trailer particularly for loading and unloading hay bales has a pivotal loading carriage at its rearward end with loading forks which can be backed under a bale and used to lift the bale onto the trailer by pivotal movement of the carriage. The trailer includes a longitudinally movable carrier with a releasable fork for moving the bale from the carriage toward a forward end of the trailer, and also for unloading bales by reverse movement of the carrier. A winch and cable drive is provided both for moving the carrier lengthwise along the trailer in forward and reverse directions, and for providing pivotal movement of the carriage when the carrier is received therein.

Abstract: A haircutting device utilizing a vacuum nozzle provided with an inclined intake end utilized as a guide for placement of the scissors and as a cutting guide for determining the length of hair left on the head of the person receiving a haircut with this length being adjustable by an adjustably supported ball type supporting structure movably engaged with the scalp of the person receiving the haircut. The vacuum nozzle is provided with a contour to facilitate the nozzle fitting against the rear surface of the hand with a strap arrangement being provided to secure the nozzle to the hand. In one form of the invention, the vacuum nozzle is associated with a self-contained vacuum motor and fan unit and collecting bag that is either battery powered or powered through a suitable power cord extending to a conventional electrical outlet.

Abstract: An open ended cylindrical sleeve is provided including a washer secured over one axial end of the sleeve in any convenient manner such as by welding and the washer is of an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the sleeve and of an inside diameter less than the inside diameter of the sleeve.

Abstract: A vertically elongated, hollow and lightweight housing including top and bottom walls and a plurality of interconnected sidewall portions extending between and connecting the top and bottom walls is provided. At least one of the sidewall portions has indicia thereon indicating a winning bingo game situation and the bottom wall includes a central opening formed therein about which a depending tubular neck integral with the bottom wall is disposed. An elongated wand is also provided including upper and lower ends and a mid-length portion extending between and connecting the upper and lower ends. The wand is slidingly telescopingly received through the neck and the upper and lower ends are slightly diametrically enlarged in relation to the mid-length portion of the wand. The upper and lower ends are tightly slidingly receivable through the neck and the mid-length portion of the wand is freely slidable through the neck.

Abstract: A case assembly is provided including a pair of closely juxtaposed open-sided case halves opening toward each other and defining remote pairs of opposing marginal edge portions. Hinge structure pivotally interconnects one pair of the edge portions for relative angular displacement of the case halves about an axis extending along the one pair of edge portions and swinging of the other pair of marginal edge portions away and toward each other. The hinge structure includes adjustment structure operative to adjustably laterally displace the axis of relative angular displacement of the case halves outwardly from and back toward the open side of one of the case halves while maintaining the axis stationary relative to the other case half.

Abstract: The forwardly and outwardly inclined marginal edge of a conventional "cupped" ditcher chain tooth is provided with an elongated longitudinally extending shallow notch including front and rear ends spaced generally one-third the length of the tooth outer marginal edge from the front and rear ends of the tooth. The notch is of a length slightly less than one-third the length of the tooth outer marginal edge and the depth of the notch is between one-quarter and one-third the length of the notch.

Abstract: Foot supports for use in footwear are molded in polypropylene sheet and include a network of longitudinal and transverse reinforcing ribs integrally molded with the support and extending across an arch-supporting area thereof, the ribs resisting stresses on the support during wear and maintaining the shape of the support without adversely affecting its resilience. The supports can be shaped to an individual's foot by heating in boiling water.

Abstract: A box wrench has a mechanism for releasably locking a nut or bolt in the receiving cavity of the wrench, the mechanism comprising a detent which may be projected into the cavity or withdrawn from the cavity, an actuating lever for the detent on the outside of the wrench, and a thumb-operated keeper conveniently located on the wrench handle for controlling the position of the lever so that the detent can be projected and withdrawn without a user having to release the handle.

Abstract: A toothpaste dispenser is constructed in the form of a wall unit simulating a toothbrush with an elongate upper compartment for receiving an inverted toothpaste tube and constituting the toothbrush handle portion, and a lower compartment constituting the bristle portion of the toothbrush and containing a dispenser mechanism. The dispenser mechanism comprises a resilient dispensing duct which receives toothpaste from the inverted tube, and a lever-operated plunger for pumping paste through the tube and discharging same through an outlet nozzle. A metered quantity of paste is dispensed with each forward stroke of the lever.

Abstract: A wild game trap including two multiangulated trap arms having an eye at one end mounted for rotation about a common pivot bolt and a power spring including a lower spring arm terminating in an eye mounted on the pivot bolt and an upper spring arm terminating in a constriction bar in the form of a loop receiving the pivot eyes, the pivot bolt and a portion of each of the multiangulated trap arms when they are pivoted to an animal gripping position. A trigger assembly is provided for retaining the multiangulated trap arms in open position when the trap is set. In one embodiment of the trigger assembly, a rolling block is mounted on one trap arm and a lock is pivotally connected to the lower spring arm for engagement with a catch on the trap arm. In another embodiment of the trigger assembly, the lock is mounted on the spring arm by a one-piece resilient bracket.

Abstract: A closed container of liquid is provided and operatively associated with a reservoir of water in a manner such that each time an intermittently actuated pump is actuated to pump water from the reservoir a predetermined amount of liquid is pumped from the container into the reservoir. The container has a bladder disposed therein and an outlet, separate from the bladder, for liquid to flow from within the container, exteriorly of the bladder, to the reservoir. The bladder includes an inlet and a water dispensing structure is operatively associated with the discharge line from the pump to dispense a predetermined amount of water from the discharge line of the pump into the bladder each time the pump is actuated, thereby causing an equal amount of liquid to be displaced from within the container exteriorly of the bladder into the reservoir.

Abstract: A load vertically stacked on a pallet lowered on a lift fork into a vertically elongated handling zone, enclosed by a guide frame. As the pallet approaches a lower rest position, the load is retained above a support plane on top of rails between which the lift fork tines are vertically movable. The lift fork is withdrawn from the unloaded pallet and reinserted into the handling zone just below the load to raise it through the guide frame during which the load is stabilized on the lift fork.