Abstract: The invention consists of a panel having an area that is substantially the same dimension as the tail gate on a pickup truck cargo body. The panel is suspended from a track mounted on the body side rails, and through a wheel assembly rides the length of the truck bed. Cut out areas allow the panel to move past the wheel wells and doors attached to the panel are adapted to close off the cut out areas when not obstructed by the wheel wells. Locking bolts on each side engage slots in the side rails and slots in a floor mounted track. A single handle on each side controls the movement of the vertical and horizontal locking bolts.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus for organizing and dispensing pipette tips. A hopper receives bulk pipette tips which pass through a diamond shaped apertures in a sieve and drop into the troughs of a separator which moves the aligned and oriented tips to an organizer which separates the tips and aligns them with storage tubes and drops the tips into tubes where they are stacked and stored. An ejection membrane at the opposite end of the tube allows the tips to be removed into a tip holder box one layer at a time.

Abstract: The invention is a hidden stand for dolls that includes a set of shells, hemispheric, bell or horn shaped adapted to rest on a flat surface containing an opening in the top surface of each shell for receiving the legs and lower torso of a doll. The garment covering the lower torso is spread over the shell where it is appropriately displayed.

Abstract: A mobile work bench including a top with a lip for preventing parts from rolling off and as a gripping surface to move the bench. A container under the top for storing parts and tools, a hinged door provides access to the area. A recessed area at one end and under the top, recessed and provided with supports for holding wire spools. The workbench has four wheels with brakes, two wheels on one end swivel for ease and convenience of movement.

Abstract: A metal or plastic container containing a ball valve switch and adapted to connect into a fuel line between the source and use, the container having front, back and side panels for protecting the switch and a door in the front panel for rapid access to the switch.

Abstract: A children's automobile safety seat including an L-shaped frame, a seat portion and a backrest portion constructed as an integral unit, both of which are connected to the L-shaped frame. A padded, C-shaped safety bar is attached to the L-shaped frame such that the safety bar is disposed in a generally horizontal plane which is parallel to the seat portion. There is a pivoting mechanism for pivotally connecting a first end of the safety bar to a first side of the L-shaped frame, and a disconnecting mechanism for detachably connecting a second end of the safety bar to a second side of the L-shaped frame. A first air bag is stored within the safety bar, and a second air bag is stored within the seat portion.

Abstract: A high capacity dust and litter collector including a five sided container having a rear mounted axle and wheels and angulated leading edge with a rubber blade that cause the container to tilt rearward about the axle, tending to cause the contents to remain in the container. A handle attached to the rear of the container curves forward over the container and terminates forward of the midpoint of the bottom wall of the container balancing out the effects of the rearward tilt. Pockets in the rear and side walls accept the wheels making then flush with the side walls of the container.

Abstract: A musical instrument having a body and a neck that is fixedly attached to the body. There is a plurality of strings with each string having a first end and a second end. The first end of each string is releasably attachable to the body in at least one of four replaceable string configurations. The second end of each string is releasably attachable to the neck in at least one of four replaceable string configurations. The first replaceable string configuration allows a musician to play a plurality of chords using only one finger. The second, third and fourth replaceable string configurations allow a musician to play the instrument as a six string guitar, a twelve string guitar and a ten string Puerto Rican Cuatro, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for releasably locking a microphone stand tube to a microphone base has a lock member receiver threadingly attached to the microphone base. A locking coupling has a first end threadingly attached to the microphone stand tube. A lock member has a coupling end connected to a second end of the locking coupling and a locking retainer releasably locked into the locking receiver. The lock member has a locking actuator arm. A locking arm is connected to the locking actuator arm and pivotally connected to the locking retainer. There is a securing hook attached to the locking arm. The securing hook releasably engages an end of the lock member receiver. There is a spring receiving chamber in the locking retainer. A lock spring has an end removably placed in the spring retaining chamber and another end abutting the locking arm. The male exterior surface is octagon in shape and a female interior surface of the lock member receiver is octagon in shape to receive the male exterior surface of the lock member.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a bumper to be attached to furniture and the like for protecting persons, in particular children, from injuring themselves on the sharp edges and corners. The bumper is formed of a deformable shell filled with a soft resilient plastic and shaped, in cross section as a modified circle having a planar side which is formed of an adhesive foam. The adhesive is protected by a removeable tape which is discarded as the bumper is affixed to a selected object.

Abstract: A telescoping hand tool for retrieving filters or metallic debris in the duct work of air management systems where the tool is formed from non-metallic materials and employs a hook designed to remove a filter without significantly damaging the filter frame and alternatively a magnet designed to slide along the duct work and collect metallic debris.

Abstract: A remote control holder and illumination device, for a remote control having a keypad has a base, an illumination member and a mirror housing adjustment member. The base has a guide passage therein. A fastening member is attached to the upper surface of the base to fasten the base to the remote control. The illumination member has a support frame slidingly attached to the base. A mirror housing is connected to the support frame. A convex mirror is attached to the mirror housing. The mirror may be curved in a convex or concave manner. A mirror housing adjustment member has a guide tab, connected to the support frame, that traverses the guide passage. An actuation member extends through the guide passage to allow the user to adjust the position of the mirror housing along the length of the base.

Abstract: A fish stringer apparatus, in combination with a fish stringer cord, has a substantially semi-hemispheric leg. There is a first end and a second end on the substantially semi-hemispheric leg. A hinge mechanism is attached to the first end. The hinge mechanism has a hinge base and there is a first stop and a second stop on the hinge base. There is a latch bar that has a hinge end and a latch end. The latch bar is hingedly connected to the hinge mechanism at the hinge end of the latch bar. A latch mechanism attached to the second end of the semi-hemispheric leg. The latch bar is releasingly placed in the latch mechanism. The latch bar abuts the second stop causing the latch end of the latch bar to stop below the entrance to the latch mechanism. This causes the latch bar to be bent above the entrance to the latch mechanism in order to springingly bias the latch end of the latch bar down into the latch mechanism by way of the entrance.

Abstract: A storage assembly has a storage rack. The storage rack has a back rack wall, a right side rack wall connected to the back rack wall and a left side rack wall connected to the back rack wall. The left side rack wall directly opposes the right side rack wall. At least one first rail, but preferably a plurality of first rails, are connected to the right side rack wall. At least one second rail, but preferably a plurality of second rails, are connected to the left side rack wall. There is a top rack wall and a bottom rack wall connected to the back rack wall. The top rack wall is also connected to the left side rack wall and connected to the right side rack wall. At least one storage bin has a back bin wall and a front bin wall. The storage bin has a right side bin wall connected to the back bin wall and connected to the front bin wall. A left side bin wall is connected to the back bin wall and is connected to the front bin wall. There is a first groove, to receive the first rail, in the right side bin wall.

Abstract: A wet gear hanger has a vertical support member and a hook support member swivelly connected to an end of the vertical support member. An upper swivel member housing is connected to the vertical support member and an upper swivel member is rotatively inserted in the upper swivel member housing. There is a first upper support member connected to an end of the upper swivel member and a second upper support member connected to another end of the upper swivel member. A first lower swivel member is rotatively inserted in a first lower swivel member housing. There is a second lower swivel member rotatively inserted into a second lower swivel member housing. A third lower swivel member is rotatively inserted into a third lower swivel member housing. A second lower support member is connected to the second lower swivel member. There is an upper support swivel member lock in the upper swivel member. A first lower swivel member lock is located in the first lower swivel member.

Abstract: A common, grounded three-conductor male electrical plug including in the grounded blade a spring biased catch for engaging the walls of a female receptacle and locking the plug in the receptacle. An aperture in the plug allows a non-conductive tool to move the catch against the spring bias and away from the walls of the receptacle to unlock the plug and permit removal from the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention provides extension links for lawn maintenance equipment to move the front axle forward and allow oversize wheels to be used, increasing flotation capability for soft soil while maintaining the height adjustability.

Abstract: An apparatus for leveling a ladder having at least two vertical supports has a vertical support gripping member that has a support wall and a gripping wall attached to the support wall. A plurality of gripping wall teeth is on the gripping wall. A tightening member wall is attached to the support wall and opposes the gripping wall. A first vertical support retaining member is attached to the gripping wall. A second vertical support retaining member is attached to the tightening member wall. The guide channel is formed by the support wall, the gripping wall, the tightening member wall, the first vertical support retaining member and the second vertical support retaining member. One of the vertical support members is slidingly engaged within the guide channel. A threadingly adjustable tightening member, threadingly engaged in a threaded port in the vertical support, releasingly abuts a first outer surface of one of the vertical supports.

Abstract: A system for overflow protection for swimming pools and tanks that conserves water by taking excess water from the bottom of the tank including a weighted hose directed near the bottom of the tank and connected to the protector. The protector has inlet, outlet and vent passages, where the inlet is at an elevation below the surface of the pool and the nadir of the outlet passage is at the surface elevation of the pool and the vent is open. A hose connected to the outlet directs overflow away from the pool. Charging the weighted hose will cause fluid above the outlet elevation to discharge excess fluid. In an alternative embodiment a plug is inserted into the vent and charging the weighted hose will cause the pool to drain to the level of the end of the hose.