Abstract: A drip catcher, having an adjustable neck, having a hook at the top for engaging a spout pipe of a fluid reservoir, and a basin, containing an absorbent pad and three sided slot on the flattened rear side to accommodate two legs of an alligator clasp in the neck, having a channel between the legs created by cutting three sides of a brace, bendable rearward to support the invention in vertical alignment to the spout, teeth extending from the outside edge of both legs which engage the sides of the slot, so the teeth disengage by squeezing the legs together.

Abstract: A pick-up truck tailgate lifter having dual hooks for gripping the bottom of the rear of the tailgate and lifting straps affixed thereto and running to the inside of the tailgate ending in a handle. One embodiment has a roll-up handle so the straps and handle fit through the space between the bed and the tailgate. The other routes the straps over the rear face of the tailgate, through a top cap and around a reversing post in the inside of the tailgate so that when lifting pressure is applied to the handle, the straps tighten the lifting hooks.

Abstract: An improved means for adjusting the angle of attack, the angle of the plane of the diving lip to the longitudinal axis of a lure, of a diving lip on a fishing lure, having a body with a longitudinal axis, comprised of a retention spring, a pivot pin, and a series of grooves in the face of the lure into which the diving lip seats, so that the angle of attack of the diving lip can be readily changed by pulling the diving lip out of a groove, by compressing the retention spring, moving to another groove and releasing it.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for playing a casino card game with the object to get the numerical value of 9, being comprised of each player placing one wager and an optional Jackpot Side bet; the dealer dealing each player four face up cards and the dealer four face down cards; each player's four cards compared with the Jackpot Side bet combinations; each player selecting a two card front hand and a two card back hand and then the dealer turning over the dealer's four cards and selecting a two card front hand and back hand, and each player's front hand and back hand measured against the dealer's front hand and back hand. In the event of a tie, the dealer deals a tie breaker card for the player and a tie breaker card for the dealer with the highest card winning, dealer winning ties.

Abstract: An improved embroidery machine mounting frame apparatus comprised of a support arm, an opposing support arm and an horizontal reach therebetween, being equipped with and an attachment device for removably attaching interchangeable mounting frames, each with a different sewing field dimension, so as to allow insertion of the sewing field into various size pre-sewn garment elements, such as pockets.

Abstract: A device for making decorative candles which have varied shapes and colors of wax throughout in an heated water bath and an apparatus utilizing said device comprised of multiple heated sources of melted wax suspended above an open topped waterproof box, having one side lined with a water proof gasket through which a waterproof sleeve communicates to a base plate upon which the candle is formed by moving the plate in three dimensions within the water bath and collecting thereon the colored wax, supplied to the top of the water by a heated tube means from selected sources of melted colored wax, as it sinks and cools in the water. The rate of cooling of the wax is controlled by the temperature of the water bath. The water borne wax is built up around a core candle or around a wick, stretched from the center of the plate to an arm, extending to the center of the plate from a rod extending from one edge of the plate to a selected height above the plate.

Abstract: A wooden studwall is erected utilizing a hinge, of metal plate, having a bottom plate, two outer legs and a center leg extending from one side of the bottom plate so that the hinge can be aligned, along a chalk snap line located along the subfloor, where a wooden studwall is to be placed and the bottom plate and center leg can be nailed to the subfloor. The two outer legs, are bent up ninety degrees to the bottom plate, and are nailed to the underside of sole plate at the bottom of the stud wall so that when the wooden stud wall is raised the sole plate does not slip and is correctly aligned with the chalk snap line when the wooden stud wall is in the vertical position. The two outer legs may be left flat, parallel to the bottom plate, for safety reasons and then, after the bottom plate is nailed to the subfloor, bent up perpendicular to the subfloor and attached to the bottom sole plate of the stud wall.

Abstract: A device for making decorative candles which have varied shapes and colors of wax throughout in an heated water bath and an apparatus utilizing said device comprised of multiple heated sources of melted wax suspended above an open topped waterproof box, having one side lined with a water proof gasket through which a waterproof sleeve communicates to a base plate upon which the candle is formed by moving the plate in three dimensions within the water bath and collecting thereon the colored wax, supplied to the top of the water by a heated tube means from selected sources of melted colored wax, as it sinks and cools in the water. The rate of cooling of the wax is controlled by the temperature of the water bath. The water borne wax is built up around a core candle or around a wick, stretched from the center of the plate to an arm, extending to the center of the plate from a rod extending from one edge of the plate to a selected height above the plate.

Abstract: A deep well fluid pump which enables the pumping of fluid with much less energy which includes a power column of fluid of sufficient volume, which communicates to the under side of the lifting piston for the column of fluid to be lifted, but is isolated from said fluid to be lifted, to balance the head force of the column of fluid to be lifted, a pump means to increase the head force on the power column of fluid a sufficient amount to overcome the seal friction and pre-load spring down force of the lifting piston, so that it raises the lifting piston and thus discharges a volume of lifted fluid in a surface reservoir, and when the increase force on the power column of fluid is relieved, the pre-load spring forces the lifting piston down to reload.

Abstract: A device and associated method for simultaneously cutting a section of laminate to be inlaid and the underlying laminate to receive the inlay, which includes a portable cradle and a router mounted on an adjustable length shaft fitted into the chuck of the router, so that the distance that the cutting blade extends below the base of the portable cradle can be adjusted, the router is held within a rectangular router box split lengthwise on each side, hingedly held together on one side and detachably secured together on the opposite side by spring tension, with the router firmly attached to the top half so that the router cutting blade may be raised from the laminate surface by rotating the top half of the case around the hinge, while the angle of the cutting blade to the laminate is adjusted by means of adjustment screws on each side of the end of the router box opposite to the cutting blade, which rotate the router box up or down around a hinge means, on the bottom of the router box adjacent to the cutting bla

Abstract: A novel improvement in a tubular ram device for bi-directional driving of pipe casing, vertically or horizontally, wherein the driving hammer imparts the force to the pipe casing through a bowls-anvil and removable collet, thus allowing driving of sections of pipe casing without removing the tubular ram device or making any physical change to the pipe casing.

Abstract: A wheeled cart to provide light weight, collapsible and portable mobility for individuals who have the need to be in the prone position. The bed of the cart and the two large front wheels are provided with quick disconnect means and the two sides of the tubular frame of the prone cart fold easily together for transport.

Abstract: A set of crutches, having tubular aluminum construction with a Y-type lower support means, which extend upward to elbow height, being adjustable in height, and having an extended horizontal top surface, of sufficient length to accommodate the distance between the largest portion of the forearm and hand of the user, having at its rear an energy absorbing pad to communicate with the user's forearm, being incorporated into an adjustable collar for the forearm, a padded horizontal arm rest extending forward from the adjustable collar, and having a padded vertical hand-hold to function as a hand-rest, to enable the weight of the user to be supported by the forearms and not the hands so that the crutches are usable by an individual who has lost hand strength due to arthritis or other degenerative process, and being equipped with a storage pouch suspended from within the frame of the crutches by Velcro means.

Abstract: A novel improvement in a crutch device allowing for the rotational movement of the arms and elbows of the user while supporting his/her weight on a pair of these crutches, by displacing the vertical support means, between the under-arm rest and the hand rest, rearward a sufficient distance. This improvement, combined with an all terrain crutch pad and easy adjustable crutch length allows an individual with severe restriction in mobility from the waist down to play active sports, such as golf, and engage in employment requiring the free movement of hands and arms while maintaining mobility of the total person.

Abstract: Flexible remote controls of the type using ball bearings along their length are improved by externally imparting reversing bends along their length which bends are imparted by two semi-circular sleeves, having mirror image mating faces containing an interior contour of reversing radii, having arcs being the minimum bend radius of the partial flexible ball bearing remote control to which it is applied, which come tangent at the center and run out an equal depth from the centerline and repeat throughout the length of the flexible ball bearing remote control.

Abstract: A relatively thin, disk shaped device containing a slot in its face, which slot narrows as it reaches the center of the disk so that when it engages the valve stem of a cut-check valve, the valve is deformed without damage a sufficient degree so that the cut-check valve is unseated allowing air to pass either way through the cut-check valve.

Abstract: A combination of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic components specifically arranged in communication with the existing lubrication system of high performance internal combustion engines, such as are utilized in the motor home industry, so as to enable the pre-lubing of the moving parts of the engine before it is started or turned over, the components of which are existing items of manufacture and the combination can be readily installed by owners without expensive modifications to the engine, said prelube system being primarily comprised of the removal of engine oil from the oil pan sump, pressurization of the oil by an electrically-driven pump and reinsertion of the oil into the engine through a one-quarter inch pipe Tee adapter, placed between the oil-sender and the engine block at the end of the engine farthest away from the engine-driven oil pump, said prelube system being controlled by a manually-activated electrical switch on the dashboard of the vehicle.