Abstract: A bag having three compartments, one each for a left speaker, a right speaker and a main unit, is adapted to be releasably mounted to the handlebars of a motorcycle or the like. The bag is provided with stiffening wings to better affix the stereo system to the motorcycle and to resist buffeting by the wind, and grommeted holes for internal wiring.

Abstract: A combination stacking damage detector and antistacking warning device (10) is preferably affixed to the intersection of pallet tying straps (S) to the top of a pallet (P) of goods so as to provide a readily visible warning that a second pallet is not to be stacked upon the first, and also so as to provide a readily visible indication that stacking damage may have occurred. In a preferred embodiment, the device is formed of an integral blank of cardboard and is assemblable into a four-sided pyramid. Holes (22) are provided in the bottom of the sides (14, 15) of the device so that the tying straps (S) may be passed therethrough.

Abstract: A spacer (30) for vessels of hazardous materials is formed of a single sheet of cardboard and includes a top panel 32 and a bottom panel 36. The top panel 32 and the bottom panel 36 are spaced from the top and the bottom of the shipping carton, respectively, by upwardly and downwardly projecting members (70, 72, 74, 88, 90, 92, 106, 108, 110, 134). When assembled, ears 120 and 124 fold over the top panel 32 and engage diagonal slots 50 and 52, thereby providing rigidity to the structure.

Abstract: A video slot machine includes a display screen on which the wheels of a slot machine are simulated. The display screen is divided into an army of cells with each cell displaying an individual game element selected randomly from a group of available game elements during a game play. Pay-out lines are associated with the rows, columns and diagonals of the array of cells and visually indicate some of the pre-determined sets of cells which are examined to detect winning combinations of displayed game elements. Pay-out tables are stored in memory within the machine and hold information concerning combinations of elements in all of the pre-determined sets of cells which result in a win when displayed on the screen and the amount to be paid for each win.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for use with a subscriber line interface circuit in a telephone system, the subscriber line interface circuit being interposed between a telephone central office and a subscriber line, the subscriber line being coupled with a subscriber telephone device.

Abstract: An exercise putty kit for providing manipulative physical therapy of increasing difficulty comprises a container (12) of a large mass (14) of borosiloxane putty and a package (16) of borosiloxane or siloxane putty. At least one small mass (18-32) is provided to the patient along with the large mass (14), the small mass and large mass being manipulated by the patient until a uniform color and stiffness are achieved in the combined mass (38). Preferably, a plurality of small masses (18-32) having a variety of colors are available for successive manipulation with the combined mass (38). The kit provides a means by which the difficulty of manipulative physical therapy may be monitored and increased. As more small masses (18-32) are added to the combined mass (38), the stiffness increases, requiring more manipulation to fully blend the masses.

Abstract: A toothless elastomeric shedding blade (10) is capable of resiliently conforming to arcuate surfaces of a hair- or fur- bearing animal. The blade has two opposed blade portions (18,20) that form different angles of attack to the coat of the animal, and one of these angles of attack can be selected by the user for use. A combination of the resiliency of the shedding blade body, the acute angle of each blade portion and the coefficient of friction of the elastomeric material as applied to the coat of the animal produces a superior cleaning action.

Abstract: A connecting device (10) is adaptable to assemble one, two or three ladders (72, 74, 76) into a tripod structure. A body (12) of the connecting device has six rung receivers (28) affixed thereto and outwardly projecting therefrom in pairs, with each pair of receivers projecting at an angle to the other pairs and at an angle to the vertical. Where three ladders are not available, support members (140, 160) may be employed to form one or two of the tripod legs.

Abstract: A silicone rubber golf club grip comprises one hundred parts by weight of a high molecular weight polyorganosiloxane polymer, and approximately 20 to 40 parts by weight of a fumed silica filler having a surface area per gram of at least about 300 m.sub.2.

Abstract: A detent spring for use in a rotatable grip actuating system for a Bowden tube motion translation system used to actuate a derailleur gear shifting system on a bicycle. The detent spring, which is formed of spring type metal has a U-shape, with one leg positioned in an elongated arcuate slot in a first member which rotates within a second member having notches on an inner surface which are engaged by a detent formed on the second leg of the spring.

Abstract: A silicone rubber article (such as a wiper blade) has a low process fluid leach rate and high resiliency. The composition comprises, prior to cure, approximately 100 parts by weight of a vulcanizable elastomer including at least one silicone polymer, at least one crosslinkable process fluid, and low pressure and high pressure peroxide catalysts to accommodate a two-stage vulcanization process. According to the invention, the composition provides anti-hazing qualities and confers hydrophobic properties to a contacted surface. The polymer also includes about 50 to 220 parts by weight of a siliceous filler.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for synthesizing a sinusoidal signal generated from a plurality of sample values taken at sample times in succeeding sample intervals. The signal is defined by a parameter which varies by a step value during predetermined sample intervals when the parameter changes from a first value to a second value. The apparatus includes a first logic unit for iteratively treating an initial step value to generate succeeding samples of the step value and a next step value. The next step value is the step value in a next-succeeding sample interval. A second logic unit is included for iteratively generating a next parameter value which is the parameter value during the next-succeeding sample interval. The second logic unit receives succeeding samples of the step value and iteratively generates succeeding samples of an interim parameter value and succeeding samples of a derivative interim parameter value.

Abstract: A rotatable gripping surface for a derailleur-type bicycle gear shifting system is formed of a resilient material with axially extending alternating ribs and grooves. The ribs and grooves are spaced such that they fit naturally into the crooks of the rider's thumb and finger or fingers and the portion of the palm therebetween. The ribs provide an increased diameter to aid in the transmission of torque and to protrude above any mud which may have collected thereon. To further enhance the torque transmitting capabilities of the grip and the ability to remain effective in the presence of mud and other debris, the surfaces of the ribs are provided with a pattern of nubs. The hubs are engaged and deflected slightly by an operator's thumb and finger and the portion of the palm therebetween to transmit torque to the rotational grip.

Abstract: Nubbed grips for hand-rotatable bicycle gear shifters have longitudinally elongated groups of nubs (50, 96, 142) that are angularly spaced apart by valley regions (44, 98, 156). Preferably, the elastomeric nubs are formed both on a cylindrical portion and an adjacent flanged portion of the grip. In an alternative embodiment, shark tooth nubs (142) offer leading faces (158) against which a hand of a rider may abut in either rotational direction for maximum torque transmission.