Abstract: a mop includes a substantially straight cylindrical shaft having first and second opposite ends. A mop head is secured at the first end of the shaft, and a substantially cylindrical foam rubber first hand grip is received over the first end of the shaft. Two pairs of laterally extending, circumferentially aligned, axially spaced, converging struts extend from diametrically opposed locations on an intermediate portion of the shaft. A bearing member is secured between each pair of struts. A sleeve is mounted for rotation around each of the bearing members. A foam rubber hand grip is secured to each sleeve, providing second and third hand grips disposed at equal axial spacing and lateral offset with respect to the shaft, and mounted for rotation about axes substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The inventive construction facilitates manipulation of the mop head without causing callousing to the hands, or strain to the wrists and forearms of the user.

Abstract: A tape case has a hexagonal housing having a planar top surface provided with VELCRO and magnetic fasteners for attaching the housing to an interior ceiling of a motor vehicle. A rotary carousel is mounted on a piston rod for movement into and out of the stationary housing. A push button latching mechanism serves to retain the carousel in a retracted position within the housing. When a user wishes to replace or remove a tape from the storage carousel, the latching mechanism may be released by pushing a single button which lowers the storage carousel from the housing. The carousel is rotatably mounted by a piston rod which is slidably received with a hollow sleeve in the interior of the housing. Air vent apertures are formed in the hollow sleeve for lowering the carousel at a gradual rate of descent and for allowing the carousel to be rapidly moved to a retracted position.

Abstract: A flexible air valve extension for filling an inaccessible vehicle spare tire includes an elongated flexible tube having a rigid elbow portion at one end which terminates in an internally threaded fitting dimensioned for engagement with a conventional tire valve. An externally threaded valve body at an opposite end of the flexible tube is received through a transverse flange of a mounting bracket. A pair of lock nuts are in threaded engagement with the valve body on opposite sides of the flange and secure the valve body to the bracket. The valve body includes a spring biased valve dimensioned for cooperation with conventional automotive pressure gages and air lines. The bracket is dimensioned for securement on an accessible portion of a vehicle, such as the frame of a spare tire carrier.

Abstract: A permanent wave end paper dispenser allows a beauty operator to dispense permanent wave end papers from a housing in a one at a time manner, utilizing only one hand. The dispenser includes a rectangular housing with an inclined ramp disposed adjacent a paper discharger opening formed in a front wall. The ramp has a V-shaped notch to allow an operator to grasp an end paper dispensed through the discharge opening. A paper supply drawer is removably received in a feed opening formed in a back wall of the housing, to allow refilling of the dispenser. A push button on the front wall of the housing is in abutment with a first end of a horizontally disposed plunger rod. The second end of the plunger rod and a first end of a coil spring are connected to a lowermost extension member of a vertically extending rotatable post. A second end of the coil spring is connected to the front housing wall, biasing the post and plunger rod to a return position.

Abstract: A helmet face guard mount includes a thin, elongated resilient pad having a curved configuration dimensioned for securement between an ear hole and a forward side edge of a conventional football helmet. Opposite ends of the pad are secured by threaded fasteners directly to the helmet. A resilient strap extends around a side bar portion of the face guard and is secured to a central portion of the pad, intermediate the opposite ends of the pad. The central portion of the pad and the attached strap are free to shift within the physical elastic limits of the pad upon application of force to the face guard. The fasteners which secure the pad to the helmet, may be at least partially integral with the pad. The strap which secures the face guard to the pad may also be integrally formed with the pad.

Abstract: A pop-up landscape light has a cylindrical housing adapted for mounting below the surface of the ground in an outdoor environment. A light compartment is mounted for axial extension and retraction through an open top end of the housing to provide selective illumination. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a lead screw mechanism is utilized to extend and retract the light compartment from within the housing. In a second embodiment, a telescopic extensible member is connected to the light compartment and is actuated by winding or unwinding a coil of a flexible material driven by a motor through a bevel gear arrangement. In a third embodiment, a motorized swing arm mechanism is operative to rotate the light compartment through a predetermined angular increment, into and out of the housing, to provide selective illumination.

Abstract: A first embodiment of a coffee filter dispenser has a housing in which a stack of coffee filters to be dispensed are received. A plurality of resilient grippers are axially movable between a retracted and an extended position. A crank arm is connected to the resilient grippers for actuation thereof. By manipulation of the crank arm in axial and rotary directions, a single coffee filter may be dispensed from a stack of coffee filters through resilient plastic flaps in the housing. In a second embodiment, a coffee filter dispenser utilizes an axially reciprocal and rotary plunger having an adhesive foot for removing the top filter from a stack of coffee filters. The adhesive foot is radially offset from the plunger axis, and a spiral cam groove on the plunger causes the foot to be displaced radially as the plunger moves axially. In this manner, a single coffee filter may be laterally dispensed through a pivotal door in the dispenser housing.

Abstract: An arterial bypass tool for use in inserting and positioning a bypass artery alongside an occluded artery within the body of a patient includes an arcuate tubular sheath. A rod is slidably received through the sheath and terminates at a forward end in a tapering, radiused tip. A rearward end of the rod terminates in an enlarged tab dimensioned for passage through the sheath. A pair of apertures formed in the tab allow a bypass artery to be stitched thereto. In use, an entrance incision is formed in a patient adjacent one end of an occluded artery. The radiused tip is inserted through the entrance incision and the sheath and enclosed rod are passed alongside the occluded artery. An exit incision is then formed adjacent the radiused tip. The forward end of the sheath is then pushed through the exit incision. A bypass artery is secured to the tab at the opposite end of the rod, adjacent the entrance incision.