Abstract: A device for applying a tire chain to the tire of a vehicle includes a wheel supporting base member which is provided with a pair of wheel mounting elements in spaced relation. A central chain spacing member is slidably carried by the base member and is slidable between the wheel mounting elements to thereby establish the location of one or more transverse chain-receiving slots defined between the central spacing member and the wheel mounting elements.

Abstract: An umbrella adapted to be illuminated selectively when in its open position. A hollow tubular shaft supports the umbrella hood by means of a hub slidably mounted on the shaft. The hub carries an electrical conductor cooperable with electrical contacts in the bulb circuit and with the switch preventing illumination of the bulb unless the hood is open and then only by means of the switch.

Abstract: A windshield wiper blade liner made from a substantially non-wettable synthetic polymeric material which is pre-stressed to snap onto a wiper blade. The liner is formed with a V-shaped wiper section and a plurality of upper lever arm sections which are integral with the wiper section and are separable to assist in positioning the liner on the blade and in removing the liner from the blade.

Abstract: A link drive chain repair tool includes a base plate upon which a pair of upstanding longitudinally aligned stud elements extend from its upper face. Clamping means depend from the lower face of the base plate for clamping of the base plate to a surface of the machine driven by the drive chain. One of the stud elements is threaded so as to receive a clamp nut thereon to receive the drive chain to the base plate. A pair of elongated link support members are positioned in spaced parallel relation on the upper face of the base plate to one side of the aligned stud elements so as to be adapted to provide lateral support for an adjacent pair of inner links of the drive chain during removal of a connecting outer link.

Abstract: An automatically rockable crib for infants includes a crib having rollers on the bottom thereof and a crib supporting assembly. The supporting assembly has a platform stand at each corner with a transversely extending arcuate surface thereon. Electric motor means is connected to the crib and oscillates the crib on the rollers along the arcuate surfaces of the platform stands.

Abstract: A foot powder dispensing device includes a housing which is open at one end thereof for reception of a person's foot and is adapted adjacent its other end to support a foot powder container so that the lower discharge end of the container extends into the housing. A treadle element is provided which is pivotably supported at one end thereof by an apertured base of the housing. The treadle element is spring biased upwardly adjacent its other end. An upstanding apertured wall is located within the housing adjacent the free end of the treadle element to thereby define, together with the inner adjacent surfaces of the housing, a powdering chamber. Depression of the treadle element by one's foot forces a stream of air into the powdering chamber and entrains a quantity of powder therein for application to and between the toes of the foot.

Abstract: Apparatus for the alignment of plaid fabric on a cutting table includes a pair of datum elements clampable to the opposite sides of a cutting table. The datum elements each have a transverse recess defined by parallel vertical faces. Each of the datum elements has a vertical slide bar and an adjustable slide clamp member slidably mounted thereon. A fabric alignment member made of rigid transparent material includes a pair of perpendicularly arranged elements each of which is provided with a plurality of guide lines which extend parallel to the lengthwise side edges of the element. Such alignment elements may be fixed or movable relative to each other. The fabric alignment member is positionable over the plaid fabric within the recesses of the opposed datum elements and clamps the fabric in place in alignment on the cutting table.

Abstract: A detachable windshield wiper assembly for a helmet having a front visor consists of a housing which has fastening means cooperable with means on the helmet for detachably securing the housing thereto. The housing has a rear wall, which has the fastening means, contoured to be brought into close engagement with the front wall of the helmet. The housing carries within same an electric motor, gearing drivably connected to the motor, and an oscillatable wiper blade-carrying arm which extends through an opening in the lower portion of the housing. The wiper blade-carrying arm is connected to a pivotable element which is driven by the motor and gearing through an arc determinative of the sweep of the wiper blade.

Abstract: A cartridge loading tray for use with speed loaders includes an assembly of an upper rigid board, a lower rigid board therebelow and a layer of resilient material therebetween. A plurality of groups of circularly arranged apertures are formed in the rigid boards and in the resilient layer. The apertures in the upper board and in the resilient layer extend therethrough and the apertures in the lower board are blind bores therein which extend from the interface thereof with the resilient layer. The diameter of the apertures in the upper and lower boards are equal. The diameter of the apertures in the resilient layer are less than the corresponding and aligned apertures of the upper and lower boards.

Abstract: A sun shield assembly for detachable attachment to an infant's seat includes a pair of mounting brackets and a hood mountable in the brackets. Each bracket is formed with a base having an adhesive material on one face thereof and a hollow cylindrical boss projecting from the other face of the boss. The hood is given a pair of cylindrical pivot pins which extend from the opposed side walls of the hood and are dimensioned to pivot within the corresponding boss of the mounting bracket. The hood is made of a material which is sufficiently resilient such that the side walls can be separated to a spaced apart distance whereby the pivot pins can be inserted into the respective bosses.

Abstract: A baseball pitcher's target includes a rebound wall surface which is divided into an upper half section and a lower half section. Each of the half sections is tapered rearwardly from the horizontal mid-point of the wall surface. The upper half section thus imparts an upwardly directed force component to a ball which strikes it whereas the lower half section imparts a downwardly directed force component to a ball which impinges upon such surface. Additional elements are secured to both the upper and lower half sections to impart laterally directed force components to a ball which strikes them and arcuately contoured elements are secured to both of the half sections, the arcuately contoured elements secured to the lower half section imparting a downwardly directed force component to a ball which strikes them whereas the arcuately contoured elements secured to the upper half section impart an upwardly directed force component to a ball which strikes them.

Abstract: A fish line sinker includes an elongated relatively heavy body in which there is a pair of longitudinally extending bores. One of the bores is dimensioned to slidably retain a fish line positioned therein and the other bore is dimensioned to clamp the fish line positioned therein such that it cannot move relative to the sinker body. The sinker body is slit radially so as to be separable to permit the insertion of a fish line in one of the bores, and a spring clip is provided to retain the separable body in its non-separated state. The sinker can thus be secured to the fish line without the need to cut the fish line, and the sinker can be slidably or fixedly secured to the fish line depending upon the bore selected to retain the fish line.

Abstract: A ladderless safety escape device includes a cable drum upon which a cable is wound having means secured to the free end thereof for the support of a person. A braking mechanism is operatively connected to the cable drum for controlling the rate of descent of the person. A brake control mechanism is provided for operatively disconnecting the brake mechanism from the cable drum during rewinding of the cable and insures operative connection of the brake mechanism and cable drum during unwinding of the cable.

Abstract: A time controlled cigarette dispenser includes a pair of cooperable superposed inclined surfaces for serially transferring cigarettes from the upper surface to the lower surface. A rotatable drum receives the cigarettes serially in a predetermined timed sequence from the lower surface and delivers it to a pivotable balance tray from when the smoker may retrieve it for smoking. The drum is motor driven, and upon the deposit of a cigarette on the balance tray the motor is deactivated. Upon retrieval of the cigarette from the balance tray the motor is activated to transfer another cigarette thereto.

Abstract: A device for heating shaving lather from a pressurized container and for supplying hot lather includes a housing within which there is a hot water reservoir and a coil connected between an inlet and an outlet for the lather. A hot water inlet is adapted to suspend the device from a water faucet and supply hot water to the hot water inlet. An adapter is secured to the lather inlet for detachably connecting same to the water faucet for purging of the coil.

Abstract: A side view mirror assembly for attachment to a motor vehicle includes a mounting bracket and upper and lower mirrors carried thereon for simultaneous rotation in fixed angular relationship relative to each other. One of the mirrors is rotatable relative to the other to allow the simultaneous rotation of both mirrors in more than one selected fixed angular relationship. A spring-biased detent tooth and a plurality of notches formed respectively on the upper and lower mirrors affords adjustment of the angular relationship between the mirrors and locks the mirrors for simultaneous rotation in the selected angular relationship.

Abstract: A surfboard which is convertible from unpowered to motorized condition by the selective movement of a motor mounted in the elongated buoyant float member. Movement of the motor along the longitudinal axis of the float member does not substantially alter the floatation characteristics of the surfboard. Hand grip elements and a windshield are detachably connectable to the float member for use by the surfboard rider in a prone position during motorized operation.

Abstract: A choke collar for pets includes a stranded wire cable core having free ends each of which is given an enlarged head. A sheath of synthetic plastics material encloses the core substantially its entire length between the beads and is preferably impregnated with a pesticidal composition. First and second cooperable locking elements connect the free ends of the collar and provide for adjustment of the collar diameter, and a lock sleeve is slidably mounted on the sheath and is dimensioned to be positionable over the first and second locking elements to present a smooth external surface. A snap ring is slidable on the sheath to receive a leash.

Abstract: A training device for ice skaters includes a body enclosing rectilinear frame and pairs of front and rear supp.ort legs depending from the frame. Runners are provided at the lower extremities of the support legs and at least the runners on the rear support legs are rotatable. Springs operatively connect the rotatable runners and their associated support legs such that during the forward movement of the trailing device the rotatable runners are caused to rotate against the bias of their respective springs into an orientation parallel to the direction of movement and when the training device is stationary the rotatable runners are biased by the springs towards an orientation substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the training device.

Abstract: A golf practice and amusement apparatus for golfers to practice chipping and putting. A receptacle is provided having a hollow inner compartment which contains a mounted roll of carpet. The upper exterior surface of the receptacle is given a central recessed portion. The carpet has an upper surface, when unwound and withdrawn from the receptacle, which presents a first area adjacent the free end of the carpet having a first degree of roughness and the balance of the upper surface having a lesser degree of roughness. A flag device formed of connected concentric strips and an upstanding flag connected to the center is positionable on the upper surface of the carpet. Suction cups may be provided on the receptacle, carpet, and flag device to anchor such elements in their use positions.