Abstract: A portable cargo tie-won device includes at least a plate and a tie line is used to secure cargo in the bed of a truck. The plate is placed under the front of the truck bed and back of the truck cab with a tie line such as a cable, rope, or other tie down device extending up between the truck bed and cab, over the bed wall and attached to the cargo. The tie-down device may be of metal or plastic, and may include a magnetic material, or magnets, to magnetically attach it to the under side of the truck.

Abstract: An enterprise network using a wide area network (WAN), and having remote users connected to this WAN, uses a master directory containing network addresses of users obtained from a DHCP server to determine access rights, including the ability to access the WAN through the routers and the ability to access serves over the WAN.

Abstract: A fence system has fence posts, or attachments to fence posts, which have slots that hold a plurality of horizontal fence elements without the aid of screws or nails. A plurality of the horizontal fence elements are placed in individual slots, one above the other to form the fence between posts. The slots are positioned along the posts so that the horizontal fence elements overlap preventing one from looking through the fence between horizontal elements. The horizontal fence elements may be slightly incline to permit air to circulate through the fence.

Abstract: The invention is a lawn sprinkler head protector that is placed around the sprinkler head and pressed into the grass and/or soil in which the sprinkler head is located. The protector has multiple nesting center inserts. Inserts may be moved to accommodate the size of the sprinkler head. The top surface of the protector has patterned indentations which resemble grass leaves. The top surface is also textured to provide a non-slip surface. A plurality of openings extend around the surface to provide opening through which grass can grow to hide the protector. The lower edges as well as the plurality of openings have a taper edge which provides a cutting edge which helps the protector to cut through grass and soil as it is pressed into the ground around a sprinkler head.

Abstract: A pull-down display that can be mounted, for example, in the price strip on a shelf, or on a shopping cart is a two piece plastic material that is self coiling so that the display media will roll itself up after being pulled down and then released. One of the two pieces of display media is securely fastened to a mounting bracket at one end and is attached to a tube at the other end. The other piece of display media is loosely or slidably attached to the mounting bracket and is attached to the tube at the other end. A display or advertisement is placed between the two pieces of self-coiling display media and prevented from upward movement by a retainer strip when the display media is coiling upward.

Abstract: An enterprise network using a wide area network (WAN), and having routers and servers, uses a master directing to determine access rights, including the ability to access the WAN through the routers and the ability to access the sewer over the WAN.

Abstract: A universal caster cover that can be used with just about any caster used on furniture such as chairs and tables is made of a flexible material, such as plastic. The cover has an end that may be opened to place the cover around a caster, and then sealed to close the opening. An adhesive tape is mounted on the inside top of the cover and is used to attached the cover to a non-rolling part of the caster. The cover protects objects such as a person's shoes or furniture from being damaged when the cover engages the shoe or furniture when the chair or other object on casters is moved.

Abstract: A brush is combined with a flexible netting that is placed over the brush bristles and pulled downward so that the netting is at the base of the bristles. The netting is flexible so that no guide is needed to place the netting at the base of the bristles. The netting has an outer periphery of elastic material so that the edge of the netting will be drawn around the back surface of the brush, holding the netting in place. The netting may have an opening through which the brush handle is extended, or securing straps may be used to loop around the back of the handle to help secure the netting in place. The straps may be secured together with, for example, snaps, a buckle, or a hook and loop fastener. The netting is removed to clean the brush and then is placed back on the brush to accumulate debris until the brush needs cleaning again. Replacement netting is inexpensive and may be used if a net becomes torn or unusable.

Abstract: A product advancement device utilizes a self-coiling plastic sheet of material that has been heat treated to provide the self-coiling properties. The self-coiling sheet is used on an existing shelf to advance products to the front of the shelf without the use of push plates, trays, or other parts to hold the coiled sheet in place, or to prevent it from unrolling laterally or vertically. A portion of the sheet is not coiled during the heating process so that the roll stops at a desired place, providing a product restocking area. The end of the non-coiling sheet, opposite the coiled portion, is formed to provide a product stop barrier at the edge of the shelf.

Abstract: A container dispenser/display rack is made from a single molded or extruded body that has two opposite sides extending up from a base. The sides have openings that separate the sides into a plurality of segments. The segments have ends that are angled inward toward and adjacent to segments on the opposite side. The segments are flexible so that a container may be inserted between the segments ends of the two sides. A container can be inserted into the rack at any point and does not have to be loaded into or removed out of the rack at its ends.

Abstract: The invention is an enhancement to video display screens which enables enhanced adjustment to the position of the video display screen. The invention enables a user to easily raise the video display screen a variable number of inches vertically above, for example, the keyboard of a computer, or a desk top, or to move the display closer to or farther away from the viewer. The display adjustment mechanism is enclosed in a compartment behind the display screen and a portion slides out of the compartment as the user lifts the display upward from its lowest position. A pressure release button releases meshed teeth between a lock bar and a stabilizer bar. When engaged, the teeth hold the display in a desired vertical position. The display can also be rotated about 180 degrees in either direction relative to the keyboard, desk top or other device. The display may also be tilted forward or back to position the screen in a desired position.

Abstract: The invention is combination pressurized fuel tank/tool box for a vehicle. A single container has a first compartment in said container for holding a pressurized fuel, a second compartment in said container holds tools, and a recessed area used for mounting an inlet valve and gage for indicating the amount of pressurized fuel in the first compartment. The combination can be one single container or, the pressurized fuel tank may be mounted inside the container.

Abstract: A herbicide applicator has a handle and a dispensing end which, in one embodiment may be detachable. Herbicide is introduced into the handle and flows through the handle to the dispensing end. The dispensing end has a plurality openings through which the herbicide flows. An absorbent sleeve is over the dispensing end to control the herbicide flow. The absorbent sleeve has concentric ridges between which the herbicide is dispensed.

Abstract: The invention is a wireless microphone unit for use with a transmitter such as a CB transmitter. The microphone unit transmitted the voice signal to a receiver unit that is attached to the transmitter via a standard microphone connector that a corded microphone would be attached to. The microphone unit may be attached to a mounting unit not in use. The mounting unit and microphone unit have mating electrical connectors that charge a battery in the microphone unit when the microphone unit is mounted in the mounting unit.

Abstract: The invention is a base unit that may be used in combination with beverage container holders. The base unit is connected to the beverage container holder by a press or friction fit, or by an adhesive, so that different theme beverage container holders may be used with the same base. The base may include electronic circuitry to control such functions as sound, light and motion which may be actuated by a ON-OFF switch, or a switch that actuates when the base and beverage container holder are placed on, or lifted from a surface.

Abstract: The fluid control device of the invention can be a reusable device for use on a variety of liquid containers. The fluid control device includes a set of air vents and a spout molded into its body. The device screws onto a container. There may be optional "legs" or tabs that serve to hold the device onto the container when it has been partially unscrewed for dispensing of the container's contents. A thin membrane or gasket is molded or situated inside the device. Slits are cut into this material adjacent to the first set of openings (air vents) and the second set of openings (the spout) allowing air to flow into the device as fluid flows out of the out of the spout opening. The gasket may have a molded channel, the channel having a first opening adjacent to the first set of openings in the device and a second opening located in the upper gasket lining of the device along the edge of the inside of the device midway between the first opening of the device and the second opening of the device.

Abstract: The invention is an exercise device which creates a controlled and infinitely variable resistance profile using a pair of rods that are wrapped about a common axis with a varying pitch. A slide unit is attached to the rods with rollers. When the slide unit is moved in a linear motion, the movement of the rollers on the rods causes the rods, and a shaft on which they are mounted to rotate. In one embodiment, the rotation of the shaft is used to move one or more units of a set of stacked weights. In a second embodiment, a rotation motion of the shaft on which the rods are mounted, causes a linear motion to the slide unit which is attached to a set of stacked weighs.

Abstract: An information and advertising display uses a self-coiling display media that can be mounted, for example, in the price strip on a shelf, or on a shopping cart. The display media is a plastic material that is self coiling, coiling from bottom to top of the display, so that the display media will roll itself up after being pulled down and then released. The display media is securely fastened to a mounting bracket at one end and is attached to a tube at the other end. A pull-down handle is loosely mounted in the tube so that the display media will coil around the tube when released.

Abstract: The invention is a portable exercise device which creates a controlled and infinitely variable resistance profile. The exercise device, creates this infinitely variable resistance using springs or elastic bands to create the input resistance versus the use of a weight stack as normally used in most exercise equipment. The advantage of this device over conventional exercise devices is that usage of this resistance medium creates a portable exercise device that can create an infinitely variable resistance profile. The exercise devise may be used while traveling and/or in the home. The ease with which the input resistance elements, such as elastic bands or springs, may be changed makes this device much more versatile for exercising a wider range of muscle groups while using one portable machine.

Abstract: The invention is a broadcast vehicle constructed in the form of a fifth wheel vehicle. The vehicle walls are insulated to provide a sound proof broadcast studio. The vehicle is self contained with a generator power source, an extendable antenna, and a control access from inside and outside of the vehicle. Windows are constructed such that the bottom of the windows in the broadcast studio are off-set inward at the bottom of the window and slanted out to the top of the window such that a side impact to the vehicle will not break the double pane cushion mounted glass.