Abstract: A waste water recovery and utilization system that converts waste water including gray water, liquid sewerage waste and solid macerated sewerage waste to steam and to electricity comprises a gray water tank, a sewerage tank, a steam generator with a gray water crucible for vaporizing the gray water and a sewerage crucible for vaporizing the liquid sewerage waste and for incinerating the solid macerated sewerage waste thereby generating steam for space heating. A variable speed injection pump cooperates with the gray water tank, with the sewerage tank, with the gray water crucible and with the sewerage crucible. Condensate is collected in a condensate tank. The system is operable on multiple fuels, including hydrogen and oxygen provided by the system, natural gas and liquid propane gas. Alternate energy including solar, wind and mechanical, supply electrical power to an electrolysis machine when conventional electrical energy is to be conserved.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus for collecting fallen cut hair from a floor during hair grooming is disclosed. The vacuum apparatus has a base, a suction unit mounted on the base and a shroud removably disposed about the base. The base being separable and having a female portion and a male portion for receiving a post of a chair therebetween the base portions and the portions each having a baffle therein. The shroud being separable and having a plurality of inlet openings throughwhich the cut hair initially passes while being directed by the baffle through the suction unit enroute to a receptacle removably disposed on the suction unit for collection and for subsequent disposal of the cut hair. The female and male portions are engaged in a mating relationship and are maintained therein by a sealant. The shroud, being separable, expandably fits over the base and is kept in place about the base with a hook and a loop type fastener disposed on the shroud.

Abstract: A bicycle balance training apparatus for attachment to a bicycle is disclosed. The bicycle balance training apparatus is used for training a rider to ride a bicycle such as a two wheeler. The apparatus has a support structure, a post disposed on the support structure and a bracket cooperating with the post and with a bicycle frame to which the support structure is removably attached, a strut disposed on the support structure and removably and adjustably attachable to a flywheel axle and to a bicycle axle for positioning and for supporting the support structure and a pair of flywheels rotatably attached to the support structure in a linearly spaced relationship with respect to each other. The pair of flywheels are electrically driven by the pair of drive wheels coupled to a motor with a belt and cooperating with a power source. The pair of drive wheels directly engage the pair of flywheels.

Abstract: A scabbard for receiving a blade of an ice skate. The scabbard has a pouch with a top opening for receiving the blade of the ice skate and is constructed from various material layers to protect a user from being cut by the sharp edges of the blade when the ice skate is carried and to protect the blade when the ice skate is being stored. In addition to preventing puncture of the pouch, a friction enhancing material is disposed on an outer portion of flexible material of the pouch along a bottom of the pouch and extending from a first end to a second end of the pouch, which also allows a skater to safely walk with the scabbard attached about the blade. The pouch has a drawstring means for adjustably fitting the pouch, about the blade of the ice skate. This permits the scabbard to be used on various sizes of ice skates without modification.

Abstract: A reversible dog coat for protecting a dog from the elements and for providing warmth and comfort is disclosed. The reversible dog coat comprises a material blank having an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion has a first arm angularly protruding therefrom and a second arm angularly protruding from the upper portion and opposed to the first arm. The middle portion has a first leg horizontally protruding therefrom and a second leg horizontally protruding from the middle portion and opposed to the first leg. The material blank has four layers joined together by sewing; a first layer having a tightly woven exposed surface for weather and for wind resistance; a second layer having a tightly woven unexposed surface; a third layer having a highly insulative fill material disposed within a dead air space defined by the first layer and the second layer; and a fourth layer having a water resistant and an insulative property.

Abstract: A hair curler having a spool for receiving a lock of human hair for wrapping thereabout a core disposed between a rim of the spool and a clip having a first portion and a second portion joined together by a hinge, for clamping the spool and the lock of human hair together for producing a curl in the lock of human hair is disclosed. The spool and the clip of the hair curler, in combination, produces a curl in the lock of human hair when the clip is placed on, and releasably secured to the spool with the lock of human hair sandwiched therebetween the spool and the clip without the clip directly contacting the lock of human hair. The first portion and the second portion of the clip are pivotally connected together by a hinge. The first portion and the second portion being biased toward each other when in use by fabricating the clip from a flexible material which inherently allows the material to flex and to bow when the first portion and the second portion of the clip are gently urged toward each other.

Abstract: A pneumatic jack energized from a container having a pressurized gas therein for rapidly and effortlessly lifting an object such as a motor vehicle including an automobile, a van, and a truck for one purpose of changing a tire that has gone flat is disclosed. The pneumatic jack has a housing with a piston slideably disposed in a chamber therein cooperating with a lifting element, a hose connected between the housing and the container, a gas fill valve and a throttle valve for controlling the pressure to the piston for raising and for maintaining the lifted object in an elevated position and a handle pivotally connected to the housing for manipulating the pneumatic jack for placement under the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A pet apparel in combination with a leash and a pocket for storing the leash for an animal such as a dog or a cat is disclosed. The pet apparel comprising a material blank having a central portion, a first arm and a second arm extending horizontally from the central portion and a first leg and a second leg extending angularly from the central portion. A leash having a first end is fixedly attached to the central portion of the material blank. The leash has a second free end on which a loop is formed. A means for removably attaching the material blank to the animal so that the first leg and the second leg completely encircles the neck of the animal and the first arm and the second arm completely encircles the abdomen of the animal between the front legs and the rear legs is provided. The central portion of the material blank disposed on the back of the animal such that the leash is accessible.

Abstract: A candle snuffer which extinguishes a burning candle flame without residual smoke and simultaneously trims a charred end of a candlewick is disclosed. The candle snuffer fabricated from a wire member, has a loop formed in the wire member midway between a first end and a second end of the wire member and a pair of quenching tabs disposed on each end of the wire member. The pair of quenching tabs oppose each other and are sufficiently spaced apart to define a gap to interpose the candlewick of the burning candle flame therebetween, whereby when the pair of quenching tabs are urged together into contact with the candlewick by squeezing the pair of arms, the burning candle flame is instantaneously quenched without residual smoke while the charred end of the candlewick is simultaneously trimmed.

Abstract: A mechanical jack for lifting an object including a lever, a base and a fulcrum disposed between the lever and the base and a post for supporting the object being lifted with the post pivotally attached to the lever and a rod movably disposed between the post and the lever and the post cooperating with the lever, the base and the fulcrum is disclosed. The mechanical jack lifts and supports a wide variety of objects including, but not limited to, a snow plow blade, a sofa, a desk, a small building, a boat, a snowmobile, an aircraft, a filing cabinet, a stove, a table and other such loads. An additional feature of the mechanical jack includes a cup member disposed near a second end of the lever which faciliates lifting objects which are inconvenient or difficult to lift. Another feature of the mechanical jack includes a clasp disposed near the first end of the lever for use for assisting in the attachment of an object such as a snow plow blade to a “V” plate mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: A fitted sheet, especially for use as a crib sheet for covering, for protecting a mattress and for completely and positively encasing and engaging the entire mattress such that a corner or any portion of the crib sheet can not be inadvertedly pulled loose by an infant and thereby significantly reducing the risk of an infant's chance of suffocation due to entanglement in the crib sheet. The fitted sheet includes a coverlet, generally conforming to the dimensions of the mattress, having a top panel spaced from and parallel to a bottom panel, a first end panel and a second end panel extending between the top and bottom panels and a first side panel and a second side panel extending between the top and bottom panels. The coverlet has a pad member formed of a liquid absorbent material, a base member formed of a liquid impermeable material, joined to a cover sheet, by sewing, to form an integral layered structure.

Abstract: A vehicle window screen for a window opening of a vehicle in the form of a curtain having a shape generally conforming to the window opening of the vehicle is disclosed. The curtain having an upper portion, a central portion and a lower portion with elastomeric members disposed thereon the portions. The upper portion removably attachable on a top portion of a door of the vehicle above the window opening of the vehicle, the central portion removably attachable on a side edge of the door of the vehicle and the lower portion removably attachable on the door of the vehicle below the window opening of the vehicle and a means for removably fastening the lower portion of the curtain to the side edge of the door of the vehicle including a clip and a mechanical stop member.

Abstract: A bunting which attaches to a seat and a bunting that protects a child from the elements is disclosed. The bunting may be used on the seat of a stroller but not limited thereto. The bunting, fabricated from a material blank for wrapping about the child, has a draft shield attached to a first edge on a front of the material blank, a hood attached to a top edge of the material blank, a back having disposed thereon slots for receiving straps attached to the seat therethrough and means for fastening the first edge and a second edge of the material blank for closing the material blank about the child, such as a zipper.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a buckle clip for receiving and for removably retaining a fastener such as a button having a shank for a garment such as the type used on suspenders, overall straps, jeans and other garments and structures in need of support. In a preferred embodiment, the buckle clip is fabricated from a continuously formed resilient wire to define a loop. The loop has a bight portion for suspension from a strap, a pair of arms for receiving a fastener such as a button having a shank and an open portion for receiving and for removably retaining the button. The bight portion has a pair of feet portions with a first end and with a second end which are resiliently separable and normally spring biased toward each other to engage the shank of the button. The pair of feet portions have a groove and a first pair and a second pair of contact surfaces. The loop provides resilient movement of the open portion for engaging and for disengaging the button.