Abstract: A rake head attachment for raking the sand of a trap, designed for being removably mounted upon the grip of the shaft of a golf club. This rake head attachment comprises an elongate support member, from a lower portion of which a plurality of rake teeth extend substantially perpendicularly downwardly in a coplanar array. The upper portion of the support member is enlarged, with a handle-receiving socket defined in a central part thereof, with the central axis of the socket being generally perpendicular to the plane of the teeth. The socket has elongate members of springy, flexible material of sufficient length as to collectively define a socket of sufficient depth as to tightly and firmly receive a substantial portion of the end of the grip. The members close around the end of the inserted grip so as to grasp such end sufficiently tightly as to enable the rake teeth of the attachment to be pulled through the sand of the trap.

Abstract: A golf club having a head equipped with a compound shaft, such head having a face portion and the compound shaft having lower and upper ends, with the lower end of the compound shaft attached to the club head. The upper end of the compound shaft has dual, spaced-apart upper portions that can be separated only for a limited extent, with a rotatable handle being disposed between the upper portions of the compound shaft. This rotatable handle is disposed parallel to the face portion of the club head, whereby a golfer holding the rotatable handle with one hand in a perpendicular relationship to the golf ball is able to swing with his other hand, the face portion of the head toward the ball in a highly accurate, well-aimed manner. A spring may optionally be utilized for biasing the upper portions together, so that the rotatable handle will be properly supported.

Abstract: A door stop for temporary installation at the base of a door, for preventing an intruder from pushing the door open. This novel door stop comprises a generally wedge-shaped device having first and second ends, with the first end of the wedge-shaped device having a narrow thickness dimension suitable for insertion under the door at a location remote from the door hinge. The second end of the wedge-shaped device has a substantially larger thickness dimension. A height adjustment device is operatively disposed on the second end of the wedge-shaped device, with this adjustment device enabling the effective height of the wedge-shaped device to be selectively increased by the user. In this way a substantial upward force can be applied under the door, thus to effectively anchor the wedge-shaped device to the underside of the door.

Abstract: An optical arrangement for use in boresighting a plurality of optical paths utilized in a missile beam guidance system, to the target trackers used therewith. A boresight module optical bed supports a plurality of retro-reflective optical assemblies in a closely spaced array, and nearby is a rotational optical assembly in which is mounted an integrated laser system for providing beam guidance to a missile. The rotational optical assembly also contains a plurality of target trackers, and in a first operational mode, the laser of the rotational assembly is successively utilized in conjunction with the retro-reflective optical assemblies in order to accurately and conveniently boresight the trackers. Thereafter, the trackers are used in the acquisition and tracking of a target, and the laser is utilized for guiding the missile to intercept the target.

Abstract: This laser beam detector system may comprise an array of photodetectors usable in conjunction with a laser employed to define an elevation or grade. The detector array is utilized on an elongate device having a plurality of faces, with a plurality of detectors disposed in a consistently spaced arrangement on each of the faces. The detectors of each face have a field of view different from the field of view of the detectors of the other faces, and each detector on each face of the array is disposed at the same height as a corresponding detector on each of the other faces. Importantly, each group of detectors at the same height are electrically interconnected into a co-functioning group. Our novel arrangement is such that a laser beam incident on any detector of a co-functioning group is detected, with the position of the detector upon which the beam impinged being identified, and a readout indicative of that detector then provided.

Abstract: A foldable, easily stored stand for supporting a leaf bag or the like, the stand comprising upper and lower bag retainer rings made up of tubular components. These tubular components are formed in such a manner that the bag retainer rings take on an essentially circular configuration. The bag retainer rings are interconnected at spaced apart locations by a pair of straight tubular components forming column members of equal length, with the opposite ends of one of the column members being hingedly connected to a first location on each of the bag retainer rings. The opposite ends of the other of the column members are hingedly connected to a second location on both of the bag retainer rings, with the second location on the bag retainer rings being at a substantially opposite position on the bag retainer rings with respect to the first location.

Abstract: A portable carpet stretching device [in accordance with this invention enables] enabling a user to stretch carpeting at an angle into engagement with a tack strip affixed along the base of an adjacent wall, thus to eliminate wrinkles. This device comprises a carpet-engaging head member and a relatively fixed base member. The front of the base member is attached by an extensible member to the rear of the head member, and pivotally connected anchoring means are utilized for securing the base member in a desired relationship to the adjacent wall. Power applying means enable the user to force the head member and the base member apart, so the anchoring of the base member with respect to the adjacent wall by the anchoring means results at the time of application of the power means, in the portion of the carpet engaged by the head member being forced toward the adjacent wall and into contact with the tack strip.

Abstract: A lure-type device adapted for use by a fisherman, comprising a non-floating body member having a central longitudinal axis, with this device being able to be readily installed upon a fishing line. This device has an elongate portion of reduced diameter extending along such central axis, upon which a separate, toroidally-shaped collar member is loosely disposed. The collar member is intended to move with respect to this elongate portion for a limited extent as the device moves through the water, with the movement of the collar member with respect to the elongate portion creating a noise attractive to fish. The collar member may be hollow and contain noise-producing members, and in addition, vibration-producing means may be utilized to increase the noise made by the noise-producing members utilized inside the collar.

Abstract: A continuously cycling, low pressure, low head pump utilized for supplying periodic surges of water across an algal turf closely associated with the surface of a body of water, this pump comprising a generally vertically disposed cylinder whose lower end resides below the surface of the body of water and whose upper end is disposed above the surface of the body of water and slightly above the algal turf. An opening is provided adjacent the top of the cylinder, through which water, on occasion, can flow onto the algal turf, and a lightweight, buoyant piston is operatively disposed in the cylinder. A power applying device is utilized for forcing the piston downwardly, such that it moves from a partially submerged, floating position adjacent the upper end of the cylinder, to the lower end of the cylinder.

Abstract: An apparatus and novel method for processing medical waste materials comprising an elongate pressure vessel of generally cylindrical configuration having an inlet end, and a closely fitting closure member for the inlet. An elongate drum of generally cylindrical configuration is mounted in the vessel for rotation about its longitudinal axis, which drum can be selectively driven in either rotative direction. The longitudinal axis of the drum is disposed at a slight angle of incline to the horizontal, placing the inlet end at a slightly higher elevation than the opposite end. A helically configured member is disposed along the interior perimeter of said drum, such that during rotation of the drum in a first rotative direction, the helically configured member moves the waste material in a direction away from the inlet end of the drum, whereas during rotation of the drum in the second rotative direction, the helically configured member moves the waste material toward the inlet.

Abstract: A cap for displaying information on the front thereof, this cap comprising a crown portion adapted to be worn on the head of the user and having a front section, with the front section having an opening therein. Adjacent this opening is a panel-supporting arrangement, with this panel-supporting arrangement being configured to receive a panel of transparent material and to support same adjacent the opening. The transparent panel is illuminated from its edge, with a battery supplying the power for the illumination arrangement.

Abstract: A two-piece weightlifting bar offering safety to the weightlifter, this two-piece weightlifting bar comprising a pair of curved bars having first ends disposed in an adjacent, rotatable relationship. The curved bars have respective second ends remotely located with respect to the first ends, with such second ends being configured to receive weights of selected size. A common support member is provided for the first ends, with the common support member including an arrangement for anchoring the first ends against separation, but permitting ready rotation of the curved bars. Handgrips are located in the near vicinity of the second ends of the bars, so as to enable the user to grasp and then lift the second ends of the bars. The lifting of the second ends of the bars brings about the lifting of the weights as well as causing rotation of the first ends in the support member.

Abstract: An enclosure for luggage for use on a vehicle cartop luggage rack of the type including either front and rear rails disposed in a spaced, parallel relationship, or else an essentially rectangularly shaped frame, mounted generally horizontally on the cartop. This enclosure utilizes rapidly operated securing devices on its front and back panels when intended for use on a two rail rack, or rapidly operated securing devices on all four of its peripheral panels when intended for use with a luggage rack principally constituted by front, back and side rails. In the latter type rack, the subject enclosure for luggage is insertable into the space defined by the four rails. Flexible, watertight material having front and back surfaces as well as side surfaces is used, and an access opening is provided in an upper part of the enclosure.

Abstract: A wrench to be used in engaging opposed notches in a threaded strainer base, to enable the strainer base to be installed in the operative position in the drain of a sink. Such a strainer base has an upper flange, a tapered throat portion, and a lower flange, with the notches being disposed in diametrically opposed locations in the lower flange. This novel wrench comprises a handle, an elongate shaft mounted on the handle, and an elongate drive bar of generally rectangular configuration mounted at right angles to the shaft at a location remote from the handle. The drive bar is dimensioned to fit entirely through the throat of the sink base and to reside in a position in which each end of the drive bar engages one of the opposed notches. Importantly, I utilize a depth-limiting device on the wrench, for engaging the throat of the strainer base, for preventing the ends of the drive bar from passing beyond the notches and into an ineffectual lower position.

Abstract: For use in the bed of a truck, a generally rectangular table approximately the size of the truck bed, and designed to normally repose in the truck bed. This novel table has a forward portion and a rearward portion, and a series of rollers on its underside such that when the truck has been parked, the table can be extended rearwardly to a desired extent from the bed of the truck. In the interests of providing stability to the table, the forward portion of the table can be readily caused to enter into a locking relationship with a rearward portion of the truck bed, such that the table can then serve, by virtue of its relationship to the truck, as a particularly stable means upon which detailed work can be conducted. This new table also has a series of hingedly mounted legs on its underside, which can be selectively utilized to provide ample support for the table when it has been deployed in a position in which it is at least partially extended from the bed of the truck.

Abstract: The springs in accordance with this invention comprise flat, double surfaced components of resilient, flexible material, which components have an equal number of uniform projections or protrusions on each side. The protrusions or projections are rounded or generally spherically shaped, and equally spaced one from another, with the protrusions on one surface of the flat component being precisely intermediate the protrusions on the other surface. Where protrusions are formed by a press which forms a dent in one surface, dents and protrusions alternate on each surface, whereas the side or surface of the component opposite each solid protrusion is flat. The springs are controlled by simple beam deflection. They are inexpensive to produce and may be employed in numerous systems to minimize friction, overheating, stress, fatigue or deformation, damp oscillations or vibrations and maintain alignment.

Abstract: A drill bit for use in drilling a well bore in accordance with this invention comprises a main drill body adapted to be rotated about a substantially vertically disposed axis of rotation and having therein a duct extending longitudinally along such axis, for supplying a drill fluid under pressure to the well bore. Three generally circular, rotatable cutting discs are mounted on the outside of the main drill body at equally spaced locations, with the cutting discs each having cutting elements disposed in a ring-shaped array. Each of the cutting discs has an axis of rotation disposed at an acute angle to the vertical centerline about which the main drill body rotates. Importantly, the axis of rotation of each cutting disc is slightly offset from the centerline of the main drill body, thus to cause the cutting discs to be positioned to be particularly effective and aggressive in cutting the well bore.

Abstract: In accordance with this invention I provide a curb laying machine designed to extrude curbing of molten asphalt or concrete in a parking lot or the like. This machine utilizes a wheeled chassis, and a curb mold removably carried on a lower portion of the chassis, with the lower edges of the mold in contact with the ground during the laying of curbing. An engine driven auger is utilized for bringing about the extrusion of curbing through the curb mold as the machine moves slowly forward. My machine utilizes a chassis, steerable front wheels supporting a forward portion of the chassis, and first and second rear wheels mounted on a rearward portion of the chassis. The improvement in accordance with my invention comprises a rapidly operable height changing mechanism associated with the first rear wheel, latter wheel being located in the immediate vicinity of the curb mold.

Abstract: Novel footwear upon the upper front portion of which an animated face with movable eyes is located. The footwear comprises an inner sole, an outer sole, and an upper shoe surface affixed together in a wearable relationship, with an arch-shaped support member located in a forward interior portion of the footwear. The upper portion of the arch is in contact with the interior of the upper shoe surface, and its opposite lower edges are affixed to edge portions of the outer sole. The inner sole is interrupted at a forward location generally corresponding to the location of the arch, and an upwardly biased treadle member is operatively disposed at such interrupted location. Upon the forward part of the foot of the user, on occasion, entering such arch member and extending therethrough, the ball of the foot normally rests on the treadle.