Abstract: An apparatus is provided which supports a seated infant in a shopping cart. Side members comfortably support the infant in an upright position while allowing the infant to move his head and arms freely. The backrest is padded and made of a flexible material that conforms to an infant's posture when seated. The base is padded and has an extension providing additional comfort to the infant's legs when seated. An attachment strap holds the liner into the child seat, while a restraining strap holds the child within the liner. The upper portion of the backrest folds down for easy storage and transportation of the liner when not in use. The liner is specifically configured to work cooperatively with a wire basket construction shopping cart having protruding wires which provide discomfort to a child sitting within the child seat without a liner.

Abstract: A trailer driver for moving and supporting a trailer is disclosed. A frame provides a base for supporting two downwardly facing opposing arms. A fixed bearing extends upwardly from the base and supports a vertical hitch shaft that is rotatably engaged within the bearing. A trailer hitch clamp is removably fixed to the hitch shaft and is adapted for holding a trailer hitch. The hitch shaft engaging a cover and further provides a fixed steering sprocket coaxial with the hitch shaft. A drive wheel is rotatably mounted on a horizontal axle, which is positioned between the two arms of the frame, and engages a drive sprocket for rotating therewith on the axle. An electric motor is fixed to the frame and provides a driven sprocket interconnected with the drive sprocket by a first drive belt. A drive circuit drives the motor in either a forward or reverse direction.

Abstract: A check book is disclosed which includes checks arranged such that if any one or more of the checks is removed from the check book other then the top, or next check, a stripe printed on a subsequent check will become visible, thus warning that the check has been removed out of turn. An invisible authenticating signature is placed on each check. This can be easily rendered visible after the check is signed. The comparison of the two signatures provides a means for identifying a forgery. A set of symbols are printed on the face of the check. When cashing the check, the bearer may select certain of the symbols. This selection may be compared with a similar set previously chosen by the account holder to assure a bank teller that the bearer is in fact the true account holder.

Abstract: An insulated jacket for a conical shaped container is disclosed. A flat strip of flexible, thermal insulating material has a pair of opposing side surfaces defined by a pair of non-parallel, opposing end edges that are contiguous with a pair of opposing, curved, mainly parallel side edges. A two-part hook-and-loop type fastener is included, one of each part being fixed to each one of the side surfaces adjacent to each one of the opposing end edges. A pair of opposing handle strips may be further included that extend in opposing directions from opposing side edges. Each one of the handle strips provides one part of a second hook-and-loop type fastener for joining with the other of the handle strips so as to form a handle for holding the jacket and the container.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a bicycle lock assembly. A housing has an annular outer wall with a cable access slot and an integral rear wall. The rear wall supports a tubular inner wall that extends from the rear wall coaxially with the outer wall to define a torus shaped interior space. A reel provides a tubular core that is rotatably mounted onto the inner wall. The core supports a pair of spaced-apart guide walls which define a coiling space therebetween. A flexible cable is wound onto the reel between the guide walls. One end of the cable is fixed to the core. The other end of the cable extends through the access slot and includes a first lock mechanism. A coil spring has one end fixed to the annular outer wall and the other end fixed to the core of the reel. The spring lays in a spiral form adjacent to one of the guide walls such that rotation of the reel to unreel the cable causes the coil spring to tighten. Similarly, rotation of the reel to reel-in the cable causes the coil spring to loosen.

Abstract: A base supports a vertical pivot arm, one end of which supports a pivotal rotation means for a rotation support housing with a plurality of radial connector sockets. One of several pendulum arms can be fitted into each of the radial connector sockets, the pendulum arms supporting a pendulous mass on each pendulum arm. One such pendulum arm is articulated into two portions, each portion with a plurality of additional pendulum arms attached thereto. The apparatus consequently demonstrates the physical principles of not just a simple pendulum, but those of a variety of compound pendulum configurations.

Abstract: A fishing lure is provided for executing oscillating motion when being pulled through the water. A rigid wire is bent at one end into a fishing hook or alternately into a ring for holding a fishing hook, and at the other end into ring. The lure has one or alternately two protruding blades for controlling oscillating motion of the lure and a V-notch for holding a trailing bait securely. A buoyant plug or a weight may be used to change the degree of buoyancy of the lure. The position of the forward ring helps to stabilize the lure. Specific guidelines for the shape of the blades are given.

Abstract: A dual mode flush control apparatus installed in a flush tank provides a choice of either a full flush or a partial flush. A primary float slidably engaged with a vertical float guide is free to move in a vertical path. A catch arm is pivotally attached to the primary float, one portion of which extends away from the primary float and attaches to a secondary float. A further portion of the catch arm extends over the top of the primary float. With the catch arm in a first catch arm position, the further portion of the catch arm blocks the path of the float guide, preventing the primary float from moving downward and resulting in a full flush. The first catch arm position is obtained by holding a flush actuation arm of the flush tank in a raised position, a secondary link attached to the flush actuation arm and primary float thereby supporting the primary float in a raised position, while the secondary float drops with the water level, whereby the catch arm pivots into the first catch arm position.