Abstract: A portable storage assembly for use in the cargo space of a truck comprising foldable sets of shelf panels, each set including at least two shelf panels hingedly connected to one another and to an interior side wall of the truck so as to be movable between a folded, stored position and an extended, operable position. The shelf sets are hingedly mounted along opposite interior walls at various levels spaced from the truck floor so as to form storage shelves extending transversely across the width of the truck at various height levels in the cargo space when in the extended, operable position. A pair of transverse support bars extending between the opposite interior walls, and secured at opposite ends by U-shaped braces, provide support to an under side of the shelf panels so that a load can be placed on an upper support surface of the panels.

Abstract: A magnetized ear piece composed of a first and second pivotally interconnected member normally biased into a closed position and wherein one of the members is provided with magnet means to confront the ear lobe of a wearer and one of the members includes decorative means exteriorly visible when in use.

Abstract: A reading stand designed to be collapsible and therefore portable and selectively unfolded into an operative position on a supporting surface for the support and retention of a book or like object to be read in an optimum position for viewing. A copy holder for supporting the book or like object may be selectively adjustable as to its angular orientation and/or height relative to the supporting surface on which the reading stand is positioned.

Abstract: A toothbrush structure having a head which may be removably attached to a handle at any one of a plurality of operative positions wherein such operative positions are defined by a first, substantially straightline orientation between the handle and the head and a remainder of said operative positions are defined by various angular orientations of said head and handle to accomplish the best angle of approach of the bristles mounted on the head to the teeth being cleaned by the brush in the user's mouth.

Abstract: A support assembly for a plurality of varied instruments, such as but not necessarily limited to, a blow dryer and a plurality of curling irons wherein the instruments are removably supported on the assembly so as to facilitate access to a handle portion thereof and easy removal and use of the instruments during a hair treating procedure.

Abstract: An assembly for the collection and channeling of water leaking beyond a stuffing box or other seal assembly which is normally provided to isolate a rotating propeller shaft in a marine craft from the water in which the craft rides. A receiving chamber is disposed at an inner most end of the sealing assembly or stuffing box in receiving relation to leaking water passing along the shaft wherein the receiving chamber communicates with a liquid exit or collection facility for the removal of the water from the shaft before the water can enter into the interior of the craft.

Abstract: A support and display assembly for a plurality of thin, relatively lightweight objects such as floppy disks or diskettes, wherein a support frame has a plurality of holder structures rotatably mounted therein and annularly pivotal between two oppositely disposed angularly oriented positions wherein each of the holders and any object contained therein is disposed in a spaced apart, parallel relation to one another when in either of the two opposite positions and further wherein a braking structure is provided to restrict the pivotal movement of the holder structure such that such holder structures will not "automatically" successively travel between the aforementioned opposite positions by a forced displacement of one of such holders.

Abstract: A decorative lawn edging that includes several units or segments that are contiguously disposed and held together by a connecting corrugated band that is inserted on one of the ends of the units along their diameters. The band is sufficiently flexible to permit the units to follow a curved path without appreciable separation between the units.

Abstract: A collapsible mobility shelter specifically designed to be mounted on the bed of a truck such as a military vehicle and including a bottom wall portion having surrounding side walls and a top portion mounted thereon selectively positionable between either a collapsed position or an upstanding, operable position. The operable position is defined such that increased height and interior volume of a mobile shelter is provided wherein the shelter is mounted on the vehicle and has the versatility of being selectively connected into the aforementioned collapsed position for extended transport of the vehicle on an aircraft or other means of shipment.

Abstract: A bench mounted and manually operated strap edger assembly structured to shape, parallel and reduce strap edges to a desired uniform width or thickness depending, at least to some extent upon the application for with the strap edger is intended. Each of two knife holders are adjustably mounted on a support base such that the cutting edge of one knife secured to a respective holder may be independently and fixedly adjusted relative to the longitudinal edge of the strap being shaped. The second knife and attached knife holder are movable between a fully opened and a plurality of cutting positions so that; the leading end of the strap is easily and operatively positionable relative to the cutting blade with the second knife holder in the fully opened position; facilitating a strong hand hold thereon enabling the user of the such assembly to pull the strap through the edger assembly once moving the second knife into one of the cutting positions to accomplish the intended operation.

Abstract: A container assembly for cooking relatively heavy and/or large amounts of food such as turkeys, roasts, large chickens, etc. in a microwave oven wherein the container, through the materials utilized and through certain structural features incorporated therein, has the integrity to support and contain the larger food products and further wherein a cover or lid structure is provided in most applications.

Abstract: An article of clothing, primarily structured as a vest and designed to house a plurality of electrical batteries in a number of different pockets each secured to and mounted on an outer surface of the clothing article and further wherein an electrical conductor is mounted primarily on the interior of the article of clothing in connection with the interior of each of the plurality of chambers as well as the batteries therein. The vest or like article of clothing being structured for support about the shoulders and waist of the wearer to facilitate support and carrying of the batteries with less stress being placed on the wearer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light assembly capable of being used in and of itself and in direct combination with a reading stand of a type structured to support books or any other reading material or a copy on an exposed surface of a copy holder portion thereon and further wherein the various components of the reading stand, as well as the light assembly, are selectively adjustable so as to facilitate placement of the light in an efficient illuminating position relative to a book or copy retained in supporting engagement on the reading stand.

Abstract: An assembly for the cleaning of the exterior and interior surfaces of combustion chambers of the type found in gas turbine and jet engines incorporating the use of an automatically positionable spray assembly having blast madia of desired grit size issuing under pressure therefrom to impinge upon exposed surfaces of the combustion chamber thereby stripping away any thermal oxidation, carbon deposits and thermal coatings in an automatic, accurate and efficient manner.

Abstract: For use in removing and replacing a vehicle wheel normally secured to the vehicle by lug nuts, wherein the tool is of the commonly encountered cruciform with four radially extending arms carrying distal sockets, a tool support composed of a base and a standard with a plurality of generally cylindrical receiving chambers along the standard in closely spaced relation.

Abstract: An offshore erosion protection structure comprising a barrier assembly having an elongated configuration and running substantially parallel in corresponding relation to the configuration of the shoreline and defined by a plurality of spaced apart and successively arranged modules specifically structured, configured and disposed to reverse the erosion of sand by waves of various strength on the shoreline by decelerating the travel of the incoming waves. The sand, held in suspension by the wave caused turbulence, will settle out in the nearshore zone thereby creating a tendency of reversing erosion by adding sand to the shoreline or beaches.