Abstract: A knockdown put-together drawer for use with an article of furniture, which utilizes slidable drawers such as dressers, cabinets, desks and the like. The drawer comprising a pair of spaced sides, a bottom, a back and a front in which the parts are formed with cooperating undercuts or channels and grooves which when interfitted receive an insertable and removable interlocking or connecting U-shaped member which, when inserted, interlocks the interfitting parts to form a rigid drawer. The parts may be shipped and stored in their disasseembled and knockdown condition and readily assembled by inserting the interlocking member.

Abstract: Means for supporting a strip or length of dental floss in position ready for use. The means comprises a handle with a forked member at the end thereof having a pair of spaced arms and a movable anchoring and locking member supported in an opening in the handle. The strip of dental floss has its terminal ends wound around the stem of the anchoring and locking member and is adapted to lie in the longitudinal grooves in the face of the arms and extend across and between the arms, with the opposite terminal ends of the floss secured to the anchoring and locking member. The movable anchoring and locking member is adapted when moved axially into the opening to tighten the strip of dental floss across the forked arms and lock the opposite ends of the strip against sliding on the stem of the anchoring and locking member during use thereof. The handle may be that of a toothbrush so that the dental floss holder and toothbrush are an integral unit.

Abstract: A push-pull type of exercising device comprising a belt securable to the waist or midsection of a person. The belt supports a pair of pulleys, with each pulley supporting a flexible cord. One of the cords has its opposite ends looped and attached to a member connected to the cord to form adjustable hand grips. The other cord has its opposite ends looped and attached to a member connected to said other cord to form adjustable foot stirrups. Only a single pair of pulleys is connected directly to the belt. Said pulleys are attached to the belt at substantially the same location.

Abstract: A package unit for tumblers, drinking glasses and the like comprising a single blank of sheet material which is scored, cut, folded and shaped to form a holder for the tumblers in a display condition, with said blank sheet forming a top section, a pair of spaced side sections, and a pair of spaced bottom sections with said bottom sections having interlocking means for interlocking engagement, and a partition section extending outwardly of one of said bottom sections, said side sections each having an elongated cutout and a flap extending inwardly into the cutout from the top section, said blank adapted to be folded with the bottom sections adapted to be interlocked so that the partition section is positioned intermediate the side sections, with the tumblers positioned inside the elongated cutouts and the side sections to rest on the bottom sections, with the flaps extending into the partition and a portion of the tumbler extending outwardly and forwardly of the side section so that the front of the tumbler is

Abstract: A sand painting unit comprising an outer member formed of a material having a transparent or viewing surface, an inner member spaced from the outer member and defining a reduced width area therebetween, with the reduced width area forming a container adapted to receive grains or particles of sand, some of the grains or particles of sand having natural color and some in various colors so that the grains or particles of sand may be blended, interspersed and/or mixed to form pictures and/or designs which may be viewed through the transparent surface and which provides a three-dimensional effect to the pictures or designs.

Abstract: The invention provides a lightweight aggregate for eventual use in making concrete having commercially acceptable compressive strength. Bloating agents of iron oxide serve to greatly expand conventional aggregate under conventional heat treatment. Small beads of heat decomposable plastic may also be mixed with finely divided aggregate base material prior to pellet extrusion after which furnace heat treatment creates a strong, porous pellet. Modifications in handling the aggregate process improve product control and in some of the completed aggregate serve to seal outer surfaces of aggregate against fluid penetration.

Abstract: A package such as a tea bag has a side surface thereof on which is printed a message. The message is printed with materials that are substantially indistinguishable with the naked eye until a staining agent is activated which selectively stains the package surface but not the indicia thereon to produce a visibly apparent display.

Abstract: A planters unit which includes a container or pot for the soil, with said container having a fertilizer chamber extending into the interior of the container, which container and fertilizer chamber are integrally molded of a plastic material. The fertilizer chamber has openings which communicate with the interior of the container. The fertilizer chamber is open at the bottom to receive replaceable fertilizing means. The fertilizer chamber is closed by a removable closure cap. The liquid poured on the soil enters the fertilizer chamber and contacts the fertilizing means and then passes outwardly of the fertilizer chamber to fertilize the soil.

Abstract: A canister for supporting and retaining a bottle and the like, which canister comprises a hollow base formed of a ceramic material and a hollow cylindrical-shaped cover also formed of a ceramic material positionable on the base to completely enclose a bottle between the base and the hollow cylindrical cover. The base has a dish or cup-shaped retainer formed of a plastic material having a resiliency to receive the bottom of the bottle and frictionally retain and cushion same. The cover has an inverted cup-shaped retainer secured to the top end wall of the cover and inverted with respect to the dish or cup-shaped retainer of the base. The inverted cup-shaped retainer on the cover extends into the interior of the cover and is adapted to receive the closed cap of the bottle. Both of said retainers retain the bottle in a fixed position inside the canister spaced from contact with the walls of the base and the cover and at the same time cushion the bottle.

Abstract: A container and closure cap therefor which forms a package unit, with the container having an open top, a continuous sinuous surface adjacent the open top, the sinuous surface including rounded projections merging into adjacent rounded recesses, a closure cap for the container, the cap having a skirt and an open bottom with a continuous sinuous surface on the skirt, the last mentioned sinuous surface shaped complementary to the container sinuous surface so that the sinuous surface of the closure cap is adapted to engage the container sinuous surface with the projection of one positioned in the recesses of the other when the closure cap is in closing position, one or the other of said closure cap and container having an annular wall portion offset inwardly of its respective sinuous surface and adapted to interfit within the other of the closure cap or container adjacent its sinuous surface to frictionally secure the closure cap to the container.

Abstract: This invention relates to an adapter for use with a multi-circuit channel shaped electric power distribution system along any region thereof to tap power from any power circuit for application to a single circuit load. The adapter includes means for selecting a desired circuit as a live source of power for the load and for indicating the identity of the selected power circuit. The adapter also includes easily available means for effecting switching changes to select a desired power circuit for energizing a load.

Abstract: A sofa bed comprising a seat section, a back section pivotally movable with respect to said seat section and pivotally movable from an upright position adjacent said seat section where it forms a sofa, to a horizontal position adjacent said seat section to form a full size bed. The back section has leg means pivotally secured thereto, with the leg means positioned in leg receiving pockets and in out-of-the-way position when the back section is in an upright position, with the leg means pivotally movable to a substantially upright position when the back section is in a horizontal position to support said back section in such horizontal position adjacent the seat section.

Abstract: A seating unit which is convertible to a bed and comprises an outer seating section which is supported on a floor surface and which forms a slideable unit, and an inner section positioned within the outer seating section and supported on the same floor surface independently of the outer seating section. The inner section remains stationary as the outer section is slid longitudinally of the inner section so that the outer seating section forms a continuation of the stationary inner section to convert the unit to a bed.

Abstract: A display rack so constructed that it may be shipped disassembled and may be readily assembled and interlocked without the use of any tools, bolts, nuts, or extraneous fastening elements. The display rack includes a plurality of shelves or trays each having spaced tracks for supporting a plurality of containers in each track. The shelves or trays are detachably connected to form a tier of such shelves or trays by spacer members which are detachably secured in bores formed in the corners of the trays or shelves. The assembled tier of trays or shelves is detachably supported on an inclined base which supports the tier of trays or shelves in a downwardly and forwardly sloping position so that the containers or cans on the trays or shelves slide forwardly as the foremost can or container is removed by the purchaser. While it is preferred that the tier of trays or shelves be inclined, the same may be formed to provide a horizontal support so that the trays or shelves are in a horizontal position.

Abstract: A protective housing or junction box formed of a fireproof or fire resistant material which receives and houses therewithin the spliced ends of electrical conducting wires. The housing is positioned within the base of a lamp.

Abstract: A roasting pan formed of an aluminum foil, in which the base or bottom of the pan is integrally formed to provide spaced upwardly extending projections having rounded top surfaces, which spaced projections form in effect a rack upon which a food product to be roasted is placed so that the product which rests on said upwardly extending projections has minimal contact therewith and elevates the roasting product from the bottom of the pan to permit the liquids, juices, and the like, to flow unimpeded around the bottom of the pan and eliminates the resting of the roasting product in any juices or grease from said roasting product which would otherwise be absorbed by it. By providing the upwardly extending projections as an integral part of the base, the use of a separate roasting rack is eliminated.

Abstract: A portable material lift comprising a base and a vertical post supported thereon, which post is formed of a plurality of sections coupled together, a pulley housing at the top of the vertical post for supporting a pulley, a winch supported on the post between the pulley housing and base, a load supporting platform slideably supported on the post, a cable connected to the winch and extending over the pulley and connected to the platform for moving said platform with a load vertically with respect to said post, and an outrigger secured to the base to extend laterally of said base.

Abstract: Means for converting an open shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable closure panels and end panels, the open shelved unit comprising top and bottom members and spaced upright members which are detachably secured to the corners of said spaced top and bottom members to form an open shelved unit or etagere, the top and bottom of said unit which serve as shelves being molded of a plastic material in the same or identical mold cavity, with all of the upright members also being identical and being molded in the same or identical cavity; the invention herein comprising the means for converting said open shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable front and rear closure panels and with end panels, the said means for each unit comprising a pair of plastic molded frame-like members which are molded in the same or identical mold cavity with one of said frame-like members positioned on the bottom shelf and the other frame-like member positioned on the underside of the top shelf and inverte