Abstract: The present invention provides for reusable waste recovery. The method of the present invention is to provide one or more cells. A substantially impermeable liner is positioned into the one or more cells. An impermeable domed structure is erected over the cell. Waste material and cover soil is added to the cells. The waste material and cover soil is added to the cells such that when each of the cells are filled, the ratio of waste material to cover soil is from about 1:5 to about 10:1. The cells, including the waste material and cover soil, are covered with a substantially impermeable cover after which the impermeable domed structure is moved to another cell. The decomposition of the waste is controlled and monitored in the cells. After a period of time, the material within the one or more cells is recovered and recycled. The cell can then be reused for further waste disposal.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for lacing and securing a shoe onto the foot using an elongated lace and the five spaced apart holes in the shoe's collar on each side of the shoe's tongue. A two part fastening clip includes a flat rectangular clip base having spaced apart eyelets and an elongated slot and a clip lever designed to mate in hinged relation with the clip base by insertion of an enlarged cylindrical edge portion of the clip lever into the elongated slot of the clip base and also having spaced apart eyelets. The shoe lace passes through the shoe's holes on opposite sides of the tongue, through the eyelets in the clip base, through the eyelets in the base, through the eyelets in the clip lever, and finally through the adjacent hole in the shoe collar. Then the two ends of the lace are securely tied together leaving sufficient slack to permit the foot to be inserted into the shoe.

Abstract: A package for storing and transporting small electronic components. The package is fabricated from flexible polyurethane foam in a rectangular shape which can be roled up into an elongated cylinder and secured in the clyndrical form by a strap or belt encircling the middle of the cylindrical package. When the strap or belt is unfastened, the flexible backing sheet will resume its normal flat rectangular form and the electronic components partially inserted into the compartments formed by plastic foam strips will be readily available for removal and use. The package is light and easy to carry from jobsite to jobsite. This component carrier prevents bending of the terminal wires of the stored electronic components by immobilizing the components and isolating them from each other to prevent injury and accumulation of electrostatic charges which could damage some electronic components.

Abstract: A marker buoy for marking a particular spot on the bottom of the sea despite heavy seas. The buoy includes a hollow cylindrical chamber whose outer surface forms a spool. A length of line is attached to the chamber and wound around the spool with an anchor attached to the free end of the line. An elongated hollow tube is attached in axial alignment to one end of the cylindrical chamber. A cored foamed polystyrene ball whose diameter is slightly greater than the diameter of the cylindrical chamber is slidably mounted on the elongated tube. A cap affixed to the free end of the tube prevents the floatable ball from sliding off the tube. The buoy is placed on the surface of the water with the axes of the chamber and tube parallel to the water's surface. Small holes in the chamber gradually fill with water as the line runs out following the descending anchor.

Abstract: A waste water disposal system for a building which saves and recycles the grey waste water for lawn and plant irrigation. The system includes interconnected waste water pipes containing two separate passageways, one for reusable grey water and the other for sewer water, and three different types of T-fittings used with the two passageway waste water pipes, each T-fitting designed to interconnect two axially aligned waste water pipes and having an offset opening to one of the waste water passageways in the fitting, one type of T-fitting designed to discharge sewer water into the sewer water passageway in the fitting, the second type designed to discharge grey water into the grey water passageway of the fitting, and the third type designed to vent to the atmosphere both passageways in the fitting.

Abstract: A syringe holding and ejecting assembly which has an open ended cylindrical syringe holder with a syringe holder cap rotatable mounted on the rear end of the syringe holder and an elongated plunger slidable along the axis of the holder and its cap. The syringe holder has a spring biased cylindrical shield slidably mounted on the outside of the syringe holder. The elongated syringe filled with liquid medicant has a hypodermic needle axially mounted on its front end and a medicant-sealing piston at its rear end operated by the plunger. The syringe is designed and sized to fit into the open end of the holder and by rotation of the cap, locked into the syringe holder. Means activated by the forward movement of the plunger in administering the injection of the needle and then the medicant into a patient's body causes the shield to slide forward and lock into a position surrounding the withdrawn needle. The entire assembly can now to taken to and held over a waste disposal box.

Abstract: A collapsible storage bag for holding large volumes of liquid which can be moved to a desired location where it serves as a temporary liquid storage container, then quickly emptied entirely and then folded up and moved to a new location. The storage bag includes an upper sheet of flexible sheeting, a lower sheet of flexible sheeting whose outer edges are securely joined to the outer edges of the upper sheet of sheeting to form the storage bag, an open vent located at the center of the upper sheet of sheeting, one or more sealable filling and emptying ports located along one side of the upper sheet of sheeting, and a plurality of sealable drain holes equally spaced apart and each located closely adjacent to the outer edge of the lower sheet of sheeting.

Abstract: A driving wheel suspension system for a vehicle such as a passenger car, a van or a light or heavy truck or bus, which includes a pair of wheel support assemblies each of which consists of a leaf spring lying parallel to the vehicle's drive shaft and a wheel spindle journalled within a wheel spindle housing mounted on the center of the leaf spring, and a straight dead axle whose opposite ends are connected to one of the wheel spindle housings by a pair of spaced apart conical bearings journalled in the wheel spindle housing and surrounding the end of the straight dead axle, whereby the conical bearings supporting the dead axle prevent torsional loads being imposed on the dead axle caused by vertical displacements of the driving wheels as the vehicle is driven over rough, uneven terrain.

Abstract: A one piece molded combination retaining housing and tee, and a one piece molded combination retaining housing and 90.degree. elbow, for new installations of lawn watering systems, and a separate retaining housing for use with conventional tees and 90.degree. elbows in existing or new installations of lawn watering systems, to eliminate foreign matter from entering into the underground water piping system when a pop-up head is removed for repair or replacement. Adapters, to increase the height of the retaining housings, and retaining housing caps to allow standardization of the retaining housings of these three parts are also a part of the invention. All parts would be made of PVC today, but the material would not be limited to PVC.

Abstract: A heated air delivery system for vans, trucks and buses which has a single heated air distribution compartment located beneath the dashboard and designed to deliver heated air to defrost the entire windshield through a single elongated tapered defroster discharge nozzle located along the center of the dashboard. The heated air distribution compartment is also designed to deliver heated air to other areas within the vehicle's interior such as the driver's area, the stepwell entry area and teh driver's side mirror. The heated air is delivered into a plenum chamber within the air distribution compartment preferably from an opening in the bottom of the compartment.

Abstract: A portable collapsible enclosure that can be erected for use or collapsed for transport or storage quickly and easily by a single person exercising minimal effort and possessing minimal skill. The enclosure comprises a plurality of frame members for defining the shape of the enclosure and for supporting a covering for the enclosure, expandable and foldable linking members interconnecting the plurality of frame members and being expandable to position the plurality of frame members and the enclosure defined thereby in an erected state, and foldable to position the plurality of frame members and the enclosure defined thereby in a collapsed state; and actuator members connected to the linkage members for expanding and folding the linkage members to erect and collapse the enclosure. The actuator members preferably comprise fluid-driven linear actuators that once actuated, operate automatically to erect and collapse the enclosure.

Abstract: A formable reusable enclosure is disclosed for use as a container wrap, a mailing tube, or the like. One specific embodiment of the enclosure comprises a pliable, elongated, substantially rectangular panel member having opposing ends and a tongue portion extending from one of the opposed ends. The panel member has an outer layer of bendable kraft board and an inner layer of corrugated paper adhered to the kraft board. The panel member is adapted to be formed into an enclosure by bending the panel member into the configuration of the peripheral wall of a container with the tongue portion overlapping the opposing end of the panel member. A slot is formed through the panel member adjacent to the end which is opposite to the tongue portion end. The slot has an engagement edge aligned parallel to the corrugations in the inner paper layer, enabling adjustment of the size of the enclosure by selecting a desired corrugation for engagement with the slot edge.

Abstract: A waste water disposal system for a building which saves and recycles the grey waste water for lawn and plant irrigation. The system includes interconnected waste water pipes containing two separate passageways, one for reusable grey water and the other for sewer water, and three different types of T-fittings used with the two passageway waste water pipes, each T-fitting designed to interconnect two axially aligned waste water pipes and having an offset opening to one of the waste water passageways in the fitting, one type of T-fitting designed to discharge sewer water into the sewer water passageway in the fitting, the second type designed to discharge grey water into the grey water passageway of the fitting, and the third type designed to vent to the atmosphere both passageways in the fitting.

Abstract: Apparatus for reliably anchoring a vertical shaft to various types of earth. The apparatus includes an anchor pin having a helically coiled portion at the lower end thereof designed to be screwed into the ground, and a shaft holder releasably attached to the anchor pin and having a shaft-receiving opening through which a shaft carrying a load to be anchored is adapted to be extended. The shaft-receiving opening is laterally offset from its attachments to the anchor pin such that the shaft may be extended fully through the opening and firmly inserted into the ground. The anchoring apparatus of the invention is designed for general use in anchoring vertical shafts carrying various types of loads including umbrellas, birdhouses, signs, flags and the like.

Abstract: An axially split clamp for securing the connection between a push-on fitting having a flared end fitted into a cage and surrounded by a garter-type coiled spring housed within the cage on a pipe having a plurality of O-rings sealing the connection between the push-on fitting and the pipe. The two mirror image halves of the axially split clamp are sized to snugly encircle the cage housing the coiled spring of the pipe while at the same time snugly encircling the adjacent outer surface of the push-on fitting. The two halves of the clamp are then securely joined together by a pair of screws threaded into aligned threaded holes in both halves of the clamp.