Abstract: A device for properly aligning and registering a display panel onto an adhesive backing panel to create a display article is provided, as well as a method and kit for such registration. The alignment device comprises a base having two wall portions which define an area within the base that is geometrically congruent to the display and backing panels. The wall portions are skewed with respect to one another, defining limit stops against which the display and backing panels can be placed to inhibit their movement and enable proper registration. The alignment device is preferably made out of a unitary construction of plastic, with the base having an arcuate cut-out along its perimeter. A method for registering the display panel on the backing to create a display article provides for proper placement of the panels into the alignment device. A kit includes a plurality of backing panels with adhesive layers, and an alignment device.

Abstract: A protective glide is adapted to be interfaced between a support surface and a foot portion of a legged object to protect the support surface against abrasion. The glide comprises a unitary body constructed of a non-abrasive material of sufficient stiffness to withstand compressive forces of the legged object against the surface thereby to resist collapse. The unitary body is mountable to the foot portion and as a lower area operative to contact the support the surface and an upper area opposite the lower area which is in facing relationship to the foot portion when mounted. The unitary body has a plurality of cavities formed therein with web elements separating adjacent one of these cavities. Preferably, a resilient member is interposed between the foot portion and the glide device and operates to conform the contours on a contact surface of the foot portion to stabilize the support log on the support surface.

Abstract: A hand held applicator tool adapted to work a mass of filler material into a gap to form a seal between two pieces. The tool includes a handle having attached thereto a tapered head defined by tapered lateral side edges thereof which cooperate to define a tip as well as a working surface. The head being upturned in the area adjacent the tip and including a rim margin adjacent the side edges and the tip wherein the rim margin is made of a flexible and resilient material. The tool may further have working tips each having a different radius of curvature so as to seal a gap having at least two different bead widths.

Abstract: An efficient protocol for the synthesis of taxol, taxol analogs and their intermediates is described. The process includes the attachment of the taxol A-ring side chain to baccatin III and for the synthesis of taxol and taxol analogs with variable A-ring side chain structures. A rapid and highly efficient esterification of O-protected isoserine and 3-phenylisoserine acids having N-benzyoloxycarbonyl groups to the C-13 hydroxyl of 7-O-protected baccatin III is followed by a deprotection-acylation sequence to make taxol, celphalomanninne and various analogs, including photoaffinity labeling candidates.

Abstract: A scrubbing device provides a first layer of foam material with a second layer of woven synthetic in contact therewith. Preferably the first layer is formed of a close-cell material that is in the shape of a rectangular pad. The second layer is preferably a polyester filament woven with a non-raveling weave. The pad may be encased by the second layer in a partially compressed state. Alternatively, the foam material and the woven synthetic layer can be adhered to one another.

Abstract: A hand-held drilling tool has at least one but preferably two blade structures which project longitudinally from a transverse base member to terminate in a distal end that forms a cutting element. Each blade structure has a pair of blade sections that are joined together along the longitudinal axis and that extend radially therefrom to terminate in lateral edges. Where two blade structures are present, each forms a handle for rotatably operating the other blade structure; where only one blade structure is present, a flattened handle is provided. The blade structures can have different blade widths for drilling differently sized holes. The blade sections may be offset from one another, and wedge-shaped feet may be disposed on the cutting elements. One of the blade structures can have both a bit portion and a shank portion of different widths. A pilot tip may also be provided on the distal ends of the blade structures. The drilling tool is configured for unitary molding from a plastic material.

Abstract: An exercise device for exercising the user's legs includes a base member having a bottom for engaging a flat support surface and upwardly opening sockets defined by a bottom panel and an upright surrounding socket with cushion elements constructed of resilient compressible material. The cushion elements have lower portions sized and adapted to be nestably received within the sockets and upper portions forming a domical structure that projects above the base member when the cushion elements are received within the sockets.

Abstract: A support structure is adapted to support vehicle-mounted equipment in an elevated stored state above ground and further adapted to mount onto a bed of a vehicle to assist in loading and off-loading of equipment. The vehicle comprises a support frame, first and second rigid leg structures mounted to the support frame, and a pair of stop elements. The first rigid leg structure includes a first pair of legs each pivotally mounted to the support frame on a respective pivot axis so that each leg includes a ground engaging portion located on one side of the axis and a second portion located on another side of the axis. Each of the legs is pivotable between a support position wherein the first portion engages the ground and stowed position wherein the leg is oriented proximate to the support frame with the second portion extending into a region between the support frame and a respective pivot axis.

Abstract: A positioning apparatus operates to advance and rotationally orient a container during packaging of a product and broadly comprises a conveyor, a rotor assembly mounted to the conveyor, a rotary drive means and orientation sensing means. The rotor assembly includes a holder adapted to receive a container in a supported state with the supported container being aligned along the rotor axis such that the container may be rotated thereabout. The rotary drive means operates to selectively engage the rotor assembly and the supported container for rotatably orienting the supported container with respect to the rotor axis. The orientation sensing means monitors rotational orientation of the supported container, and the conveyor operates to advance the rotor assembly and the supported container during the packaging of the product.

Abstract: A foot support device is adapted to mount in a corner formed by the walls of a shower area in order to support the foot and leg of a bather for washing or shaving the leg. The foot support device includes a shelf panel that is supported approximately twenty to sixty centimeters above the shower base and is preferably oriented at an oblique angle of between 15.degree. and 30.degree. to the base. A mounting structure mounts the shelf panel to the walls and includes a pair of mounting panels that confront the walls. Preferably, the shelf panel and the mounting panel are formed as a crescent-shaped, integral piece of molded plastic, and the mounting panels are hinged along linear regions of reduced thickness that define lateral side edges for the shelf panel. Drain openings are formed through the shelf panel, and reinforcing ribs extend around these openings. Reinforcing lips extend along the front and rear edges of the shelf panel and also provide limit stops to help position the mounting panels.

Abstract: A magnetic drum separator for separating components having different magnetic properties out of an aggregate material employs a drum rotatably driven on a longitudinal axis. The drum has a cylindrical shell sidewall to have an open interior wherein a magnetic array is disposed. The magnetic array is formed by a plurality of longitudinally extending and circumferentially spaced ferromagnetic bars. A first magnet is disposed between each pair of circumjacent bars, and circumjacent first magnets have similar magnetic poles facing the bar located therebetween. Second magnets extends longitudinally and a second magnet is located radially inwardly of each of a majority of the bars. Circumjacent second magnets have oppositely oriented polarities, all in the radial direction, and each second magnet has a similar pole facing the respective bar as those of the first magnets. The array is supported by an arcuate support plate and a pair of brackets secured to a rigid shaft about which the drum rotates.

Abstract: A utensil is adapted to be held by a user and manipulated by the user's hand to operate on a workpiece. One feature of the utensil enables the user to gain mechanical advantage when locking and unlocking key-operated locking mechanisms by displacing a key from its stowed state to its extended state. Other features include a letter opener, a cap remover, and an abrasive element.

Abstract: A deep-socket driver apparatus is adapted to rotatably move a first one of a mated pair of threaded workpieces such as a nut along a second one of the mated pair of threaded workpieces such as a nut. The deep-socket driver apparatus comprises an elongated tubular body having a gripping end portion sized to releasably grip the first one of the mated pair of threaded workpieces. The elongated tubular body is operative to apply a frictional gripping force to the first one of the mated pair of threaded workpieces whereby the first one of the mated pair of threaded workpieces can rotatably move along the second one of the mated pair of threaded workpieces until a torque-resisting force overcomes the frictional gripping force causing slippage between the elongated tubular body and the mated pair of threaded workpieces. It is preferable that the elongated tubular body include a closed end portion disposed opposite the gripping end portion so that a stubshaft can be coaxially connected thereto.

Abstract: A support article is adapted to engage an infant's head, neck and shoulders in order to provide lateral stability to the infant's head and neck. The support article broadly comprises a pad having a first surface upon which the infant can be placed in a reposed position and an opposite second surface. An upstanding support pillow is secured to the pad and includes a central portion extending in an arcuate configuration around a region that is sized and adapted to receive the infant's head and a pair of end portions disposed on opposite ends of the central portion. The end portions project in laterally outward directions from one another to define should supports that are positioned against the infant's shoulders when the infant's head is received around the region. The central portion and the end portions provide stability to the head and neck during use.

Abstract: A level angle gauge is used to capture an angular measurement on a structure. The level angle gauge includes an elongated body structure, a leveling element connected to the body structure, an arm structure pivotally connected to the body and an arm lock mechanism that locks and unlocks to allow and inhibit pivotal movement of the arm structure. The body structure has opposite sides and a reference surface extending therebetween. The arm has an arm surface that is in a common plane with the reference surface in a first position. The arm lock mechanism being dimensioned to be less than the width of the reference surface. The body structure is formed as a web having opposite flange, one of which is foreshortened. The arm structure includes a pair of parallel arm members such that the web of the body structure interposed therebetween. A connector piece joins the arm members, and a notch is provided in the web to receive the connector piece when the arm structure is in the first position.

Abstract: A pull sheet pallet is provided and is adapted to be placed on a flat support surface for loading cargo thereon so that the cargo can be moved. The pallet comprises a sheet of material which is formed to have a plurality of nub structures thereon so that a plurality of protrusions extend upwardly from an upper surface of the material and a plurality of concavities are formed into a lower surface of the material. The sheet pallet is constructed of a stiff yet pliable material such that, when cargo is loaded onto the upper surface, contacted ones of the nub structures operate to collapse thereby forming a plurality of course regions on the upper surface which inhibit lateral sliding movement of the cargo on and across the upper surface when the cargo is acted upon by a force. Uncontacted ones of the nub structures form a raised barrier which operates to resist lateral movement of the sliding cargo. A lip may be disposed along a peripheral edge of the sheet of material.

Abstract: A method of relieving irritation to a patient's mucous membrane is provided and comprises contacting the mucous membrane with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, such as diclofenac sodium, that may be instilled as a spray of drop-wise into the nasopharynx mucosa. The same methodology can also be employed to relieve irritation of a patient's nasopharynx mucosa resulting from anesthesia by endotracheal intubation. A method of administering anesthesia in order to reduce irritation of the tracheal mucosa is also provided and comprises the steps of instilling a quantity of diclofenac sodium solution into the patient's tracheal mucosa, allowing the diclofenac sodium to operate for a selected interval of time, intubating the patient with an anesthesia delivery tube after this interval of time, and delivering a selected anesthesia to the patient.

Abstract: A tandem seal device is provided for interposing and compressing between joined pieces of pipe in a flow line to prevent fluid leakage therebetween. The tandem seal device comprising a retainer body having an inner pair and an outer pair of continuous grooves. A first pair of seal elements, fabricated from a first material, being disposed in the inner pair of grooves. A second pair of seal elements, fabricated from a second material, being disposed in the outer pair of grooves.

Abstract: An apparatus dispenses flowable material from a source and includes a dispensing nozzle that reciprocates along an axis. A metering assembly includes a metering cylinder, a metering element reciprocally movable in the interior of the metering cylinder and a switching valve to switch the metering assembly between a metering mode wherein material flows into the metering cylinder and thereby displaces the metering element and a discharge mode. A metering element drive moves the metering element into the metering cylinder during the discharge mode to displace material thereby to dispense material through dispensing nozzle. A lift bracket is mounted for common equidistant movement with the metering element, and the dispensing nozzle is interconnected to the lift bracket for equidistant movement in one direction.

Abstract: A golf ball sighting device for use as a teaching aid by encouraging a golfer to keep his head stationary while executing a golf swing comprising a sighting element having a viewing portion therein which is sized and configured to allow a golf ball to be viewed therethrough and a mounting member disposed on the sighting element to interconnect the sighting element to an item worn by the golfer.