Abstract: A combined ring toss game and ball roll game. In a first embodiment, representing the ring toss game, a pair of target standards are used as targets for the rings. Each target standard is cylindrically shaped and is segmented so that an integral staking rod may be alternatively stored internal to the target standard or exposed at the lower end thereof for purposes of insertion into soil. When the staking rod is not used for holding the target standard in an upright attitude outdoors, the target standard is connected with a flat base. The flat base being suitable for use outdoors or indoors. Two differently colored sets of three rings each are preferred, and the object of the game is to score points based upon the accuracy of the toss of each ring in a set. In a second embodiment, representing the ball roll game, the two sets of three rings of the first embodiment are used as targets.

Abstract: Provided is an insertion device for paper sheet materials into window pockets. The invention is composed of two elongated flat prongs composed of a stiff but flexible material that are joined at one end to form a handle. Paper sheet material is placed between the elongated flat prongs which act as a shield therefor during insertion of the invention into a window pocket. A finger placed on a protruding edge corner of the paper sheet allows withdrawal of the invention from the window pocket without removing the paper sheet. The invention may be used for extraction of the paper sheet as well.

Abstract: A method for casting molten metal in a mold having integral heat exchange piping. A mold is provided around a pattern, which may be either the disposable or permanent kind. Heat exchange piping is providing by bending seamless carbon steel pipes and placing the pipes into the mold. According to the method of the present invention, during the casting step, the pipes are simultaneously held at selected locations within the mold by hangers that are affixed to the mold, and allowed to expand at their ends into expansion cavities in the mold.

Abstract: Four groups of advanced hydrogen hydride storage and hydride electrode materials, consisting of two common elements, titanium and nickel. In the first group of materials, zirconium and chromium are added with the common elements. The second group of materials contain three additional elements in addition to the common elements, namely, chromium, zirconium and vanadium. The third group of materials contain also, in addition to the common elements, zirconium and vanadium. The fourth group of materials adds manganese and vanadium with the common elements. The preparation methods of the materials, as well as their hydride electrode are disclosed. Electrochemical studies indicate that these materials have high capacity, long cycle life and high rate capability.

Abstract: A portable assist to aid persons who have difficulty rising from a seated position including a platform having attached thereto two rotatable handles and an adjustable stabilizer which prevents the platform from pitching while the user pulls on the handles while in the act of getting up.

Abstract: A silver recovery cell for devices recovering silver from silver laden solutions, the silver recovery cell permitting visual inspection of the condition of plated silver within the cell. A clear canister is provided having an anode rod centrally connected thereto at its bottom. A cathode cylinder coaxially surrounds the anode rod; the cathode cylinder has a longitudinal slot. Terminals through the clear canister are provided for both the anode rod and the cathode cylinder in order to connect a conventional electrical power supply therewith. A removable top is further provided having inlet and outlet passageways for the silver laden solution to enter the leave the clear canister. An inlet port constrictor is provided to speed up fluid flow of the silver laden solution into the clear canister. In operation, a user may view the status of silver plating by merely looking through the clear canister and the slot in the cathode cylinder. A light may be provided in the top to facilitate visual inspections.

Abstract: An auxiliary bathroom tissue dispenser incorporating structural provisions for a deodorizer and a wet tissue dispenser. A pair of support brackets hook over a conventional pre-existing primary bathroom tissue roll trunnion. A container having a plurality of air passable openings connects with the support brackets for holding replaceable deodorant tablets. A platform located at the top of the container is structured for holding a conventional wet tissue dispenser. A pair of resilient dispenser brackets depend below the container for holding an auxiliary bathroom tissue roll via a nib on each dispenser bracket, the nibs mating with the center tube of the auxiliary bathroom tissue roll.

Abstract: A multiple lamp shade system for a light bulb in which one of the lamp shades is rotatable and powered by heat given off by the light bulb. A multiply apertured base is held against a light bulb socket by surface contact with the light bulb. A light transmissible stationary inner lamp shade is attached at one end to the base. The other end of the inner lamp shade is partially occluded by a thrust plate on which is located an axially positioned upstanding pointed member. A peripheral annular gap is provided between the wall of the inner lamp shade and the thrust plate. A light transmissible rotatable lamp shade is co-axially mounted over the inner lamp shade and is bearingly supported via a bearing plate, at one end on the upstanding pointed member. A plurality of air vent chutes are annularly arranged adjacent the bearing plate. In operation, the light bulb heats the air within the lamp shades, causing an air convection current which upwells within the lamp shades.

Abstract: A light level meter composed of a fiber optic cable having a light receptor end coupled to a conventional light meter is used for measuring illumination levels in spatially limited locations. By the method of the invention, a reference camera is calibrated for proper exposure settings using a series of test exposures. A light level reading is then taken using the fiber optic cable coupled light level at a location preferably near the camera lens. Identical secondary cameras are adjusted to have the same exposure settings as the reference camera, and the illumination for the secondary cameras is adjusted to match that of the reference camera by matching the secondary light level with the reference light level using the fiber optic cable coupled light level meter positioned at the same relative location at the secondary cameras as used for the reference camera.

Abstract: A rearview mirror for hunters which is adjustable, portable, and protected against undesirable light reflection and image detection by game animals. The invention uses a mirror universally mounted to a telescoping pole. The telescoping pole is connected to a base having a flat surface and a number of stake-like legs for insertion into the ground. A pivotable hood is mounted to the mirror. A pattern is superposed the mirror to confuse the image that may be seen by game animals.

Abstract: A vertically movable desk organizer unit, mounted at the front end of a desk, having pivotable trays and bins. A compartmentalized storage center which may be raised and lowered is provided, having rotatable, coverable trays, tiltable bins, and other receptacles for office stationary. When the organizer is in the raised position, the trays and bins pivot towards the desk surface, permitting easy access; when the unit is being lowered to a position flush with the desk surface, the trays and bins are vertically pivoted, thereby ensuing a minimum of depth requirement for the unit beyond the end of the desk.

Abstract: A spring loaded drain cleaning device utilizing both positive and negative pressures to disrupt a clog. The invention is composed of a plastic hollow cylinder ending in an angled base cup having a gasket at its lower extremity, a cap at the top of the cylinder, a reciprocally mounted piston and a rod which permits the user to transmit forces onto the piston, and a biasing spring which acts on the piston. The user depresses the rod, causing the piston to descend down the cylinder resulting in fluidic compression in the drain above the clog, along with compression of the spring. Release of the rod results in a spring biased return of the piston up the cylinder, with an attendant negative fluidic pressure above the clog. The cycle is repeated in rapid succession until the clog clears.

Abstract: An aid to steering of a vehicle having directional control defined by rotation of a steering wheel consists of a wedge shaped member strapped to an operator's thigh, having a pliable, frictional surface material for mating with the outside rim of the steering wheel. An alternative embodiment provides for a sleep alarm to sound when biasing between the invention and the steering wheel slackens.

Abstract: A hair trimming tool having means to adjust the cutting depth. The invention is a lightweight, compact, adjustable, razor blade type, hand-held hair trimmer tool having a stationary base member for removably affixing a standard safety razor blade and a slidable base member for adjusting the length of cut. Comb-like teeth projections on both base members ensure a controlled, even cut.

Abstract: A portable ladder platform having locking and leveling features. A platform is provided which attaches to a standard rung type ladder through brace members, one of which is hook shaped for placement over a rung, and another, which is pivotable, moves under the rung to prevent accidental dislodgement of the platform in use. A leveling device is provided which allows adjustment for varying ladder angles.

Abstract: A hinge for pivoting down rigger booms from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa. The hinge comprises two elements, one stationary and adapted to removably attach to conventional fishing down rigger bases, the other rotatable about a pivot having removable connection to a down rigger boom. The hinge is designed so that the stationary element has a "U" shaped member adapted for mating with an insert member of the rotatable element, the two elements being apertured so that a pin or bolt rotatably connects them together. Interlocking lips formed from the two hinge elements provide automatic holding of the boom in a horizontal position. A circularly curved surface on the stationary element and a circularly curved surface on the insert member of the rotatable element, in concert with the pivot point, form a guide for rotating the boom.

Abstract: Presented is a new type of heat engine and process cycle utilizing, through the medium of superconductivity, a singular high temperature heat reservoir as a source of motive fuel directed into a low temperature region, the net effect being to cyclically process a superconductive substance magneto-calorically in H-T space so as to convert a thermal energies input directly into an available work energies output, without any need for a pressed, externally derived temperature variation, nor low temperature reservoir, for absorption of waste heats, to accomplish same, and which process is adaptable for both the direct generation of mechanical energy or electrical energy, in either mode being called a "Keefengine". The process of such conversions of ambient heat into utilizable work being called "Thermosynthesis", and being the product of the thermodynamic cycling of an "Envelopment", consisting of any number of mutually insulated "Segments" of size "d", where .sqroot.5.lambda.(T)<d<.xi.