Abstract: A blackjack play option response indicator which presents the 350 card combinations and the appropriate play option response for each card combination, composed of two disk rotatably connected to each other. The back disk has thereon a plurality of radially arranged rows of play option response indicia, wherein "B" designates "blackjack"; "H" designates "hit"; "S" designates "stand"; "D" designates "double down"; and "SP" designates "split". There are 350 play option response indicia which correspond to the recommended play option responses uniquely corresponding to each and every one of the 350 card combinations possible in blackjack. Adjacent the perimeter of the back disk, dealer's up card value indicia are provided thereon. The front disk is provided with a view port in the form of, preferably, four radially arranged slots for being selectively aligned with the aforementioned play option response indicia.

Abstract: A clip for a retractable tape measure which is structured to seatably receive a writing instrument so that the writing instrument is always present to mark the spot whenever a measurement is made, and further so that the writing instrument is located relative to the case so that accurate arcs can be drawn with respect to a nail head centerpoint. The clip includes a clip body composed of a base member for being connected to the case of a retractable tape measure, a spring member integrally connected with the base member for resiliently yielding when an article is slipped between the base and spring members. The clip further includes a writing instrument holder adjacent with the base member for removably receiving a writing instrument. The preferred clip is constructed of stainless steel sheet stock, preferably a spring type stainless steel material, wherein the clip body and the writing instrument holder are integrally formed in a single piece.

Abstract: An auxiliary towel rack for interfacing with a conventional barred towel holder, composed of a single piece rod having a bar portion for holding towels, a support portion at each end of the bar portion, and an arm portion for holding, wash cloths connected with each of the support portions. Each support portion is formed by a 90 degree bend of the rod in a first plane, wherein a first section ends at a first curve formed in the rod in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane which bends toward the bar portion, a second curve formed in the rod which bends in the second plane away from the rod portion, a second section, and a third curve formed in the rod which bends in the second plane toward the bar portion. Each arm portion is connected with a respective third curve, and terminates in an end segment upturned in the second plane.

Abstract: A substantially homogeneous sprayable cleaning gel composition which is substantially free of suspended encapsulated particles exhibits extended dwell time when sprayed on to a surface as compared to a low viscosity spray cleaner. The extended dwell time and anti-static properties of the sprayable cleaning gel composition give rise to several benefits and advantages. The sprayable cleaning gel composition housed in a spray applicator is usable to clean surfaces at any angle. A preferred method of cleaning surfaces is also described.

Abstract: A beverage container identification tag for attaching to a beverage container to allow a drinker or others to identify the ownership of the beverage stored in the beverage container. The beverage container identification tag includes a tag body made of a thin strip of a flexible material for wrapping around a beverage container. The beverage container identification tag also includes a display area for placement thereon identifying indicia, such as for example a name or other symbol. One end of the tag body carries a tacky adhesive, which is used to connect that end to a selected overlapped location on the tag body after it is wrapped snugly around a beverage container.

Abstract: A medical glove for use in endotracheal intubations having one or more finger extension members attached to and extending outwardly from fingertip portions of one or more finger covers thereof. The finger extension members are useful in manipulating soft throat and mouth parts to assist in placement of an endotracheal tube into a patient's trachea, to thereby provide a functional airway where normal breathing is stopped or impaired. A method of performing an endotracheal intubation involves using the finger extension members of the medical glove to reach into a patient's throat to move the patient's tongue forwardly in the patient's mouth and to secure the larynx, followed by inserting an endotracheal tube into the patient's trachea.

Abstract: A compliant nozzle assembly for being mounted with respect to an extrusion module of an extrusion apparatus, wherein the nozzle thereof compliantly yields when forceably encountering a workpiece. A nozzle having a hemispheric base is biased against a seal washer of an adapter member so as to be pivotably sealed therewith. A locator bearing has an annular bearing bevel which is biasably seated into an annular seat bevel of the adapter member. When the nozzle forcefully strikes a workpiece such that the nozzle is caused to be pivoted at the seal bearing, the annular bearing bevel will become unseated from its normally seated position in the annular seat bevel. This displacement results in the locator bearing traveling axially along the nozzle toward its tip, having the effect of causing the annular bearing bevel to the returned to its normally seated position in the annular seat bevel.

Abstract: A jig for releasably holding a modular jack having a base and a modular jack holder connected thereto. The base is structured for being placed upon a rest surface, such as a table top or a floor, wherein it provides a stable platform. The modular jack holder has a work surface and is provided with an L-shaped slot having a perpendicular slot component and a parallel slot component (the L-shaped slot component orientations being with respect to the work surface). The perpendicular slot component of the L-shaped slot opens at the work surface and has a first predetermined depth with respect thereto. The parallel slot component of the L-shaped slot communicates with the perpendicular slot component and extends a second predetermined distance spaced from, and parallel with respect to, the work surface. A front face of the modular jack holder is provided which extends from the base to the work surface, wherein both the parallel and perpendicular slot components of the L-shaped slot are open thereat.

Abstract: A food wiping condiment container for removing excess condiment from a food article after being dipped thereinto. The condiment container has a body, a thin, flexible cap sealingly attached to the body, and a tear-away strip attached to the cap. When the tear-away strip is torn from the cap, a slit is formed in the cap with mutually opposed slit edges. When a food article is partially inserted into the condiment container through the slit, the slit edges of the cap wipe against the food article. Accordingly, after the food article is partially dipped into a condiment stored inside the condiment container, the slit edges of the cap wipe against the food article to limit the thickness of condiment adhering to the food article as it is moved therepast.

Abstract: A floral delivery box apparatus which provides protection of a floral arrangement associated therewith from being damaged while carried or damaged from tipping during delivery and further allows for floral wrapping thereof, composed of a box member and a base member. The base is provided with a plurality of wings which are connected by stapling to the side walls of the box. The box is configured to receive the pot of a floral arrangement, and the base is configured to provide a planar surface having an area much larger than that of the box. In this regard, the box serves as a receptacle to restrain lateral movement of the floral arrangement with respect to the base, and the base serves as an anti-tipping member, where a sufficiently large lever arm between the center thereof and the edge of the base is such that the floral arrangement is immune to tipping over during normally encountered inertial forces of transportation by a motor vehicle.

Abstract: An upper arm blocker pad for the lead arm of a goalkeeper which provides impact protection from high velocity hockey pucks in the sense that the conventional back pad provides such protection for the hand and forearm, and further provides deflection control of impacting pucks similarly to that achievable with a conventional back pad. The upper arm blocker pad is generally composed of an upper arm pad member for protectively covering the upper arm, an elbow pad member for protectively covering the elbow, a pivot member for pivotally connecting the upper arm pad member to the elbow pad member, and a connection member for connecting the upper arm pad member and the elbow pad member to the lead arm of the goalkeeper in a selectively releasable manner.

Abstract: A ski system for ice fishing shanties is composed of at least two ski members and a plurality of mounting brackets connected with the underside of the floor of the ice fishing shanty which engage the ski members in a selectively removable manner. Each ski member includes a substantially flat elongated ski body and a shovel connected thereto at an incline of approximately between fifty and fifty-five degrees with respect thereto. Each ski member further includes at least two legs projecting perpendicularly with respect to the top side of the elongated ski body. Each leg has a distal top end to which is attached a lip. The lip projects substantially parallel with the elongated ski body toward the tail end thereof. The mounting brackets are spaced and dimensioned to receive, respectively, each of the lips, thereby releasably securing the ski members to the ice fishing shanty.

Abstract: A sports target system adapted for use in connection with a backdrop, is generally composed of at least one resiliently stretchable cord having hooks at each end thereof, such as a conventional stretch cord, and at least one flaccidly flexible target, such as a cloth material having a predetermined color and/or indicia thereupon. The target is provided with a loop for receiving slidably therein the resiliently stretchable cord. In operation, the user places one or more targets onto the resiliently stretchable cord by passage of the resiliently stretchable cord through the loop of each of the targets. The hooks at each end of the resiliently stretchable cord are then hookably engaged with the left and right sides of the backdrop, such as the frame of a hockey goal. The one or more targets which hang downwardly from the resiliently stretchable cord, are now slid into a selected target practice position.

Abstract: A power door lock actuator including: a housing; a bi-directional electric motor; a threaded shaft drivingly connected with the drive shaft of the motor; a drive armature threadingly engaged with the threaded shaft, wherein the drive armature has a first abutment at its distal end; a driven armature which is axially slidable relative to the drive armature over a preset distance of travel determined by a second abutment at its distal end and a third abutment spaced the preset distance from the distal end; a first spring which biases the drive armature toward a one end of the threaded shaft; and a second spring which biases the drive armature toward the other end of the threaded shaft When the motor is not operating the first and second springs cooperate to biasably locate the drive armature to a neutral position so that lost motion travel of the driven armature with respect to the drive armature is provided and the motor is not back-driven whenever the lock mechanism is manually actuated.

Abstract: A golf club providing the golfer control over internal pressure therewithin to thereby most advantageously fine-tune the performance of the golfer's golf club. The selectively pressurized golf club is composed of either a hollow head, a hollow shaft, or both hollow head and hollow shaft, either or both of which being selectively pressurized, separately or as one, either above or below atmospheric pressure. In the preferred embodiment, the gas pressure within the golf club is selectively accessed by the golfer via a valve mounted thereto, such as for example a pneumatic valve or an elastomeric valve. The head may have its own valve and its separate pressurizable internal chamber; the shaft may have its own valve and separate pressurizable internal chamber; or one valve may be present for selectively changing pressurization within fluidically communicating shaft and head internal chambers.

Abstract: A multiple speed shaft drive for a bicycle, including: a forward disk having a plurality of concentrically disposed ring gears, wherein the forward disk is connected with the pedal crank of the bicycle; a rearward disk having a plurality of concentrically disposed ring gears, wherein the rearward disk is connected to the rear wheel hub; a forward drive shaft; a rearward drive shaft; a free wheel mechanism connecting the forward drive shaft to the rearward drive shaft; a forward pinion gear slidably mounted to the forward drive shaft; a rearward pinion gear slidably mounted to the rearward drive shaft; a forward gear shift mechanism for moving the forward pinion gear into gearing engagement with a selected ring gear of the forward disk; a rearward gear shift mechanism for moving the rearward pinion gear into gearing engagement with a selected ring gear of the rearward disk; and a clutch mechanism which automatically disengages the rearward hub from gearing engagement with the rearward pinion gear whenever a ge

Abstract: A blackjack play option response indicator which presents the 350 card combinations and the appropriate play option response for each card combination, composed of two disk rotatably connected to each other. The back disk has thereon a plurality of radially arranged rows of play option response indicia, wherein "B" designates "blackjack"; "H" designates "hit"; "S" designates "stand"; "D" designates "double down"; and "SP" designates "split". There are 350 play option response indicia which correspond to the recommended play option responses uniquely corresponding to each and every one of the 350 card combinations possible in blackjack. Adjacent the perimeter of the back disk, dealer's up card value indicia are provided thereon. The front disk is provided with 4 radially arranged rows of apertures for being selectively aligned with the aforementioned play option response indicia.