Abstract: A device is provided for the locking of one or more doors. In particular, the device comprises a strap, a door engaging member, and a frame. The strap has a first end which includes an outwardly extending projection for engagement with a door latch recess. The strap has a second end which is curved away from the first, and includes a stop mounted thereon. The frame is slidably located on the strap, allowing it to be moved towards and away from a door. Further, a door engaging member in the form of an adjustable bolt is provided on the frame. The frame includes slots in the walls thereof which are engageable with notches and tabs on the strap, preventing movement of the frame along the strap when the door engaging member is used to engage and lock a door.

Abstract: An adapter kit for use in connecting an engine to a transmission is disclosed. In particular, the kit is useful in connecting a Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine to a Volkswagen automobile transmission. In general, the kit comprises a bell or second housing, a flywheel, and adapter elements securing the flywheel to an output shaft of the engine, along with assorted other assembly components. The bell housing is interposed between the output shaft side of the engine and the housing of the transmission. The adapter elements for securing the flywheel preferably comprise a flywheel adapter and gland nut which secure the flywheel in the proper position to the output shaft of the engine.

Abstract: An improved gate valve lid for covering an access tube of a service box assembly leading to a gate valve below street level. The lid has a vertical height which is greater than its diameter so that the lid may not be flipped out of the service box assembly. In one embodiment, the lid includes a two-part assembly having an upper portion which is sized to rest in a tapered upper section of the service box located near street level, and a lower portion which may be displaced laterally with respect to the upper portion to allow the lower portion to be centered within a lower section of the service box, which may be out of alignment with the upper section. In this embodiment, the lower adjustable portion of the gate valve lid is preferably a tubular element slidably located on a cross pin passing through holes located at the upper end of the element across a downwardly opening recess in the upper portion. In one embodiment, the lower portion of the lid is defined by a plurality of downwardly depending fingers.

Abstract: A hand restraint device for restraining the hands of an individual and preventing them from using their fingers and thumbs is disclosed. The hand restraint device comprises a pair of mitts for connection to a pair of standard handcuffs. The mitts comprise pockets of material with a closed end and open end for enveloping the hands of the wearer. Each mitt includes a durable hand enclosure and elastic wristband. The handcuffs encircle the wearer's wrists, passing through a ring connected to the outside of the wristband of each mitt. A rib is located at the open end of each mitt on the outside of each wristband, preventing the wearer from sliding the mitts from underneath the handcuffs.

Abstract: An ornamental device is mounted on a vehicle for displaying a fan's sports team preference. A first embodiment includes a molded cap replica of a sports team official cap. A first means for attaching the cap to the vehicle comprises a magnet. A second means for attaching the molded cap to the vehicle is through use of a cord. The cord and magnet may also both be used. The cord is connected to one end of the outer diameter of the molded cap, and subsequently is stretched across the top of the roof, through the interior of the car, then secured to the opposite side of the molded cap. Sports fans can appreciate the simple device which is, easily seen by others, and yet quickly and easily removable. In a second embodiment, a fabric cap is placed over a molded cap and secured to the molded cap.

Abstract: Household Safety Lock device includes two different screw thread connecting parts separately connecting to a regular lock and a household ware. They can join together or divide separate easily with a bar. So every dangerous household ware is easily locked for protecting children.Gun Lock Guard device includes regular trigger lock section and permanent lock section. The device will lock or unlock the trigger temporarily whenever using the real key. But it will lock the trigger permanent deadly whenever trying unlock the trigger with counterfeit key or destroying the lock. This device increases safety for guns.

Abstract: A method for monitoring detecting the presence of pollutants such as chlorinated hydrocarbons in water is provided. In the preferred method, a sample of water is obtained and enclosing or isolating and tested with one or more pollutant sensitive tests. In the preferred method, pH, electrical conductivity and specific ion species sensitive electrode tests are conducted on the sample when testing for the presence of organochlorine compounds. The sample is then sonicated with ultrasound rarefaction and compression waves to cause pollutant decomposition under controlled conditions using a horn probe or cup horn over a length of time at a pulse mode. After sonication, the sample is re-tested, preferably with the same pre-tests of pH, conductivity and electrode measurements. Comparison of the post sonication to pre sonication test results indicates the presence of pollutants, as in the case of the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbons, an increase in the presence of the cl.sup.

Abstract: An improved golf club including a shaft recessing divot tool is provided. The divot tool is a body having a first end portion connected to the club, and a second end portion including two extending prongs. The first end portion of the tool is cylindrical and includes a slot which engages a pin located in the hollow end of the shaft of the club. The prongs at the second end portion are located side-by-side and include tapered end portions for penetrating turf or soil. The tool is movable from a first locked position in which the tool is recessed substantially within the shaft of the club, to a second locked and extended position in which the prongs of the tool extend outwardly from the end of the shaft for use by a golfer.

Abstract: A training brace is provided for retaining the position of an arm of an athlete. The brace comprises mating first and second arm engaging members, means for securing the members together and to the arm, and stop means for limiting the position the arm of the wearer may achieve. The members are preferably concave and each include a section which engages the upper arm and the forearm and which when connected, surround the arm. The members are hingedly connected along one edge, and are securely mated to surround the arm of a wearer with connecting straps which encompass the members. Stop means are provided for preventing the forearm and upper arm of the wearer, as measured at the elbow, from achieving an angle of greater than about 90 degrees.

Abstract: A bed supported storage platform comprises a support structure for mounting to the end of a bed and a platform on which items may be stored. The support structure preferably comprises a pair of spaced apart vertically extending posts and a strut extending from each post outwardly between the mattress and box spring of a bed. The platform is rotatably connected to the posts and is moveable between a stored position in which it extends downwardly along the posts and the end of the bed, to a raised position in which it extends outwardly from the bed in generally the same plane as the top surface of the mattress.

Abstract: A weight-bar support structure includes a user supporting platform and two spaced apart posts. The first end of a weight-bar supporting arm is connected to a lug extending from each post. A second end of each arm includes a weight-bar supporting cradle and an upwardly extending guide. The arms are moveable from a retracted position to a user lift-off position. A spring having a first end connected to the arm and a second end located in a slot in the lug biases each arm, when a weight laden bar is removed therefrom, from the lift-off to the retracted position.

Abstract: A golf tee device is disclosed. In one form, the device comprises a flat business-sized card having first and second edges and side portions there between, the card having advertising or other printing thereon. The card includes interengaging means for connecting the side portions of the card in the form of a partially separable tab, which tab comprises a stem, body, and neck having a number of keys thereon. A slot having a wide opening and an engaging portion is located in the card adjacent the end of the tab. The device is transformed to a golf tee by passing one or more of the keys of the tab through the wide opening in the slot and locking the tab into the engaging portion of the slot. The tee comprises the card in arched form, with the ends of the card acting as legs for the tee, and the absence of the body portion of the tab from the card forming a saddle elevated above the ground into which a golf ball may be placed.