Abstract: A method for conducting a screening test series for indications of use of drugs of abuse is set forth including enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and radioimmunoassay (RAI) for various analytes extracted from hair samples is set forth. The collected hair sample is divided into portions. One portion is screened cannabinoids using ELISA. Another portion is screened for opiates, PCP, amphetamines and methamphetamines using a combination of RIA or ELISA. Results deemed positive from the screening series are confirmed positive or negative by known techniques such as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Those deemed negative are so reportable without the necessity of the expensive confirmatory procedures.

Abstract: A hook for securing clubs within a golf bag and for securing the golf bag to another object is disclosed. The hood comprises a pair of zippered hood members connected at their bottom edges by a circular collar. The collar encircles the bag and when folded upwardly upon the bottom of the hood members, forms a pocket for storage of the hood members. A cable having loops at each end extends around the collar passing under a strap or ring on the bag. The hood members are movable from a first position stored within the pocket, to a second, deployed, position in which they cover the open end of the bag when zipped together. The hood is secured over the bag by locking a ring connected to the zipper to the cable.

Abstract: A shoe lace fastener is set forth which includes a base member and a clamp member. The base member has an opening defining a pair of bearing surfaces and the clamp member has legs adapted to be received in the opening to trap and secure lace ends threaded through holes in the legs.

Abstract: A canopy for a motorcycle is set forth which includes a rigid shell with a top portion to project over the driver and passenger and panels extending from the top portion to be connected to the motorcycle. Inwardly directed deflection surfaces are defined at the forward edges of the panels to direct air flow around the shell for the comfort of the driver and passenger.

Abstract: A new way of citing pages in an alphabetically indexed printed reference material such as dictionaries and thesauruses. It implement a structured method for locating items in those materials and reduces the number of tasks and the frustration involved. This new way involve dividing the reference material into sections. Each section is divided into sub-sections (group of pages). Each page will have two header items (words) indexing range of the items (words) located in the page. The pages in the sub-section is sited so that the header items of each page is just above the header items of the previous page. Locating a word in done through two or three steps. First locating the section, then locating the sub-section (whenever applicable), and finally locating the page. This is done by browsing the header items (words) on each page.

Abstract: A system is set forth for cooling the circulating oil of an air cooled motorcycle engine having an oil pump and a mount for an oil filter, oil from the pump delivered to the filter and from the filter back to the engine for re-circulation. The system includes an oil cooler secured to the motorcycle, which may be a radiator cooler or the engine guard A diverter and an adapter assembly is disposed between the filter and mount and is adapted to direct oil to the cooler, through the cooler for cooling thereof, from the cooler back to the diverter for supply through the adapter assembly to the filter and return to the engine. The adapter assembly is disposed between the diverter and filter for certain model engines to turn the axis of the assembly so that the system can be provided for these engines.

Abstract: A cabinet and hopper combination is set forth for slot machines which includes a cabinet structure having an opening for coins to drop from the machine into the hopper. The hopper is removably mounted in the cabinet and has a door slidable between a closed and an open position. A handle at the outside of the cabinet operates a linkage coupled to the door to open the hopper to dispense coins or tokens therein through the front of the cabinet. Also included are devices to lock the handle against unauthorized dispensing of coins or tokens.

Abstract: A method is set forth for playing a game wherein an initial holding of five playing cards is provided for the player, the player assembling the initial holding into one or more sub-hands of one card each. Play is completed by completing each sub-hand to final hands of five cards each. For each completed sub-hand which corresponds to a winning combination, payoffs are provided according to a pay table. For losing sub-hand combinations, the wager is lost. Wagers are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each sub-hand based upon the number of cards in the arranged sub-hands. Payoffs are based upon the allocated amounts of the wager for each sub-hand.

Abstract: A method, device and kit for preforming multiple hair transplant grafts disclosed. The device includes a plurality of cutters adapted to make a pattern of incisions in the tissue to receive the grafts. A dilator device preferably comprises interengaging plates. A first plate includes a number of downwardly extending spikes for extension through a number of downwardly extending hollow catheters of a second plate. The first and second plates are pressed together with the interengaging spikes and catheters to define dilators of a pattern corresponding to the pattern of incisions. The dilators are inserted into the incisions and the first plate is removed, leaving the hollow catheters of the second plate in the tissue. A third plate filled with hair grafts is sleeved into or aligned with the catheters of the first plate. The hair grafts are pressed downward through the third plate, through the first plate catheters, into the tissue. The kit includes the incision device and dilator device.

Abstract: A valve is formed by an intersection of an open ended water supply pipe and a sprinkler outlet pipe. The outlet pipe has a closed end and an outlet end that is adapted for connection to a sprinkler. A cylindrical guide post connected to the closed end extends through the intersection to a proximal portion of the outlet end. A guide assembly is slidably disposed over the guide post. In response to an excessive flow of water through the outlet end, the guide assembly is drawn through the intersection to occlude the outlet end.

Abstract: An electronic gaming method and device in which the player is able to choose from among a variety of jackpots and associated pay-out schedules varying from low to high jackpot amounts. Best suited to video poker machines, the invention permits the player to choose between higher Royal Flush jackpots tied to lower pay-outs for lower-ranked hands, and lower Royal Flush jackpots tied to higher pay-outs for more frequently achieved lower-ranked hands. In this way, a quarter ($0.25) video poker machine may have a jackpot for a "Royal Flush" ranging up to $25,000 (on the basis of a $1.25 bet) without the need to accumulate funds in a "progressive" jackpot or to interconnect groups of machines. Special jackpots can also be awarded for "Sequential," "Pat" or "Pat Sequential" Royal Flushes allowing jackpots up to $1,000,000 on quarter ($0.25) video poker machines without the need for the player to choose between machines and/or locations to locate desired jackpot amounts.

Abstract: A method and device for playing a game are set forth which includes a spinning top to make random selections of outcomes. Players can wager on one or more color outcomes being generated by the top. When wagers have been made, a player spins the top which topples over to select an outcome. The dealer inputs the outcome to a processor which drives displays to display the outcome and input the current outcome on a display column showing the history of outcomes. Players are paid for winning wagers and are paid greater rewards for wagering on and obtaining consecutive same color outcomes.

Abstract: A device and method for playing a game are set forth which includes a display having five concentrically arranged wheels each having an indicia of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten and a wild symbol. The wheels are rotated to randomly present an indicia from each wheel at a payline as an outcome. Players wager on the outcomes which generally correspond to rules of poker. A layout provides for designated wagers of a royal, five of a kind, four of a kind, a full house, a straight which includes a wild symbol, three of a kind, two pair and one pair. Winning wagers are paid at odds corresponding to the probabilities of that outcome occurring and losing wagers are collected.

Abstract: A superconductive generator and system incorporating the same is set forth which includes Meissner Effect bearings for the armature, type II superconductor filament rods for permanent magnets of the stator and an asymmetric flywheel rotating mass contained in a cryogenic, evacuated housing to provide an efficient source of a-c power. The system incorporating the generator includes a supercapacitor including superconductive plates maintained at or below the superconductive critical temperature which act to store energy generated by the superconductive generator. Power drawn from the superconductive generator and supercapacitor provides a source of power for motive means such as electric motors and machinery.

Abstract: A method of encapsulating and sterilizing waste material is disclosed. Medical waste is deposited inside of a mold. When full, the mold is charged with plastic and one of several reactants. The mold is then heated while rotated biaxially. The heat simultaneously sterilizes the waste and causes the charging materials to expand and envelop the waste, encapsulating it. The mold is then cooled while spinning biaxially, forming a hollow brick of solidified, encapsulated material in the mold. The brick of material is removed and pulverized into granules. The pulverized material is separated and readied for recycling.

Abstract: A player manipulates a control of a video slot machine to cause video images of checks representative of first, second and third base wagers to appear within video images of first, second and third base indicia, respectively. After the wagers are made, a video image of a first base card is displayed face-up and the images of the checks are moved in accordance with a first base action schedule. After a first base action, an image of a second base card is displayed face-up and the images of the checks are moved in accordance with a second base action schedule. After a second base action, an image of a third base card is displayed face-up and the images of the checks are moved in accordance with a third base action schedule. After a third base action, the slot machine makes a payout to the player that is equal to an amount represented by a multiple of checks whose images have moved to within a home plate indicium.