Abstract: An apparatus to receive feces from an ostomy pouch or urine from a person for disposal which comprises an adjustable strap member worn about a neck of the person to hang down therefrom. A waste receptacle is provided. A mechanism is for detachably mounting the waste receptacle to distal ends of the adjustable strap member at a groin area of the person. The person can discharge the feces from an open end of the ostomy pouch and also urinate into the waste receptacle.

Abstract: An insert for framing a standard sized DVD face paper insert/standard compact disc picture/booklet insert inserted into a standard jewel box case and for hanging the standard jewel box case, including a generally rectangular single sheet of paper. The generally rectangular single sheet of paper includes a hanging portion and a framing portion. The hanging portion is separatable from the framing portion along a cut line. The framing portion has a frame. In a first embodiment, the frame folds over the standard sized DVD face paper insert at all four sides once the standard sized DVD face paper insert is placed on the framing portion, to thereby form a framed standard sized DVD face paper insert for insertion into a front half of a DVD case.

Abstract: An electrical fixture for facilitating the location of a corresponding opening in a construction panel. The electrical fixture comprises a housing for mounting to a stationary building structure behind the construction panel and a collar having a back portion that will eventually fit through the corresponding opening made in the construction panel and into the housing. The back portion of the collar can be locked within the housing. A placement jig is removably secured within the housing and has a cylindrical portion extending outwardly from the housing that will extend through a small preliminary opening made in the construction panel, so that the corresponding opening can be made in the construction panel to allow the back portion of the collar to fit therethrough.

Abstract: A safety device for spotting a user of a barbell without a need for human intervention. The device includes a frame, an interface ring assembly, and electrical/electronic apparatus. The frame rests on a level surface. The interface ring assembly is operatively connected to the frame, and interfaces with the barbell. The electrical/electronic apparatus is operatively connected to the interface ring assembly, and spots the user of the barbell without a need for the human intervention.

Abstract: A toilet odor exhaust device for a toilet having a toilet bowl with a rim portion and a hinged seat. The device comprises an air intake nozzle and a vacuum filtering unit. A conduit connects the air intake nozzle to the vacuum filtering unit. A structure is for removably attaching the vacuum filtering unit to the rim portion of the toilet bowl, so that the air intake nozzle will fit between the rim portion of the toilet bowl and the seat. A mechanism is for activating the vacuum filtering unit, when a person sits upon the seat on the toilet bowl. Foul air in the toilet bowl will be sucked through the air intake nozzle, the conduit and into the vacuum filtering unit, in which clean air will exit from the vacuum filtering unit.

Abstract: A non-fused electrical slide switch. A handle assembly is operatively connected to a base, between on and off positions, and movable relative to a cover. The base has two pair of raised landings rising above four contact strips. Each pair of raised landings are disposed between one load and one line contact strip of the four contact strips and between the one load contact strip and partitions of the base, respectively. A shoe assembly includes a pair of contact shoes and at least one pair of springs biasing the pair of contact shoes. Depending portions of each contact shoe are in direct contact with associated load and line contact strips allowing electrical communication therebetween. The two pair of raised landings prevent arcing as the handle assembly traverses the on/off positions by raising the depending portions of each contact shoe immediately after they leave contact with the associated load and line contact strips.

Abstract: A bookend that is formed from a single piece of sheet metal that is folded into a base, an upright, and a brace that has a free end. The single piece of sheet metal has a pair of edges and a fold line. The fold line and one edge form the base therebetween and the fold line and the other edge form the upright therebetween. The upright is maintained upright relative to the base by the brace. The base is divided into an outer base and an inner base. The inner base is cut out of the outer base and is coplanar therewith when folded outwardly therefrom. The upright is maintained vertical relative to the base when the brace is folded diagonally outwardly from the upright and the free end of the brace is affixed to the inner base.

Abstract: A telescopic flashlight that includes a housing that is telescopic and hand-held, a battery interface that is disposed in the housing and interfaces with at least one battery, a bulb interface that is disposed relative to the housing, electrically communicates with the battery interface, and interfaces with a bulb, and circuity that is disposed in the housing and electrically communicates the bulb interface with the battery interface. The housing includes a handle portion that is held by a user and a body portion that is telescopically attached to, and extends from and retracts into, the handle portion thereof. The battery interface includes an on/off slide switch, a coil spring, and first, second, and third electrical connectors. The bulb interface includes a head, a bulb socket, and a beacon. The circuity includes positive and negative telescoping rods.

Abstract: This present invention discloses apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform and the camera having a pear shaped ball attached to the camera bottom and the pear shaped ball placed into a cradle cup attached to the platform of a tripod, which makes for a rapid mounting or removal of the camera from the mounting without the neccessity of unscrewing any of the mounting.

Abstract: A skid plate for protecting the base of a central air-conditioning unit from damage caused by transport and corrosion, wherein the base of the central air-conditioning unit has feet depending therefrom with holes therein. The skid plate includes a plate that is slender, elongated, flats and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and has an uppermost face for contacting at least one foot of the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit, a lowermost face for contacting a concrete slab upon which the central air-conditioning unit is to rest, and a pair of throughbores that extend from the uppermost face of the plate to the lowermost face of the plate and which are axially spaced apart a distance equivalent to that distance between, and alignable with, a pair of adjacent holes of the holes in the feet on the base of the central air-conditioning unit.

Abstract: A robotic leg for traversing a path similar to that of a human leg during walking on a floor. The leg includes a housing, a wheel, a rail, a slide shaft, a follower, and a leg. The leg takes a step by rotating a shaft, causing the wheel to rotate, causing the slide shaft to pivotally move with the wheel, causing the slide shaft to slide down the follower, causing a plurality of outer roller bearings and an inner roller bearing to roll along a convex periphery of the rail, causing the follower to move along the convex periphery, causing a hip end of the leg to pivot forwardly about an inner roller pin, and causing an uppermost pair of flat rods of the leg to pivot forwardly about their midpoints.

Abstract: A device for attracting attention having an opened position and a closed position, and includes a pole and a flag extending from the pole. The pole has an extended position for holding in a hand and a retracted position for storage. The pole includes a plurality of tubular telescoping portions, a top cap that threadably engages the top of an upper portion of the plurality of tubular telescoping portions and which allows for selective closing of the upper portion when the pole is used to store valuables therein, and a bottom cap that threadably engages the bottom of a lower portion of the plurality of tubular telescoping portions and which allows for selective closing of the lower portion when the pole is used to store valuables therein. A substrate of the flag is elongated, and originates at the upper portion of the plurality of tubular telescoping portions and terminates in a pair of converging edges that join at a free convex tip.

Abstract: A self-retracting cart for use in the cargo bay of a sport utility vehicle. When a pair of front wheels are caused to roll on and into the cargo bay by the self-retracting cart for use in the cargo bay of a sport utility vehicle being pushed therein, a push plate is caused to press against the rear edge of the cargo bay and traverse rearwardly causing a pair of arms to traverse rearwardly and cause a pair of spreader brackets to fold which causes a pair of front struts to pivot upwardly against a bottom wall of the basket and retract a pair of intermediate wheels against the pair of side walls of the basket and out of the way and thereby retracting the front wheel assembly.

Abstract: A device for attaching to a sliding door of a pair of sliding doors and for allowing opening of the sliding door by use of a foot. The device includes a first portion, a second portion, and attaching apparatus. The first portion is attached to the interior surface of the bottom of the sliding door and is engaged by the foot when opening the sliding door. The second portion is attached to the exterior surface of the bottom of the sliding door and is engaged by the foot when opening the sliding door. The attaching apparatus attaches the first portion and the second portion to the sliding door.

Abstract: A refillable dispenser for replacing a standard roll of toilet tissue on a standard pre-existing roll-type toilet-tissue holder with a roll or selectively dispensable pre-moistened wipes replaceably contained therein so as to allow the roll of selectively dispensable pre-moistened wipes to be readily available in virtually any bathroom and ensure its reliable and regular use instead of the standard roll of toilet tissue. The dispenser includes a hollow housing for containing the roll of selectively dispensable pre-moistened wipes, and a core that passes freely through the core of the roll of selectively dispensable pre-moistened wipes for rotative motion therebetween and for non-rotatively receiving the spindle of the standard pre-existing roll-type toilet-tissue holder. The core is hollow and extends axially, concentrically, and completely through, the housing.

Abstract: A combination display device and storage rack component that is made of a transparent plastic so as to allow complete visibility of a CD jewel box housed therein and is either hung on a vertical wall or rested inclined on a horizontal surface. The component includes a base, a pair of side walls, a hanging apparatus, a resting apparatus, and a stacking and interlocking apparatus. The pair of side walls extend upwardly from the base. The hanging apparatus is for hanging the combination display device and storage rack component on the vertical wall. The resting apparatus is for supporting the combination display device and storage rack component inclined on the horizontal surface. The stacking and interlocking apparatus is for stacking and interlocking a plurality of the combination display device and storage rack components in a staggered arrangement.

Abstract: A device for attaching a false eyelash with an original adhesive thereon to an eyelid when the original adhesive thereon has lost its adhesion. The device includes a core and an adhesive coating that surrounds the core so as to form an attaching element. The adhesive coating attaches the core along the false eyelash and also allows the false eyelash to then be attached to the eyelid. The device further includes, a primary substrate, a secondary substrate disposed on the primary substrate and has a plurality of the attaching elements spaced longitudinally therealong and held releasibly thereon by the adhesive coating of each attaching element, a plurality of release sheet covers, each of which covers and protects an associated attaching element, prior to use, and is held releasibly thereon by the adhesive coating of the associated attaching element, and at least one pair of false eyelashes disposed on the primary substrate.