Abstract: A traveling pillow is described including an inner rubber inflatable pillow, an intermediate fiber-filled case for said pillow, and an exterior slip cover having a carrying handle. The carrying handle is provided with a compartment for storage of a small pneumatic pump for the inflatable pillow. A compact carrying case is also provided to store and carry the pillow in deflated rolled-up form.

Abstract: A locket assembly utilizes a locket body and a hingeable cover thereto having a disengageable clasp member to secure the cover to the body in a closed position. The locket face may be solid or have a transparent portion so as to permit viewing of an indicia-bearing sheet disposed within the locket. A portion of the locket extends outwardly of the outermost surface of the body and is provided with a threaded hole for engaging a coupling element adapted to couple to other locket bodies in a string-like fashion. Each locket is provided with a plate hingeably secured to the rearmost surface of the locket and having a spring causing the plate to pivot in an outward position relative to the rearmost surface of the locket.

Abstract: A snap roller utilized as a snatch lock employs a pulley and a rod fabricated from a wire-like spring material to which the pulley is journalled. The rod has a portion of its length, located substantially in the central regions thereof to which the pulley is journalled. A pair of portions of the length of the wire-like rod extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pulley in a direction substantially parallel to one another. The ends of the wire-like rod are formed into oppositely directed hooks such that each of the distal ends approach, and if desired contact the opposed length of the pair of portions of the wire-like rod. In use, a rope or line may be passed between the hook-like ends so so as to engage a groove in the pulley due to the fact that each hook-like end resides in planes that are skew to one another allowing the distal ends of the hooks to be forced outwardly from the opposed one of the pair of portions of the wire-like rod.

Abstract: A pocket sized record album opener that is adapted to be held in the hand and contains a recessed cutting edge that slidably engages the cellophane bridge over the open mouth of an album jacket thereby opening the same, all the while, the cutting edge being free of the actual record and the user's hand. In one embodiment, a pair of serrated disk-like cutting wheels are mounted on spaced apart parallel axles such that their lateral surfaces are at different distances from a flat fence-like guide surface. The fence-like guide surface may be moved relative to the position of the pair of serrated disc-like cutting wheels, thereby permitting the apparatus to be utilized in cutting covers, whereby the cuts in the covers to be made vary in distance from the surface on which the fence moves. A cover is pivotably secured to the housing carrying the axle, acting as a cover for the fence-like guiding surface and the exposed portion of the serrated cutting wheels.

Abstract: A removable fog light filter for automobile headlights or the like includes a retaining member adapted to be affixed to the rear of the headlight and having radially and forwardly extending arms provided with apertures at their distal ends adapted to removably receive protrusions provided proximate the circumference of a transluscent light filter for retaining the filter against the headlight front lens portion.This application is a Continuation of prior U.S. Application Ser. No. 818,740, filed on July 25, 1977, now abandoned.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a flashlight housing having a corrugated flexible end adjacent the lamp and reflector opening. A cap at the other end, when removed permits the inclusion of the battery within the housing. The center pole of the lamp and one end of a conducting strip is urged into contact with the opposed terminals of the battery by the bias forces exerted by the corrugations in the case upon the lamp and reflector associated therewith. The other end of the conducting strip may be forced into electrical contact with the other pole of the lamp, by way of the non-reflecting side of the reflector when a portion of the corrugations are manually depressed inwardly, thereby energizing the lamp.

Abstract: A television channel lock-out apparatus utilizes a plurality of individual circuits, each comprising at least one impedance element in series with a switch. The individual series of circuits are all disposed in parallel and are connected to a single switch in series therewith, and, if desired, another impedance element. The overall apparatus is disposed in parallel with any portion of a television receiver which carries the individual radio frequency signals for all of the channels handled by the television receiver, or if desired, in parallel with the local oscillator of the receiver. In operation, any one or more individual series circuit switch is closed, and when the master series switch is closed, the impedance elements disposed in electrical relationship with one another either presents a series impedance with the radio frequency signal, or shift the frequency of the local oscillator so as to preclude the receiver operating on one or more selected television channels.

Abstract: A shooter board game includes a board member having an upper planar surface, a pair of upright sides, and one upright end, wherein a target area is disposed on the upper surface adjacent the one upright end thereof. A shooter assembly is positioned off of the board member at the other end thereof, wherein one of a plurality of playing pieces is shot from the shooter assembly at the target area. The shooter assembly is allignable with the marginal edge of the board adjacent the other end to increase the accuracy of aiming the playing pieces. A pair of scoring tracks are included for monitoring the progress of the game by each player.

Abstract: A miniature baseball board game is played on a game board carrying color coded indicia thereon, having a predetermined play action surface area, a predetermined play non-action surface area, and having respective pluralities of predetermined apertures for receiving scoring markers therein. A game piece, or die, carrying indicia thereon determines the play action on the board by a throw of the game piece. There is positional interrelationship between the game board surface and game piece, according to the rules of play insofar as determining the play action recorded on the game piece. Markers are provided which are received in the apertures in the board to record the play action thereon, in accordance with the rules of baseball.

Abstract: A mixer chamber is connected in series with the outlet pipe of a shower head to reduce water temperature variations in the outlet water, dispensed at the shower head, due to temperature variations in the water supply. The chamber includes an inlet pipe having a plurality of small holes to provide a uniform spray to mix with the contents of the chamber. An outlet pipe connects the mixture from the chamber to the shower head. The chamber is in the form of a cylindrical container with the pipes connected to diametrically opposed sides and has removable end caps to provide access to the interior. A hollow cup-like device is installed within the chamber, having the interior portions thereof coupled to the outlet pipe.

Abstract: A vacuum packing apparatus utilizes a container lid for attachment to a container having food therein. The lid is provided with a check valve having a hose fitting which provides a source of vacuum to the container. The lid carries an indicating apparatus whose housing is attached to the lid and gaseously communcating to the container associated therewith. A coil spring is mounted in the housing and biases a piston rod outwardly from the housing. The rod of the piston carries indicia suggesting the vacuum level within the container. One embodiment provides a novel valve apparatus suitable for allowing the container to achieve atmospheric pressure upon simple manual manipulation thereof.

Abstract: An alignment sight for hand drills utilizes a pair of sights, preferably a fixed tool, a unitary sheet, for mounting onto the exterior surface of an electrical hand tool of the hand drill variety. The sights are arranged so that the sight line extends perfectly parallel to the longitudinal axis located in the center of the chuck of the hand drill. In use, a user marks a spot on the work piece a fixed distance from the center of the hole to be drilled. Positioning the tip of the drill bit at the location of the hole, and locating the drill bit so that it extends substantially normal to the plane of the work piece, permits the user to maintain the sights aligned with the mark thereby forever maintaining the longitudinal axis of the drill bit perfectly normal to the surface of the work piece, providing thereby, a hole extending at right angles to the surface of the work piece.

Abstract: An inflatable instrument case for musical instruments includes upper and lower complementary sections, each including an inner wall and an outer wall member, forming a cavity therein between. Such cavity is inflatable. Each inner wall, of each complementary section, includes a portion thereof having an inflatable section which is independently inflatable from the cavity in each complementary section. Thus, an interior cavity is provided, surrounded by an inflatable structure, such that the inflatable structure is encapsulated within the cavities formed within the complementary sections. The exterior surface of each complementary section may be covered with a flexible material, simulating a leather-like appearance. A musical instrument may be carried within the structure, totally protected as if by floating within a column of air, and surrounded by the interior inflatable covering thereover.

Abstract: A folding utility cart utilizes a plurality of elongated members, each having portions thereof engageable into one another and disengageable from one another so as to be folded up into a compact length when the cart apparatus constructed therefrom is in a storage condition. The portions each are made up from tubular members having an elastic member passing therethrough, connecting the portions together and biasing the portions towards one another at ends thereof adapted to partially telescope into each other in a slip-fit. The cart has pivotable handle means acting as a stand in one position and as an upright handle in another, connected to a major frame portion. A pair of wheels are suspended below the frame member, utilizing disengageable portions whereby the entire apparatus, when assembled, provides a cart-like apparatus having straps attached thereto for securing game or other heavy objects on a fabric-like sheet attached to the cart.

Abstract: Convertible trousers including a body portion configured to be placed on the lower half of a human torso in a conventional manner, a pair of leg portions for accommodating therein a pair of human legs, the leg portions each comprising a plurality of flexible interchangeable tubular elements, and means for selectively removeably securing the flexible interchangeable tubular elements coextensively together. The tubular elements may be joined to the body portion in various configurations to produce a garment of a variable length which may be altered to present several different visual appearances.

Abstract: A shoe mounting apparatus utilizes two elongated straps, each having a hook-like end, disposed at one end thereof, and another hook-like end, whose axis is askew to the longitudinal axis of the strap. Mounting holes are provided, through each strap, for mounting the pair of straps to a vertical standard, thereby enabling a pair of shoes to be placed within the apparatus, having the sole and heel portions thereof engaging the vertical standard and being retained within the straps by engaging opposite sides of the sole edge, intermediate the instep and the toe portion of each shoe. In one embodiment, each strap is bifurcated and provided with slots, thereby permitting the apparatus to be adjusted as to the distance separating the hook-like ends, accommodating thereby, shoes of various widths.

Abstract: A game comprising a ball field and playing apparatus, the ball field comprising a substantially flat surface having three playing zones, lines delineating a starting point for a pair of offensive team runners, first and second circles disposed in the first zone for defensive team members, base pads disposed in the first zone, lines delineating first and second safety lanes, respectively, the first and second bases being at the juncture of the first and second zones, a third circle disposed in the center of the surface, third and fourth base pads disposed on the juncture of the second and third zones, third and fourth bases disposed respectively at the inward ends of the third and fourth safety lanes and in the third zone, and a delineation of "home" and the playing apparatus comprising a flexible pole upstanding from the center of the third circle, a game ball, the pole being at its free end adapted to releasably retain the ball thereon, and barrier means disposed between the third and fourth bases and the de