Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing a plurality of tires having a threaded portion, a rim portion and two sidewall portions, said method comprising the following steps; peripherally slicing each of said tires in two half tires along said threaded portion about midway between said sidewall portions; performing radial incisions in each of said two half tires, said incisions extending through said threaded portion and part of said sidewall portion; stacking up said half tires one on top of the other in order to form a pile of half tires; compressing said pile longitudinally in order to flatten said half tires one over the other; whereby, said radial incisions allow the threaded portion of each half tire to lie in the same plane as the sidewalls of the same half tire without warping when said half tire is compressed into a flattened condition.

Abstract: The novel signalling post is adapted to be mounted on a flexible base member. The post comprises an outer, hollow, substantially rigid, transparent polycarbonate tubular member. The polycarbonate tubular member has a memory for returning to its original shape upon impact. An inner opaque flexible plastic tubular member is mounted inside the transparent tubular member and has a diameter to fittingly slide inside the transparent tubular member. The opaque tubular member has substantially no memory. The polycarbonate tubular member has a memory which allows the flexible opaque tubular member to maintain a substantially rigid shape and to return to its original shape if slightly deformed upon excessive impact. The transparency of the outer tubular member allows the introduction of a colored or reflecting film between both tubular members for simultaneously displaying a visual signal through the transparent tubular member while the latter protects the film against damages.

Abstract: A sliding valve unit is adapted to be mounted on the exit panel of a range hood in front of an exit duct. The valve unit is made of a pair of flat plates facing each other. The pair of plates have a perforation therethrough and a sliding slice therebetween for obstructing the perforation. A handle connected to the slice extends between the plates and outwardly for manually moving the slice. The valve unit is provided with means for being fixed flatwise against said duct.

Abstract: A signalling panel comprises two superposed transparent plies of plastic material peripherally secured together. The plates have a cylindro-convex configuration and the two plies are slightly spaced from each other to provide a slot therebetween for receiving a flexible sheet displaying a visible information through the two plies. The panel when narrow is secured to a rigid base while when wide is contemplated to be secured to a flexible base member.

Abstract: The invention consists of a ventilating system and particularly a ventilating kit to be installed on a conventional toilet bowl at the rear of the toilet seat above the apertures used to anchor the toilet seat to the toilet bowl. The kit includes a parapet-like housing having a peripheral wall member adapted to be mounted over and in contact with the back apron of the toilet bowl and disposed to encircle both apertures vertically extending therethrough. A pair of hollow T-shaped couplings are adapted to be mounted below each of the apertures for providing an air passageway from the housing through the apertures and into a piping arrangement which projects into an adjacent wall of the toilet room wherein a suction device is located. A cover is fittingly mounted over the parapet-like housing and has a pending lip facing the seat cover and adjacent thereto for defining an air passageway extending between the rear of the bowl and inside the housing.

Abstract: A roof drain cover characterized by an open-end cage adapted to sit over the top of a roof drain. The cage has a top face and a peripheral wall. The top face and the peripheral wall are provided with apertures for allowing water circulation therethrough. A pair of leg members which are suspended from the top wall, have a portion extending below the cage for penetrating into the drain. A pair of bolts are slidingly mounted through the peripheral wall and are coaxially mounted in opposite direction, each of said bolts being threadedly engaged with a corresponding leg member for pulling apart the leg members in the direction of the peripheral wall. When the cage is mounted over the drain, the portions extending below the cage are accordingly adapted to abut against the inner surface of the drain for frictionally retaining the cage to the drain.

Abstract: A covering for bed mattress comprising a plastic foam layer and a quilted layer superposed on the foam layer and a plurality of flat permanent magnetic bans adheringly mounted under the foam layer. The magnetic bands are located at predetermined distances from each other and are made of permanent fine magnetic particles embedded in a rubber-like flexible thermoplastic binder. The layers have a total thickness of about 2 to 5 inches and the magnets have an induction of about 1250 to 3850 gauss. The magnetic bands are disposed along a plurality of parallel rows and the magnetic bands of each row are disposed in staggered relationship with the magnetic bands of adjacent rows. The magnetic bands are preferably rectangular with a width of about 2 to 3 inches and a length of about 5 to 8 inches. The distance between each band and between each adjacent row is about 10 to 15 inches. The covering provides therapeutic benefits to the human body.

Abstract: A water and weather resistent coffin is made of a layer of hardened plastified fiber mat and a second layer made of hardened end-grain balsa core panel. The side walls of the coffin are connected to the bottom wall by a pair of squares along each side wall. The squares are formed of narrow plates connected to each other by a triangeloid linking plate. The cover and the box of the coffin have a corresponding perimeter separated by a sealing strip. The cover is hingedly mounted on the box and is adapted to be locked to squeeze the sealing strip. The great resistence of the material used and its structure allows the lateral walls of the box of the coffin to remain straight when a cadaver lies on the bottom wall. The walls of the coffin are flat to maintain a light weight and their original shape under normal stress.

Abstract: The tree protector is made of a plurality of adjacently positioned trapezoidal panels having one lateral side provided with tabs and another lateral side with corresponding slots for hooking the tabls of an adjacent panel. Each panel has a plurality of narrow elongated openings disposed substantially parallel to the slots having a maximum width of about 0.25 inches for allowing air circulation and preventing accumulation of snow inside the protector.

Abstract: A movable stand made of a base member having a flat bottom surface adapted to rest on the ground and with a pair of rotatable wheels mounted under the base member on an axle adjacent and within the periphery of the base member. The wheels are mounted under the base member at such a level so that their periphery does not touch the ground when the base member rests on its bottom surface. The base member is provided with a connecting means to receive a stick handle above and substantially midway between the wheels. The base member is accordingly adapted to be tilted by the stick handle for bringing the wheels in contact with the ground and for moving the base member from one location to another in its tilted position. The base member is provided on its top surface with a selection of perforations and stumps for upstandingly receiving a post carrying a pictogram.

Abstract: A display device hooked to a signboard comprises a placard and a connecting member fixed to the signboard for hooking the placard which is provided with a L-shaped slot extending from the upper edge of the placard. The connecting member is characterized by a forwardly projecting stem adjacent one edge and an abutment member forwardly projecting from the signboard and located below the stem and further remote from the lateral edge which is adjacent the stem. The L-shape slot in the placard is adapted to engage the stem while the placard is in a tilted position and the abutment member is adapted to abut on the above-mentioned edge when the placard is pivoted in a vertical position.

Abstract: A breakaway connection is mounted between a lower and an upper post section for upstandingly supporting the upper section on the lower section. The breakaway connection has a U-shape cross-section with lateral flanges. A weakened linear section extends horizontally on the flanges and partly on the U-shaped portion and is adapted to break upon a lateral impact. The linear section extending downwardly into folds between the flanges and the U-shaped portion of the connection for allowing the upper part of the connection to tilt backwardly while both the upper and lower parts of the connection remain linked together.

Abstract: A quick disconnectable base support assembly for roadway sign is adapted to facilitate the removal of a sign post from a ground retaining foundation. The assembly comprises a C-shape bracket adapted to be horizontally secured to ground retaining foundation. The bracket has a flat face and two terminal flanges at each end extending one towards the other over the flat face. The plate is slidingly mounted in the bracket which has a spring leaf under one of the flanges to abut the plate against the other end of the bracket. A brace member is secured on the flat plate and is provided with an attachment for holding a sign post. With such an arrangement, the sign post can be quickly disconnected from the ground retaining foundation into which the bracket is set. This arrangement allows the transportation and storing of the sign post without any of the usual base member which are heavy and cumbersome.

Abstract: A rear mounted grader for vehicles comprises a plate member adapted to be vertically secured to the vehicle frame behind the wheels. A pair of rearwardly extending arms are pivotally mounted on the plate member and are provided with a sliding member securely mounted between the arms. A grader blade is transversally disposed relative to the arms and is secured thereunder at the rear end thereof. A hydraulic piston is pivotally secured at one end to the plate member above the pair of arms and to the sliding member at the opposite end for raising and lowering the blade from a position above the ground to an abutting position with the ground, whereby upon actuation of the piston, the blade is adapted to selectively abut against the ground for grading the ground or be lifted therefrom. The grader is preferably provided with spring blades mounted behind the sliding member between the latter and the pair of arms.

Abstract: A system for sand blasting includes a longitudinally protecting wall provided with a horizontal slit therethrough, a control center having a platform longitudinally displaceable in front of the wall and a seat on the platform which can be vertically displaced relative to the slit. A sand blasting gun is mounted on the platform between the wall and the seat and extends through the slit. The gun is pivotally mounted on a post substantially in the plane of the wall for allowing the gun to be directed in a plurality of angular directions across the slit. A stand for supporting an article having a large surface to be treated is located on the side of the wall opposite the chair. The stand is adapted to pivot the article about a vertical and a horizontal axis whereby the gun is adapted to laterally project sand on the article when the platform is displaced from side to side along the slit and when the gun and the stand are pivoted about their vertical axis.

Abstract: A plurality of nozzles is mounted inside a casing for projecting air jets through adjacent rows of stiff and upwardly projecting bristles of a carpet for dislodging lint between the bristles. The lint which is projected out of the bristles is sucked away through an aperture in the casing. The casing is manually or automatically moved over the carpet. The nozzles are characterized by hollow cylindrical needles extending between the bristles and are dimensioned to prevent lateral shifting of the bristles.

Abstract: A mobile harvester for loading and unloading hay bales made of a loading and unloading platform. The loading platform is positioned adjacent to and sidewise relative to a receiving platform which is adapted to individually and successively supply single rows of bales transversely on the loading platform. A first conveyor mechanism is mounted on the loading platform for longitudinally moving the bale with transversal channels for allowing the bales to transversally slide thereof and to longitudinally move the bales upon actuation of the first mechanism. The unloading platform is adjacently positioned lengthwise relative to said loading platform for receiving the bales from the loading platform when said first convyeor mechanism is moving. The unloading platform has a supporting surface which comprises a second conveyor mechanism for consecutively moving the bales longitudinally from one end substantially at the same level as the first mechanism to an end of the unloading platform opposite the loading platform.

Abstract: A rigid cover assembly for use on an open top box body is particularly adapted for trucks carrying loose goods. The cover assembly has an arched shape lid within which are located tilted piston devices for pivoting the cover assembly over the box body. The piston devices extend between the top edges of the front and the rear wall of the box body up to locations inside the lid adjacent the respective front and rear walls. The lid is provided with openings for loading the box body with loose goods.

Abstract: The ladder leveling adapter comprises a pair of spacers adapted to be secured outwardly on the side rails of the ladder between two interconnecting rounds. An elongated bar having a median slot parallel to the rail extends over the spacers and projects below the rails. Each rail and each adjacent elongated bar are connected together by a pair of threaded rods having a nut threadedly mounted on the inner side of the rail and quick release tightening means on the outer side of the bar. A friction means is mounted around each rod between the spacer and the bar for preventing a longitudinal slipping between the bar and the rail. The quick release tightening means comprises a knob axially mounted on the rod having a flat surface abuting on the bar and a lever for slidingly moving the knob against the bar. The knob includes a pin which extends in the slot of the bar for preventing the rotation of the lever relative to the slot, the pin having a length greater than the releasing distance of the release means.

Abstract: A ground anchor adapted to be driven into the ground comprises an elongated flat plate having a first bent portion at one end forming a U-shaped throat along one side of the plate and a second bent portion at the end opposite the first mentioned end slightly inclined relative to the flat surface of the plate in the direction opposite the throat. A cable is secured at one of its ends, to the plate, at an intermediate portion between both ends of the plate. The intermediate portion is located in the direction of the second bent portion relative to the center of gravity of the plate. The end of the cable forming a closed loop has an aperture adjacent the plate and on the same side of the plate as the throat. The loop and the throat are adapted to upstandingly retain the rod while the latter is impacted for driving the anchor into the ground, and the plate is adapted to tilt about the loop when the cable is pulled upwardly thereby imparting a plowing effect of the plate in the ground.