Abstract: A transportable basketball rim and net with optional back-board blocking training tool assembly is provided for use on a pre-existing metal goal. The base rim with net is installed over and removed from a pre-existing metal goal without the use of a ladder. The net and training tool can be removably attached to the plastic rim before the assembly is installed on the hoop. The base includes an optional insert to allow installation of the rim over a six or five inch pre-existing mount.

Abstract: A storage tube for fixed installation inside the handlebar of a bicycle or motorcycle, that is designed to protect stored contents from rain and debris, and to provide a convenient means for carrying a motorcycle registration and the like, and the storage function of which is designed to be inconspicuous to casual passersby.

Abstract: A wheelchair apparatus that provides an unobstructed seating platform for loading and unloading the user; that does not require a caregiver to lift the user's entire body during transfer on to or off of the chair; that provides a seating platform that can be positioned directly over a bed thereby eliminating the need to carry or move a patient over a gap or across an entire bed; and that reduces the number of necessary transfers on and off the chair during a twenty-four hour period by providing an integral toileting platform thereby allowing the chaired user to stay in the chair while using a pre-existing toilet.

Abstract: This invention is a multi use tow bar for towing one vehicle behind the other, which is very simple in design in that it consists of a single (segmented) shaft which is rigidly attached to the rear of the towing vehicle (with a single component attachment device), a simple vertically rotating joint, and a rearward long shaft segment which is attached to the center of the front of the towed vehicle by a single coupler/ball. This tow bar is suitable for a broad range of situations where one vehicle tows another vehicle on a continuing basis and ease of attachment and disattachment of the two vehicles is important.

Abstract: The safety and torso positioning apparatus consists of three straps removably anchored to a wheelchair or the like and adjustably fastened to hold the seated occupant and stabilize the occupant's torso in a vertical position.