Abstract: Adjustable hanger whose length conforms to the shoulder length of shirts, blouses, dresses, thereby eliminating unsightly stretch marks from fixed length hangers. The hanger's body contains a swiveling hook, a pinion, and right and left arms with built-in gear racks. A square-ended hook is held rotatably by its straight end in a cylindrical cavity in the central upper part of the body. A pinion with gear teeth is held rotatably by its head in another cylindrical cavity directly below the straight end of the hook. Pinion gear teeth engage the rack teeth of the left and right arms, which arms are radially shaped and are housed and guided in radial tracks in the body. By rotating the hook and simultaneously pushing it downwards into the body, the square end of the hook is made to enter the square hole of the pinion. Rotating the hook at this point will rotate the pinion whose teeth will pull the left and right arms to move radially in the tracks of the body.

Abstract: Needle housing of simple springless syringe retracts into casing tube's barrel after use to avoid accidental needle sticks. A lip at the barrel's forward end and a far end of a rim of the needle housing together form a partial forward end wall. The plunger's plug is sealably and frangibly attached at forward end of plunger to interior portion of plunger and to an arm running lengthwise through plunger. An injection needle housing has a rim bonded to the exterior of the forward end of the syringe barrel, a projecting needle for injecting the fluid, an interior female cavity whose walls are shaped to sealably receive and lock the plug after the plug leaves the barrel during injection and a stabilizing lip containing breakaway points whose lower and upper portions are on each side of the partial forward end wall of the barrel.

Abstract: Versatile safety device that detects tilting usable in combination with a hat for driver alertness or in combination with a floatation device for swimming pool safety. Device is composed primarily of two lightweight metallic cups resting on a generally flat base that complete an electric circuit when the device is tilted at least to a certain adjustable angle either because (i) a driver's head is tilted due to drowsiness or (ii) because of waves as device supportably rests on water surface. Tilting of device causes a spherical metallic object to roll from the apex of the inner cup along the side of inner cup toward the edge of the inner cup and thereby touch the outer cup while simultaneously remaining touching the inner cup. Inner metallic cup is upright cone. Outer cup is upside down metallic cover surrounding inner cup on all sides except bottom where flat base appears. Standard lightweight battery, buzzer, wires are used for circuit. When circuit is completed buzzer sounds.

Abstract: Two unbalanced connectable systems are moving over the above two portions of their movement with different speed during the separation from one another.

Abstract: A simple, disposable cat litter box has a flexible plastic pullstring bag and a crushable one piece skeletal frame containing four corner expanded rigid polystyrene plastic brackets and a connecting rim at its top. For average sized boxes, the thin bag can be extended approximately twelve inches above the frame and has a drawstring near its top edge for closure. The bottom of the bag receives cat litter. The bag has an additional reinforcer bag up to the frame sufficient to withstand cat scratches. When the box is in use, the bag is tightly wrapped around the skeletal frame or adhered or attached by standard means. Preferably, there is a single outer fold parallel to the perimeter of the bag in the midpoint of the portion of the bag that extends above the frame, or alternatively top of bag is left inside space of frame until consumer folds it around the frame.

Abstract: The investment casting method uses the lost wax method and involves using a model to form a wax piece in the desired shape such as the shape of the snap element or the shape of two hinge halves, making a tree out of a multitude of the wax pieces, adding slurry and heating to create hard material having spaces shaped like the wax parts and then pouring molten casting material into the spaces in a vacuum environment.

Abstract: An automatic rescue device employing a safety net usable in large in-ground swimming pools operable without human assistance can lift a net rapidly and effectively to the surface and is suitable to handle significant weight and rescue several people in a stable and reliable manner. It is comprised of a safety net coextensive with the perimeter of the pool submerged in the water when inactive having metal arms fastened to corners thereof, hollow cylinders running from the pool bottom to just above the top of the water surface standing at corners of the pool that house collapsible rods. In certain modes, minimal action by a human, namely operation of a remote activator, is necessary. When the swimming pool is not in use, an infra red signalling system is activated causing an electrical signal to travel through wires to activate motors at the bottom of each cylinder.

Abstract: A novel composition and method for forming artificial fingernails in situ and for prefabricated nails for people with weak, damaged nails. A vinyl fingernail extension is adhered to the top surface of the free end of a natural fingernail. Then for the in situ nail a coating of cyanoacrylate adhesive is applied to the vinyl extension and the natural nail. For the prefabricated nail, a fill in preliminary coating on the natural nail is first employed. Afterwards layers of a pink mixture in powder form of between approximately 8 and 12 parts by volume acrylic ester polymer or copolymer and 1 part sodium bicarbonate is applied to the adhesive coating while still wet to create an instant hardening. The coatings are repeated several times. The resulting nail looks naturally pink, blends into its finger, skin and nail environment, is hardy, corrects broken nails and is strong enough to protect against further damage to nails.

Abstract: An open but secure kiosk, anchored in the ground, for a full service travel center in an indoor commercial public area is, in one embodiment, substantially rectangular with a small square area removed from each corner and has vertical corner beams, an upper wall portion defined by at least two parallel double upper cross-beams running along the entire upper perimeter of the kiosk, a lower wall portion along the entire lower perimeter of the kiosk directly below the upper wall portion constructed of continuous solid block roughly three feet in height and including the upright side wall of customer counters that form the two longer sides of the kiosk. There are also ceiling cross-beams. Movable grates above the counters close downward and seal the long side walls and there are bright signs at the top of the long walls.

Abstract: A candy tree with a conical shape having wrapped candies adhesively and removably attached thereon covering the entire surface of the plastic or styrofoam cone forming the principal part of the tree element. The remaining portion of the tree element is the semispherical rigid holder into which the cone snugly fits. The holder is generally obscured by the wrapped candies and its flat underside allows the candy tree to rest on any flat surface. The candy tree can be used for ornamental, decorative, amusement or religious purposes and permits individual candies to be removed by children. Various decorative elements, such as a ribbon, a miniature santa claus or a pumpkin can be inserted into the top end of the tree element.

Abstract: A method of using decals peeled off a tape dispenser to measure eyeglass wearers for bifocals, trifocals and progressive bifocals is disclosed. The decals adhere to the lens of plastic demonstration spectacles either by suction, friction or transparent adhesive liquid on a reverse side. The decals come in varying sizes reflecting the varying widths and styles of eyeglass frames. The decals can also be flat topped or round in shape. The method involves placing the decal on demonstration lens worn by the patient and repositioning it if necessary so that its top coincides with the top of the lower eyelid of the patient. If desired, the practitioner can first crudely estimate the distance from the top of the lower eyelid to the bottom of the lens with demonstration spectacles on the wearer and then attach and position the appropriate size decal on the demonstration lens so that the top of the decal coincides with the top of the lower eyelid of the patient.

Abstract: A rhombus-shaped toothpick holder for connected triangular toothpicks in a way that avoids toothpicks accidentally exiting the holder and poking someone is defined by a rear surface, four connected walls and a front bottom cover member that opens outwardly for insertion of the toothpicks and snaps closed. The front surface of the connected toothpicks inside the holder is smooth for the display of a logo on it except for spaces between the toothpicks at or near its top whereas the back of the connected triangular toothpicks appear accordion-like. The inside surface of the holder's rear surface has an identical logo displayed thereon so that as toothpicks having portions of the logo are dispensed the logo remains visible and whole. Alignment markers keep the logos aligned. To fit into spaces between the toothpicks and thereby prevent their movement, ribs of gradually increasing height are provided at a lower end of the inside rear surface at an area corresponding to that of the cover member.