Abstract: A test probe for effecting temporary electrical connection to circuit terminals of miniature integrated circuits or like elements with small inter-terminal spacings. The probe has an insulative tip having a cross-sectional dimension smaller than the space between adjacent terminals. In an axially extending groove in the tip is a stiff wire, and a mechanism is provided for controllably moving the wire out of the groove after the tip has been inserted between two terminals. When the wire moves out of the groove, it contacts one of the electric terminals and wedges the insulative tip against the adjacent terminal so as to retain the probe in place.

Abstract: A reflective safety harness for a quadruped animal such as a cat or a dog. The harness includes a pair of substantially identical elements that are mounted on opposite sides of the animal, each element having a light reflective surface. Each element includes a semi-flexible sheet that lies against the side of the animal's body and conforms thereto, and a planar member that projects outward and generally normal to the sheet so that it stands out from the animal's body and receives and reflects light impinging thereon. At the corners of the sheet are fastened straps which circumscribe the animal's body at the front and rear of the harness. Extending from the front strap at the top point thereof midway between the two elements is an auxiliary strap having at the distal end thereof a loop through which the dog's regular collar is passed, thereby assuring immovable attachment of the harness on the dog's body.

Abstract: An article of manufacture and method for enhancing the operability of appliances such as flashlights that are powered by dry cell batteries, including a mass of conductive shavings and a flexible insulative disc for supporting the shavings between terminal ends of the batteries when they are in place in an appliance.

Abstract: An array of photovoltaic cells and a parabolic concentrator for concentrating solar energy onto the cells. A watertight chamber including a solar energy pervious window adjacent the focus of the parabolic concentrator. The solar cell array is disposed within the chamber in alignment with the window. A quantity of water disposed in the chamber, the quantity being sufficient to absorb heat energy so as to limit the temperature rise of the solar cell array during periods of solar energy impingement thereon. The watertight chamber has sufficient external surface area that the heat energy stored therein is transferred away during non-solar energy producing periods of the diurnal cycle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for folding the gable top of gable top containers into a flat condition preparatory to packing a plurality of such containers into a carton so as to avoid wasted volume during transport of such containers. A gable top container having an extra score line to facilitate such folding of the gable top.

Abstract: Complemental male and female mold sections are supported in spaced relation to define a cavity that has a molded corresponding to the shape of the article to be molded, the mold sections being relatively movable away from one another to afford ejection of a completed article. A recess in the surface of at least one of the mold sections in a wall thereof generally parallel to the direction of the mold separation. An ejector bar sized to fit within the recess, the ejector bar having a surface discontinuity that is the mirror image of a surface discontinuity to be formed on the wall of the molded article. Means for moving the ejector bar along an oblique path after the mold sections are separated so that the ejector bar performs the dual function of separating the molded article from the mold section and effecting disengagement between the surface discontinuity on the ejector bar and its mirror image on the molded part.

Abstract: A shower safety comfort temperature guide for use with bathing showers and the like in a manner to assist an individual in pre-judging the comfort zone of the water prior to bodily contact with the water, the guide intended to be attached to the shower head pipe immediately prior to the shower head in a manner to measure the temperature of the water flowing through the pipe and indicating such temperature on a color zone guide dial, the guide including a bimetallic temperature responsive element for sensing the temperature change and connected through a gear mechanism to an indicator for indicating such temperature on the dial face.