Abstract: An eyesight and hearing safety apparatus for use by a human being. The apparatus comprises a front guard portion including a front transparent panel for protecting the eyesight of the human being. The apparatus further comprises a first and a second earplug for protecting the hearing of the human being. The apparatus further comprises a first temple having a first attachment end and a first support end. The first attachment end is hingedly attached to one end of the front guard portion. The first earplug is attached to the first temple adjacent the first support end. The first temple and the first earplug support the front guard portion from a respective auditory canal when the human being is wearing the apparatus. The apparatus further comprises a second temple having a second attachment end and a second support end. The second attachment end is hingedly attached to one end of the front guard portion. The second earplug is attached to the second temple adjacent the second support end.

Abstract: An ulnar cut guide alignment system including an ulnar alignment guide having a first end for attachment relative to the proximal end of an ulna, a second end for attachment relative to the distal end of the ulna, and a long axis for placement parallel to the long axis of the ulna; an ulnar cut guide holder including a body having an aperture extending therethrough along a longitudinal axis; and an ulnar cut guide locator for connecting the ulnar cut guide holder to the ulnar alignment guide with the longitudinal axis through the aperture of the body of the ulnar cut guide holder placed substantially coextensive with the articular axis of the trochlear notch of the ulna when the first end of the ulnar alignment guide is attached relative to the distal end of the ulna and when the second end of the ulnar alignment guide is attached to the proximal end of the ulna.

Abstract: A free-standing, one-piece bag holder made up of a resilient rolled metal. The base of the bag holder consists of two parallel base members of the rolled metal. A crossbar that is perpendicular to the base members is fixedly attached at the ends thereof to the respective base members at points on the base members which are midway between the ends of the base members. Portions of the base members extend upwardly at an angle from the opposite ends of the base members towards the mid-portions of the base members. Four legs respectively extend upwardly at right angles relative to the portions of the base members so that the sides of the bag holder diverge outwardly from one another when the bag holder is in a bag removed condition.

Abstract: A golf club holder holds and organizes a plurality of golf clubs within a golf bag. The holder includes a floor portion having a first plurality of holes therethrough, with each hole being sized for receipt of a shaft of a golf club therethrough, and the holder also includes a circumferential sidewall portion extending upwardly from the floor portion and substantially concentric with the central axis of the floor portion. A second plurality of wedge-shaped compartments are formed within the sidewall portion with each compartment being shaped as an annular sector about the central axis, being downwardly closed by the floor portion, and having an open apex radially inward toward the central axis. The heads of golf clubs are received into the compartments when the shafts of the clubs are received into the holes through the floor portion. Raised platform portions separate some of the compartments, and a vertical bore through each raised platform portion receives the shaft of an oversize golf club.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a portable massaging machine to a support member such as a chair or the like. The apparatus includes a backboard member for attachment to the support member; and securing structure for adjustably securing the portable massaging machine to the backboard member.

Abstract: An extension spray tube holder secured to the outside surface of an aerosol spray can. The contents of the can are under pressure and are delivered through a very small orifice in a nozzle atop the can, with a valve being interposed between the nozzle and the pressurized interior of the can. The valve may be operated by manually depressing the top of the nozzle assembly, so as to cause the contents of the can to spray from the nozzle in a conical spray pattern that broadcasts the sprayed contents onto a workpiece. The tube holder is generally cylindrical and has upper and lower ends and a bore extending longitudinally through at least a portion of the tube holder. The bore has an upwardly-opening mouth proximate the upper end of the spray tube holder, and the bore further has a constricted portion adapted for frictionally retaining the spray tube when the spray tube is inserted through the mouth of the spray tube holder and into the bore.

Abstract: An adjustable-pitch ridge vent having accordion-shaped pleated end plugs for covering an opening at the peak of a roof. The ridge vent has a top panel having opposed lateral edges and having opposed ends, and has a flexible midsection parallel to the opposed lateral edges. A plurality of semi-circular supports extending downwardly from the underside of the top panel suspend the top panel above the roof. Lateral sidewall portions, which downwardly depend from the lateral edges of the vent, have louvered ventilation openings for allowing air to escape out of the opening at the roof's peak and pass from under the vent. Gutters with outwardly upturned lips and with drain openings are adjacent the ventilation openings. Coacting male and female joiners, respectively at the ends of the vent, sealingly join adjacent like ridge vents to each other.

Abstract: A bioresorbable string of implantable beads in which the beads consist essentially of calcium sulfate and a quantity of a drug suitable for treating tissue disorders, and in which both the beads and the line that joins the beads together are bioresorbable.

Abstract: A lift mechanism for use with a tractor and a convertor dolly. The lift mechanism includes an elongated arm having a first end and a second end; tractor attachment structure for pivotally attaching the first end of the arm to a tractor; convertor dolly attachment structure for attaching the second end of the arm to a convertor dolly; and actuating structure for raising the second end of the arm.

Abstract: Calcar collar instrumentation including a calcar collar and a proximal femoral stem. The calcar collar includes a foot with a foot member having a face surface; a back attached to the foot and including a back member having a face surface arranged at an angle to the face surface of the foot member; and attachment structure for removably and adjustably attaching the foot and the back to the proximal femoral stem. The proximal femoral stem includes one or more necks for allowing the calcar collar to be snapped thereto.

Abstract: A method of and instrumentation for implanting a spherical prosthesis in a joint between a first bone and a second bone. The method includes the steps of exposing a joint between a first bone and a second bone; forming a semispherical cavity in the proximal surface of the first bone; forming a semispherical cavity in the distal surface of the second bone; and inserting a spherical prosthesis into the semispherical cavities in the proximal surface of the first bone and in the distal surface of the second bone.

Abstract: A femoral neck anteversion guide for use with a femur having a prepared intramedullary canal. The guide includes a radiolucent stem having a distal end for inserting into the prepared intramedullary canal; and a radiopaque angle locator wire embedded within the stem at a known angle for allowing the femoral neck angle and femoral neck anteversion to be determined.

Abstract: In combination, a self-supporting module of fibrous material and a cover.

Abstract: A furniture leg attached to the underside of the frame of a piece of furniture. The furniture leg has a vertical bore through which a bolt is threadedly screwed into an internally-threaded insert on the frame, entrapping the furniture leg between the head of the bolt and the frame. In some embodiments, at least one, and preferably two, teeth extend upwardly from the upper surface of the furniture leg and pierce through the upholstery and into the frame, preventing the furniture leg from rotating about the axis of the bolt. In other embodiments, at least one, and preferably two, corrugated joiners extend upwardly from the upper surface of the furniture leg and pierce through the upholstery and into the frame, preventing the furniture leg from rotating about the axis of the bolt. One of the corrugated joiners may span a seam between bondedly and abuttingly joined pieces of the furniture leg, thereby also providing additional structural joining of the pieces of the furniture leg.

Abstract: An improvement in a fin and tube heat exchanger of the type used in condensers, evaporators, and fluid coolers in refrigeration systems and the like. The fin and tube heat exchanger comprises at least one coil including fins, tubes and a support. The improved fin and tube heat exchanger has no end plates or center plates by which typically the coils are supported, but the coil of the improved fin and tube heat exchanger is supported solely by the fins thereof resting on the support. The fins of the coils are typically straight along the lower edges thereof from end to end, but alternatively may be notched and a flange formed adjacent each notch to rest upon the support with the support being received in the notch.

Abstract: A distal femur multiple resection guide for attachment to a distal femur having a resected anterior surface and a resected distal surface, and for guiding a cutting tool. The multiple resection guide includes a block member having a distal femoral resection contact surface for placement against the resected distal surface of the distal femur; an arm member having an anterior resection contact surface for placement against the resected anterior surface of the distal femur; an anterior bevel cut guide on the block member for guiding the cutting tool to make an anterior bevel cut on the distal femur; a posterior bevel cut guide on the block member for guiding the cutting tool to make a posterior bevel cut on the distal femur; a posterior condyle cut guide on the block member for guiding the cutting tool to make a posterior condyle cut on the distal femur; and patellar track cut guide on the arm member for guiding the cutting tool to make a patellar track cut on the distal femur.

Abstract: A cooping apparatus by which a large number of chickens, such as may be found growing within a chicken house, are mechanically transferred into a multi-tiered coop. A conveyor is supported along the length of a boom, and a chicken gathering apparatus is supported from the depending end of the boom for gathering the chickens onto the boom conveyor, which moves then onto an elevated intermediate conveyor system. Overlying the conveyor system is a pivotally mounted set of distribution vanes that uniformly distributes the chickens as they continue to move along the conveyor system towards the receiving end of a transfer divider. The transfer divider divides the chickens into a plurality of horizontal parallel paths, each path leading into the compartments of one tier of a multi-tiered coop that is supported on the rear of the machine.