Abstract: An anti-litter spreading and containment device for pet animals is disclosed. It consists in a fence-like structure which substantially surrounds and sits atop almost the entire perimeter of the animal's waste collection container.The invention also includes a device which is of utility in overcoming the difficulty experienced by small kittens in using cat waste boxes, said device consisting in a ramp-like walkway which leads to the top border of the waste collection container.

Abstract: A trimmer guide for hanging wallpaper along the outside corner (typically of a passageway). The guide is rectangular shaped, about 6 inches long and about 1 and 1/4 inches wide with a blade portion about 3/4 inches wide and about 0.23 inches thick. The guide also has a gripping portion about 1/2 inch wide and a thickness between about 0.046 inches and about 0.120 inches, the difference in thickness between the gripping portion and the blade portion resulting in at least one straight ledge along the entire length of the guide.

Abstract: An angular viewing device is taught which enables the viewer to see, while looking downward, objects and scenery in front of him, to the right and left and also above and below the horizontal plane of the viewer's eyes. The viewing device and all of its reflective surfaces or mirrors are housed in a casing which is waterproof and also highly aerodynamically wind-resistant. The device is primarily for use as an optical visual aid for mounting on the handle bars of bicycles for forward vision purposes, safety, and easing of muscle strain associated with riding certain types of bicycles, such as English racer types.

Abstract: Minimizing or eliminating the amount of odor-laden air that leaves a cat litter box and circulates into the room is accomplished by the mixing of the cooler room air with the hotter air that rises from the animal's fecal matter to the top of the box and then out through a series of charcoal filters.This is achieved by having a dome cover (aesthetically or ornamentally designed to look like a bank) of approximately fourteen inches high, and twenty inches long by fifteen inches wide placed across the top of the litter box and/or removably fastened to same. The odor elimination or minimization starts with the cat's excretion of warm fecal matter in to the litter box or waste elimination system. As the warm, odor-laden air rises, it mixes in with the fresh cooler air entering into the dome cover from several (such as ten) designed slots on the outside of the dome cover.This diluted air automatically reduces odor by expanding the air flow to the top of the enclosure.

Abstract: A total system to remove, store and dispose of feline (or other animal) bladder and bowel movements through the introduction of and a complete utilization of many features and sub-systems to provide ways of operating and managing a fully sanitary method of wet and dry feline bladder and bowel excretions. The system encompasses a unique urine "purification by exposure to air process," via aeration. It uses the aerification process by having the urine go through a sand or other porous material in a top tray and then through a pervious bottom of said top tray, thence dropping on a suspended porous aeration tablet or pad. This produces an aerified urine. The process is preferably aided by special chemicals implanted in the aeration table which is multi-layered. This then dries the urine, producing no odor, and provides a complete, disposable, sanitary, odorless system of urine deposits.

Abstract: A cover for a vehicle (such as a motor vehicle) is disclosed. The cover is comprised of a multiplicity of panels, at least two of which have different colors. These differently colored panels assist the user of the cover in orienting the cover upon the vehicle to be covered.

Abstract: A motorcycle driver's helmet is described. A special optical system or periscope type design is built onto the rear of the helmet for use by a passenger, i.e. not by the wearer. The structure enables the passenger to see in front of the running motorcycle, such as traffic and/or the scenery ahead without having to move to the side to look around the driver.

Abstract: A sleeve covering to surround a vent pipe which is to be buried and inserted into and connected to a T-fitting trap of a sanitary sewer system is described which sleeve covering will prevent the frost or frozen earth from heaving the pipe which it surrounds. The repeating sleeve covering is basically a number of hollow vertical sections or coupling members, generally cylindrical in shape, whose inside diameter of the bottom portion of each is slightly greater than the pipe which it surrounds. Vertical movement of the sleeve sections or coupling members (one or more or all) is possible without causing any vertical movement of the pipe that the sections surround. Also, because of the particular exterior shape (frusto-conical) of the top portion of each section, the exterior forces exerted upon same by the earth when it freezes actually tends to force the sleeve sections downward rather than upward.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive apparatus which enables an ordinary power snake to be rotated by an electric drill. The apparatus consists of a telescope connected to a series of flexible tubes, i.e. garden hoses joined together by suitable couplings and an optional adapter for attaching the series of flexible tubes to the drain line. An electric drill is attached to the end of the snake protruding from the telescope to rotate the snake encased by the telescope and the tube train. Collapsing the telescope forces the snake into the drain line. Removing the telescope and the first section of the tube train and then reconnecting the telescope to the shortened tube train enables more snake to be forced down the drain line. This process may, of course, be repeated, as found necessary or desirable for complete unplugging of the drain line.

Abstract: The top surface of the rear end of a slalom water ski is modified by adding a special contour to same to improve its performance in racing competition. The modification relates to adding a "hump" or "hummock" on the rear one-third of the ski. The sides of the hump coincide with the sides of the rear of the ski and the curvature at the back of the "hump" just matches the contour of the back end of the ski. Also in this hump, the standard seven degree angle from vertical of a standard ski continues upwardly for a given distance above the normal top surface of the ski and is then reversed from that 7 degrees to 7 degrees from vertical the other way for a given distance, after which the top surface of the "hump" is smoothly "radiused" around.

Abstract: A rowing exercise apparatus is capable of emulating the actual sensations of rowing, including the sensation of tippiness at slow rowing speeds and also providing an artificially induced sense of motion to the rower of the apparatus at the end of each rowing stroke. The energy put forth by the rower by pulling the oars is transmitted to the gyroscopic flywheel by a system of belt and pulleys operatively connected between the oars and the flywheel for the purpose of creating and maintaining stability of the rower's seat, which then simulate the action or feeling of a rower in a shell gliding in water. The rowing exercise apparatus is capable of lending itself to group participating exercise by means of coupling two or more machines, end to end, in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: This hand tool is a portable tool, to be used on a construction site to drill pilot holes for the standard 41/2" hinge used on doors in the majority of commercial buildings. It's light-weight, small and powered by any 3/8" drill motor. Base of tool is used to align the drills in place on the routed out section of door or jamb. The 4 hole configuration the tool has is a standard location used by the main door hinge manufacturers. The main advantage of the tool is the accuracy of the holes drilled. The labor time is cut by 75% over the old conventional way of drilling the holes in the hard wood one at a time for the accommodation of the screws that hold the hinge in place.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for relieving ground pressure surrounding pvc vent pipes which have been displaced from their T-fitting traps in sewer systems. The round tubular nature of a semi-rigid pipe is changed to an elliptical or oval shape with initial insertion and rotation of a special tool. The tool being connected to a drive-shaft and rotated by an external source such as a drill motor. The rotation of the tool within the pipe progressively causes the pvc pipe to have a momentary elliptical cross-sectional shape as the tool rotates within the previously round pipe, without rotating the pipe. As the tool passes down (or "screws down") through the pipe, the pipe re-assumes its circular cross-sectional shape, and original diameter, but only after its larger-dimension elliptical cross-section has pressurized the earth duct and increased its diameter to about an inch greater than its initial (unpressured) circular diameter.

Abstract: A non-petroleum based, environmentally safe tire sealant composition is prepared. The major ingredients in same are finely ground rubber, calcium chloride, all-purpose wheat flour and water. To these major ingredients are added a relatively small amount of sodium nitrite, and substantially smaller amounts of a vegetable oil and a de-foaming agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device and method for better enabling outdoors-people to see more wild animals up more closely by helping to cover up or mask their human scent at a greater distance. In the method of the present invention the outdoorsman arrives at his or her desired location and then proceeds to launch scent missiles (loaded with desired scent) in different directions, using the launcher. Typically four such scent missiles will be launched in directions approximately ninety degrees from each other. This surrounds the outdoorsman with natural woodsy odors thereby covering up or masking his/her own human odors.

Abstract: A dry-wall cutting tool is described. It has a block-like configuration and is designed to slide over the edge of the drywall and to cut both sides of the drywall to the same distance from the edge and at the same time as it does so. The depth of the cut (i.e. distance from the edge of the drywall being cut) can be controllably varied considerably and it will typically be between 1/8 inch and 6 inches deep from the edge of the drywall that is being cut. The cutting tool has vertical threaded shafts upon which are mounted cutting wheels and rubber or nylon rollers, with ball bearings between the shafts and the cutting wheels and rollers. Due to its construction the twin cutting can be done quickly and with little manual effort or force.

Abstract: The unified pull-push exercise device consists of a slanted beam which can be positioned at various angles from the horizontal. The beam as an attached movable seat that travels the length of the beam. A stationary gripping handle or bar is positioned above the beam and is spaced at a strategic distance from the top of the beam. The position of the gripping handle is also carefully calculated above the top of the beam, and away from the user's shoulders so that a full range of motion is realized.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved shell-type pickup truck cap having a means for preventing damage to the cap when it is being installed on, or removed from, the bed of a pickup truck, or when said cap is being transported to or from storage. The cap comprises a substantially planar top, longitudinal sidewalls and a rear wall of a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration, which typically is or includes a hatch. An elongated support, or spacing bar, is provided to be rigidly positioned across the opposite internal bottom portions of the sidewalls. The support bar is suitably detachably secured to the bottom rear portions of each of the sidewalls to span the distance between the sidewalls and to substantially prevent inward or outward movement of the sidewalls. In this manner damage to the upper rear of the cap is prevented while the cap is being installed on, removed from, a pickup truck bed, or while the cap is being transported to or from storage.

Abstract: A finger ring guard in combination with a continuous circular finger ring for reducing the inside circumference of the ring. The guard consists of an elongated U-shaped attachment member with two arms having circular pads at the ends thereof, which pads have small holes in their centers and which pads slip over and pinch onto the ends of a small peg soldered on and sticking out perpendicularly from both sides of the ring. On the opposite outer side of the ring is soldered a small amount of gold or other metal creating a circular opening through and under which the guard is located and kept in place on the ring.

Abstract: A support saddle which tethers a pipe, cable, wire, conduit or other elongate article to the support saddle, which, in turn, is fastened to a support surface, said support saddle also having a design such that it is easily and readily employable as an intermediate connecting device used to aid in the bonding of a flat surface to a round surface, or vice-versa. The support saddle can also be used with a complementing removable base so as to controllably alter the distance of the elongate article supported in the saddle from the support surface.