Abstract: A testing device having a lower cup for receipt of a fluid specimen and a lid containing a chamber having one or more reagent strips protruding therefrom, such reagent strips having color change testing areas thereon. The lid is attachable to the cup with the device to be inverted for the fluid specimen to reach the protruding reagent strips and for the device to be set upright for the reading of the color change testing areas through a transparent area of the lid.

Abstract: A hair-cutting guide having two interconnected plate members which align to compress and sandwich hair therebetween to be cut along an edge of the aligned plate members.

Abstract: A suture made of bioabsorbable material is disclosed having a central body member with a plurality of lateral members extending perpendicularly therefrom and in the same general plane with the central body member, each lateral member having a plurality of barb members extending at an acute angle therefrom, allowing the lateral members to be inserted laterally into two sides of a cut in body tissue so that the two sides are joined at an incision junction at the central body member and are retained securely and non-withdrawably in the body tissue by the barb members on such lateral members. Also disclosed is a method for utilizing the suture of this invention.

Abstract: A wicket for receipt therearound of a self-adhesive-backed ticket, such wicket attachable to an attachment member on an article of clothing of a user, such wicket having a planar body with an upper indicia receipt area and a lower ticket receipt area with structure for engagement with the attachment member and the planar body and locking structure to retain the wicket on the attachment member.

Abstract: A ladder stabilizer with structure passing through hollow rungs of a adder and extending beyond each side rail to upright members having bases adapted to rest on the ground and structure within such upright members to adjust the height of the upright member in relation to the slope of the ground to provide lateral stability to the ladder.

Abstract: A gun sight mount used in association with a gun barrel, such gun sight mount positioned on a axially rotatable shaft member disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the gun barrel, offsetting such sight mount to a side of such gun barrel. A handle causes rotation of the shaft member and sight mount such that the sight mount moves from a position where its axis is parallel to the axis of the gun barrel to a position where its axis is pointing downward and outward from the direction of the axis of the gun barrel to a point selected for the desired range whence the sight is then aimed at the target which action then elevates the gun barrel for the correct range and offsets the gun barrel from the target to adjust for the projectile's drift in order to aim the projectile accurately to hit the target.

Abstract: A filter for disinfecting non-potable water disposed in line in a water delivery pipe such filter having a plurality of aligned chambers is disclosed. The first chamber contains biocidal resin which imparts a biocide to the water as it passes therethrough. The water then passes through a turbulating disk to an extended contact time chamber of a selected cubic volume to allow further contact time between the biocide and any microorganisms in the water. The water then passes through a biocide removal chamber containing media which removes the biocide from the water. The water then passes through a chamber containing bacteriostatic media which acts to prevent back contamination from the effluent end of the filter. The water then passes through a 3-micron screen which acts to retain protozoan cysts within the filter as the water passes on in the water delivery pipe.

Abstract: A bagel board turning device having a plurality of bagel boards with bagels placed thereon, each bagel board rotatable on its central longitudinal axis with gears to simultaneously rotate the bagel boards along their longitudinal central axes to deposit the bagels directly under their respective bagel boards.

Abstract: A telephone interface system to interconnect the output of two or more musicians, one at an instant location and the other at a remote location, over communication lines such system converting the analog musical output to digital form for duplexing over the communication lines.

Abstract: A process for making a structural member wherein bead members are mixed with a selected material and the mixture is compressed and molded into a shape. The compressed mixture is then heated and the bead members removed by melting. The remaining structure, having been thus formed with a plurality of cells therein where the bead members had been removed, can in some embodiments be further heated to a point sufficient to form a strong, lightweight useful structural member, retaining such plurality of cells therein and creating a substantially solid, structural foam member.

Abstract: A shirt, to be worn on the upper torso of an individual having a waist and waist circumference and a chest and chest circumference, having an upper portion corresponding to the chest area and an upper portion circumference and a lower portion corresponding to the waist area and lower portion circumference wherein the upper portion circumference of the shirt is substantially less than the chest circumference of the wearer and the lower portion circumference is substantially the same as the waist circumference of the wearer. Reinforcement members and panels can be affixed to the shirt to provide additional strength. The shirt can be made of stretchable material and used in weightlifting or for medical rehabilitation.

Abstract: A method for teaching artistic methods and techniques by providing images on a television screen and providing means for copying such images by painting and methods for transferring the painted image to a sheet of material for display purposes.

Abstract: A device and method are disclosed for illuminating an imprinted sheet or an individual page of a book so that it can be read and/or written on under poor light conditions by an individual. The device and method utilize a luminescent sheet disposed under the sheet or page to illuminate the sheet/page from below so that an individual can read the printing on the sheet as well as see his writing on the sheet/page during and after the writing process.

Abstract: An accessory drive unit for attachment to the central support member of a non-motorized golf bag cart having two rear wheels, the accessory drive unit including a front wheel drive unit having a front wheel, a motor within the front wheel, control circuitry for controlling the speed and direction of rotation of the front wheel, and structure to steer the front wheel unit.

Abstract: A constant current wire crossing apparatus for overhead electrically operated vehicles, wherein wires of opposite polarity are connected by insulators to a crossing unit, including a conducting strip disposed on each insulator and appropriate switching circuitry such that a continuous source of power of correct polarity is available to a passing vehicle in any direction.

Abstract: An eye protection device in one embodiment composed of a foam rubber-like member having a front portion, first and second side portions, and first and second apertures therein for receipt of the lenses and frame of a pair of eyeglasses with the side earpieces of the pair of eyeglasses being passed through the first and second apertures in the first and second side portions. When worn, the foam rubber-like member is compressed against the wearer's face to create a seal between the device and the user's face.

Abstract: A method and system for determining the dimensional volume of a package by moving the package on a conveyor belt system over a horizontally disposed strip containing machine-readable indicia indicating units of incremental length along said strip starting from a zero point and by a vertically disposed strip containing machine-readable indicia indicating units of incremental length along said strip starting from a zero point, with a horizontally disposed reader above the horizontally disposed strip to read the uncovered indicia on the horizontally disposed strip and a vertically disposed reader able to read the uncovered indicia on the vertically disposed strip with a computer to determine the lowest uncovered incremental length measurement of the indicia on tile horizontally disposed strip, such measurement being tile width of tile package and the lowest uncovered incremental length measurement of tile indicia on tile vertically disposed strip, such measurement being tile height of tile package, and a device