Abstract: The critical loss of thousands of acres of shoreline, beaches, and wetlands each year is due to the simple loss of one grain of soil, silt, or sand, one grain at a time. The use of very thin precast concrete trunated conical sections, or "beach-cones" installed with interlocking leak-resistant interstitial "wave-blocks" in a simple geometric pattern, "reverse" the daily cycle of build-up and erosion by accelerating the "build-up" and preventing the recurring "wash-out" of sandy material picked up and carried out by retreating waves. The beach-cone geometry smoothly absorbs the energy of the sand-carried waves, dispersing the energy of the wave and retaining the material deposited into the center of the "beach-cones". This process begins at the next "high-tide" after installation. The critical erosional effect of wave "undertow" is eliminated.

Abstract: A control mechanism for a boat having a seat assembly to support a pilot provides an outboard motor which is directionally controlled by extension and retraction of a control cable with the control mechanism having a pedal which is generally planar on its upper surface receptive of the pilot's foot. A bracket mounts the pedal at a location below the seat assembly so that the user occupying the seat can position one of his feet on the pedal. A pair of switch surfaces are disposed on opposite sides of the pedal, each surface extending above the pedal surface so that lateral movement of the user's foot when positioned on the pedal can contact one of the switch surfaces. A switch associated with each switch surface can then be activated for directionally moving the outboard motor into different positions responsive to pressure applied to one or other of the switch surfaces applied by the edge of the user's foot.

Abstract: A paste dispenser comprising an elongated tubular body having a central bore for containing a paste product therein with a dispensing outlet positioned at one end portion of the tube, a follower plate movably disposed within the bore of the tubular body at one end portion thereof, defining an end portion for containing paste contained within the tube. The initial position of the plate is at an opposite end of the tube from the outlet when the tube is filled with paste, a transverse plate is positioned at the end portion of the tubular body adjacent the outlet, and a rotatable drum is mounted on the tubular body at the transverse plate. A pivotally moving support is mounted at one end portion of the tubular body providing a gripping surface which can be manually forced to move the pivot between first and second positions, and a biasing spring for urging the pivot to assume the first position combines with a ratchet for urging a rotation of the drum in one rotational direction.