Abstract: A necktie having a wide end portion formed of a material presenting a first pattern and a narrow end portion formed of a material presenting a second, different, contrasting pattern. The necktie is tied around the neck of a user in a fashion such that the narrow end portion emerges from the knot in front of the wide end portion and hangs down freely from the knot in pendulum fashion in front of the wide end portion so as to present a contrasting pattern to the wide end pattern. Alternatively, the necktie may be tied around the neck of a user in a fashion such that the wide end portion emerges from the knot in front of the narrow end portion and hangs down freely from the knot in pendulum fashion behind the wide end portion so that the wide end portion covers the narrow end portion in conventional fashion and the pattern presented by the tie is that of the wide end portion.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a space comprising ducting extending from an entry end opening in the space to an exit end opening in the space; a heater element positioned in the ducting; a cooling loop including a compressor and an evaporator coil positioned in the ducting; a blower operative to move air through the ducting from the entry end to the exit end with the circulating air passing over the evaporator coil and over the heating device; bypass ducting extending around the evaporator coil; a damper controlling the movement of circulating air through the bypass ducting; a motor controlling the damper; sensors generating a signal indicative of the temperature of the air in the space, a further signal indicative of a humidity of the air in the space, and a further signal indicative of the temperature at the evaporator coil; and a controller receiving the signals and operative in response to the received signals to selectively modulate the motor to selectively modulate the damper and selectively modulate t

Abstract: A dehumidifier for swimming pool enclosures includes a first circuit having a condenser, an evaporator, and refrigerant, and a second circuit including the evaporator of the first circuit, a second evaporator and a heat sink fluid movable along the circuit. The second evaporator is positioned upstream with respect to the condenser of the first circuit. A bypass directs air around the second evaporator and a second bypass selectively directs air around both the second evaporator and the condenser.