Abstract: A reservoir system for preserving the chemical stability and, therefore, the flavor of fluids is disclosed. The reservoir system can include a bag having a lining around a reservoir. The reservoir can have a reservoir port. The reservoir system can have a screw cap with a port for receiving a nozzle. The screw cap can be attached to the reservoir port. The nozzle can sealably attach to the cap. The nozzle can also sealably attach to a hose. The reservoir port and reservoir can be configured to maximize drainage of the reservoir, for example when the reservoir is turned reservoir port-side-down.

Abstract: A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slider can slidably engage the catch and lips to force the orifice closed. While attached to the catch and lips, the slider can create a pressurized seal of the orifice.

Abstract: A drink valve including a housing, a valve member telescopically engaged within the opening of the housing with the housing and valve member being in fluid communication and including a flow path defined by openings of the housing and valve member, and an actuating mechanism including a deformable seal defined by a deformable sidewall of the housing, where the actuating mechanism includes a fluid tight seal that prevents fluid flow in a normally closed position and is actuatable into an open position to enable fluid flow through the flow path when the sidewall of the housing is deformed.

Abstract: A drink valve including a housing, a valve member telescopically engaged within the opening of the housing with the housing and valve member being in fluid communication and including a flow path defined by openings of the housing and valve member, and an actuating mechanism including a deformable seal defined by a deformable sidewall of the housing, where the actuating mechanism includes a fluid tight seal that prevents fluid flow in a normally closed position and is actuatable into an open position to enable fluid flow through the flow path when the sidewall of the housing is deformed.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising a combination pickup shell and carpet kit that can be loaded or unloaded in minutes by a one person is described. The apparatus comprises a pickup shell and a bed insert coupled together, with front and rear pairs of collapsible legs and a mechanism for moving the apparatus forward and rearward on the bed of the pickup truck disposed on the bed insert. Mechanisms for holding and maintaining the apparatus on the pickup bed are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an attachment for a crop harvesting apparatus, such as a cotton picker, to improve the yield thereof. A fluid source provides a pressurized fluid. A pipe, oriented substantially parallel to the ground, is coupled at a proximal end thereof in fluid communication with the fluid source. The pipe is provided with a plurality of holes therein, the holes being oriented such that the pressurized fluid passes through the holes in an upward direction to suspend the crop prior to and during harvesting, or to cause movement or turbulence of the bolls of cotton to increase the probability of the bolls being harvested by the harvesting apparatus.

Abstract: A convertible towing hitch which is used to tow a farm implement with a vehicle includes a U-shaped planar member. This planar member has a central connecting leg, a first extending leg, and a second extending leg. A two-way pivot alowing two degrees of rotational freedom is attached at a free end of the first extending leg and to the implement. The two-way pivot allows pivoting an axis perpendicular to the plane of the U-shaped ember and about an axis parallel to the first, extending leg. An attachment device is also provided for removabley attaching the U-shaped to a bar pulled by the vehicle. The attachment device is mounted for rotational movement about an axis parallel to the connecting leg at a free end of the second extending leg. Preferably, the attachment device is located in the open area of the U-shaped member and an extension is provded of the connected leg extendng away from the second extending leg.

Abstract: A vehicle for carrying cotton from a mechanical picker to a cotton trailer, and for tamping the cotton down while in the bed of the trailer, is disclosed. The vehicle is constructed with a U-shaped base and has one open end for straddling the cotton trailer. A bottom-dumping basket which can be raised to clear the sides of the trailer, emptied into the trailer, and then lowered into the bed to tamp the cotton down, is mounted in the center of the vehicle.