Abstract: A roadside emergency kit that is compact, simple to store, reusable and readily available in times of emergency, for use in a motor vehicle. The kit incorporates a brightly coloured signalling banner with a compact storage device and a device for cleaning the windows of the vehicle. The signalling banner is foldable and may be mounted on the interior of a vehicle window. It can be stored easily in the storage device. The storage device is incorporated in a device that may also be used for cleaning the window, such as an ice scraper. The signalling banner can be made highly visible in less than ideal weather conditions by utilizing the cleaning device to clean the outer side of the vehicle window.

Abstract: A guard for preventing splashing or sloshing of hot or cold liquids from a drinking container with which the guard is used. The guard includes a lower disk having an outer circular rim for engaging the inner face of the side wall of the drinking container, an upper disk having an outer rim spaced from the drinking container to provide an annular passage between the upper disk and the inner face of the side wall of the drinking container with which the guard is used, a baffle interposed between the lower disk and the upper disk for functioning to baffle the beverage when the drinking container is in motion and to act as a support for supporting the upper disk from the lower disk, and a passageway is provided through the lower disk to allow passage of the beverage through the lower disk to a position above the lower disk. An upstanding handle is provided on the upper disk and a receptacle is provided on the lower disk to removably receive the handle and permit stacking of the guards.

Abstract: A window cleaning device of the type having a handle, a head attached to the handle and a sponge mounted in a longitudinal channel in the head of the washer is provided. A net-like web envelops the sponge. The cleaning device includes an improved stiffener having an elongate body provided with a pair of shoulders extending along the body on both sides thereof. A plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with and extend outwardly from the shoulders on both sides of the elongate body. The stiffener has a pair of flanges one located at each end of the elongate body for locating the body in the channel and preventing movement of the body in the channel. The protrusions act to compress multiple portions of the sponge between the ends of protrusions and the channel walls which creates a plurality of highly compressed areas at these points adjacent less compressed areas between the highly compressed areas into which excess sponge can flow.

Abstract: A window cleaning device of the type having a handle, a head attached to the handle and a sponge mounted in a longitudinal channel in the head of the washer is provided. A net-like web envelops the sponge. The cleaning device includes an improved stiffener having an elongate body provided with a pair of shoulders extending along the body on both sides thereof. A plurality of protrusions are integrally formed with and extend outwardly from the shoulders on both sides of the elongate body. The stiffener has a pair of flanges one located at each end of the elongate body for locating the body in the channel and preventing movement of the body in the channel. The protrusions act to compress multiple portions of the sponge between the ends of protrusions and the channel walls which creates a plurality of highly compressed areas at these points adjacent less compressed areas between the highly compressed areas into which excess sponge can flow.