Abstract: A mold having a bottom section hinged to a side section and the side section pivotally attached to a second side section can be assembled using a pin in the bottom section engaging the side section and a pin in the second side section engaging the first side section to form a rigid structure held together by a handle, the assembled mold forms a sprue through which a casting material can be poured and a gate carrying the casting material into a mold formed in the rifle pellet casting mold to form pellets of various types such as the round headed type the pointed type the flat face type and the rifle type.

Abstract: A portable ramp for a bowling ball is bent at approximately 135.degree. to form a first linear section of predetermined length and a second linear section having a length approximately three times the predetermined length. The second section extends angularly from the first section and curves slightly at its end farthest from the first section. The ramp has a top with a central channel extending along its length for directing a bowling ball. A pair of legs are removably accommodated in a pair of spaced socket members at the bottom of the first section of the ramp intermediate its end joining the second section and its end farthest from the second section for supporting the ramp with the first section horizontal at a predetermined height above a supporting surface and the second section extending from the predetermined height to the supporting surface at approximately 45.degree. and curving slightly upward in its area abutting the supporting surface.

Abstract: A first plurality of like shelter supports lie in equidistantly horizontally spaced parallel vertical planes. Each support consists of a curved elongated unit having a central section resembling the letter C. Each section has a lower end portion which extends vertically below the section and terminates in a bottom end. Each section has an upper end portion which is shorter than the lower end portion and extends upwards and outwards to form a stub. A second plurality of horizontally elongated connector members are provided. There is one less connector member than supports. Each connector member is connected at each end to a stub of a corresponding one of a corresponding pair of next-adjacent supports and extends horizontally therebetween whereby the combination of supports and connector members defines a frame. A flexible waterproof cover is applied over said frame and is secured thereto.

Abstract: A main rod has a point at a first end for piercing supporting ground and a coaxial bore formed in a spaced opposite second end. A square loop rod has spaced opposite first and second ends with first and second cross rods at said ends, respectively. A grating at the first end of the square loop rod supports a bar of soap. The remainder of the square loop rod supports towels. A circular rod extends beyond the first end of the square loop rod for supporting a wash pan. A generally V-shaped support rod is pivotally mounted on the first cross rod. The square loop rod is pivotally mounted on the main rod in an adjustable manner whereby the square loop rod is positionable at a desired point along the length of the main rod from a position perpendicular to the main rod to a position next-adjacent the main rod.

Abstract: A channel formed through a mattress provides a pair of spaced mattresses, which, together with the channel, form a mattress having a top and sides. A pan is removably positioned in the channel for collecting liquids. The pan is positioned at a pitch in a manner whereby liquids collected therein flow toward a predetermined point at the bottom of the pan. A hose has one end coupled to the predetermined point at the bottom of the pan for draining liquids in the pan therefrom. A mesh material covers the channel at the top of the mattress for supporting a person on the mattress over the channel and permitting liquid to flow therethrough.

Abstract: A single sheet of rigid bendable material of rectangular configuration has a triangular notch cut along a center line from one edge thereof and a narrow rectangular notch cut along the center line from the opposite edge thereof. The sheet is folded along a line perpendicular to the center line at the apex of the notch of the triangular notch and is then folded in the opposite direction along a line perpendicular to the center line along the innermost edge of the rectangular notch. The sheet is then folded along the center line to close the triangular notch whereby the two parts of the first edge are perpendicular to each other and the rectangular notch becomes a right angle.

Abstract: A vehicle powered by an electric motor linked by a first clutch to a first shaft of a gear box, with a generator linked by a second clutch to a second shaft of the gear box, with the gear box linked by a third shaft to the drive shaft of a vehicle wheel. Both clutches are electrically controlled so that the generator may be driven from the gear box when the vehicle is decelerating with the first clutch disengaged, with the generator disconnected by the second clutch when the first clutch is engaged to link the motor to the gear box. The generator serves to charge the batteries that drive the motor, as a regenerative braking system. The first and second shafts of the gear box are linked in the gear box by different gear ratios to each other and the third shaft that is joined to the vehicle drive shaft.

Abstract: A foldable extension to the top of the sides of an open truck or trailer body for increasing the volume of the truck body. The extension consists of a fabric material mounted along the top edge of a truck body side and fitted with a plurality of hinged supports which can be extended in to serve as vertical supports to the fabric.

Abstract: A gameboard provides a miniature football field having a plurality of spaced parallel yard lines and side lines. A plurality of peg holes are provided down the center of the playing field and along one of the side lines, holes being provided at each yard line. A football shaped peg of a first color, a football shaped peg of a second different color and a plurality of pegs of a third different color are adapted to removably fit in the peg holes. A dice box extends perpendicularly from one end of the gameboard and has a chute formed therein and opening at the surface of the gameboard. A plurality of dice of the first color and a plurality of dice of the second color are provided.

Abstract: An elongated ruler member has a plurality of spaced electrically conductive contacts thereon. A slidably mounted distance marker on the ruler member has electrically conductive contacts thereon. A calculator circuit electrically connected to the contacts on the ruler member indicates the exact position of the distance marker when such marker is manually moved in position so that the contacts of the marker make electrical contact with contacts of the ruler member directly thereunder.

Abstract: An elongated perforated cylindrical housing sleeve is partitioned at its center thereby dividing the sleeve into a pair of separate equally dimensioned chambers. A pair of deodorizing units are mounted in the housing sleeve each in a corresponding one of the chambers thereof. A pair of cover caps are threadedly coupled to the housing sleeve at corresponding ends thereof for facilitating replacement of deodorizing units in the chambers. The sleeve is mounted on a supporting surface. A cylindrical cover sleeve having a length equal to half the length of the housing sleeve is slidably mounted on the housing sleeve. Thus, the cover sleeve covers one of the chambers of the housing sleeve while freeing the other so that the deodorizing unit in the one of the chambers is preserved while the deodorizing unit in the other of the chambers deodorizes the surrounding area.

Abstract: A tong assembly for grasping of a cylindrical body such as an air-conditioner compressor. A pair of cross bars are pivotally joined together by a flexible chain to which a hand grip is fitted and the lower end of each cross bar pivotally mounted to an upper section of a vertical strut. An open jaw shaped to fit externally about a compressor cylinder is pivotally mounted to each strut below the cross-bar joint, and an L-shaped grip is fixed to the bottom section of the vertical strut, shaped to fit about the bottom corner of the gripped compressor cylinder, with the clamp and grip of each strut located to face the opposed strut. Crossed stabilizing bars are pinned to the cross bars and the vertical struts to apply a torque to the struts about the clamps, when gripped about a suspended cylinder to prevent the bottom ends of the struts from rotating apart from each other.

Abstract: A competitive game played with a shaped paddle and a shaped dinkey which is either hit by the paddle or is rotated end-over-end by the paddle so as to land the dinkey in an open cylindrical-shaped pan that serves as a goal. A cradle in the form of a bent continuous length of wire is staked into the ground to serve as a holder for the dinkey prior to use and also serves as a goal marker. The dinkey is a block of rectangular cross-section, tapered on each end as a pyramid. Each of the four sides of the dinkey is marked with a different numeral. The paddle is formed of a rectangular shaped block fitted with a handle, formed with a longitudinal tapered side edge.

Abstract: A hollow arrow shaft is open at a first end, and is filled in, so that it is solid in the area of its opposite second end for a predetermined part of its length from its second end. Holes are formed through the shaft where such shaft is hollow, next-adjacent the solid part of the shaft. A trail-indicating dye material is provided in the shaft. Feathers are affixed to the shaft extending from the area of the second end thereof where the shaft is solid. A piston member is coaxially movably mounted in the shaft at the first end thereof and extends a predetermined distance out of the fist end and a predetermined distance into the shaft. A head part is mounted on the piston member at the end thereof extending from the first end of the shaft. Thus, when the arrow strikes a target, the impact with the target forces the piston member back into the shaft thereby causing the dye material to gradually drip to the ground via the holes through the shaft to mark the trail of the target.

Abstract: A guide device removably affixed to a roof includes a cable extending between the ridge and the gutter edge of the roof. An internal combustion engine is mounted in a housing having an open forward end and a closed rear end. Two drive shafts are rotatably mounted in the housing and coupled to, and rotated by, the motor. A cable drum is affixed to, and rotatable with, a drive shaft, and has the cable of the guide device wound thereon in a manner whereby as the drive shaft rotates, the cable is wound on the drum and the housing moves up the roof from the gutter to the ridge. A clutch decouples the motor from the drive shaft when the housing reaches the guide device at the ridge. Cutters at the forward end in the housing are coupled to the motor and driven thereby for cutting the nails of shingles as the housing is moved up the roof whereby the severed shingles fall into the housing and accumulate at the rear end thereof. A trap at the rear end of the housing permits removal of the severed shingles therefrom.

Abstract: A vegetable chopper in the form of a frame on which a knife blade is fitted to a lower end of a vertical member slidably mounted on the frame. A lever arm, pivotably mounted to the frame is shaped with a slot in which a pin, fixed to the slidable vertical member travels. Manual pivoting of the lever causes the vertical member to move in a linear direction to cause the knife blade to reciprocate with regard to a chopping box, mounted on the base of the frame.

Abstract: A harmonica fitted with a shaped hollow resonating horn slidably mounted to the harmonica. The horn is mounted on the outlet side of the harmonica so that air passing through the reed chambers of the harmonica is exhausted through the horn. The horn is of a size to enclose the outlet of one or more reed chambers, and may be slid along a groove on the harmonica to fit about a selected group of adjacent reed chambers, so as to produce an echo of a desired musical chord, when the harmonica is sounded.

Abstract: A toy in the form of a figurine that extends vertically above a mounted platform with a rod extending from the figurine over the platform from which an object is suspended by a flexible string. A window opening in the top section of the platform encloses a transparent cover over a magnetized plate slidably mounted in a slot in the platform. The exterior face of the plate visible through the transparent cover, is marked with words describing a humorous weather forecast based on the behavior of the suspended object. The object contains an embedded magnet so that the object will rotate as it swings over the plate. The figurine is detachably attached to the platform so that both the figurine and the marked plate may be readily replaced with other figurines and marked plates.

Abstract: A kit for fabricating a flower planter of beach stones cemented together. The kit is in the form of a box that serves as a mold for the base of the planter. The box contains four shaped flat pieces that together with the box and cover form the mold for the pot section of the planter, together with a container of cement and an instruction manual.

Abstract: A plurality of pointed nail-like members extend from a surface of a circular base plate in spaced mutual relation parallel to the axis thereof. A cylindrical side is affixed to the base plate around the circumference thereof. A plurality of pointed nail-like members extend from a surface of a circular cover plate in spaced mutual relation parallel to the axis thereof. The cover plate is releasably secured to the base plate with the nail-like members of each pointed toward the other with the points spaced from each other whereby when the cover plate is coaxially secured to the base plate with a plurality of nuts placed on the base plate and the cover plate is rotated back and forth relative to the base plate a plurality of times, most of the nuts are shelled.