Abstract: A cabinet for the secure storage of a gun adapted to be mounted in the recess of a wall wherein an outer door of the said cabinet provides a disguised appearance of a decorative wall article. Directly behind the said outer door is a lockable transparent inner door whereby the user of the cabinet may conveniently inspect and display the contents thereof. An adjustable fixture inside of the cabinet retains the gun in a desired position and accommodates a range of styles and sizes of small guns. To allow quick access to the gun during day or night means are provided in said retention fixture for quick release of said gun and the interior of the cabinet is illuminated when the cabinet is opened.

Abstract: The base of an offshore gravity platform consists of at least two separately formed caissons, preferably of concrete, which are mounted one on top of the other or another. The roof of the lower of adjacent caissons and/or the bottom of the adjacent upper caisson is or are so shaped as to form between the caissons a space which is rendered substantially fluid-tight and wherein, when the platform is floating on the sea and when the platform is standing on the sea bed, fluid pressure in the space between the caissons is such that the two caissons are urged tightly together by hydrostatic pressure. Adjacent caissons may also be mechanically secured together.

Abstract: Known furniture systems of the knock-down type are provided with improved connecting elements; i.e., hinge fixing plates, drawer slides, shelf supports and facing strips, which facilitate assembly and fabrication, increase stability and durability, and refine the appearance of the cabinet. The improved hinge fixing plate includes bearing bosses so arranged and structured as to accept conventionally available hinges in such manner as to permit adjusting of the cabinet door overhang. The improved drawer slide includes a longitudinal open-end rear slot and a transverse or vertical open-bottom forward slot spaced therefrom; the two slots cooperating to form an improved installation means. The shelf support bracket attaches to the side edge of a partial shelf having the rear section cut off to provide clearance for a lighting fixture. The shelf bracket uses countersunk holes to provide clearance between the heads of the attaching screws and the adjusting side walls.

Abstract: A method of reducing frost heave by increasing the viscosity of water in the ground. The viscosity of the water may be increased by the injection of carboxymethyl cellulose in an amount sufficient to increase the viscosity of the water by a factor of about 30.

Abstract: A wall mounted storage locker comprising an upright hollow body having rear, side, top, and bottom walls, and upper and lower front wall panels that are removably mounted on the body. Each of the front wall panels has side flanges which overlap the body side walls and are spring urged by the resiliency of the panel material toward the side walls. Coacting stop shoulders are formed on portions of the panels and on the body side walls, the shoulders being engageable in positions of the panel flanges sprung toward the side walls, so as to releasably retain the panels on the body.

Abstract: Portable apparatus to impart a rocking motion to a bed includes a first and second supporting members disposable adjacent to the bed ends and first and second elongated members respectively mounted pivotable at their centerpoints on the first and second supporting members. The bed is mounted on the elongated members so that it is supported between them, and a source of reciprocating motion, such as a hydraulic cylinder, is connected to one end of at least one of the elongated members to impart a rocking motion to the bed.

Abstract: In order to reliably and safely secure a flexible container, such as a glove, to an opening in a housing, which opening is surrounded by a tubular stud projecting outwardly from the housing, the stub is provided with at least two grooves in its interior wall, each groove having an omegoid cross-section, and the flexible container is clamped in each groove by a clamping ring having a circular cross-section corresponding to that of the central portion of the cross-section of its associated groove.

Abstract: Known furniture systems of the knock-down type are provided with improved connecting elements; i.e., hinge fixing plates, drawer slides, shelf supports and facing strips, which facilitate assembly and fabrication, increase stability and durability, and refine the appearance of the cabinet. The improved hinge fixing plate includes bearing bosses so arranged and structured as to accept conventionally available hinges in such manner as to permit adjusting of the cabinet door overhang. The improved drawer slide includes a longitudinal open-end rear slot and a transverse or vertical open-bottom forward slot spaced therefrom; the two slots cooperating to form an improved installation means. The shelf support bracket attaches to the side edge of a partial shelf having the rear section cut off to provide clearance for a lighting fixture. The shelf bracket uses countersunk holes to provide clearance between the heads of the attaching screws and the adjusting side walls.

Abstract: In a mattress construction, a first flexible bag having a first cavity encloses a separate second flexible bag having a second cavity and a separate third flexible bag having a third cavity and extending around the periphery of the second bag. A first valve extending through the first bag and the second bag provides means for filling the second cavity with water. A second valve extending through the first bag and the third bag provides means for filling the third bag with air. A third valve extending through the first bag provides means for bleeding air from the first cavity during the filling of the second and third cavities. A method for constructing the mattress includes steps for attaching the second bag and the third bag to the first bag during the construction of two subassemblies.

Abstract: The easel box comprises a parallelepipedic casing on which are hingedly mounted at least three telescopic legs and a canvas supporting structure, said supporting structure comprising a panel structure having a planar face and four peripheral side ledges. Canvas supporting means comprises a T-square structure provided with upper securing means and slidably mounted on the side of said panel structure opposite to said plane face, and lower pivoting supporting means slidably mounted on said side ledges of said panel structure. T-square structure is entirely concealable within said panel structure.

Abstract: A pair of movable joined scissors are positioned between the base and dispenser table by being roller-guide connected thereto, and the main compression springs are tied to the scissors axis, and the scissors are centered by tension springs connected to the scissors and base.

Abstract: A system for constructing modular display and storage cases is disclosed in which the cases are built up from standard shelving. The shelving includes a vertical slot near the front face for engaging a selected mounting element, which in turn provide support for the door panels of the unit. Side panels are attached to complete the structure. Using the same shelves and mounting elements a wide variety of different display and storage case configurations can be constructed.

Abstract: Bars are disclosed made of a minimum number of strong, readily available materials or parts, which can be manufactured at low cost and easily assembled, even by persons or purchasers of limited mechanical skill or experience, by following simple directions supplied with a carton package containing the parts, in a knock-down condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cooler including a pair of laterally spaced storage compartments interconnected at their upper portions by an intermediate planar member. Each compartment may include a closure such as a pivotal door. The cooler may have an additional removable compartment for drawer-like mounting between the laterally spaced compartments.

Abstract: An improved bed frame structure that includes initially separate headboard and footboard members, the legs of the headboard and footboard being connected by initially separate side rails. In the preferred embodiment, two tension rods are connected in an X-pattern between the side rails. The tension rods are sized, relative to their connection points with the side rails, so that the rods are maintained under tension, i.e., so that the side rails are slightly bowed inwardly when the frame is erected, thereby locking the headboard footboard and side rails into a tight bed frame configuration.

Abstract: A cap designed to provide a prolonged dehumidification of the contents of an associated container, an indication of the condition of the desiccant without exposing the contents, a rapid regeneration of the desiccant and a permanent isolation of the desiccant, by means of an inert, high isolation fiber, self-forming hermetic seals, and a high thermal conductivity case.

Abstract: An article of furnishing has a plurality of upstanding sheet panels and a substantially horizontal connecting panel removably connected to the upstanding panels. An upright adjacent each end of each upstanding panel is connected thereto by a sliding joint including at least one headed member on each upstanding panel for cooperation with a T-shaped opening in the upright. Advantageously, a substantially horizontal bottom panel is removably secured to bottom flanges on the upstanding panels by sliding fittings. A shelf having a pair of legs pivoted thereto for folding may be mounted on the bottom panel.

Abstract: The air ride sleeper of the present invention supports a mattress or cushion. The sleeper provides cushioned movement in both a vertical and horizontal front-to-rear direction, so that the effects of bumps, vibrations, and rapid acceleration or deceleration on the person lying or sitting on the cushion are minimized. In preferred embodiments, the vertical cushioning is provided by first and second air cushions while the horizontal cushioning is provided by first and second spring-loaded slides, which slide over first and second rails and are connected to the frame by first and second variable vertical supports.

Abstract: A method of retaining a pillow in a pillow case which comprises forming a rectangular pillow case which is closed on three sides and has an opening extending along the fourth side and partially closing the fourth side at the edges of the opening to form retainer portions thereat which will contain the pillow in the pillow case. The retainer portions are formed along between about 21 and 37% of the length of the fourth side equally at the side edges to permit insertion of the pillow into the pillow case through the available opening when the pillow is inclined relative to the opening. The retainer portions retain the pillow in the pillow case and prevent removal therefrom unless the pillow is intentionally dislodged in the pillow case and oriented for removal through the opening.

Abstract: There is provided a compartment for storage of side-tabbed file or the like which includes a cabinet which receives at least one reversible, open-ended file tray. The tray can be positioned in an open condition for easy access to the files stored within or in a closed condition for dust free storage. When stored, open, the tabs of the files extend outwardly of the compartment for simple observation. When stored closed, a restraining means is provided to avoid file movement through the open-end.