Abstract: A secret compartment case having a flexible housing, an inner drawer and an outer drawer, the flexible housing having a release member formed therewith for operatively connecting the inner drawer with the housing, the inner drawer being releasable from the housing to allow movement from a secured to an unsecured position when the outer drawer is moved from the shut position.

Abstract: A ready access cabinet is disclosed that is comprised of a plurality of panel sections arranged in hinged and spring-tensioned relationship to each other so that when a locking pin is removed, the front, top, bottom and side panels are "exploded" from their engaged closure position into a fully opened one so that immediate and unencumbered access to the contents of the cabinet is provided.

Abstract: A modular furniture system is disclosed which consists of functional modules that can be oriented, stacked and interlocked to create different furniture assemblies. The modules include identical rectangular enclosures, one of which contains drawers and another a cupboard and retractable writing surface. The enclosures can be stacked one on top of the other with a portion of the uppermost enclosure supporting one end of an upper bunk bed module. Another support means supports the other end of the bunk bed. An apparatus is also disclosed for interlocking the stackable enclosures and the upper bunk bed end to the uppermost enclosure. A removable cover is provided for the exposed portion of the uppermost enclosure adjacent the end of the bunk bed. By varying the width of the removable cover, a shelf of variable area can be provided. One end of a lower bunk bed module can be positioned within the enclosure formed by the upper bed and its two end supports.

Abstract: A soil stabilizer and a method of stabilizing soil, such as sub-bases, bases and wear courses of roads and airport runways, sand dunes and other loose, particulate material, which includes mixing an epoxy resin ester of unsaturated fatty acids with soil, preferably at the optimum moisture content of the soil, in ratios of as little as one part of chemical to 200 parts of soil, with the amount depending on the use. Optionally, small but effective quantities of cement may be added to the composition in the range of about 2 to 20% of the weight of the soil. A soil coating or top dressing may be applied to the resultant structure if desired. A method of agricultural reclamation, including a method of establishing plant cover, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hospital mattress is formed with a plurality of passages opening to its normally top body-supporting surface; a plurality of members are mounted for reciprocation in the passages and formed with body-engaging ends normally disposed at or below the surface in a body-supporting position thereof; means is provided for simultaneously displacing the members or engaging and elevating a body on the mattress and to provide horizontally spaced access spaces between the body and the mattress; and movable gurney arms are formed to enter the access spaces for receiving, supporting and transfer of the body onto the gurney. The apparatus is adapted to operate in a reverse fashion to transfer the body from the gurney to the bed.

Abstract: A portable folding bed cabinet having a vertically elongated frame and a pair of horizontally spaced mattress frames that are attached to the vertically elongated frame. The vertically elongated frame has vertical side frame members having tracks along their inner surfaces for guiding counterweight panels that extend across the back of the vertically elongated frame. The counterweight panels are connected at their opposite ends to the mattress frames by a pair of link arms. The link arms are pivotally attached to each other with one link arm pivotally connected to the counterweight panel and the other link arm fixedly attached to the mattress frame. A leg assembly is also attached to the opposite ends of the lower mattress frame and these leg assemblies retract when the mattress frame is folded into its upright stored position. Each leg assembly has a leg and a pair of link arm members.

Abstract: A leg construction for a folding bed frame is disclosed in which a sheet metal leg is received generally within the confines of an angle iron end rail and is secured to the inside surface of the end rail. An upper portion of the leg is supported in underlying relation to the horizontal member of the end rail for additional support. An integral tab on the leg extends upwardly through a slot in the end rail and provides a positive stop for engagement with the adjacent pivotally attached side rail to define a right angled position between the end and side rails.

Abstract: A woven coating and protection device which provides for the containment in pockets and for the reinforcement of settable materials such as concrete is disclosed. The coating and protection device may be employed as an erosion control or prevention mat or may alternatively be utilized to provide ballast and protection for underwater pipelines. The device is woven from any desired material with the woven walls of the pockets coming together and being interwoven to form connecting joints between the pockets and further being woven with integral reinforcing guys which strengthen the device and control its shape. The joint areas of material between the pockets may either be permeable or non-permeable as desired to either allow or prevent the flow of water or the growth of vegetation when the device is used in erosion prevention.

Abstract: A shelf for a glove compartment of an automobile including first and second substantially horizontal shelf portions supported by substantially vertical U-shaped end portions within the glove compartment of an automobile. The shelf is adjustable to fit any size glove compartment by an overlapping axially extending slot on one of the shelf components sitting on top of a transverse slot in the other one of the shelf components receiving therethrough an elongated threaded shank retaining the components in adjusted relation. Because of the slot arrangement, one of the horizontal shelf components may be pivoted relative to the other and adjusted relative to the other in an axial direction to exactly fit the interior of a glove compartment.

Abstract: An emergency cot for transporting patients and the like includes a basic patient supporting frame structure of conventional type having supporting wheel structure mounted on a wheel carriage which is connected to the frame support of the cot by suitably collapsing linkage to permit the wheels to be collapsed against the cot with an overall height of approximately one foot, or dropped away from the cot so as to support same at approximately waist level of the attendants using same to transport the patient. An important feature of this device is in spring biased mechanism which may be suitably energized by an attendant operating a pull cable either side of the cot structure to compress dual springs and latch same in compressed position. Then upon release of a wheel carriage latch mechanism, the compressed springs will automatically raise the wheels to the collapsed position.

Abstract: A container is provided for bulk mail, and the like, which has the form of a wheeled rack. The container is constructed to have a lower shelf and an intermediate shelf, both of which are hinged to a supporting frame, and each of which may be turned from a horizontal load supporting position to an upright position when the container is not in use to enable the container to be nested into other like containers so as to conserve space. The container also includes an intermediate frame which surrounds the intermediate shelf and which supports the intermediate shelf in its horizontal position, and which also is hinged to the supporting frame and may be turned with the intermediate shelf to an upright position. Also, the intermediate shelf may be turned up when the container is in use to provide sufficient space within the container for large or bulky packages or mail sacks, the same extending through and being restrained by the intermediate frame which remains in its horizontal position.

Abstract: For laying a pipeline on the bed of the sea, a plurality of pipeline sections are successively towed by a tug exerting a traction effort at a point spaced to the rear of the front end of a pipeline section being towed, while another tug exerts a holding effort at a point spaced in front of the rear end, the front and rear ends being maintained near to the surface by a system of floats and trail-ropes and the intermediate portion of the pipeline section being ballasted so as to be supported on the sea bed, whereafter the front end of the pipeline section is welded to the rear end of a preceding section, and so on.

Abstract: The ground surrounding a liquified gas storing underground tank is excavated into a form of a columnar cavity or wall shaped cavity, and then a synthetic resin bag or envelope is placed therein, after which granular materials such as sand or gravel is filled therein, thus forming a water permeable body of a columnar shape or wall-like shape. Then, water is injected into the water permeable body from its bottom and then discharged from the top of the body, thereby warming the peripheral ground of the underground tank for preventing freezing thereof. An apparatus for preventing the freezing of a liquified gas storing underground tank is also disclosed, which includes water feeding and discharging devices provided for the aforesaid water permeable body.

Abstract: A patient handling system is disclosed which includes a novel patient handling sheet and a novel patient lift apparatus and a combination thereof. The patient handling sheet has spaced parallel longitudinal tubes to receive stretcher poles and longitudinally spaced transverse apertures in the tubes to permit either the grasping of the stretcher poles by the hands or by hook means attached to the lifting apparatus or use of the apertures as hand holds without the stretcher poles. The apparatus for lifting stretchers is generally rectangular, is wide enough to straddle the patient's bed, and is hinged at each corner so that it may be folded up and stored away when not in use. A frame locking means is used to prevent its folding when in use. A crane is provided at one corner to do the lifting.

Abstract: A locking system for a drawer file cabinet is disclosed. The system includes a locking assembly which is easily installed, removed and replaced without major effort and without major modification to the cabinet. This capability is provided through a novel arrangement of a cam plate pivotally connected to an insertable plunger lock, an internal support bracket uniquely adapted to receive and support and otherwise cooperate with the cam plate and plunger lock, and a reciprocating lock bar permanently mounted within a structural element of the cabinet. With the arrangement provided, only the cam plate and plunger lock are required to convert a cabinet incapable of being locked to a lockable cabinet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pillow shaped in a three-dimensional, tooth-like configuration. This tooth-shaped pillow comprises a top occlusel surface, an upper crown surface and at least one lower root-like projection. Secured to the crown surface is a tooth-and-coin receiving pocket in which the "tooth fairy" may deposit coins and other valuables in exchange for baby teeth which a child places therein.

Abstract: An offshore platform including a deck with an aperture formed through it and a number of clamping means carried by the deck. The clamping means, which may comprise opposed doors, are mounted so as to be selectively movable between a retracted position, to leave the aperture freely open, and an extended position in which the clamping means extend into the aperture. The arrangement is to facilitate lowering and recovering heavy equipment such as a BOP stack.

Abstract: A beam-type pile such as a double-T beam is secured to a sheet piling after driving a pile into the ground in a usually slanted position. The pile is secured to the sheet piling by welding a pull bar to the web of the pile so as to protrude from the head thereof. The protruding pull bar portion is partly inserted into a cutout of the sheet piling. This protruding pull bar portion is secured in the sheet piling by a support plate including a slot through which the pull bar portion is extended. The support plate is welded to the inside wall surface. The pull bar portion protruding into the sheet piling is further fastened by a reinforcing plate disposed upright relative to the protruding pull bar position and welded thereto and the support plate.

Abstract: A storage and dispensing cabinet in which tape cassettes or other similar articles are slidably received in parallel slots formed by a housing. Each slot is provided with an integrally formed ejector that includes a rocker positioned beneath the floor of the slot, an ejection arm that extends into the slot along the back of the cassette, a retaining portion that normally extends along the open front end of the slot to positively retain a cassette and an actuator that is accessible from the exterior of the housing. By depressing the actuator, the rocker can be flexed so that the retaining portion moves away from the front of the cassette, while the ejecting arm, which remains substantially unflexed, pushes the front edge of the cassette through the open end of the slot so that it can be grasped and removed. The entire housing can be mounted on a stand so that it can be rotated between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: .[.A means for filing documents which is particularly adapted for open filing of various file folders, as for example legal size file folders, and wherein the folders are suspended on horizontal rails and freely slidable longitudinally of the rails, the files suspended below the rails being closely adjacent lower surfaces of a plurality of superimposed files and bars support the file folders on the rails slidably longitudinally thereof, the bars being provided with notches or bearings in their lower edges near their opposite ends so that the file folders, together with the bar, may be placed into a position between superimposed files, as for example, by placing one end of the bar underneath a first rail and then lifting the bar up at its far end and lowering it onto a second rail to engage a respective notch with the rail.