Abstract: An article carrier is mounted on an exterior automobile body surface. The carrier utilizes special decorative slats for supporting the weight of luggage or the like and also as a means for mounting cross bars, ski racks or tie-down members and similar article securing devices on the automobile body. The devices mounted on the slats are easily removed, interchanged or adjusted in position on the slats in accordance with the needs of the user.

Abstract: A convertible backpack chair, functioning alternately as a backpack and a collapsible chair is provided. Two parallel rigid side panels are employed to construct the backpack frame and provide a convenient volume for a pack bag.The convertible backpack chair of the invention is lightweight, easily and efficiently convertible into a chair and back into a backpack, capable of standing without support in the pack or storage configuration and retains accessibility of the pack bag when in either configuration.

Abstract: An electrical outlet box having improved mounting means for enabling the box to be mounted in an opening of a wall with the open front of the box being essentially flush with the front face of the wall. The mounting means includes a pair of mounting elements extending outwardly from the open front of the box for engaging the front face of the wall together with a U-shaped resilient clamping member which is mounted exteriorly of the box so as to span the box with a connecting or base portion and two depending legs which extend therefrom toward the open front of the box with the legs adapted to engage the rear face of the wall surrounding the opening therein. A connection device, such as a screw, interconnects the floor of the box with the leg connecting portion of the clamp and it serves to vary the distance between the floor of the box and the connecting portion of the clamp to cause the leg portions to move toward the front thereof and engage the rear side of the wall.

Abstract: A glove-mounted watch comprising in combination a glove including a wrist portion having a wrist-watch receiving area, a pair of spaced members secured to the outer surface of the wrist portion at opposite sides of the area for receiving the telescopic bracelet pins of a wrist watch, so as to secure a wrist watch in the area, a flap, having a central observation aperture smaller than the face of a wrist watch, secured to the wrist portion to fold over a wrist watch secured in the area, so that the observation aperture may become aligned with the area to enable observation of a watch therein, a first plurality of strips of resilient material is secured to the wrist portion to abut the area, a second plurality of strips of resilient material secured to the inside of the flap to engage the strips of the first plurality when the flap is folded, for closely surrounding a watch in the area, the combined thickness of the strips being less than the thickness of a watch so that when the flap is folded, the rim of the

Abstract: A golf bag carrier for an adult-style pedal-powered tricycle or quadra-cycle including tubular axle housing portions enclosing opposite ends of the rear axle. The carrier includes an elongated golf bag supporting frame member having an upstanding rectilinear portion substantially co-extensive with most of the height of the golf bag and a base portion underlying the golf bag. The base portion carries a support pedestal for supporting the weight of the golf bag. A plurality of curvilinearly configured lateral frame members are affixed to the supporting frame member and extend laterally from it for surroundingly cradling a portion of the golf bag to maintain same laterally dispositioned in substantially parallel relationship with the upstanding frame portion. A pair of upstanding frame support members each includes an upright rectilinear portion affixed to each of the lateral frame members.

Abstract: A flexible material apparatus for carrying an article retained by an article receiving means, comprising a carrying member adapted for attachment to the article receiving means and having a hollow tube of flexible airtight material being partially pneumatically inflated to provide a pliant carrying member. One embodiment includes the article receiving means comprising a receptacle, such as a bag, having hermetically sealed and pneumatically inflatable bottom and end panels. The carrying member includes a flexible material handle attached to the end panels having fluid communication with the panels so that partial pneumatic inflation of the handle and panels is permitted, whereby carrying an article in the bag causes air to be displaced from one or more of the panels to cause the handle to become turgid. In another embodiment, a pair of handles is attached to the side panels, which are also hermetically sealed to provide fluid communication between each panel and handle.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for securely retaining a television set in an automobile for rear seat viewing. The apparatus includes an adjustable platform to support the television set and a holder to accommodate a video tape recorder. In addition, an audio assembly is provided having a rearward facing remote speaker and earphone jacks to provide any level of quiet and privacy desired. The apparatus includes means for readily and removably securing it to the front seat.

Abstract: This invention relates to a plastic or thermoplastic container designed to exhibit non-paneling of its sidewall due to reduction in pressure within the container. The container itself is provided with a yieldable bottom endwall especially constructed to compensate against the effects of reduced internal pressures often experienced after sealing hot fluids and the like. The thermoplastic container herein described is capable of being filled and sealed without paneling or deformation of its sidewall, said bottom endwall being displaceable inwardly, in preference to the sidewall, upon a relative reduction of pressure in the container, said bottom endwall comprising an outer frustoconical surface extending downwardly and inwardly from said sidewall toward the longitudinal axis of the container at an angle between about 5.degree. and 30.degree.

Abstract: A container comprises an elongate cylindrical vessel arranged longitudinally between two supporting frames. The cylindrical wall of the vessel is in abutment against and welded to a face of a transverse connecting plate, the opposite face thereof is in abutment against and welded to one of said supporting frames. The vessel is designed specially for powdered materials.

Abstract: An air cargo container is disclosed of metallic construction which is light in weight, yet sturdy and which has structure for overcoming problems which have been encountered with cargo containers heretofore available and with particular reference to hold-down or restraint pockets, fork lift pockets and floor construction and which complies with present government and other applicable standards.

Abstract: A container for shipping and storing articles, particularly elongated articles such as (for example) snow skis, the container being defined by a preformed, elongated housing. Siidably disposed within the housing is an adjustable partition to provide various sizes of storage compartments, the size depending upon the length of the article being stored therein. The selective positioning of the partition will further provide a secondary storage compartment. This selective positioning is established by an elongated strap member attached to the partition and looped about the inner and outer surfaces of the housing passing through each end member, so as to be adjustably secured on the outer surface thereof, thereby securing the partition in place. The strap further defines a handle for carrying the container.

Abstract: A belt buckle adapted to be used as a holder to retain a gun within the buckle. A cover which is attached to the buckle helps hold the gun in place and is released when the gun is to be withdrawn from its retained position.

Abstract: A diaphragm seal assembly for large tubes such as used as supporting legs in offshore platforms and pile drivers in underwater environments, with the diaphragm seal closure constructed to resist loads retained in such manner as to be nearly completely removed by upward tension pull on a pull-out cable. The diaphragm seal assembly is retained between rings welded inside a tubular member by a split ring forced apart to a retaining diameter by a removable key. Pull on a cable removes the key allowing the split ring to return to its initial smaller diameter size small enough to be removed up out of the tube along with the diaphragm closure member.

Abstract: A portable golf equipment case for carrying a knockdown golf bag, clubs, and golf accessories comprising an oblong box-like structure having broad side walls generally in the shape of a parallelogram and including a body portion and a hinged lid forming a major portion of one of the broad side walls. A roller member is located at one diagonal end of the parallelogram type structure with the roller running substantially across the width of the relatively narrow side and end walls to provide a relatively wide load bearing surface for pulling the case from the opposite diagonal end of the structure which includes a flush mounted handle. A second flush mounted handle is located substantially at the mid section of one side wall for lifting and carrying the case. Means are also selectively located on the side wall containing the flush handle for attaching a carrying strap thereto.

Abstract: A water bottle and holder assembly for use on a bicycle comprising a water bottle having a ribbed keystone shaped tongue. A holder having a complementary slot for receiving the tongue and a clamp for attaching the holder is secured to a bicycle frame. A bolt that secures the holder for the frame also engaging the ribs to securely hold the bottle in the holder. Finger grips integrally formed in the bottle on either side of the tongue are shaped and sized to permit simple withdrawal of the bottle from the holder by a cyclist.