Abstract: There is disclosed in the present application a tool box or kit assembly intended to be secured by means of a lock to a bicycle frame to prevent its theft or loss. The assembly includes a box and an embracing metal strap which secures the box to the bicycle frame and may additionally be formed to secure a tire pump to the frame so that it cannot easily be removed.

Abstract: A belt-type garment for carrying tennis balls and the like is provided, generally as follows. A belt portion has front and rear surfaces and devices thereon for removably fastening the belt portion around the waist of a wearer. A longitudinally extending pocket portion is provided for carrying at least one of the balls and has front and rear sections joined at the bottoms and sides thereof to define a generally U-shaped, transverse, cross-sectional configuration. The top of the rear section is secured to the rear surface of the belt portion in a pleated arrangement for defining a plurality of successive pleats extending downwardly therefrom. An elongate elastic strip is secured in the stretched condition to the top of the front section of the pocket portion for defining, when the elastic strip is relaxed, a plurality of successive gathers extending downwardly from the top of the front section.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an anchoring device for retaining a boat on a trailer or on top of an automobile either directly on the top or secured to a previously installed car top carrier. The device consists of a plurality of units each of which has a trailer or car top securing means and a boat securing means connected by a turnbuckle means therebetween to control the tension. The structure of the present disclosure permits the boat to be transported in either the upright or inverted position.

Abstract: A window-mount ski rack comprising a frame having spaced pairs of threaded rods mounted thereon, the inboard ends of the rods carrying suction cups which bear against the window, and the outboard portions of the rods carrying plastic sleeves upon which the skis rest. Flexible rubber ties bind the skis to the rods. Flat metal hangers extend from the frame to and over the top of the window to hold the rack in place. The rack fits any side or rear window and is quickly and easily mounted and demounted.

Abstract: A safety holster adapted to receive a gun and prevent removal of the gun from the safety holster by unauthorized personnel or through inadvertent movement by the user. The safety holster includes a tubular insert section within which the gun is inserted. A gun securement mechanism for constraining the gun within the tubular insert section provides for a strap element which passes from a frontal to a rear wall of the tubular insert section. The strap member passes over and contiguously contacts the hammer of a gun which is inserted within the safety holster. The strap member is positioned to intersect the path of removal of the gun from the holster. Additionally, the strap member is fixedly secured to a frontal wall of the tubular insert member but may be rotational with respect thereto. The strap member is releasably fastened to the rear wall of the tubular insert section through a pair of snap fasteners.

Abstract: A backpack is disclosed having a sack including a stowage compartment and a frame holding compartment comprising an envelope having a front wall positionable against the wearer's back. A flexible unitary frame is positionable within the frame receiving envelope, under compression, and longitudinally tensions the front wall of the envelope. The unitary frame includes curved end portions interconnected by a pair of inwardly bowed, generally C-shaped side portions. The curved end frame portions fit the like curved closed end portions of the frame receiving envelope. The flexible frame is arcuate longitudinally and has a concave intermediate portion thus allowing inward movement of the tensioned front wall when contacted by the back of the wearer. Movement of the tensioned front wall causes the backpack to "hug" or closely fit the curvature of the wearer's back and thus moves the center of gravity of the backpack closer to the wearer's back to improve backpack balance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a unitary bracket for holding down an antenna mounted on a vehicle. The bracket includes an elongate body portion having one end configured to be readily clipped onto the gutter strip of the vehicle. The other end of the body portion is configured to receive and hold the antenna in a position generally paralleling the roof line of the vehicle. Because different styles of vehicles have different sized gutter strips, the end of the body portion which is clipped onto the strip can be made universally adaptable to the various sized strips.

Abstract: A holder for beverage cans or the like for mounting on bicycle handlebars or the like. The holder generally consists of a top plate, a bottom plate, and members for spacing and interconnecting the top and bottom plates. Plastic washers are disposed around the means for interconnecting the top and bottom plates, and they engage a can or the like to be held by the holder and prevent rattling of the can. The top member has an opening formed therein for receipt of a beverage can, which can, when passed through the opening, rest on the bottom plate. One or more extensions of the top plate are integrally formed therewith, which extensions are adapted to be bent around a handlebar into loop form and releasably held in that form for mounting the holder onto the handlebar. The top surface of the top plate is substantially even with the handlebar when mounted by the extensions.

Abstract: A ball holder connector construction is particularly adapted for snap connecting a base and a retaining ring of a ball holder. A base connector tongue is formed integral with the base. An aperture is formed in the base connector tongue. A retaining ring connector tongue is formed integral with the retaining ring. The retaining ring connector tongue has a hook formed integral therewith, which is adapted to pass through the aperture of the base connector tongue. The hook is adapted to engage lockingly the base connector tongue. The base connector tongue and the retaining ring connector tongue together comprise the ball holder connector.

Abstract: A tamper-proof backpack is disclosed which is formed of plastic or similar molded construction. The backpack includes a concave rear wall and shoulder straps which enable the backpack to be carried on the back of a user. The backpack may also be hand-carried and a cover is provided for fitting over the concave rear wall thereby hiding the shoulder straps when the backpack is so carried. The backpack includes a locking mechanism which prevents unauthorized access into the interior of the backpack and which also enables the backpack to be secured to a stationary object. The locking mechanism may also be used to secure a conventional luggage-suitcase or similar article to a stationary object.

Abstract: A rack for a recreational vehicle having a rear portion formed with a longitudinal sill at each side. The rack comprises spaced first and second runners adapted to be located on the longitudinal sills of the rear portion of the vehicle. A plurality of load-bearing members extend upwardly and across the vehicle between the first and second runners. Any load carried by the load-bearing members acts downwardly on the sills which are well able to carry considerable loads.

Abstract: A belt-mounted device for holding a tennis ball or the like between two opposing metal loops having laterally extending legs which are joined together through vertical arms spaced apart a distance greater than the diameter of each loop. The junction between each loop and its associated lateral legs provides a flexing joint for the loops which is intermediate the vertical and horizontal extremities of the supporting legs and arms.

Abstract: A one-piece device for holding balls having an integral clip for clipping on the top edge of the wearer's garment. The device may be made from plastic or any other material having some resiliency enabling the temporary retention of the balls. The device is arranged so that linear translation permits the ball to be inserted into or removed from the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting structure adapted to conform and be supported about the raised floor portion of a vehicle generally found about the front floorboard area of a motor vehicle generally centrally located between the sides of the vehicle. Such a raised floor portion of a vehicle is generally of an inverted U-shape and often overlies the vehicle transmission or a portion of the main drive train thereof. The mounting structure of the present invention comprises a generally arcuate shaped base support structure that is at least partially flexible and includes an adjustment screw for confining or tightening the base support structure about the raised floorboard portion of the vehicle in a tightly held fashion such that the mounting structure is supported in a firm and upright posture about the raised floorboard portion of the vehicle simply by a gripping action.

Abstract: A quick catch and release clamp for releaseably holding an automotive tire in supporting engagement with the underside of the frame of a truck or the like. The clamp is comprised of an upstanding support post, a clamp means having a bottom portion extending towards the top of the support post, with a toggle link pivotally mounted at one end to the top portion of the support post and pivotally mounted at its other end to the bottom portion of the clamp means, with the toggle link having an associated means to move a part of the toggle link, including its pivotal mounting to the top portion of the support post above the pivotal mounting at the other end of the toggle link, and past the longitudinal axis of the clamp means.

Abstract: A connector having a thumb screw adapted for connection to a camera and to a flexible body harness carrying a snap connector. The connector includes a washer with an opening for receiving therethrough and retaining the shaft of the thumb screw. The underside of the washer is surfaced with resilient material for resiliently engaging the bottom of the camera. The head of the thumb screw is formed with one portion of a snap connector for releasably engaging the snap connector carried by the harness.

Abstract: Apparatus for restricting the motion of a motorcycle while it is being carried by a pickup truck or similar vehicle is disclosed. Such vehicles are of the type having a bed which includes a horizontal load-bearing portion and one or more sidewall portions. The motorcycle is provided with a luggage rack or similar rear-mounted load carrying member. The apparatus of the present invention provides a substantially vertical strut mounted to the vehicle bed proximate one of its sidewalls. A transverse hook member is attached to the top of the vertical strut. The free end of the hook member has an upwardly opening hook contour. The rear portion of the motorcycle is lifted and the rear-mounted load carrying member engaged with the hook contour along the side of the motorcycle near the strut. The rear wheel of the motorcycle is thus maintained in a raised position relative to the horizontal portion of the vehicle bed, and the lower extremity of the rear wheel is biased against the vertical strut.

Abstract: A bicycle handlebar pack and support frame in which the support includes a means to cantilever the pack engaging portion of the support from the gooseneck-handlebar intersection of a bicycle, the pack engaging portion preferably comprising normally substantially horizontal forked members adapted to engage pocket portions on either side of the pack, normally vertical members depending from the support, releasable engaging means on the pack to secure the pack to the support, and a resilient member extending from the support at a position below the gooseneck-handlebar engaging portion, and preferably from the depending members, to the bicycle frame to bias the support into a stable relationship with the bicycle without interfering with convenient removal of the pack from the support.

Abstract: A device is provided for attachment to a handgun to permit releasably securing the attached handgun to an adjacent portion of body wearing apparel.

Abstract: A load supporting slat is mounted on an automobile roof and forms a part of a luggage rack. The slat is made in two parts: an extruded plastic base and a stainless steel molding snap fitted over the base. The base insulates the roof from the steel molding, holds the molding and cooperates with the molding to carry the weight of luggage thereby permitting the molding to be made from very thin sheet stock.