Abstract: A hand rest device has a horizontally oriented base and a hand rest surface supported above the base by a hole and peg arrangement. The hand rest surface provides ergonomically correct support of the heel and palm of the user's hand. The peg, hole or both may be skewed from normal so as to allow the hand rest surface to vary its attitude by rotation of the rest about the base. The base is used in conjunction with a computer pointing device such as an electronic mouse so that the device can be used without undue stress being placed on the user's wrist and hands from lengthy and repetitive use of the pointing device.

Abstract: A window-mounted camera mount and bird feeder comprises a camera mount having a plurality of spaced suction cups for adhering the camera mount to an inner side of a window unit, and a bird feeder having a plurality of spaced suction cups similar in number and in individual locations on the bird feeder to the number and individual locations of the plurality of suction cups on the camera mount, for adhering the bird feeder to an outer side of the window unit with the respective suction cups on the bird feeder aligned with the corresponding suction cups on the camera mount to achieve picture-taking alignment of the camera mount and the bird feeder.

Abstract: A supporting arm includes a plurality of links coiled upon one another in retracted position in a housing. When the support arm is withdrawn from the housing, an extension means then urges the links of the arm into load-supporting position. A latch holds the arm in extended, load-bearing position. The supporting arm is shown as incorporated in a bicycle stand with the arm extended to support the bicycle.

Abstract: A retainer (10) for holding and protecting a sewer hose for a recreational vehicle is provided. The retainer (10) has an elongate hollow tubular body portion (20) with a flat base (40) attached to a bottom end (23) of the body portion (20). A cap (50) is removably attachable to a top end (22) of the body portion (20). Drain holes (34) provide for ventilation between a hollow interior region (36) of the body (20) and the environment surrounding the retainer (10). Bores (48), (58) pass through the base (40) and the cap (50) to allow for thorough ventilation of the hollow interior region (36) of the body portion (20). The body portion (20) is provided with a width which is less than a width of the sewer hose (H). The base (40) and removable cap (50) are provided with a width which is greater than a width of the sewer hose (H). Hence, the sewer hose (H), when it is located upon the body portion (20) of the retainer (10), is prevented from falling off of the body portion (20).

Abstract: A liquid filled vibration isolating mount has upper and lower metal fittings for fixing the vibration isolating mount to a supporting body and a supported body. A rubber vibration isolating body has a tubular shape defining a central cavity and has upper and lower ends defining an upper face and a bottom face which are respectively fixed to the upper and lower metal fittings. The upper metal fitting defines an aperture communicating with the central cavity and a partition member is connected to the upper metal fitting occluding the aperture. A diaphragm is attached to the upper metal fitting covering at least a portion of the partition member. The central cavity of the vibration isolating base body and the partition member define a first liquid chamber wherein the vibration isolating base body constitutes a portion of a chamber wall. The diaphragm and the partition member define a second liquid chamber.

Abstract: An adjustable book holder that includes a stand support member; an angularly adjustable book support assembly pivotally mounted to the stand support member; an X-Y positionable, transparent copy arm slidably mounted on a vertically oriented track member that itself is slidable along a horizontal positioning rod; a locking mechanism between the transparent copy arm and the vertically oriented track member; a page holding mechanism including a pivot block in connection with the book support assembly and a page holder including first and second lengths of wire, each length of wire being pivotally connected to the pivot block and having a ball secured at a far end thereof; and a angular positioning assembly including an angular positioning rod affixed to a back surface of the book support assembly and a stand off member slidably mounted on the angular positioning rod and extending away from the angular positioning rod at a right angle.

Abstract: A garment hanger suitable for hanging garments in an automobile. The hanger has a generally triangular open loop body and is adapted to be mounted on a window or an exit handle of an automobile. The garment hanger preferably has a plurality of dividers for supporting one or more garment hangers between adjacent dividers.

Abstract: A bracket for index tabs of hanging file folders comprising a transparent sleeve and an element secured to the file folder, characterized by the fact that the sleeve can be directionally positioned by pivoting around a more or less vertical axis. The bracket may be provided with a structure to immobilize the sleeve directionally positioned in relation to its pivot axis which may be provided with notches suitable for interacting with at least one stop pin on the element.

Abstract: A night light adaptor has threads for interchangeably receiving decorative finials and a plate mount for shielding a night light bulb from view and interchangeably receiving different artistic displays. The adaptor extends the aesthetic benefits of finials and surface-mountable materials into a night light environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic stand comprising at least three telescopic units per stand leg, wherein a clamping device which can be actuated via just one clamping lever per stand leg is provided at two fixing locations (A, B) of the central stand unit. For this purpose, the clamping device is connected together at the two fixing locations (A, B) by an actuating bar (42). This considerably simplifies the stand's handling in that far fewer clamping levers with respect to the prior art have to be actuated.

Abstract: The invention provides a movable ladder support device, and a ladder which includes that support device. The support device includes a rotatable member such as a wheel housed within the U-shaped section of the support device. The support device is attached to the rail of a ladder. The support device enables the ladder to be vertically repositioned against the surface of an inclined wall without the need to first remove the ladder from the surface.

Abstract: A vibration-isolating system for mounting a cathode ray tube monitor to an enclosed audio base includes an annular vibration-isolating grommet having an axial bore; a snap cap including an annular portion having a surface for supporting the grommet and an axial aperture, at least two legs extending substantially perpendicularly from the annular portion opposite the surface astride the aperture to distal ends, and a nub extending radially from the distal end of each leg; and an elongated member configured to fit about the legs, through the axial aperture and through the axial bore, and to attach to a cathode ray tube housing.

Abstract: An adjustable leg assembly comprises an outer tube and an inner tube subassembly. The inner tube assembly comprises an inner tube, a floor support at one end of the inner tube, an expandable bushing at an opposite end of the inner tube, a rod extending through the inner tube and secured to the bushing and threadedly engaged with the floor support. The inner tube subassembly is inserted into the outer tube such that the bushing is confined within the outer tube and can be expanded into and retracted from contact with the outer tube by turning the floor support relative to the inner tube. In the preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawings, the floor support is a glide/tightener that provides a floor glide to support the leg assembly and that provides a tightener that is threadedly engaged with the bushing rod.

Abstract: A cable suspension clamp is provided comprising a roller capable in use of rotating as a cable is drawn across it, and securing means comprising a length of material having a central locking portion adapted to engage the roller and a pair of helical arms adapted to be intertwined with, and grip, the cable once the cable is in extended position. Using this clamp it is possible to mount a plurality of rollers along the intended path of the cable, draw cable over the rollers, and secure the cable to the rollers without having to remove the rollers as is conventional practice.

Abstract: A hanger loop of rope material provides for the suspension of innumerable articles in various industries, but is particularly well suited for use in underground mining, where it may be used to support electrical cables, pneumatic and hydraulic lines, air ventilation ducts, etc., above the floor of the mine drift. The hanger loop is preferably formed of a braided synthetic fiber which has been treated to provide flame retardant properties and which is also electrically non-conductive. Treated, braided polypropylene is a suitable material for the present rope loop. The closed loop is formed by passing the first end of the rope diametrically through its opposite end portion, and then coaxially through that same portion to secure the first end therein and to form a smaller closed loop. The second end is then inserted coaxially into the body of the main loop to secure the second end within the body of the main loop.

Abstract: A push broom stand includes an elongated tubular body having a bent shape. The body includes a receiving section configured to removably receive the handle of a push broom, an extending section oriented at an angle to the receiving section, and a support section oriented at an angle to the extending section. The device is hollow so as to define a sleeve configured to snugly fit around the handle of a broom. A slot extends through at least a portion of the body so that a broom handle may be snapped through the slot into the sleeve. The push broom stand is installed onto the lower end of the broom handle of a push broom to thereby support the push broom in an upright position when the broom is not in use. The push broom stand is also configured to be able to hang the broom from an elevated surface.

Abstract: A new Lever Mounted Deer Stand for offering a quick and easy attachment of a tree stand to a tree. The inventive device includes a tree stand, a tension clamp means, and a penetrating means. In use, the present invention is a method comprising the steps of tranporting the device to a desired location, leaning the device up against a tree, climbing a ladder of the device, wrapping the tree with a chain, hooking a tension lever means with the chain, clamping the tree with the tension lever means, forcing a penetrating means into the tree, rehooking the tension lever means with the chain, and repeating said clamping, forcing, and rehooking steps until the penetrating means is fully inserted into the tree and the chain is tight.

Abstract: Disposable covers for tray jacks and waste containers. These covers have an aesthetically pleasing segment which conceals the tray jack or container and a second, integral segment. In tray jack applications of the invention, the integral segment provides a receptacle for trash and other wastes. And, in container applications of the invention, the second, integral segment provides an inner liner for the container.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes a lock mechanism for locking a seat slide unit on which a vehicle seat is mounted or a seat reclining unit mounted on the vehicle seat. A screw rotatably mounted on an upper rail is in mesh with a nut secured to a lower rail or mounted on a seat back frame. Each of the screw and the nut has a lead angle greater than an angle of friction thereof so that the screw can rotate in response to a load applied to the vehicle seat or a seat back, thus enabling adjustment of the position of the vehicle seat in a direction longitudinally of the vehicle body or that of the angle of inclination of the seat back. If deceleration or acceleration of a value not smaller than a predetermined value is applied to the vehicle seat, the screw is urgently locked to thereby maintain the current position of the vehicle seat or the current angle of inclination of the seat back.

Abstract: A modular faceplate assembly having a faceplate and at least one modular panel received and supported within a frontal opening in the faceplate and releasably secured to the faceplate by concealed latches hingedly connected to the modular panel rearward of the faceplate for flexure between latching and releasing positions relative to keepers carried by the faceplate and resiliently biased to said latching positions. When the latches are in latching positions latch operators carried by the latches form closures for latch operating apertures opening through the frontal surface of the faceplate assembly. Cam surfaces on the latch operators facilitate operation of the latches to release the panel from the faceplate in response to insertion of an operating tool into the latch operating apertures.