Abstract: The present invention discloses a fishing lure for knotless line attachment. The fishing lure comprises a nose portion and a tail portion configured to be assembled together. The nose portion includes a proximal hole sized to receive a fishing line. A funnel is formed in the tail portion, and aligned with the proximal hole to guide the fishing line into a groove formed in the tail portion. The groove extends from a top of the tail portion to a gap defined between the nose portion and the tail portion when assembled. A coupling mechanism, such as a threaded engagement, enables rotation or movement of the nose portion relative to the tail portion to securely clamp the fishing line without requiring a knot. The lure further comprises radial grippers to engage the line, wings to guide the line, and an optional flexible weed guard to reduce snagging on underwater debris.

Abstract: An ice fishing apparatus with an integrated audible and visual bite indication includes a handle portion having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a hollow region extending at least partially therebetween, a rod blank coupled to the first end of the handle, and an indicator and circuit assembly disposed at least partially within the hollow region.

Abstract: The invention concerns a miniaturised device (10) suitable for deploying substances into the leaves (F) of plants comprising an array of anchoring micro-elements (12) made of a soluble material. The device also comprises sensors (23), so that it is possible to simultaneously deploy substances on both the abaxial and the adaxial side of the leaf (F) and simultaneously monitor the effects thereof.

Abstract: An animal enclosure including a plurality of members defining an interior of the enclosure. The plurality of members includes a first member having a frame and a door formed by a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires. The door is pivotable with respect to the frame and a latch maintains the door in a closed position when latched. At least one of the wires of the door assembly is configured to include one of an access portion and a tab, and at least one of the wires of the frame assembly includes the other of the access portion and the tab. The latch, when moved to an open position, enables sliding movement of the door with respect to the frame. Alignment of the access portion and tab provides for opening of the door and pivoting movement of the door with respect to the frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compact, low-profile aquatic trap designed to be directly submerged in mosquito larval habitats, aimed at capturing and retaining them underwater long enough to kill them by lack of air. The entrance of the trap includes multiple niche-like openings to trap the larvae by offering them shelter from light and predators. These entrances lead to a series of compartments that form a labyrinth guiding the larvae towards an inescapable chamber. Being anaerobic, the trap causes the larvae to die in the inescapable chamber within a few hours, without bait, chemicals, energy, or any kind of refills.

Abstract: A method for producing a mycelial sheet includes: subjecting a fungus to static cultivation in a liquid medium containing a cellulose, so as to allow the fungus to form the mycelial sheet on a surface of the liquid medium; and collecting the mycelial sheet from the surface of the liquid medium containing the cellulose.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed for connecting a first fishing line to a second fishing line. The connector may include a body having a first section, a second section, and a mid-section located between the first and second sections. The connector may also include a first securing feature formed in the first section, and a second securing feature formed in the second section. The second securing feature may include a helix protruding away from the mid-section.

Abstract: The termite bait station is screwed into earth via external screw threads. A cylinder chamber holds a bait stick and slots expose the bait to the earth. The cylinder has external outboard threads. The cylinder's top has a ring with an interlock system which is complementary to an interlock system on a collar region of a detachable handle. The detachable handle and lateral handle hold permits the user, upon handle rotation in one direction to be implanted in the earth and upon handle rotation in another direction to be extracted from the earth. Interlocking systems include keys interlockable with keyways; outboard configured depending legs coacting with respective detents; and inboard configured depending legs coacting with respective detents.

Abstract: A planting column includes a hollow pillar including upper and lower end portions, a body portion located between the upper and lower end portions, and an accommodating chamber located in the body portion. The upper end portion includes a top opening communicating with the accommodating chamber. The body portion includes through holes communicating the accommodating chamber with the outside of the hollow pillar. The lower end portion includes an inner surface opposite to the top opening, an outer surface, and at least one through hole penetrating through the inner and outer surfaces and communicating the accommodating chamber with the outside of the hollow pillar. The planting column is adapted for a climbing plant to grow and climb thereon, and helps for ramet of the climbing plant. The planting column is insertable in the soil, and helps for improving the soil's water permeability and breathability.

Abstract: A light for growing plants includes at least one light source for generating light for growing at least one plant to be grown, at least one detection device for detecting at least one state parameter of the plant, and at least one adjustment device for moving the at least one light source relative to the plant depending on the at least one state parameter.

Abstract: A housing that is intended to spin on a fishing lure shank and designed to hold blades. The housing can be reusable by incorporating mechanical means that enable the user to swap out blades of different styles, colors, or shapes. There is a hollow tube that runs the long distance of the housing that could be of different cross-sectional shape than the fishing lure shank it is spinning on.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a window in a fluid container formed by a plurality of wall blocks attached by curable material is disclosed. The apparatus has a frame member including a container flange configured to abut against at least some of the plurality of wall blocks, a plurality of posts disposed at the container flange and configured to be received in the curable material disposed between the plurality of wall blocks, a retainer member, and a plurality of fasteners. The retainer member is configured to be attached to the frame member based on the plurality of fasteners being received through a plurality of apertures of the container flange and a plurality of apertures of the retainer member and by being received in the plurality of posts.

Abstract: A semi-automatic combing device includes a housing assembly, an operating assembly and a combing assembly. The combing assembly includes a hair-combing member fixed on the housing assembly and a hair-pushing member movably connected to the housing assembly, and the hair-combing member and the hair-pushing member are arranged crosswise; the operating assembly includes an operating key and an operating rod, the operating rod is rotatably connected to the housing assembly, one end of the operating rod is connected to the operating key, the other end of the operating rod is connected to the hair-pushing member. According to the present invention, the other end of the operating rod can press down the hair-pushing member when the operating key is pressed to separate the front end of the hair-pushing member from the hair-combing member, thereby removing hair from the hair-combing member and improving the combing efficiency.

Abstract: An animal scent dispenser includes a housing, a support structure, a heating compartment, and a blower assembly. The housing includes a main body and a cover assembly to permit access to an interior of the main body, wherein the housing includes a plurality of apertures to allow air to flow through the housing. The support structure is positioned in the main body and designed to support an animal scent device within the main body. The heating compartment is positioned in the main body and designed to store an unpowered heat source therein. The blower assembly is positioned in the main body and is designed to draw air into the housing, conduct the air past the unpowered heat source to heat the air, conduct the air past an animal scent device, and conduct the air and animal scent material out of the housing.

Abstract: A feeder for a domestic pet has a container for holding pet food, a housing, and a cover having a closed position to prevent access to pet food in the container and an open position. The housing has an open front, a base, respective left and right sidewalls and a rear wall coupled to the base and to the sidewalls. The container is located in the base. The rear wall extends upwardly from the base and forwardly to provide a roof for the housing and terminates in a forward edge at the open front. The open front is bounded by the forward edge of the roof, forward edges of the sidewalls, and a line joining bottoms of the forward edges of the sidewalls. This line is parallel to the forward edge of the roof but forwardly thereof. The sidewalls have intermediate portions thereof located at positions between the forward edge of the roof and the said line. These intermediate portions extend more forwardly than a plane containing the forward edge of the roof and the said line.

Abstract: Automated pest control systems and methods can use information (including input information based on, but not limited to, for example, one or more of the season(s), temperature trend(s) over a period of time(s), length of day(s), change(s) in the length of day(s) over a period of time(s), the deterioration of the potencies of substance(s) based on the exposed shelf-life and/or spoilage of the substance(s), indoor versus outdoor usage, geographical location, species/subspecies, or other input information) to optimize the effectiveness of the delivery of pest control substances over a period of time.

Abstract: A method and system for maintaining plants, where each plant is in a container with a growing medium, includes determining a drying profile that is a function of elapsed time from a time of an initial watering state. The drying profiles may be species-specific and may also indicate total weight of the plant, container and growing medium over elapsed time; drying profiles may also be made dependent on various environmental factors. An estimate is made of when the wetness level in the growing medium will fall below a predetermined minimum level as indicated by the drying profile. An indication is given to a user of a need to water the plant when the wetness level is estimated to reach, or has already reached the predetermined minimum level.

Abstract: A weedless lure body has a hollow elliptical cone shape, with an opening in an elliptical shape. The body further includes a first side wall and a second side wall extending downward from a top of the hollow elliptical cone. A shank of a hook is formed with grabbing barbs, which are embedded in the second side wall. The barbed end is fixed relative to the second side wall, transversely within the opening, and vertically below the open end of the weedless lure body in use. The weedless lure body collapses upon itself in use for retrieval, with a fish on the hook.

Abstract: A plant cultivation container, including a plurality of media in which seeds of plants or at least portions of plants are buried; a container having a medium accommodation space in which the plurality of media is accommodated and an open upper surface; a cover that covers an open upper portion of the container; and at least one separator that divides the medium accommodation space into a plurality of root accommodation spaces, and through which water may pass. The plurality of media is divided between and accommodated in the plurality of root accommodation spaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support assembly for supporting a plurality of layers of essentially horizontally extending meshed support elements, arranged one above the other with a distance therebetween, the support elements being designed to hold units of nutrient substrate spaced from one another, wherein in each unit of nutrient substrate an essentially horizontally growing plant is rooted, in order to allow the essentially horizontally growing plants to grow, supported by the respective meshed support element concerned, wherein the mesh size is such that the fruit forming from the horizontally growing plants can grow downwards through the mesh to ripen under the respective support element, wherein the distance between two support elements arranged one above the other is chosen so as to allow both unhindered horizontal growth of the plants on the lower support element and the development and ripening of the fruit of the plants growing on the upper element, and wherein a plurality of the support elements can be moved ho