Abstract: The present invention is an eating utensil set for the physically disabled. The invention comprises a handle, a shaft and an eating utensil head. The handle is in the shape of a multi-sided geometric solid five surfaces: a flat bottom surface adapted to rest upon a horizontal surface such as an eating table, a back surface; a first side surface; a second side surface; and a front surface, preferably curved. The upper portion of the back surface serves as the point of attachment for the shaft. The shaft terminates in the eating utensil head. In addition, the utensil head may be modified to increase the surface area available for the food and to increase the stability of the food on the eating utensil. The new and improved eating utensil is capable of being used by individuals having a variety of disabilities, particularly those individuals with limited wrist movement.

Abstract: A chisel for removing material (5) from a crack defined between two adjacent bricks, comprising a body (1) supporting an elongate tip (2) and defining shoulders (4) extending transversely of the tip. The width of the tip is less than the width of cracks from which it is desired to remove material and the width of the shoulders is greater than the width of the cracks such that the shoulders limit the depth of insertion of the tip into the cracks. The shoulders may be fixed surfaces, which may be covered with or fabricated from materials which will not mark bricks across which they slide, or alternatively the shoulders may be defined by rollers (22).

Abstract: A reference-aid publication supplement (10) comprises at least one marker member (18) which may be a marker panel portion supplied with a publication means vessel externally/internally and issued therewith for indexing application by the user to rapidly retrieve and access publication information contained within non-paginated and paginated publication types. Each marker member may be formed/shaped from double-faced flexible sheet substrate (19,20) unitarily or independently therefrom by at least one line of separations, severable line means, separable line means (24,25,26). One face of each marker member has at least one predetermined attaching means area having at least one flexible adhesive layer means (22) being permanently and/or semi-permanently attached thereto and covered by a removable protective sheet means (21).

Abstract: A razor blade unit comprising a support for at least one razor blade and a surface for slidably engaging the skin of a user, and a xerogel on the surface. A process for making a sliding surface on a razor blade unit comprising applying a solution of polyurethane, a water-soluble plastic and a solvent to a surface of the razor blade unit which engages the skin of a user during shaving, and evaporating the solvent to form the sliding surface.

Abstract: A scraper tool particularly useful for hand deburring various surfaces at different cutting angles, includes a scraper blade of rectangular section defining four continuous sharp edges extending axially of the scraper blade. The thickness of the rectangular section is preferably larger along one transverse dimension than along the other transverse dimension of the section, with the larger dimension decreasing from one end of the scraper blade to the opposite end. The front face of the front end of the scraper blade is of rectangular configuration and forms an oblique angle to the plane passing perpendicularly through the scraper blade, thereby forming four additional sharp edges extending peripherally around the scraper blade.

Abstract: A motor-driven hair cutter is provided with a main cutter and a trimmer at a front end of an elongated housing. Each of the main cutter and the trimmer is a reciprocatory cutter comprising a toothed stationary blade and a toothed movable blade driven to reciprocate in hair shearing engagement with the stationary blade. The trimmer is movable between a retracted position in which a cutting edge of the trimmer is behind a cutting edge of the main cutter and a projected position in which the cutting edge of the trimmer projects forwardly of the main cutter so that the trimmer alone can be used. The trimmer blades are formed to be smaller in thickness as well as in cutting edge width than those of the main cutter blades in order to facilitate a delicate trimming of hairs in a restricted area of a user's head by the trimmer.

Abstract: A manual tool useful for scraping, deburring and breaking the sharp edges of sheet material such as metal and glass and the like, formed of an elongated handle shaped to fit within the human hand and a pair of closely adjacent, conventional, wafer-like, hard cutter inserts mounted upon the forward end of the handle. A pair of sockets are formed on the forward end of the handle and each insert fits within a socket and is immovably held therein by means of a conventional fastener. The inserts each have a forwardly extending cutter edge, and the two cutter edges are arranged at an acute angle to form a V-shaped channel between the two inserts. The channel receives and is drawn along the sharp edge of the sheet material. The inserts are removable and replaceable, when desired, with similar inserts.

Abstract: A double-bladed combat weapon includes a handle having slotted ends. A knife blade having a semicircular tang, which has a plurality of index notches, is pivotally disposed in each slotted end of the handle. An indexing mechanism is disposed in each end of the handle and engages one the index notches of the blade tang. A release for each blade is provided to permit the user to swing the blades selectively from a rearwardly directed position to a forwardly directed position, as well as intermediate positions during combat.

Abstract: An electric shaver is provided with a shaving part for short hair and a trimmer for long hair which can be moved relative to the shaving part, one wall of the shaver having a first control element which is coupled to an ON/OFF switching device for a drive mechanism, and another wall of the shaver having a second control element for movement of the trimmer. The shaver is provided with a third control element which is situated near the second control element, and which is also coupled to an ON/OFF switch for the drive mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a can opener device of the type which rotates the can in contact with a cutting blade subassembly that cuts the top of the can. The subassembly can be readily removed from the device for ease of cleaning and for readily reversing or replacing the cutting blade.

Abstract: A handleless cutting and paring tool for fruits and vegetables comprising a handleless oblong plate-like body with a slightly concave cross section configuration, means for slitting and paring member provided at one end of the body, a sectorial portion for peeling and scooping provided at another end of the body, and a longitudinal central paring slot formed at the substantial central portion of the body and a side cutting blade means with an indented edge formed on the side of said body. With such arrangement, the cutting and paring means as disclosed has multiple functions and may be used to cut, slash, slit, scoop, pare and peel various fruits and vegetables with cutleries of different shapes and different angles without hurting the edible portion of pulp of the fruits or vegetables under preparation.

Abstract: The present invention, a hand held Chestnut Cutter which is adaptable for all sizes of the chestnuts. This cutter is similar in shape and system to a hand held garlic press or nut cracker. Nut cutter is comprised of a pair of levers which are pivotally joined together at their front ends, or center by a bolt or pin. The upper lever carries a cutting blade and the lower lever has a cavity for receiving the chestnut and has opening at the bottom for tail of chestnut. To cut the chestnut, place the chestnut in the lower lever ring, and push down the upper lever blade towards the chestnut and it will cut the top of the shell.

Abstract: A razor assembly of the wet-shave type comprising a razor handle, a head portion extending from the razor handle, the head portion having therein a cavity therein. A spring retention chamber disposed in the handle portion, and a spring member comprising a foot portion retained by the spring retention chamber, a stem portion connected at a first end to the foot portion, the stem portion extending from the foot portion toward the head portion, a flange portion fixed to a second end of the stem portion, and blade assembly connector structure on the flange portion, said connector structure being connected to a blade assembly disposed in the cavity, the spring member being adapted to facilitate pivotal movement of the blade assembly during a shaving operation, the spring member being operative to urge the blade assembly to a neutral position in the razor head cavity.

Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting a rabbet along the edge of a board material for constructing a rabbet joint which includes a body or holder. The body positions a cutting blade in two slots defined by the body. The blade is positioned in the slots so that the edge of a panel can be cut in one slot and the surface of the panel can be cut in the other slot to form a rabbet along the edge of the panel.

Abstract: An improved hand-held motor-driven oscillating razor for wet shaving provides a substantially vibration-free gripping during the shaving. The razor comprises a grip housing adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and a shaver head movably supported on top of the grip housing. The shaver head carries a razor blade element and includes a weight which is driven by a motor to impart oscillatory movement to the shaver head. The motor is mounted within the shaver head together with the weight so as to confine an oscillatory system within the shaver head. A damper member is utilized to singly support the shaver head to the grip housing in order to made the shaver head movable with respect to the grip housing such that the grip housing can be isolated substantially from the oscillatory system in the shaver head, permitting the shaver head to oscillate substantially indpendently of the grip housing, thereby minimizing a counter-vibration transmitted back to the grip housing from the shaver head.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gardening tool. The improved gardening tool is seen to include a V-shaped tool portion having a plurality of V-shaped cutting edges therein. The tool portion includes a connecting means thereon which is adapted to removably receive a handle. The tool portion and handle are removably attachable to facilitate using different configurations of handles as well as different sized tool portions.

Abstract: Rolls of paper are converted by unwinding, cutting and stacking into a relatively high stack of paper sheets of a predetermined uniform size. At least one of the vertical corners of the stack is removed by running an electrically driven manual planer down the corner so as to leave each sheet with one or more corners having a notch for use in orienting the sheet such as in feeding it into a copy machine. The planer is equipped with guide means so that the corner notches all have the same predetermined size and shape. The planer is preferably equipped with a vacuum hose which removes the debris as it is formed and conveys it to a vacuumized collection chamber. Preferably, the stacks of paper sheets are accumulated onto the deck of a pallet having on the underside a support integrally formed from a sheet of material so as to have parallel channel formations adjacent to and inset from opposite sides of the deck. It is also desired to provide a center-post or pedestal.

Abstract: A forcible entry tool includes an elongate pry bar having at one end a cutting section comprising a gripping block and a cutting blade. The gripping block has a forward gripping pad which acts as a fulcrum point, about which the tool can pivot. The blade can be thrust towards the material to be cut to pierce through the material, or alternatively, the tool can be swung like an axe to cut through the material. In either event, after an opening is formed in the material, the cutting blade can be inserted into the opening with the gripping block above the material. Continued pumping of the pry bar about the pivot point transfers a cutting force to the cutting blade to shear the material. Alternate tool portions such as prying heads and saw blades can be installed at the opposite end of the bar for various other uses.

Abstract: A razor mechanism particularly suited for use with a flexible cartridge having at least one attachment member freely moveable in a direction substantially toward the longitudinal axis of the razor mechanism in response to the flexing of the razor cartridge during shaving.

Abstract: A reusable greeting card formed of a single-folded sheet having the greeting message provided on the upper portion of the card. The sheet is vertically folded and has at least one removable first sender's signature section extending across the bottom of the card and attached to the card by a frangible section. A second signature section is provided above the frangible area, thus allowing the card to be reused upon removal of the first signature section. Different size envelopes are provided with the card one of which is sized to receive the card only after removal of the first signature portion.