Abstract: An apparatus for carrying an advertising card including an elongated member having a generally planar portion. The generally planar portion has a front side and a rear side. The elongated member further includes a pair of longitudinally extending flanges defining a first pair of longitudinally extending tracks. The first pair of longitudinally extending tracks is disposed adjacent the front side of the generally planar portion and is adapted to cooperatively receive the advertising card.

Abstract: A portable rack is provided to store one or more fishing rods. A group of elongated modular elements are strung end-to-end to form two associated, vertical, horizontally spaced columns. Each modular element is an integrally molded plastic bar having at its top an integrally molded member and at its bottom an integrally molded construction that includes a hook opening upwardly. The integrally molded construction at the bottom of each modular element forms a quickly attachable and detachable coupling with the integrally molded member at the top of the next succeeding lower modular element. Horizontally aligned hooks support fishing rods. An attachment on each column mounts the vertical column on a mounting structure.

Abstract: A stand stores long-handled garden tools. The tools are removed from the stand to be used. The stand is unusually compact and permits a plurality of garden tools to be stored in close proximity to one another. The distal end of a garden tool is slidably received by a sleeve formed in the stand. The sleeve is shaped to contact the distal end of the tool and maintain the tool in a substantially vertical orientation while permitting the tool to generate a force which forces the stand against the ground.

Abstract: A fishing lure storage and display apparatus is provided which features transparent storage receptacles releasably suspended from a hanging rod allowing the lures to be easily viewed and readily accessed. The storage receptacles retain the lure in isolation from the outer environment thus sustaining the shape, color and scent of the lure and protecting it from crushing damage or entanglement. The receptacles can take on a variety of forms such as a flexible polypropylene pouch or a tubular member constructed from a semi-rigid plastic.

Abstract: Extruded or molded plastic covers snap fit into the jamb liner slots over the lower jamb liners. Replaceable brush weatherstrips on the edge contact the lower window sash. Upper foam pads engage the upper window sash and press the upper sash against the window frame. The smooth outer face of the covers may be painted. A T-shaped back rail inserts in a back jamb liner slot.

Abstract: A device for moving forward in an easy and efficient manner, articles such as canned goods, that are placed on a store shelf in order to facilitate their frontal display. The device makes use of positioning rods that are installed on the shelf so as to extend in parallel relationship with respect to the edge of the shelf. Two parallel side rails act as a support for the articles. These side rails extend on both sides of a central rail supporting a puller member and a backstop assembly. The side rails and the central rail are perpendicular to the edge of the shelf and are detachably fastened to the positioning rods, preferably by snapping. As a result, one may easily adjust their spacing as a function of the size of the articles. The backstop assembly is located at the back end of the puller member. It extends vertically and moves the articles closer to the front of the shelf when the puller member is pulled forward.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved tube rack with telescoping function, more especially a structure that can be adjusted according to a desired length or height. The structure includes an outer sleeve, a threaded sleeve, an inner link, a telescopic shaft link with a fitting spring and a retaining seat. Through the motion of the retaining seat and the telescopic shaft link fitted with the spring, the present invention can be adjusted more efficiently to the user's satisfactory degree.

Abstract: A tool storage apparatus and method of manufacture thereof is provided. Tubular extensions allow storage of tools designed for connection with tubes or cylindrical members. Tubular extensions are connected at an acute angle to a base. The positioning of the tubular extension can minimize the space required for storage. For use with swimming pool maintenance tools, space efficiency can be maximized.

Abstract: A new and improved display rack for holding a pair of bottles comprises a pair of “S-shaped” or “open figure-8” shaped wire support members welded to two pairs of horizontal bottle-support bars, the lowermost of which include four foot portions. A plastic base member mounts the foot portions of the lower bars.

Abstract: A connector connects the end segments of one or more poles and a flexible membrane to form a tent, canopy, kite or other flexible shelter or non-shelter structure. The connector has a first and a second body section that are adapted to mate via loosely coupled threads in one adaptation. A portion of a flexible membrane is retained between the two body sections. The first body section has an open end and is adapted to engage an end segment of a pole. The second body section is adapted to be fitted with a ring, hook, or other structure to which a guy wire, rope, or other pole may be connected.

Abstract: A shower caddy for holding personal care articles customarily used in bathroom showers which is reversible to enable the caddy to alternatively be attached to a shower head and shower enclosure panel includes a pair of laterally spaced apart, straight vertical stanchion rods, each having at the upper end thereof a short upper end arm which protrudes perpendicularly forward from a longer lower portion of the stanchion. An upper transverse bracket member removably attachable at outer lateral ends thereof to the stanchions has a laterally centrally located central arch section having an upwardly concave opening adapted to fit over a shower pipe and thereby suspend the caddy frame therefrom. The reversible shower caddy includes a plurality of article storage shelves which are removably attached to the stanchions at adjustable heights, the shelves protruding perpendicularly forward from the stanchions when the caddy is hung from a shower head.

Abstract: A motorized rack for holding the jewel cases or containers of CDs (or the CDs themselves) in a very compact manner includes a continuous loop formed of holders for the CD cases or other retainers which is driven by a pair of sprockets on which the holders are mounted for rotation. High density storage is provided by spacing the holders and their associated CD containers contiguously to one another and then removal is facilitated by allowing the holders and containers to fan out at the top the vertical tower for manual removal.

Abstract: A product merchandising display unit capable of being both vertically and horizontally arranged to achieve a wide variety of different modular configurations includes plurality of substantially similar shelf members, a plurality of support members, and a plurality of full sockets and partial sockets associated with the upper and lower portions of each of the shelf members for cooperatively engaging the support members. Any number of shelf members can be vertically stackably arranged one above the other by attaching the support members to the full sockets associated with each respective shelf member. In the case where two shelf members are positioned in side-by-side relationship one adjacent the other, such adjacent shelf members can be joined along their abutting edge portions by attaching the support members to aligned pairs of the partial sockets associated with the respective shelf members.

Abstract: A curtain or drapery rod assembly has adjacent elongate rod sections joined end to end by a resilient connector for installation in angularly disposed relation around a corner between adjacent flat walls, such as in bay windows and corners of a room. In a preferred embodiment, the connector is a helical coiled spring having a first end connected in a first tubular rod section open end, an opposed second end connected in a second tubular rod section open end, and an intermediate portion disposed between the rod sections that forms a smooth curved transition adjacent to an angular corner when the first and second rod sections are supported in angularly opposed facing relation on respective first and second flat walls adjoining the angular corner.

Abstract: A caddy assembly for storing cleaning equipment in which a vertical pole member extends upwardly from a flat base with bottle holder cups and hook elements on opposite sides of the pole member and with parallel rack elements projecting to each side of the top of the pole member to receive brooms and mops with their working ends upwardly.

Abstract: An improved frame for a switchgear cabinet includes a plurality of rails that are connected together with a plurality of connectors. The rails are generally of two different cross-sectional configurations, both of which are cooperable with a single type of connector to enable the rails and connectors to be configured into numerous different types of cabinet frames to which panels can be mounted to form switchgear cabinets. The rails and connectors are modular in nature and are specifically configured to be easily connected with one another. During assembly of the connectors and the rails, portions of a coating on the rails become ruptured, thereby electrically conductively connecting together the rails and the connectors.

Abstract: The rack is formed by spaced apart upper and lower rack members with a plurality of spaced apart slots formed in the upper member from a front edge and a plurality of spaced apart apertures formed in the lower member with each aperture aligned with a portion of an associated slot. Each slot has an entrance leading to a neck which extends to a bend. The bend leads to a closed end spaced inward from the upper member edge and which is located laterally from the entrance with the distance between the upper member front edge and the closed end being less that the distance between the upper member front edge and the bend. An elastic cord extends across the neck of each slot inward from and parallel to the edge of the upper member at about the position of the closed ends of the slots.

Abstract: A square hollow and vertically extending pole having floor engaging and ceiling engaging structure on the opposed ends thereof and a plurality of vertically and horizontally spaced openings therein. An attachment having a pair of pegs thereon engaging a pair of vertically spaced openings in the pole and also having a supporting portion for supporting an item placed thereon and an overlying portion for closely overlying an item placed thereon.

Abstract: A multiple cooking utensil rest which includes a base with a recess therein for receiving a container. The container is provided with a grate allowing for drainage and support for the lower portion of utensils. Preferably the grate and the container are removable from the base for ease of cleaning. The upper portion of the utensils is supported by an elongated “C” shaped member, horizontally positioned and mounted to an upper end of vertical supports mounted to the base, providing upright positioning for multiple utensils during food preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article holder for retaining stacked articles dispensed in a horizontal plane and held in place by a retaining member. The retaining member is adjustable for the height of the stack of the horizontally disposed articles and is adapted to be removed as a retaining member or placed beneath the stacked articles if desired.