Abstract: A method and apparatus for waterproofing game birds is provided. The game birds are sprayed with a waterproofing composition in amounts that prevent excessive water absorption by the feathers of the birds in wet weather, while still permitting the game birds to fly.

Abstract: A toy helicopter landing skid structure includes an upper support stand, a propping member and a bottom stand. The upper support stands are connected to the bottom of a helicopter airframe, and the propping member is connected to the bottom of each upper support stand, two insert slots extended in opposite directions at each connecting position of the upper support stand, the propping member and the bottom stand, a hollow portion disposed in each insert slot for clamping an elastic member, a plurality of fixing holes disposed at the bottom of each propping member, a plurality of bottom stands disposed at each propping member for passing a binder through the two fixing holes for binding the propping member with the bottom stand, so as to absorb external forces and impact by the slanting connected upper support stand with the insert slot and the installed elastic member.

Abstract: A lightweight perch formed from plastic, wood or the like, has, in one embodiment, an outer surface on which is applied a granular material such as sand or the like. An adhesive or solvent may be used to apply the granular material to the perch. The resultant perch duplicates the healthy, stimulative effects of expensive concrete and sand perches at a tremendously reduced weight and cost. In another embodiment, a perch is formed from a plurality of parts of dissimilar materials that are joined together through the entrainment of one material from one part into the other material from the other part.