Abstract: A starting device has a strip connected to a pulley for a pull start mechanism. The strip is composed of a high performance plastic and is provided with an integral handle. A connection means connects the strip to the pulley on its distal end. The strip fits neatly in a coil around a pulley hub. It lays flat during storage and exerts substantially no lateral pressure against the walls of the pulley. With this construction, the strip does not fray and affords a storing mechanism that is cleaner than a conventional rope system. The starting device has few parts and is easy to assemble. It is lightweight, inexpensive to construct and facilitates starting in an efficient, reliable manner.

Abstract: A reprogrammable electronic step timing control system having a fuel pressure threshold that is discretely variable as a function of engine speed. The fuel pressure threshold is increased for engine speeds above rated speed by a predetermined amount. A programming key is provided in a wiring harness to allow fuel pressure and speed thresholds to be readily changed.

Abstract: A starting device has a rotary drive member that is operable by hand or power devices. The device has a detented or geared strip arranged to engage with a similarly detented or geared starting wheel. The teeth of these parts are designed to grab and lock with each other in the starting direction and to slip past each other in the opposite direction. Crimping, sticking and other failure modes of conventional wind up rope units are virtually eliminated. A more consistent pull is afforded owing to a constant radius interface with the starter wheel rather than a diminishing radius of the type delivered by a wound rope.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparel which can be worn during breakdancing as an aid to the dancer in performing the breakdance movements and for distributing impact and torsional loads encountered by the dancer during the breakdance. The breakdance apparel of the present invention in its simplest form is apparel in which those portions of the apparel which contact the support structure have a relatively low coefficient of friction. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the apparel is provided with resilient regions having an external surface with a relatively low coefficient of friction. In one embodiment the breakdance apparel of the present invention may be in the form of a jacket, jump suit or vest which has been provided with elements having a relatively low coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A coated article is provided which comprises a metal substrate and an overlying layer of a composition comprising a copolymer of 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethyl propene and vinylidene fluoride and an effective amount of a stabilizing agent. More particularly, the stabilizing agent is present in an amount of at least about 0.2 percent by weight based upon the weight of the copolymer and is selected from the group consisting of the oxides and salts of divalent meatls and mixtures thereof. Preferably, the thickness of the coating on the metal substrate is at least about 1 mil.