Abstract: A first aid instrument for removing slivers from the skin, and foreign material from an eye. The instrument, which furnishes light to a work area, has a variety of interchangeable tools that can be used with the instrument. The instrument has a hollow handle that accommodates a power source for light, a bulb, and a transparent nose. The nose transmits light from the bulb to the tip of the instrument so as to focus light on an area where a tool is being used. The transparent nose also holds the tool in a passageway extending through the nose by virtue of an embedded magnet in the passageway. The tools that fit in the nose include a magnet, a loop, a sharpened pointed tool, and other sharpened cutting tools. The instrument also has a clip-on magnifier which has an adjustable arm so that the clip-on magnifier can be placed in an advantageous position for viewing a workpiece.

Abstract: Drawing compass apparatus includes an axis defining portion, a grip portion, and a fastening portion. The axis defining portion includes an elongated leg member, the leg member having a blunt end section, and a short point section extending from a part of the blunt end section. A circular section is disposed at an end of the leg member opposite to the blunt end section thereof, the circular section being disposed offset of a longitudinal axis of the leg member. A longitudinal groove extends along the full length of the axis defining portion with the circular section having a central opening offset from the longitudinal groove. The grip portion includes a circular member disposed adjacent to the circular section of the axis defining portion, the circular member including a central opening aligned with the central opening of the circular section.

Abstract: Marker holder apparatus including a guide portion and an advancing portion; the guide portion including an elongated member with an open longitudinal slot, the elongated member including a bottom section, sidewall sections extending substantially perpendicularly from the longitudinal edges of the bottom section, flange sections extending from longitudinal edges of the sidewall sections remote from the bottom section, the flange sections extending toward one another substantially parallel to the bottom section, a stop section disposed adjacent one end of the elongated member, biasing mechanism located adjacent the end of the elongated member remote from the stop section, a plurality of spaced openings along the length of each of the sidewall sections, the openings in one of the sidewall sections being spaced therealong at points corresponding to the openings in the other of the sidewall sections; the advancing portion including an arcuate strip section disposed within the elongated member with each free end th

Abstract: Marker apparatus including a body portion, a marking portion, a retainer portion and a sharpening portion; the body portion including an elongated tubular member, the tubular member including a substantially straight passage therethrough; the marking portion including a substantially straight marking stick formed of soft material, the marking stick having a substantially circular cross section; the retainer portion including mechanism for exerting transverse pressure on the marking stick, the pressure exerting mechanism being disposed adjacent one end of the body portion; the sharpening portion including a clip member disposed on the body portion adjacent the end thereof remote from the end adjacent the retainer portion, the clip member including an arcuate section having substantially the same configuration as a portion of the cross section of the tubular member, flange sections extending inwardly from adjacent the ends of the arcuate section, the flange sections extending through slots in the sidewall of th

Abstract: Combination tool apparatus including a handle portion and a tool portion; the handle portion including an elongated handle member, the handle member including an opening extending into the member from one end thereof, the opening including an internal sidewall section, a gripping surface disposed along at least a portion of the outer surface of the handle member; the tool portion including a plurality of interchangeable pick members selectively connectable with the handle member, each of the pick members including a shank section, an external portion adjacent one end of the shank section mateable with the end opening in the handle member, the shank section including a gripping surface disposed along the length of the outer surface of the shank section adjacent to the external end portion thereof, a pick section extending from the end of the shank section opposite to the external end portion, the pick section including a pointed end portion extending from the free end of the pick member, one of the pick member