Abstract: A rigid adjustable hand weight system for use in physical fitness exercise consisting of a rigid flat handle portion with rigid flat weight members disposed on either end whose size and shape are such that two or more units may be bundled together and held within the user's hand secured together by the user's grip. Each unit may be held singularly or in a group with one or more other units in various combinations to create a hand weight bundle of the desired poundage. For instance, units weighing 2, 3 and 4 pounds may be lifted singularly or combined as necessary to create 5, 6, 7 and 9 pound weight combinations as the user desires. Eliminated is the need for fasteners such as screws, pins or other means since the user's grip provides the force that keeps the units bundled together.

Abstract: An adjustable hand weight system for use in physical fitness exercise consisting of a flat handle portion with flat weight members disposed on either end whose size and shape are such that two or more units may be bundled together and held within the user's hand secured together by the user's grip. Each unit may be held singularly or in a group with one or more other units in various combinations to create a hand weight bundle of the desired poundage. For instance, units weighing 2, 3 and 4 pounds may be lifted singularly or combined as necessary to create 5, 6, 7 and 9 pound weight combinations as the user desires. Eliminated is the need for fasteners such as screws, pins or other means since the user's grip provides the force that keeps the units bundled together.

Abstract: The device consisting of a hollow body made of foam rubber or other shock absorbing material defining an enclosed chamber and having a plurality of holes therein. A closeable opening is provided that is of adequate size to allow wet tennis shoes or other objects in need of drying to be placed inside said enclosed chamber. The unit with the articles to be dried within are inserted into a rotary drum clothes dryer and the loud thumping and banging noise normally associated with drying heavy shoes in a rotating metal drum are significantly reduced or eliminated. Further, the padding and shock absorbing shape of the envelope prevents the dryer's door from being knocked open from the inside as often happens when hard shoes hit the back of the door during the tumbling and drying process. Furthermore, shoes and delicate fabrics may safely be dried in the same load as they are effectively separated by the device.

Abstract: The apparatus consisting of a rotating shield mounted in front of the shower head with a pattern of holes that, when aligned with a corresponding pattern of holes in the shower nozzle, allow the water to pass through to the bather. The shield is turned into or out of alignment by a bi-metal thermally sensitive spring which, sensing too hot or too cold water, rotates clockwise or counter clockwise. The water is then blocked by the shield and, its momentum now diminished, pours out of an opening in the bottom of the shower head where it can be hand tested and adjusted by the bather. When the proper temperature is achieved, the bi-metal spring turns the guard plate holes into alignment with the shower nozzle outlet holes and water is allowed to spray onto the bather. A water mixing/buffer chamber located between the thermal element and the outlet nozzle affords the unit time to respond to incoming water appropriately by taking a measure of time to fill up.