Abstract: A partial weight-bearing scale including a planar weighing surface and a fixed load supporting platform to one side of the weighing surface. The combination enables a user to stand on the support platform with one foot while applying measured pressure to the scale with the other foot. A visual display is provided to indicate the amount of pressure applied to the scale.

Abstract: A champagne cork remover device is provided with a plurality of relatively movable frame members, the lowermost one being shaped to lock onto the neck of a champagne bottle, the intermediate one being adapted to be engaged beneath the cork and lift it free, and the uppermost one being adapted to serve as the carrier for a screw shaft actuator.

Abstract: A one-hand bat for baseball practice and related usage in other sports is provided with a short length, a greater ball-contacting area, and a pair of parallel, adjacently disposed, double ended, flexible straps extending lengthwise of the grip portion of the bat, each strap being fastened at each of its ends to the grip portion through which the hand is inserted and by which the hand is connected against accidental disengagement from the grip of the bat. An adjustable slide is carried by both of the straps intermediate the fastened ends thereof and enabling the straps to be adjustably disposed in enclosing and entrapping relation to the user's hand when it is inserted between the straps and positioned beneath the straps in gripping relation to the grip portion of the bat.