Abstract: The present invention relates to herb grinding devices for grinding herbs and other plant matter into particulates, and more particularly, to an herb grinding device having a chargeable igniter or chargeable lighter. The herein disclosed device provides a combination grinding device and igniter (or lighter) so that a user may grind plant matter into smokeable and/or vaporizable particulates and then utilize the very same device to light or ignite the smokeable and/or vaporizable particulates so as to consume the plant matter efficiently. In certain embodiments, the igniter assembly may include a flameless lighter such as a coil lighter and may further include a port for receiving electrical charge from an external source to power to igniter. In an exemplary embodiment, the igniter assembly includes a rotatable lid for removably covering the igniter when the igniter is not in use.

Abstract: A device that is used to pull a stake from a newly poured concrete slab. This device allows for attachment to a concrete pole, a tool that is commonly possessed and used by most concrete contractors. It contains a flexible loop that is used for the removal of stakes from the inside of a perimeter of a newly poured concrete slab. The loop of the device is placed so that it encircles the shaft of a concrete stake. A worker rotates the concrete pole until the loop twists enough to tightly hold onto the stake. The stake is then pulled from the ground and lifted up, over, and to the outside of the perimeter of the slab. The invention may include adjustment means to allow its efficient use with stakes of different thickness.

Abstract: An orthopedic brace includes: a body portion that is configured to attach to a forearm and/or wrist of a patient; a finger portion that is configured to support the fifth, fourth and/or third phalanges and restrain movement thereof; and an intermediate portion that spans the body portion and the finger portion. In this configuration, the brace can comfortably support, protect and/or restrain the injured metacarpal and/or phalange.

Abstract: A protective glove for preventing inadvertent needle punctures of a health care worker's hand is fabricated from shark skin or other such leather having a surface covered with placoid scales. The protective glove may be used in combination with a barrier glove fabricated from latex or the like. The protective glove is highly resistant to needle punctures, but is relatively thin and preserves tactile sensations.

Abstract: A device to be used with a post-surgical boot for protecting the toes from injury and uncleanliness, which includes a base section, a toe-covering section, and an integral tongue section.

Abstract: An envelope stuffing device in which no moving parts are required for opening the mouth of an envelope for the insertion of inserts therein. The stuffing device has a plurality of leaf springs, two of which are adjacent the ends of an envelope and are located directly above openings within a floor of the device. Other leaf springs are located intermediate the ends of an envelope, so that when the flap of the envelope is in registration with the leaf springs, the outer leaf springs push down on the end of the envelope and the intermediate leaf springs hold the flap on the floor, thereby causing the mouth of the envelope to open. The device includes a conveying mechanism for placing inserts into to envelope when the mouth of the envelope is open.

Abstract: An inspection instrument has an elongated flexible body which extends between a control assembly at a proximal end and an objective head at a distal end. Fiber optic bundles disposed within the instrument permit the illumination and the imaging of the interior regions of a structure being inspected. An articulating vertebrae assembly and a transitional coupler are disposed proximally of the objective head whereby the objective head is caused to move in an arc when tension is applied to interiorly disposed cables connecting the objective head to the control assembly. The vertebrae assembly is comprised of individual hollow vertebrae which are disposed along and axially aligned by a resilient stiffening member which is fixed at a distal end within the objective head and at a proximal end within the coupler.