Abstract: A carpet cleaning system having a single, hand-held wand and mounted on it, a pre-spray canister, a venturi tee fluidly connected thereto, and valves for directing pressurized hot water into first and/or second flow streams. Downstream of a flow-splitting tee, a single valve regulates the first flow stream; and a pair of valves, sandwiching the venturi tee, regulate the second flow stream. This pair also controls cleaning solution discharging from the pre-spray canister via the venturi tee. Positioned at the operator's fingertips are the single valve's handle and a bar for moving the paired valves' handles simultaneously, thus allowing one to momentarily turn on or off either flow stream or adjust a mix thereof. Importantly, without interrupting any steam cleaning then in progress, one can immediately reapply the cleaning solution to a stain and, as a consequence, substantially upgrade the quality of the finished carpet cleaning job.

Abstract: A carpet cleaning system having a single, hand-held wand and mounted on it, a pre-spray canister, a venturi tee fluidly connected thereto, and valves for directing pressurized hot water into first and/or second flow streams. Downstream of a flow-splitting tee, a single valve regulates the first flow stream; and a pair of valves, sandwiching the venturi tee, regulate the second flow stream. This pair also controls cleaning solution discharging from the pre-spray canister via the venturi tee. Positioned at the operator's fingertips are the single valve's handle and a bar for moving the paired valves' handles simultaneously, thus allowing one to momentarily turn on or off either flow stream or adjust a mix thereof. Importantly, without interrupting any steam cleaning then in progress, one can immediately reapply the cleaning solution to a stain and, as a consequence, substantially upgrade the quality of the finished carpet cleaning job.

Abstract: A cover for a portable pet carrier which can be utilized to convert the carrier into an outdoor shelter. When mounted for use on the carrier, portions of the cover overlay ventilation openings formed in the carrier which, in the absence of the cover, rain could enter. These portions define a pair of laterally protruding awnings which, while they keep out rainwater, allow air to circulate freely through the ventilation openings. In addition, a hood extends longitudinally from one end of the cover and serves to shield an entrance to the carrier from rain and the like while allowing an animal unobstructed ingress and egress through the entrance. In general, exterior surfaces of the cover are sloped so as to cause rainwater to run off of the cover rather than to accumulate on it. To facilitate shipping the carrier with the cover mounted thereon, the cover is sized so that its greatest transverse width does not exceed that of the carrier.