Abstract: Disclosed is a battery-operated utensil for mixing and pouring drinks and the like. It uses a separate motor to drive a shaft carrying mixer blades, and a separate motor to drive a pump. The motors are turned on one at a time, and drive the respective shafts directly, thus eliminating the use of components such as gears, clutches or ratchets. The design allows ingredients to be poured into the mixing vessel through a filling chute, without removing the housing which caps the vessel, as well as for convenient removal of the housing when necessary, as for cleaning. Various other features are provided to make the utensil particularly inexpensive to manufacture and convenient to use.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drawer assembly having a drawer top and bottom which interlock for sliding movement relative to each other and easily disassemble by hand and nest within each other to nearly half the assembled size to thereby facilitate shipment or storage. A door, snap-mounted to the assembly, pivots frictionally to provide a convenient ledge for a recipe card.

Abstract: A rug hooking new tool to be used in place of the conventional latch hook. The tool has a closed integral loop of a firm material which extends forwardly from a handle and can be inserted into canvas to knot lengths of yarn thereto. The handle can comprise a shank received into a shell such that a magazine is formed therebetween for lengths of yarn which can slide therein forwardly onto the loop. The shank and shell can be separable to allow the shank to mate with a loader for loading the magazine with lengths of yarn. One type of loader uses windings of a continuous length of yarn which are cut into individual lengths in the course of loading the magazine. Another type uses pre-cut lengths of yarn. The same magazine and loaders can be used with a tool having a conventional latch hook tip.

Abstract: Disclosed is a miniature battery-operated light which, except for the necessary batteries, bulb and electrical contacts, is entirely made of molded pieces of thermoplastic material assembled manually by snap-fit or friction-fit. The same housing can be used either with a lid assembly having a flashlight reflector or with a smaller lid assembly without a reflector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a one-piece sheetstock blank which is foldable along scorelines to form a package which has a flat rectangular base and a box-shaped hollow container for merchandise. The container extends forwardly from the base and has its backside at the base, its right, left, top and bottom sides extending forwardly from the base and its front side parallel to it spaced from the base. A peripheral portion of the flat base surrounding the container to the left, top, right and bottom thereof and provides a convenient and effective surface for advertising or explanatory written material. All visible surfaces of the package come from the same surface of the blank, which minimizes printing costs. The blank is formed into the package simply by folding along the scorelines, without the need for adhesives or stapling.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display stand with split rings supporting sheet material such as photographs, recipes, instructions, addresses, etc. The stand is made entirely of integrally molded plastic components snap-locked to each other through hand assembly. The rings are deformed by hand to load them with sheet material; when released the ring ends are supported by the rest of the stand so that the weight of the sheet material threaded on the rings does not deform them.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spring loaded exerciser in the shape of a bow made up of a central bar and two arms extending from the ends of the central bar and pivotally connected to it and a cord connecting the free ends of the arms. There may be a gauge to indicate the degree of force exerted by the user, and there may be sliding handles on the cord. The exerciser is made primarily of light-weight, inexpensive, molded plastic material. In one embodiment, there is a compression spring at the pivotal connection of each arm to the central bar which resists movement of the arms toward each other. In another, there is a tension spring at the pivotal connection of each arm to the central bar which resists movement of the arms toward each other, and the bow-shape is somewhat different.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lightweight, inexpensive toy electric sewing machine made primarily of molded plastic components which are easily assembled with minimum of tools.