Abstract: A device (10) for producing sound, such as, for example, simulated animal calls for hunting or flatulence or other bodily noises for entertainment, using a membranous valve (17) including one or more vibrating thermoplastic or thermoset plastic membranes (18,20), wherein said vibration is mechanically induced by a gas, such as air, releasing from a reservoir (12). In a preferred embodiment, the device (10) is hand-held, portable, and broadly comprises the reservoir (12); a return (14); a focuser (16); the membranous valve (17); and an emitter (22). Gas released from the reservoir (12) is directed by the focuser (16) to pass across the one or more membranes (18,20) which are held in their operating positions by the emitter (22). Vibration of an edge portion of each membrane (18,20) produces the desired sound.

Abstract: A handle is disclosed for tools such as shovels and the like. The handle includes first and second legs, each of which has a first end which is securable to a tool head such that the first and second legs extend outwardly from the tool head in generally parallel relation to one another. A handlebar is connected to second ends of the first and second legs. The handlebar is curved to accommodate a normal orientation of a user's wrists. A lower handle is slidably connected to the first and second legs so as to be moveable toward and away from the handlebar and pivotable between a retracted position and an operating position. In the operating position the lower handle extends outward from a plane defined by the first and second legs. A slide lock is provided for selectively securing the lower handle to the first and second legs.

Abstract: A handle is disclosed for tools such as shovels and the like. The handle includes first and second legs, each of which has a first end which is securable to a tool head such that the first and second legs extend outwardly from the tool head in generally parallel relation to one another. A handlebar is connected to second ends of the first and second legs. The handlebar is curved to accommodate a normal orientation of a user's wrists. A lower handle is slidably connected to said first and second legs so as to be moveable toward and away from the handlebar and pivotable between a retracted position and an operating position. In the operating position the lower handle extends outward from a plane defined by the first and second legs. A slide lock is provided for selectively securing the lower handle to the first and second legs.