Abstract: A pull ring to facilitate opening of pop-top or pull-top cans. The pull ring consists of a flat portion with two attached arms. The two arms defining an opening large enough to accommodate entry of a portion of the tab of the closure of the pull-top or pop-top can. The two arms and the flat portion define a aperture in communication with the opening which is large enough to contain the handle portion of the tab. The ring has one or more protrusions on the arms, opposite the flat portion, to aid gripping. The ring is movable from a down position, where it protrudes minimally from the can surface, to a deployed position, where it remains in place by means of a flat outer surface of the flat portion resting on the can's surface.

Abstract: A bladder for a fuel tank includes plural concentric chambers separated by respective walls for placement in a fuel tank to contain fuel in such chambers, spacers for spacing the outer walls forming the respective chambers from the inner wall of a fuel tank, a bottom wall with openings to allow filling of the respective chambers from the bottom, a cover to block flow of fuel out from the top of the chambers, vents in the cover to permit air to exit the respective chambers, and a combination seal and dike at respective vents to block fuel flow into the vents from the top and to block fuel from exiting through the vents during impact that tends to collapse the fuel tank and bladder.

Abstract: An apparatus for wiping lenses or the like to clean them includes a wiping means for wiping a lens and a support means for supporting the wiping means in operative relation. Adhesive means may be used to attach the wiping means to the support means. Respective support means may be connected by a force fit frictional engagement of a protruding member in a receptacle associated with respective support means. A pair of support means may have respective heads for holding respective wiping means in operative relation; one of the heads may be concave and the other convex with respect to a plane therebetween. Moreover, means to facilitate manual grasping of the apparatus for convenient use also may be provided as part of the support means. A cleaning material or the like may be provided in the wiping material.

Abstract: A soap and sponge washing device, for example, for washing the body in a shower or bath includes a container forming an envelope for a bar of soap, discrete openings through to the container interior allowing water access to the soap and the facile exiting of lather for washing purposes, and a tab-like locking strip integral with the container material for locking the soap in the container. Preferably there is a plurality of openings and preferably the tab lock is T-shape or truncated arrow-shape and is lockable into an opening in the container to block the entrance thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for wiping lenses or the like to clean them includes a wiping means for wiping a lens and a support means for supporting the wiping means in operative relation. Adhesive means may be used to attach the wiping means to the support means. Respective support means may be connected by a force fit frictional engagement of a protruding member in a receptacle associated with respective support means. A pair of support means may have respective heads for holding respective wiping means in operative relation; one of the heads may be concave and the other convex with respect to a plane therebetween. Moreover, means to facilitate manual grasping of the apparatus for convenient use also may be provided as part of the support means. A cleaning material or the like may be provided in the wiping material.

Abstract: A sanitary spray-dry system has a liquid spraying outlet and an air directing outlet pivotably supported from a closet seat for movement from a stored out of the way location partially in the bowl to a use position for spraying warm liquid at the body of a person sitting on the seat for washing purposes and subsequently for blowing air at the washed area for drying the same. The system of the invention may conveniently be added to existing water closets generally between the bowl and seat thereof.