Abstract: An apparatus including piping, a junction device connected to a first opening of the piping, and a switch device configured to cause the junction device to open or close the first opening of the piping. The apparatus may further include means for attaching the piping, the junction device, and the switch device to a vehicle such that a second opening of the piping is located nearer a first tire of the vehicle than to any other tire of the vehicle, and the first opening of the piping is located nearer an engine of the vehicle than to any tire of the vehicle. The junction device may include a fan which can be activated by the switch device to cause hot air from the engine to be drawn into the piping. The junction device may further include a temperature device which monitors the temperature at the first opening of the piping.

Abstract: An apparatus including piping, a junction device connected to a first opening of the piping, and a switch device configured to cause the junction device to open or close the first opening of the piping. The apparatus may further include means for attaching the piping, the junction device, and the switch device to a vehicle such that a second opening of the piping is located nearer a first tire of the vehicle than to any other tire of the vehicle, and the first opening of the piping is located nearer an engine of the vehicle than to any tire of the vehicle. The junction device may include a fan which can be activated by the switch device to cause hot air from the engine to be drawn into the piping. The junction device may further include a temperature device which monitors the temperature at the first opening of the piping.

Abstract: An apparatus including a top plate, a right spacing member, a left spacing member, left and right sides plate having a length and a width, wherein the length of each of the left side plate and the right side plate is substantially greater than the width of each of the left side plate and the right side plate. The apparatus may further include first, and second wheels connected to the left side plate so that the first and second wheels can rotate about first and second axes which are substantially parallel to the width of the left side plate; and third and fourth wheels connected to the right side plate so that the third and fourth wheels can rotate about third and fourth axes which are substantially parallel to the width of the right side plate.

Abstract: A swivel device on which a chair can be secured, and which is configured to allow the easy elimination or reduction of accumulated dirt and/or sand. The swivel device may include a mounting device, and a base, wherein the mounting device is connected to the base so that the mounting device can rotate with respect to the base. The swivel device may further include a device for keeping a chair stationary on the mounting device, a first cavity located between the mounting device and the base, and a device for aiding rotation of the mounting device with respect to the base located in the first cavity. There may be a first opening of the mounting device leading to the first cavity, leading to a first opening of the base, which leads to an area outside of the swivel device. The swivel device accommodates all straight and lounge chairs.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a bracket, and a device for connecting to the bracket. The bracket may be one of a plurality of brackets for placing a plant box on. The device may have a first portion having an opening through which a fastener can be inserted to connect the device to the bracket. The device may have a second portion connected at an angle to the first portion. The device may be sized so that when connected to the bracket by inserting the fastener through the opening, the second portion of the device fits snugly within opposing sections of the bracket, such that the second portion has a length which is slightly less than a distance between the opposing sections of the bracket. The apparatus may further include a railing situated so that a cross section of the railing sits in between a space between the device and the bracket.

Abstract: A sensor device having a top, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a rear and a front. The sensor device may be mounted to a housing which covers the top, the first side, and the second side of the sensor device but does not cover the front of the sensor device. The housing may be adapted to be attached to an outside of a vehicle, such as by a pressure sensitive adhesive pad. The sensor device may be a motion sensor. The housing may be fixed to the vehicle near a top of the vehicle so that energy from the sensor device is emitted primarily in a direction which is parallel to a length of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a height and a width, and the length of the vehicle is greater than the height and the width.

Abstract: An apparatus including a box portion which may include a left side, a right side, a front side, a rear side, and a bottom. Each of the left, the right, the front, and the rear sides is connected to the bottom to be foldable with respect to the bottom, from an orientation parallel to the bottom to an orientation substantially perpendicular to the bottom. A device may be connected to the bottom, including an inner peripheral wall which extends, substantially perpendicularly from the bottom. The inner peripheral wall may be substantially in the shape of a loop and may have a width and a length, substantially perpendicular to the height of the device, slightly less than a width and a length, respectively, of an inner chamber defined by top edges of the left, the right, the front, and the rear sides, of the box portion in an upright state.

Abstract: An apparatus including a box portion which may include a left side, a right side, a front side, a rear side, and a bottom. Each of the left, the right, the front, and the rear sides is connected to the bottom to be foldable with respect to the bottom, from an orientation parallel to the bottom to an orientation substantially perpendicular to the bottom. A device may be connected to the bottom, including an inner peripheral wall which extends, substantially perpendicularly from the bottom. The inner peripheral wall may be substantially in the shape of a loop and may have a width and a length, substantially perpendicular to the height of the device, slightly less than a width and a length, respectively, of an inner chamber defined by top edges of the left, the right, the front, and the rear sides, of the box portion in an upright state.

Abstract: A swivel device on which a chair can be secured, and which is configured to allow the easy elimination or reduction of accumulated dirt and/or sand. The swivel device may include a mounting device, and a base, wherein the mounting device is connected to the base so that the mounting device can rotate with respect to the base. The swivel device may further include a device for keeping a chair stationary on the mounting device, a first cavity located between the mounting device and the base, and a device for aiding rotation of the mounting device with respect to the base located in the first cavity. There may be a first opening of the mounting device leading to the first cavity, leading to a first opening of the base, which leads to an area outside of the swivel device. The swivel device accommodates all straight and lounge chairs.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for carrying beverage containers, such as milk cartons. The apparatus may include a first wall, a second wall, a base, a first device, and a second device. The first and the second walls may be fixed to the base so that the first and the second walls are substantially perpendicular to the base, and the first and the second walls are parallel to each other and separated by a first distance. The first and second devices may be connected to the base so that the first and second devices can rotate with respect to the base. The first and the second devices may be connected to the base so that the first and the second devices can be rotated into a states in which a wall of each is substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the base.

Abstract: A swivel device on which a chair can be secured, and which is configured to allow the easy elimination or reduction of accumulated dirt and/or sand. The swivel device may include a mounting device, and a base, wherein the mounting device is connected to the base so that the mounting device can rotate with respect to the base. The swivel device may further include a device for keeping a chair stationary on the mounting device, a first cavity located between the mounting device and the base, and a device for aiding rotation of the mounting device with respect to the base located in the first cavity. There may be a first opening of the mounting device leading to the first cavity, leading to a first opening of the base, which leads to an area outside of the swivel device. The swivel device accommodates all straight and lounge chairs.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transporting a plurality of beverage containers. The apparatus may include first, second, third, and fourth sides, and a floor. The first, second, third, and fourth sides may be attached to the floor so that the first second, third and fourth sides can pivot with respect to the floor, and so that each can be placed in a first state in which each is parallel with respect to the floor and in a second state in which each is at a ninety degree angle with respect to the floor. At least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sides may have a bottom protrusion which can be adhered to the floor in the second state, to hold at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sides in the second state.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transporting a plurality of beverage containers. The apparatus may include first, second, third, and fourth sides, and a floor. The first, second, third, and fourth sides may be attached to the floor so that the first second, third and fourth sides can pivot with respect to the floor, and so that each can be placed in a first state in which each is parallel with respect to the floor and in a second state in which each is at a ninety degree angle with respect to the floor. At least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sides may have a bottom protrusion which can be adhered to the floor in the second state, to hold at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth sides in the second state.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a chair, a first section, and a second section. The chair may be configured to be detachably fixed to the first section. The first section may be configured to pivot with respect to the second section. The chair may have first and second members; the first section may have a first and second clips; and the first and second members of the chair may be configured to be simultaneously detachably fixed to the first and second clips. The chair may be a folding chair. The first section may include a circular disk. The second section may include a circular disk. The circular disk of the first section may be fixed with respect to the circular disk of the second section so that the circular disk of the first section rotates with respect to the circular disk of the second section.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, which may include a beverage bottle having a spout having an opening, and a body portion having a cavity in which liquid can be stored. Liquid can be pored through the opening in the spout and thereby into the body portion. The spout and the body portion may be integrated together, formed from the same mold, and formed from the same material, such as the same kind of plastic. The spout may be angled with respect to the body portion, such as about a forty-five degree angle with respect to the body portion. The apparatus may further include means for holding the beverage bottle so that the body portion is tilted with respect to a track. The means for holding the beverage bottle, may hold the beverage bottle so that an end of the spout is parallel to the track.

Abstract: An apparatus for making parts having complex geometric shapes by injection molding apparatus. The apparatus avoids the formation of a parting line in the molded object. The apparatus includes an injector plate, an ejector plate and a floating plate. The injector plate has at least one mold cavity for making a part and a passageway to allow molten plastic to enter the mold cavity. The ejector plate has at least one mold cavity corresponding to the mold cavity in the injector plate. The floating plate has at least one projection. The plates are adapted to fit together when the mold is closed so that the floating plate is between the injector and ejector plates and the projection fits centrally between the cavities of the injector and ejector plates. A mechanism moves the injector plate, ejector plate and floating plate with respect to one another.

Abstract: A foldable ladder having a plurality of rigid steps and of rigid links which steps and links are pivotally secured together with pivot pins to result in a rigid ladder in use, but capable of being folded for storage.