Abstract: A book holder includes a tray for holding a book, a ball joint and swivel assembly connected between the back of the tray and one end of a gooseneck, and a C-clamp connected to the other end of gooseneck, whereby the book holder can be attached to an arm of indoor and outdoor furniture with the tray being rotatable in the plane of its front face over 360° to a desired position, rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the gooseneck to a desired position, and the gooseneck bent to further position the tray, thereby permitting a user to be sitting or prone with a book positioned on the tray in a desired reading position, or permitting the book holder to be moved while still attached to the furniture, to a non-use position out of the way of a user.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a speech activated, speech operated, device for connection to an existing landline telephone with a one touch dialing feature, for hands-free automatic dialing. It includes a main housing, with a telephone control circuit to induce dialing of a telephone number, an encoder circuit connected to the telephone control circuit and a speech recognition module. The speech recognition module includes a processor for driving the other functions therein. The speech recognition module is connected to the encoder circuit and to a microphone and speaker for receiving speech input and transmitting audible and visible output, respectively. There is a power source connection connected to the telephone control circuit, the encoder circuit and the speech recognition module.

Abstract: The present invention is a firearm system with a personal safety interlock mechanism which permits only selective personnel to fire a specific firearm. It includes a firearm having a firing mechanism with trigger, and a handle area, a decoding locking mechanism, an engagement assembly and handwear. The decoding/locking mechanism is mounted at the handle area. It has a plurality of recesses with receiving tabs, for transfer of a correct key code to a locking assembly; which is functionally connected to the receiving tabs and to a disabling mechanism. The disabling mechanism has a lock position and an unlock position, and is biased in the lock position for the disengagement of the firing mechanism of the firearm. It is movable to its unlock position by insertion of an engagement assembly with an encoding key located on the handwear and having the correct key code, into the recesses. The handwear may be worn on a trigger hand of selective personnel.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a speech activated device for connection to an existing telephone with a one touch dialing feature, for hands-free automatic dialing. It includes a main housing, with a telephone control circuit to induce dialing of a telephone number, an encoder circuit connected to the telephone control circuit and a speech recognition module. The speech recognition module includes a processor for driving the other functions therein. The speech recognition module is connected to the encoder circuit and to a microphone and speaker for receiving speech input and transmitting audible and visible output, respectively. There is a power source connection connected to the telephone control circuit, the encoder circuit and the speech recognition module.

Abstract: This invention relates to the handling of glass sheets that are supported by a conveyor along their bottom edges and balanced in an upright position for movement through a furnace, a shaping station and a cooling area. Means are provided to temporarily lift the glass sheet so that its entire extent is aligned with the facing shaping surfaces of a pair of shaping molds during shaping and returned to the bottom edge supporting conveyor which conveys the shaped glass sheet into the cooling area after it is shaped. Such treatment improves the contour of the bottom edge of the shaped glass sheet.