Abstract: A valve assembly for selectively and variably communicating fluid between an auxiliary sump volume and a main sump volume, each defined by a transmission, is provided. The valve assembly includes a float member operatively connected to a valve member and disposed within the main sump volume of the transmission. The valve member is movable between an open position and a closed position. The float member is configured to be buoyed by the fluid within the main sump volume to move the valve member from the open position toward the closed position thereby variably restricting the flow of the fluid between the auxiliary sump volume and the main sump volume as the amount of the fluid within the main sump volume increases. A transmission incorporating the valve assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for holding and displaying collectable cards and the like has a base including a planar portion having a card receiving area thereon for receiving a collectable card. The base includes a ridge upstanding from the planar portion and substantially circumscribing the card receiving area, except for an opening through the ridge that permits lateral access by a person's finger to a card received on the card holding area. The ridge has inner sidewalls delimiting the card receiving area and arranged orthogonally to each other. The adjacent inner sidewalls have laterally recessed corners set back from a point of intersection of imaginary extensions of the adjacent inner sidewalls, such that a corner of a collectable card, whose adjacent sides are in engagement with adjacent inner sidewalls of the ridge, would not engage the ridge, thereby preventing damage or deformation of the corner of the collectable card.