Abstract: A pencil eraser assembly having elongated hollow eraser sleeve 11 formed to align in elemental parallel spaced relationship with both frustum shaped segment 18 and portion of cylindrical barrel segment 19 of pencil 16. Sleeve 11 having an opening adjacent the end point of frustum segment 18 for holding elongated eraser plug 12 within sleeve 11 and adjacent to pencil lead 17 of pencil 16. Eraser plug 12 can be extended out of sleeve 11 or retracted into it by means of barbed piston 13 impaled within the other end of eraser plug 12. Push tab 14 attached to piston 13 extends out through an elongated slot in sleeve 11 to provide a means of sliding piston 13 and eraser plug 12 within sleeve 11.

Abstract: Inflatable suspenders comprise an elongated envelope being closed at its respective end and having fastened in superimposed registry at its mid-point a strap including a slip loop at one of its terminal ends in communication with the envelope to form a substantially Y-shaped construction, the terminal ends of the envelope being closed and being provided with fasteners attachable on to apparel, the terminal end of the strap being provided with fasteners, the envelope being inflatable manually or with a capsule of pressurized gas, and a trigger mechanism selectively opening the capsule of gas.