Abstract: A tote-sled assembly includes spaced runners adapted to slide along malleable and hardened surfaces and having separate parts that are assembled in an end to end relationship and are overlapped by a detachable connector. The tote-sled assembly further includes a plurality of toothed wheels and detachable vertical struts adapted to reduce the overall size of a partially disassembled assembly.

Abstract: A manifold for use with a hand held pump spray device allowing the spray head to draw simultaneously from two separate reservoirs containing two different fluids such that the spray heads raise a mixture of the two fluids in a predetermined ratio. The manifold includes at least one ball check valve arrangement in the suction line to the chemical concentrate reservoir, the ball check valve being normally biased to a closed position. The check valve presents the pumping of the concentrate when the diluent reservoir is spent and further prevents cross contamination between the fluids in the two reservoirs due to syphoning.

Abstract: A trash container having a base and sides, at least a portion of the sides being formed of resilient horizontal pleated material throughout the circumference thereof, and a plunger fitting within the trash container and having a horizontal cross-section conforming to the internal horizontal cross-section of the trash container, the plunger including lips extending about the periphery thereof and shaped and dimensioned to fit over the upper edges of the sides. Alternatively, the top of the container may be used as a plunger. Pressure on the plunger will cause the sides to compress the pleated material, permitting the plunger to be pressed downwardly on the trash and compacting it. In a modification, the sides are rigid and the resilient pleated material is in the top of the container. The pleated or other resilient material has a memory and, so, will return to its original shape after pressure is removed.

Abstract: A single use fingerprint inking card for use in making fingerprints including a front sheet and a back sheet, the sheets being secured together in overlapping relationship, the front sheet being cut to define a plurality of openings with hinged reclosable panels covering the openings, an inking sheet having fingerprint ink on one side and secured between the front sheet and the back sheet with the side bearing the ink facing the openings, so that the panels can be individually opened to expose the fingerprint ink and thereafter closed to cover it. The nature of the inking sheet and the ink are such that the ink tends to cling to the inking sheet, not the facing sheet.

Abstract: A game kit is provided with movable playing pieces, movable barriers, and a game board having a circumferential track. The track includes pluralities of sequential spaces to receive the movable pieces, as a player moves them around said track, and barrier spaces running across the width of the tracks to receive the movable barriers. The barrier spaces on the tracks are between pairs of the sequential spaces. The board also has two diametrical tracks, transverse to one another, interconnecting opposite sides of the circumferential track. The movable barriers are designed to interfit with one another such that the barriers may be stacked or interfitted end to end, to provide either extra height or extra length. As a result, one or more of the movable barriers can be positioned in the barrier spaces to provide variable height and length deterrents to moving the movable playing pieces in the circumferential track while playing the game.

Abstract: A game kit is provided with movable playing pieces, movable barriers, and a game board having a circumferential track. The track includes pluralities of sequential spaces to receive the movable pieces, as a player moves them around said track, and barrier spaces running across the width of the tracks to receive the movable barriers. The barrier spaces on the tracks are between pairs of the sequential spaces. The board also has two diamentrical tracks, transverse to one another, interconnecting opposite sides of the circumferential track. The movable barriers are designed to interfit with one another such that the barriers may be stacked or interfitted end to end, to provide either extra height or extra length. As a result, one or more of the movable barriers can be positioned in the barrier spaces to provide variable height and length deterrents to moving the movable playing pieces in the circumferential track while playing the game.

Abstract: A microwave cooking vessel is formed of two bowl sections, either of which may be the top, and both of which have peripheral lips. The sections interfit through congruent upstanding rims, the outer one of which rests upon the lip of the other bowl, thus creating spacing between the lips. Pairs of lip extensions at the ends, spaced as above, serve as handles. Raised, interfitting circular ridges on the top and bottom of the bowls permit stacking of vessels and permit one bowl to act as a trivet for the other.

Abstract: The invention is providing a flexibility stiff reinforcing member that will maintain the shape of a pad for absorption of human exudate, such as a feminine hygiene pad, during use. The flexibly stiff reinforcing member will return the pad to its desired shape, even after it has been deformed by movement of the wearer. In a particularly preferred form, the flexibly stiff reinforcing member is a flat strip of polyethylene that extends around the periphery of a feminine hygiene pad. In other embodiments, the resilient reinforcing member may only be present in the periphery of the center or crotch portion of the pad. The strength and flexibility required of the reinforcing member will vary depending on the pad stiffness prior to reinforcing of the pad and the use to which the pad is to be put. The reinforcing element is a flexibly stiff, resilient, substantially nonelastic material. The reinforcing element material may be deformed and then is springy and will return to its shape after deformation.

Abstract: A reinforcing member is disclosed that will maintain the shape of a product for absorption of human exudate, such as a feminine hygiene pad, diaper or incontinent garment during use. The flexibly stiff reinforcing member will return the pad to its desired shape, even after it has been deformed by movement of the wearer. In one form, the reinforcing member is a flat strip of polyethylene that extends around the periphery of the product. In other embodiments, the resilient reinforcing member may be present only in the periphery of the center or crotch portion of the product. The strength and flexibility required of the reinforcing member will vary depending upon the product stiffness prior to being reinforced and the use for which the product is designed. The reinforcing element is a flexibly stiff, resilient, substantially nonelastic material.

Abstract: A modular and stackable planter is provided which forms a botanically integrated unit for growing plants. The sections are generally cylindrical, but each section of the planter includes a plurality of radially-extending wall surfaces at its upper end and a plurality of corresponding radially-recessed surfaces at its lower end. The surfaces at the upper and lower ends are peripherally offset from one another to, together, complementarily define plant-receiving receptacles. The sections are dimensioned so that the base of one engages the top of the one below it; and provision is made for vertical water transmission throughout the stack of units and for root aeration.

Abstract: A kit for making permanently sealed transparent fingerprints using differential adhesion, including dry ink and means for applying the ink to fingers, a transfer strip having a backing sheet, a transparent adhesive print strip, and a protective cover, a transparent record sheet, print adhesive adhering together the protective cover and the adhesive print strip, backing adhesive adhering together backing sheet and the adhesive print strip, and the adhesives having such differential adhesion as to cause greater adhesion between the adhesive print strip and the backing sheet than between the adhesive print strip and the protective cover, and greater adhesion between the adhesive print strip and the record sheet than between the adhesive print strip and the backing sheet.

Abstract: There is disclosed a bowl for storing fruit or vegetables in such a manner as to minimize spoilage. The bowl is mounted on a pedestal and has holes in the bottom to permit the entrance of air. Formed on the inner surface of the bowl are a plurality of ribs which support the fruit or vegetables with minimal surface contact and also form channels for the flow of air therebetween.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for detecting possibly defectively-sealed bags and for preventing said bags from being filled. A sensor is provided to develop a first signal upon detection of a defect in a line of adhesive on flexible bag-forming material moving past the sensor. The first signal is used to generate an output signal at a time corresponding to the time when the defect-containing portion of the bag-forming material has moved from the sensor into position to be filled with product. Preferably, said filling position is located a plurality of bag lengths downstream from said sensor.