Abstract: A football training aid including a device that detachably connects a football player's helmet to the player's shoulder pads, thereby and reducing the tendency and/or ability of the player to lower his head while wearing said device. The exemplary embodiment of the device provides a substantially “T” shaped piece of vinyl, polyurethane, or other resilient material in a length adequate to connect the rear portion of the helmet to a rear portion of the shoulder pads. The present invention also includes several attachment methods for attaching the training device to the helmet and shoulder pads, including VELCRO® strips and a plurality of snaps.

Abstract: A football training aid including a device that detachably connects a football player's helmet to the player's shoulder pads, thereby and reducing the tendency and/or ability of the player to lower his head while wearing said device. The exemplary embodiment of the device provides a substantially “T” shaped piece of vinyl, polyurethane, or other resilient material in a length adequate to connect the rear portion of the helmet to a rear portion of the shoulder pads. The present invention also includes several attachment methods for attaching the training device to the helmet and shoulder pads, including VELCRO® strips and a plurality of snaps.

Abstract: In order to ensure that inserts in a book or magazine will reach the intended recipient, a binding line includes a plurality of packer boxes along a binding line conveyor. The binding line can actuate at least some of the packer boxes to gather signatures from them in order to build groups of signatures into books. The binding line also includes a feeder for feeding at least one insert for association with all or specific ones of the books wherein the inserts are affixed within the books at a point along the binding line. In order to ensure that the inserts in the book or magazine will reach the intended recipient, the inserts may be directly affixed in the books, placed in envelopes that are affixed in the books, or placed in bags that are affixed in the books.