Abstract: Electrical cables, such as battery jumper cables, include connectors with thin, elongated jaws that are capable of being introduced into small spaces and of securely clamping onto the terminals of a battery of a car or another vehicle. The connectors may comprise locking pliers.

Abstract: Electrical cables, such as battery jumper cables, include connectors with thin, elongated jaws that are capable of being introduced into small spaces and of securely clamping onto the terminals of a battery of a car or another vehicle. The connectors may comprise locking pliers.

Abstract: A portable blower includes a tube that may be adjusted to place air flow at a desired location and in a desired orientation, for example, on a feverish location, a damp location, and/or a wound on an individual's body while the individual convalesces. A method of using such a portable blower includes placing a housing of the portable blower at a location (e.g., outside of bedsheets or blankets, etc.) where the portable blower can take in air, and positioning a distal end of a hose whose proximal end has been coupled to an output of the portable blower at a location and in an orientation where ventilation will be provided to a desired location on an individual's body (e.g., a location covered by a gown, clothing, and/or bedsheets or blankets, etc.). The hose may retain the configuration into which it is adjusted.

Abstract: Methods and Apparatus are disclosed by which a stream of air, under the facile control of the patient, is created and directly impinged upon a selected body located through a yieldable discharge tube of variable length to improve patient comfort. The direction of the stream may be readily changed from time-to-time by the patient, above or below the bed covers. The temperature of the stream may be ambient, above ambient and below ambient, as desired. The air flow generator is completely safe, even when placed on the bed contiguous with the patient.