Abstract: A configurable cover for sports equipment designed to store and protect recreational sports equipment after use. Several types of recreational sports equipment may become wet during use (e.g., skis, water bards, and the like). If such equipment remains wet after use, the equipment may become rusty and deteriorate. The present subject matter provides an adjustable equipment cover made from a breathable wicking material that assists with drying any enclosed equipment after use as well as protection for storage and transportation. Further, the sports bag is designed with a single opening having a cinching collar such that many different types of recreational sports equipment can be used with the apparatus.

Abstract: A cover for a snowboard, skis, water skis, wakeboard, kneeboard, surfboard, bodyboard, skateboard, longboard, kiteboard, windsurfing board, paddleboard, or other type of sports equipment, including an expandable collar that can be stretched to permit the insertion of equipment such that the equipment is covered by the material and the elastic collar securely engages the top surface of the cover; and providing protection of surfaces and circumferential edges, comprised of a material permitting airflow.

Abstract: The inventions describes a method and apparatus for remotely forming a mixture of liquid oxygen (“LOX”) and liquid methane (“LNG”), with the mixture commonly referred to as MOX, such that the LOX and LNG never contact each other until inside the container in which the mixture will be used. The method disallows contact between the LOX and the LNG in order to prevent the premature or inadvertent explosive combustion that can occur in a variety of ways. The method provides a way to deactivate the MOX mixture, even after the MOX mixture has been formed. The invention also contemplates various apparatuses that will allow the method to be practiced.

Abstract: A method and assembly for manufacturing and storing a cryogenic monopropellant, such as cryogenic mixtures of liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and the components thereof. A fuel, such as liquid methane, is manufactured and stored safely and effectively without venting any methane vapors. Liquid methane and liquid oxygen are manufactured such that these components are mixed at thermal equilibrium thereby preventing the formation of vapors in the liquid phase. In this manner, the mixture can be safely stored and used.

Abstract: An improved cryogenic propellant which can be utilized as an improved rocket fuel, hypersonic vehicle fuel, aircraft fuel, explosive, or coolant is described.The improved cryogenic propellant is illustrated by a mixture of liquid hydrogen and solid methane. As an example, an approximate 50/50 mixture by weight of liquid hydrogen and solid methane has a mixture density approximately 2.0 times that of liquid hydrogen alone. This increase in density is partially offset by a loss in ISP of about 8 percent, compared to that of liquid hydrogen alone, with oxygen. Broadly speaking, more of the improved fuel must be carried for a given mission to compensate for the loss in ISP. However, this weight penalty is offset by the 200 percent increase in density. Increased fuel density reduces fuel tank weight and drag.