Abstract: Oar carriers and methods of carrying oars, for example, rowing blades or sculls used by competitive rowing crews. The oar carriers include a panel, through holes in the panel sized to receive a shaft of an oar, and slots in a peripheral surface of the panel providing open access to the through holes to allow transfer of the shaft to the through hole. The slots may have a minimum width less than the diameter of the shaft of an oar, where the slot is made of a resilient material adapted to deflect and allow the diameter of the shaft to transfer to the through hole. One or more handles may be provided to the carrier. Methods of using the oar carrier and arrangements of oars and oar carriers are also disclosed.

Abstract: Oar carriers and methods of carrying oars, for example, rowing blades or sculls used by competitive rowing crews. The oar carriers include a panel, through holes in the panel sized to receive a shaft of an oar, and slots in a peripheral surface of the panel providing open access to the through holes to allow transfer of the shaft to the through hole. The slots may have a minimum width less than the diameter of the shaft of an oar, where the slot is made of a resilient material adapted to deflect and allow the diameter of the shaft to transfer to the through hole. One or more handles may be provided to the carrier. Methods of using the oar carrier and arrangements of oars and oar carriers are also disclosed.

Abstract: An easily removable and attachable toilet seat connector and method is disclosed herein. The device of the present invention comprises a threaded bolt and a nut which is threadable thereto. The threaded bolt has an axially extending aperture. A pin fits within the axially extending aperture of the threaded bolt. The radius of the pin is expandable, thereby securing the pin to a toilet seat mounting bracket, the mounting bracket having a bracket hole extending therethrough to accept the pin. The pin also has a threaded aperture axially extending therein, and a screw is threadable with the threaded aperture of the pin to provide radial expansion of the pin. The method for attaching a toilet seat to a toilet bowl basin first comprises inserting the threaded bolt into a toilet bowl basin hole and threading a nut to said threaded bolt. Thereafter, the radially expandable pin is inserted into a bracket hole of a toilet seat mounting bracket. The radius of the pin is expanded to secure the pin to the toilet seat.