Abstract: A fluid coupling includes a housing having a seal mounted in a bore. An endform has a tip portion extending from a tip end and a retainer engagement surface which is engaged by a retainer movable in the housing to latch the endform to the housing. A protective layer is disposed on an exterior surface of the endform extending from an end spaced from the tip end of the endform and defining a bare exterior surface on the tip portion of the endform which is directly engaged by the seal.

Abstract: A process for making blocks with simulated masonry faces which involves forming individual building or training block shapes and applying a decorative arrangement of mortar lines on each block surface. The decorated surfaces are etched according to the decorative line arrangement and thereafter smoothed and finished to form finished blocks bearing simulated masonry faces. The product made by the process is also included as part of the invention.

Abstract: A Bracket that attaches to existing pieces of furniture to hold or support a shelf or other horizontally positioned member. The bracket has a U-shaped body and is made up of a furniture-engaging portion and first and second upstanding portions connected to the furniture-engaging portion. The bracket is shaped to cooperatively receive a shelf end between the upstanding members and against the furniture-engaging portion. Indentions in the bracket locks the shelf end in place as it is positioned inside the upstanding members. Bolts in the existing furniture piece loosened so that the bracket can receive these bolts through mating adjusting openings. The bolts are then retightened to secure the bracket against the existing piece of furniture.

Abstract: A conduit including at least one thermoplastic layer and a wire bondably embedded in the thermoplastic layer. The wire composed of a bendable material capable of maintaining the conduit in a bent configuration.

Abstract: A drain seal for connecting a drain tube to a support structure includes a molded unitary body having first and second moldingly joined portions, each formed of dissimilar durometer materials. The first portion is formed to sealingly join the body to a drain tube. The second portion is formed to mount the body in an aperture in a support structure. A bore extends completely through the body.