Abstract: A gauge for measuring and recording a child's growth comprises a housing, a ribbon, and a foot plate. One end of the ribbon is attached to a shaft in a housing chamber by a first pin that passes through a ribbon first loop and through the shaft. The other end of the ribbon is secured to the foot plate by a second pin that passes through a ribbon second loop and through the foot plate. The ends of the ribbons are located within respective slots in the shaft and the foot plate. The shaft is journaled at one end in a side wall of the housing and at the other end in a cap that closes the housing chamber. The ribbon passes through a slit in a bottom wall of the housing chamber. The gauge includes a level that assures the housing is horizontal when it is used. The housing and foot plate have peripheries that are coincident when the gauge is in a stored mode.

Abstract: A decorating system enables decorative articles to be hung from high places with safety. The decorating system comprises a dual hook and an adapter. The dual hook has a ring, a first hook, and a second hook. The decorative article is held by the second hook. The adapter is attached to the end of a pole. The adapter has a finger that is insertable into the dual hook ring. A person manipulates the pole to locate the dual hook first hook over a selected support member. The dual hook is lowered slightly to rest the first hook thereof on the support member. Then the adapter finger is removed from the dual hook ring. To take down the decorative article, the adapter finger is reinserted into the dual hook ring, and the pole is manipulated to lift the dual hook off the support member and return the dual hook and decorative article to the ground.