Abstract: A container has a body member having a pair of flat opposite major surfaces and an elongated handle having a longitudinal axis parallel to the planes of the major surfaces. A circular hole for receiving a shaft is formed substantially in the volumetric center of the container and the hole is surrounded by a key device to lock the shaft in the container. The container has an opening for filling and a cap for closing the opening. Preferably, the axis of the handle is located nonsymmetrically between the planes of the major surfaces and is supported by structure integral and continuous with, but narrower than the sidewalls of the container between the major surfaces. Preferably in the end of the container opposite the handle there is a slot communicating with a cylindrical hole in the container so that a rubber or metal resilient member may be inserted through the slot and secured by a dowel in the cylindrical hole.

Abstract: An instructional and amusement device for teaching the art of correctly pitching a baseball, comprising a plurality of resilient target blocks mounted within contiguous support racks. When the apparatus is used as a training device, a pitched ball striking a target block will activate a mechanical switch adapted to close an electrical circuit to indicate, by audio and visual display means, either a "ball" or a "strike". Mounted at various locations within the blocks defining the normal "strike" zone, are a plurality of individual impact sensors comprising outwardly protruding plunger-type mechanical switching devices. When the apparatus is used also as an amusement device, a pitched ball striking one of these switching devices will close an electrical circuit, indicating by audio and visual means, either a "ball", "strike", "hit", "double", "triple", "homerun", "out", or "foul".

Abstract: A toy, game or other play device wherein a trackway, slide, maze or other play surface is coated with superhydrophobic material that is highly water repellent, whereby a drop of water applied thereto forms into a ball that can then be manipulated by a player to carry out predetermined play activities. Alternatively, a tiny vehicle or other toy body having a hydrophilic coating thereon may be wetted with water and placed on the super-hydrophobic surface whereby the slightest force applied thereto causes the body to skim at high speed over the surface. The toy body may be in the shape of an arrow which can be caused to move along the playing surface, when tilted, and come to rest at a particular number, word or symbol provided on the playing surface.

Abstract: An improved flipper bar used with a pinball game apparatus allowing increased challenges for skilled players and increased unpredictability in ball trajectory for unskilled players, comprising a cantilevered arm having a series of undulations on one side and disposed perpendicular to the playing field.

Abstract: A golf club used to putt a golf ball during a game; the club including a shaft with a handle on one end, and a putter head on its other end, the putter head including a steel base having a clear, rock-hard, plastic face bonded to its front side, for striking against the golf ball, and the head having a groove on top, for lining up towards a hole.

Abstract: A dental board game apparatus is provided which includes a board having a playing field, defined by an array of contiguous playing spaces, having a generally arched-shaped upper and lower periphery, the upper periphery of which is bounded by two first sets of eight playing spaces which collectively define the upper left and right quadrants, respectively, of the upper ridge of the mouth and individually define the respective location of an upper tooth of the mouth, and the lower periphery of which is bounded by two second sets of eight playing spaces which collectively define the lower left and right quadrants, respectively, of the lower ridge of the mouth and individually define the respective location of a lower tooth of the mouth.

Abstract: A game for two to six players to provide an indication of a player's present level of maturational functioning by his ability to make his communications understood and his ability to understand others' communications. The game comprises a pack of cards having sixsets. Each set includes six identical cards. Each card of a set bears a respective intentional type word and an associated score value. The intentional words are EXCLAMATION, DEMAND, COMPLAINT, REQUEST, CONCERN and SUGGESTION and the corresponding score values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively. The game includes a mover for each player and a game board having a plurality of positions to be traversed in sequential steps from a start position to a finish position, with the number of steps taken being a function of the score values accumulated during each hand of play.

Abstract: A horse race betting game includes a playing board with three columns, a first column representing the finish positions of the horses entered into a race, a second column representing the number of the race and a third column representing the horses which are entered into the race. The playing board also has thereon the record times for each of several track lengths. Included with the game is a relatively large number of horse race cards. These cards contain precomputed horse race finish times for a given horse by track length and track condition and also include the odds of winning for the particular horse for each track condition. The game also includes a pay-off board on which is contained the winning amounts for each denominational bet and for each of the odds for winning. Each player receives a betting envelope and three designators or flags within which envelope he places his bet and a designator as to whether he is betting the horse to win, place or show.

Abstract: An automatic record player having an improved mechanism for automatically swinging the pickup arm to and from the playing position. The mechanism comprises a large gear having a non-toothed portion engageable with a small gear adapted to be driven by a motor, starting means adapted to bring the large gear into engagement with the small gear, and a movable plate adapted to be moved together with the pickup arm along a path of travel which runs above the large gear. To the large gear is pivotally attached a member for swinging the pickup arm, under control of a disc-size switching means, from a resting position to the playing position in association with the rotation of the large gear. The large gear may be provided with a cam portion for bringing the pickup arm from the playing position back to the resting position in association with the rotation of the large gear.

Abstract: In a record player having a tone arm support moved, as by a rotated screw or other feeding device, in a feeding path that is in parallel, spaced relation to a radius of the turntable so that a pickup stylus depending from the tone arm will move linearly along that radius in tracking the groove of a record disc on the turntable with the tone arm in a predetermined angular relationship to the feeding path, and in which any deviation of the speed of movement of the tone arm support by the feeding device relative to the speed of movement of the stylus by its engagement with the record groove is accompanied by angular displacement of the tone arm from the predetermined angular relationship to the feeding path; a periodic signal has an angular characteristic thereof, such as, the frequency or phase, varied in accordance with detected angular displacements or deviations of the tone arm from the predetermined angular relationship to the feeding path, a reference signal of constant frequency or phase is compared with

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved record cleaner, comprising mainly two cylindrical brushes, an axial lever slightly bent at one end, an L-shape axial lever, a handle body, an operation rod, an operation trigger, a brake button, a connecting plate, a circular plate, spring coils and joint bolts, which cleans a record surface without the defect of bending the record.

Abstract: An annular E-seal is installed in a retainer ring in such a way as to have limited degrees of freedom in the radial and axial directions while being retained in a groove of the retainer ring during component assembly and disassembly. The relative diameters of the retainer ring and the seal leg are such that installation or removal of the seal can only be accomplished by a deliberate tipping of the seal leg in such a way as to reduce its effective projected radial height. Thus, once installed, the seal is connected to and remains with one of the elements defining the gap to be sealed.

Abstract: The hydrostatic seal for high-differential pressure situations comprises an annular retainer plate having forward and aft ends for mounting the seal. To the annular retainer plate there is detachably mounted an annular seal housing having at least one purge fluid feed hole, at least one anti-rotation lug, and an annular aft end pressure restoration pocket. Coaxially located along the interior wall of the seal housing is an outer pressure gap interposed between the seal housing and a floating seal sleeve. The seal sleeve contains at least one purge fluid transfer hole radially located through the floating seal sleeve, an anti-rotation lug for mating with each anti-rotation lug of the seal housing, a plurality of inner pressure restoration pockets, and a pair of forward and aft axial seal balance lands. Coaxially located along the interior wall of the floating seal sleeve is an annular seal sleeve which rotates in conjunction with the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A sealing assembly for a vacuum connection to a mixing apparatus so that the contents of the mixing apparatus are held under a vacuum during blending and the introduction of particulate matter is substantially reduced. The sealing assembly for the vacuum conduit is provided by means of a separate housing. A vacuum conduit is integrally attached to and rotates with the blender and an end portion of the conduit is sealed by means of bushings and packing in the assembly housing. The sealing assembly can be easily disconnected for maintenance purposes.

Abstract: A labyrinth sealing system for sealing the inner space of an apparatus defined by two interengaged members, wherein one member is movable with respect to the other. The sealing system includes a first plurality of concentrically spaced ridges formed on one of said members, and a second plurality of concentrically spaced ridges formed on the other said member, the ridges of each said member arranged to engage each other in noncontacting fashion in the spaces between the ridges of the other said member.

Abstract: In or for a large diameter rotary vessel having an end which projects into or through a stationary hood, a sealing arrangement comprising a wear ring surrounding the vessel, a sealing ring operatively associated with the wear ring, the sealing ring being mounted on a back-up ring surrounding the vessel and depending from the stationary hood, and means for applying constant pressure between the interfaces of the sealing ring and the wear ring.

Abstract: An earth boring tool having journals with rotary cone cutters thereon wherein an internal lubricant exerts pressure on one side of the sealing means and pressurized drilling mud exerts external pressure against outwardly accessible portions of the sealing means, the sealing means having sealing contact with the journal leg or support axially of the journal and also with the rotary cone cutter radially of the journal and the cutter, and the sealing means being constructed and arranged to maintain sealing engagement with one of the journal leg and cutter as the cutter tilts relative to the axis of the journal in the normal operation of the earth boring tool.

Abstract: A two part sleeve gasket is provided for sealing between a pipe and a hole receiving the pipe, such as a porthole in a manhole. The gasket includes a first annular element of resilient elastomeric material having a generally tubular body portion and an outwardly, reflexly curved flange radially spaced therefrom. The flange is generally tubular and shorter in length than the body portion. A second annular element resembling an O-ring of elastomeric material surrounds the body portion in the radial space defined by the flange, the flange being radially flexible into engagement with the wall of the hole and the second annular element being elastically deformable upon being radially compressed between the flange and the body portion. The invention also comprehends the method of installing the aforesaid gasket.

Abstract: Profiled gasket for sealing tunnel segment joints, which is placed in a receiving groove in this segment and which is made of a body of rubber or an elastically deformable synthetic material, said body having at the one side two outer legs, within which there at least two inner legs, a slot being provided between each two legs, at least the upper part of the slot formed by each outer leg and its neighboring inner leg lying within the outer plane of the other side of the body.

Abstract: A sealing boot of elastic material for use in a cylinder and piston assembly of an automotive vehicle brake system is disclosed. The boot seats upon the piston and has a radially extending bellows terminating at an annular ring adopted for retention in an annular groove circumscribing the cylinder opening. The boot annular ring is preferably enclosed or otherwise coated with elastomeric material to prevent corrosion thereof and resist disengagement from the receiving groove once seated therein.

Abstract: A quick release drill chuck for surgical and dental instruments, particularly high speed drills powered by rotary air motors, is disclosed. The chuck engages the shafts of drills or burs and is actuated without the use of additional tools while providing a self-locking feature to insure against inadvertent loosening of the chuck.

Abstract: A trash cart for storing garbage bags comprises an open-top container having a bottom and a continuous substantially vertical side wall having a top edge and a hollow domed cover having an inwardly-turned rim, the inner edge of the rim extending to the top edge of the side wall, the cover overhanging the container by substantially to the extent of the rim, whereby, when the cover is closed on the container, the cart has the appearance of a large mushroom or toadstool, the cart having wheels at the rear end and runners on the bottom for transport over snow and a flexible strap/handle for pulling the cart, the cover having an opening to receive the handle in a manner to prevent opening of the cover by animals, the cover being hinged to the container and a brace for the hinge forming a compartment in the cover for extra empty garbage bags, the container having a capacity to store a plurality of filled garbage bags and the domed cover being capable of storing at least one full garbage bag.

Abstract: A ski type runner has a slightly greater width than a ski and an arcuate curvature. The runner has spaced opposite first and second ends with the area of the first end being planar for approximately one quarter the length of the runner. The remainder of the runner curves arcuately. A seat is affixed to the runner in the area of the first end thereof and spaced from the first end for seating a rider a distance above the runner. A foot rest is affixed to the runner in the area of the second end thereof and spaced from the second end at a distance above the runner and extends transversely thereto.

Abstract: A steerable plastic sled molded in one piece and requiring no factory assembly labor. The sleds are readily stackable, one above the other and within each other to provide minimum bulk during shipment. The sled includes a rear sitting section and a front leg section joined by a relatively flexible pleated or bellows-like section that permits the sled to flex in the horizontal plane to permit steering and to flex in the vertical plane to allow the sled to conform to uneven terrain. The sled includes a set of molded in runners.In a second embodiment of the invention, there is provided a windshield which is joined to the front leg section by a molded living hinge and is secured to the leg section by rivets, bolts or the like. The windshield includes provision for steering.Both embodiments are nestable and stackable for storage or shipment.

Abstract: A nestable load pallet or roller pallet comprising at least two opposed pallet side frames wherein said opposed pallet sides are pivotably connected to a horizontal connection along one of their vertical side edges, and a horizontal pallet deck is pivotably mounted to said horizontal connection between said pallet side frames. The pallet deck and pallet side frames are automatically and positively forced outwardly and inwardly by manual upward and downward movement of the pallet deck by means of a spiral guide and guide follower. The pallet deck can be locked in the vertical position while the side frames are in a diverged position whereby the load pallet can be nested with other load pallets.

Abstract: A skid accessory for skateboards adapted to be mounted at the end of the board between the wheel supporting trucks and the end of the board to protect the board from engagement with the ground and to act as a braking device by frictional engagement with the ground.

Abstract: Adjustment of the individual camber and toe-in of tandem wheels is provided through apparatus including first and second shafts which are pivotally and rotatably connected to a frame. First and second axle support members are connected to the first and second shafts. First and second axles are connected to the first and second axle support members and define first and second axle axes about which the first and second wheels may rotate. Adjustment of the toe-in and camber is provided by first and second adjusting members which adjusts the orientation of the first and second shaft axes. This results in adjustment of the orientation of the first and second axle axes, respectively, and, therefore the toe-in and camber of the wheels attached to the axles.

Abstract: A trailer hitch for mounting within the socket of a ripper assembly subsequent to ripper shank removal. A main body of the hitch defines a bite area for reception of a trailer tongue eye. A hitch pin is insertable through the bite area and is provided with a hitch ball to enable alternative towing of trailers equipped with a socket type coupler. Retention of the hitch pin against lengthwise movement is provided for by a shouldered retainer. The main body of the hitch is configured for cooperation with a socket carried locking pin.

Abstract: A support for a tilt stabilizing fifth wheel hitch that connects a truck tractor to a trailer, the fifth wheel plate being on a movable frame having a pair of convex shoes connected by a tie rod and resting on concave bearing plates on a fixed frame, the movable frame being movable on the fixed frame toward either of two opposite extreme positions from an intermediate neutral position. The movable frame is biased away from these extreme positions toward the intermediate position by variable force biasing means, preferably coil compression springs on said tie rod, which apply increasing biasing force with increased movement of the movable frame toward one of said extreme positions, thereby enabling the truck driver to "sense" or "feel" the tilted condition of his trailer relative to his tractor during operation.

Abstract: An adjusting device for adjusting the position of weights mounted for longitudinal movement within a ski. A drum is rotatably supported within a housing on the ski and has flat belts wound thereon, one belt extending to a weight supported for movement between the binding area on the ski and the tail of the ski and the other belt extending to a weight mounted for movement between the tip of the ski and the binding area. A manually engageable setting member is provided for rotating the drum to control the amount of flat belt wound onto the drum. A hollow member is provided in the ski to simplify the manufacturing process. The hollow member has the flat belts and the weights mounted therein for movement with respect thereto along the longitudinal axis of the ski. Printed indicia can be provided on either the flat belts or on the ski to indicate the relative location of the weights with respect to the tip and the tail of the ski.

Abstract: There is provided in accordance with the invention a shopping cart or carrier for carrying a plurality of relatively small objects. The shopping cart has a collapsible body member supported by a collapsible supporting structure. The supporting structure is provided with wheels for movement of the carrier or the shopping cart in a linear direction and casters for turning motion. The shopping cart or carrier is supported for transport on the bumper of an automobile by brackets.

Abstract: A mobile artist cart having a support frame adapted to receive and support an artist's supply cabinet, a handle, a set of support wheels, a set of support legs and a structure for transporting canvas frames along with the other artist's supplies. The artist cart collapses to a folded position for storing or carrying purposes.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor having a tension eliminating mechanism and a belt position memorizing mechanism comprises a shaft on which the belt is wound up when the shaft rotates in one direction, biasing means biasing the shaft to rotate in the one direction, a sun gear fixedly mounted on the shaft, a stationary internal gear mounted around the shaft, a planetary gear operatively interposed between the sun gear and the internal gear, a discal carrier coaxial with the shaft and having thereon a stud on which the planetary gear is journaled an external gear coaxial with the shaft and having a projection which is engageable with another projection formed on the discal carrier when the carrier is rotated relative to the external gear, biasing means biasing the discal carrier to rotate in a direction to allow the projection on the carrier to engage the projection on the external gear, a stopper meshingly engageable with the external gear to lock the same, and an actuator causing the stopper to engage with the external

Abstract: A clipboard with improved sheet holding means includes an elastic band stretched across a flat, rigid board and having opposite ends secured near opposite corners of the board. On the band are spaced solid beads having bores through which the band extends. The beads may be adjustably positioned along the band or their positions may be fixed. Underneath each of the beads is a friction pad or friction surface. A single sheet of a pile of sheet material may be held between the beads and the friction pads. The beads may be shaped and the bores are located so that the beads and band cam upwardly when a sheet is being pulled away from the pile under the elastic band. The beads can be a cubical with rounded edges, ellipsoidal with bores extending across the shorter diameters, or spherical with bores eccentrically located.

Abstract: A set of manifold business forms includes at least three plies having selected mating surfaces thereof coated with chemicals which are capable of reacting with one another to produce a colored mark. An intermediate ply of the set is of tissue material having its back surface coated with a color precursor in the form of a microencapsulated liquid, and the bottom ply of the set is of an opaque material having its front surface coated with a composition of a generally solid record-developing material. The top ply of the set is likewise of an opaque material so that, upon the application of pressure to the set, an image thereof is developed on the top surface of the bottom ply. The use of a coated-back tissue avoids capsular damage during the printing operation of the forms since all that is printed is a coated front sheet.

Abstract: The cylindrical sections of a gas turbine engine are provided with flanges at each end for bolting the sections to one another. Each flange includes a series of strengthening ribs of arcuate configuration extending axially outward from the center of the wall thereof between the several bolts needed to join the adjacent sections together. The ribs serve to eliminate the need for at least 2 out of 3 bolts while effectively maintaining the required stiffness and sealing capability.

Abstract: An uninterrupted cable directly carries a plurality of dead bolts which are simultaneously moved by the cable toward and away from active locking positions. Movement of the cable on cable support and guiding elements is under control of a handle or power actuator and the system may include a cable slack takeup device, a force multiplier, or a device to increase the length of travel of bolts attached to the cable.

Abstract: A pair of plungers engage the hinges of an automobile trunk, said plungers being actuated by a piston and cylinder assembly connected to the vacuum manifold of the automobile by a conduit with a valve located in said conduit.

Abstract: A door latch includes a plate member secured to the door jamb and extending therefrom generally parallel with one side of the door in its closed position. A stud on the plate member extends through an opening in the door in the closed position thereof and has an end portion projecting beyond the other side of the door. The end portion of the stud is bifurcated by having an open-ended slot formed therein.

Abstract: A spring biased prop for use with a pivot member, such as a window, hinged to a support member. The prop includes sliding tubular telescopic members each carrying a pivoted arm part for attachment to the pivot member or support member. A sleeve formed of generally friction free material, such as nylon or Teflon, is fitted between the tubular members to accommodate sliding movement of the members relative to each other.

Abstract: A split resilient ring has a pair of converging implement socketing sleeves anchored thereto and adapted to receive various implements whose work-engaging terminals may extend substantially outwardly of one or both corresponding ends of the socketing sleeves. The work-engaging implement terminals can be biased apart or together by the holder for a variety of useful operations. In lieu of the split resilient ring, a wedge fulcrum member may engage converging or diverging implements biased by elastic elements.

Abstract: A device for removing snow from sidewalks, driveways, and the like. The device is used principally as a plow for pushing the snow off to one side of a snow-covered path. Force which is applied through the handle of the device is distributed over the blade equally so that the blade will not veer from the path to be plowed. The blade is formed from a trapezoidal blank and is diagonally curved to give a sidewise thrust to the snow as it is pushed along the path to be cleaned.

Abstract: A two-arm tensioning device is used to tighten and to lock load-fastening belts. The arms are pivotally mounted about a reel drum on which are mounted toothed discs which turn with the drum. Upon pivoting of the first arm the belt is wound onto the reel drum by the engagement of a first catch on the first arm with the teeth of the discs. A second catch on the second arm is provided to prevent, through its engagement with the disc teeth, turning movement of the drum in the opposite direction. The second arm includes a locking member arranged to releasably engage the first catch to prevent unintentional pivoting of the first arm after tightening of the belt. A special safety catch in the form of a projection is provided on the first arm to releasably retain the second catch in engagement with the disc teeth.

Abstract: An improved internal gripper apparatus for use in uncasers and the like for controllably gripping bottles or other containers from within for transport and release as desired. The internal grippers are spring-loaded to an outer position though automatically retract as required for insertion into the mouth of a container, gripping the container near the top, or at the ridge adjacent the top of the container characteristic of many containers. The improvement comprises a guide ring on the gripper at an elevation approximately equal to the highest relative position of a container during normal operation of the gripper apparatus. The guide ring may limit the uppermost position of any part of the container top or confine the radial position thereof, preferably both, to positively locate the container top and prevent cocking thereof. Chamfering of the lower edge of the ring provides a guide to encourage the gripper and container into axial alignment as the gripper proceeds into a container.

Abstract: In lifting gear for filled sacks, a device for engaging a gathered and flattened end of the sack adjacent the mouth thereof comprises two pairs of tongs. A first clamping bar is disposed at the free end of one limb of each pair of tongs and a second clamping bar, parallel to the first, is secured to two links which are pivoted to the free ends of the other limbs. The gathered and flattened end of the sack is introduced between the clamping bars as the open tongs are lowered, whereupon the links are revolved and the tongs are closed so that the end of the sack is slung about the clamping bars.

Abstract: Apparatus for reducing the wind resistance or drag imposed on a prime mover-trailer combination, said apparatus being adapted for mounting on top of the prime mover, said apparatus comprising an upper surface generally extending upwardly and rearwardly from a lower forward portion to an upper rearward portion, and a first vane spaced from the forward portion for directing an air current generally along said upper surface when the prime mover-trailer combination is in forward motion.

Abstract: A pair of opposite side and front rack sections are provided for disposition in upstanding position extending along and projecting upwardly from the upper marginal edge portions of the side and front walls of the load bed of a pickup truck. The front section extends between and is secured to the forward ends of the opposite end sections and the side and front sections each include an extension supported therefrom for swinging about an axis paralleling the upper marginal edge of the corresponding section between a lowered inverted position disposed alongside and generally paralleling the corresponding section and a raised upright and upstanding upper position forming an upward extension of the corresponding section.

Abstract: In order to prevent warm or cool blast from an air conditioner from blowing through the interspace between the bottom of a seat cushion and the floor of the body of a car, a warm or cool blast-intercepting member is disposed at a front end and side ends under the seat cushion.

Abstract: A pair of rails mounted on top of the sidewalls of a pickup truck bed, with each rail forming a channel with a slot at the top, to receive mounting feet of accessories. One accessory is in the form of three cover sections with mounting feet received in the channels, and with cover sheet portions that extend beyond the slots and down to at least the rail height to prevent the entrance of water into the truck bed. The rearmost section has a depending flange which lies below the level of the tailgate, so that when the tailgate is locked up, the accessories cannot be removed. When the sections are locked in their adjoining relationship, a U-shaped elastomeric member and a trough enable a complient, elastic seal between adjoining sections. The cover sections may have sidewalls of substantial height to allow use of the truck as a van or camper.

Abstract: Outdoor furniture and the like comprising a plurality of seat elements having longitudinal recesses formed in the bottom thereof and transverse openings extending therethrough, the openings having an enlarged counterbore at the ends thereof in the sides of the seat elements, a plurality of back elements, each of the back elements having a longitudinal recess formed in the rear thereof and transverse openings extending therethrough, the transverse openings having enlarged counterbores at the ends thereof, a plurality of angled support members having one portion lying in the recess in the seat element and another portion lying in the recess in the corresponding back element, a spacer element having an axial bore therein positioned between adjacent seat elements and between adjacent back elements and lying in the counterbores in the respective elements, flexible tie rods extending through the openings in adjacent elements and through the spacer elements and the support member, and means for securing the tie rods