Abstract: The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by the deep red color of the buds and flowers and by the profusion of bloom.

Abstract: The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by the multi-color buds and flowers of yellow blended with pink, orange and scarlet and by the profusion of bloom.

Abstract: An extrusion press for indirect extrusion has a sealing plate at one end of the bore of the billet container. This sealing plate extends a certain distance into the bore where it provides a seal against the wall of the bore. The plate also has a recess for accommodating a dummy block during extrusion, and a piston is provided behind the sealing plate to push the dummy block and butt end out of the recess at the end of extrusion.

Abstract: A foldable bench for converting a normally hand-held electrically powered circular saw into a table saw, wherein the bench is easily portable when folded and highly stable when in use. In particular, the bench employs four foldable leg members having floor engaging extremities movable from a first position wherein the leg members are contained entirely within the bench housing to a second position wherein the floor engaging extremities are positioned laterally beyond the lateral extremities of the upper surface of the bench to thereby provide a compact, portable unit when the leg members are folded and an extremely stable bench when the leg members are extended. Simplicity in design is achieved by extrusion forming the upper surface from a single unitary member having means for slidingly mounting the portable hand-held circular saw and containing side grooves for receiving auxiliary attachment fasteners.

Abstract: A sealing unit to be used in sealing system to block fluid flow between two spaced surfaces. The unit seats within a recess in one of the surfaces and includes a support to which is secured deformable sealing means having a pair of sealing members. A pressure differential across the unit deforms the sealing members into a sealing position to effectively seal between the surfaces. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application which, of course, is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A method of on-the-job installation of a coating having high resistance to wear caused by impact, abrasion, erosion and corrosion and a composition for use in performing the method. The method includes the preparation of a trowelable composition containing high alumina ceramic particles and a co-abrasive filler of smaller particles of inorganic and/or metallic origin in a polymer matrix and the application of this material to the surface to be repaired or protected.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving thirteen distinct parameters of a telephone line from current and charge flow measurements on each side of the line, taken during only three successive voltage states applied to both sides thereof through known tip and ring resistors. The derivations enable calculation of any spurious a-c voltages, d-c voltages, leakage resistances, and line capacitances between tip and ground, ring and ground, and tip and ring, as well as the frequency of the spurious a-c voltages.

Abstract: A protective cape is formed from a continuous piece of material, such as plastic, with a centrally located neck opening. The cape is formed with generally opposed portions relative to the neck opening, one of which has a relatively large area and the other of which has a relatively narrow area. The narrow area portion overlaps the large area portion along the front surfaces of the wearer's torso, so as to close the cape along the front surfaces of the wearer's neck. Fastening means are formed along engaging surfaces of the overlapped portions adjacent the neck opening. The fastening means comprise interlocking surfaces fitted to coincide with upper edges of the neck opening, such that the neck closure lies flat against the wearer's neck contour.

Abstract: A nursing blouse which allows access to the infant to be nursed through openings which are concealed by overlapping portions of the blouse at the sides thereof and which are stitched at new and novel locations of the blouse. The new and novel strips or folds of the blouse at the openings and the stitchings of this invention provide a nursing blouse which does not require connecting means to keep the openings closed when not in use even when the wearer applies stress to the chest part of the blouse due to physical activity and does not require any camoflage design.

Abstract: A maternity clothing garment having a body portion comprising leg or skirt regions and a waist portion having a relatively vertically larger panel of elastically expansible and conformable ribbed knitted material extending circumferentially along the waist portion at the front of the garment, and a relatively vertically smaller panel of elastically expansible and conformable ribbed knitted material extending circumferentially along the waist portion at the rear of the garment, whereby the panels will conform to the shape of the wearer.

Abstract: Training panties for babies and toddlers, the panties being made in several different designs, one of the designs including a cotton panty with cut-out crotch, a disposable paper crotch member insertable therein and easily attached in place by Velcro-like members of the pantie being hooked in holes of the paper member, the Velcro-like members being hidden behind flaps that keep wetness away from the child's body.

Abstract: A prosthesis for replacing the elbow joint includes a humeral component having a body portion defining a plurality of generally semi-circular distal bearing surfaces extending therefrom and a proximally extending intramedullary canal stem. An ulnar component has a body portion defining a convex posterior surface adapted to be received within a prepared semi-lunar notch of the ulna, a plurality of semi-circular grooves configured to matingly receive the distal bearing surfaces of the humeral component, and a distally extending intramedullary canal stem. The ulnar component further defines a laterally positioned capitulum process having a distal surface adapted to be abutted against by the head of the radius bone upon implantation. The humeral component defines an aperture and the ulnar component includes a hook-like member adapted to detachably and hingingly interconnect the components in a slipfit fashion.

Abstract: An artificial intraocular lens device which utilizes a distendable, resilient superior loop and affixure to form a lobular positioning structure for implantation. The lens includes a superior haptic rim and large superior loop that may be secured to the haptic rim to provide spring-like lobes. In addition, various configurations of inferior loop and/or inferior haptics may be utilized in combination to provide a pseudophakia for implantation in the anterior chamber, transiridial position, or posterior chamber.

Abstract: Improved bone connective prostheses are disclosed. The prostheses comprise a reinforcement element carrying a polymer layer having a varying modulus of elasticity. The exterior surface of the polymer layer constitutes the bone attachment surface of the prostheses and has the lowest modulus of elasticity. The interior surface of the polymer layer is attached to reinforcement element and has the highest modulus of elasticity. Portions of the polymer layer lying between the exterior and the interior surface of the polymer layer have moduli of elasticity which are intermediate with respect to the moduli of elasticity of the exterior and interior surface of the layer. The modulus of elasticity of the layer decreases in the direction of interior to exterior. The decrease in modulus of elasticity may be either continuous or incremental. The reinforcement element may have either a simple or a complex structure.

Abstract: A tub member is pivotable about a horizontal axis between an initial and an operative position, and is adapted to be filled with a bathing liquid, when in the operative position, and a chair member includes seat and backrest portions. At least one of the members may be moved relative to the other to and from a station of close contact. The tub member, when the members are in the station of close contact, is adapted to face the chair portions, and is pivotable to the operative position for receiving interiorly at least a portion of the chair within the tub member. The seat and backrest portions of the chair member define a chamber adapted to be filled with a fluid of a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A fluid-damping and shape-defining insert is provided for fluid-type mattresses such as water bed mattresses and air mattresses. The insert comprises a first flexible flange secured at its periphery to the upper boundary sheet of the mattress, a second flexible flange secured at its periphery to the lower boundary sheet of the mattress, and flexible damping means extending between the first and second flanges and secured thereto. In a particular embodiment, the damping means comprise first and second, perimetrically joined, flexible discs further defined by substantially opposing first and second central regions contiguous with an intermittently apertured, common peripheral region. The first and second central regions of the discs are centrally secured to the first and second flanges, respectively.

Abstract: This invention is an improved method of removing the sealing wax of a honeycomb in preparation for removal of the honey contained therein. The process includes the providing of heating elements about the entrance of the chambers of the comb which, when electrical current is passed therethrough, will cause the beeswax sealing the chambers to soften. Also an improved centrifugal extractor is provided to further assist in honey removal.

Abstract: A floating buoy for use in a marine environment includes a buoyant body for maintaining the buoy afloat, the body including a resilient outer skin, a low density filler within the outer skin, and a central core disposed between an upper end and a lower end of the body and adapted to permit the passage of a line therethrough. Upper and lower protective caps are removably attached at upper and lower ends of the body respectively, the caps each including an opening to permit the passage of the line therethrough. Affixed to the outer surface of each cap is a plurality of resilient fenders, the cap and fender structure being adapted to absorb shock loading on the buoy resulting from contact with foreign objects. The caps may be easily removed and repaired or replaced, thereby extending the useful life of the buoy.

Abstract: A single-point mooring buoy comprises a column which is hingedly connected to an anchor and upstands from the anchor and has a frequency less than six seconds. At the upper end of the column is pivotally connected to a fully submerged buoyant body which has a frequency or period of movement greater than 16 seconds. In this way, the loads on the various portions of the mooring buoy are held as low as possible and the buoy undergoes little movement in spite of wave action even in the presence of waves of high energy.

Abstract: A life raft having an attached container of carbon dioxide for automatic inflation and with a separable strap temporarily constraining the raft at a central portion whereby inflation will occur in a sequence to properly position the floating raft, before the inflation pressure separates the strap, to ensure deployment in a self-righted orientation.

Abstract: A handle for a water ski towline comprises two shell-like halves with engagement and disengagement mechanism for detachably securing a pull strap that is secured to a connecting strap of a safety belt for water skiers secures the pull strap by means of an engagement finger that is engageable in a cut-out of the pull strap, the engagement finger being spring biased into a position engaged within the cut-out. According to a feature of the preferred embodiment, the entire engagement and disengagement mechanism is accommodatable within the shell-like halves, and the handle is inclined forwardly from its center at an angle of approximately 8.degree. to 12.degree. with respect to a line normal to a center line directed in the towing direction.

Abstract: A book with just a few leaves, the leaves being soft and thick and made by inserting foam plastic or rubber into pockets of material. The exterior of the book is preferably made from a continuous web of material. The book, primarily intended as a toy or novelty item, may vary from small enough to be held in the hands of a small child to large enough to use as a piece of furniture.

Abstract: A machine for pulling and lasting a shoe upper has a lasting wiper comprised of adjustable segments, to permit one set of wipers to last a complete range of shoe sizes and shapes. The wiper segments are all adjustable about a common pivot point, and are held secure with respect to one another and to a common carrier. Each wiper segment is of arcuate configuration, which locks with its adjacent wiper segment, as well as at both transverse ends thereof with the carrier.

Abstract: Improvement in a bulk loading facility having a fixed deck having a vertical column as a part thereof and a drop way hinged to the deck so that it can be raised or lowered for loading, the improvement comprising the drop way having a handrail assembly including a handrail and a post for the handrail, the handrail and the post hinged to each other, the post hinged to the drop way, the handrail hinged to the column, and a four-bar mechanism consisting of the drop way, the handrail, the post and a portion of the column between the handrail and the drop way, the four-bar mechanism constructed so that the sum of the lengths of the column portion and the top rail is greater than the sum of the lengths of the drop way and the post, whereby the drop way has an overcenter action during raising thereof which assists in maintaining the drop way in its raised position.

Abstract: A floor mat apparatus comprises a length of synthetic plastic material having a high plasticizer content, and therefore having a tacky surface to collect dirt and bacteria, trained about rollers one of which is driven by a motor to bring fresh portions of the mat to the upper stretch between rollers across which people walk to a clean-room area. Portions of the mat leaving the upper stretch are washed and dried before returning to the upper stretch.