Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Euonymus fortunei which is a branch mutation of the Emerald'N Gold variety (i.e., U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,231) is provided. The new variety possesses smaller leaves than the parent variety which are slightly more elliptic in shape and attractively variegated in color. More specifically, the mature leaves are dark green and have light to medium yellow margins. The new variety is shorter and more spreading than the parent and can be characterized as having a distinctly dwarf growth habit which renders it highly suited for use as a semi-prostrate ground cover.

Abstract: A flexible looped buttoning device for use on garments and other items of fabric to safeguard against the involuntary opening or separation of two or more buttoned fabrics.

Abstract: Apparatus movable along a spinning frame to doff full bobbins from the spindles thereof and to don empty bobbins onto such spindles. Low pressure pneumatic sensors are provided for emitting a stream of low pressure air into the path of movement of selected elements of the apparatus and generating a pneumatic signal each time a stream of low pressure air is interrupted by the movement of such elements, and a low pressure pneumatic control system receives the pneumatic signals and operates the selected elements of the apparatus in a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: A ball is delivered into the constricted space between, and thereby gripped frictionally by, a fixed pad and a confronting surface of a wheel which is driven at a speed predetermined to propel the ball therefrom at a selected velocity. The line on which the ball is propelled between the pad and wheel is adjustable about a horizontal axis and the speed of the wheel is variable so as to adjust the trajectory of the thrown ball. Further, the pad may be mounted above or below the wheel to reverse the spin on the ball and thus afford a variety of practice conditions.

Abstract: A self-lighting cigarette is disclosed having a protective or preventive cap enclosing the lip end of the cigarette to prevent the inhalation of the irritating fumes produced by the ignition means. Also disclosed is a means for attaching the self-lighting device to the preventive cap to prevent premature removal of the preventive cap.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a soil aerating device including a frame, a hollow cylindrical drum supported from the frame for rotation about a horizontally extending axis and for folling travel along the surface of the ground or turf to be aerated. Fixedly mounted on the exterior of the drum in registry with respective apertures provided in the drum are a plurality of hollow core-forming tines which are arranged to act much like involute gear teeth, while cutting and removing a plug or core from the ground or turf as the drum is rolled over the surface thereof, and to leave a "rack-like" pattern of holes. Each tine includes a pair of generally V-shaped, opposed side walls having an apex located on or near a radial plane extending radially from the drum axis.

Abstract: A display rack with an improved shelf assembly that gravity feeds a column of containers one after another to the front edge of a shelf as that column's lead containers are successively removed by customers. The shelf assembly includes a conveyor belt oriented so that its travel path is generally perpendicular to the shelf's front edge, the belt being adapted to receive a plurality of containers, e.g., bottles or cans, in a vertical or stand-up fashion thereon. The inside surface of the belt rides over a support floor and has a low coefficient of friction, and the outside surface of the belt on which the containers rest has a high coefficient of friction, relative one to the other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for clamping a safety belt to prevent it being unwound from a belt reel, the device consisting of a housing in which is provided a lever, one end of the lever being pivotably mounted in the housing, a clamping surface being provided on the lever intermediate its ends which co-operates with a clamping surface provided on the housing, the lever being resiliently urged to move about its pivot in a direction to separate the clamping surfaces. The belt is guided around the pivoted end of the lever, extends between the clamping surfaces and is guided around the free end of the lever, the resilient means applying a tension force to the belt. Movement of the lever against the force of the resilient means moving the clamping surface on the lever towards the clamping surface on the housing to clamp the belt therebetween.

Abstract: A telephoto objective comprising a stationary convergent front lens group and a rear lens group which includes a lens member axially movable for focusing behind a front lens member which remains stationary during focusing, and an operating mechanism therefor. In order to achieve excellent stability of the various aberrations and particularly spherical aberration throughout the focusing range, compensation for the residual aberrations introduced by the front lens group is concentrated in the stationary front member of the rear lens group, while the movable rear member is configured to provide minimized variation of aberrations by constructing these two members as being divergent with their front surfaces convex to the object. In this particular arrangement, the movable member is moved toward the image plane as the objective is focused from the position for an object at infinity to the position for a close object.

Abstract: A disposable-type hat or cap features a circumferential headband and a pleated, accordion-like crown portion marginally attached to inner surfaces of the headband. The crown is fashioned so that it may be either recessed within or elevated above the headband and is provided with an adjustable portion to permit head size adjustment of the headband.

Abstract: A liner for an outer garment of the lower body has a trunk portion with a waistband to which a ribbon is internally fastened at numerous peripherally spaced locations so as to form loops through which vertical straps on the inside of the garment, provided with snap fasteners or the like, can be drawn. When the garment is a pair of trousers or slacks, the trunk portion of the liner ends in a pair of tubular extensions snugly fitted into the trouser legs.

Abstract: Panty hose is provided with adjacent shaded areas with gradations in shading, in the calf portion, whereby when the panty hose is worn the appearance of the shape of the leg is modified. In one embodiment, legs with heavy calves and thighs are given a slimming appearance, and in another embodiment, skinny, shapeless legs are given a fuller appearance. The shaded areas may be printed directly on the hose by heat transfer paper printing.

Abstract: A protective headgear comprising a helmet and a pad assembly. The pad assembly comprises a pad of foam material having an integral densified layer defining front and side surfaces of the pad assembly and forming a tear-resistant cover for the pad. The pad assembly has a relatively rigid attachment plate bonded to the pad adjacent a back surface of the pad assembly for securing the pad assembly to the helmet.

Abstract: A urinal adapted for attachment to a toilet bowl has an apertured bracket arm connected to the seat anchor bolts and extends laterally of the toilet bowl. A swing arm is pivotally connected to the bracket arm and supports a funnel, which has a non-use position and is adapted for movement into registry with said bowl.

Abstract: An adjustable shower and massage apparatus adapted to be connected to water systems generally associated with bathtubs and stall showers. The apparatus is formed with a plurality of interconnected pipe members, the leading pipe member being attached to the water system and the trailing or end pipe being affixed to a stationary member such as a wall. The pipe members are interconnected by a plurality of universal joints which allow the contiguous pipe members and a connected shower-spray head to be positioned at any selected angular position, whereby water can be directed to any part of an individual's body, the apparatus including a handle for positioning the pipe members.

Abstract: An invalid bed comprising three pivotally connected mattress supporting sections designed to permit the bed to be converted into a seat for the invalid. The center or seat section of the bed is provided with an opening for enabling use of the bed as a commode when it is converted into a seat.

Abstract: An improved table is provided for use with an end-to-end rotatable hospital bed. Such beds are rotatable upon a pair of circular and spaced rails. The table of this invention is infinitely adjustable on such bed and can be fixed in any position for use by a patient regardless of the patient's position on the bed. The table comprises a table surface and four telescoping support members, one support member extending from each of the four corners of the table. The support members are adjustably affixed at one end near the corners of the table and have adjustable clamps at the other end thereof, which clamps can be adjustably affixed to the bed rails or the supporting bars of the bed, as desired, to afford a useful table for the patient.

Abstract: A device for protecting a surface into which fasteners are driven. The device includes a shield portion and a handle substantially parallel to the shield. An opening is provided in the shield portion large enough to accommodate the head of a nail, and an elongated open slot extends from an edge of the shield portion. Indicia are provided spaced a predetermined distance from the edge for gauging door trim setback. A tubular member upstands from the shield and has interior dimensions great enough to receive a screwdriver blade to guide the screwdriver as it drives the screw into the surface on which the shield portion is disposed.

Abstract: A rigid collapsible boat has a plurality of rigid hull sections hinged together along mating, longitudinally extending edges throughout the hull length. The joints are hinged with flexible nylon cord and are sealed watertight by sealing strips that extend longitudinally along the hinged edges. A flexible, watertight stern panel is fastened across the stern ends of the hull sections. A stern thwart, with a transom reinforcing back, a midthwart, extending across the beam of the boat, and a bow thwart provide rigid support to the boat. The hull sections and thwarts are all fastened together by means of flexible nylon cord that is laced through apertures in the thwarts and in the hull sections.

Abstract: A boat hull is manufactured from a sheet or blank having cut-outs or slots formed therein, such that the blank when folded and when its cut-outs along its edges are mutually connected, a boat hull without a "boxy" shape will be obtained. The cut-outs or slots have enlargements at the tip ends (apices) thereof.

Abstract: A die for cutting screw-threads, especially for cutting threads into steel for reinforcing concrete and the like with an external thread cutting machine to which the die is operatively connectible by means of a mounting portion having a support surface is disclosed. The die includes a cutting portion having a plurality of cutting teeth arranged in a cutting plane and a guide portion adjacent said cutting portion, which guide portion has a plurality of teeth arranged in a guide plane. The length of the guide portion corresponds to about 3 to 6 times the length of the cutting portion and is approximately 10 to 20 times the length of the cutting plane.

Abstract: A low cost, factory fabricated, force distributing bridge truss assembly is disclosed which includes respective, interconnected, converging pairs of carrier truss structures designed to be composited to an overlying concrete bridge deck such that the latter serves as a top chord diaphragm for absorbing live load-induced compression and bending forces. The carrier truss structures are fabricated using only two standard shapes of plasma arc cut steel angles (normally 6".times.6" for truss webs and 8".times.8" for truss chords) welded directly together without the need for special order steel or supplemental gusset plates. The preferred deck for use with the truss assembly hereof is a concrete structure having a lowermost, spanning metallic plate substrate composited (by means of upstanding studs) to a concrete layer thereon. This assembly may be applied to the carrier truss structure in either precast, sectionalized form or field cast in place.

Abstract: A sealing body member for attaching into an edge beam having upwardly extending arms, wherein at least one of the upwardly extending arms and the adjacent sealing body have respective mirror image longitudinal recesses, and a dowel part for inserting into the recesses, where the sealing body has a longitudinal cut above the recesses and approximately adjacent the upper edge of the upwardly extending wall to permit the sealing body upper part to be folded for inserting the dowel part from above into the recesses.

Abstract: A device is provided for releasably securing a parked vehicle to an adjacent structure. The device is provided with a first member hingedly mounted for movement between an operative mode and an inoperative mode. When the first member is in an operative mode the distal end thereof will releasably engage a portion of the parked vehicle and retain same in a desired position relative to the adjacent structure. When the first member is in an inoperative mode, it assumes a vehicle-release position. The first member is provided with means for moving same from the inoperative mode to the operative mode. A further means is provided for automatically locking the first member in an operative mode. The further means includes a means for effecting controlled unlocking of the first member whereby the latter will automatically return to its inoperative mode.

Abstract: A floor sweeper is constructed from a single integral plastic housing having a top and downwardly extending rear and end walls. The front end portion of the housing is uniquely formed with the front edge of the top set back from the sweeper periphery, said edge merging into an integral deflector which extends downwardly beneath the housing adjacent the rotary brusy. The lower extremity of the deflector is connected to the front peripheral housing portion by an integral platform which, together with the deflector, forms an elongated transversely extending trough-like channel on the upper exposed side of the housing front end. The channel has end walls which are spaced inwardly from the housing end walls to form downwardly facing wheel-receiving recesses. The front sweeper wheels are freely mounted on the ends of an axle which extends through the channel and its end walls, with the wheels being trapped within their respective recesses.