Abstract: A novel miniature rose variety characterized by its double blossoms of sixty to seventy symmetrically arranged petals which remain relatively tight at maturity and are of satiny medium intense red color, the petals having a white creamy white base.

Abstract: A new variety of Euphorbia plant, being an asexually-reproduced hybrid of Euphorbia lophogona and Euphorbia milii which produces flowers in biaxial ramification, the clusters of which are up to about 15 cm in length, the flowers being yellowish in color and the bracts being up to 32 in number and from salmon pink to luminous salmon red in color, the plant being further characterized by an "ever-blooming" quality, under suitable environmental conditions. Propagation of this new variety is enhanced by control of environment to provide 1000 lux artificial light for a 121/2-hour day at temperatures from 22.degree.-25.degree. C. and humidity 60-90 percent.

Abstract: A quickly attachable and detachable hinge assembly for hanging a swinging door on a cabinet includes a retainer insertable into a slot in the edge of the door and adapted to be clamped to the door by a bolt extending through an opening in the face of the door and threaded into the retainer. By loosening the bolt slightly, the retainer may be unclamped from the door to permit removal of the latter from the hinge assembly and the cabinet. Another version of the hinge assembly is quickly and easily attachable to the cabinet as well as the door.

Abstract: A curved saddle for supporting and tensioning a flexible printing plate which has a series of closely spaced apertures along opposite edge portions. Each end of the saddle is provided with a circumferentially moveable spring biased bar having a series of spaced lugs over which opposite ends of the appertured plate may be positioned and secured. To facilitate positioning of the plate over the bar lugs, each bar has a locking mechanism which secures the bar in a retracted position upon manually moving the bar to that position. After a plate is secured to the bar, the locking mechanism may be readily released by depressing an actuating plunger, thereby permitting the bar to be urged under the spring biasing force to an outwardly extended plate tensioning position.

Abstract: A safety system for automatically operated sliding panel doors, specifically elevator doors, having acoustic wave transmitters and receivers arranged in a row along the moving door's leading edge. Short bursts of acoustic energy are projected both in front of the door and to one or both sides so as to "sweep" a three-dimensional space, in and near the door's path, representing a zone of potential danger to persons or objects therein. Reflected energy from persons or objects in the danger zone is usable if it is received, following each transmitted burst, during a prescribed time interval representing combinations of the doorway opening distance and other selected parameters, and usable reflections are converted to a control signal to stop and re-open the doors before they strike the endangered person or object.

Abstract: A convergent-divergent nozzle for supersonic expansion of turbine motive fluid is presented wherein the major part of contouring of the flow paths between adjacent nozzles is in the direction between top and bottom walls between adjacent nozzle side walls, the contouring being accomplished by contoured top and bottom nozzle walls which are asymmetrically contoured in an axial direction to define a symmetric flow path therebetween.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to novel color and hydrolytically stable thermoplastic polyester urethanes. The invention broadly consists of adding 2-oxazolidones to the components of the polyurethane, or to the polyurethane itself.

Abstract: An edible confection topping normally in liquid form which immediately hardens to form a brittle edible shell when applied to a frozen dessert (e.g., ice cream). The composition includes a normally liquid oil content and crystallized .[.emulsifiers.]. .Iadd.material .Iaddend.which seed rapid crystallization and hardening of the oil when the temperature of the product is lowered by contact with the frozen dessert. Also a method of manufacture in which micro-crystalline emulsifier .[.is.]. .Iadd.and stearine are .Iaddend.dispersed in a liquid mix of oil, sugar, corn syrup solids and milk solids. Cocoa or other flavoring materials are added along with coloring materials.

Abstract: A laser beam is directed at the groove of a conventional disc phonograph record as it rotates, creating a reflected interference/diffraction pattern of the groove walls. The magnitude and rate of displacement of the interference/diffraction pattern is sensed and converted into an audio reproduction signal of the original phonograph recording.

Abstract: A line protector has an arrester through which overvoltages on the line of short duration are grounded. The arrester may be of the type having an arc gap sealed within a gas tube. For an overvoltage of longer duration, a pellet is melted causing a spring to close a circuit bypassing the gas tube and provide a direct metallic path from the line to ground. A secondary arc gap between opposed conductors separated by an insulating sleeve has an arc-over voltage that is greater than the normal arc-over voltage of the first-mentioned arc gap and provides a path to ground for short duration overvoltage conditions in the event of failure of the arrester. Excessive current across the secondary arc gap may melt the insulator sleeve and engage the opposed conductors for grounding purposes.

Abstract: A shoulder protector is disclosed for use on either shoulder of a person using the device and including a layer of absorbent material exposed upwardly to receive and absorb liquid material such as that discharged by an infant when being burped. The protector includes a layer of liquid impervious material underlying the absorbent layer to protect the garments worn by the person using the protector. The protector is constructed of flexible material, fitted to the shoulder area of the person using the device and is provided with securing devices to retain the protector in place. The inner edge of the protector extends downwardly both forwardly and rearwardly of the shoulder and toward the opposite waste region with the ends of the inner edge being connected together to retain the protector in position and the outer edge of the protector being arcuately curved and fitted to the shoulder and extending laterally outwardly sufficiently to cover the shoulder region of the person using the device.

Abstract: Camouflage headwear for use while hunting wild game or for use while observing or photographing them is described, said headwear camouflaging the wearer's face and neck and breaking up the wearer's silhouette. More particularly, said headwear includes a mask having a pair of eyeholes and a band for encircling the wearer's head and attaching said mask thereto and for holding the eyeholes in said mask in registry with the wearer's eyes, said mask being a plate, preshaped to conform to the wearer's face and leaving the lower part thereof free, a bag with a rounded bottom formed of netting having patches of preselected colors and having a pair of eyeholes, said bag adapted to fit loosely over the wearer's head and drape down over his neck, and means for attaching said mask on the inside of said bag such that the eyeholes in the mask are aligned with the eyeholes in the bag.

Abstract: A garter belt for athletes has a stretchable band extending about the body with its free ends meeting at the front in a shallow upward V. Four straps depend from the forward portion of the band located in pairs on opposite sides of the free end junction. The four straps are each adjustable as to length and there is a fastener on each strap.

Abstract: A patella prosthesis having a plurality of bearing surfaces designed to provide low-friction interaction throughout the entire range of leg extension and flexure with a metal condylar replacement prosthesis is disclosed. The prosthesis provides a combination of a reinforced patella surface and a femoral prosthetic surface having both a prolonged anterior flange and a central opening for the passage of the cruciate ligaments.

Abstract: A prosthetic cement spacer for controlling the thickness of cement applied between a prosthetic insert and a support member, such as an acetabulum, includes a generally cylindrical standoff body portion fabricated from acrylic bone cement and a pointed wire concentric with said standoff body and outwardly extending from one end a sufficient length to anchor into the acetabulum bone surface. The method of use of these prosthetic cement spacers involves preparation of the acetabulum so that there is sufficient clearance space for the prosthetic cement spacers and then to insert the pointed wires into the acetabulum bone surface in an equilateral triangular arrangement thereby providing three points of contact for the prosthetic insert, such as an acetabular cup.

Abstract: An intraocular lens and method for implanting the same in the posterior chamber of an eye having a posterior capsule. The lens has a lens support system including anterior supports which allows it to be placed in the anterior chamber of the eye against the iris and posterior supports which extend down into the posterior chamber and capsule for capsular fixation. After capsular fixation has occurred the pupil and iris of the eye is dilated, so that the anterior supports do not engage the iris. Upon reconstriction of the pupil the iris rides back over the anterior supports and over the face of the lens, positioning the lens in the posterior chamber with the lens being mounted in the chamber by the support system.

Abstract: A reaction product of methylene diisocyanate, polytetramethylene ether glycol and ethylene oxide-capped trimethylol propane. The resulting polyurethane is optically clear and suitable for use as an artificial cornea, or a permanently implantable lens.

Abstract: A refillable bottle for use in dispensing cleaning liquid into a toilet tank has openings at both ends, the bottle being installed in the tank by an integral hanger so that one opening, which is always above tank water level, is used for refilling the bottle in place in the tank with cleaning liquid and, being open after bottle installation, allows aerosols in the cleaning liquid to diffuse into the tank air so as to be forced from the tank by rising water in the tank to freshen the surroundings. The other opening has a dispensing valve mechanism mounted therein. Removable caps close the openings prior to installation. A float attached to a movable member of the valve mechanism actuates the mechanism so as to dispense a constant quantity of bottle liquid upon toilet flushing regardless of liquid level in the bottle or the refilling speed of the tank. The movable member has two oppositely disposed valve heads which mate with fixed valve seats formed in the valve mechanism.

Abstract: A mat adapted to be placed on the floor around the base of a commode or urinal. The mat is shaped to match the contours of the facility. A mat cover is provided formed from plastic or rubber like material having a solid base and a hingedly attached cover formed as grille work. A replaceable pad is contained in the mat cover and has an impervious plastic film base with layers of absorbent material overlaying the base, and a top previous film of non-woven material. The top film is sealed around its edges to the edges of the base film. When installed, urine falling on the grille work of the mat passes therethrough, through the permeable top film and is absorbed by the layers of absorbent material. The absorbent material may be impregnated with disinfectant and deodorizing chemicals. At suitable intervals, the mat cover is opened, the used pad removed and disposed of, the mat cover rinsed off, and a fresh pad installed.

Abstract: Flushing apparatus is provided for cleaning and flushing out ileostomy bags. The apparatus includes a bracket which is adapted to fit over a toilet and which includes an upright open-ended tubular support member. A second tubular member with a funnel top is adapted to fit into the tubular support member of the bracket in telescoping relationship. The second tubular member is coupled to a source of flush water, and a flexible tube is provided which extends upwardly through the funnel member to receive the mouth of the ileostomy bag when the bag (worn by the patient) is positioned over the top of the funnel member, and which introduces flush water into the interior of the bag, and which serves to flush the contents of the bags down through the second tubular member and into the toilet, below the water level in the toilet to prevent splashing.

Abstract: Pharmaceutically useful trace elements contained in human urine are collected by disposing a filter body containing an adsorbent for the trace elements in the gravity flow line connecting the unflushed urinal of a portable toilet to its holding tank. The portable toilet also includes a seat connected to the holding tank by a separate gravity feed line. The holding tank contains an odor reducing chemical solution for the urine and fesces. A filter body supported in the conduit between the urinal and the holding tank consists of an adsorbent for the trace constituents of the urine that it is desired to extract. Urine voided into the urinal passes through the adsorbent filter body before going to the holding tank. When the holding tank of the portable toilet is pumped clean and the deoderizing solution replaced, the filter body is removed and processed to extract the trace constituents replaced with an unsaturated filter body.

Abstract: An automatic cover for a liquid storage container and a method of control corresponding thereto including a cover disposed within the container, a membrane connected to a portion of the storage container and connected along a peripheral portion of the membrane to the cover, the membrane and the cover separating the storage container into a liquid storage compartment and a liquid balancing compartment, a pressurized mechanism connected to the peripheral portion of the membrane for controlling the shape and dimension of the cover and a member for feeding balancing liquid to and for withdrawing balancing liquid from the liquid balancing compartment in such a manner that hydrostatic pressure of the storage container is maintained within any predetermined range.

Abstract: A crib having a main frame, a generally horizontal mattress support, and a mattress carried by the support. The mattress and support can be raised and lowered within the main frame by flexible hoist members attached to a winding bar that is rotatably journaled in two housings. Each housing is elongated, extending across one end of the crib, the hoist members being threaded through the housings and attached to the winding bar. At their ends, the hoist members are secured by brackets to a spring frame that forms part of the mattress support. The brackets can be used with spring frames of a variety of constructions. They have an upwardly facing channel that can receive a tubular frame with radius corners and an adjacent slot that can receive a downwardly projecting flange.

Abstract: A spring deck for supporting padding material in seating structures in which an open rigid frame is covered by a sheet of polypropylene fabric so as to provide both a cover for the frame and spring means to accommodate yieldingly loads that are applied to the surface of the sheet.

Abstract: A portable device for recumbency of the head and neck providing support for the same while travelling or in other situations where discomfort arises from lack of adequate support. The device is provided with a surface having a generally concave shape with respect to a vertical axis of curvature corresponding approximately to the central vertebral axis of the neck. The concave shape is fashioned so that it has symmetrical left and right halves, opposing areas of which are designed to exert gentle pressure in the vicinity of the mastoid processes of the head, a region near the base of the head, and located at the sides thereof almost at the rear. There are two embodiments of the device, one a padded resilient sheet curved to provide the support surface and a second in the form of an inflatable pillow.