Abstract: A new miniature rose variety of unusual Buttercup yellow coloring.

Abstract: A new large, heavily petalled reddish purple hybrid tea rose variety.

Abstract: A new Naples yellow hybrid tea rose variety.

Abstract: A new currant red hybrid tea rose of good form.

Abstract: A new floribunda rose variety with flowers of currant red coloring.

Abstract: A new and distinct selection of Olea europaea L. (popularly known as Common Olive) which shall be referred to hereinafter as Olea europaea cultivar Montra. Olea europaea cultivar Montra differs distinctively from other olives by a unique combination of a dwarf shrub habit, a rapid grower when young and a dense compact growth habit.

Abstract: A volunteer seedling found in a block of Loring (unpatented), subsequently found to have vigorous growth, somewhat similar to Loring but superior in that strong, large quantities of budwood are produced which is very resistant to temperatures as low as minus ten degrees F., fruit which ripens five to ten days before Loring and during the fourth picking of RedHaven (unpatented), very productive of fruit, which fruit is blushed red and the tree having demonstrated tolerance to bacterial spot (Xanthomonas campestris pruni), in an area where this disease has been known to be severe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a picture viewer for viewing a stack of pictures sequentially through a viewing window. The picture viewer comprises a housing member, a slider member, a bias means for urging the stack of pictures against the viewing window, and an exchange means for sequentially changing the picture that is presented at the viewing window. The exchange means comprises: (a) a retentive element to hold one picture in the housing member when the slider member is moved out of the housing member and (b) a separator bar which pushes the remainder of the stack out of the housing when the slider member is moved out of the housing. To permit relatively smooth operation of the picture viewer, the bias means is mounted on the slider.

Abstract: A frozen food package having an easily removable and replaceable dome lid for permitting reconstitution of the frozen food either in a conventional or a microwave oven. The dome lid has an annular seating flange overlapping and disengageably locked onto the rim of a rigid bottom tray by locking ribs spaced around the flange and engaged under the tray rim. A thumb notch recess is so located in the dome lid seating flange as to permit direct engagement therethrough of the tray rim by a person's thumb along with simultaneous engagement by the fingers on the same hand with the dome lid flange at the region of an adjacent locking rib thereon. A positive separating force thereby can be applied to the tray and lid to quickly and easily unlock and separate them from one another without damage to either.

Abstract: A shelf and a cooler are constructed so that the shelf can be supported in vertical or horizontal positions within the cooler, in a horizontal position on one of the handle assemblies of the cooler, or on top of the lid of the cooler.

Abstract: A polyester fiber having a tenacity of at least 4.0 g/d is formed from a copolyester having a degree of polymerization of from 80 to 100 of which copolyester 1.0 to 2.0 mol % of its acid component has a metal sulfoisophthalic group and 0.5 to 1.9 weight % of which copolyester is provided by a glycol component provided by glycol having a molecular weight of from 400 to 6000. The polyester fiber is readily dyed with basic dyes.The polyester fiber can be prepared by spinning the copolyester at a shear rate of .ltoreq.10.sup.4 sec.sup.-1, a spinning draft ratio of .ltoreq.250, a back pressure of the spinneret of .gtoreq.40 kg/cm.sup.2 and a shear stress of .ltoreq.(Q+0.7).times.10.sup.7 dyne/cm.sup.2, where Q is the mass output rate per single hole (g/min).

Abstract: A garment for use in a radioactive environment comprises a front portion, a rear portion, a shoulder portion used for suspending the garment over the body of a wearer, and an elasticized belt fixed to the garment at substantially waist or hip level. The belt is adapted to be stretched, tightened and secured around the waist or hips such that at least a part of the weight of the garment is substantially transferred to the waist or hips. The front portion of the garment has a lower flap adapted to lie against the front of the wearer and an upper flap for folding over the lower flap. The elasticized belt is secured releasably to the upper flap of the rear portion.

Abstract: A fire fighter helmet of the type having a body which includes a peripheral brim, an arcuate face shield having an inwardly extending lip and a flexible gasket on the underside of the lip for forming a watertight seal with the brim when the shield is in a down position, and a pair of hinges attached to opposite sides of the helmet body and pivotably attached to the face shield. The hinges each include a hinge plate and a spring which is connected at one end to the shield and at an opposite to the hinge plate rearwardly and below the pivot connection between the hinge plate and face shield. The hinge plate also includes a stop defining an upper limit of travel for the face shield. The spring urges the shield to pivot either to an up position against the stop, or to a down position in which the gasket forms a watertight seal with the adjacent portion of the helmet body brim.

Abstract: A headgear cushion (18) having a closed-cell foam core coated with a non-allergenic vinyl/nitrile composition. A powdered carbon is mixed with the vinyl/nitrile composition to provide a dark color. Pressure responsive material (28, 30) is adhered to the coated foam core (20, 26) and made removably attachable to a headgear (10).

Abstract: A golf glove (70) and watch (72) combination (74) uses a conventional golf glove (70) without modification. Strap (76) of the watch (72) feeds through retaining slots (78) on watch cases (80) and has Velcro hooks (82) on its surface facing away from the watch case (80). The strap (76) extends partly around flap (84) of the glove (70), so that ends (86) of the strap (76) engage Velcro loops (87) on the underside of the flap (84). The golf glove (70) has a pad (88) of Velcro hooks (90) beneath the flap (84) for mating engagement of the Velcro loops (87) on the underside of the flap (84). When the flap (84) is pressed against the pad (88) so that the Velcro loops (87) and hooks (90) engage with ends (86) of the strap (76) in place, the watch ( 72) is held securely in place.

Abstract: A work glove in combination with stiff protective members fitting around the back of each finger and the back of the hand and being removably insertable into cavities in the glove. This glove is designed principally to protect the hand and fingers against crushing injury. The protective members may be attached directly to the glove or to a liner insertable into the glove.

Abstract: Trousers having a flexible upper part with two lower portions intending for covering the upper leg of the wearer. The trousers also include a pair of flexible lower parts each intended for encompassing a lower leg of the user. The pair of lower parts is detachably connected to the upper portion lower parts by the use of a pair of strips of pile fastening material connected to the inner surface of the lower portions of the flexible upper part, and a pair of hook fastening material strips connected to the outer surface of the pair of flexible lower parts.

Abstract: A lightweight protective headgear having ventilating qualities and having an outer shell, an elastomeric liner with a plurality of elastomeric members arranged with airspace therebetween and a porous material to keep the wearer's hair from filling the airspace between said elastomeric members. The elastomeric members have a base and a surface tapering towards a truncated apex and are arranged in a loosely fitted side by side pattern with their small ends directed axially inward for engaging the head of a wearer and with their large ends engaging the inside of the outer shell. The elastomeric members vary in height to conform the liner to the wearer's head and are arranged along the inside of the outer shell in front to back rows having greater spacing between the rows than between the elastomeric members in the rows.

Abstract: A safety helmet comprising a shell and a chin-strap associated thereto, the one chin-strap end being rotatably mounted on a pivot fastened to the shell, the other chin-strap end being joined to the shell through a control member rotatably mounted on a pivot fastened to the shell, and so arranged as to move the chin-strap between two end positions, a first position allowing either fitting the helmet on, or removing the head therefrom, wherein the chin-strap projects in front of the chin to make the helmet opening completely free, and a second position corresponding to securing the helmet, wherein that chin-strap portion intended to bear under the chin to secure the helmet, is bearing underneath the chin.

Abstract: A locking safety helmet including a helmet; a retractable shackle; locking means for locking the shackle to the helmet in the locking position; and storage means included with the helmet for storing the shackle out of the way in the retracted position for conventional wearing of the helmet.

Abstract: A disposable sanitary toilet seat cover of the type capable of being flushed in the toilet and comprising a foil or paper sheet provided with a round-going weakening line dividing the cover into a central field and an annular field, the latter serving to protect the user from contact with the toilet seat. The toilet seat cover can be handled with particular ease and speed if the annular field is fixed to the toilet seat by means of a pressure adhesive, and in order to achieve safe protection against the transfer of contagious matter from the toilet bowl the central field is constructed with an additional weakening line which divides the central field into two field portions, one of which can depend into the toilet bowl, while the other field portion can be used as toilet paper.

Abstract: Apparatus for supplying a toilet seat with fresh and sanitary cover material and taking up the used material. The cover material is folded lengthwise and is dispensed from a supply reel to one terminus of the seat. The material encircles the body of the seat and a take-up reel at the other terminus of the seat takes up the used material and at the same time pulls in fresh material. Both termini of the seat are attached to and spaced from the toilet bowl. The seat is provided with a slot to guide the material which is provided with beads along its edges to ride within the slots.

Abstract: A shock-absorber is provided at a rear end portion of a toilet bowl is brought into operative engagement with a seat when inclination of the seat relative to an upper side of the toilet bowl becomes less than a set value. Thus, lowering or downward movement of the seat may be performed more quickly during the initial portion of the lowering movement prior to engagement with the shock absorber.

Abstract: A small child's hair washing device includes a body support portion for supporting the child's body in supine position on a counter top adjacent a sink, a head rest portion for supporting the child's head above the sink, a neck support portion adjacent the head rest portion and a drain portion between the body support portion and the neck support portion. The body support portion is releasably engaged with the counter top to hold the device in desired overlapping relationship with the sink and a safety strap may be provided to restrain the child relative to the device during the hair washing operation.

Abstract: A lightweight, manually portable, fisherman's sink comprising a rectangular plastic working surface with integrally fabricated recessed sink and sidewalls that extend above and below the working surface. The sink is further equipped with a cutting board and water delivery system (e.g., electric or manual pump and faucet or spray nozzle) for withdrawing water from the lake, river or the like to clean fish. The rectangular sink is equipped with a novel combination of support mechanisms including removable legs at each corner, a plurality of notched openings on the lower edge of the sidewalls with locking means to attach to the handrail of a boat or fishing dock, and a pivotally attached adjustable leg and bracket system for suspending the sink from a bass boat handrail.

Abstract: Disclosed is a peritoneal waste discharge system including a disinfectant storage chamber, a measuring chamber in selectable fluid contact with the storage chamber, a discharge cup in selectable contact fluid with the measuring chamber, a peritoneal bag vertically oriented above the discharge cup, and a conduit having the discharge cup as an input and having a bowl of a conventional toilet as an output. The disinfectant discharge chamber, the peritoneal waste bag, and the conduit are all in alignment with the gravity vector.

Abstract: A spring counter-balanced folding wall bed is described in which compression springs are mounted along the inside surfaces of the bed frame members. The bed frame members are pivoted on a supporting framework and a connecting rod extends between one end of the spring and a spring pivot which is mounted a distance D on the opposite side of the bed pivot from the bed and by a distance H above the bed pivot so that when the bed frame is raised the bed spring is extended and when the bed is lowered the spring is compressed to thereby counter-balance the weight of the bed.

Abstract: A bedding mattress, including a spring assembly having top and bottom parallel surfaces, padding over the top and bottom surfaces, and an upholstered covering completely encasing said spring assembly and padding. The spring assembly comprises multiple parallel rows of coil springs, each row of which is formed from a single continuous length of wire with each row containing a plurality of coils interconnected by connector segments. The rows of coils are interconnected by helical springs extending parallel to the rows and alternately wound around endmost turns of coils in a pair of adjacent rows of coils. The connector segment which interconnects the coils of each row comprises a generally diagonally extending connector bar having parallel end portions connected at the center by an offset section, which offset section is formed by rotation of the offset section relative to the end portions of the connector bar while the end portions of the connector bar are restrained against rotation.

Abstract: A box spring comprises a rectangular base frame, a wire grid, and a plurality of parallel rows of coil springs supporting the grid atop the base frame. Each row of coil springs is made from a single continuous length of wire in which adjacent coils are interconnected by an interconnecting segment of the wire. Each interconnecting segment is in the form of a generally diagonally extending bar having substantially parallel end portions interconnected at the center by an offset section, which offset section is formed by rotating the offset section relative to the parallel end portions while the end portions are restrained against rotation.

Abstract: A portable pad including a primary pad section and secondary pad sections defining an indentation for receiving a vehicle tire with the secondary pad sections adapted to be disposed on opposite sides of the tire.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a buoyant bed pad support for an invalid and has a rectangular top and bottom sheet of cotton muslin and polyethylene fabric enclosing a buoyant batting filler of a loosely hollow slick polyester garnetted into a batting. A rectangular line of quilt-like stitching is set in from the boundary of the perimeter of said top and bottom sheet. Transverse quilt-like stitching between the longitudinal runs of said rectangular line of stitching is also set in from the perimeter of the top and bottom stitching dividing the internal set in rectangular line of stitching into a plurality of channels containing air and buoyant batting filler wherein the transverse stitching stops short of the set in longitudinal stitching leaving an opening between adjacent transverse panels to permit passage of air between channels so that the bed pad is not so rigid as to not provide a resilient support for the invalid.

Abstract: An air mattress has a filler check valve connected to an air blower to supply air to the mattress chamber. A holder secured to the air mattress locates the filler check valve in a recessed position relative to an outer wall of the mattress. The filler check valve has a sleeve mounted on the holder and a rod attached to a valve head carrying an annular sealing member. A spring biases the valve head to a closed position wherein annular sealing member engages a beveled face on the inner end of the sleeve. The outer end of the sleeve has a cylindrical collar with internal and external threads. The internal threads of the collar engage external threads of the holder to secure the sleeve on the holder. A cap has an annular flange with internal threads of the collar to close an air passage in the sleeve. Seals located between the collar and sleeve and between the cap and the sleeve inhibit leakage of air from the chamber of the air mattress.

Abstract: The flotation mattress includes an outer cover which defines an enclosed inner area divided into three sequential sections by transverse dividing walls. Each section includes alternating water columns and ventilation chambers arranged across the section between raised air baffles extending along the outer longitudinal edges of each section. The water columns are of maximum cross-sectional area adjacent the top surface of the mattress and of minimal cross-sectional area adjacent the bottom surface of the mattress. The intervening ventilation chambers are open to the atmosphere and are of minimal cross-sectional area adjacent the top surface of the mattress.

Abstract: Rotary toothbrush utilizes a longitudinally extending hollow barrel having a fore-end and a rear-end. Longitudinally extending and reciprocatable strokearm mechanism is predominately located within the hollow barrel but includes a forward-portion always located forwardly of the barrel. A pair of transversely separated, upright rotary brushes are positioned wholly forwardly of the barrel and there eccentrically journal crankshafts carried by the strokearm mechanism forward-portion so that strokearm reciprocations cause the two brushes to move together in alternating angular directions. The strokearm mechanism forward-portion might be provided with auxiliary bristles for simultaneously brushing the dental occlusial surfaces as the rotary brushes treat the bucal and lingual surfaces.

Abstract: A sewer pipeline root cutting apparatus having entirely internal fluid passageways and interchangeable skids. A hydraulically driven motor drives a shaft for attachment of a cutting tool at one end, and has a thrusting nozzle connecting a high pressure hose at the other end. The system is arranged so that the high pressure thrusting nozzle connector holds the interchangeable skid assemblies on the hydraulic motor housing in use. The interchangeable skid assemblies are easily exchanged by simply removing the thruster nozzle and replacing the skid assembly, allowing the pipeline cleaner to be adapted to pipelines only slightly larger than the apparatus up to some of the largest sewer lines.

Abstract: An Adjustable mop frame to which predetermined multiples of length can be added to provide wider dust mops and the dust mop handle will always be centrally located on the mop for the convenience of the user. The basic mop frame has a connection on both ends for attachment to extensions thereto and a centered and off-centered handle attachment bar.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprising five or seven rows of tufts of soft filaments or bristles of which the middle row of bristles is higher than the rows of tufts of bristles on each side. The middle row performs the special task of cleaning the gum line or sulcus while the rows on each side alternately, as used in various positions in the mouth, either clean the teeth themselves or support and massage the gum tissue.

Abstract: A hand tool for forming the tight radius exterior corner of a cement surface. The tool which consists of a flat inflexible circular plate the circumference of which is curved upward, except for segment of which is curved downward in a spout-like manner. The length of the downward curved segment is such that the tool can be pivoted at the corner while allowing the mason to shape the exterior corner and maintain a smooth surface.

Abstract: A hand tool for forming the interior edge of a cementious surface. The tool which consists of a flat inflexible rectangular plate shaped such that shorter leading and trailing edge curve upward, and one of the longer edges has a central portion curving outward and downward, and with the length of the right and left non-curving portion of the edge being the same as the leading and trailing edges. With this configuration, the mason slides the tool along the edge of the cement surface and reaches an intersecting interior corner, the tool is lifted and run along the adjacent edge until corner is reached. The tool permits a mason less skilled in the mason art to execute the interior corners of a cementious surface without surface blemishes or groove marks.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a wiper blade which is constructed to suppress or at least minimize undesirable wiper blade floating phenomemon which would occur during high speed cruising of a vehicle in the rain. The wiper blade comprises a main lever detachably connected to a wiper arm and having a longitudinally extending ridge portion, sub-levers aligned along the main lever and pivotally connected to the same, and an elongate blade rubber held by the sub-levers and extending along the main lever. The main lever is formed with a substantially flat wall which extends from one side of the ridge portion toward the blade rubber to such a degree as to partially cover the same, and the ridge portion is formed with a plurality of openings.

Abstract: A wet vacuum apparatus which includes a vacuum head which connects through a flexible hose to a pump. The outlet of the pump connects to a mounting plate with this mounting plate to be installed between a conventional toilet and the floor of a building. The waste material, either dry or wet, is to be discharged directly into the sewage plumbing of the building.

Abstract: A multi-use vacuum cleaner has a central body which houses a motor, air impeller, battery and a dirt collection chamber. One end of the central body has a face inclined to the longitudinal axis of the central body with a rectangular inlet orifice into which the coupling nozzle of a floor and carpet pickup head can be frictionally inserted. The other end of the body has an integral, axially protruding extension providing a primary handle for manipulating the body as a hand held cushion and upholstery cleaner. The primary handle has means for detachably mounting an extension handle permitting the unit to be used as a standard upright vacuum cleaner or for vacuuming overhead and other areas which would be otherwise inaccessible.

Abstract: In a vacuum cleaner having a disposable dust bag of the kind comprising an attachment plate of cardboard or the like, and a cover adapted to be opened for the replacement of the dust bag, a blocking device is provided which is adapted to prevent closing of the cover when the dust bag is missing. The blocking device includes a slide actuated by a spring to be moved to a first position in which the closing of the cover is prevented, and a toggle-joint mechanism adapted to be actuated by the attachment plate to move the slide to a second position for permitting closing of the cover.

Abstract: A self-propelled, upright suction or vacuum cleaner includes a base unit and a handle assembly pivotally extending therefrom that can be pivoted from an upright position to a comfortable operating position. The handle assembly includes a handle grip at one end and a drive system housing at its other end containing a drive system including a cleaner motor for propelling the cleaner. The drive system includes a transmission for transferring power from the cleaner motor to a pair of drive wheels fixedly secured to a drive axle. The transmission is remotely disposed from the drive axle and is connected thereto by a drive belt. The transmission includes an actuator that is controlled by a cable extending from the handle grip. As long as the handle grip maintains the actuator in a neutral position, the drive wheels are not rotated.

Abstract: A clutch mechanism for use in the drive mechanism for a vacuum cleaner floor cleaning rotary brush is provided which prevents damage to the drive belt in the event the brush becomes jammed and is prevented from rotating. A cam ring having external bumps carried on resilient beams is nested inside a driven sprocket with the bumps positioned in valleys between ridges formed on the interior of the sprocket. A pair of end caps sandwich the assembly of the cam and sprocket. The cam is keyed to the rotary brush and thus when the brush becomes jammed, the sprocket will continue to rotate, and the torque applied between the sprocket and cam will cause the ridges to push radially inwardly against the bumps and beams of the cam permitting the bumps to pass over the ridges dissipating the energy of the rotating sprocket.

Abstract: A decorative handle which is attachable to a rotatable stem and has a decorative insert held therein is disclosed. In one version, the insert member is retained by a retainer assembly which engages the decorative insert. The retainer assembly holds the insert against a narrowed open top of the handle from below. A collar member which is threaded onto the handle from the bottom provides the force to hold the retainer in place. A decorative handle is provided which can be assembled and disassembled without tools, yet is highly aesthetic as the engagement of the component parts is obstructed from view as is a portion of the attachment to the valve assembly. Further, the inserts can be readily changed when the room where the handle is placed is remodeled.

Abstract: A lift-off vehicle door hinge is formed of a pair of interleaved stampings having pivot pins received in bearings in relatively pivotally movable parts of the stampings and an abutment tab is formed as one of the stampings to prevent lift-off separation when the stampings are arranged in a position effecting closure of the vehicle door.

Abstract: Device for supporting a carcass or part of a carcass of slaughtered poultry, having a first and a second support member having surface parts facing one another, in which one of the support members is so constructed that it is suitable for penetrating into connective tissue and/or flesh parts of the carcass.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the stuffed casing diameter includes shoes which ride against the stuffed casing to monitor its diameter. These shoes drive a digital encoder which issues pulses representing deviations of the stuffed diameter from a predetermined nominal value. A microcomputer process these pulses and issues an appropriate control signal to a stepping motor for increasing and decreasing drag on the casing as may be needed to correct the stuffed diameter of the casing. The microcomputer can include a delay so that each stuffed product is the reference for establishing the drag characteristics of the next product to be stuffed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of eliminating infection of poultry by undesirable microorganisms such as salmonella during processing. The method consists of dipping the poultry carcass prior to plucking into scald water containing an effective amount of an acid polyformate salt.