Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Byron, having generally flat capitulum form and bronze-yellow ray florets. Although the capitulum type is single, the quantity and positioning of the ray florets gives the new cultivar almost the appearance of being double. The individual ray florets are also unusually wide, being 1.5 cm in width or even larger.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum cultivar named Topper, having flat capitulum form and single capitulum type, and clear white ray florets. The disc florets are yellow-green when immature, maturing to yellow, with some green remaining in the center of the disc florets.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Golden Impala, particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; single daisy capitulum type; golden yellow ray floret color; diameter across the face of the capitulum of 45-75 mm; excellent growth habit, and its yellow-green to yellow disc florets.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Bridesmaid having white ray florets formed from tubes, flat capitulum form, single anemone capitulum type, and diameter of inflorescence of 40-50 mm.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum named Guilderland having flat capitulum form and single anemone capitulum type, lavender pink ray florets, and its yellow tinged with pink disc florets.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Cream Impala, particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; single daisy capitulum type; cream ray floret color; diameter across the face of the capitulum of 45-75 mm; excellent growth habit, and its yellow-green to yellow disc florets.

Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Rhino, having flat capitulum form and single capitulum type, white ray florets, 70-80 mm diameter of inflorescence, and its vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: A new and novel Tilia cordata having exceptionally straight branches, a definite central leader; the tree assuming a more broadly pyramidal shape than other trees of the specie. Growth rate is exceptionally rapid. The fall foliage coloration is yellow.

Abstract: A unique Quercus robur denominated `Wandell`, characterized primarily by having an extremely fastigiate, upright, attractive appearance; resistance to powdery mildew; and, dense, concentrated and strongly ascending branching habit.

Abstract: The new and distinct variety of peach tree is large, vigorous, upright in growth, and is a regular and productive bearer of large, firm, yellow flesh, freestone fruit. The fruit is further characterized by sizing relatively uniform throughout the tree, being globose in shape and having yellow skin substantially overspread with red.

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

Abstract: A shower apparatus includes a mirror mounted in a housing which forms a plenum behind the mirror. All of the shower water is made to flow through the plenum to heat the back of the mirror and thereby through convection heat the reflective front surface to prevent fogging prior to being discharged through the shower head. Rotatable coupling joints are employed to facilitate positioning of the mirror.

Abstract: An airfoil having a trailing edge flap assembly comprising a flap member having a track mounted thereto. The track member is operatively connected to a slide-block which is in turn mounted to stationary structure. High Fowler motion is accomplished with this arrangement. In another embodiment the flap is additionally provided with a foreflap. In further embodiments, the flap assembly is provided additionally with aft flaps.

Abstract: A multiple cathode DC arc plasma generator arrangement is used in connection with a single anode for thermal arc plasma processing of materials. A nozzle is provided to introduce a gas in approximately the center of the multiple cathodes, towards the anode. The nozzle injects the gas into the center of the plasma column generated between the cathodes and anode to stabilize such arc and affect the self-induced electrode jets. This provides control of the heat transfer to the anode and permits feeding of particulate matter into the core of the plasma column to enhance inflight processing (melting and/or chemical reaction) of the matter. A set of gas nozzles positioned radially about the anode may be employed for feeding of particulate matter at the anode surface.

Abstract: Metal oxycarboxylates are made by reacting a metal, a carboxylic acid, and hydrogen peroxide in aqueous reaction mixture. The metal oxycarboxylate is precipitated and removed from the reaction mixture in high yield and with high purity. The compound is effective in supplying the metal to plants, animals and humans.

Abstract: Disclosed is a protective vest having a collar or neck guard intended for use with helmets and, optionally, with shoulder pads or harnesses, of the types worn by players in contact sports. The protective vest has a flexible body with shoulder portions between chest and back panels. Surrounding an opening for receiving a player's neck is a raised collar, integrally formed with the body, which has an upper ring-like surface for contacting the bottom edge of the player's helmet. When contacted by the player's helmet, the collar, formed of resilient material, is placed in energy-absorbing compression. Also, the chest and back panels surrounding the collar, also being made of resilient material, are placed in a tension and compression loading, to further aid in absorbing the loading applied to the collar.

Abstract: A face shield to protect an individual against inhaling germs and other foreign bodies comprising a permanent clip portion which is adapted to be mounted on the nose piece of a pair of eyeglasses and a disposable sheet of relatively thin rigid plastic which is removably attached to the clip. This enables the sheet to be removed and discarded after a single use and replaced by an identical sheet prior to treatment of a new patient.

Abstract: A size adjustable sun-visor and headpiece combination adapted to be worn on the head of a wearer, the headpiece having a front portion to run across the forehead of the wearer and a rear portion extending downwardly to cover the backneck of the wearer. An elongated headband having a frontal portion secured to the front portion of the headpiece, and rightside and leftside portions being secured respectively to opposite sides of the rear portion of the headpiece. Elastic back portions connect the rightside and leftside portions of the headband together, and include buckles to adjust the headpiece to the headsize of the wearer.

Abstract: An undergarment for incontinent persons typically constructed of front and rear panels. The front panel and the outer layer of the rear panel are preferably smooth nylon tricot and the inside surface of the rear nylon tricot panel has a breathable water-proofing material applied thereto. The preferred waterproofing material is a microporous polytetrafluouroethylene such as Gore-Tex.RTM.. In addition, the rear panel has an inside fabric layer of absorbent material such as cotton.

Abstract: Novelty wearing apparel fabricated from, or fabricated to have the appearance of, a man's lower torso tight-fitting underwear known as briefs inverted. The leg openings of the brief function to receive a wearer's arms, the waist of the briefs extends downwardly over the upper torso toward the waist, and the crotch of the briefs includes a neck aperture to receive the wearer's head and neck passing therethrough. The flyfront of the briefs may be adapted, by the orientation and shape of the neck, to be positioned against the chest or the back of the wearer as desired.

Abstract: A helmet has a cap body is constituted by a shell. A buffer liner is mounted on an inner surface of the shell. A flexible top pad is disposed on a ceiling portion of an inner peripheral surface of the buffer liner, while a flexible fitted pad is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the buffer liner excluding the ceiling portion. An air intake hole is made in a front wall of the cap body to penetrate the front wall. A through hole, which is connected to the air intake hole, is provided in the fitted pad. An inner opening of the through hole is covered with an air-permeable lining adhered to an inner surface of the fitted pad. A vertically extending elongated hole is provided in the fitted pad as the through hole, and a ventilation groove is provided in the top pad along an extension of the elongated hole.

Abstract: An improved ear guard assembly, particularly for amateur wrestlers. The ear guard includes a reinforcing plate member having head strap engaging slots with inner and outer sheet foam energy absorbing layers. The assembly is enclosed by a molded plastic skin cover having strap engaging apertures in registry with the strap engaging slots of the reinforcing plate which are reinforced to prevent tearing of the ear guards. The cover further has an inside peripheral surface which has ribs engaging the outer edge of the reinforcing plate to reduce the tendency for tearing of the cover by the plate edge. The outer cover preferably has a glossy outer surface, present a low coefficient of friction and a matte inner surface thereby aiding in retaining the ear guards in position on the wearer's head.

Abstract: A toilet cleaning solution dispenser adapted for placement in the overflow tube of a flush toilet includes an outer housing and an interior solution chamber in fluid communication, the dispensing of the solution being delayed until the closing of the bowl water refill valve.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an extensible shampoo bowl that is particularly designed to be used in shampooing the hair of an individual confined or seated in a wheelchair. Structurely, the present invention entails a cabinet structure with an extensible shampoo bowl mounted thereto. In particular, by utilizing a scissor-type linkage between the cabinet and shampoo bowl, the shampoo bowl can be raised adjacent the wheelchair.

Abstract: A combination bed, toilet, and bath for handicapped person includes a tub with a built-in toilet. Inflatable air bags or cushion are used to raise and lower the patient between resting positions and toilet and bathing positions.

Abstract: A headboard frame includes a pair of opposed side members temporarily held together by separable center sections. The center sections are of varying length determined by whether the headboard is for twin, queen, or king size beds. A two-ply fabric cover is formed from front and rear panels slightly greater in length than the corresponding length of the headboard frame. The cover is seamed around the side and top edges. The bottom edges of the panels are initially separated to allow the cover to slide over the frame, but are then secured by hook and loop fastening strips. The cover is of such a size and so dimensioned that, when in place, the cover firmly holds the frame members together. The cover may be provided with a cushion and/or tufted front surface.

Abstract: A child delivery bed includes a raisable backrest section which is located at one end of a center section, and further includes a leg support section that can be displaced axially beneath the center section. The center section has provided on the edge part thereof facing the leg support section a sunken recess which is open towards the leg support section, therewith to enable blood and other substances to run down to the underlying leg support section. The leg support section has formed thereon a longitudinally extending channel, the width extension of which is at least equal to the width of the open end of the sunken recess and which slopes down towards the outer end portion of the leg support section, at which end portion the bottom of the channel terminates at a drainage edge. Detachably arranged beneath the drainage edge is a collecting vessel for collecting blood and other substances running down from the drainage edge.

Abstract: A bed and/or chair device comprises a stand (1) and a support surface arrangement (2, 3, 4), which is divided in at least two mutually movable parts, namely a back support (2) and a thigh supporting and possibly also seat supporting part (3), the back support (2) and the thigh supporting part (3) being pivotably connected to the stand (1), a power means (11) being arranged to cause a pivoting movement of the back support (2) between different inclination positions with respect to the stand (1). A transmission arrangement is arranged to make the movement of the back support and the thigh supporting part dependent on each other, so that, in pivoting the back support (2) upwardly from a substantially horizontal position, the thigh supporting part (3) is initially pivoted upwardly with respect to the stand (1), until a maximally raised position is reached, after which a continued pivoting upwardly of the back support causes the thigh supporting part to pivot downwardly towards its initial position.

Abstract: An arrangement of a wheelchair with a movable seat and leg rest and a bed equipped with transfer apparatus provided with rollers, a movable sheet and lift arms, for transporting an invalid comfortably across the bed to a sitting position in the wheelchair. The invalid can also be transferred to a standing position at the end of the bed.

Abstract: A Beach Mat with built-in Adjustable Sun Shade is described. The head of the mat contains elastic stays. These elastic stays permit the head of the mat to be shaped into an arc with the help of strings. Said arc becomes a sun shade. On relief of the tension of the stays by releasing the strings, the mat may be rolled into a small cylinder for transportation and storage.

Abstract: A mat for cooling a person on the beach, side of a swimming pool, and even in a vehicle, is provided with recirculated ice water from an insulated reservoir using a small battery powered pump. The mat is made of sheets of urethane coated nylon or PVC film that is heat sealed on all sides, and to tubes that contain the ice water in and out. The sheets are also sealed to provide channels that hold extruded strips so formed as to assure that ice water will continue to flow through the channels even when the weight of the person would tend to close the space between the sheets.

Abstract: An orthopedic cervical pillow is disclosed which has a substantially flat undersurface and an uppersurface contoured to form a back engaging portion transitioning into a convex neck engaging portion further transitioning into a head engaging portion. Self-adjusting lift of the back and neck engaging portions is accomplished by means of a relieved section in the undersurface of the pillow generally beneath the head engaging portion. The relieved section extends entirely across the width of the pillow and extends from a forwardmost point underneath the neck engaging portion to approximately halfway under the head engaging portion wherein the contour of the relieved section assumes a substantially vertical contour at its rearmost portion.

Abstract: A bayonet and scabbard are capable of being pivotally connected to constitute a wire or metal tape cutting implement having a recess shaped to capture the wire or tape before such cutting begins. The bayonet blade has a tang extending into the bayonet handle which is of a yield strength greater than that of the handle but less than that of the bayonet blade. A finger guard is provided with notches adjacent the blade for engaging an edge of the cap of a receptacle for removing the same.

Abstract: A removable adaptor for a power-operated rotary implement, comprises a circularly vibrating lower plate. When a blade is attached to this plate, an efficient scraper is provided for removal of adhered materials, such as old under-carpets. Past scrapers relying on longitudinal reciprocal motion have suffered from underpowering and jamming. These problems are avoided by the present invention.

Abstract: A golf club head washing device, suitable for attachment to a golf cart or for mounting on posts at various locations on a golf course, includes a cylindrical housing for holding a cleaning fluid. The housing has guide rails located in it for supporting a pair of plastic brush blocks, with the brushes thereof facing one another across a diameter of the housing. A removable cover is releasably attached to the top of the housing; and the cover has an elongated slot in it, which is aligned with the space between the brush blocks. The brush blocks have tapered flanges on the opposing edges for engagement between guide rails on the inside of the housing to permit the blocks to be easily inserted and then wedged in place within the housing. When the brushes wear out, the blocks are removed by lifting them out of the housing. Then they are replaced with new blocks.

Abstract: A brush including a laminate having a handle end portion adapted for manual engagement, and an opposite head end portion; and a plurality of rows of bristles having end portions adhered between adjacent plies in the head end portion of the laminate and projecting outwardly. The brush is formed from pieces of oriented polymeric film, portions of which are adhered to individual plies to be incorporated in the laminate and have portions projecting from the plies separated into bristles before the plies are laminated to form the brush. Lamination is done by driving moisture out of pasteboard layers coated with dried water activatable adhesive by exposure to radio frequency energy which activates the adhesive to form the laminate.

Abstract: A polishing pad is formed by providing a sponge or sponge-like material with a soft, loosely knitted covering. The covering is preferably double layered, and is provided with an expandable opening so that the sponge can be readily removed or inserted.

Abstract: An integral cover for the ferrule of a paint brush is provided which is formed from a rubber composition and includes a cover ferrule section and a hook which is formed with the cover ferrule section. The hook permits a paint brush to be hung onto the edge of a container of paint or paint thinner.

Abstract: A splatter shield is provided for a conventional paint roller having an offset roller arm integrally connected to a roller shaft, comprising an inner end wall; an outer end wall; and two side walls, all connected so as to have substantially parallel lower edges which define a first plane; a top wall connected to the upper edges of the end walls and side walls so as to define a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane, the inner end wall having an opening therein, the opening communicating with the lower edge of the inner end wall by a cut between the opening and the lower edge of the inner wall, the outer end wall having an aperture for receiving the end of the roller shaft; and an annular shoulder member, fixedly attached to the inner end wall and concentric with the opening, the shoulder member having a plurality of raised ridges, radially spaced about the shoulder member, forming corresponding indentations approximately equal in width to the diameter of the roller arm.

Abstract: In order to achieve satisfactory defrosting without causing undue wear of the wiper blades equipped with double tongues of elastomer material, the invention provides for first freeing the tongues from the coating of ice by blowing hot air into the duct formed between said tongues, then raising the pivot shaft (24) of the blade holder, and therefore the tongues, by applying an axial thrust to said shaft by means of the piston (27) of a jack (86) while retaining parallelism between the tongues and the windshield. The connection, preventing rotation but allowing free axial sliding, between the shaft (24) and the driving connecting rod (29) makes it possible for the shaft to pivot both in the raised position, while passing a current of hot air over the ice from the windshield wiper which has been lifted off the windshield, and in the lowered position in which the tongues bear against the windshield.

Abstract: A fluid control valve includes a deformable conduit for fluid with a valve control port at a point of fluid entry to the conduit. The valve control port includes a spring-biased device for keeping the port closed to fluid in an unactuated valve state. A support element is disposed within the conduit downstream of the valve control port. The support element also permits fluid flow therethrough. A trigger mechanism is disposed within the conduit between the valve control port and the support element; the mechanism includes an elongated bar having a deformable irregularity. The bar extends from the support element to the port closing device, with the end of the bar contacting the port closing device with a low level of force in an unactuated state of the valve.

Abstract: A dust removal attachment for a router has a diamond shaped base plate having a circular central aperture through which the spindle of the router extends during use. A vacuum connection fitting and a handle extend upwardly from opposite ends of the top surface of the base plate. A brush, having bristles arranged in a partial circular arc which surrounds a portion of the circular central opening, is attached by a mounting flange to the bottom surface of the base plate. The brush has a concave body portion which forms a vacuum passage which communicates with the vacuum connection on the top surface of the base plate. In use, chips and dust created by the router bit are contained by the brush and suctioned off through the vacuum connection.

Abstract: A wet-dry vacuum cleaner includes a housing assembly providing a cavity, a motor within the cavity, and an impeller driven by the motor to produce a vacuum. A canister has an intake nozzle for recepton of dirt, liquid, and air drawn into the nozzle by the vacuum. The nozzle has an air intake port and a downwardly facing air exit port within the canister. A filter assembly is largely within the canister and provides an air flow path from the nozzle to the impeller. The filter assembly includes a tubular filter holder having a large diameter rear end sealingly engaging the end of the canister remote from the nozzle and a front end spaced a substantial distance forwardly from the rear end and a filter intake element within the canister and in communication with the filter holder.

Abstract: A recovery chamber for collection of dirt-laden fluid in a spray-type vacuum cleaning apparatus. The apparatus has a container for collection of the fluid, a vacuum source located at the bottom of the container and an open-ended riser tube centrally mounted in the container and connected in fluid-tight fashion to the vacuum source. The chamber includes an outer housing having a roof portion and an annular side portion. The housing is adapted to cover and be seated on the container. An inner chamber is included which has an annular wall affixed at its top portion to the underside of the roof portion of the outer housing. A fluid entry port is mounted on the side portion of the outer housing facing the annular wall of the inner chamber. The port is for connection to a hose and nozzle for dirt and fluid intake. A float mechanism is mounted on a lower portion of the inner chamber wall and alongside the riser tube.

Abstract: An eccentric shock isolation grommet assembly is provided in which the centerline of the attachment ferrule is off-set from the centerline of the entire grommet assembly such that the weight of the component to be supported in vibratory isolation deforms the grommet into a generally symmetrical shape and positions the component in the center of the grommet's deformable sway space.

Abstract: A castor comprises a castor body (12), a castor wheel (14), and a bearing block (20) for supporting the castor wheel relative to the castor body. The bearing block is selectively mountable in each of a first and a second orientation relative to the castor body. In the first orientation of the bearing block relative to the castor body, the castor wheel is arranged to be braked in response to the application of a load applied to the castor. In the second orientation of the bearing block relative to the castor body, the castor wheel is arranged to be braked in the absence of a load applied to the castor.

Abstract: A single or multiple drapery track and mounting bracket therefor. A cooperating locking latch is provided for mounting the track to the bracket quickly and without using tools. The track has a longitudinal bead along one edge and a dependant wall spaced therefrom. The dependant wall has an outer inclined face having at least one longitudinal notch. The mounting bracket is generally L-shaped, the horizontal leg carrying a downwardly opening curl of size and configuration to receive the bead. The other leg has an inwardly canted strut or tongue of limited resilience. The mounting bracket is first installed on a vertical wall and the longitudinal bead of the support engaged within the curl. The track is pivoted toward the horizontal leg of the bracket forcibly flexing the tongue until it is tightly engaged within the notch. To dismount the track, the tongue is manually flexed until free of the notch and then, the track is pivoted in the reverse direction until free of the bracket.

Abstract: A safety handle releasably drives a shaft which is also otherwise powered. The shaft has an axis of rotation and a peripheral engagement band. The safety handle has a frame including a bearing aperture receiving shaft so as to be freely rotatable on and relative to the shaft, a lever arm extending away from the bearing aperture, and pivot means laterally spaced from the aperture. Centering means resiliently bi-directionally biases the drive handle and engagement means towards the centralized position. When the drive handle is grasped and twisted around the handle axis, the engagement means is pivoted to engage the engagement band, enabling torque exerted on the drive handle relative to the shaft axis to turn the shaft, but when the twisting effort is released, the centering means returns the handle and the engagement means to the centralized position, thereby releasing the engagement means from the engagement band and freeing the safety handle for free rotation around and relative to the shaft.

Abstract: A reusable handle for lifting, carrying and pouring for use with containers having a flanged portion. In attaching the handle of this invention, the top handle portion is snapped onto or otherwise affixed to the neck portion of the container.

Abstract: There is described a hinged structure comprising two supports and one or more hinges hinging the supports together so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, the or each hinge comprising two hinge members, each hinge member being made of resilient strip material, each hinge member being S-shaped, passing partially round each support and together with the other hinge member forming a letter .chi. or FIG. 8 configuration as seen in a direction along the supports, wherein a releasable catch is provided for holding the supports in a predetermined relative angular position, the catch comprising two cam members each associated with a respective suport and the two being resiliently urged into engagement and so shaped and arranged that rotation away from the said predetermined relative angular position of the supports urges the cam members apart against the resilient urging.