Abstract: A new floribunda rose variety producing pink blush flowers.

Abstract: A new variety of poinsettia in which the bract coloration is distinctly red with distinct white mottling. This plant was found among Angelika White cultivars, and it shares with them a similar leaf color, height, and blooming habit.

Abstract: Poinsettia `3-91` is a new cultivar, distinguished by blushed red flower bracts and self-branching characteristics. `3-91` is a color sport of the bicolored poinsettia `135` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,234) with the same flowering response and cultural requirements. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant, botanically known as Impatiens wallerana, and named `Sparkler Rose` is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant desingated 464-1 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by a plant designated 481-2 (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar is early blooming and forms in abundance attractive fully double bicolored blooms of rose and white. The foliage is medium green. The plant exhibits a good basal-branching character and exhibits a medium upright mounded growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct Neoregelia named `Nonis,` particularly characterized by its small plant size, bright red-purple center (R.H.S. 57A), leaf margins that are dark green (R.H.S. 137A) and a variegated center to the leaf.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes an apparatus for laying an adhesive strip along the peripheral edges of a glass sheet positioned on a work table with a view to forming a double-glazed insulated glass panel. The apparatus comprises a handle with a housing mounted at one end thereof and includes therein a series of rollers for positioning and laying the adhesive strip on the glass sheet. A third roller, whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of each of the strip-laying rollers, applies pressure to the strip being laid.

Abstract: Organometallic compounds and/or metal carbonyls are separated from their solutions in organic media with the aid of semi-permeable membranes made of aromatic polyamides.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid golf ball containing at least one rubber portion formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent and an organic peroxide; an improvement being present in that the base rubber is a mixture of(A) a solid polybutadiene rubber containing cis-1,4 bonds in an amount of at least 40%, and(B) either a liquid polybutadiene rubber or a liquid isoprene-butadiene copolymer rubber, or both.

Abstract: A reduction in defects and lateral encroachment is obtained by .[.utilizing a high pressure oxidation in conjunction with.]. an oxidizable layer conformally deposited over an oxidation mask. .[.The.]. .Iadd.In one embodiment, the .Iaddend.use of high pressure oxidation provides for the formation of LOCOS oxide without the formation of defects. Any native oxide present on the substrate surface is removed by using a ramped temperature deposition process to form oxidizable layer and/or a high temperature anneal is performed to remove the native oxide at the substrate surface. In this embodiment, any oxide which can act as a pipe for oxygen diffusion is removed. Therefore, nominal or no lateral encroachment is exhibited..Iadd.Alternately, lateral encroachment can be controlled by intentionally growing an oxide layer on the substrate surface. .Iaddend.

Abstract: Within a welding helmet, an easily removable electronic quick change ("EQC") cartridge is retained into an integral cartridge housing. The EQC cartridge has slots on its top which can accommodate flanges from the housing, and tabs on its sides for insertion into slots of the housing. The tabs are located on the ends of an elastic spring bar which is inside the EQC cartridge. Switches connected to the spring bar by an elevated support lie above the EQC cartridge, which when compressed internalize the tabs inside the cartridge. When the EQC cartridge is positioned within the housing, the switches are released and the tabs extend through the slots of the housing.

Abstract: A combined eyeglass and cap combination is disclosed herein including a cap or other headgear provided with a crown and forwardly projecting bill or visor from which eyeglasses downwardly depend so as to be immediately in front of the wearer's eyes. A pivot device connects the eyeglass frame with the bill or visor whereby the eyeglasses may be positioned between an operative position in front of the eyes or a storage position adjacent the bill or visor underside. The pivot device includes a frictional detent to maintain the eyeglasses in either one of the two positions and may be of a fixed or detachable connection with the eyeglass frame or the eyeglass itself if composed of a transparent plastic.

Abstract: An eye wear visor includes a visor structure which is provided which can engage the user's head about the upper portion above the user's ears, and is preferably made of durable plastic. The visor has a downwardly sloped forward brim surface which supports a guide rail having a "C" shaped axial cross section which is downwardly disposed and which engages a cylindrical portion of an attachment member. The attachment member can be displaced along the rail and has an opening having a laterally oriented axis, the opening having a hexagonal shape and supports a main hexagonal support. The main hexagonal support individually and independently supports a right and a left lens assembly via hexagonal bores in each of the right and left lens assemblies.

Abstract: A garment suited for a young child comprises cuffs which are devoid of any hem at their distal end and which have hidden side seams. A pouch overlays the cuff at the distal end; the pouch is invertible over the cuff end to enclose an appendage such as a hand or foot of the wearer within the cuff. When the pouch is not inverted, the cuff may be turned back to expose the appendage.

Abstract: Completely recyclable jacket made up of components including outer material, lining, pocket linings, buttons, fasteners, seams, sewing thread and optional additional ordinary accessories, where the components are made of sorted thermoplastic synthetic polymers which are mixable homogeneously with one another in the molten state.

Abstract: A hat having an attached accessory such as a visor is disclosed incorporating a headband formed integrally with a sliding member positioned adjacent the opening in the crown. A track is secured to the crown and slidingly engages the sliding member to permit the crown and attached visor to be rotated relative to the wearer's head without removing the hat.

Abstract: The invention is a combination moisture management panty and panty hose system for women. The moisture management system includes both a panty and panty hose. The panty includes a moisture management panty shield for being positioned in the crotch area of the wearer during garment wear. The panty shield has a first fabric layer with a skin side surface including moisture wicking fibers for residing next to the skin during garment wear. These such fibers wick moisture outwardly away from the skin towards drier areas of the garment for evaporation. The pair of panty hose is worn in combination with the panty, and includes a moisture management crotch gusset for being position adjacent to the panty shield in the crotch area of the wearer. The crotch gusset is constructed of an open mesh fabric for receiving moisture from the panty shield, and for facilitating the flow of air through the gusset into the panty shield. The open mesh fabric promotes moisture evaporation from the panty shield and the gusset.

Abstract: A display attachment formed of a single planar piece of material, such as polyethylene, includes at least one aperture adjacent to its lowermost edge. The at least one aperture is sized such that at least one pin or projection of one portion of a sizing strap can extend through at least one aperture of the display attachment with the at least one projection extending through at least one of the openings on the other portion of a baseball style cap sizing strap so as to secure or engage the display attachment between the two portions of a baseball style cap sizing strap.

Abstract: A self-powered drum for rolling up and unrolling protective covers has a driven pendulum within for applying a rotary moment to cause the drum to roll. The pendulum is powered in one rotary direction or the other by an electrical motor according to a signal from outside the drum, and battery packs are enclosed with the drive elements to provide a power source. A sealed drum is provided to float in swimming pools.

Abstract: Playpen and crib construction which utilizes a high modulus fiber-reinforced plastic matrix tubing in the frame, said tubing being made of lightweight, high modulus fiber-reinforced plastic matrix composite tubing having a weight of 0.25 pounds or less per lineal foot, a tubing diameter of 0.2 to 1.2 inches, a tubing thickness of 0.03 to 10.0 inches, a single fiber angle of 20.degree. to 50.degree. and fabricated from a single tow or at least one sheet of fibers, and wherein said plastic matrix is a thermoplastic resin or thermoset plastic resin with a minimum modulus of 250,000 psi; a minimum tensile strength of 6,000 psi; and a glass transition temperature of at least 50.degree. C. and wherein said high modulus fiber reinforcement is selected from the group consisting of carbon fibers, aramid fibers, glass fibers, polyolefin fibers, boron fibers and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A sleeping bag having a plurality of superposed bags, one within the other, the number of superposed bags depending on the degree of thermal protection desired. Besides having an opening to expose a user's face, each bag has an open side, closable by a slide fastener, to facilitate entering or exiting the sleeping bag. Disposed along and proximate both sides of the slide fastener of each bag are two rows of non-slide-type fasteners having top and bottom engagement surfaces secured to the outer and inner surfaces of each bag. The non-slide-type fasteners can be used either for selectively attaching an inner bag to an outer bag or for closing the open side in the event that the corresponding slide-type fastener fails to operate. A weather-resistant shell may also be selectively attached to the outer bag for additional protection.

Abstract: A pneumatic cushion for a wheel chair and the like is disclosed which comprises an air housing box, a plurality of air openings in the air housing box, and a plurality of air channels communicating with an air supply. The air channels communicate with the air openings to deflate and inflate individual air sacks carried over the air openings. The air sacks are unattached so that they act individually. An air distribution manifold includes a rotating blocking member to periodically block air distribution to the air sacks allowing them to deflate. The air sacks are constructed from a fabric having a low air permeability. The blocked air sacks thus allow air to escape through the sacks for deflation which cools the portion of the occupant seated on the cushion while allowing temporary pressure relief during deflation. The air sack inflation system is open so that, in addition, pressure may be relieved by a backward flow of air through the system.

Abstract: A pillow core (1) is made from a foamed plastics material which is softly resilient, and has its upper thickness formed with upright parallel ribs (5) spaced from one another by slots of elongated cross-section. The ribs have their upper surfaces attached to the underside of a porous web (3) which is soft and flexible but relatively inextensible in its own plane. The lower thickness of the core (1) is formed with cylindrical sockets (11) containing removable plugs (14) of foamed plastics material removable from their sockets through respective slits (12) formed in the underside of the core. The upper thickness of the core gives the pillow surface a soft plush feel, and the plugs are selectively removable to alter the resistance to compression of the pillow.

Abstract: A seat cushion having means for attaching to a conventional stadium seat is disclosed. The seat cushion includes means for connecting the cushion to a stadium seat. In the preferred embodiment, the connecting means are two straps having a grommet hole therein. A screw or bolt means attaches through the grommet means to the stadium seat. Preferably, the seat cushion is attached to the front of the stadium seat. When in use, the seat cushion lays atop a metal seat. When not in use, the seat cushion can pivot about the attaching connection means and hang off the surface of the metal seat. This allows the cushion to be somewhat shielded from environmental elements when not in use.

Abstract: The present invention elates to inflatable cells for cushion and mattress elements, and in particular for medical applications, the elements comprising a soleplate that has a bottom support surface that is plane plus said telescopic cells that extend perpendicularly from and that are fixed to said soleplate in a matrix that covers the top surface of the element, each cell being made out of a flexible material forming an airtight external skin that encloses an internal volume, each of which is in communication with the internal volume of at least one adjacent cell.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for building bridges from one location to another, and in which the construction activity takes place primarily at such terminal locations. Forms are assembled at one of the locations, such forms establishing the characteristics of the bridge deck to be built. When the forms are completed, they are elevated and suspended upon cables passing between the two locations. The forms are then pulled from one location toward the other, sequentially engaging with previously built and positioned forms until an entire complement of such forms extends between the two locations. The forms are then filled with concrete and finished. The forms provide an exterior finished surface for the bridge structure.

Abstract: A floor machine for cleaning a floor and/or wall and/or downward upstanding from the wall, includes at least one disc having a floor cleaning pad covering a lower surface and wall cleaning material projecting from its periphery. The wall cleaning material may be bristles or a wrap-around separate strip of abrasive felted material, or a margin of the floor cleaning pad may be bent upwardly to form a vertical cylindrical surface. Alternatively, floor pads may be stacked to present a vertical cylindrical wall cleaning surface. The disc may be engaged with a drive shaft, or stacked discs may interengage with each other, the topmost being engaged with the drive shaft. The bottom disc may have a bevel rising from the lower surface. Bristles extend from the bevel at right angles. When the floor machine rests on the floor in operation position, the bristles extending from the bevel are bent upwardly to be forced towards the angle between floor and wall.

Abstract: A cleaning sweeper comprises an adhesive paper roll, a reel support frame, a dual-directional paper cutter, and a handle. The adhesive paper roll is wound on a reel fastened pivotally with the reel support frame. As the adhesive paper roll is moved on the surface of a carpet or floor, the dirt on the surface of the carpet or floor is attached to the adhesive paper roll, which becomes soiled gradually. The soiled paper is cut off with a paper cutter mounted pivotally in the reel support frame. The paper cutter is capable of preventing the adhesive surface of the adhesive paper roll from making contact with the surface of a floor or wall when the cleaning sweeper is not in use temporarily and is laid on the floor or hung on the wall.

Abstract: A foam pig body supports one, two or three helical coil strips. Each strip is formed of a backing and supports plural ridges. The ridges extend radially outwardly to clean the pipeline. The ridges are at right angles to the centerline axis of the foam pig body.

Abstract: An improved heavy-duty soft plastic golf club washer having the design of an old fashioned bath tub with a protected opening at the sloped front end (16) large enough to accommodate all sizes of golf club heads. Stabilized inside tub are three identical soft plastic brushes (12) (14) each with two slotted openings (34) in their base to allow passage of sediment into sump (36). The brushes are stabilized inside tub (10) by means of brush locks middle (38) as viewed in sectional FIG. 7, and brush locks rear (40) as viewed in sectional FIG. 8, and also by the bottom horizontal brush base. A removable lid (11) with front opening (17) and an open groove (18) to allow movement of golf club shafts. Tub has two rear support flanges (24) designed to fit a standard 4".times.4" post, over which the squared opening at rear of lid (11) also fits to cover tub. A rectangular lock plate (26) fits over rear of lid ( 11) and locks lid to post with two bolts (28) and two spring type cotter pins (30).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mop and in particular a mop head. The mop head is made from a rectangular piece of open cell sponge, a cylindrical core and a wringer assembly. A groove is cut along a longitudinal axis of the sponge while the external rectangular corners are also removed along the longitudinal axis to define a member with substantially five equal longitudinal surfaces. An adhesive is placed in the groove to join the cylindrical core with the open cell sponge. The wringer assembly has a strap which retains a roller which is attached to the cylindrical core to locate the roller at a fixed distance from the cylindrical core. A handle which is perpendicularly attached to the center of the cylindrical core has a tapered surface which provides a stop for the roller in the rest position.

Abstract: A toothbrush capable of permitting tips of fillings thereof to enter or reach areas such as recesses between teeth, boundaries between teeth and gingivae, and the like to effectively remove dental plaque and the like and exhibit a soft feeling sufficient to prevent damage to gingivae. The toothbrush includes fillings made of a synthetic filament material. The fillings are each formed at both tips thereof into a pointed tapered shape and tied up into a plurality of bundles. The pointed tapered tips of the fillings are each formed with a length of 4 to 8 mm and a non-tapered section of each of the fillings is formed with a maximum diameter of 0.16 to 0.20 mm. Filling setting holes of a filling setting base provided at distal end of a handle of the toothbrush so as to set the bundles of the fillings thereon are formed with a diameter of 1.5 to 2.0 mm and spaced from other holes at an interval of 1.0 to 1.2 mm in the longitudinal direction of the handle.

Abstract: A resealable paint tray assembly composed of a lid and tray formed as separate components and means for locking the lid to the tray to prevent skin forming on paint left for extended periods in the tray, the tray having a smooth uninterrupted inside and outside surface, the tray assembly having a brush rest section usable only when the tray assembly is open and in use.