Abstract: The present invention provides a protection device of a personal digital assistant (PDA). The protection device comprises a protection shell and a protection cover body. The protection shell has a receiving space therein to receive a PDA. The protection shell has a window at the front side thereof so that an electronic panel of a PDA can be exposed through the window. One end of the protection shell forms an opening so that a PDA can be conveniently placed into the receiving space. One end of the protection cover body is pivotally connected to the protection shell so that the protection cover body can cover on the window or be unfolded. A protection device of a PDA is thus formed. The present invention can effectively prevent the electronic panel of a PDA from abrasion and breakage and facilitate the use and keeping of a PDA.

Abstract: A semi-cylindrical bucket and tool holder includes a molded plastic bucket enclosed and supported by a canvas bag having adjustable bottom straps and a top hook for attachment to the rung of a ladder.

Abstract: A carrier (10) for carrying a roll of metal plate includes a frame (20), a support plate (40), a shield (60), and a flexible cushion (80). The frame includes a base (22) and a beam (24). The support plate is attached to the base and has an arcuate outer surface, for providing maximum contact area between the carrier and a center hole of the roll. The shield is attached to the beam, for preventing a side of the roll from being damaged by the beam. The cushion is attached to the support plate, for preventing surface damage to the roll. A plurality of ribs (44) is welded to the base, for reinforcing the support plate.

Abstract: The SMIF pod includes a base having a cassette that may receive one or more wafers in preparation for transferring the wafers. The base includes a plurality of first openings formed on the side surfaces for a latch mechanism. The base includes a window formed on a surface of the base for an operator to read the state of the container. A box having second openings one to one corresponding to said first openings for the latch mechanism with latch member to penetrate through them while in the lock state. An indicator presents a first mark for indicating the locked state at the window or presents a second mark at the window for indicating the unlocked state.

Abstract: An embossed carrier tape used for carrying electronic devices, includes a plurality of pockets in which the electronic devices are held. Each of the pockets includes a plurality of inner side surfaces which are separated by ridge lines. Each of the pockets is shaped so that corners of the electronic device are not in contact with the ridge lines thereof.

Abstract: A vibration damping bushing including an elastic body of generally cylindrical shape formed of an elastic material and having a bore through which there is inserted a shaft member whose vibration is to be damped, and an outer mounting surface which extends in an axial direction of the elastic body and at which the elastic body is fixed to a mounting bracket, wherein a plurality of engaging jaws are formed integrally with the elastic body, on respective peripheral portions of the outer flat mounting surface of the elastic body, such that the engaging jaws extend from the mounting surface and are elastically engageable with respective engaging portions of the mounting bracket, so that the elastic body is fixed to the mounting bracket.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of improving the separation of mineral values from their associated gangue. The method itself involves the addition of an effective amount of a treatment reagent to the froth flotation process which enhances the ore recovery. The treatment reagents of the method of the present invention comprise water-soluble organophosphonates which when added to the flotation feed slurry enhance the recovery of ore values thertefrom. The organophosphonate treatment reagent may be used alone or in combination with a polymeric dispersant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flotation cell line, wherein there are installed, in order to treat the flotatable material, several flotation cells so that the flotatable material can be set to flow through the flotation cell line. According to the invention, the flotation cells (, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) that are arranged successively in the flowing direction (22, 52) of the flotatable material, are at least partly installed in parallel with respect to each other.

Abstract: A method and device whereby green tire components are on-line controlled as to quality, dimensions and structure by means of electric resistance measurements.

Abstract: Two data streams which are not related real-time are operated on so that the input stream can be processed real-time vis-a-vis the output stream. Both streams are clocked by the same encoder and a random tracking signal is imposed on both the input and output data streams. A reject signal on the input stream can accordingly be placed at the correct location on the output stream.

Abstract: A method and system for packaging batches of elongate, non-symmetrical products that are soft and/or flexible in nature, such as fish, in which the products are arranged in mutually reversed orientations for maximized utilization of package space. The products are weighed for determining their individual weights and a computerized control is used to selectively accumulate the products on the basis of product weight and other predetermined criteria, to merge the products into groups, and to automatically deposit the products into boxes with a mutual reversed orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter device for microfiltration of oil, in particular for use in engines, automatic transmissions and hydraulic applications. The filter device comprises a tubular microfilter cartridge through which medium can flow in the transverse direction and which has open ends. This filter cartridge is accommodated in a filter chamber which is enclosed by a filter housing and is accommodated between two end closure elements, between which the filter cartridge is clamped under prestress. On their surface facing towards the filter cartridge the end closure elements are provided with at least one rib which extends in the transverse circumferential direction of the filter cartridge. The holding means comprise a spring which acts with prestress on one of the end closure elements, in such a manner that his closure element follows the end wall which it adjoins in the event of longitudinal expansion and also in the event of longitudinal contraction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silo for sludge, especially sewage sludge, comprising a sludge-receiving part (12), a feeding part (16), said feeding part being located above the sludge-receiving part (12) and communicating with said sludge-receiving part (12) via a inlet (14), and a sludge-discharge device. Said sludge-discharge device is located in the lower area of the sludge-receiving part, and can preferably be connected to a pipeline system. According to the invention, a separator device (18) for removing foreign bodies is located in the area of the feeding part (16) so that the sludge which is temporarily stored in the silo can easily be used later on. Said separating device for removing foreign bodies (18) has a sieve grate (20) covering the inlet (14) and at least one counter-surface (22) positioned above said sieve-grate (20). Said sieve-grate and said counter-surface are able to move in relation to each other as sludge pushes through the sieve openings of said sieve-grate.

Abstract: A food waste disposal system having a separator for separating food waste solids from liquids. The separator includes a housing having a screw conveyor surrounded by a screen. The solids are introduced into the screen and conveyed by the screw conveyor toward the opposite end. The solids are compacted by the conveyor against a spring loaded member that adjustably blocks passage of the waste to an exit chute.

Abstract: A pot having a lid for cooking and draining food includes a lid (2) having an outer convex top (20), with a central knob (21), which is dome-shaped and perforated by a plurality of through apertures (25,26) in one sector thereof, extending within one half of the top (20). The lid (2) further includes an edge (22) and a leaning swell (23) for leaning onto an upper brim (10) of the pot (1), which extends with a cylindrical band (24) for the reciprocal sliding coupling of the lid (2) with a mouth (11) of the pot (1), the cylindrical band (24) having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the mouth (11) so as to accomplish a substantially airtight coupling when one is inserted into the other. The lid (2) is provided with releasable engagement means for the fast locking of the lid (2) on the pot (1) at the cylindrical band (24) of the lid (2) and in the mouth (11).

Abstract: The present invention provides for a dual-layer inorganic microporous membrane capable of molecular sieving, and methods for production of the membranes. The inorganic microporous supported membrane includes a porous substrate which supports a first inorganic porous membrane having an average pore size of less than about 25 Å and a second inorganic porous membrane coating the first inorganic membrane having an average pore size of less than about 6 Å. The dual-layered membrane is produced by contacting the porous substrate with a surfactant-template polymeric sol, resulting in a surfactant sol coated membrane support. The surfactant sol coated membrane support is dried, producing a surfactant-templated polymer-coated substrate which is calcined to produce an intermediate layer surfactant-templated membrane.

Abstract: High quality reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and ultrafiltration membranes are produced by a high speed process wherein the membranes which have excellent rejection characteristics coupled with high flux capabilities. The process employs tandem coating techniques to coat a microporous substrate with a thin membrane on the order of 25 Å to 1.0 microns. The tandem coating process comprises tandem offset gravure and subsequent slot die coating applicators, or alternatively comprises tandem slot die coating applicators. For reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes, a wet-on-wet coating process is used to coat a porous substrate first with an aqueous solution, and then with an organic solution to produce a cross-linked, interfacially polymerized composite membrane. Single slot coating applicators are utilized to produce ultrafiltration membranes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sludge collector for use with a circular clarifier. The circular clarifier includes a tank that has a bottom and a wall that extends upwardly from the bottom of the tank. The tank is configured to contain a solution and allow sludge to settle from the solution to the bottom of the tank. The sludge collector includes a withdrawal manifold, a scraper assembly, and an entrapment plate. The withdrawal manifold is located at the bottom of the tank. The scraper assembly extends from the withdrawal manifold toward the wall of the tank and moves the settled sludge toward the withdrawal manifold. The entrapment plate extends between the withdrawal manifold and the scraper assembly to trap sludge between the withdrawal manifold and the scraper assembly and funnels the trapped sludge into the withdrawal manifold.

Abstract: A transportable rack comprising a first A-frame upright attached to a first base member, a rolling device rotatably attached to the first base member, and a second A-frame upright attached to a second base member. The transportable rack further includes a central support member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion attached to the first base member, the second end portion attached to the second base member. In addition, a retractable beam member is slidably disposed within the central support member, the retractable beam member having a lift receiving device.

Abstract: A vertical ceramic wafer boat for supporting a silicon wafer having a predetermined radius “R”. The wafer boat comprises a base portion and a column rack, which extends generally vertically upwards from the base portion. The column rack includes a pair of vertical column rack supports extending generally vertically upwards from the base portion. The column rack also includes a plurality of wafer supports having a generally Y shaped cross section. The wafer supports extend substantially horizontally from the column rack supports to define a plurality of slots within the column rack sized to receive the wafer.

Abstract: A device suitable for dispensing a plurality of like articles therefrom, the device characterized as having a plurality of columns for storing and dispensing the articles, each column having a front opening for dispensing the articles and a bottom side for holding the articles, each column having resilient spring means for biasing the articles towards the front opening of the column, the improvement being a tilt ramp attached to the front opening, wherein the ramp is at a decreased angle.

Abstract: A storage rack for storing a back pack type leaf blower onto a trailer or other type carriers for storage and transport of the back pack leaf blower when not in use. The storage rack includes a base to which a pair of equal length support rods are secured for securing the back pack leaf blower and which includes a greater length rod to which the rigid tubular air exhaust is to be secured. The rack is secured to an appropriate carrier such as a trailer frame or truck body.

Abstract: A wrench suspension rack assembly has a suspension base including two spaced protrusions on a side thereof and a wrench support rack for holding a plurality of tools. The wrench support rack includes a first side and a second side. Two spaced through-holes extend from the first side to the second side of the wrench support rack. The protrusions of the suspension base are respectively extended through the through-holes to thereby allow removable attachment of the wrench support rack to the suspension base.

Abstract: A support for casks includes a base structure having (a) stanchions which can be disassembled or folded down, (b) complementary intermediate stanchions which can be disassembled or folded down, and (c) pivots or housings for forming mortised connections to the free ends of the stanchions or intermediate stanchions of subjacent supports. The pivots or housings are out of alignment with respect to the stanchions and intermediate stanchions, such that the supports and casks supported thereon are arranged in staggered, parallel rows when stacked. The support can also include a plurality of freely rotating wheels such that the casks seated thereon can be rotated on their axes.

Abstract: A merchandising display supported upon a vertically extending surface. The display includes a substantially horizontally extending and rigid support having a first end and a second end, the first end engaging with the vertically extending surface. A substantially vertically extending display is attached to the second end of the rigid support and exhibits a substantially thin and flattened construction provides the display with flexibility both with respect to its own cross section and relative the rigid support. Pluralities of apertures are formed through the display and between first and second faces thereof. The pluralities of apertures further defining individual pairs of apertures extending lengthwise along the flexible display, the pairs of apertures are segregated into selected first and second closely spaced pairs.

Abstract: Shelves made of modular shelves that are composed of four modular panels joined together by fastening means such as screws and bolts and nuts; many variations of the modular panels that form many variations of modular shelves which form many variations of the shelves; back panels and/or momentum blocks optionally providing means to the shelves to resist lateral forces.

Abstract: An load moment indicator, in a crane provided with hoist means of a main side and an auxiliary side, including a calculator in which a reference value if a rated load determined by the stability of a crane or the like is preset, a hoist load of the other side is converted into a load component of its own side, and the converted value is subtracted from a reference value of its own side to thereby obtain a rated load of own side, or in which a tolerant load that can be suspended by the other side is converted into a load component of its own side on the basis of a base of a reference value of the other side, and the converted value is compared with the reference value of its own side to select a lower value. Thereby, it is possible to make the most of the suspending ability of the main side and the auxiliary side and for an operator to grasp clearly a tolerance of the hoist load.

Abstract: The neck of a container has a smooth seal surface engaged by the inner skirt or plug of a cap. Such surface is free of trim and parting line flaws which are characteristic of blow-molded jars because the surface is formed in such a way that the seal surface is not in contact with mold parting lines and further the trim (excess plastic) of the neck is located away from the sealing surface. In one form of the disclosure, above the sealing surface the neck wall slants outward and then bends upward-inward in a short, tapered stretch about 18 degree to the horizontal which engages the underside of the cap disk to compress against the disk or a liner or foil. Other forms of seal surfaces are disclosed In another form of the invention, above the seal surface the neck extends outward and then upward and then inward in a flange which is trimmed along a line which has a circumference no less than the circumference of the seal surface.

Abstract: There are various ways to latch a closure onto a container. It has been found that for blowmolded containers that the support flange for the bottle preform can later be used as a part of the latch mechanism to secure a closure onto the container. Preforms have a support flange by which the preform is handled prior to being placed into the mold and in the mold. Prior to being placed in the mole, the preform is heated to about 85° C. to about 200° C. During this time and in the mold, it will be supported by the support flange. This support flange is used after the container is blown and filled as one part of the latching mechanism of the closure. The closure will have a portion that is an interference fit with the support flange of the bottle to thereby secure the closure to the bottle.

Abstract: A bottle plug having a body, a plug and an elastomer member. The body defines a space having an inner circumference that forms a retracted surface that projects inwardly with respect to an axis of the body to define an expansion portion. The plug includes a leg adapted to engage the retracted surface of the body. The elastomer member is configured to receive the combination of the body and plug and further includes an outer circumference which is arranged to be received by a bottle neck. Insertion of the plug into the expansion portion urges the outer circumference of the elastomer member to expand radially to thereby seal the inner circumference of the bottle neck.

Abstract: A blow molded plastic container including a neck finish, a shoulder portion, a sidewall, and a base integrally formed with one another. Two indentations in the sidewall create a handgrip and a web extends generally across the interior of the container between the two indentations. A plurality of generally downwardly extending support feet include short feet and long feet. Separating the support feet are a plurality of first and second strap formations. Support surface contact points of the long feet are in a planar relationship with respect to one another, thereby providing the container with stability when empty. After filling, capping and pressurizing, the support surface contact points of the short feet and the support surface contact points of the long feet are all in a planar relationship with respect to one another, thereby providing the container with stability when filled.

Abstract: A vacuum-insulated beverage container has a body and a vacuum-insulated liner enclosed by the body. Seals between the body and the liner prevent all types of leaks of the beverage held in the liner. A handle is attached to the container using a method that permits the handle to be removably attached with only a single removable fastener. Nesting drinking cups are provided that removably attach to the container and to one another. The drinking cups can be separated from one another by directly pulling the cups apart or by rotating one cup relative to another.

Abstract: Adjacent a side wall of a casing, a strap supporting post 49a is formed integrally with and extends form the inner surface of the top panel 41a of the upper casing half 41. The strap supporting post 49a has a screw bore 51 extending from the end face of the projecting end thereof and therethrough deep into the top panel 41a. A reentrant cavity 56 is formed in one side wall of the casing such that the post 49a is positioned generally in the center of the cavity. A metal-made screw 54 is passed through a through-bore in the lower casing half 42 and threaded into the screw bore to fasten the upper casing half 41 and the lower casing half 42 together. A strap is hooked on the post 49a by being inserted into the cavity from one side of the post 49a to wrap around the post and then being pulled out of the cavity from the opposite side of the post.

Abstract: The invention concern the field of storage, transport, recovery and recycling of bottles or packs (2) made of plastic or other material. It provides the possibility of using the content of bottles or packs (2) at will, using the pouring spout (6) and the cap (3) mounted on the tops (1) which are screwed on, clipped on or fixed by other means, and on the standard seals (5) in any material, fixed on the top of bottles or packs before the tops or seals are definitively removed for stacking the bottles or packs (2). The inventive design aims at facilitating the stacking of bottles or packs to reduce storage space and for transport for refill in a reduced space, and, ultimately to facilitate collection for recycling or transformation into raw material. The inventive concept uses for transport supports (10) designed to receive the bases of the bottles or packs (2), the top of the stack receiving plates with the impression of the caps (3) to protect them during transportation of the filled bottles or packs (2).

Abstract: An improvement in the design of gumball dispensing mechanisms is described, and, more specifically, resides in the size and shape of the gumball dispensing openings formed through the dispensing wheel. In one embodiment, the openings are generally arcuate shaped, and in another embodiment they are generally “peanut” shaped. In either case, the openings are designed to dispense two large gumballs, relatively jam-free, for each use of the gumball machine by a customer.

Abstract: Dispensable sheet material includes opposite side edges spaced apart from one another to define the overall width of the sheet material. Zones of weakness are spaced along the sheet material. Adjacent zones of weakness are spaced apart by a distance of from about 50% to about 200% of the overall width of the sheet material to divide the sheet material into a plurality of sheet material segments. Each of the zones of weakness comprises a plurality of perforations and frangible sheet material portions. Each of the frangible sheet material portions has a width of from about 0.3 mm to about 1.8 mm. The total width of the frangible sheet portions in each zone of weakness is from about 10% to about 30% of the overall width of the sheet material. The sheet material has an elasticity in the dispensing direction of from about 4% to about 20%. The sheet material has a dry tensile strength in the dispensing direction of from about 4,000 grams per 3 inches of width to about 12,000 grams per 3 inches of width.

Abstract: A machine and method for vending products perform the operational steps of storing a multiplicity of products in a plurality of vertical columns thereof that are organized in a circular row wherein the products in each vertical column are disposed one above another and can feed downward due to the influence of the force of gravity, incrementally rotating the plurality of vertical columns of products simultaneously about a circular path wherein lowermost ones of the products in the vertical columns thereof one at a time per revolution advance and cross over an inlet opening to a dispensing path, and dispensing the lowermost ones of the products of the vertical columns thereof through the inlet opening by use of a separation fixture that prevents products from dropping directly into the inlet opening from the vertical columns when aligned above the inlet opening while letting products drop into a lowermost circular row thereof located below the columns and from the lowermost circular row one at a time through t

Abstract: An intelligent fountain dispenser performs automated control and systems diagnostics in real time. The intelligent fountain dispenser includes a controller in electrical communication with a syrup valve, a water valve, a carbonator valve, a water level sensor, a flowmeter, and an input panel. The intelligent fountain dispenser also includes a dispenser housing and a carbonator tank. Water and carbon dioxide mix in the carbonator tank to produce carbonated water. The carbonator valve supplies water to the carbonator tank in accordance with instructions received from the controller. The controller also instructs the syrup valve and the water valve in the supply of syrup and carbonated water, respectively, to the dispenser housing. The controller provides the instructions to the valves based on information received from the water level sensor, flowmeter, and input panel. The controller performs systems diagnostics by monitoring the voltage drop across current-sensing resistors associated with each of the valves.

Abstract: A pourer spout for a composite package of the carton brick type, arranged to be located level with the opening zone of the latter. The pourer spout comprises a base (2) fixed onto the container around the opening zone, and an articulated cover (4), able to reclose the container after opening. A perforating piece (6) is mounted pivotally on the base (2), facing the opening zone, in order to be moved between an initial position in which it is situated entirely outside the container to a final position in which it is situated substantially inside the container. A striker (8) is mounted pivotally on the base (2) in order to push the perforating piece (6) towards the inside of the container while perforating the wall of the latter and to more or less take the initial position of the perforating piece (6), the striker (8) in this last position acting as pourer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved dental compositions and methods for bleaching teeth. More specifically, this invention is directed towards hydrogen peroxide-containing compounds that are maintained at a substantially constant pH range of 6.0-10.0 during the tooth-bleaching procedure in the presence of a calcium chelating agent.

Abstract: An aerosol for dispensing a liquid, in particular in the form of a foam, at least including a liquid container and a dispensing assembly which is coupled thereto. The dispensing assembly includes a liquid pump and an actuating head, the actuating head having a closed, circumferential protective cap. The aerosol furthermore includes a circumferential recess, into which the protective cap can move, which recess includes a closed inner wall, an outer wall and a base, and one or more outlet openings are present in the vicinity of the base of the recess, wherein the shape of the recess is such that the inner wall, on the side which is remote from the base, is at a radial distance p from the protective cap, which distance p is greater than the usual clearance distance of the protective cap with respect to the inner wall.

Abstract: An emulsion-dispensing structure includes a housing, a collar cap, an engagement cap, a plunger, and a plastic spring. The plunger is provided with an outer threaded portion and is fitted into a connect stem such that the outer threaded portion is engaged with an inner threaded portion of the connect stem. The dispensing structure is ready to dispense the emulsion from a container at such time when the plunger juts out of the connect stem.

Abstract: A device for dispensing fluid including a pressure-operated reservoir and a dose-metering head communicating with the reservoir to permit at least partial flow of the fluid to at least one outlet opening, the head including a fixed body and a membrane which, when at rest, comes into surface contact with at least a part of the fixed body on which the membrane is tightly mounted, the outlet opening being provided on an external element, wherein tightening of the membrane, during pressure operation of the reservoir, permits a flow from the reservoir via a peripheral space delimited by the membrane and by the part of the fixed body and which forms a passage for the fluid to the outlet opening, and, in the absence of pressure on the reservoir, to permit the membrane to occupy an equilibrium position in which the membrane is in surface contact with the part of the fixed body, by the intermediary of a thin film of fluid, essentially closing off the passage for the fluid, which essentially tightens the communication

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container and a coupler adapted to receive and connect with the container. The coupler comprises a body that defines an internal passage adapted to deliver fluid to an interior space of the container, and a supply passage that is in fluid communication with the internal passage such that fluid can be delivered to the internal passage through the supply passage, and a locking member that is adapted to engage a locking groove of the container so as to securely hold the container in place within the coupler.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying spray texture to a wall, ceiling or the like. The apparatus comprises an aerosol can containing pressurized spray texture material. The spray texture material is released from the can by a valve and passes along a fluid path, out of an outlet orifice, and on to a surface to be textured. The apparatus further comprises an outlet means capable of varying the effective cross-sectional area the outlet orifice.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing solenoid valve includes a plunger tube that forms an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. A plunger that forms a fluid chamber is slidably disposed within the plunger tube. The plunger is movable between a fluid fill configuration, wherein the fluid chamber communicates with the inlet orifice to allow the fluid chamber to be filled and a fluid dump configuration, wherein the fluid chamber communicates with the outlet orifice to allow the fluid chamber to be emptied. The fluid dispensing solenoid valve is used to dispense a very accurate quantity of fluid in very controllable manner.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a fluid, said dispenser comprising: a reservoir (3) containing said fluid and provided with at least one actuating wall (10) on which pressure is exerted to reduce the volume of the reservoir, said reservoir being provided with resilient means (4) suitable for increasing the volume of the reservoir; a dispensing orifice (50) via which the fluid is dispensed as a mixture with a gas, so as to generate a two-phase spray; and a removable closure element (12) for closing the dispensing orifice (50), thereby isolating the reservoir from the outside; said dispenser being characterized in that the resilient means are stressed so that the reservoir defines a minimum volume so long as the closure element (12) closes off the dispensing orifice.

Abstract: A support hose applicator and method for applying and removing elastic tubular material from a limb of a patient comprises a resiliently expandable support ring having rotatable sidewalls, and a mandrel with elongated sidewalls on which the support ring fits. The hose or tubular material is applied to a patient by first pulling an open end of the hose over the mandrel. The support ring is then placed over the hose and mandrel. The hose is then rolled onto the support ring as the support ring is rolled along the mandrel. The hose is applied to a patient by rolling the support ring along the limb of the patient while holding a free end of the hose in place. The support ring comprises a plurality of ring segments rotatably mounted on a resiliently expandable band that is expandable to make the ring larger.

Abstract: A combination backpack and cooler for transporting consumables on the back of a user. The combination backpack and cooler includes a main body portion having a front panel, a back panel, a pair of side panels, a top panel and a bottom panel. One of the side panels has an aperture extending therethrough. Each of a pair of straps has a first end coupled the top and a second end coupled the bottom. A container is located in the main body. The container has a spout fluidly coupled thereto and positioned for extending through the aperture in the main body. A cover member is adapted for frictionally engaging an edge of an opening of the spout for closing the spout.

Abstract: A convertible bag has a front panel peripherally engaging a rear panel. The front panel defines an harness pouch encompassing an upper portion of the front panel. A flap 60 may be positioned over the harness pouch closing it with a zipper 70. The flap 60 alternately is positionable to one side of the front panel 30 to expose a carry harness 80. The lower portion of the elongated bag 13 is adapted for folded placement exteriorly to the rear panel in positional opposition to the harness pouch. In this position the flap covers the folded lower portion 13 and the zipper 70 joins the flap 60 over the rear panel 30 thereby forming a back pack for carrying the elongated bag and other items as desired.