Abstract: An article of footwear that includes a photoreactive composition capable of reversibly changing color when contacted with ultraviolet light is provided. The photoreactive composition is incorporated into a panel member that is secured to the article of footwear. For example, in one embodiment, a photoreactive composition, which is initially optically transparent, is contacted with ultraviolet light so that it changes to one or more visible colors (e.g., violet, blue, red, orange, yellow, etc.) during exposure, and then returns substantially to its original color in the absence of ultraviolet light. Likewise, in another embodiment, a photoreactive composition, which initially has one or more visible colors, is contacted with ultraviolet light so that it changes to one or more different visible colors.

Abstract: An excavation wand including a vacuum tube is disclosed herein. The vacuum tube includes a side wall defining at least one air relief opening adjacent a distal end of the vacuum tube. The excavation wand also includes at least one nozzle for directing excavation fluid through the air relief opening.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for drilling trenches in the ground, the apparatus comprising a main frame (10) having two vertical main faces (32, 32′), a drilling assembly (18) comprising a support disposed at the bottom of said frame, means (28, 30) for causing said drilling assembly to move in vertical translation relative to said main frame by applying a predetermined force to said drilling assembly relative to said main frame, and anchoring means for anchoring the main frame to the walls of said trench, said means being mounted on said main faces.

Abstract: A hydraulic fluid diverting arrangement for a utility vehicle provides additional pressurized hydraulic fluid supply to an installed backhoe attachment by diverting hydraulic fluid from the unused rockshaft or three-point hitch of the utility vehicle. A solenoid operated valve manifold is switch actuated by contact from the backhoe during installation of the backhoe to the utility vehicle and diverts hydraulic fluid flow from rockshaft hydraulic cylinders to backhoe hydraulic cylinders. The system increases the available horsepower to the backhoe by using hydraulic fluid otherwise dedicated to the idle rockshaft.

Abstract: A portable structure supports a subsurface imaging system and is moveable over a given imaging site. At least a first antenna of a plurality of antennae is oriented in a manner differing from an orientation of a second antenna of the plurality of antennae, such as the first antenna being orientated substantially orthogonal to the second antenna. The antennae may operate in a bi-static mode. Transmitter and receiver circuitry, coupled to the antennae, respectively generates electromagnetic probe signals and receives electromagnetic return signals resulting from the probe signals. A processor processes the received electromagnetic return signals. A display may be provided as part of the subsurface imaging system and/or as part of a processing system separate from the subsurface imaging system which processes the received electromagnetic return signals. The processor can generate two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional detection data using the received electromagnetic return signals.

Abstract: A rear-mounted implement mounting system includes semi-cylindrical seats open upwardly and mounted on a lower back portion of a utility vehicle chassis that receive bar members located on a facing lower part of the rear-mounted implement. The utility vehicle chassis further includes semi-cylindrical receivers open in a rearward direction and adjacent cylinder portions open laterally. The receivers guide cylindrical bosses, located on an upper portion of the rear-mounted implement, into alignment with the cylinder portions, when the rear-mounted implement is pivoted upwardly by extending the boom cylinder of the rear-mounted implement. Connecting pins can be slipped through the cylindrical bosses and cylinder portions to lock the rear-mounted implement to the utility vehicle chassis. An operator remaining in the vehicle cab or operator station can easily operate the mounting system.

Abstract: Disclosed is an iron, comprising an aluminum sole plate which is provided with a coating which is provided by means of a sol-gel process and wherein an intermediate layer is present between the aluminum sole plate and the sol-gel coating. The intermediate layer comprises a porous layer of aluminum oxide.

Abstract: Provided is an embroidery frame clip which can effectively prevent itself, without marring operability of fitting it to an embroidery frame, from slipping off the frame, when the tension of an embroidering cloth is increased as stitching goes on. The embroidery frame clip is designed to hold an embroidering cloth a in tension over a rectangular embroidery frame 1 by clipping the cloth a between a rail 2 formed on an upper surface of the embroidery frame circumferentially along the inner rim thereof and the clip fitted on the rail 2. The clip has a clip main body 6 to be fitted on the rail 2 and auxiliary members 7 attached to the clip main body 6, for preventing the clip main body 6 from deforming to open as stitching of the embroidering cloth goes on.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information carrier provided for mounting on a bottle and/or on a bottle case, particularly on the lateral surfaces of a bottle case,

Abstract: A pull-out index for physical file folders, books, boxes and the like is shown which includes a record device that has a surface for recording information about the contents of the folder, is slidably enclosed in a pocket formed by a holder that is attachable to the folder. The record device may be constructed to have a portion of tabs near the bottom edge. Stops placed at the top edge of the pocket cooperate with the tabs to prevent the record device from inadvertently being removed from the pocket while allowing the user access to the information recording surface.

Abstract: A unitary sign panel including a transparent, preferably phosphorescent, plastic sheet having opposed forward and rearward planar surface and grooves in the rearward planar surface of the sheet to form outlines of desired indicia viewable from the forward planar surface of the sheet. Additional grooves are provided in the rearward planar surface forming hatch patterns within the outlines of the selected indicia which are also viewable from the forward planar surface of the sheet. The additional grooves preferably have a depth less than a depth of the grooves. The unitary sign panel is free of materials at the forward and rearward surfaces of the sheet such that light is transferable through the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the forward and rearward planar surfaces of the sheet. The sheet has a thickness sufficient for viewing through the sheet in the direction perpendicular to the forward and rearward planar surfaces of the sheet so that a viewer can see objects on the other side of the sign panel.

Abstract: A combination cheering aid and cushion comprising a body with a front face, a back face, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The combination cheering aid and cushion has a handle that is formed by a recess in the body, which may also be a hole through the front and back face. The handle is in shape of the letter “D.” The body includes a saw-tooth corrugation along the top edge that contributes to the shape or outline of a fence. A slot opening along the bottom face defines a pocket, which is sized to receive a user's hand while the user waves the body during cheering use. The pocket may be sized to receive other objects. The body has insignia on the front face, which may include supportive expressions for use at sporting events, a team logo or color, or sponsor advertisements.

Abstract: The present invention features a selectively reversible message board. A first face of the message board displays one or more message cards, either preprinted, containing common messages such as “OUT OF GAS”, “FLAT TIRE”, etc., or hand written. The message board may be reversed and the second face is adapted to receive a hand written message. Reversible suction cups are retained in keyhole shaped openings so as to minimize damage to the suction cup tabs when they are reversed. A flashing signal lamp is reversibly mountable on either face of the message board and serves to call attention to the message board and the stopped vehicle. The inventive message board and accessories are provided in a kit contained in a reclosable bag. Storage inside the passenger compartments allows convenient configuration and deployment of the message board without need for any vehicle occupant to leave the vehicle.

Abstract: A baby identification system comprising a plurality of identification bracelets for attachment to a wrist and/or ankle of a baby and to the wrist and/or ankle of the mother of the baby, each of the identification bracelets including a pocket portion for receipt of an identification card for the baby, the pocket portion having a generally rectangular base, the base having a top side and a bottom side for placement against the ankle and wrist of the baby, a flap connected to the top side of the base for receiving and holding the identification card for the baby between the flap and the top side of the base, the flap being open at one end for receipt of the identification card, a common identification number imprinted on the top side of the base of each of the bracelets in the system, a flexible fastening strap connected to the pocket portion, the flexible fastening strap having a plurality of ratchet teeth thereon, and a hollow latch assembly for receiving and securing the flexible fastening strap around the wr

Abstract: A forearm handgrip for a rifle, comprising a pair of essentially identical semi-oval mating half-grip pieces adapted to mate together to form the grip. The half-grip pieces have an exterior shaped in a generally semi-oval lateral section having curved sides and adapted to fit a shooter' hand, and are formed of injection-molded high density polymer. At least the bottom, and preferably both, half-grip piece have an accessory mounting rail recessed in the area at the center of the piece such that the posts and guide channel of the rail are inside what would be the extended arc of the sides of the half grip piece. A cover plate is adapted for engagement with each rail to cover the rail when the rail is not in use, the cover plate being shaped to replicate the extended arc of the sides of the half grip up to a flat longitudinally extending rib running along the center of the cover plate. Ventilation holes may be located in a row in the accessory rail and in the cover plate.

Abstract: A firearm assembly including a fluid deflector adapted to be connected to a discharge end of a barrel of a firearm, the fluid deflector including a first passage for flow therethrough of a fluid and a second passage in fluid communication with and angled with respect to the first passage for flow therethrough of the fluid.

Abstract: A mount is used to mount an aiming device of the type for projecting a virtual image onto a target on a firearm such as a shotgun or a rifle. The firearm includes a back-sight or a rib and a front-sight at the free end of the barrel. The mount fixes the aiming device at the location provided for the front-sight.

Abstract: The three dimensional camouflage system allows the hunter to quickly update his/her existing camouflage clothing. By a simple attachment of the elastic band and a quick selection of the limb to be inserted, the hunter breaks up his/her silhouette. The hunter's choice of limb and foliage adapts their existing clothing to match their immediate surroundings allowing them to go undetected by the prey animal they are hunting.

Abstract: A fishing pole enhancement kit includes an elongated tube configured to be disposed through at least two fishing line guides and two captivating devices configured to be detachably connected to an end of the elongated tube.

Abstract: A fishing pole enhancement kit including a modified line guide, a reel cover and an elongated tube configured to be detachably connected to the modified line guide and to the reel cover.

Abstract: A spinner bait, including a head, a hook, a pair of legs, and two or more spinner blades extending from the pair of legs. The head of the spinner bait has a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end, a rearward end, and opposing sides. The head lies in a horizontal plane. The hook includes a shank, a curved portion, and a pointed end. The hook extends from the rearward end of the head. The legs each have a front end and a rearward end, and the front ends of the legs are connected to the front end of the head. The legs extend rearward over the top surface of the head and toward and around the hook. In so doing, the legs simulate the legs and/or body of a marine animal on which fish feed, and the legs also help conceal the hook and prevent its pointed end from getting snagged on objects under the surface of a body of water.

Abstract: A fish catching system includes a decapod-shaped fishing lure with a body and a tail having an aperture therethrough. The fish catching system further includes a hook securable to a fishing line. The hook passes through the aperture and engages the body of the lure such that the fishing line resides through the aperture. Alternatively, the fishing line passes through the aperture and secures to the hook, which then engages the body of the lure.

Abstract: A fishing jig body capable of housing a chemiluminescent cartridge includes a channel in a lateral side of the jig body which allows the cartridge to pressed into a central chamber but is shorter than the cartridge such that the process causes the cartridge to flex and activate the luminescent material within. The jig body is made of a specific size and weight so that it will sink into deep water against currents to a empirically determined depth without the need for adding additional weight to the line or tackle attached to the jig body. Optionally, the jig body may have provision for attaching additional weight without significantly altering the overall shape or appearance of the jig body. Optionally, additional channels may be disposed in the jig body to allow light to escape from the chemiluminescent cartridge through other points on the jig body thereby highlighting features of the body, outlining it, or creating the appearance of appendages or fins.

Abstract: A tube is constructed of a heavy duty flexible or rigid plastic or metal and designed for the sealed storage and on demand release of a liquid or dry fish, animal or reptile repellent. Said tube may be a specially fabricated device or a standard fire extinguisher or other common liquid, gas or particle dispenser which can be incorporated into a lifesaving device such as a life guard rescue flotation buoy. The tube's predator specific repellent, for example sodium lauryl sulfate which is a known shark repellent, may be discharged by the user in the event of an attack by the predator. The purpose is to expose the predator to an immediate high concentration of the appropriate repellent thereby diverting the predator from it's attack.

Abstract: A replenishable pest control apparatus includes a housing having at least one component, such as a surface or shelf, treated with a residual pesticide and at least one other component treated with or configured to contain, an attractant. Each of the components is configured to be replenished by re-treating the component with an appropriate attractant and/or pesticide, by refilling a reservoir, by replacing a depleted component with a pretreated component, or a combination thereof. The attractant is not required to be toxic, and may comprise any appropriate/desired attractant, such as a food source, an odor attractant, a visual attractant, an acoustic attractant, a pheromone, or a combination thereof. The pesticide may be any appropriate/desired pesticide for the type of pest to be controlled.

Abstract: Compounds which have a benzotriazole and a hindered amine moiety in the same molecule are typified by the formula A 1

Abstract: An apparatus, for example a stand, for supporting an object such as a house plant, with respect to a support post having a vertical axis. A container having a bottom surface which forms a receptacle is mateably engageable with a projection formed in a top surface of a drainage plate. The drainage plate is connected to an upper end portion of the support post, whereby the container is positioned with respect to the support post and aligned with the vertical axis. In one embodiment of this invention, the drainage plate is connected to an end portion of a mounting bracket, whereby the container is fixedly positioned with respect to a generally vertical surface.

Abstract: Packaging for long-stemmed flowers having little or no leaf comprises one or more holders for accommodating water, one or more display elements supported above said holder for displaying the flowers, which display elements have an upright wall with openings for allowing the stems of the flowers to pass through, and means for positioning the display elements such that the flower stems that extend through the said openings extend into the holders. One or more side walls are joined to the wall provided with openings, which side walls are at an angle to the wall provided with openings and bear on an essentially horizontal support component that bears on or forms part of a holder or bears on or forms part of a part fitted around the holder and increasing the stability, such as a container or an extender rack placed on top of a container. The support component can also consist of flanges which, in the uppermost part of a container or extender rack placed thereon, extend inwards from the wall thereof.

Abstract: The general ideas of my inventions are to cleanse our environment, as over the last 100 years we have destroyed it with pollutants from chemicals, and products to various hazards that have and will continue to destroy the ozone layer and our atmosphere. We can make this a cleaner environment and a healthier place to live.

Abstract: A plant packaging and covering system comprising a floral sleeve having a base portion and skirt portion. The sleeve may have an upper protective sleeve portion which can surround a plant disposed in a pot and which can be detached once the protective function of the sleeve has been completed thereby allowing the skirt portion to extend angularly from the base portion. The sleeve has a plurality of folds, some constricted by constriction elements, the folds comprising expansion elements for allowing portions of the base portion to expand, and portions of the skirt portion to extend angularly, when a pot is disposed within the sleeve.

Abstract: A seedling pot which uses a laminated sheet having a thermoplastic resin layer with waterproofing properties on at least one surface of a paper base material, and molded so that the inner surface is the thermoplastic resin layer is disclosed. The pot is designed so that the cross-sectional permeability of the paper base material is 100 mg/cm2 or less, and the product of the “load acting on the base/base circumference” and “leg height” is within the range of 3-25 g.

Abstract: A method of producing hydrogen by reforming a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol efficiently is disclosed together with an apparatus for implementing the method.

Abstract: A vehicular power window safety device by which the state of a foreign object being stuck is recognized only when the foreign object makes contact with a weather strip mounted on the upper portion of a door frame, deforming the weather strip, and preventing an excessive contact between the window glass and run channel from being misjudged as an object being jammed therebetween and thereby enabling to obtain an operational trustworthiness on the power window safety device. The device comprises a motor for generating the driving power for lifting and lowering a window glass; a weather strip mounted on an upper area of a door frame and inherently provided with a sensor of which electric resistance is changed by pressure provided by a foreign object stuck in between the weather strip and the window glass due to the lifting of the window glass; and a controller for controlling the motor in response to signals supplied from the sensor.

Abstract: A system and method for applying an animal access port to an inclined surface, such as an inclined cellar door. The system includes rail elements that are applied to the inclined surface on either side of an opening that has been cut through the inclined surface. The rail elements create tracks along the sides of the opening. A dormer structure is provided. The dormer structure has walls and a top surface that spans the walls to define an interior space within the dormer structure. However, the dormer structure has no bottom surface, and is thus open at its bottom. One of the walls of the dormer structure supports a door. The dormer surface can be placed in the tracks created by the rail elements. The tracks retain the dormer structure in place over the opening in the inclined surface. The dormer structure protects the opening in the inclined surface and provides access to the opening through the door in the wall of the dormer structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle door comprising an outer panel lined with an inner door panel having at least one opening therethrough, a rigid base door trim panel covered with a decorative covering, the rigid base door trim panel being fixed to the inner door panel and being disposed in front of the opening thereof, the rigid base door trim panel locally integrating a cup-shaped housing opened towards the decorative covering and covered thereby, and a window lift mechanism partially received within the cup-shaped housing and connected to the vehicle door, the window lift mechanism comprising a rotative drum for lifting or lowering the window. The rotative drum is rotatively fitted within the cup-shaped housing.

Abstract: A sealing device for a door, and in particular for a garage door, for sealing the door and frame to facilitate the exclusion of elements, such as, for example, draughts, wind, rain, snow, insects, and the like, with a first part or base provided for mounting to a supporting surface, and a second part constructed to attach to the first part, the second part carrying a sealing element.

Abstract: A stormwater overflow downpipe (10) has a pipe (14, 16) for directing stormwater from a roof gutter (18) to an underground stormwater drain pipe (20), and has stormwater egress means or apertures (22) formed in the pipe for allowing stormwater rising up within the pipe to exit the downpipe (10) therethrough. Particularly, the plurality of apertures (22) are formed through at least one wall (21) of the pipe.

Abstract: A portable decontamination system includes a preassembled shelter, convertible between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and a fluid delivery system integral with the shelter. In the stowed configuration the shelter encloses a negligible volume. In the deployed configuration the shelter comprises a plurality of side walls, a plurality of end walls, and a roof. The walls and the roof define a central space. The fluid delivery system is configured to convey decontamination fluid into the shelter and to distribute decontamination fluid throughout at least a portion of the central space.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing backing in walls which include a first, second and third upright U-shaped stud. A first backing member has a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The first backing member is disposed between the first and second studs. A second backing member has a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The second backing member is disposed between said second and third studs. A hinge is operatively attached to the first side of the first and second backing members for permitting the second backing member to pivot with respect the first backing member between a first position wherein the first side of each of the first and second backing members are substantially in the same plane and a second position whereby the first and second backing members are not in the same plane. This permits the first backing member to be placed between a first and second adjacent vertical stud.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for repairing nail pops in a wallboard is disclosed. The apparatus can be placed In a first state in which it acts as a cutting tool and can be used to cut a bore hole into a wallboard to separate a popped nail from the wallboard. The apparatus can also be placed in a second state in which it acts as a driving or impact tool and can be used to drive the popped nail which has been separated from the wallboard, into a framing support. The apparatus may be comprised of first and connecting members and a cutting member. The driving member may have an elongated core and may be connected by the connecting member to the cutting member. The driving member may be able to slide with respect to the connecting member to allow the apparatus to change from the first state to the second state.

Abstract: An emergency stairwell for a building having multiple floors comprising: at least one landing associated with each the floor, each landing increasing in width in at least one horizontal direction from an uppermost landing of an upper floor to a lowermost landing of a lower floor; and at least one set of stairs extending between adjacent pairs of landings.

Abstract: An elongate wall stud has a slot in upper end portions for use in a wall structure having a plurality of such studs extending between a floor and a ceiling support beam. In wall construction, pins connect said upper end portions of the studs to a support beam on the ceiling, the support beam having a base, a pair of side flanges depending from the base for receiving therebetween said stud upper end portions, said studs slots receiving the pins and allowing relative vertical movement between the support beam and the studs. Said pins include hollow and solid rivets and screws. A head on the rivet inside the slotted stud larger than the slot width prevents the rivet from passing out of the stud through the slot while loosely tying the stud to the channel and allowing longitudinal movement of the stud in the channel.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide deck protection systems for use with a deck structure, including planks and support structures. One embodiment provides a body having a deep end, shallow end, a trough section, and opposing side edges. The opposing side edges support the deck protection system between two parallel support structures, and water falling between the planks is captured by the trough and flows from the shallow region to the deep region to an exit located in the deep region. The water passes through the exit and a spout, preventing water from touching the supporting structures and preventing water from falling directly below the deck.

Abstract: The invention provides a resiliently deformable construction element covering (10) which permits a structure constructed using said covering to deform in sympathy with weather and other natural forces and to recover to substantially to its original state. The covering (10) includes a resiliently deformable film (12) having at least a portion (46) extending beyond the surface of the construction element (40) onto which the film is to be applied thereby to a define a flap (46) which overlaps onto an adjacent construction element, and an adhesive (16) for applying the film (12) to the construction element. The covering (10) also includes a coating composition or system (22) capable of being applied to the film and of dissipating, most of any decorative damage over an area around a stressed area of the film which is causing the decorative damage thereby to form individual cracks in the coating composition that are substantially invisible to the naked eye.

Abstract: A building-structure seal ensures water-tight sealing of joints or other building-structure regions which are susceptible to moisture. A strip-like intermediate layer is disposed on or between floors, ceilings and walls. The intermediate layer is constructed as a sealing profile with at least one profiled surface having positive profile portions and negative profile portions.

Abstract: A modular prefabricated deck system which includes a plurality of rectangular flooring modules. Each module may include a plurality of laminations, such as a decorative upper element, and a lower support element for supporting the module upon the underlying joist structure of the deck. Additionally, each module may include interlocking structure for engaging adjacent modules upon installation.

Abstract: A sheathing adapted to be fastened to at least one wall supporting structure comprises at least two layers. The first layer comprises a polymeric foam layer. The second layer comprises a polymeric scrim and is located adjacent to the first layer. The second layer reinforces its periphery so as to inhibit the failure of the scrim. The reinforced periphery may include a selvage tuck or a folded-edge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disengageable interconnecting flooring system for use in forming a temporary or permanent flooring surface on top of a support structure from individual flooring panels. The system includes two or more flooring panels comprising a top wear surface and a bottom surface for contact with the support structure. The panels have at least three edges and all edges have recesses formed therein. The system further comprises a connector having a base and a projection extending vertically from the base. The projection extending from the base is shaped to be received in a disengageable vertical connected fashion into the recesses of the panels. Preferably, the connector is comprised of a base having a projection extending the entire length thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the connector and panels further comprise means for connecting the panels in a disengageable horizontal fashion.

Abstract: A wall block comprises an upper surface spaced apart from a substantially parallel lower surface, opposed first and second faces, and opposed side surfaces converging between respective ends of the first and second faces. Blocks in a wall may be stacked on top of each other in either a vertical, set forward or set backward relationship. The length of a block face may be a multiple of its height, and the blocks otherwise are formed such that blocks may be stacked with the top surface of one block in abutment with a bottom surface of a vertically adjacent block or, optionally, with the top or bottom surface of one block in abutment with a side surface of a vertically adjacent block. The blocks may be manufactured in different sizes, such that their faces are of different lengths and heights, thereby enabling the construction of walls or fences of highly variable appearances.

Abstract: A system support assembly comprises a pair of substantially parallel footer forms, insulated concrete forms, footer form base saddles, a poly form saddle assembly and first and second vertical stabilizers. The footer form base saddle may be generally u-shaped and is driven into the ground forming two substantially parallel areas. Each footer form is placed within the row formed by the footer form base saddles such that a cavity is defined therebetween which will ultimately form the footer of the foundation. The poly form saddle assembly comprises a poly form saddle and fasteners. The poly form saddle may also be generally u-shaped and is placed over both footer forms, thus straddling the same. The poly form saddle may then be secured with corresponding fasteners. The insulated concrete forms are placed side by side and are stacked upward, such that a wall is formed. A first poly form vertical stabilizer is placed over the wall and operatively connected to the footer form base saddle.