Abstract: A merchandise display stand has a plurality of shelves which are continuously adjustably movable to any desired elevation in corresponding display portions. The shelves, when not in use, are held in a common storage position at an upper region of the stand.

Abstract: A form having a tapered enclosure with open end, the top being larger than the bottom having handles, or handholes, on each side. The enclosure is placed into a plastic trash bag with the top lapped over the upper lip, leaving the handles exposed. A bottom pan having a strap retained across the underside is nested into the bag covered enclosure forming a structured base and the straps is attached to the handles, or holes, with integral hooks. Trash is placed inside the assembly and compressed manually against the sides of the enclosure and the base. A lid is placed on the top of the assembly for storage and transportation and the bag is removed by disconnecting the straps along with the pan, slipping the enclosure upward out of the bag. As the enclosure is tapered inversely, the compacted trash remains inside the bag sliding easily from the form.

Abstract: A portable charcoal grill includes a bowl and a tripod leg arrangement with an ash catcher supported by the legs. The ash catcher includes a pan that is wedged into the leg structure and is held in the wedged position by spring clips carried by the legs and having arms engaging the bottom of the pan.

Abstract: An X-ray film cassette holder for use in X-raying injuries to large animals in the field, especially race horses, and especially adapted to knee and ankle X-ray procedures.

Abstract: A foldable dolly in which the arms are rotatably mounted to the frame preferably by means of interengaging sleeves formed with opposed ramps and opposed shoulders and positioned in relatively vertical alignment such that the ramps and shoulders of the first sleeve mate with the ramps and shoulders of the second sleeve. The sleeves are thereby found to permit rotation of the arms between a folded, collapsed position and an extended deployed position, while at the same time providing enhanced rigidity and stability of the arms at the extended, deployed position.

Abstract: A collapsible table is formed of a base 10, a lid 14, a foldable planar member 20 and two rectangular box-like structures 22 and 24. The member 20 and structures 22 and 24 can be collapsed and folded to fit into a closed box formed of the base 10 and the lid 14.

Abstract: A free-standing combination rotisserie and shish kebab accessory is provided which includes a three-walled box having a pair of wire frame members such that the two end walls fold flat for storage when the side wall is removed. A motor driven spit can be adpated for use as either a rotisserie or a shish kebab dependent on the use of meat supporting holders or skewer supporting wire wheels.

Abstract: A tripod supported platform has mounted thereon a plurality of arms, each being extensible against the force of a tension spring. The distal ends of the arms are releasably engageable with the rim of a pail or like container for holding the pail on the platform. The arms are removable and the depending brackets adjacent one end of a paint tray may be hooked under the edges of the platform with the other end of the tray overhanging the platform. A retainer is attachable slidably to the platform to permit seating of the tray on the platform and then slidable against the one end of the tray to force the brackets under the platform and securely support the tray on the platform, and to provide for securing different length trays on the platform. One of the tripod legs is pivotable under the platform for storage.

Abstract: A display assembly for holding articles of merchandise therein includes a display tray attached to a collapsible support stand by means of a sling affixed to the back of the tray. The sling is slidable over the upper portion of the support stand to maintain the tray in a vertically inclined position.

Abstract: A traffic barricade is constructed from a foldable material such as cardboard impregnated with a waterproofing material or double-faced corrugated plastic or cardboard impregnated with a waterprooofing material. First and second flat sheet portions of such material are provided, each having a pair of scorelines, the first of which defines a border of a vertical area and the second of which forms a border of a horizontal area when the barricade is erected. The flat sheet portions each have a sloping surface between the scorelines when the barricade is erected. The vertical areas of the two flat sheet portions are permanently secured to each other.In one embodiment, a warning light is incorporated within the traffic barricade by forming holes in the vertical areas and attaching plastic lenses over each of the holes.

Abstract: A bag stand is disclosed for supporting the upper edge of a plastic, cloth or paper bag at a convenient height to facilitate filling the bag with raked leaves, grass clippings, or the like. The stand includes a base ring with a generally circular shape with a V-shaped circumferential groove in its periphery. The bag has its upper edge passing up through the open center of the base ring, laying over the top of the base ring and draping down over the periphery thereof. An elastic ring of V-shaped cross section is adapted to fit over the periphery of the base ring, compressing the draped portion of the bag into the circumferential groove of the base ring, frictionally retaining it. A plurality of support flanges are integrally formed with the base ring and depend downwardly and outwardly from it at an angle of approximately five degrees with respect to the vertical. Each flange has a vertical slot in it which opens into an upper horizontal slot.

Abstract: A stand for television sets comprising a pair of inverted T-shaped leg sections each comprising a pair of leg members of L-shaped configuration which interengage and nest to form a four-legged base. An elongated bolt member is fixed at the head end to one of the leg sections and has a threaded end projecting beyond the top end of the base. When the leg sections are nested, the bolt is disposed in a concealed elongated cavity defined by the leg sections. A closure cap assembly is mounted at the upper terminal end of one of the vertical portions of one of the leg sections and in the illustrated embodiment forms an integral subassembly therewith. The overcap assembly has a configuration and arrangement to vertically align the leg members relative to one another and provide a certain parallelism of the parts so that all the bearing surfaces are parallel to one another and to the support surface such as a floor.

Abstract: A combined stand and volume meter for round bottom flasks which functions regardless of the flask neck orientation. Interlocking planes of material create a greater than hemispheric cavity encircling the flask. Horizontal parallel lines, calibrated in volumetric units pass across the cavity, allowing for flask orientation compensation by Visual correlation of the fluid level and volumetric lines.

Abstract: A remote control bench mounted chain saw apparatus for cutting firewood, includes a chain saw device having handle, trigger, body and bar chain. Also included is a bench having a first support member with an interdigital slot, a second support member having a cooperating interdigital slot for mating with the first support member to form a cross, and a top member hingedly mounted on one of the support members on a side parallel to its slot, the top member being further adapted to detachably engage the other support member on a side parallel to its slot when the cross is formed to position the top member in a horizontal position. The top member includes means for restraining the handle and body of the chain saw and positioning the saw to permit access to the top of said bar and chain. Finally, remote control means are attached to the trigger of the saw and have an activator positioned remote from the saw and the top member for activation of the saw triggered by pressure applied to the activator.

Abstract: A collapsible frame for supporting a container is manufactured from two loops formed from a single length of wire which are intertwined to form a handle and sprung to form base members which are yieldably urged apart. An inwardly narrowed neck portion is formed intermediate the handle and the base members to provide points of support for the container. A containment loop encompasses the neck portion of the frame and inwardly urges the points of support against the container as it is pushed into position within the containment loop. The base members are capable of being pressed into a planar assembly when the container is removed to allow a plurality of similarly constructed frames to be compactly stacked.

Abstract: A baby feeder having front and rear plate members and a leaf member configured for interconnecting the other two adjacent the midpoint thereof for forming an easel, the front plate member having a pocket in the upper edge thereof configured for receiving a baby bottle. Each of the front and rear plate members and leaf member are provided with apertures aligned and configured for receiving a single strand of an elastic member which is interlaced through the apertures to provide a hingeable connection between the leaf member and the front and rear plate members, the elastic member also forming a harness for retaining a baby bottle in the pocket in a baby feeding position. There is also provided beads at the front and rear of said harness for adjusting tension to accommodate different size lengths and widths of said bottle.

Abstract: A bag holder for holding a plain bag in an open position for filling by supporting in a cuff at the bag opening has a bag support with improved cuff attachment means without accessory bands or clamps for obtaining quick installation and secure retention of the bag, including those made of slippery plastic film. In one construction of the bag support, resilient tensioning means provides nearly constant low force peripheral tensioning of the cuff by three corner grips of appreciable area. Each corner grip has a smoothly curved initial grip surface for holding the outer fold of the cuff tensioned over a smoothly curved snubber grip surface thereby holding the cuff with a self locking action. A grip surfacing on the grip surfaces provides a high grip coefficient for obtaining self locking of the snubber grip when a bag load is applied.

Abstract: A display stand including a three-sided base formed from a single blank of sheet material and having a partial rear wall. The base comprises a front wall and a pair of side walls, with an upper section of the front wall and a forward segment of each of the side walls being above a generally horizontal cut. The upper section and both forward segments are pivoted rearwardly along vertical fold lines to form the partial rear wall. A rectangular merchandise container is supported by a lower section of the front wall and by the rear wall.

Abstract: A cover for a laundry bag supported between pivotally interconnected leg members of inverted U-shape. The cover comprises a hood having slots near the ends of its opposing side walls, for fitting over pivot members extending between the two leg members and pivoting thereon from an open position in which the mouth of the bag is exposed to a closed position in which it is completely covered. The cover may be hand operated or spring closed and foot opened.

Abstract: A traffic barricade is constructed of disposable material such as cardboard and is formed of a single flat sheet of material formed into separate sheets by folding along a predetermined line. The fold forms a first and second sheet of material, each having a pair of scorelines, the first of which defines a border of a vertical area and the second of which forms a border of a horizontal area when the barricade is erected. The flat sheets each have a sloping surface between the score lines when the barricade is erected. The vertical areas of the two flat sheets formed by the folding of the single flat sheet are permanently secured to each other. The horizontal areas of each of the two flat sheets extend toward one another and one of the horizontal areas extends between the sloping surfaces of the sheets to maintain the sheets in spaced apart relation at the horizontal areas.

Abstract: A suitcase having retractable rolling means at the bottom is provided with a generally U-shaped handle means which is slidably received within generally triangular sleeves secured on the interior of said suitcase. The U-shaped handle may be extended when the suitcase is being wheeled along the ground. The handle means further includes collapsible legs to support the suitcase in a stationary position off the ground when said handle means is extended and said wheels are in operative position.

Abstract: A plural-tier display stand for pill-boxes and like articles is disclosed, which is composed by two stand-halves to be brought together for assembly in a mirror-image-like relationship, i.e. back-to-back. Each stand-half is composed, in its turn, by two uprights to be connected by downward sloping tiers, and each tier has perforations to receive the individual pill-boxes. By providing an upward projecting tab on every second tier beneath every second perforation in a row of the overlying tier, it is possible to display the pill-boxes of each row at staggered levels to facilitate grasping and withdrawal of the boxes.

Abstract: A minimum number of economical component parts may easily be assembled at the location of installation to form a tank support assembly which will hold one, two, three or more tanks in a stable and safe manner. The assembly is comprised of a pair of base members, each including a pair of upwardly directed sockets. A vertical post member is inserted into and held within each socket, and flexible support straps are hung between opposed hanger brackets which are affixed to each post member. The tank or tanks are then held in place between the post members on a longitudinally-spaced pair of support straps. The number of tanks which can be supported by the assembly is determined only by the height of the post members and the number of hanger brackets thereon.

Abstract: A device for supporting a limp disposable container in a generally open position to receive material and for preventing the container from collapsing as material is inserted therein has rim means for releasably engaging portions of the container peripherally about an opening in the container and for supporting these portions in an open position, second means defining a base for providing stability for the device relative to a surface upon which the device is positioned, strut means interconnecting the rim means and the second means for maintaining a desired spaced relationship therebetween and mounting means for securing the rim means and the second means to the strut means to provide a rigid support device for the limp container. The device may be provided in unassembled kit form of primarily straight tube sections suitable for assembly in an easy and facile manner.

Abstract: A stove frame adapter for heating articles above a heat container, eg. canned heat, is provided in the form of an annular frame having a plurality of opposed arms which bend upwardly to support an article above the heat container and one or more arms which bend downwardly in close clearance with the container to secure the stove frame adapter to same. The adapter has an opening therein aligned with the opening of the container to admit heat therethrough to the article.

Abstract: A stand device used in combination with a container such as a drum having substantially cylindrical configuration wherein at least two support legs are movable into and out of supporting relation. Each of the supporting legs comprises a configuration substantially corresponding to the exterior surface of the container such that in its non-supporting position, the legs are disposed in substantially flush engagement with the exterior surface due to an indentation formed in the exterior surface corresponding to the dimension and thickness of the leg means.

Abstract: A versatile and ornamental planter design and construction, and a method of manufacture thereof, the planter design being susceptible of specifically different configurations and sizes for maximal usage possibilities from the standpoint of aesthetics and decor in different environments, and which is preferably constructed of a material such as Plexiglas or a thermoplastic, which can be clear, translucent, or colored to fit in varied decor and/or design motifs of a room or place of use. The planter can serve as an article of furniture, rendering a most attractive appearance by virtue of the design and construction and being extremely versatile, susceptible of usage with various types and sizes of plants which may vary in environmental and growing conditions and requirements, especially as to moisture and sunlight, and the construction being such as to provide enhanced structural strength and optimum utilization of the materials of construction.

Abstract: A plant support having interlocking horizontal and vertical members, some of the horizontal members providing frame assemblies which interlock with the vertical members by means of recesses or notches. An intermediate frame structure is located closer to one end of the support than the other, and in one embodiment a platform assembly comprising cross members engages any one of the frame assemblies to provide a variety of levels at which to support a flower pot or the like.

Abstract: A portable plant stand for holding potted plants is formed of easily assembled flat wood components. The stand comprises a tapered vertical support column that supports horizontal shelves having pot holding openings. The shelves include central apertures that fit over the support column and engage the tapered sides of the support column. The support column has an H-shaped cross section and comprises opposed tapered members and a tapered cross member that is removably fastened to the side members by two screws. The support column can be mounted on bearings to permit rotation of the plant stand.

Abstract: A basket useful in hanging out wash has legs foldable from a support position into a recess formed in the underside of its bottom. A pair of U-shaped stirrups can be used as the legs with the stirrups located in the same plane in the folded position. The legs are spring-biased toward the opened or supporting position. Further, a displaceable pawl secures one of the legs in the folded position and another spring biases the pawl toward its locking position with the leg.

Abstract: A stand device used in combination with a container such as a drum having a substantially cylindrical configuration wherein at least two support legs are movable into and out of supporting relation. Each of the supporting legs comprises a configuration substantially corresponding to the exterior surface of the container such that in its non-supporting position, the legs are disposed in substantially flush engagement with the exterior surface due to an indentation formed in the exterior surface corresponding to the dimension and thickness of the leg means.

Abstract: A sectional post having its bottom end adapted to be inserted into the ground and having a hook projecting outwardly from its top end adapted to support a lantern therefrom, and a series of rings detachably mounted to the midsection of the post to provide a wash stand support and a towel ring support, and a soap dish detachably mounted to the mid section of the post adapted to hold a bar of soap. There is further provided detachable guide lines for stabilizing the post, and a pouch type carrying case for carrying all of the components of the stand except for a lantern.

Abstract: Portable wash stand for use primarily outdoors comprising base means, an elongated vertical support member mounted on the base means, basin and soap dish means mounted on the support member, and faucet means mounted on the upper portion of the support member.

Abstract: This is a collapsible molded plastic trivet device which comprises a pair of integrally molded pivotally connected elongated plastic arms with upstanding spacer blades formed of the ends of and adapted to be collapsed for efficient storage and thereafter expanded into an operative position and including a strengthening bead around the edge portions of said spacer blades thereby achieving minimum contact area with the utensil and permitting maximum exposure area of the cooking utensil with the ambient air as well as providing the required blade strength for the inexpensive molded plastic construction.

Abstract: A circular hoop, through which the upper mouth end portion of a trash bag may be extended upwardly and then inverted annularly outward and downward over the hoop, is provided with three legs at 120.degree. intervals. The legs are pivotally secured to the hoop for movement between an upper horizontal storage position in which they extend along and conform to the outside surface of the hoop and a vertical supporting position in which they curve vertically downward and inward from their pivotal connections to support the hoop horizontally at a given elevation for vertical loading purposes, the legs being reversible to curve outwardly wherein they cooperate with the hoop to hold the hoop slantwise for horizontal loading purposes.