Abstract: A receptacle for holding a container where the holder includes a ring member with downwardly depending leg members with laterally segments connected adjacent the ends thereof to form the receptacles and where a foldable and a one end disconnectable handle ring is provided where when the handle is disconnected it can be utilized to connect the structure to a device such as a car and is provided with retainers connected to ring for allowance of strap to be threaded therethrough for carrying of receptacle such as around neck.

Abstract: A detachable, adjustable plant container support for supporting a plant container alone or with a planting medium and plants on a vertical surface such as a wall, a post or tree. The plant container support comprises a wall bracket which can be permanently secured to a vertical surface and a plant container holder which is detachably supported on the wall bracket. The plant container is adjustable to support plant containers of various widths and heights. The plant container holder has a upper bracket for supporting the upper lip or edge of the container and a base member for supporting the base or bottom of a plant container.

Abstract: An improved arrangement for mounting a telephone handset in a plurality of orientations comprises a wedge-shaped mounting plate and cooperating L-shaped handset hanger. The mounting plate is generally square in plan form with a base generally perpendicular to the sides and an inclined upper face. The base and upper face each are provided with four sockets in a back-to-back arrangement, pairs of which share common axes perpendicular to the base. The handset hanger has a pair of rearwardly projecting bosses which mate with a pair of sockets of either face to provide at least five different orientations of the handset hanger with respect to the mounting plate to accommodate differently sloped surfaces upon which the mounting plate may be secured.

Abstract: A modular, multi-configuration robotics system having basic interchangeable component parts including a base (10), turret (110), rails (20), mounting blocks (30), motors (80), arm links (60) as the primary components and also including bearings (180), pillow blocks (170), gears (176, 178), various shafts, pulley, belts, electronic controller and optical encoders (184) as additional essential component parts. The system is intended as a tutorial device in the field of educational robotics.

Abstract: A strut back for a photo or picture frame comprises a back having at least one slot shaped to define the boundary of a region of flexion and a strut having an integrally formed projecting lip or flange which can be engaged in said slot by flexing of said region such that said lip or flange embraces one edge of the slot and is urged against said edge when said frame is stood in a display position supported by the strut. Both the strut and the back may be moulded from a plastics material and the back may have an overall thickness to accommodate said portion of said lip or flange projecting through said slot.

Abstract: A piston pump arrangement is provided which includes a drivable crank shaft supported in a crank drive housing for rotational movement. The crank shaft is drivingly connected to horizontally disposed axially reciprocating pump pistons. In order to facilitate driving of the crank shaft from either the right side or the left side to accommodate the available space requirements and driving motor connections, the crank drive housing is provided with fastening support surfaces arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane through the axis of the crank shaft and the axes of the pump pistons. To accommodate attachment of auxiliary aggregates, such as lubricating/cooling circuit mechanisms, fastening points for such aggregates are also arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of the crank shaft axis and the pump pistons.

Abstract: An improved wall bracket and kit for making such a bracket for hair dryers and like small electrical appliances is disclosed which uses two plastic coated malleable wire bracket members that can be hand-bent to the desired shape to receive any one of many different shapes to receive any one of many different sized and shaped appliances. One wire member is longer than the other and has a performed U-shaped end loop for hanging the appliance electric cord looped over it. In one embodiment of the bracket and kit, the wire members are mountable in a two-part base that is also a cover plate for an electrical power outlet (e.g., that is commonly next to a bathroom sink) so that the hair dryer can be conveniently stored in an accessible place. In a second embodiment, the base is generally circular and mounted by either a central screw and/or adhesive.

Abstract: An adjustable bracket mount for mounting certain functional components such as a feed horn and a low noise amplifier on a satellite antenna dish at the prime focus or other desired location above the antenna dish, which mount includes a base secured to the dish, a bottom support extending from the base toward the prime focus, an offset bracket in adjustable cooperation with the bottom support and carrying a top support which extends in parallel relationship to the bottom support and projects above the bottom support and a top bracket adjustably mounted on the top support to carry the functional components.

Abstract: A support apparatus is arranged for use with a van or camper table, wherein a table top is mounted by a cylindrical table support tube to the floor of a van or similar vehicle using sockets mounted on the underside of the table top and the floor of the vehicle which receive tapered ends of a central cylindrical support tube. The support apparatus includes a collar, which engages the support tube, and legs which extend from the collar. With the support apparatus attached, the support tube can be mounted with the support apparatus at the bottom, so that the table can be used on a ordinary horizontal surface, or with the support apparatus at the top, immediately below the table top, so that the tube can support the table top inside a vehicle by engagement of the tapered end to a received socket mounted to the vehicle.

Abstract: A Bingo card support which includes a support frame provided with projecting card support members, which support members are, in one embodiment, capable of retraction in recessed configuration against the support frame surface to provide a substantially unobstructed plane which enables the support frame to be used as a table. Various leg configurations facilitate orientation of the support frame at an angle to display multiple Bingo cards resting on the support members in one variation and to orient the support frame in a horizontal position with respect to the supporting surface, in another variation.

Abstract: A road illumination luminaire according to the invention has an assembly member and a housing having first and second apertures disposed respectively in a first upright side wall and in a lower wall of the housing to mount the luminaire on, for example, a horizontal or vertical end of a pole. The assembly member includes a cover member from which a sleeve extends. The assembly member is mounted on the housing by a cover member. The construction makes it possible to make a standard housing which can connect in at least two ways to a light pole and is suitable for poles having different diameters and also for poles having variously sloping ends.

Abstract: A bracket assembly constructed according to one embodiment includes a pair of identical L-shaped brackets arranged for selectively positioning a seat at three different heights. An alternate embodiment of the bracket assembly includes a pair of tubular brackets which are rectangular in cross section and optionally mountable to a horizontal frame surface with either their long side or their short side against the surface for selectively positioning a seat in a low or a high position.

Abstract: A shelf and display structure in which horizontal or sloping members (16, 18, 20) are mounted on a vertical element (12) by locking structures (14.1, 14.2, 14.3). Each locking structure includes a pair of arms (28) which are generally triangular in side elevation. Each arm has three grooves in the outer face thereof. The inner face of each arm is generally flat and merges at one end with a rolling surface. When two arms are placed in co-operating relationship with their rolling surfaces in contact, the arms diverge from one another. In this condition they can be inserted into an elongate mouth of the element (12) and the outer ends of the arms can then be pressed towards one another, the arms rolling on their rolling surfaces until the flat rear faces are juxtaposed. During such rolling motion the element 12 is deformed by the arms so that frictional forces are created which resist movement of the locking structures along the element (12).

Abstract: A vase locking device for use with a grave or monument to alternately secure a combination vase and base in either the stored or upright position comprising an adaptor apparatus including a first and second adaptor element and a lower lock member selectively coupled together by an interconnecting member such that the vase locking device secures the vase to the base in the stored position with the first adaptor element and the vase and base in the upright position with the second adaptor element.

Abstract: A convertible support device for displaying a framed article such as a picture either on a vertical surface such as a wall or on a horizontal surface in an easel-type display arrangement.

Abstract: In a compressor assembly, the motor compressor unit is vertically supported by lower bearing head which receives the crankshaft of the compressor. The lower bearing head is vertically supported by a positioning plate which is in turn vertically supported by a spring which is received in a recess in the casing. The mounting structure comprising the head, the plate and the spring coact to provide the sole vertical support of the motor compressor unit. This single vertical support is stable because the center of gravity of the compressor is coaxial with the centerline of the spring. The position plate may be rotated to accommodate compressors having different centers of gravity.

Abstract: An improved stationary refrigeration unit having a cooling compartment and a service compartment is provided for installation in tight quarters for vehicles, the service compartment having an access door on the same side of the unit as the cooling compartment access door, components readily accessible and adjustable through the service compartment door, and an adjustable component mounting assembly rigidly mounted within the service compartment. The adjustable mounting assembly includes a stationary carriage, a mounting member slidably mounted to the stationary carriage, and an assembly longitudinally moving the mounting member and the component attached thereto relative to the stationary carriage.

Abstract: An apparatus for use with a vehicle having an open-topped cargo carrying compartment with first and second side walls which includes first and second elongated side rails attached to the side walls, respectively, and first and second connectors mounted on the first and second side rails, respectively, for movement along the associated side rail. The connectors can be locked in position along their associated side rails. First and second retainers are coupled to the first and second connectors, respectively, for movement with the connectors and the retainers are adapted to extend into the cargo-carrying compartment. Each of the retainers can retain one side of a divider in position within the cargo-carrying compartment.

Abstract: An inboard outboard drive having a structural part which passes through an opening in the hull of a boat. A mounting shield for supporting the structural part is at its inner portion provided with symmetrical receiver grooves into which the support flanges on the structural part may be selectively inserted in either one of two reversed positions and has in an outer portion an asymmetrically located flange for securing to the hull. The shield may according to need be put on the inner or outer side of the hull, depending on which of them is more even than the other.

Abstract: A camera lock-plate assembly having an elongated base plate to be secured to a camera and a support body with an upper surface slidably receiving the plate with a tongue-in-groove connection between tapered ways on the plate and lugs on the body. The lug on one side of the body is movable both down against spring bias, so that the plate can be simply lowered into position with the movable lug snap locking into position, and then moved toward the fixed lugs, so that the plate can be manually clamped in place. The plate can be adjustably slid to position the weight of the camera by unclamping, but not unlocking, the movable lug.

Abstract: A book support assembly comprises a system of adjustable bookends including two end members connected together by a relaxed cord which cord is adjustable in length by use of a manually operated mechanical windlass device. The book support assembly is convertable from bookends to a lectern.

Abstract: A height adjustable furniture support for a table or the like having a pedestal or base with a substantially vertical column. A reversible collar fits onto and can be secured to the column, the collar also cooperates with and is securable to a support plate to which the table top or other furniture piece is then attached. The combination of the pedestal, reversible collar, and support plate provides a choice of two heights which can differ by more than the overall height of the collar.

Abstract: Dissimilar pairs of identical parallel longitudinal grooves having enlarged U-shape central pockets open outwardly along opposite faces of a support block for pivotally receiving correspondingly dissimilar end fittings of cable conduits. A U-shape retainer detachably connects to the block to hold the end fittings in the grooves. The block is connected to a mounting plate in any one of a plurality of positions. In use, the block is turned to match corresponding grooves and end fittings and is connected to the plate to support the cable in a desired position.

Abstract: A musical instrument holder is disclosed, especially useful for large, heavy, cumbersome or easily dented instruments such as Sousaphones and Tubas. The holder is convertible from use as a wall-hanging holder or rolling-stand holder to a ready-access holder attachable to horizontal surfaces of various thicknesses, such as chairs or benches at the performance site. The wall hanging holder includes a wall-mount, however, the wall hanging holder can be quickly detached and converted into the ready-access holder. The ready access holder for attachment to horizontal surfaces includes means for securing the holder to the horizontal surface which comprises a means of lateral stabilization, and a primary instrument-holding means equally usable in either the horizontal or vertical position.

Abstract: A self-adjusting picture hanger having a wall mount member fixedly attached to the wall which rotatably coacts with a picture mount member secured to the rear of the picture. In one orientation, the members are free to rotate with each other so that the picture seeks and maintains a true vertical position. In a second orientation, a key on the wall mount member engages a notch on the picture mount member to fix the picture in a vertical position. The wall mount member is provided with notches which accept a plumb line for easily orienting the wall mount member.

Abstract: An apparatus for spraying steam includes a base having a top surface, an upwardly projecting fixed pole segment and a plurality of downwardly extending openings positioned along the periphery of the top surface. A flexible steam hose includes a first end having a spray nozzle affixed thereto and a second end releasably coupled to a steam generating device within the base. A pole formed from a plurality of pole segments is vertically mounted to the fixed pole segments. The pole segments are constructed and arranged to be received in the openings in the top surface and to extend upwardly therefrom so that the pole segments and the top surface cooperate to form an open enclosure which can be used to retain the flexible hose therein. The nozzle may be suspended from the uppermost end of the pole. A cover is provided to be placed over the upstanding pole segments to provide a self-contained compact steamer with all components stored together.

Abstract: A washing apparatus which comprises a casing in the form of a rectangular tube open at both ends, a water reservoir in the casing, a rotary tub in the water reservoir, an agitator in the rotary tub, driving device attached to the water reservoir and located inside the casing to selectively drive the rotary tub and agitator, suspending device elastically suspending the water reservoir and the driving device in the casing, and a pair of end members equal in size and shape and attached individually to both ends of the casing. Each end member has a rectangular ring-shaped frame attached to the peripheral edge portion at each corresponding end of the casing, and protrusions formed individually in the four corners of the frame. The protrusions of one end member constitute a support member supporting the suspending device, while the protrusions of the other end member constitute the legs of the casing.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a flower pot holder consisting of a base element secured to a vertical support surface, and a clamping member which is vertically adjustable relative thereto and held in a desired, fixed position by the mounting screw. The base element comprises a first abutment extending laterally from the base, and which cooperates with the clamping member to define a retaining enclosure for the stepped collar of a clay flower pot. A second abutment is vertically spaced below the first abutment and also extends laterally outward from the base element. The first and second abutments are disposed to offer lateral support to the frustoconical wall of the flower pot, while the first abutment underlies the stepped flower pot collar. An accessory is interlockably and releasably mounted to the base element to support a shallow tray having an upturned peripheral side wall that may also be retained by the clamping member. A flower pot may supportably rest in the shallow tray.

Abstract: A leg support is disclosed for supporting a device such as a mobile conveyor or the like which is subject to vibration and movement. The leg support includes a substantially flat lower support shoe, a block of elastomeric material at least one face of which includes substantially uniform treads, such as parallel grooves thereon, and whose other face is adapted for contacting the lower support shoe so that the block of elastomeric material can adapt to variations in the surface on which the device is resting, and a support for detachably maintaining the elastomeric block in a predetermined position in contact with the lower support shoe.

Abstract: The lantern holder is adaptable to all types of lanterns, and consists primarily of a base portion with a pair of legs on one end, with an elevatable plate on its opposite end, that retains an adjustable clamp member, for gripping a lantern base. It further includes a vertical member for the support of a height-adjustable reflector and shade combination, and also an oar lock mounting member for boats, and the assembly includes a clamp screw, for suitably securing the structure to various devices, such as a boat seat or the like, and it is also mountable to a stepladder, for clamping and retaining a can of paint, when desired.

Abstract: A ball picker dolly for retrieving tennis balls, or the like, comprised of a carriage having a shaft, a horizontal axle orthogonally attached to the lower end of said shaft and means mounted on said axle for motively supporting said carriage on a horizontal surface. Baskets or hoppers of varying configurations and sizes can be secured to the dolly by utilizing adjustable brackets. The various hoppers have gridded bottoms comprising a plurality of filiform members spaced apart to define slot openings dimensioned to admit tennis balls forcibly pushed therethrough. At least one elongated horizontal bracket has spatially disposed pairs of openings thereon and is slidably engageable on the shaft. Ancillary securing means comprise U-shaped prongs dimensioned to pass through spatially disposed openings in the bracket, mating with pairs of openings in either a horizontal or a vertical axis of the bracket.

Abstract: An assembly of two sliding portions with respective folding legs comprises a supporting frame deployable on a bed or the like so that infrared radiation may be used from an ordinary electric blanket lifted-away from a sleeper's body, thus freeing the sleeper from body contact with any blanket; the assembly is lightweight and portable and can be set-up for use and folded for storage without any tools, gravitational force being used to hold the subassemblies together.

Abstract: A cord sling type of plant hanger is provided with means strung on the suspending cords for manual adjustment of the plant orientation about the vertical axis. The adjustment means include an arch-shaped member and a regular polygonal button-like member engageable snugly within the archway to retain a given orientation. The polygonal member is laterally disengageable from the arch-shaped member enabling it to be twisted about the vertical, together with a suspended plant container, and be re-engaged laterally at a different orientation.

Abstract: Bracket adapted to embrace the top edge of a window casing, including a connector in the form of a narrow loop of material to compensate for variations in casing thickness.

Abstract: A pedestal comprising a body having opposite faces, each of predetermined area and lying in a plane which is substantially parallel with the plane of the other face the body narrowing from the predetermined area of each face to a central waist portion of minimum cross sectional area in a plane taken parallel to the said planes of the opposite faces, and a plurality of suction cups secured to and protruding from one of said faces, whereby when said pedestal is used as a support for another object the face to which said suction cups are secured may be disposed uppermost to afford vacuum grip with the object supported by said pedestal or selectively may be disposed lowermost to afford vacuum grip with the surface on which said pedestal rests.

Abstract: A battery tray for an automotive vehicle is constructed for use as a replacement item and is adapted to receive the great majority of commercially available lead storage batteries. The battery tray is constructed with a rectangular floor bounded by edge retainers and with three spaced sunken wells arranged along the length of the floor. A pair of spaced apart elongated slots are defined in each of the end wells parallel to the longer floor sides and a circular aperture is defined therebetween. At least one elongated transverse slot is defined in the center well.

Abstract: A two-chambered underwater drainage apparatus is provided which is adapted to be connected with the pleural cavity of a patient by means of a thorocotomy tube. The underwater seal which prevents the flow of atmospheric air from the device to the pleural cavity of the patient is formed at the lower end of the thorocotomy tube and the secretions from the body cavity form the liquid in the seal. A oneway valve is provided at the outlet from the device to prevent backflow of air from the atmosphere into the device, but, permits outflow of air from within the device when the air pressure within the device is higher than atmospheric pressure or when the device is used with a suction pump. A hanger attachment is provided which permits the device to stand on the floor or be hooked onto the bedside.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a desk for supporting material being read by a person who is in a seated or reclining position.

Abstract: An elongated planar reversible shelf on which the opposite edges are curved so that one edge merges smoothly with one major face and intersects the other face at an angle of 90.degree., and the other edge merges smoothly into the other major face and forms a 90.degree. angle with the one. The faces and, if desired, the ends are covered with a wood or plastic veneer or laminate.

Abstract: Seat mounting apparatus, especially for use with tractors and similar vehicles, utilizing a seat supporting mounting plate and support arms adjustably affixed thereto wherein elongated slots defined on the mounting plate permit the arms to be selectively positioned and affixed to the plate in a wide variety of patterns permitting the plate and associated seat to be readily mounted upon a wide variety of vehicles without requiring modification to the vehicle or machining of the plate or seat structure.

Abstract: A positioning pin which permits a sewing machine cabinet to be adapted to accommodate a variety of sewing machines. The positioning pin has a flange dividing the pin into two unequal lengths. The positioning pins are received by bores formed in the base of the sewing machine and the cabinet work surface to properly locate the sewing machine with respect to the work surface. The pins may be reversed end-for-end to adapt to sewing machines having bases with differing heights.

Abstract: A holder for an open book formed of a single piece of transparent plastic shaped to hold the book in a more or less vertical position, incorporating a spring clip on the back. A pole is attached to the holder. The bottom of the pole is shaped for ready insertion into the ground, and also designed to mount a plurality of legs attached by joints or pegs and a deformable ring. The book holder can be used without legs on a soft surface (e.g., a beach) or with legs on a hard surface.

Abstract: Modular support systems constructed from a plurality of transportable modular components which are capable of being rapidly assembled and disassembled at an on-site location. The support systems are capable of being assembled into shelves, platforms, ladders, walkways, and like structures, and may be attached to existing structural members. The support systems are comprised of a plurality of rails and metal rungs for extension between and attachment to the rails in a variety of positions to form various structures. The rungs are provided on each of their opposite transverse ends with tabs capable of fitting through complementary slots in the rails. The tabs may be displaced so as to make the ends of the rungs captive in the rails. The modular support systems also include various other components such as vertical risers, 90.degree. bends, tees, reducers, and the like.

Abstract: A mirror connector is provided which enables a rectangular rear view mirror of the type customarily used on pick-up trucks and the like to be realigned from its normally vertically aligned longitudinal axis position to a horizontally aligned longitudinal axis mounting. The connector can be used with the original frame to which the mirror was originally mounted. Such a realignment permits the driver of the vehicle a wider view of the area behind the vehicle such that more lanes of roadway are visible than in the original mounting position of the mirror.

Abstract: The closing mechanism of an automatic door closing arrangement is partly enveloped by an elongated unitary casing of sheet metal. Flanges on two of the longitudinal casing walls bound therebetween an opening in the casing which may be closed by a panel releasably retained by the flanges. Provisions are made for attaching the casing to a door and for linking the output element of the closing mechanism to a door frame. The panel may be removed simply and without tools for access to the mechanism or for replacement by another panel of different decorative appearance.

Abstract: A one-piece reversible fastener for mounting cymbals to cymbal stands. The fastener includes a cymbal retaining flange portion intermediate a long sleeve portion and a short sleeve portion, and means to selectively attach the fastener either long sleeve portion or short sleeve portion first to the stand to provide a "loose" or "mute" cymbal playing option. The retaining flange portion can be suitably tapered to improve fastener performance, and provided with notches or grooves to make gripping easier.

Abstract: The base support mount for heat pumps and the like machinery is comprised of a top cap portion which contains a depressed area for accepting a protrusion from the bottom of a machine, a hollow central column portion and a ribbed base portion. The top cap, central column and ribbed base portions are separable and thereby permit the central column to be manufactured in various lengths and further allows the different length columns to be interchangeable with the top cap and ribbed base portions. This interchangeability permits the base support mount of the present invention to be easily manufactured in differing heights for supporting heat pumps and the like machinery.

Abstract: A platform for supporting a motor-pump combination is molded as a unitary structure and includes a primary support and a detachable secondary support. The primary support includes a supporting surface formed at a first radius, and the secondary support includes a supporting surface formed at a second radius and a cavity adapted to receive the primary support. The platform, which retains the cost advantages attendant to one-step molded structures, may be readily converted from a platform for supporting a motor having a first radius to a platform for supporting a motor having a second radius by detaching the secondary support from the platform and mounting it over the primary support.

Abstract: A motor mount having a slidable carriage bodily invertable by rotating 180.degree. on its longitudinal center line, and having stud-receiving portal openings so arranged and situated in the carriage upper and lower cross-members or surface plates such that with studs therethrough securing the motor to the carriage with the carriage in a certain face upward position, the motor is in an attitude necessarily twisted only to, for instance, the left, and is twisted only to the right with the carriage in a position inverted from the mentioned certain position, the studs utilizing the same portal openings in each of the two positions of the carriage.