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A phantom system provides for the testing of diagnostic machines in a safe and efficient manner. First provided is a transparent cubic test device having a cylindrical aperture extending all the way to the rear face. The test device has a plurality of centered lines, making four equal squares on each face of the test system. There is a plurality of small bores positioned at all intersections of the scored white lines. A probe cylinder may receive and hold a probe. The cube has additional apertures to hold tissue testing and calibrating devices.

A water dispensing device, an associated kit and a method of using same are disclosed for use in hydrating a pet such as a dog or cat. The water dispensing device includes a base unit slidably attached to a storage vessel. The base unit includes the interconnected constituents of a housing; a frame wall; and a door. The storage vessel includes the interconnected constituents of a flip top; a hollow body; and a hollow outlet port. The kit includes the unattached elements of the device. The method of using same includes the steps of adjoining, affixing, closing, grabbing, joining, letting, obtaining, opening, plugging, pouring, pushing, and releasing.

A chamber has upper end and lower ends. A base has an annular trough receiving and supporting the lower end of the chamber. When water is within the trough, air flowing through slots in the lower end of the chamber becomes moisture laden. A fan in the chamber directs the air flow in a recirculating path of travel. A carbon dioxide tank in the chamber dispenses carbon dioxide into the recirculating path of travel of the air flow. A solenoid has an input line coupling the tank and the solenoid and an output line with an exterior extent with apertures and a foam covering constituting a reservoir. A control assembly activates and inactivates the fan and the carbon dioxide tank in a timed sequence.

A resilient base cushion has top and bottom surfaces, a peripheral side wall, upper and lower ends, an upper section, a lower section, and an intermediate section. A resilient head cushion has a middle component positioned across the top of the base cushion and side components laterally spaced from the upper section. A pair of similarly configured resilient leg cushions are partially positioned upon the intermediate and lower sections of the base cushion. Each cushion of a pair of similarly configured resilient abdominal cushions has a wedge-shaped configuration and is positioned upon the intermediate section of the base cushion above the leg cushions.

A generally rectilinear block is made of an elastomer. The block has a horizontal top surface, a parallel bottom surface and a vertical peripheral surface. The block has an upper edge, a lower edge and parallel side edges. The block also has a height, and width and a thickness. A plurality of apertures are cut into the block. A plurality of inserts is fabricated of the same material as the block and of a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of the apertures.

A front post is located in proximity to a bow cleat and a rear post is located in proximity to a stern cleat. A securement assembly operatively couples each post with respect to a dock. A carriage assembly is positioned on each post. The carriage assembly has a collar. The collar is in a cylindrical configuration. The collar is positioned over the majority of its circumferential extent and spaced parallel segments. An axle is located between the parallel segments. A roller is rotatably secured to the axle. An hour glass surface is provided. A first rope has an interior end attached to the collar of the front post and an exterior end couplable to an aft cleat. A second rope has an interior end attached to the collar of the rear post. An exterior end is couplable to a bow cleat.

A protective gear cooling device, comprising a helmet having an inside surface and an outside surface. There is a cooling plate coupled to the inside surface of the helmet. A pnp conductor and an npn conductor are coupled to the cooling plate. A heat sink is coupled to the conductors and to the outside surface of the helmet. A fan is coupled to the heat sink. A control module is electronically coupled to the fan and the conductors. Power is provided by a direct current power source. The source is electronically coupled to the control module.

A frame has a small horizontal section and a large vertical section and a juncture there between. A pair of axially spaced wheels is provided at the juncture. A hollow tube extends upwardly from adjacent the horizontal section to a location above the vertical section. A funnel with a back face and a front face is provided. The funnel also has an open upper end and an open lower end. The back face is formed with a ledge. A rod extends downwardly from the ledge. The rod is selectively positioned between an operative position and an inoperative position. In the operative position the rod is within the hollow tube. In the inoperative position the rod is separated from the hollow tube for storage purposes.

A monitored felon warning system has a police computer having a felon data base. The system also has a global positioning system, also known as GPS, and a sending subassembly having a circuit, with the transmitter being capable of transmitting a first signal to a receiver. The receiver gives off an alarm and also causes a display of warning material, such as a photograph to be displayed on the cell phone screen.

A rod-shaped anchor has lower and upper ends and a central extent. A fixed plate and a movable plate with adjustment mechanisms couple the plates. The movable plate has an exterior end. A vertical collar slidably receives the central extent of the anchor. Driving mechanisms selectively raise and lower the anchor. A control assembly is operatively coupled with respect to the driving mechanisms.

A system, device and associated methods are presented for use in providing onsite information to visually impaired persons. The system includes an announcement device and a personnel device. The announcement device is configured to be installed at an onsite location, such as at a traffic light and on a taxicab. The announcement device is configured to emit an identification signal in which it is preferable that the identification signal is continuously emitted. The personnel device is configured to detect the identification signal so that the personnel device is able to alert the visually impaired person that the announcement device is located nearby. The personnel device is also configured to allow the person to select and activate a desired feedback selection signal to transmit from the personnel device to the announcement device so that the announcement device can subsequently transmit back any number of different announcement signals such as direction signals, electronic signals, audio signals, and visual signals.

A firearm magazine safety lock for insuring that no ammunition is in the magazine or chamber that has a firearm magazine housing with a generally parallelepiped shape. The firearm magazine housing has two opposite ends, a bottom end and a chamber end. A lock is rotatably connected to the firearm magazine housing bottom end and is disposed within the firearm magazine housing. A slide block is drivingly connected to the lock. The slide block is rotatably connected to the firearm magazine housing chamber end. The slide block is for blocking a slide ejection port of the firearm from within a chamber of the firearm.

A base disk has a top face with a coaxial coupling pin with a pointed tip, spacer portions and notches. A coupling housing has a lower surface with an aperture. The housing has a releasable coupling mechanism. Male and females ends of the coupling mechanism are situated opposite each other and around the aperture. The male and female ends have biasing means and each has a pair of inward flanges with apertures and an outward tab. A supplemental member couples to the upper surface of the coupling housing.

The present invention is a magnetic segmented sport equipment for reducing the impact force on sport equipment using deployable segments. The magnetic segmented sport equipment has a body defining a recess, and a panel movable within the recess. The body and the recess each have magnetic elements associated therewith, with similar pole orientation. The panel has magnetic elements that are aligned with the magnetic elements of in the recess. A biasing element is located in the recess which provides a spring force against the panel. The panel is retained in the recess by an attraction force between the panel magnetic elements and the recess magnetic elements, which is greater than the spring force. The attraction and spring forces are configured so that the spring force is greater than the attraction force when an additional force in the direction of the spring force is combined with the spring force.

An upper smart arch extends upwardly from an inflatable upper tube and a lower smart arch extends downwardly from a lower inflatable. An orientation sensing transfer valve is located at each interface of the upper smart arch and upper tube and a lower orientation sensing transfer valve is located at each interface between the lower smart arch and the lower tube. Deployment of the upper smart arch along with an upper canopy will be deployed with the opening of the upper orientation sensing transfer valve and the lower smart arch and a lower canopy will not be deployed since the lower orientation sensing transfer valve remains closed.

A bio-electricity system and method utilizes electrical muscle stimulation, interferential current, micro-current, Russian stimulation and tens-transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation. The system and method are adapted for treating maladies of physically out-of-balance users according to the teachings of an ancient art. Such treatment is for pain relief, reduction of inflammation, decreasing muscle spasms and reduction of edema to other areas outside of the acupoint area. The system and method include a plurality of components including probes, adhesive, electronic components, an instruction manual, an electronic device and a program in the electronic device to wirelessly activate probes positioned on a user in accordance with the instruction manual.

A folding platform assembly for the top deck of motor vehicle carrier trucks. The platform features a grate, whereupon a person may safely and comfortably walk along the length of the truck. The platform also features a safety net system affixed to the grate to catch a person in the event of a slip, trip, or fall from the grate. The grate has an access panel for easy ingress and egress to the platform from a ladder or set of steps. When storing or transporting the platform, a folding mechanism pushes the platform into its closed, substantially-vertical position. This same mechanism pulls the platform into its open position when it is ready for use.

A main body portion has a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and laterally spaced sides and an air intake. A housing in the vehicle contains a turbine/flywheel adapted to be rotated in response to air entering the housing from the air intake. A starter generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. A main drive generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. An electric drive motor in the vehicle is powered from the main drive generator.

A self-cleaning water filter system for removing particulate matter from water by producing scouring effect which pulls debris or particles off from a filter element when a fluid flow is produced across the filter element. The self-cleaning water filter system has a filter housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and an internal cavity. A water inlet tube, an exit tube and a water supply line are adapted to be connected to the filter housing. The filter element is positioned within the filter housing and can have a cylindrical or rectangular configuration. A pressure vessel is in fluid communication with the internal cavity of the filter housing. A pressurizable flexible chamber adapted to expand and contract due to the pressure in the filter housing is positioned inside the pressure vessel. At least one perforated flow tube is positioned in the filter housing adjacent to the filter element and in fluid communication with the pressure vessel.

Generally, a decoy duck apparatus of the invention includes a decoy duck body which includes an interior cavity which receives anchor retrieval means. A quantity of tether is wound on a spool portion of the anchor retrieval means, and an anchor is attached to a distal end of the tether. With a first embodiment of the invention, the anchor retrieval means include a spring-powered anchor retrieval mechanism. Preferably, a bottom chamber is located in the decoy duck body below the interior cavity. The bottom chamber is defined by an interior cavity bottom wall and a decoy body bottom wall. A removable and replaceable drain plug located in the decoy body bottom wall for permitting drainage of water out from the bottom chamber. Preferably, a resilient tether guide is interconnected between the interior cavity bottom wall and the decoy body bottom wall. The resilient tether guide receives the tether and wipes water off of the tether when the tether is raised and lowered with respect to the decoy duck body. With a second embodiment of the invention, the anchor retrieval means include a hand-cranked anchor retrieval mechanism.

A portable microchip substrate supported in a receptacle having one end connected to a catheter inserted in the body of a patient. The other end of the receptacle is connected to a needleless syringe for drawing a bodily fluid sample (e.g. blood) through the receptacle and into contact with the substrate. The substrate is adapted to instantaneously perform diagnostic tests on the fluid sample in contact therewith within the receptacle. A communication device on the receptacle transmits signals to an analyzer which includes a display for indicating various diagnostic characteristics of the bodily fluid sample in real time. The receptacle and the substrate may be cleaned (sterilized) for re-use or may be disposed of after a one-time use. In an alternatively preferred embodiment, the substrate and/or communication device are directly carried on and supported by the insertable catheter.

A straightening system has a handle formed of a rigid material. The handle has a gripping portion in a generally cylindrical configuration adapted to be held by a hand of a user and a support portion in a generally cylindrical configuration extending at right angles from a central extent of the gripping portion. The support portion terminates in a flat region remote from the gripping portion. A pin assembly couples an object to a wall to insure proper positioning and retention of the proper positioning. The pin assembly has a circular disc-shaped center with an axis parallel with the axis of the support portion. The pin assembly has at least one outwardly extending pin for positioning in the wall adjacent an object and an inwardly directed attachment member for positioning with respect to the object.

A housing has an interior with first and second ends and top and bottom faces. The housing has an air flow aperture in the top face. The housing has a debris aperture in the bottom face. The bottom face rests upon adjustable legs. Blades with cutting edges are provided in the housing in a cylindrical configuration. A first set of blades is adjacent to the top face. A second set of blades is adjacent to the bottom face. The sets of blades are independently rotatably coupled on a belt driven mount support subsystem each powered by a motor. A plurality of sensors is provided within the interior of the housing. A plurality of control switches controls the operation of the system.

An internal combustion engine exhaust cooling and removal apparatus includes a heat exchange assembly connected to an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. A flexible hose is connected to the heat exchange assembly, and an exhaust fan assembly is connected to the flexible hose. Use of the internal combustion engine exhaust cooling and removal apparatus of the invention provides a clean air environment in an indoor confined space by removing the engine exhaust gases which are hazardous to one's health. The apparatus of the invention is especially useful with non-electric powered tools and machines, such as for indoor excavations with diesel-powered excavators or other construction equipment. The apparatus of the invention can also be used with diesel-powered saws.

A leg is adapted to be inserted into a standard removable hitch receiver. The leg has spaced vertical plates. Forward and rearward horizontally spaced lower pivot apertures are provided. A plurality of positioning apertures are provided in an arcuate pattern. A pivoting grill platform has associated plates. Forward and rearward horizontally spaced upper pivot apertures are provided. A coupling assembly includes a pivoting support arm and a pivoting leveling arm. Each arm has an upper aperture and bolt coupling upper pivot apertures of the grill. Each arm has a lower aperture and bolt coupling the pivot apertures of the vertical plates of the leg. A removable self locking pin is positionable through the locking aperture and a preselected one of the plurality of positioning apertures.

A proximal pivot assembly has a proximal pivot arm with proximal and distal ends; a first pin pivotally coupling the proximal end of the proximal pivot arm to a boat mount, a second pin attaching a stop block to the boat mount, a third pin, and a fourth pin coupling the proximal collar to the distal end of the proximal pivot arm. A distal pivot assembly has an anchoring pole mounting plate receiving an anchor pole. The anchor pole has an interior end with a fifth pin. A sixth pin pivotally couples the exterior end of a distal extension arm to the mounting plate. A distal collar with a seventh pin pivotally couples the distal collar to the distal extension arm. An extension assembly operatively couples the proximal and distal pivot assemblies.

A cash register alarm system for sounding an alarm to the police without delay. The cash register alarm system includes a cash drawer having a bottom wall and a back wall, and also includes a tray having a bottom wall and a back wall and plurality of partitions spaced apart and forming compartments therebetween, and further includes a plurality of sensors disposed in the compartments in the bottom wall of the tray, and also includes a plurality of electrical current contact members disposed upon the back walls of the cash drawer and the tray. More than one compartment without paper money will expose the sensors to light which will acutate the alarm system to the police.

An apparatus for boosting residential water pressure. To attain this, a conduit receives water supplied to a residence and routes the water through and inlet on/off valve and a first check valve to a pump, where said pump provides water to the residence as well as to a throttling conduit back to the input of the pump. In an embodiment, the water is returned to the input of the pump through a relief valve arranged within the throttling conduit. In an embodiment, a pressure switch provides input to a motor controlling the pump. Also, a method to increase water pressure.

A fabric panel has an interior and exterior face with a top, a bottom, and sides. An upper seam forms an upper passageway. A lower seam forms a lower passageway. A bar is secured within each hem. A plurality of support holes extends through the hem and bar at the top and at the bottom of the primary panel. A plurality of threaded bolts are provided. Each bolt has a threaded end. The threaded end is adapted to be received by recipient surfaces adjacent to the top and bottom of the panel. Each bolt has an exposed end. In this manner coupling and uncoupling is facilitated. Each bolt has a central portion. The central portion extends through a hole in a hem and bar at the top and at the bottom of the panel.

A rectangular first sheet has a right side, a wrong side, and side edges. A pair of vertical straps are fabricated of an essentially inextensible strapping cord. Selective stitching couples each vertical strap to the wrong side of the first sheet with each vertical strap extending beyond the first sheet and parallel with and spaced a distance from an adjacent side edge. A pair of horizontal straps are fabricated of an essentially inextensible strapping cord. Additional selective stitching couples each horizontal strap to the wrong side of the first sheet with each end of each horizontal strap extending beyond the first sheet. A loop is formed at each end of each strap to create handles. A second sheet is in a rectangular configuration. Peripheral stitching couples the first sheet and the second sheet with the straps between the sheets.