An ornamental device for holding wet bathtub toys near their point of use and in such a manner as to allow them to dry between uses. To attain this, a receptacle base designed to rest against the inner bathtub sidewall includes a character head and a hook for placement atop the bathtub sidewall. The tub edge hook may be in the shape of a character's legs. Also attached to the receptacle base will be a receptacle within which to store the toys. Such receptacle may be in the shape of a character's torso. Optionally, the device may include net.

A bath entertainment center is disclosed that provides a portable device for converting a typical bathtub into an educational and entertaining event for infants or preschoolers. The bath entertainment center is designed to provide an interactive surface on the inside of the bathtub where toys or other objects can be removably attached. The interactive surface is removable and may be exchanged with other interactive surfaces. The bath entertainment center provides a system for catching fluids that splash over the top rim of the bathtub and a padded surface to cover the top rim of the bathtub to ease the discomfort of the parent or care giver who must lean over the bathtub.

A new Bath Water Retainer and Toy for diverting bath water back into the bath tub while providing entertainment to a bathing child, thereby preventing water damage to the floor surrounding the bath tub. The device includes a first L-shaped member which removably couples to a bath tube edge, a water retaining wall along the edge of the first L-shaped member and projecting orthogonally, a second L-shaped member pivotally secured to the first L-shaped member providing a ledge within the interior portion of the bath tub for the child to place toys upon, a water collecting tray which captures water from the first L-shaped member and dispenses it through a water outlet nozzle in a stream, and at least one water wheel secured to the vertical portion of the second L-shaped member which receives the stream of water and rotates providing entertainment to the bathing child.

A splash guard for a sink is set forth which includes a panel having a longitudinal dimension substantially co-extensive with the front of a sink. At the top the panel has an upper margin and at the bottom a trough. The guard is adapted to be removably secured to the cabinet containing the sink at the upper margin such that the panel is disposed in front of the cabinets below the sink to prevent splashes from falling on the cabinets. The trough directs any splashes away from the cabinets.

The resource sharing system according to the present invention dynamically adjusts the priorities at which requests from applications in different request classes (or classes of service) for a shared resource, are processed. The dynamic priority of a request class is based in part on the average resource allocation to requests in this request class, and in part on settings for the minimum and maximum allocations to the request class. The average resource allocation is the proportion of time the shared resource has been assigned to requests of this class relative to other classes. The dynamic adjustment of priorities uses "sliding constraints" whereby the priorities are caused to "slide" with the average resource allocation, and the priority imposes a constraint on when the requests of a resource class can be satisfied: namely, when there are no other requests from higher-priority request classes waiting for the resource.