A cycling suturing and knot-tying device is characterized by an arcuate fixed, grooved or recessed way provided in a correspondingly-shaped support frame for accommodating a curved needle fitted with thread, and frictional needle-engaging devices provided in the way for selectively engaging the needle and driving the needle in one or both rotational directions to suture a wound with the thread. Selective articulation of the frame and the way and driving of the needle in the way by positioning th...

A small, portable tabletop type burning apparatus for burning an aroma producing combustible material in a manner to produce soothing plumes of smoke for inhalation by the user.

A flow control device having no moving parts that controls fluid flow along a fluid pathway in such a way that flow rate remains constant irregardless of environmental changes. The device achieves a constant flow rate by taking advantage of the properties of the fluid moving along the fluid pathway and maintains the constant flow rate irregardless of changes in viscosity due to changes in temperature.

An apparatus for quickly, easily and adjustably connecting elevator car and counterweight guide rail support brackets to the walls of an elevator hoistway and also to either vertically or horizontally extend structural beams that are disposed within the elevator hoistway. Installation of the apparatus requires no welding operations to be performed in order to connect the brackets to the walls or to the beams. The apparatus uniquely includes cooperating support and connector brackets each of whic...

A can opener for opening cans of various sizes having an operating handle, which when rotated in a first direction functions to bring a sharpened cutting wheel of the can opener from an elevated position into piercing engagement with the top of the can with the butting wheel n piercing engagement with the top of the can, continued rotation of the handle will cause rotation of the can and will cause the cutter wheel to cleanly cut the top of the can so that the top can be easily removed. Reverse ...

An award construction that includes a decorative member, a supporting base for supporting the decorative member and an alternate means for interconnecting the decorative member with the supporting base. More particularly, in one form of the invention, the base portion of the decorative member includes a peripheral portion having a locking rim that can be lockably interconnected with a yieldably deformable locking assembly that is affixed to and extends upwardly from the upper surface of the supp...

An attractive wake tower assembly of a unique, generally U-Shaped configuration that can be readily pivotally mounted on powerboats of various constructions to enable the wake tower assembly to be pivoted from an upstanding to a lowered position. The wake tower assembly is of a high-strength, simple construction that does not interfere with the visibility of the boat operator. Each of the side members of the assembly has an upper portion and a lower portion, each of which is generally oval in cr...

Articles of apparel and the method of making the same which include a sealable cuff portion and a shaped body portion that will allow water vapor due to perspiration to transpire through the article but will prevent water from external sources from reaching the wearer's extremities. The articles of apparel include a body portion that is of three-ply construction with the inside and outside plies being knit and the intermediate ply being made from an elastomeric polyurethane film. The three plies...

A hitch assembly that is specially designed for transporting large and heavy manufactured housing units. The hitch assembly is of a one piece unitary construction that includes angularly extending sides that define an included angle of between approximate 50 and 60 degrees so that it can be interconnected with the structural members of standard, prior art hitch assemblies, which also define an included angle of between approximately 50 and 60 degrees.

A method and apparatus for the precise manufacture of high quality, four-sided electrical contacts by means of a closely controlled material skiving process. The apparatus is designed so that the starting material from which the four-sided electrical contacts are made is closely constrained in the area of the shear boundaries so that predictable and precisely controlled shearing of the material can repeatedly be achieved to initially form four precursor sides, two of which are arcuate. The appar...