This invention pertains to a cushioning barrier that has shielding mounted closely in front of an operator or a passenger of an automobile or the like, to furnish a high degree of cushioning to the occupant when momentum forces him against the barrier during an accident. The barrier has upper shielding that includes head and torso or chest shields that can easily and rapidly be folded and be moved laterally, then be moved downwardly to inconspicuous positions against a door, so they cannot obscu...

A toothbrush is provided with a base and handle having a flexible neck portion in order to clear the lip and chin. A stepped neck portion is provided whereby the thickness of the flexible neck portion is substantially less than the thickness of the base, the length of the neck portion being substantially greater than the length of the base, the width of the entire neck portion is substantially less then the width of the base, and the entire thickness of the neck portion is less than the entire w...

A tool for cleaning parts of a bowling machine. The tool includes a base plate having a handle pivotally secured thereto between two opposed side walls and including a planar forward portion having a notch therein which is adapted to manipulate a latch in a bowling machine. A cleaning cloth is provided to substantially cover the base plate and outward portions of the side walls.

A steam locomotive-whistle model and toy providing realism in appearance in sound and operation of a real locomotive, by responding to blowing effort by the mouth or of a balloon which operates parts to run the locomotive and to emit sounds exactly simulating those of a real locomotive. It includes a smokestack and detachable cover, simulating smoke, to prevent air from escaping through its inlet hole. Also it includes a rear air intake pipe which is blown by the mouth to force air into an air c...

A fiber optic cable attached alongside or extending through the handle of a dental mirror to provide a source of illumination to the mirror. An end of the fiber optic cable is projected towards the mirror. Such end is either flat, shaped as a lens or having a lens attached thereto.

A portable door lock operable from the inside of a door for selectively clamping or unclamping the door latch. Such door lock comprises two halves pivoted together centrally and having confronting serrated semi-circular openings at one end and screw means for selectively pivoting said halves at the other end.

A roof drill having a drill bit tip including a plurality of equally spaced, V-shaped serrations.

A rotating window wiper arm having a pair of semi-cylindrical elements one of which being coaxially mounted on the distal portion of a windshield wiper arm and the other being attached to said windshield wiper functioning to provide an inexpensive and novel connection being adaptively utilized on old and new vehicles preventing wiper hopping and skipping across said windshield resulting in a clean wipe in both directions of movement.

In combination, a metal sheathing of a building, a plastic covering sheet, means for properly attaching said plastic sheet to said metal sheathing comprising a metal clip having a top portion folded over the top of said plastic sheet and having a laterally punched out portion extending through said plastic sheet, a weld pin having one end extending through punched out portion of said metal clip, to contact with metal sheathing.

The invention comprising an organic waste fuel combustion and tempering gas flow control system integrated with a gas turbine combined cycle steam generating plant. The gas turbine exhaust, wherein the oxygen content is partially consumed is used to dry and support combustion of an organic fuel high in moisture content after said fuel has been dewatered and pelletized. A portion of the gas turbine exhaust gas stream dries the pelletized waste fuel while a parallel portion of the gas turbine hot ...