Ammunition is disclosed for firing a shotgun slug from a rifled shotgun having a range of about 300 meters. The shotgun ammunition comprises a cartridge, propellant, a fiber wad, and a slug. The slug includes a nose having a parabolic cross-section, a frustoconical rotation ring, and the slug has an internal cavity. The increased range enhances a shotgun's use in hunting, military, and police applications.

An automobile corrosion protection apparatus incorporating, in combination, a electronic cathodic protection system for impressing a flow of electrons through the metal body of an automobile, and an electrically conductive auto body sealant for facilitating the transmission of the electrons, provided by the electronic cathodic protection system, to any cracks, scratches, chips and other corrosion prone areas throughout the metal body of the automobile.

The invention is a card-shaped, foldable kit that includes apparatus that enables a person to determine and record another person's body dimensions and apparel sizes. The information is recorded on a data card that can be referred to at a later date by the user to facilitate the purchase of a gift of the correct size.

An improved slapball hockey game comprising a branched bar for simultaneously moving a plurality of team players, including an off-side offensive player disposed behind an opponent's goal, a dual deflector for accurately redirecting a playing ball toward the mouth of an opponent's goal and a rotatable, multidirectional, height-adjustable serving mechanism for introducing a playing ball onto the surface of the game.

A rotary lawn mower accommodating plural blades supported for rotation in a housing having two generally cup-shaped compartments, the side walls of each compartment merging along a common wall portion so as to form a continuous downwardly extending housing skirt with a lower rim, the trailing edge of the housing in normal direction of movement extending rearwardly and outwardly to provide an exit spillgate, the spillgate having top and rear ground facing sides and edges to provide an extended sp...

The invention is an article that combines the functions of a stadium blanket, rain covering and seat cushion. The article has a basically rectangular, sheet-like body that has a waterproof top layer and a flannel bottom layer. To enhance its usefulness as a rain covering, the article includes a waterproof hood attached to one edge of the body. The body also includes a closable pocket or cavity that is adapted to receive and store the hood. The article may include one or more corner-located pocke...

A system and monitoring device is disclosed for use in extermination of pests, such as household insects. The monitoring device is used to determine the location, traffic patterns and density concentrations of pests in a building or other environment so as to more efficiently exterminate the pest population by reducing the amount of chemical spray. The monitoring device also includes a remotely activated locator device. The monitoring device may be used singly or ganged in groups of three or mor...

The lifting element (16) consists of a parallelepipedal block of elastomer designed to be fixed to the internal wall of a grinding mill and forms part of the lining of the latter. Its face (24) exposed to the grinding elements includes cavities (26) to allow the grinding elements to be embedded therein.

A device and method for restraining a human appendage is disclosed. The device includes a wrist restraining cushion member, a wrist restraining strap secured to the cushion member and a securement strap secured to the cushion member. The securement strap is attached to a fixed object such as hospital bed for immobilization of the appendage.

A holding container which is made of a polyether ether ketone resin and is suitable for use in holding one or more substrates upon fabrication of the corresponding number of thin-film semiconductor substrates useful in driving a planar display, for example, a liquid crystal display.