A louver assembly is disclosed. The louver assembly includes a louver, a pair of generally L-shaped side flanges formed on the louver, a cover overlaying the louver, and a cap secured to the cover and the louver. The side flanges are formed on either side of the louver and extend inwardly toward one another over a front face of the louver. Opposing sides of the cover are received within the side flanges, thus forming a cavity between the cover and the louver. The cap surrounds both the cover and...

A leg stretching apparatus is disclosed. The leg stretching apparatus includes a pair of leg assemblies, a handle assembly, and attachment means for securing each leg assembly to the handle assembly. Each leg assembly includes a first leg including a pivot end and an opposite end, and a second leg including a first end slidingly received within the opposite end of the first leg and an opposite end for engaging a user's legs. First means for securing the second leg within the first leg are includ...

A removable basketball netting assembly is disclosed for use with a basketball goal which includes a backboard, a rim, and a support ledge to secure; the rim to the backboard. The assembly includes a ring having a first portion and a second portion where the first portion has two opposing sides, a top, an interior surface, and at least one opening through the top of the first portion. The second portion includes a top, one side, and an interior surface. The first and second portions are removabl...

A cable management device is disclosed for holding a plurality of cables including a cable holding main body having a plurality of juxtaposed compartments, and an arm for enclosing the compartments. The main body is preferably pleated having a series of adjoining V-shaped compartments for receiving the cables. Each compartment includes at least one side wall and an open side. The arm includes a pivot end, a terminating end, and at least one tab located near the terminating end. The pivot end is ...

An improved animal litter containment and filtering apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first and second container for holding particulate litter, a coupler for temporarily securing the first container to the second container, and a filter. The second container may be inverted and temporarily secured to the first container utilizing the the coupler with the filter temporarily secured between the first and second containers. The coupler includes a first part secured to an end wall of...

A beverage container is disclosed for keeping liquid evenly heated. The beverage container includes a cup, a heating element, and a removable battery power source. The cup has an inner sidewall surface, an outer sidewall surface, an inner bottom surface, and an outer bottom surface. The inner sidewall surface and inner bottom surface are shaped to hold liquid. The heating element is completely enclosed between the inner sidewall surface and the outer sidewall surface. The heating element heats t...

A power management circuit for operating a magnetic repulsion punch comprising a storage capacitor arranged to be connected in parallel with an inductive load serving as an operating coil of the magnetic repulsion punch, a means for selectively and temporarily coupling the inductive load to the storage capacitor for forming a resonant circuit, and a means for charging the storage capacitor after each operation.

A method and system for permitting communication between a data processing system and input pointing devices of multiple types. During the initialization of an operating system, a particular selectable software routine is automatically selected in response to an automatic determination that a particular type of input pointing device is coupled to the data processing system. Thereafter, the particular selectable software routine which was automatically selected permits communication between the d...

A system is disclosed for clamping disks in a spaced parallel relationship around a circular hub in a disk drive storage system. An annular clamp is provided which includes tabs extending inwardly into the aperture of the annular clamp which define a slightly smaller aperture. When a collapsing force is applied to the annular clamp, these tabs are displaced outwardly such that the annular clamp may be placed over the circular hub. The circular hub includes a lip for receiving the tabs and prohib...

A method and system in a data processing system for the establishment of relationships between reference objects in an object oriented environment and an associated data object residing outside an object oriented environment. A data object within an application outside an object oriented environment is identified. Multiple reference objects within an oriented environment are then established. Each reference object has a unique identifier and is associated with one of multiple users. Each referen...