A handling tool is provided for installing fastening devices such as pedicle screws in a constrained or limited space. The fastening device may be releasably secured with the handling tool to simplify installation procedures. The handling tool includes a one piece, releasable socket having a cavity sized to receive a portion of the fastening device therein. One or more flexible arms may be formed as an integral part of the socket for releasably securing the fastening device within the cavity. Fo...

A fuel injection system having an ultrasonically vibrated nozzle to provide for fuel atomisation. The nozzle has a fuel outlet having a ball valve to give a quick fuel shut-off. Fuel circulates continuously around the ball valve by passing through passageways. The circulating fuel swirls around the ball valve and this swirling facilitates quick fuel atomisation when the nozzle is vibrated.

A swing assembly includes a main support frame and a swing chair unit. The main support frame includes four spaced-apart upright posts, and a top frame connected to the upright posts. The swing chair unit includes a suspending frame hung movably on the top frame, and a seat frame held by the suspending frame. The swing assembly further includes a roof assembly mounted on the top frame, and a drape assembly hung on the top frame and extending downwardly along and between the upright posts.

An integrated U-tube and adsorbent unit including a U-tube having first and second legs and a return bend, a space between the first and second legs and the return bend, adsorbent in the space, opposite sides on the first and second legs and the return bend, permeable covers bonded to the first and second opposite sides to contain the adsorbent within the space, a hole in the return bend, a frame connected to the U-bend and defining a space in communication with the hole, and filter material on ...

A system for orienting or biasing swings before installation uses a device having a bed adjusted to the desired orientation or bias. The swing is supported from a temporary support by its normal semi-elastic supports which are stretched in a manner to conform to the bias of the bed. In order to obtain the necessary amount of stretching in the semi-elastic support, the swing is forced into the bed during a process in which the bed is moved vertically to facilitate the stretching of the semi-elast...

A dual row outdoor leisure rocking chair. The chair includes two rocking chairs each having a main frame with two foot supports linked by a linking bar at the bottom side. The main frame hangs a swingable loading bracket thereon. The loading bracket has two bottom sides each engaged with a linkage rod. A top bracket is mounted at the top end of the main frame. The top bracket has a coupling section formed at one end thereof. The two rocking chairs are opposite to each other and swingable synchro...

An improved portable patio swing of the type being suspended from a free-standing, overhead support frame. The patio swing includes a swing seat including a sling cushion that is suspended within a peripheral seat frame including a pair of opposed, S-shaped arm members being interconnected by seat frame cross-members. The sling cushion features a plurality of articulating compartments formed therein which are capable of folding across the width thereof to conform to the back and rear end of the ...

A swing apparatus, used primarily for the amusement of children, comprising a partially enclosed seating platform suspended by vertical hangers from an overhead support structure and a linkage mechanism which is used to initiate and sustain the swing pendular motion.

An add-on hand-powered swinging mechanism for a porch swing or the like including an extension bar securable to a fixed surface adjacent the existing porch swing at one end thereof and having a pulley connection mechanism at a second end thereof; a pulley assembly, detachably mountable to an end of the extension bar, including an extension bar connecting mechanism and a pulley wheel rotatably mounted within a pulley bracket; a cable assembly including a handle member, a cable guide having a mech...

An inflatable play structure includes an inflatable platform and an inflatable slide attached to the platform. The platform provides stability to the slide when the structure is used in water so that it does not easily turn over. Further, the slide is preferably positioned on the platform so that the platform provides a resting and staging area for the slide. When used on land, the slide may be positioned so the platform provides a cushioned area for a user to land when coming down the slide.