A multi-purpose travel bag may be used as a shoulder bag, a child booster seat or a backpack. The travel bag has a strap that may be configured in three different ways to accommodate each of the uses for the travel bag. The travel bag has multiple mounting positions to provide the various configurations of the strap.

A hydraulic system comprising: a first pump, in fluid communication with a first valve; a second pump, in fluid communication with a second valve; an auxiliary passage, in fluid communication with the first valve and the second valve; and a supplemental apparatus, in fluid communication via a supplemental passage with the second valve and the auxiliary passage, wherein the supplemental apparatus comprises a relief valve.

One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of applying a liquid to a surface from a wheeled receptacle that is disposed on the surface. The wheeled receptacle, itself, includes a circumferential sidewall, a bottom wall connected to the circumferential sidewall, at least two wheels, a steering handle for guiding the wheeled receptacle on the surface, and a spigot; and the wheeled receptacle contains a liquid. The method includes the steps of: opening the spigot, thereby dispensing a liqu...

A label which may be removed intact from a container of materials and used as a cooking and serving vessel for the contents thereof, and methods of forming the same.

A multiple purpose plug arrangement comprises an insulator housing wherein pairs of sheet metal strips form contact surfaces. The strips are bent so as to allow them to operate as rest contacts if desired. These rest contacts can be interrupted by a plug which may form a new circuit via the plug or simply interrupt the circuit via the rest contact. Thin insulator sheets permit the selective interruption of any one of the rest contacts.

A soft, absorbent nonwoven material useful as an all purpose wipe is disclosed. The material includes a three dimensional web of an open array of long fibers, a minor fraction of which have Z-direction orientation and regenerated cellulose fragments. The regenerated cellulose fragments are randomly dispersed throughout the web of fibers with the concentration of regenerated cellulose being greatest on and adjacent to the web surfaces and diminishing toward the web mid section. The fragments are ...

A valve structure comprises an elongated housing having a passage extending therethrough, and a control member mounted in the passage for rectilinear movement with respect to the housing. The housing has a plurality of spaced valve ports extending therethrough in communication with the housing passage. A plurality of sealing means are non-uniformly spaced along the length of the control member for movement therewith, with each of the sealing means sealingly engaging adjacent wall surfaces of the...

A thermostat circuit is arranged for dual purpose operation to save pins in a small package. The circuit includes a temperature sensor circuit, a trip-point reference circuit, a switching circuit, an amplifier circuit, and a comparator circuit. The trip-point reference circuit provides a reference voltage that corresponds to a desired trip-point level. The temperature sensor circuit provides a sense voltage that corresponds to temperature. During a normal operating mode the sense voltage is coup...

A general purpose register circuit that stores and outputs desired data as required by a program stored in a storage device, has a memory cell which is connected to a word line and a bit line for writing and reading of the data; and a multiplexer circuit which is connected to the bit line at an input thereof and to a control line for transmitting an output selection signal and selectively outputs one of the value of the data read from the memory cell and input thereto via the bit line and a fixe...

A manually operable self-loading trailer of wagon configuration is descri wherein tailgate ramps are operated by jacks to elevate rear end of trailer while rear carriage is moved adjacent front carriage, and then to lower rear end of bed to near ground. Jacks incorporated in carriages permit altering of bed height and attitude and aid in converting trailer to tandem axle semi-trailer.