An adjustable pier system that allows the elevation of a building structure to be readily adjusted when soil subsidence occurs. The adjustable pier includes telescopically intercoupled upper and lower members. The lower member is coupled to a grade beam or spread footing, while the upper member is coupled to a sill beam of the structure. When the elevation of the structure is adjusted upwardly, the adjustable pier is automatically extended. After extension, a mechanical stop can be inserted betw...

An adjustable dumbbell comprises a carrying seat, a plurality of weights, and a selection device. The carrying seat is formed of two support plates and a connection member. The weights are held by the carrying seat by two connection rods. The selection device is mounted on the carrying seat and is formed of an adjusting mechanism, and two rotary rods which are controlled by the adjusting mechanism to move into or out of the through holes of the weight. A user of the dumbbell can use the selectio...

The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing workpiece positioning for power tools, such as miter saws. The apparatus includes an adjustable positioning device such as a threaded rod. A retention member is connected to the adjustable positioning device. The retention member is capable of pivotally obtaining an extended orientation and a retracted orientation to alternatively contact a workpiece disposed on the power tool deck and to retract into an unobtrusive storage o...

A adjustable spanner includes a main body formed with a fixed jaw and a slideway, an adjustment screw rotatably mounted in the main body, a movable jaw movably mounted on the main body and formed with a neck portion having a rack slidably mounted in the slideway and engaged with the adjustment screw, and two magnetic members mounted between the slideway and the movable jaw. Thus, the movable jaw is movable in the slideway smoothly by the repulsive effect between the magnetic members and the mova...

An adjustable wreath hanger, preferably made of molded plastic, is disclosed herein that preferably comprises a hanger strip attachable to the top of a door or other object and a hook strip that slidably engages the hanger strip to permit selective variation of the distance between a rearwardly facing door hook and a forwardly facing wreath hook. The hanger strip preferably comprises a plurality of forwardly facing detent members into which a tooth projecting rearwardly from an engagement tab on...

A stretchable string (100) having a first cross sectional diameter at rest and a second smaller cross sectional diameter when stretched. An aglet (200) positioned on the string. The aglet has an inner cross sectional diameter that is smaller than the cross sectional diameter of the string at rest and approximate to the cross sectional diameter of the string when it is sufficiently elongated. The aglet is moved along the string when the string is sufficiently elongated. The aglet can be repositio...

A lampshade may comprise an upper rim, a cross-member having two ends connected to the upper rim, a clip having a spring portion and two arms, and a shade material connected to said upper rim. The cross-member may include a loop portion between the two ends, the spring portion may be connected to the loop portion of the cross-member, and the arms may be configured to engage a light source.

An adjustable socket having first and second jaw members having manually selectable sizes. An exterior drive unit and a moveable inner driver unit each having serrated interlocking teeth are positioned to either engage during wrenching, or to be disengaged for socket size manual adjustments. The opposing first and second jaw members are forced by axial rotation of a spiral cam element located on the open top end of the outer drive unit to move laterally, inward or outward, when a user pulls the ...

A headband for use in a headgear support includes a first end section having a plurality of spaced connectors and a second end section including a fastener attached adjacent the end thereof. The fastener includes a connecting member to which at least one cooperating connector is attached. The connecting member biases the cooperating connector in an engagement position with at least one of the plurality of connectors of the first end section to hold the headband in a selected loop configuration. ...

An adjustable wrench comprises a handle, a head portion formed at one end of the handle, and an adjusting unit. The head portion further includes a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, which forms a clip surface for clipping a screwed part. The movable jaw is provided with a slide rod at a bottom side thereof that is retained along a slot extended transversely across the head portion. The adjusting unit controls the displacement of the movable jaw along the slot. The ratio of a maximal outer width to a ...