This invention provides a useful system for attaching and detaching an external pad to fabric. The pad serves as a base for attaching accessories like pockets, ribbons, straps, decorative patches, labels, etc. The attachment solves problems with previous portable pockets; namely, limited useful life of adhesives and having to permanently attach one member of the VELCRO pair (either hooks or loops) to the apparel and associated problems of snagging when laundering such. The solution presented pro...

Moveable barrier apparatus is disclosed for use in controlling traffic along parallel lanes of a roadway. The apparatus includes elongate channels which are embedded in the roadway transversely of the lanes at spaced-apart positions. Carrier cars are mounted by roller bearings for movement lengthwise within each channel, and posts which are mounted on the cars extend upwardly above the roadway through slots formed along the channels. An elongate upstanding barrier is mounted on the posts to form...

A vehicle roof having a moveable panel arranged in a framed roof aperture. The panel can be deployed outwardly at its rear edge and can, if required, be detached completely from the roof frame. The panel is attached to the roof frame at its forward edge through at least two hinges and at its rear edge through a deploying mechanism comprising two lateral lever arms.

A selectively moveable umbrella (10) for use in providing shade during outdoor leisure and work-related activities, in which a support holds an umbrella post (36) with a first end (37) and a canopy (41) attached to a plurality of support ribs extending from a portion of the post near a second end (39) distal from the first end. The support attaches to a triangular base frame (12). An elongated handle (28) extends outwardly from under the canopy from a corner edge (13) of the base frame. Two back...

An apparatus and method for moveable lighting of large areas includes moveable bases upon which can be mounted light poles and light fixtures that elevate lights to a substantially high level. Each base has a size and mass that allows the pole and light fixture(s) to freely stand, including against normal environmental conditions without tipping. The base can be moved from location to location and transported with conventional equipment eliminating dedicated trailers or trucks and eliminating a ...

A pivotable safety railing for a platform such as a helicopter landing pad is disclosed. The safety railing includes a suitable hand railing of sufficient height to protect a person on the landing pad, and mounted on a pivot shaft extending along an edge of the platform. The pivot shaft allows the railing to pivot downwardly to a horizontal position while a helicopter is landing or taking off, and to pivot upwardly to an upright, or vertical, position, when a helicopter is resting on the landing...

A moveable stair apparatus 10 is described for allowing access from a lower floor 103 to a loft or upper floor 101 in a building or between the upper floors 101 and 102 in the building. The moveable stair apparatus includes a plurality of equally spaced apart moveable steps 12 mounted on a girder assembly 11 with a plurality of vertically extending posts 15 mounted to the steps and also a pair of parallel hand rails 16 mounted to the posts. A first pivot pin 18 is secured to the girder assembly ...

A moveable welding station. An exhaust hood mounted atop a pair of depending legs with a welding curtain extending downwardly from the hood and defining the work area. An exhaust fan mounted to the hood pulls air upwardly from the work station through a bottom slot and then radially into a plurality of cylindrical air filters. An air passage is provided from the hollow central portions of the cylinders upwardly through a pair of charcoal filters exiting into the ambient air surrounding the weldi...

A sanitary napkin is provided with a positioning strap in slideable contact with a low friction baffle which is attached to the bottom of the napkin. The contact between the positioning strap and the baffle is maintained by a retention strap attached to the napkin which encircles the positioning strap. Attachment means are provided at each end of the positioning strap on the surface opposite that in slidable contact with the baffle.

A storage box is suspended on side rails in such a manner that it can be slid along the length of the cargo compartment of a conventional pickup truck bed, conventional pickup truck bed with a camper shell or a cargo van. The storage box can be easily opened from the front or rear of the cargo bed. The top panel can be completely removed from the storage box while it is held in a confined space with limited headroom.