A combination holder to be used by a person when the person is using a toilet. The preferred embodiment includes an openable container to retain objects such as premoistened wipes. Beneath the openable container is an openable ring for retaining a roll of toilet paper from which sheets of toilet paper may be dispensed as needed. Beneath the openable ring is a tray for retaining objects such as an air freshener or any other toiletries which are useful for the person while the person is using the ...

The present invention is a cleaning implement such as a scrub brush attachment which removably holds the scrub brush attachment in place on a butterfly mop head and will not fall off during the vigorous scrubbing action because it is locked in place by means of a novel attaching mechanism. The present invention is comprised of a receiving channel molded into the mop head, the channel receiving the unique locking member of the present invention attachment mechanism. The attachment comprises an el...

For preventing a luminance drop of a liquid crystal display panel comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a driver circuit of driving the liquid crystal panel, and a luminaire having a fluorescent lamp as one of elements thereof, the present invention provides a heat retaining means for an electrode portion of the fluorescent lamp, and suppresses heat radiation at the electrode portion of the fluorescent lamp so as to secure sufficient amount of mercuric vapor in the whole of the fluorescent ...

A jewelry finding or attachment means by which a charm is attached to a bracelet. The particular attachment means enables the charm to be removably attached at any desired location along the length of the bracelet at a location where the charm will be fully visible while at the same time not obscuring the upper surface of the bracelet and therefore not obstructing the view of any of the gemstones in the top surface of the bracelet. The attachment means further provides a safe and secure attachme...

A conductive panel adapted to align and retain a printed circuit board modular device carrier assembly. The assembly includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of modular electronic device carriers, each sized to slidably receive a modular electronic device such as a Gigabit Interface Converter. The panel includes at least two generally rectangular openings oriented in a row of opening. The openings are sized to permit the modular electronic device to be slidably disposed therethrough. At ...

A device to retain screws during insertion into an object such as a bone by use of a screw-driver. The device comprises comprising a gripping sleeve the free end of which has a radially expandable portion for receiving the screw and the other end of which has at least one radial bore for movably receiving a locking ball. A safety sleeve is slidingly disposed on an outer surface of the gripping sleeve. The safety sleeve blocks an expansion of the expandable portion when in a position which is tow...

A retaining device includes a pair of annular retaining members and a pair of securing members. Each annular retaining member is adapted to be interposed between an axle and enlarged head portions of spoke tightening members in an annular space defined between the axle and an annular inner peripheral wall of a tubular mount member. The annular retaining member includes an annular inner ring portion sleeved on the axle, an annular outer ring portion surrounding and rotatable relative to the annul...

A holder, in various embodiments, holds a previously opened, now recapped, bottle, partially filled with an effervescent liquid, in an inverted position. The effervescent liquid forms a gas seal about the interior of the replaced cap. In some embodiments, a liquid drip basin portion of the holder is included to collect, if necessary, some possible seepage. Preferably, the holder is shaped to place the bottle, as so supported in the holder, on the inside door shelves of a refrigerator.

A closed rim, for example a squared-off ring of stiff wire material has four clips formed thereon, essentially of U-shape leaving a space the width of the wire rim therebetween; a pair of U-shaped leg structures are resiliently snapped into the clips, the legs being held in extended position by the U-shaped clips and having angled-off ends fitting between the clips to bear against the rim; upon resiliently spreading the legs, they can be slid out from between the U-shaped clips, the ends remaini...

There is disclosed movel mutant IGFBP-3 polypeptides and fragments thereof that have either no binding, or diminished binding to IGFs, yet retain their ability to bind to the human IGFBP-3 receptor ("P4.33"). The present invention provides novel mutant IGFBP-3 nucleic acid sequences, and expression systems. Additional embodiments provide for screening assays for identifying IGFBP-3 receptor antagonists or agonists, methods for modulating IGF-independent IGFBP-3 responses of cells expressing IGFB...