A free standing fishing alarm is provided in which the head or tail member(s) may be threadably attached to the body member, creating a water tight environment for the circuitry and associated components, or removed from the body member to allow service and maintenance of the device. The body member internally houses the circuitry, including batteries, and the lighting and audible signaling means. The body member externally houses a clamp means, a toggle switch, a fastening means, and two opposa...

To provide a free standing bag of plastic material so that it will be useful as a grocery bag, a bag is formed folded with a triangular bottom insert to form a flat bottom having a central crease, the crease lines being pre-formed in the bag so that it can be erected and will have side walls completely free of creases; the side walls of the bags themselves are preferably embossed, striated, or quilted of double strength material, with embossing or quilted lines extending, preferably, in two vect...

A free standing foldable cart having a rectangular base shelf with a post in each of the four corners and a pair of longitudinally spaced end frames. The posts of each end frame are pivotally connected to a corresponding post of the base shelf for rotation of each end frame about a single axis of rotation to fold the end frames about the base shelf. In the folded position, two or more carts may be vertically stacked upon and moved about the running gear of the bottom cart.

An apparatus and method for standing a first crutch and a second crutch, each crutch having a front and a rear bow, each bow having an upper end and a lower end, each crutch having an arm piece spanning between the upper ends of its front and rear bows, and each crutch having a foot piece spanning between the lower ends of its front and rear bows, the apparatus and method comprising elements and steps of providing a "U" bracket, the "U" having a front arm and a rear arm, said arms defining a cru...

A self-standing reflector, and method of making same, comprising a main reflector formed from at least one sheet of reflective material, and at least one reflective insert joined to the main reflector. The main reflector is typically formed by folding a plurality of flat panels along fold lines pre-formed in the sheet into abutting relationship to define a predetermined three-dimensional reflector shape. The reflective insert can have a plurality of facets formed into its reflective surface and ...

A support frame having a first end frame portion having an apex, a second end frame portion having an apex and spaced laterally from the first frame portion, and a ground-engaging portion coupled to each of the end frame portions is disclosed. A plurality of resilient members connect a seat to the frame, each running from the seat to a point on one of the end frame portions below the apex. The seat is suspended from the end frame portions.

An ironing board with scissor legs, one pivoted to the board. A leg support clip has a base member and a pair of flexible locking fingers, and the base member has a first portion engaging one side of a plate of a mounting member on the ironing board, and a second portion engaging the opposite plate side, with a connecting portion extending from the one plate side to the opposite plate side. The second portion also includes a leg spaced from the connecting portion with a locking member extending ...

An apparatus and method for building three-dimensional spatial power combiners for efficiently combining power from a large number of active devices are being disclosed. The apparatus discloses a plurality of grid amplifiers, each having a major surface, the plurality of grid amplifiers are arranged along an axis that is perpendicular to the major surface of each grid amplifier and spatially separated from each other by a selected resonant distance to generate a standing wave between adjacent gr...

A stroller for transporting a child includes a wheeled frame including at least two base rails interconnected by a cylindrical hub, a spine, and a bracing linkage. A basket attaches to the spine, confining the child and supporting a seat ring. The seat ring includes upper and lower connected concentric arcs having different radii and supports a seat back on its lower arc. The seat back reclines, and the seat ring rotates from center. A seat base is supported on the frame and includes a platform ...

The frequency at which standing waves occur in a loudspeaker enclosure may be reduced by the addition of an internal barrier to the enclosure in order to lengthen the effective length of an internal dimension of the enclosure. Additionally, the internal barrier may be configured such that it forms a resistive coupling between two sides of the barrier. By configuring the internal barrier to form a resistive coupling, aberrations in the frequency response of the loudspeaker caused by certain stand...