A clamp style wheel bushing on a drive wheel of a tractor for clamping the drive axle to the drive wheel. The wheel hub and cap are cast with internal shaft bearing surfaces on the cap and hub to firmly clamp the drive axle and lock the drive wheel to the drive axle.

A pruning shear of the hook style or pass-by type wherein the crossed levers are pivoted in combination with a power element for absorbing the impact generated upon the completion of the severing function as the shear is moving in shear closing direction. The shear has a cutting blade, a hook type blade, a yoke shaped upper handle straddling the two blades, a lower handle integral with the cutting blade, a leaf spring biasing the two handles to opened position, and a power element wherein a cont...

A method of making a jerky-type product is provided which uses multiple extrusion steps. First, a blend of a wet beef product and a high protein flour are mixed and then cooked by extruding the first blend at a temperature sufficient to at least partially cook the beef in the first blend. Next, a second blend is formed which includes the extruded product of the first extrusion step and additional wet beef. The second blend is then cooked by extruding the second blend at a temperature sufficient ...

A carpenter's level is described which includes an inclination indicator mounted in the web of an I-beam shaped frame. The inclination indicator includes a pair of transparent window panels affixed on each side of the web to enclose an aperture in the web, the window panels having interiorly directed sockets for holding the pin upon which a pendulum swings. Indicia is imprinted on the inside face of the window panels so that it will not wear off. Bolt holes through the window panels and web posi...

A durable, sturdy, prefabricated gable roof animal structure, such as a dog house, includes seven separate prefabricated sections which can be quickly assembled and dismantled. The assembled structure is rigidly secured internally in place by slip pin fastener hinge mechanisms attached at bevelled edged adjacent sections and attached in combination with hasp fastener mechanisms at adjacent side wall and roof sections. The separated dismantled sections can be compactly stacked one on top of anoth...

A cardboard stick gum dispenser comprises a rectangular-shaped container which has a slot formed on the lower part of its front panel. A paper sling extends from the upper part of the container's rear panel through the inside of the container to the slot. A free end of the sling extends from the slot and a stack of stick gum is supported on the sling inside the container. An individually wrapped stick of gum is drawn through the slot whenever the free end of the sling is pulled away from the con...

A satchel-style tackle box, that has storage compartments for tackle, baits, fishing accessories and other equipment, is disclosed. The box permits ready and facile access to all the storage compartments when the box is disposed in its horizontal in-use position. Some of the storage compartments are accessible through the open upper end of the box. A lid assembly is hingedly connected with the upper, rear edge of the box and may be used to selectively close the upper end of the box. The lid asse...

A garment which is adapted to be worn in a plurality of different styles. The garment comprises a lower tubular portion adapted to encircle portions of the body. Additionally, an upper tubular portion forms an extension of the lower portion. The upper portion comprises opposed scarves having spaced front and rear edges wherein each scarf extends from the front edge to the rear edge. The scarves are adapted either to enfold or to be draped about the body in various configurations to support the g...

An instrument is structured as a guitar and control-box incorporating electronic circuitry to control an external electronic synthesizer and electronic sampling instruments via a conventional M.I.D.I. system. The instrument is played in the fashion of a guitar with digital signals generated in response to switches activated when a musician plays the instrument in a similar manner to playing a conventional guitar. Boards which are capable of movement with respect to the guitar body or arm togethe...

A sleeve style carton for a bottle matrix where the bottles may be either of the short neck type or the long neck type. The carton includes body corner flaps that are wrapped around the bodies of the corner bottles of the matrix. Preferably each body corner flap is of a height not substantially greater than the height of a bottle's label and is positioned so as to substantially overlie that corner bottle's label when the carton is filled with the bottle matrix. This allows label indicia to be pr...