A weight system comprising a weight material assembly having predetermined dimensions and a container assembly. The weight material assembly comprises weight material comprising at least one of sand and gravel and a weight material bag adapted to contain the weight material. The weight material bag comprises at least a ply of paper material. The container assembly comprises a panel assembly defining an interior chamber, an access opening, and an access flap and a closure system operable in an open configuration and a closed configuration. The interior chamber is sized and dimensioned to accommodate the predetermined dimensions of the weight material assembly. The weight material assembly may be displaced through the access opening and into the interior chamber. With the weight material assembly arranged within the interior chamber, the panel assembly is configured in the closed position and the closure system is operated in the closed configuration.

The SmarTack design with interchangeable inlays, or “faces,” was born out of the need to conserve money coupled with the desire of staying up to date with style. No other product has been found up to this point. The SmarTack product line allows the user to quickly, easily and inexpensively change the look of their tack, as frequently as they desire. I developed SmarTack with the goal of providing something that can be purchased “on a teacher's budget” as I am a teacher and have had to say “no” on several occasions that my daughter wanted new horse tack just because she wanted to change the style. I could not justify spending hundreds of dollars on a whim. However, if something like SmarTack had existed, it would certainly have been something I could have done financially.

The present invention is directed to a device for attaching items to a surface, including attachment devices for attaching the device to the surface and pressure components connected to the attachment device, the pressure component having an upturned lip. The device may comprise a rib on a bottom surface to receive the attachment device such as adhesive, putty, fasteners, magnets, suction cups, etc. Pressure components may be biased toward the surface or a plate. Pressure may be applied between the pressure components and the surface or plate due to a curved lip on the pressure component. The pressure component and plate may be biased toward each other. The device may comprise an attachment core configured to receive the attachment device and attach to the pressure components. The device may include promotional designs or markings, and/or may be configured to hold items in a substantially non-coplanar arrangement with the surface.

A mold in fastener product includes a flexible substrate, such as a resin film or textile sheet, and a resin layer covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the one side of the flexible substrate exposed, the resin layer carrying multiple touch fastener elements each having a resin stem extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head. A flexible ferromagnetic strip is bonded to the flexible substrate and at least partially bounds a bounded portion of the flexible substrate containing at least some of the touch fastener elements and at least a part of the exposed region. The product is preferably wide, such as to cover a wide concave region of a foam seat cushion.

This particular invention accomplishes the objective of flat small packing by means of having a flap on the bottom of the sofa base pieces that can fasten and enclose a hollow space inside of the base. Sofa backs, cushions, tools and parts all can be placed inside of the sofa base during storage and shipping inside of a box optimally made of cardboard. The box only needs to be big enough to contain the base piece. The sofa back can then be attached to the seat frame by metal threaded rods. The arms can be attached to the sides using the hardware and the cushions put in place. Supporting legs are screwed onto the bottom by hand and the sofa is complete.

A vacuum-based carrier system for a vehicle having a pair of vacuum devices shaped and sized to mate and secure to a recreational article. Each vacuum device includes a pad shaped and sized to detachably seat with a vehicle to form a vacuum cavity. The vacuum device includes a plunger attached to the pad and in fluid communication with the vacuum cavity, and an indicator positioned on the plunger to indicate the level of vacuum pressure within the vacuum cavity. The system includes a mount to secure an article to the vehicle and support bars attached to the mount wherein one or more support bars contains a break and fold assembly configured to allow folding. A race ready embodiment with reduced footprint is also provided.

The invention concerns an improved means of joining two surfaces with flexible elements on them that, when the two surfaces are placed against each other, grip each other clampingly.

A vehicular locking unit includes an engaging portion provided at an internal member of a vehicle to face an internal space in the vehicle, a hook portion, which is provided at an internal portion of the vehicle and which is selectively engaged with the engaging portion to attach the internal portion to the internal member in the internal space, and a locking mechanism, which is provided at the internal portion and which is coupled to the hook portion to selectively actuate the hook portion, whereby the hook portion is engaged with or disengaged from the engaging portion to attach the internal portion to the internal member or detach the same therefrom.

A support stand for portable devices is formed as an integral unit with a bend between a proximal end and a distal end. Embodiments of the stand comprise an apparatus that measures approximately 1.5″ wide and 4.25″ long and is all one piece. The stand has a bend about 1″ from a proximal end of the apparatus resulting in the remaining length being about 3.25″ from the bend to a distal end of the apparatus. The approximate height of the apparatus from any surface to the top of the bend is about ⅞″. Adhesive is installed on the top of the apparatus which can be affixed to any device to raise it from a flat surface to an ergonomically correct height. The apparatus raises the user's device to that ergonomically correct height partially because the bend has an angle between approximately 15° and approximately 23°.

A laboratory lift mechanism includes a platen rotatably engaged with a base in a laboratory cabinet. The platen can support a heavy piece of laboratory equipment. Lift bags are engaged with the base and can be inflated to raise the base with the laboratory equipment.