Abstract: The tidy element, that is designed to be fixed at the inner face of the back wall of the lid of a case, such as an attache-case, is formed of several compartments, generally three compartments, two of which are provided with an elastic hooking strip. The lid of one of the two compartments provided with a lid bears at the inner face another small lid that opens in the opposite sense. The lid of the other of these two compartments bears, at the inner face, parallel and aligned small brackets that form rows of racks designed to support items such as pencils, pens and the like.

Abstract: A sanitary pad package (10) is disclosed which includes a backing sheet (12) and a sterilizable absorbant sanitary pad (18). A peelable adhesive (24) is provided to enclose the sanitary pad (18) when the backing sheet (12) is folded about the midfold line (26). The peelable adhesive (24) includes an adhesive coating (28) and a coating (30) having openings (32) therethrough exposing the backing sheet (12). The adhesive coating (28) is activated so that the coating (28) enters the openings (32) to adhere to the backing sheet (12).

Abstract: An improved compact is provided for storing a plurality of articles of convenience. The compact includes a cental compartment with a hinged top that is lockable in a closed condition. The compact further includes a plurality of side housings which are constructed to frictionally engage removable side compartments. The side compartments are adapted to be frictionally locked into the side housings. Additionally the handles of the compartments are formed to prevent rotational movement of the handle relative to the remainder of the compartment while the compartment is engaged in its appropriate side housing.

Abstract: A three-component tray-type packaging unit for semiconductor wafers, compatible with automatic equipment, includes a wafer carrier enclosed between a tub-shaped lower portion for receiving the wafer carrier and a matching lid. The wafers are fixed at four contact points-namely, in the wafer carrier by two rows of spring tongues arranged tangentially with respect to the wafer, and in the matching lid by two rows of inwardly projecting retention cones.

Abstract: A bale of elongated flexible bags of generally rectangular section each contains one or more batts of fibrous heat insulating material, the bags being aligned in a row with larger faces in mutual contact. A sleeve of flexible relatively non-extensible material having a width which is a substantial proportion of the length of the batts extends around the row of bags and retains the fibrous heat insulating material in a compressed state in which the uncompressed volume of the heat insulating material is reduced but which results in substantially full recovery to the uncompressed volume when the heat insulating material is removed from the bags after the wrapping sleeve has been removed.

Abstract: Containers for containing a drum having a sensitive cylindrical outer surface, each container utilizing a relatively thin-walled construction including a body with side walls establishing a polygonal cross-sectional configuration within which the drum is suspended by supports engaging the drum adjacent the ends thereof such that contact with the sensitive outer surface of the drum is avoided, the interior of each container being sealed by an air-resistant seal to isolate the interior of the container from the surrounding environment while establishing an air cushion for reinforcing the thin-walled body against external forces so as to preclude damaging contact between the side walls and the sensitive outer surface of the drum.

Abstract: The refillable case comprises the bottom shell portion (1) and the cover shell portion (2) which are joined together by a hinge means (3). The shell portions (1, 2) enclose a circular chamber (4) in which are disposed two stacks of freshen-up cloths (6), of substantially square configuration, which are folded into a semicircular form. A retaining member (5) in the form of a plate is disposed centrally in the chamber, approximately at the level of the plane of the chamber opening. Each cloth (6) is so folded and fitted into the chamber (4) that a triangular portion (6g) thereof is on the top. By pulling thereon, the part of the cloth over which the plate (5) extends is rolled out of its cover means, without the secure position of the cloth therebelow being affected.

Abstract: A disposable cat litter container having the animal litter material prepackaged in the container. The container has a rectangularly shaped top wall member having a central perforated tear-out portion. Extending upwardly from the lateral edges of the top member are a pair of inside side walls and a pair of inside end walls. The top edges of these respective inside walls have outside side walls and outside end walls attached to their top edges. The outside walls have a height greater than that of the inside walls and each of these have inwardly extending flanges along their bottom edges. A bottom cover member covers the chamber formed between the bottom surface of the top wall member and the inwardly extending flanges on the outside wall members. This chamber is filled with a predetermined amount of animal litter material. The container, with the exception of the bottom cover member, is formed from a single integral sheet of paperboard material.

Abstract: A container for use in sterilization of medical items is made entirely of resin-treated, fluid repellent, semi-rigid nonwoven material. The container includes a bottom or receptacle having extending side wall or side walls and a cover having depending side wall or side walls. The material is readily permeable to gas or steam, yet is resistant to the transmission of bacteria. The container and its contents may be retrieved from a sterilizing vessel almost immediately after sterilization without special procedures or devices and without fear of being burned. Because of its low cost, the container is disposable and may be molded to a particular shape for use in shipping prosthetic devices, implants or delicate instruments in sterilized condition.

Abstract: A pressurized fluid package comprising a plastic container and a base. The oriented plastic container includes a cylindrical side wall, a neck, a neck finish on the upper end of the neck for receiving a closure, and a hemispherical bottom wall. The plastic base includes a seating area for engaging a surface on which the package is supported, and a peripheral wall extending upwardly and outwardly and terminating in an annular free edge portion defining an inner primary support area engaging a complementary area of the hemispherical wall of the container to provide primary and sole support axially for the container in the base. The base also has a second contact area for receiving adhesive to bond the hemispherical bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: The reactive precursors of a dental amalgam are stored in separate chambers of a disposable dental capsule which allows the precursors to be mixed when desired with no special manipulation of the capsule by the user. The capsule comprises a closed cylindrical container divided into two noncummunicating, internal chambers by a movable, flexible disk. The dental capsule may contain mercury in one chamber and silver powder and a mixing pestle in the other chamber. When placed in a dental amalgamator, the mixing pestle drives the flexible disk to the end of the vessel of the container forcing the mercury to flow around the edges of the disk and to mix with the silver powder, thereby forming the dental amalgam.

Abstract: The self-service jewelry container includes a relatively rigid cup-shaped base, a relatively resilient pedestal and a relatively rigid transparent cylindrical cover having a slant top. The base and cover can be taped together to render the container more pilfer-resistant. A predetermined angular relationship is established between the base and pedestal by means of an interfitting rib and groove configuration, and a predetermined angular relationship is established between the base and cover by means of a notch and tab. Lips on the base and cover telescopically interfit. In this way, when the several parts constituting the container are assembled, the slant top is properly oriented with the pedestal for the display of the jewelry mounted on the pedestal within the transparent cover. Two pedestal embodiments are disclosed, one for holding a flexible necklace and the other for holding a bangle.

Abstract: A hermetic ceramic semiconductor package is provided with impact absorbing bumpers by applying a composition of sealing glass loaded with malleable metal particles to the ceramic package. The bumpers are applied to the ceramic parts when they are being coated with sealing glass. When the hermetic package seal is formed the bumpers will form a metal loaded matrix that will absorb impacts and thereby avoid chipping of the ceramic package due to impacts during handling.

Abstract: A variable-volume receptacle, especially for use as a compensating receptacle in heating systems. The receptacle includes two membrane-like sheets of rubber or synthetic material; the sheets have the same surface areas, and are placed against one another. The edges of the sheets are bound together by a peripheral U-shaped strip which is attached to both sides. The novel edge connection is considerably more durable than the conventional overlap connection, and as a result of not being susceptible to the otherwise constant danger of tearing due to having been folded, the connection also has a much longer life than do the heretofore known overlap connections.

Abstract: A bottle carrier for carrying a plurality of bottles having a body portion and a neck portion and a closure which is crimped around the neck of the bottle and forms a concave fillet at the juncture with the container comprising a generally flat blank formed of a material that is flexible and elastic and has a central portion with a plurality of openings for receiving the neck of the containers and engaging the containers at the juncture of the closure fillet and the container. The carrier also includes a peripheral band that is severable from the first part and moved about the periphery of the bottles. Each opening has a configuration of a substantially isometric 36.degree. ellipse, the ratio of the length of major axis to the length of the minor axis being between 0.5 and 0.65, and the ratio of the perimeter of the greatest side wall dimension of the closure to the perimeter of the opening ranging between 1.25 and 1.40.

Abstract: A composite package adapted for initially separately containing a dry medicament and a diluent therefor, the diluent containing package portion being a collapsible bag with an I.V. set fitment attachment port and an injection port, and a dry medicament containing receptacle container, the dry medicament container including an open end cylinder sealingly engageably mountable in a top opening in the collapsible bag, the cylinder having an elastomeric bottom closure plug therein, a top plunger means constituting a top cylinder closure and a final seal for the container, the plunger being depressible within the cylinder, and operable to displace the bottom closure plug to open the cylinder bottom for discharge therefrom, and subsequent mixing of, the dry medicament in the diluent in the collapsible bag for subsequent disbursement of the mixture therefrom.

Abstract: A portable tool box having an open-top, box-like housing containing removable slats with apertures for holding tools in an upright position and a drawer slidably engaged within a drawer aperture in one wall of the housing. The drawer outer wall has an outwardly projecting shelf and a lip extending above the shelf. A cover disposed over the housing has an endwall which covers the lip for retaining the drawer in the housing. Preferably, the shelf extends around the perimeter of the housing for supporting bottom edge of one or more of the walls of the cover. The tool box cover is sturdy enough to be used as a stool.

Abstract: A light weight, shipping package for small glass vials and the like and providing an expanded polystyrene package having a plurality of chambers aligned opposite one another and including thin outer walls formed by first producing the package as a large billet and thereafter simultaneously cutting the billet into individual packages and thus achieving an objective of having a thin wall package without the attendant high production costs normally encountered in thin wall package construction.

Abstract: This package is particularly adapted for carrying an article to display the latter at the point of sale. The package is formed to stand on a shelf or to hang when the article is being displayed. It is created from a unitary paperboard blank and includes product retaining openings with product encircling edges to retain the product in the openings. The preferred embodiment of the package is adapted for use in carrying flashlights along with batteries carried separately by the package.

Abstract: A packaged adhesive bandage comprising a bandage backing strip having an adhesive coating and a wound covering pad on one surface thereof contained in a sealed envelope with the side edges of the backing strip laminated and sealed between the panels of the envelope. The packaged bandage is produced by a continuous process wherein a length of wrapper material is folded to enclose a length of bandage material and individual bandages are cut transversely from the folded material with simultaneous sealing of the cut edges.