Abstract: A method of facilitating the identification of portable consumer articles at a point of purchase display, the method including the steps of: providing a plurality of portable consumer articles each with tactilely sensible information thereon that identifies at least one of: a) a general nature of the article and/or its contents; and b) a provider of the article; and displaying the plurality of articles at the point of purchase display in a manner that allows potential consumers to lift and handle each of the plurality of articles so as to thereby readily determine through tactile sensing of the information at least one of: a) the general nature of the handled article and/or its contents; and b) the provider of the handled article.

Abstract: A container has a body defining a compartment and a discharge opening. A material is provided within the compartment. A sealing assembly in a sealed state blocks communication of the material from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. A first assembly is provided for reconfiguring the sealing assembly to an operative state to establish a communication path from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. The first assembly has at least a first component that is movable guidingly relative to the body between: a) a storage position; and b) an operative position. The sealing assembly is changeable from the sealed state into the operative state as an incident of the at least first component moving from the storage position into the operative position without the at least first component fully separating from the body.

Abstract: A method of insulating a space including the steps of: forming an insulation piece using at least one base material that are interlocked so as to produce a body with a predetermined starting shape; and placing the insulation piece in a space to define an insulating barrier between first and second regions between which the space resides.

Abstract: A container has a body defining a compartment and a discharge opening. A material is provided within the compartment. A sealing assembly in a sealed state blocks communication of the material from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. A first assembly is provided for reconfiguring the sealing assembly to an operative state to establish a communication path from the compartment to and through the discharge opening. The first assembly has at least a first component that is movable guidingly relative to the body between: a) a storage position; and b) an operative position. The sealing assembly is changeable from the sealed state into the operative state as an incident of the at least first component moving from the storage position into the operative position without the at least first component fully separating from the body.

Abstract: A packaging system in which an object can be maintained for shipping. The packaging system has a shell defining a space for reception of an object in a shipping state and an object engaging surface assembly that bounds at least a part of the space. The packaging system further has a fluid chamber assembly and a fluid within the fluid chamber assembly that has a variable pressure that is increased, thereby to cause the object engaging surface assembly to resiliently bear with increasing force against an object in the shipping state. The fluid within the fluid chamber assembly remains in a flowable state with the packaging system in a final state for shipping.

Abstract: A method of facilitating the identification of portable consumer articles at a point of purchase display, the method including the steps of: providing a plurality of portable consumer articles each with tactilely sensible information thereon that identifies at least one of: a) a general nature of the article and/or its contents; and b) a provider of the article; and displaying the plurality of articles at the point of purchase display in a manner that allows potential consumers to lift and handle each of the plurality of articles so as to thereby readily determine through tactile sensing of the information at least one of: a) the general nature of the handled article and/or its contents; and b) the provider of the handled article.

Abstract: A method of insulating a space including the steps of: forming an insulation piece using at least one base material that are interlocked so as to produce a body with a predetermined starting shape; and placing the insulation piece in a space to define an insulating barrier between first and second regions between which the space resides.

Abstract: The combination of a container for flowable material and at least one restrictor assembly. The container has a peripheral wall bounding a storage space into which flowable material can be introduced and in which flowable material can be confined. The storage space has a volume and is reconfigurable to thereby vary the volume. The at least one restrictor assembly cooperates with the container to control reconfiguring of the peripheral wall.

Abstract: A packaging system in which an object can be maintained for shipping. The packaging system has a shell defining a space for reception of an object in a shipping state and an object engaging surface assembly that bounds at least a part of the space. The packaging system further has a fluid chamber assembly and a fluid within the fluid chamber assembly that has a variable pressure that is increased, thereby to cause the object engaging surface assembly to resiliently bear with increasing force against an object in the shipping state. The fluid within the fluid chamber assembly remains in a flowable state with the packaging system in a final state for shipping.

Abstract: The combination of a container for flowable material and at least one restrictor assembly. The container has a peripheral wall bounding a storage space into which flowable material can be introduced and in which flowable material can be confined. The storage space has a volume and is reconfigurable to thereby vary the volume. The at least one restrictor assembly cooperates with the container to control reconfiguring of the peripheral wall.

Abstract: The combination of a case having a wall defining a light chamber and an adjusting subassembly for the case for connection between the case and a surface upon which the case is supported. The adjusting subassembly has a first cam element with a first cam surface and a second cam element with a second cam surface. The first and second cam surfaces are abuttable to each other and slidable one against the other so that the first and second cam elements are thereby relatively movable between first and second relative positions. First and second cam elements in the first relative position cause the case to be a first attitude relative to a surface upon which the case is supported. The first and second cam elements in the second relative position cause the case to be in a second attitude relative to a surface upon which the case is supported, with the second attitude being different than the first attitude.

Abstract: A container for holding and facilitating dispensing of a substance. The container has a body with a peripheral wall defining a storage space for a substance and an opening in communication with the storage space to facilitate introduction of a substance into the storage space and dispensing of a substance from the storage space. The body has a top and bottom, a top wall, a bottom wall, and oppositely facing wall surfaces on the peripheral wall between the top and bottom of the body. There is a fold structure on the body that causes a part of the body to reposition in a predetermined manner relative to another part of the body as an incident of the captive force being exerted on the oppositely facing wall surfaces. The fold structure includes a fold line that extends substantially fully between the top and bottom of the body and over a substantial portion of the bottom wall.