Abstract: A container for use in the mailing of flat recording media, discettes having computer programs or the like recorded thereon for example, comprises a pair of cover members which cooperate to define a pocket therebetween, at least two parts of these cover members being relatively movable with respect to each other to open and close the container. The relatively movable cover parts are provided with receivers for closure elements, the closure elements and the cover member receivers being designed such that once the container has been closed and the closure elements inserted the container may not be re-opened without destruction of the closure elements.

Abstract: The invention discloses a system for the organized storage of a large number of sheet- or disk-like record carriers, particularly of diskettes or microfiches. A container for holding the record carriers has a printed form that has line markings corresponding to a number of record carriers which have additional line markings on their outside edges. The line markings located on the edge of the record carrier are aligned with matching line markings on a printed form on the container. Several containers can be stacked or arranged side-by-side by attachments on the outside surfaces of the containers in order to combine the system simply and easily with other systems of this type into appropriate blocks. A locking plate also can be provided.

Abstract: Magnetic tape security housing including two mirror imaged halves which mate together with opposing hooks and latches forming a magnetic tape security package, with combination U-shaped carrying handle and package hanging ports, for encompassing a cardboard box containing a magnetic tape, such as a video game tape, cassette tape, a VHS or Beta video tape, floppy disks, or other like valuables. The mated housings engage integrally together to form a package to protect a box containing a magnetic tape or the like. The only way that the box can be removed from the package is through destruction of the housing members. The package is non-openable except through total destruction of one or both of the housing members.

Abstract: An amusement device is disclosed comprising a cage having a base, a cap and four corner pins enclosing a ball. One of the corner pins is removable to release the ball from the cage.

Abstract: The instant invention is a one piece, transparent plastic, hollow cube having a slot on top for receiving a conventional credit card. The slot is such that it forces the card to deform slightly while passing there through, so that the card can not be removed without shattering the cube.

Abstract: A reusable molded plastic package for holding audio cassettes which enables the cassettes to be stored and displayed in racks heretofore used for record discs and eight-track audio tapes and which includes a slide lock which secures the cassette in the package preventing its unauthorized removal therefrom. In one embodiment, the cassette is mounted in a transverse position at one end of the package enabling the contents of the cassette to be viewed from the end of the package when stored in a horizontal position. In another embodiment, the cassette is mounted in a longitudinal position at one end of the cassette whereby the contents can be read from the front of the cassette when stored in a vertical position. In still another embodiment the package can store either an audio cassette or a compact disc. The slide lock is retracted from its locked position by a manually operated key.

Abstract: Impregnable locking system of the fastening of display-boxes called "blisters", consisting in a box in two articulated halves having on the side opposite their hinge fastening flaps destined to be held one against the other by this system, characterized in that it consists in a clip destined to cover these two flaps, and between which is attached a transversal shaft, a vertical notch made in the flaps allowing this shaft to go through when the clip is put into place, two gears being slid onto this shaft, between the outer side of each flap and the corresponding side of the clip, the means being provided so that these gears are constantly pushed towards each other, and once this clip placed on the flaps, the gears come to rest in the lodgings made in the outer sides of the flaps, therefore immobilizing the clip onto the flaps, external means being provided to push the gears in the opposite direction to take them out of the lodgings to allow the extraction of the clip and to free the flaps of the blister to all

Abstract: A theft resistant cassette tape holder is provided which retains a conventional cassette tape assembly such that it is not easily shoplifted since it becomes too large to be easily secured on the person of a would-be thief. The cassette holder includes a body having a handle portion and a cassette tape engaging portion. A cassette is slid into position within the cassette engaging portion whereupon an endpiece is snapped into position at the open end. This endpiece cannot be easily disassembled and the unit must be cut by scissors or another sharp instrument permitting the cassette to be removed upon sale. Engagement between the endpiece and body portion occurs by the interaction between a plurality of hooks engaging a plurality of slots formed between two plate surfaces. The holder is formed such that the end piece can be formed within an aperture of the carrying handle portion, thereby permitting the entire holder to be constructed in an injection molding die of minimal size.

Abstract: An insulated food carrier characterized as a portable unit, useful for picnics, at job sites or the like, which maintains a precooked food item in a heated condition for an extended period of time. Entry to and for the food item is provided through a releasable wall portion, where an entry is provided in another wall portion of the unit for access to a storage compartment which serves to receive eating implements and the like. A recessed handle arrangement achieves effective carrying needs. In any event, the overall carrier is presented in a form including plastic outer and inner surfaces containing insulation, such as expanded polystyrene, therebetween.

Abstract: A theft resistant cassette tape holder is provided which retains a conventional cassette tape assembly such that it is not easily shoplifted since it becomes too large to be easily secured on the person of a would-be thief. The cassette holder includes a body having a handle portion and a cassette tape engaging portion. A cassette is slid into position within the cassette engaging portion whereupon an endpiece is snapped into position at the open end. This endpiece cannot be easily disassembled and the unit must be cut by scissors or another sharp instrument permitting the cassette to be removed upon sale. Engagement between the endpiece and body portion occurs by the interaction between a plurality of hooks engaging a plurality of slots formed between two plate surfaces. The holder is formed such that the end piece can be formed within an aperture of the carrying handle portion, thereby permitting the entire holder to be constructed in an injection molding die of minimal size.

Abstract: A child resistant container for pills and the like has a tray which slidably engages a lid and is locked in a fully closed position as a spring arm on the tray urges a locking detent on the arm into engagement with a locking aperture located in an adjacent side wall of the lid. Manual depression of the detent releases the tray for opening as an exposed front wall thereof is pulled.

Abstract: A jugglery device using cigarettes comprises a hollow rectangular parallelpiped casing formed by parallel rectangular upper and bottom walls. A pair of side walls connect opposite side edges of the upper and bottom walls, and an end wall connects opposite end edges of the upper and bottom walls. A drawer assembly is disposed slidably in relation to the bottom wall through the open end of the casing. The drawer accommodates a plurality of cigarettes. The drawer has a bottom wall slidable on the bottom wall of the casing, a pair of side walls and an end wall to connect opposite end edges of the side walls. A first auxiliary end wall protrudes from one of the other opposite end edges of the side wall toward the other end edge. A second bottom wall is slidably disposed on the bottom wall of the drawer assembly and is of nearly the same area as the bottom wall of the drawer assembly.

Abstract: A two-part egg carton adapter with one part for mounting inside the upper half or top of a standard egg carton to reduce the inside vertical height of the top, and a second part to mount in the base of a standard egg carton to reduce the depth of the plurality of divided pockets therein, the adapter serving to modify a standard egg carton to permit use of such a carton as a container for individual pieces of candy which are substantially smaller than the usual egg.

Abstract: A puzzle comprises a holder (1) defining a field of movement for rectangular pieces (5,6,7) which are slidable within said holder, the problem being to effect a sequence of displacements which will bring a key-piece (7) to a position at the opposite end of the holder (1). The key-piece can then be further moved to cause a portion (9) thereof to project out of the holder, through an aperture (8). The key-piece is in the form of a container for confectionery pieces or other objects which can be removed only by solving the puzzle and moving the key-piece (7) into said projecting position.

Abstract: A collapsible storage box for floppy disk includes a casing, a switch means and a collapsible storing means consisting of a plurality of storage bags for storing floppy disk for computor use whereby the collapsible bags can be extended to form a sector type for easy and convenient take-out or take-in service for the floppy disks.

Abstract: This invention is a method, and apparatus for practicing said method, wherein cylindrical containers may be closed in an unusual and highly controllable manner, especially by persons who may have difficulty using their fingers in normal fashion, by means of first specially designed container chamber portion connectable to a second chamber closing portion wherein the two different pieces of apparatus are so constructed and so interact that by appropriate turning and the formation of the two parts the two parts can be caused to safely interlock, but at the same time can be formed for relative ease of opening. Included are the method for closing by a deformation together with twisting action and two matching portions which can operate cooperatively as described.

Abstract: A device for opening and closing photographic cassettes or the like, which cassettes include a frame and a lid hinged to the frame. Device including a locking rod of two parts which may be moved longitudinally along one edge of the cassette by actuating means engaging the rod with the two parts thereof in longitudinal alignment or by an actuating lever pivotally secured to the cassette frame and pivotally secured to one end of one part of the two part locking rod by a lost motion connection. The device further includes hook like sets of locking elements resiliently secured to the lid along one side thereof and secured to the locking rod for automatic engagement on closure of the cassette lid which are automatically released on longitudinal movement of the locking rod against a biasing element.

Abstract: A locking screw cap for sealing a wide variety of containers, such as medicine bottles, bottles containing hazardous liquids, and other containers where it is desired to prevent access by young children, includes a locking pin mounted in a bracket on the perimeter of the cap. The locking pin may be depressed to engage one or more lugs formed adjacent the opening in the container to prevent rotation of the cap. A flange formed on the top of the locking pin and a tang formed in the middle of the locking pin prevent removal of the pin from the bracket. The user may raise the pin by inserting a fingernail in a slot formed in the tang to urge the pin upward.

Abstract: A child resistant, safety container molded of plastic material as a single unit which includes a pair of tray members joined together by a pliable hinge requiring two dissimilar movements of the tray members relative to each other to open the container, such movements requiring twisting of the tray members relative to each other and subsequent swinging movement of the tray members to an open position.

Abstract: The packing, in particular for transporting and dispatching for example biological products, comprises a case body 1 subdivided into suitably calibrated receiving cavities 2, 3, 4 for receiving containers (for example tubes 7) of the products to be transported, at least a cover 11 capable of being fitted on said case body and so shaped as to cooperate with the latter for immobilizing the containers placed in said cavities, and detachable locking devices for locking said cover on said case body, said locking devices made inaccessible in the course of transportation. Application in the posting of biological or laboratory products which are precious, dangerous, or toxic.

Abstract: A self-locking pilfer proof tamper evident container comprises two walled panels, within which walls are placed interlocking tabs when brought together to close the container in a manner whereby the container must be destroyed to gain access to its contents.

Abstract: A child resistant package having an outer container and an inner product supporting tray; the inner tray is adapted to be inserted into the container to a locked position and removed therefrom by disengaging a locking means and withdrawing the tray; the inner tray is disengaged from the container by pressing inwardly a pair of flexible tabs formed at the back end of the side walls of the tray; in a preferred embodiment a blister pack containing tablets is disposed on the product tray and the tray bottom is provided with holes through which the tablets in the blister pack may be pushed.

Abstract: A tape cassette case has a main wall, a cover wall, with peripheral walls which extend from each, and a hinge formed from a back wall to connect the main wall to the cover wall. A locking means is provided and comprises a slider member slidably mounted onto a support member that forms part of one peripheral wall. The locking means is biased away from the one peripheral wall in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the slider member by coil springs and pins. There are two projecting members projecting from the other peripheral wall, so that when the case is closed, the slider member may be slid in one direction to engage with the projecting members, thereby locking the main wall and the cover wall together, when the slider member is moved in the opposite direction the slider member is disengaged from the projecting portions, thereby allowing the case to be opened.

Abstract: A package comprises a cover closing an article housing formed in a baseplate. A contiguous compartment closed by a plate contains a spring assembly comprising two arc members joined at their ends and bearing on abutment members. A profiled rod inserted through a complementarily profiled opening pushes on thrust member against the abutment of the ends of the spring assembly on the abutment members so as to bring about, by symmetrical reaction, retraction of the bar supporting the bolt members. However, if a fly-weight has not previously been retracted by a magnetic field a projection engages in a groove in the fly-weight to lock the lock. The consecutive action of the magnetic field and the pressure on thrust member are applied by a key device retained at the checkout of the self-service store. The invention has one particular application in the merchandizing of prerecorded magnetic tape cassettes.

Abstract: A capsule for housing pellets is disclosed having two members, the first with a raised portion and the second with a connecting groove and an annular groove for interconnection with the raised portion to secure the two members together.

Abstract: A child proof container or article dispenser resistant to accidental opening is provided. The container is comprised of an outer housing and a sliding tray or reservoir included in the housing and locking means for locking the tray in a first position in the housing. Guide means control the sliding movement of the tray. The locking means comprises a locking member of the sliding tray disposed for locking reception in a locking member receiving port of the housing upon sliding of the reservoir to the first position. The locking member is resiliently urged towards the receiving port. The receiving port preferably comprises an extended sleeve sized to preclude deflection of the locking member by the finger of a child. Simultaneous deflection of the locking member for the locking member receiving port and operation of a tray handle allows unlocking of the container and movement of the tray to a second position for dispensing of articles contained therein.

Abstract: A disc cartridge for containing therein an information recording disc, such as a video disc, has a detachable lid which is engaged with an opening of said cartridge. The lid has a pair of engaging means which are integrally formed with the lid body by a synthetic resin. Each of the engaging means comprises a curved lock arm having a projection to be received in a recess made in a cartridge body, and is connected to the end of the lid body at its one end. A plurality of leaf spring elements constitute a zigzag-shaped spring member which is interposed between one end of the lid body and the lock arm. Some of the leaf spring elements have thin and thick portions so that stress applied thereto will be dispersed. In one embodiment, the dimension of the thick portions is selected so that the thick portion abuts against an adjacent leaf spring when the zigzag-shaped spring member is compressed.

Abstract: In a magnetic recording disc cartridge having a recording disc contained within an upper housing and a separably mating lower housing, an improved latch and handle assembly includes a lift assembly means attached to a handle assembly which is pivotally mounted to the upper housing. The handle assembly has a cavity, a pair of spring bias means within the cavity, and an urging means adapted to urge against the spring bias means in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis and to retain the spring bias means in the cavity. The spring bias means are adapted to move from a first position wherein the handle assembly is adapted to receive the lift assembly means, to a second position wherein the spring bias means is adapted to capture the lift assembly means.

Abstract: There is disclosed a security seal apparatus for securing information recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disc or recording tape which incorporates an aperture therein. The security seal apparatus includes a circular rigid pad projecting beyond the edges of such aperture and formed centrally with a post for projecting through such aperture. The post is formed on its free extremity with an enlarged-in-diameter conical lock head having its base of a cross-section less than the cross-section of the aperture. A fastener plate is provided with a central opening having a diameter slightly less than the base of such conical lock head so that such fastener plate may be pressed onto such lock head causing the base of the conical lock to be compressed radially inwardly whereby the lock will pass through such opening and expand radially outwardly to overlie the peripheral edges of such opening and lock the fastener in position.

Abstract: A ski lock comprising a U-shaped bracket having two generally parallel legs joined and spaced at first ends by a base strap, the free ends of the legs having pairs of aligned cruciform apertures at different spacings from the base, and a removable cross bolt having a rectangular body to be received in the apertures and a head to prevent the bolt from passing entirely through the apertures, and being configured to receive a lock for preventing removal of the bolt from the bracket.

Abstract: An amusement device consists of a box-like structure having a transparent lid which may be opened through the proper positioning of a plurality of tumblers contained on an exterior face of the structure. The transparent lid is of a spring biased construction to facilitate its opening once the proper combination on the tumblers has been set, and a troll-like figurine is releaseable from an interior portion of the structure upon an opening of the lid. If desired, the troll may be provided with an award deliverable to the bearer. Further, the combination required to open the structure is changeable through the use of selectively positionable gears associated with the tumblers.

Abstract: A child-proof container consisting of a casing (2) and a box (3) displaceably arranged therein, whereby the side walls (2a) of the casing at the interior are provided with locking members (4, 5) located diagonally to each other and intended to cooperate with recesses (6) in the side walls of the box, whereby the locking members are arranged to be able to be moved away from locking position in the recesses by means of external forces (A, B), which can be applied with two fingers diagonally on the casing to give this a rhomboidic shape, whereby at the same time a pressure force (C) exerted by a third finger can push the box out of the container. (FIG.

Abstract: A container for holding a cassette that includes a rectangular casing and a spring-biased drawer reciprocally and slidably received in the casing for holding a cassette in either of the short directions of the cassette, wherein the drawer has a front portion which extends downwardly to expose the cassette when the drawer is in its partially outwardly-extended cassette-exposing position from the casing. Hub-lock projections are formed on the pivotal front portion of the drawer to engage the hub-openings of a stored cassette only when the drawer is in its cassette-storing position. The hub-lock projections disengage or drop away from the cassette when the forward portion of the drawer bottom wall extends downwardly in the cassette-exposing position.

Abstract: A wall safe 10 uses an open front steel cabinet 20 mounted flush within a wall with a lock assembly 30 secured in one region and a portable deposit box 50 removably locked in place within another region. Lock assembly 30 includes a combination lock 24, an operating arm 35 enabled to turn when combination lock 24 is open, and a pair of live bolts 25 linked together for movement by arm 35 between locked and unlocked positions. A pair of dead bolts 19 arranged on an inner wall of cabinet 20 opposite live bolts 25 cooperate with lock assembly 30 in holding deposit box 50 securely in place. Opposite ends of the deposit box have internal steel channels 54 and 55 enclosing recesses into which the live and dead bolts enter through apertures 60 in the side walls of box 50. When locked, live bolts 25 pin together lock assembly 30, a crossbar 16 at the back of cabinet 20, and deposit box 50, making the system highly resistant to attack.

Abstract: Samples of materials, such as biological materials, are stored in liquid nitrogen in containers arranged as sliding sleeves wherein the outer sleeve is longer than the inner sleeve and has an apertured protruding edge so that a sealed wire can be threaded therethrough.

Abstract: A vanity case is provided in which an unlatch member is housed in a rectangular recess formed in either one of a receptacle member and a cover member and has its one end formed as a free end extending upwardly while the other end retained in the recess. The free end is arranged to lie closely adjacent to a marginal portion of the other member in a closed position of the cover and also arranged to move inwardly to apply such force as to separate the cover from the receptacle, thereby releasing the engagement of the latching members when the unlatch member is pushed inwardly.

Abstract: A package, comprising: first and second package parts displaceable toward and away from one another for opening and closing the package and for adjusting the size of the package to an article to be packaged therein; the first package part having at least a first wall and the second package part having at least a second wall, the first and second walls being slidably disposed adjacent one another; the first and second walls having a plurality of cuts, the cuts defining a plurality of locking elements and forming abutment edges, transverse to the displacement directions, when any of the locking elements of the first and second parts are together pressed into a locking position, in which the pressed-in locking elements in the first package part engage abutment edges of the second package part resulting from locking elements of the second package part being pressed in; and, one of the first and second walls having an extended series of the cuts, uniformly spaced from one another, and the other of the first and se

Abstract: Easy opening article storing and dispensing containers and method in which puzzle-like locking means secure against access to the container contents by very young children by obscuring the mode of opening it. The cannular container shell has closable dispensing aperture means opening through the shell side wall. Locking means at one or more ends of the shell optionally prevents or permits opening and closing of the container by alignment or offset of release means with respect to a sliding means. Pills or other units may be segregated in separate amounts or dosages within the container and dispensed in predetermined sequence from a plurality of rings of radially openable compartments forming a stack in which rows of compartments around the container axis can be rotated to sequentially register with the aperture means and compartments of each row sequentially opened.

Abstract: In a gas tight receptacle, particularly for an emergency respirator, a safety lock is disclosed which comprises an eyelet or slotway in a bottom and cover part of the receptacle. Both eyelets or slotways are engaged in a fixed manner by elastic tongues of a locking member. The locking member has a weakened portion in the area of the seal so that it can be broken to permit the full opening of the receptacle.

Abstract: A plastic lid having a hinge formed in a planar panel is connected to a container body without use of hardware. An integral lid catch using no hardware, engages in the container body to close the container. Containers comprise two or three pieces.

Abstract: A video cassette packaging device including a single molded plastic part 10 having four living hinges 28, 50, 72 and 74 which allow the part to be folded along such hinges to provide a container having two push-button type latches 14 and 16 which are resiliently held in the locked position by a single biasing element 12. The latching components 14 and 16 automatically engage the closure portion 18 of the container as it is closed about a cassette and urge the closure portion toward its open position when the two latching buttons are simultaneously depressed. The exterior of the container is configured to be aesthetically pleasing while at the same time having provisions for receiving mailing labels and for matingly interacting with storage racks presently on the market.

Abstract: A child-proof container (1) comprising a box (2) and a casing (3), in which the box is insertable, whereby the opening of the box is prevented by means of catch members (4), which in unloaded condition project a small distance into the box from the inner side of one of the flat side surfaces (3a) of the casing, whereby said side of the casing is flexible under influence of side forces (A) acting against each other for raising the catch members above the box (2). (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A storage container for holding a tape cassette which container is adapted for molding in a unitary structure of a thermoplastic material. The container includes an improved single latching arrangement incorporating integrally molded leaf springs. Also locking tabs are molded with the top or bottom wall which are adapted to engage corresponding apertures provided at each end of the spine of the container such that when opened the container does not open to a completely flat configuration.

Abstract: A reel and sealing ring assembly for computer tape is provided with a unique formation on one edge of the sealing ring. Further provided is a complimentary formation on one flange of the reel and an uncomplimentary portion on the other flange of the reel. The uniqueness of these formations guards against mismatching the labeled sealing ring of one assembly with the labeled reel of another assembly.

Abstract: A briefcase is provided with a two-part releasable fastening device, the first part of which includes a movable fastening member for releasably fastening the parts together. The first part of the device further comprises a ball which, when the case is inverted, is urged by gravity into a retaining position in which it prevents releasing movement of the fastening member. When the lid of the case is uppermost, the ball permits movement of the fastening member to release the second part of the device.

Abstract: A latch assembly wherein an elongated latch housing can be selectively locked opposite arms of a C-shaped handle. A slider button movable on the housing exterior, along the length of the housing, by racks and a pinion gear to two dogs also movable along the length of the housing, but interiorly to the housing. By pushing the slider on the housing, the dogs are forced outwardly relative to the housing, so that the housing is locked to the handle.

Abstract: A stamper protector is disclosed which is comprised of a recording cover and a center cover. The recording cover is made of a laminated material which has a tough outer layer and a resilient soft inner layer. The recording cover is cut in the form of an annular ring of a size such that it will cover the entire recorded area of the stamper from the outer molding land to the unrecorded center portion of the stamper. The center cover is cut to a size which will cover the entire center of the recording cover when it is adhered to the outer layer of the recording cover.

Abstract: A reel storage container comprising a body including a central post having a generally mushroom-shaped head; a cover having an elongate handle extending diagonally across its center; and a latching member mounted within the handle for longitudinal sliding movement between a release position and a latching position to which it is biased. The latching member will engage the mushroom-shaped head in its latching position, will cam around and engage the mushroom-shaped head when the body and cover are assembled, and is manually engageable through an opening in the handle so that the latching member can be manually moved to its release position to open the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved case for packing a tape cassette or the like, wherein the case comprises, on the one hand, a transparent element presenting a bottom, a rear wall and two side walls extending over the whole of its width and, on the other hand an opaque element presenting a top, a front edge portion and side walls, this opaque element comprising two portions and side walls, this opaque element comprising two portions connected together by a hinge integral with and extending in the top parallel to the front edge portion, continuing through the side walls by separating slits so that the rear opaque portion and the transparent element cooperate to form a rigid body when their side walls are connected together, while the front portion forms a cover whose side walls cooperate with those of the transparent element by elastic locking means.

Abstract: A child resistant package is provided which comprises a container body and removable cap. The cap is only removable by applying pressure to the underside of the cap. Access to the underside of the cap is had through a channel which is longer than the length of the finger of an average child but not longer than the length of the finger of an adult.