Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an individual setting for displaying finger rings similar to finger ring boxes but which prohibits unauthorized withdrawal of the ring from the display.The finger ring supports are wedge-shaped and are secured to a main support surface. Each wedge-shaped support has a transverse slot to receive the closed loop portion of a finger ring and a bore from the base side of the wedge extending beyond the transverse slot slidably accommodates a magnetically attractable ring locking member which passes through the closed looped portion of the finger ring and the ring locking means can only be removed from the bore by a magnet, the ring not being removable from the support without a magnet and the point to place the magnet not being visible by the observer or prospective purchaser.

Abstract: A tape cassette security container including a housing having an entry opening of slightly lesser dimension than the cassette, a plug member limiting the space within the housing to prevent removal of the cassette, and a key member for removing the plug member to permit removal of the cassette.

Abstract: A two-part package includes a sleeve for receiving a tray. One surface of the sleeve has openings formed therein for receiving dimpled detents formed in the tray. As the tray is fully positioned in the sleeve, the detents engage the openings and retain the tray thereby inhibiting unwanted opening of the package and release of contents. Upon exertion of sufficient manual force on the sides of the sleeve, detent action is overcome and the package is opened as desired.

Abstract: A box for containing goods such as fold-flat package blanks, comprises interconnected panels including a base panel, which has a false bottom. A bar is placed on top of the contents of the box; a flexible security strip extends between the base panel and its false bottom, runs around the goods and along the bar so that its ends meet in a position visible when the assembled box is opened, the bar being loosely secured to the security strip the ends of which are fastened by e.g. a clear adhesive seal.

Abstract: An enclosure of tough tear resistant plastic accepts a rectangular lamelliform electronic surveillance component through a slot in a paper panel and secures same by pressure sensitive adhesive to a flat surface of an article such as a phonograph record jacket. A razor edge implement manipulated by authorized personnel serves to sever a sidewall of a raised central portion of the enclosure and engage the component therein for convenient authorized extraction.

Abstract: A container lid is released at a desired point in a sterilizing cycle with the actuating movement being provided by an expandable chamber having a quantity of sterilizing environment captured during the sterilizing cycle.

Abstract: In a rotary file comprising a case open at the top, a card-holding rotor rotatably mounted in the case and a cover rotatable about the axis of the rotor from a closed position to an open position, a lock mounted in a side wall of the case near the back has a locking member which, in locked position, engages a rear portion of the cover when in closed position so as to keep the cover from rotating to open position. When the lock is turned to unlocked position, the locking member is moved clear of the cover so as to allow the cover to open.

Abstract: A phonograph record holder comprising a substantially dust-proof flat, circular case including separable sections each adapted to carry a group of stacked records, locking means operable to secure the records in each case section when that section is removed from the other with its own side down, to facilitate handling of the record stacks when placing them on or removing them from the spindles of automatic record changers, and spring presser members operable to maintain the stacks under compressive pressure to inhibit warpage of the records.

Abstract: A container is disclosed with a valve opening at its bottom wall to permit steam to circulate into the container and to permit any condensation to drain from the container while the valve is open. The valve is closed by an expandable chamber in response to the pressure drop at the end of a sterilizing cycle. A valve controlling the flow of steam into the expandable chamber closes when subjected to the high temperature steam, thus capturing steam within the chamber. This steam expands when the pressure drops to close the valve in the container. The container lid and gasket permit steam to be withdrawn from the container but prevent air flow into the container. A vacuum created in the container at the end of the sterilizing cycle holds the container lid in place and holds the valve closed.Also disclosed is a bimetallic spring valve which opens when steam is applied to a container and closes when the temperature drops as steaming ceases.

Abstract: A cassette-carrying case having a base and cover joined by a piano hinge which allows the base and cover to be opened a full 180.degree.. Easily operable latches are incorporated into the cover, which automatically lock the case closed when the cover is moved to the closed position. A handle is incorporated into the main body of the base and cover.

Abstract: A container and a child-resistant closure therefor are disclosed. The closure comprises two latches which require the simultaneous application of two forces to open the container. In the preferred embodiment, one latch is a snap latch and the other latch is a flex latch.

Abstract: A box for reserving cassette or cartridge comprises a shield having flanges and channels on its outer surface for engaging with other shields, and a drawer assembled in the said shield for accepting cassette or cartridge, which having accessories of a spring and a steel ball etc. and may be opened from said shield to present the reserved cassette or cartridge by slightly pressing the front wall of the drawer. Therefore, the present invention is convenient for taking out or putting in a cassette or cartridge. Due to the fact that a plurality of boxes can be engaged together, the boxes may be easily classified and managed according to the tapes contained therein. Furthermore, the boxes occupy a smaller space than conventional boxes.

Abstract: A film cassette including a base and a cover, two lock and release slides selectively movable for locking the cover to the base in a closed position and for releasing the cover from the base in an open position, and a linkage for linking the two slides together such that when forces arise on the two slides when a jolt is experienced, the forces on the two slides act against one another. In this way, the chance of such forces leading to movement of the two slides is reduced.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a child-proof closure device for a bottle. The device includes a bottle cap which can be placed in sealing disposition with a cap-receiving upper lip on the bottle, and which is removable from the lip of the bottle with rotation and/or upward excursion on and relative to the upper lip of the bottle. The device includes in combination with this cap, a bottom member for fitting over the bottle bottom in releasable snap engagement therewith, and a strap attached between the bottom member and the cap, the bottom member and strap being configured so that the cap cannot be removed from the bottle without first removing the bottom member from the bottle bottom.In certain embodiments of the invention, the length of strap between the cap and bottom member is short enough to restrain upward excursion of the cap and prevent its removal when the bottom member is in place on the bottle bottom.

Abstract: A security wallet or container for carrying credit cards is in the form of a rectangular hollow body containing a drawer to hold a stack of the cards. A combination lock is operative to block movement of a release pushbutton depression of which causes the drawer to spring open, when pushed back into the body the drawer automatically latching in the closed position. A defacing mechanism operates to discharge a dye or other defacing substance on to the contained cards in the event of forcible opening of the wallet or container without unlocking of the combination lock and depression of the pushbutton. The defacing substance is contained in a pressurized capsule mounted in a carrier which is spring loaded towards a blade mounted at the inner end of the drawer, the carrier normally being held back against the loading springs by latch means which are freed in the event of the drawer being forced open or a tensioned cord severed or released if the body is cut open.

Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles which are arranged in a double row and in transversely aligned pairs, which package is formed by wrapping about the top, sides, ends and bottom of the bottles, a cut and scored blank of paperboard, or similar foldable sheet material, which blank is divided into wall forming panels with interengaging locking elements in the margins of the end panels and with end closure forming panels hinged to the end edges of sidewall forming panels, the latter being adapted, when the package is formed, to be held in end closing position by downturned narrow hinged panels on the end edges of the top wall forming panel which are provided with latching elements in engagement with the infolded end closure panels.

Abstract: A storage receptacle for a multiple adhesive bandage pack includes front and rear walls joined at their lower extremities and defining a trough-shaped compartment therebetween. A flange element is carried by the front wall and extends inwardly therefrom a sufficient distance to overlie at least the front wall of a multiple adhesive bandage pack which is stored within the compartment so as to prevent removal of the pack from the compartment. A plurality of apertures are formed in the front wall of the receptacle to extend therethrough below the flange element. A key member is given a set of studs corresponding in number and arrangement to the number and arrangement of the apertures in the front wall of the receptacle. The studs are insertable through the apertures to thereby engage the front wall of the pack and cause the pack to shift so that the front wall thereof moves from beneath the flange element to thereby permit removal of the pack from the storage receptacle.

Abstract: A pill package of the type including child-proof features makes use of the standard blister card for mounting the pills. A plastic shield is constructed to provide a slidable mating relationship with the blister card in an unlocked position and the card and shield together defining locking means wherein both locked and unlocked positions can be assumed between the card and shield. As in all conventional blister cards, an access means construction is included, but in the structure of the present invention, the access means is unexposed when the card and shield are in the locked position.

Abstract: A container in the form of a flat envelope, open at one end for insertion and removal of a slide, has a series of locking keys shiftable laterally to left or right from a normal, centered, rest position. When all the keys have been shifted in predetermined directions to positions representing a pre-set combination, the slide is freed for partial removal from the envelope, to an unlocking position that permits the object to be removed or in some cases to gravitate freely from the envelope. The device can be made inexpensively of injection molded plastic or plastic-coated cardboard, cheaply enough to allow it to be made as a single-use, disposable article.

Abstract: A two-piece moisture proof safety container for pills and the like has a rectangular drawer and a cover made of a resilient material. The cover and drawer are in the form of mated boxes in which the drawer is slidably engaged within the cover by meshing flanges on the facing surfaces of inside surfaces of sides of the cover and corresponding outside surfaces of the sides of the drawer. This configuration facilitates the automated filling and assembly of the container. The meshing flanges on the drawer and the cover act as cams and cam followers to resiliently urge the drawer, as it is closed, up into tight contact with the underside of the top of the cover by the proper interference fit, effecting a moisture-proof seal. A small catch is attached to the outside of the rear wall of the drawer. This catch engages a portion of the rear wall of the cover, locking the container closed.

Abstract: 1. A chemical canister for generating gas in a noisemaker beacon comprising canister case for holding a chemical for generating a buoyant gas, a canister cover adapted to be mounted on said case, a watertight seal between said cover and said case, means for ejecting said cover from said case, and means for temporarily locking said cover and said canister; said ejecting means comprising a conical spring adapted to be compressed within its outer diameter, and said locking means comprising a rod extending from the bottom of said canister to said cover, a groove in said rod near said cover, a locking pin mounted in said cover having one end adapted to lock with said rod by means of said groove and having a piston at the other end, and a locking pin ejecting spring mounted on said pin for moving said locking pin out of engagement with said rod by means of said groove.

Abstract: The enclosure comprises a base having perimetric side walls and a cap having coaxial perimetric side walls. The cap and the base have a major axis and a minor axis. A longitudinally extending locking bar is rotatably mounted in the center of the cap and has a length slightly greater than the minor axis of the base. The cap and base have coextensive slots formed in opposing walls which slots start at points on opposite ends of the minor axis and extend in the same direction peripherally about the cap and base for approximately 45.degree.. The portions of the slots on the opposite ends of the minor axis have a thickness which is approximately twice the thickness of the locking bar. The remainder of the slot has a thickness which is approximately equal to the thickness of the locking bar. In this manner, when the locking bar is rotated into the slot, it will proceed through the single thickness area and be biased into the double thickness area where it will be held against further rotation.

Abstract: A secure bottle for storing of pills, or the like, wherein the novel cap member comprises a rotatable member and a stationary member positioned for relative rotation with one another; the rotation being opposed by a biasing means between said members; and the rotation also being opposed by a locking construction engaging the member until the upper member is lifted free thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a lock mechanism requiring movement through an enabling combination of preselected, sequential positions for operation. The lock mechanism is preferably embodied in a locking box and includes a latch formed with a pair of opposed hooks that capture a retainer of the box cover. The opposed hooks are carried on separate members yieldably interconnected. Release of the lock requires positioning a ball in an actuation cavity to block movement of one of the members, thereby permitting the hooks to be separated, releasing the retainer pin carried by the box cover. The ball is positioned in the actuation cavity by advance through a torturous passageway of a three-dimensional labyrinth within the box. Passageway defining partitions of the labyrinth have apertures at preselected locations to provide the desired, preselected sequential combination of positions.

Abstract: A flexible multi-compartment container is provided for the storage, handling and shipping of fragile disks such as silicon wafers used in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The container comprises a generally tubular hollow bellows section formed of identical longitudinal halves from thin sheets of pliant self-supportable plastic sheet material. Each fold of the bellows section defines an interior annular groove forming a compartment for a disk of corresponding pre-selected or standardized size. Integral with the bellows section are longitudinally flexible end spacers of a diameter greater than the diameter of the bellows section. Each end spacer includes ridges adapted to confront the interior of a rigid outer box for suppotring the bellows section therein. In particular embodiments, the end spacers include an exterior annular ridge and adjacent trough for receiving a rubber band which is used to hold the mating halves together.

Abstract: A pill box has a sliding cover for a bottom part having a rim on which an elastically compressible gasket is positioned, providing moisture-proofness. By a programmed squeezing together and sliding action the cover may be slid from the bottom part to gain access to the box's interior, the programmed actions making the box child-resistant. The gasket functions both as a seal and as a spring which keeps the cover and bottom part biased apart.

Abstract: A positionable receptacle is provided for receiving and securably retaining an article, and means for securing the receptacle to an immovable object is provided. A wall structure is provided to define a depression within which the article is receivable. A locking means is provided for securing the article within the receptacle, and a keeper means is provided to retain the locking means in the locked position, which keeper means is removable only after removal of the securing means from the receptacle.

Abstract: A pill package of the type including child-proof features makes use of the standard blister card for mounting the pills. A plastic shield is constructed to provide a slidable mating relationship with the blister card in an unlocked position and the card and shield together defining locking means wherein both locked and unlocked positions can be assumed between the card and shield. As in all conventional blister cards, an access means construction is included, but in the structure of the present invention, the access means is unexposed when the card and shield are in the locked position.

Abstract: A refillable tablet package is provided through the use of a paperboard folder to which are attached removable plastic sheets containing tablets in blister receptacles.

Abstract: A childproof container for particulate substances such as pills, tablets or the like, air being expelled from the interior of the container when the container is closed whereupon atmospheric pressure prevents the container from being opened again until the interior is vented to atmosphere in the prescribed manner.

Abstract: A dispensing and storage container for various articles, particularly pills, wherein the stored articles are readily available when needed, without risking the chance of the container being opened accidentally, the container comprising a cover adapted to slidably received a rectangular receptacle formed to define a compartment. The cover includes longitudinal side walls having channels disposed therein to slidably receive rail members integrally formed along the side walls of the receptacle. To prevent accidental opening of the container the forward wall of the receptacle is provided with a lock recess in which a locking lug is removable received, the locking lug being integrally formed along the forward edge of the cover.

Abstract: A secret compartment case having a flexible housing, an inner drawer and an outer drawer, the flexible housing having a release member formed therewith for operatively connecting the inner drawer with the housing, the inner drawer being releasable from the housing to allow movement from a secured to an unsecured position when the outer drawer is moved from the shut position.

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.

Abstract: A lockable box has a tray and cover hinged together at the open rear end of the cover and locked at their opposite ends. A pair of detent spring fingers extending upwardly from the end of the tray lock over shoulders within the unhinged end of the cover. The detent spring fingers are released to open the box by inserting key lugs through holes in the lid of the cover in line with the spring detent fingers to disengage them from the cover. The cover and a tray are hinged together by a pair of elongated combination slide and hinge pins extending out from the rear midportions of the sides of the tray, whose longer dimension rotatably engages within hinge sockets at the rear ends of adjoining longitudinal grooves within the sides of the cover.

Abstract: Containers for storing various pills are provided which have excellent water vapor permeation resistance and which includes child-resistant opening features. The container includes a top and a bottom which are adapted for telescopic positioning with respect to each other in a generally flush-like manner so that edge exposures are kept to a minimum and the top and bottom each include means which are brought into inter-engagement to define a sealed internal chamber for storing tablets, such as aspirin. Wall portions of the top and bottom are configured to preclude opening of the container except by exertion of a compressive force at selective locations. Such selective application of compressive force between the top and the bottom allows the top to be removed from the bottom in a generally pivotal lever-like manner about a hinge connection by the engagement of a fulcrum surface on the bottom with the internal surface of a portion of the top.

Abstract: A closure for a container is disclosed which prevents accidental openings or opening by children. The closure is attached to a hollow container having a wall across the dispensing end with an opening therethrough to allow removal of the contents. The wall also has a central opening and a slot extending away from the dispensing opening. The closure has a plug extending through the central opening, the plug having an enlarged end to prevent removal of the closure from the container. To open the container, the closure is manually depressed and rotated to align the plug with the slot, and the closure is manually slid laterally across the container to uncover the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A video disc package comprises a base member and a cover member hingedly secured to the base member. The members define a cavity for enclosing a centrally-apertured disc record when juxtaposed. A center post includes first and second portions attached respectively to the base and the cover members. Each of the portions has arcuate peripheral surfaces dimensioned for engagement with diametrically opposite portions of the wall defining the central aperture of the record when it is enclosed in the cavity. The first and the second portions are constructed such that they nest within the central aperture during the reception of the record in the cavity.

Abstract: An improved container for medications and the like includes a first section having therein a plurality of compartments with a second section mounted to the first section in overlying relationship to the compartments with the second section including mounting means permitting the second section to be indexed to any one of a plurality of positions relative to the first section. The second section has an opening therein to permit access to any one of the compartments after such section has been indexed to any one of the above mentioned positions. The container includes locking means for securing the second section at any one of the positions indicated above, the locking means including a catch means movably mounted to one of the sections and engageable with any one of several recesses provided in the other section.

Abstract: A timer is attached to a cigarette container to permit opening only after a preset time by mounting on the container wall with a rotary timing member presenting after the elapsed time a notch to release a container locking member for opening the container.

Abstract: A locking device including a labyrinthic passageway through which a ball may be moved until arriving at a position adjacent an associated locking mechanism that is operable solely in response to the presence of the ball. In an exemplary embodiment, the labyrinthic passageway is concealed in the bottom of an open-topped walled container and the locking mechanism is in communication with a sliding plate member employed to close the container. With the plate member in its closed position and the ball placed at a starting location within the passageway, yet away from the locking mechanism, the container cannot be opened until the ball has been encouraged, by spatial manipulation of the container, to negotiate the labyrinth, arrive at a position adjacent the locking mechanism, and operate same solely by the impression of its weight thereupon.

Abstract: In a portable dispenser for medicines such as pills, tablets, capsules, etc., and which includes a case housing a plurality of separate medicine receptacles or compartments corresponding to certain periods in each day in the course of a week, and which has a plurality of transparent cover strips or slats which may be moved to open or close the receptacles to provide access to or close the receptacles; the improvement which includes a lock mechanism for normally locking the cover strips in closed position relative to one or more medicine compartment but which may easily be operated to release the cover strips to allow them to be moved to open position to provide access to the medicine compartments. The lock mechanism also permits the cover strips once open to be easily returned to closed position to close the underlying medicine compartments.

Abstract: A child proof medication bottle including a female, interiorly threaded opening adapted for dispensing medication in pill form or similar use, provided with a male, externally threaded cap, inserted into the female opening. On insertion, the male cap or plug is received within the opening to a depth wherein only a hemispherical projection is exposed outside the confines of the bottle. This smooth hemispherical projection lacks the necessary grasping surfaces for withdrawal thereof and is thus rendered child proof. The bottom end of the bottle is similarly shaped in the form of a hemisphere adapted for receipt in the interior of the cylindrical key structure provided with a flat end for upright support and including two key elements insertable into corresponding slots formed in the hemispherical surface of the cap. Thus the cylindrical key structure may be utilized to open providing a reminder to the user to return the key to its stored position.

Abstract: A container for pharmaceutical preparations such as tablets, capsules and the like is provided with a safety closure that is difficult for children to open yet is easily opened by adults. The safety closure includes a slide, guides and a slide detent. The container may have a base and a hingedly attached lid with the guides provided on both the lid and the base. To releasably maintain the lid in a closed position, the slide is carried by one of the guides and selectively engages another guide. The slide detent may include a finger which retains the slide closure in engagement with the guides until the finger is depressed. A latch may be provided to releasably maintain the lid in the closed position when the slide does not engage the guides. The slide both conceals and prevents operation of the latch. By maintaining symmetry in the safety closure region of the container, operation of the detent is further concealed from discovery by children.

Abstract: A container for medicines and the like that is not readily openable by children, including an enclosure and a cover that is movable both pivotally and longitudinally on the enclosure. A pivot latch will not permit the cover to be pivoted to an open position unless it has first been moved longitudinally, which requires that the sides of the enclosure be pressed inwardly to release a slide latch.

Abstract: A container for tape cassettes of the type which have broad flat surfaces adjoining a longitudinal edge through which the tape is exposed; and wherein the cassette has broad rib-like trapezoidal bosses on each of the broad flat surfaces of the cassette; a container for such cassettes with a slide to carry the cassette into and out of the housing, the bottom wall, whether it be on the housing or the slide, having an opening to receive the trapezoidal boss of the cassette; and the top wall may also have an opening to receive the adjacent trapezoidal boss of the cassette; the carrier slide having guiding means at its opposite sides to guide with the housing at a location outwardly beyond the ends of the bosses on the cassette.

Abstract: A child-proof container comprises a tubularly-shaped main housing formed of a resilient plastic having first and second end edges. A permanent bottom wall is integrally formed with the main housing adjacent the first end edge of the main housing but spaced slightly inwardly from the first end edge. A cover is hingedly attached at the opposite end of the main housing also spaced slightly inwardly from the second end edge of the main housing. An internal surface of the main housing includes a slot for receiving a free edge of the cover when the cover is in a closed position, the slot being also located slightly inwardly from the second end edge, and a "stop" located inwardly from the slot for engaging an inner surface of the cover to prevent further inward rotation of the cover. In one embodiment, the tubularly-shaped main housing has a circular cross section and in a second embodiment, it has a partially circular and partially flat shape.

Abstract: A safety closure for a container which is very difficult or virtually impossible for a child to open but can be easily opened by an adult. The safety closure and container are preferably integrally molded as one piece, and the closure comprises a cap adapted to be secured to the opening of the container by a snap-latch. The cap is released from the container by an inclined ramp on the container adjacent the outer periphery of a rim on the cap. In the method for opening the safety closure, the leading end of the inclined ramp is manually pressed inwardly by a thumb or the like toward the center of the cap and underneath the cap rim. While in this position, the thumb is progressively slid along the container causing the inclined ramp on the container to progressively cam the cap upwardly overcoming the snap-latch and releasing the cap.

Abstract: A plastic holder for safety matches or bookmatches which completely enfolds a typical pack of bookmatches and locks in such a manner that it is difficult for children to open and gain access to the matches. The plastic holder is formed with a pouch to receive the pack of matches which exposes the striker area on the pack when the holder is open. The holder requires a squeezing-twisting motion in order to lock the holder around the pack of matches and a reverse motion of twisting and squeezing is required in order to open the holder.

Abstract: A cartridge for an endless magnetic tape with a reel having (1) a tape deck and an upwardly and inwardly tapered column with a wide cap to support the tape on the deck; (2) ribs and openings in the deck to crown the tape on the deck and allow particles to drop below the deck; (3) a tapered cam post to support the tape loop at one end across its width at the front of the cartridge; (4) a contoured pressure pad to support the tape loop at the front of the cartridge; (5) a guide to support the tape loop at an angle between the deck and cam post; and (6) supports for retaining the convolutions of tape on the deck and the loop when it becomes slack.

Abstract: A storage container for storing an article comprising a first wall having opposed front and back edges, opposed side edges, and a first inner surface, a second wall having opposed front and back edges, opposed side edges, and a second inner surface, a side wall extending inwardly from the second inner surface proximate the opposed side edges and the front edge, the side wall including a ramp which terminates in a notch, a back wall including hinges connected to the respective back edges such that the first inner surface is capable of being moved into a facing relationship relative to the second inner surface, the hinges being formed of a resilient material and serving to normally bias the first and second walls apart, the first, second, back and side walls serving to form an enclosure for storing an article when the front edges are aligned, a rigid rib having a ramp-engaging surface, the rib being connected to the first inner surface in alignment with the notch when the walls are formed into the enclosure, wh