Abstract: A carrier includes multiple rows of container receptacles on each side of a central handle. The bottom of the carrier is reinforced with web panels. The container receptacles can be separated by longitudinal and transverse separator panels. The top edge of the longitudinal separator panel can be curved to facilitate erection of the carrier.

Abstract: A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of different size with the same size carton, and minimizes inventory management problems. The windshield packaging system includes jaw components having a synergistic effect, horizontally-running flutes, and pressure-regulated clamps.

Abstract: A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of different size with the same size carton, and minimizes inventory management problems. The windshield packaging system includes jaw components having a synergistic effect, horizontally-running flutes, and pressure-regulated clamps.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved structure of markers box, which can mainly fold back plate, top plate and front plate into a slotted part for receiving markers. The slotted part can be in an upstanding state with several angles. A hook and loop tape or the like is provided at the front and bottom of the slotted part as well as at the front side and rear side of the front plate respectively. A stabile state is formed by above-mentioned folded structural body in order to draw off and insert markers.

Abstract: A tray assembly for storing articles and displaying articles upon a supporting surface is provided. The tray assembly comprises a tray container defining a hollow encasement portion with the hollow encasement portion holding the articles. A cover lid is pivotally secured to the tray container. The cover lid is movable from a storing position covering the hollow encasement portion to a displaying position wherein the cover lid supports the tray container at a predetermined tilt angle between the tray container and the supporting surface.

Abstract: A method for handling product enclosures each containing a product and having a through opening. A five panel fiberboard folder is provided that includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth elongate panels each having opposite longitudinally extending sides, one longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel being joined to one longitudinally extending side of the third panel, and the longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel opposite the third panel being joined to one longitudinally extending side of the fifth panel. The fifth panel has a plurality of through cuts between its major surfaces each defining a hook portion of the fifth panel projecting toward a first end of the fifth panel, and the five panel folder has perforations affording separation of the fourth panel from between the third and fifth panels.

Abstract: A portable container and display stand particularly useful for music educational purposes comprising a plurality of hingedly connected panels made from a single sheet of rigid, lightweight material having a plurality of transverse fold lines. One of the panels is fixed in a folded position and attached to the base panel. Light weight borders form an enclosed container area when the various panels are folded, thereby providing a relatively small, lightweight and portable container for transporting and storing papers or other written materials, such as books, magazines or sheet music. Unfolding the various panels to place the device in a display stand mode is a simple process involving easy manipulation of the top two panels. When unfolded, the device forms a display stand for displaying written material in an easily viewable position.

Abstract: A carrying case for a notebook computer includes front and back panels configured to cover opposite sides of the notebook computer, a top panel flexibly connecting top edges of the front and back panels, a bottom panel flexibly connected to a bottom edge of the back panel, a closure flap flexibly connected to a bottom edge of the bottom panel and overlapping a bottom edge of the front cover when the carrying case is in a closed position folded around the notebook computer, and a pair of tabs depending from opposed lateral edges of the front panel toward the back panel when the carrying case is in a closed position. In the closed position, the carrying case serves as a folio to protectively cover the notebook computer and, in an open position, can also serve as a computer stand supporting the notebook computer in an ergonomic position.

Abstract: A transporting holding device for picture frames (4) or the like, preferably for installation in a transport crate (1), with several, preferably four, frame securing elements (3), further with two lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5) and two crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). The crosswise adjustable guide devices (6) are guided to be adjustable and able to be immobilized on the lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5), and the frame securing elements (3) are guided to be adjustable on the crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). A greater flexibility is created with such a transporting holding device because the frame securing elements (3) are embodied as a comer bracket for supporting a respective comer of the picture frame (4) and/or as a flat side bracket for supporting a respective part of the edge of the picture frame (4).

Abstract: A security display container for alternately displaying and transporting a watch or the like that includes a housing having a tongue which forms a first part of a snap-lock, the tongue itself having a first latch portion. The display container also includes a retainer member for securing and displaying the watch which is removably receivable in the housing and which forms a second part of a snap-lock that is received under the tongue in order to snap lock the retainer member to the housing. The retainer member further having a second latch portion that is aligned with the first latch portion and a fastener which is receivable through the first and second latch portions to connect the retainer member to the housing. The security display container is adapted to receive a cover which is mateable with the housing in a nesting orientation for displaying the watch and in an enclosing orientation for transporting the watch.

Abstract: A diskette transporter is disclosed. The transporter includes a top cap which operationally engages a bottom container in a transverse direction that provides an additional plane of support and pushes the diskettes upward to different heights in order to facilitate easier selection and review. Further, the transporter includes a living hinge which allows the user to review any labels on the computer media in the bottom container prior to selection and removal.

Abstract: A transporting holding device for picture frames (4) or the like, preferably for installation in a transport crate (1), with several, preferably four, frame securing elements (3), further with two lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5) and two crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). The crosswise adjustable guide devices (6) are guided to be adjustable and able to be immobilized on the lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5), and the frame securing elements (3) are guided to be adjustable on the crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). A greater flexibility is created with such a transporting holding device because the frame securing elements (3) are embodied as a corner bracket for supporting a respective corner of the picture frame (4) and/or as a flat side bracket for supporting a respective part of the edge of the picture frame (4).

Abstract: A versatile, ecological, and economical package including, in one form, plastic inner and outer rings or circular frames, and two recycled paperboard face sheets. The inner and outer rings each have an annular portion and a face portion inwardly extending from opposite ends of the annular portions. Each of the face portions form an opening. The face sheets each have a diameter larger than the diameter of the openings so that the face sheets are retained within the outer and inner rings. The rigid inner and outer rings arid the semi-rigid face sheets collectively provide rigid package faces. Also disclosed are variants in the construction of the rings and holder as well as certain accessory elements. In another form, a holder or package of unitary construction includes two protection sheets, and a side portion at the peripheries of the protection sheets and extending between the protection sheets.

Abstract: A convertible multipurpose container includes a container body, a pair of lids, a pair of supporting members for supporting handles, and an extra plate whereby upon outwardly opening the lids, the extra plate is combined with the lids to become a composite plate for receiving articles thereon.

Abstract: A device for keeping a razor that, on the one hand, allows safe storage and keeping of the razor and, on the other hand, can be used as a stand from which the razor can easily be removed for its designated use includes a housing with two housing portions pivotable relative to one another, a longitudinal guide in the first housing portion and at least one guide element mounted on the second housing portion and slidable along the longitudinal guide. The guide element also forms the pivot point for pivoting the two housing portions out of a first position in which the device is closed into a second position in which the razor is accessible for removal.

Abstract: A device for storing and displaying one or more photographs is disclosed. The device includes at least one display plate for holding one of the photographs, and a container having a top that includes one or more display slots for holding a display plate. A photograph is mounted in the display plate and the display plate is then attached to one of the display slots to display the photograph. Additional photographs may be stored inside the container when they are not being displayed.

Abstract: An improvement in a known type of display box having two complementary separable box halves arranged to display a wristwatch, comprising a rear box half of rigid material with a bottom wall, a rear wall and two spaced triangular side walls, a watch holder supported in the rear box half and adapted to display the wristwatch, and a front box half of rigid transparent material with a top wall, a front wall and two spaced substantially flat triangular side walls and adapted to nest with the rear box half. The improvement comprises a recessed pocket in the back of the rear box half, formed by a stepped contstruction in the rear wall and bottom wall, and a slot in the top wall of the front box half, the recess and the slot being so located as to cause the slot to be aligned with the recess when the box halves are nested, whereby the open box may be supported on a peg extending through the slot into the recess so as to display the wristwatch.

Abstract: An instrument container comprising a carrying case having at least two storage sections for retaining instruments joined by at least one hinge so that said storage sections can be folded apart about at least one said hinge to open said case, a sleeve including a recess within which said carrying case fits when said carrying case is in the closed position, preferably pivot means joining said sleeve to said carrying case for permitting said case to be pivotally inserted into said recess when said case is closed, and preferably support means in said sleeve for supporting said storage sections of said case when said case is opened outside said sleeve.

Abstract: A surgical instrument case suitable for autoclaving and instrument presenting to the surgeon during surgery comprising a container formed to include an interior region, cradle means for holding a variety of surgical instruments attached to the bottom of the container to be in the interior region; and a top. The top, when it is open, provides support means for propping the instrument case at an acute angle to the horizontal to provide easy access to the instruments by the surgeon while minimizing handling, the top being hingedly attached to the container. The cradle means is formed to include notches of various size to accommodate instruments of various sizes in laterally spaced-apart, upwardly extending positions when the instrument case is opened and propped up.

Abstract: A box for the storage, display and selection of diskettes or other magnetic members comprising a body defined by a base, a pair of side walls, a back part and a back upper part, together defining a receptacle for receiving diskettes or other magnetic members. The box is provided with a lid including a front upper part, a pair of side walls and a frontal part. The back upper part of the body and the front upper part of the lid are joined together by a continuous integral hinge. The side walls of the body and the of the lid are in mutual overlapping relation. The lid is adapted to be held in an open position by resting the lid on the body such that, in the open position, the lid is tilted back to form an obtuse angle with respect to the base of the body or the upper edges of its side walls.

Abstract: A tray type food container having a pair of side panels extending from opposite sides of the lid and folded toward the bottom of the tray. An end of each side panel extends beyond the interposed tray side wall and supports the tray in a generally vertical orientation. A single partial incision or half cut is formed only inward of the tray rim to aid in the controlled fracture of the lid when it is torn from the tray.

Abstract: A packaging container for various articles adapted to serve as both a display container as well as a self-wrapping container suitale for gift-giving. The packaging container comprises a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two end walls joined to each other to form an enclosure of a generally rectangular configuration. The top wall has an opening therein for display of articles contained with in the enclosure. The container further includes a closure panel secured to one of the walls and capable of being extended over the opening in the top wall as well as being capable of being folded about the side wall to reveal the opening. The closure panel has means for securing the panel to one of the walls.

Abstract: A portable display case formed in three sections, having hinging strips interconnecting the respective sections, the hinging strips each having a center line of perforations for facilitating bending, and also having a parallel line of perforations equally spaced on either side of the center line of perforations, the distance between the parallel lines of perforations being substantially equal to the thickness of the center section of the three sections.

Abstract: A protective housing is provide for transporting circular saw blades, comprising an integral structure formed of a face plate, a lateral flange at each of two opposite edges disposed perpendicularly to the face plate, and a foot flange extending perpendicularly from each lateral flange adapted to engage a supporting surface. A carriage bolt extends through and aperture in the center of the face plate. A plurality of circular saw blades may be placed in the structure inside the foot flanges, and the carriage bolt inserted through the aperture in the face plate and through the apertures in the centers of the saw blades. A nut, such as a wing nut, is then screwed onto the carriage bolt and tightened down against the saw blades. The housing provides a convenient means for transporting the blades to and from a job, providing protection for the blades themselves, the workman, and the environment.

Abstract: A container for shipping brake assemblies includes a base support member, a body tube, and a top closure member. A threaded shaft is provided extending axially through the body tube from above the top closure member to a nut imbedded in the base support member. A snug nut is provided on the threaded shaft just above the top closure member and tightening the snug nut clamps together the body tube and top and base members. Upper and lower truncated cone-shaped assemblies are provided and mounted on the threaded shaft with the truncated ends facing one another and the lower assembly affixed to the base support member. A plug nut is provided for clamping the cone assemblies together and to the base support member when brake assemblies are mounted between them.

Abstract: A notebook for storing computer disks and documentation related thereto is disclosed. The notebook includes an articulated four-piece cover. A front cover is hingeably connected through a spine to a back cover, which back cover is hingeably connected to an overlay cover. A storage receptacle including two mated portions is attached to an inner surface of the back cover and overlay cover for receipt of computer disks. An outer surface of the overlay cover includes a binder assembly to releasably hold loose-leaf documentation related to the computer disk being used. At the proximate edge of the overlay cover, on the surface opposite the surface to which the binding assembly is mounted, is formed a means for receiving a free edge of the front cover.

Abstract: A bingo game caddy useful for transporting and containing bingo player's paraphernalia comprises a compartmentalized container adapted to hold metal bingo tokens, magnetic dabbers, ink markers, coins, paper currency, and various personal items. The bingo caddy is particularly adapted to be carried horizontally and adapted to be supported on a playing surface table at an acute angle with the compartments therein adapted to face the user thereof, to provide clear vision into each compartment as well as easy access thereto during bingo playing. The bingo caddy can be sealed with a matching top to secure each compartment and provide a carrying case.

Abstract: A writing instrument case includes a case body, a lid frame releasably attached to the case body, an edge member provided at an opening of the casy body such as to engage with the lid frame, the edge member having a row of through-holes through which writing instruments may be inserted one by one, a retainer plate made of flexible material and provided between the edge member and the case body, the retainer plate having retaining holes aligned with the through-holes, each of the retaining holes having an inner pheriphery on which protrusions are appropriately provided. The case body has a recessed edge on the upper portion of its periphery surface, while the lid frame has a protruding member engaging with the recessed edge.

Abstract: Portable booklike container comprising two covers joined to a spine, a rigid support bar on the inside of the cover near its bottom edge, a plurality of parallel spaced elongated thin spindles affixed to the support bar and extending upward terminating with free ends short of and adjacent to the top edge of the covers, and quick release fastening means to maintain the covers in a position closed upon each other.

Abstract: A storage/display box has a base having a generally planar and rectangular base panel having two generally parallel side edges and generally parallel top and bottom edges bridging the side edges, respective side rims extending generally perpendicular from the side edges of the base panel, and a bottom rim extending generally perpendicular from the bottom edge of the base panel and bridging the side rims. The cover has a generally planar and rectangular cover panel having two generally parallel side edges and generally parallel top and bottom edges bridging the side edges, respective side rims extending generally perpendicular from the side edges of the cover panel, a bottom rim extending generally perpendicular from the bottom edge of the cover panel and bridging the side rims, and a top rim extending at about 110.degree. from the top edge of the cover panel parallel to the respective bottom rim and bridging the side rims and having an outer edge.

Abstract: A generally cubical container with a vertical open front selectively closed by a removably attachable hinged cover, spaced aligned parallel slots on the upper and lower walls inside the container to receive floppy discs standing on edge in the slots, the cover having stub shafts to slide into and seat in a first pair of grooves on the outside of the container to close the container or alternatively to slide into and seat in a second pair of grooves to form a support base for the container to provide a slight downward inclination from front to rear to maintain the discs in the container by gravity and to facilitate insertion of discs into the container.

Abstract: A display case (100) for displaying fragrance bottles, jewelry, or the like, having an enclosure member (101) defining a cavity (150), with the enclosure member (101) comprising four hingedly connected sections (102, 104, 106, 108), with two sections (102, 104) surmounting the other two sections (106, 108) and a tray member (152) rotatably connected to the hinge points (112, 200) connecting the two surmounting sections (102, 104), with the tray member (152) having a shape and size allowing for its disposition within the enclosure member cavity (150) when the display case (100) is closed and fully displayed when the display case (100) is open.

Abstract: A display case (100) for displaying fragrance bottles, jewelry, or the like, having an enclosure member (102) defining a cavity, with the enclosure member (102) comprising first and second sections (104, 106), a tray (126) having a shape and size enabling its disposition within the cavity in the enclosure member 102, and a hinge (300) for hingedly connecting the first and second sections (104, 106) of the enclosure member (102) and the tray (126) and for enabling the display case (100) to be opened and closed to display and conceal the tray (126) and the fragrance bottle, jewelry, or the like, carried by the tray (126).

Abstract: A rigid holder for three and one-half inch hard case floppy diskettes. The holder contains 12 diskettes in an array on each side, with each array having two columns of three rows of diskette receptacles. The diskettes are received in the receptacles and the floors of the receptacles in each column are disposed in substantially parallel spaced apart planes to position the entry wall of one receptacle above the base wall of the next adjacent receptacle in the column. The floors serve as common divider floors for corresponding receptacles in both arrays. Sidewalls are also provided to prevent lateral movement of the diskette from the receptacle. A resilient tab holds the diskette in the receptacle. The receptacles are rigidly connected together so that the holder maintains the diskettes in a rigid substantially planar page orientation.

Abstract: A foldable display device includes three serially connected folding sections. Two cover sections may include computer disk receiving pockets. The pockets on each cover section face one another when the covers are folded to a closed condition but will face opposite and outward when the covers are pivoted to an open display condition. A single flap and fastener assembly secures the cover sections in the closed condition and also functions as a brace between the two cover sections when the device is in the open, display condition.

Abstract: A box, particularly for holding floppy discs, has an outer sleeve enclosing a drawer. The drawer can be withdrawn partially from the sleeve to a position where pins moulded inside the sleeve and sliding in grooves in the sleeve limit the withdrawal. The drawer and sleeve can then be swung with respect to each other and the drawer moved back on itself. The open box is self-supporting in this invert-V configuration.

Abstract: Convertible packaging for a stack of leaved paper, such as fan-folded computer paper, provides a tray-shaped receptacle which may be converted to a binder for binding the paper after it has been printed on. The tray-shaped receptacle has detachable sidewalls and a bottom panel which are formed to be reassembled as a binder for computer printout and the like.

Abstract: A container for handling, transportation and storage of microscope slides includes a plurality of individual microscope slide-receiving compartments. Each compartment includes a plurality of rounded protuberances extending upwardly in each individual compartment for contacting a lower surface of the microscope slide to space the microscope slide upwardly from an inner surface of the compartments and a plurality of rounded protuberances extending downwardly from one or more cover members to restrain vertical slide movement while maintaining longitudinal and lateral spacing of the microscope slides. The container includes one or more plastic cover members having a generally planar surface overlying the plurality of microscope slides when the cover is in a closed position including a plurality of downwardly extending rounded protuberances within each of the slide-receiving compartments for vertical restraint of each microscope slide with minimum contact against the specimen-receiving face of each slide.

Abstract: A holder (10) is disclosed for storing books and similar articles and for supporting the articles in open position includes a body (14) and a cover (16) hinged together to define a right rectangular polyhedron shape when the holder is closed. The cover (16), which forms the upper portion of the holder (10), is pivotable forwardly and downwardly about a pair of double-acting hinges (18) located along a horizontal centerline on the front wall of the holder (10). The cover (16) includes a top wall (46) which forms the top of the holder (10) when the cover (16) is closed and then lies flat on the surface on which the holder is standing when the cover (16) is open.

Abstract: A storage and display case having an open top enclosure formed of two portions hingedly connected at the middle of the enclosure. The hinged relation between the enclosure portions permits the enclosure to be supported in a V-shaped configuration between the sidewalls or end walls of an enclosure cover. One of the enclosure portions is provided with means for holding elongated objects, such as paintbrushes, in the form of a slotted frame affixed between the sidewalls of the enclosure portion and a row of clips or grippers. The slots in the frame progressively increase in width from one end of the frame to the other end thereof and the distance between the consecutive grippers in the row progressively increases in a corresponding manner.

Abstract: A storage container for storing magnetic discs providing a tightly closed, dust-free storage while also providing ready display of the discs and easy access to the discs for reduced handling in their removal from and insertion into the storage container. The magnetic disc storage container has a disc receptacle with a bottom wall having a solid hinge means parallel to and in the region of the front and back wall providing a closed, hingedly flexible bottom and a cover-holder providing a cover for the disc receptacle and in a separated inverted position providing a holder for the disc receptacle in an open, disc displaying manner.

Abstract: The invention is for an instrument carrying case comprising an open-topped box, a lid having a substantially planar panel for covering the top of the box, and a flexible hinge joining the rear edge of the lid to the top edge of the rear wall of the box such that the lid is movable through an angle of about 270.degree. from a position at which its panel covers the box to an "inside-out" position for the lid at which such panel is adjacent and substantially parallel to the outside of the rear wall of the box, and in which the normally forward part of the lid projects laterally beyond the bottom of the box. The case further comprises a fastening means for securing the box and the lid together when the latter is in such inside-out position.

Abstract: A device for determining tonal values of a graphic display comprises a mounting support which has a reference pin thereon and a positioning pin spaced away from the reference pin for example a radial line. A plurality of indicator members preferably in the form of wheels are provided and each of them includes a reference pin receiving opening to permit them to be rotatably mounted on a reference pin. In addition they include a plurality of circumferentially arranged defined images or word displays which have distinct characteristics in respect to tone or tint or color. The wheel is rotatable to present any one of defined areas with images or wording in a selected position for example an upright position for viewing. Each wheel also has a positioning pin engaging opening which may be engaged over a positioning pin defined on the support. This gives a selected orientation of one wheel and one or more additional wheels may be superimposed on the one wheel.

Abstract: An improved unitary hinged box-type container for enclosing contents such as flexible disk packages including complementary top and bottom portions, connected by an integral intermediate hinge, which mate together to form an enclosed box in the closed position and further including an open position locking device for securing the container in an open position with the top portion rotated approximately 270.degree. about the hinge from the closed position.

Abstract: A film-packet for accommodating a predetermined number of film-units each to be used as an image carrying member for a camera based on the diffusion transfer process, which film-packet is provided with a recessed portion integrally formed on its rear side for seizing the end of a sheet-like article.When all the film-units are used up, the box-like case of the film-packet may be utilized as a picture-holder of a picture-stand assembled, with a covering member of the film-units being seized by the recessed portion at its one end for functioning as a supporting leg of the picture stand.

Abstract: A unit is provided for accommodating various disposable articles, such as used surgical blades and the like, wherein each article is automatically removed from the tang of a handle and retained within a receptacle. The removal of the article from the tang is accomplished without physical contact between the article and the person utilizing the unit. The receptacle is provided with at least one elongated article-accommodating compartment accessible only through an entry formed at an end thereof. The entry is sized so as to permit the tang and attached article to be manually inserted therethrough into the compartment. Upon the tang being withdrawn from the compartment through the entry the article is automatically removed therefrom and remains entrapped within the compartment.

Abstract: A preassembled unit or inner cartridge for a multi-stage barrel type centrifugal pump including, bearings, seals, balancing device, impellers and diffusers is aligned, balanced and pressed together into assembled position by a resilient means for stressing the parts against a pair of spaced handling clamps at opposite ends of the preassembled unit which permits the shaft to act as an elongated tie bolt to hold the preassembled unit or cartridge so that it can be installed or removed easily from the fixed outer casing of the multi-stage barrel type centrifugal pump.The unit or cartridge is preassembled and aligned in a special supporting frame which duplicates the engagement shoulder and end face on the pump casing so that all adjustments can be made easily and precisely at a point away from the pump.

Abstract: A capsule for containing a commodity, sold by a slot machine, includes a main body having a holding portion for holding a commodity; a cover member for covering an opening of the holding portion, demountable from the main body; and a combining means formed on at least one of the main body and the cover member, for combining the main body with the cover member in such a condition that the opening of the holding portion is not covered with the cover member, or for combining a plurality of the capsules with each other. After the commodity is taken out from the capsule, the capsule can be utilized as a toy or an element of a toy.

Abstract: A combination shipping and display container comprising an enclosure member and an article carrying tray fitting within said enclosure member for shipping. The enclosure member has a tubular body with projections at its ends defining end panels and retaining tabs. The enclosure member is transversely cut at two side panels and a face panel and creased at a bottom panel to facilitate folding to define an inclined tubular tray receiving easel part and a tubular strut. The tabs are interconnected to maintain the folded position.

Abstract: A shipping and counter display package, particularly for chocolate bars, in which a carton is provided with a detachable section on its front side. This detachable section covers a crease line located on the bottom side of the package. Symmetrical with the crease line, there are provided in the carton, two slide-in cardboard trays holding a plurality of candy bars and having bent-up rims touching one another. A metal strip is attached on the inside of the rear of the package carton, and covers partially the crease line. The metal strip is connected to the package carton, and is used for holding the package in a display position. The metal strip may be made of sheet aluminum, and is pasted to the interior of the rear side of the package. The detachable section has a rectangular shape, and is located in relation to the crease line so that the candy bars of both trays are partially exposed after the detachable section has been removed.