Abstract: A tray is disclosed for retaining a flower pot having a pot bottom with drain holes. The tray has a planar bottom wall for supporting the pot bottom and restrains the pot from moving parallel to the plane of the tray bottom wall. A protrusion is formed in the tray bottom wall in registration with a pot drain hole. The protrusion has a transverse lip adapted to overlie the pot bottom and restrains transverse movement relative to the plane of the tray bottom wall.

Abstract: A traylike member is provided for use with a removable cover to form a container in which is accommodated a product. The traylike member includes a surface which subtends and supportingly engages the product. A marginal section extends from the periphery of the surface and is spaced outwardly from the product when the latter is engaging the surface. The surface is provided with a plurality of relatively spaced locating elements which are independently adjustable between operative and inoperative modes. When in an operative mode, the locating elements project upwardly from the surface and coact with one another to restrain relative lateral movement of the supported product with respect to the surface. When in the inoperative mode, the locating elements assume non-upwardly projecting positions relative to the surface.

Abstract: A tray having a base defined by the upper portions of two sidewalls, a forward edge extending between the upper portions of the sidewalls and a raised back wall extending between the opposite ends of upper portions of the sidewalls. The sidewalls are the apexes of the triangles located at the forward edge of the base so that the base extends at an upward angle from the forward edge to the base of the raised back wall. A plurality of individual depressions are formed in the base and a plurality of individual recesses are formed in the raised back wall. Each depression and each recess is intended to hold an item.

Abstract: A sterilizing tray for holding objects while they are being sterilized in a sterilizing solution. At least one end of the sterilizing tray is equipped with a top pivoting end door whose latch can be released by tipping the end of the sterilizing tray against the work surface. Once the latch is released, the weight of sterilized objects in the tipped sterilizing tray pushes the end door open, thereby depositing the sterilized objects neatly on the work surface without their ever having been touched by the user.

Abstract: A communication cable enclosure having a generally hollow housing, a splice area for splicing and containing cables and a patch area having multiple connectors attached to a patch panel. The multiple connectors attach to the cables at one end and are mounted to the patch panel at another end for interconnecting the cables using patch cables having matingly connectorized ends. The splice area and patch area are positioned on a generally planar top of a common shelf which has at least two side portions. The shelf is slidably retained generally parallelly co-planar the planar top. The shelf and hollow housing have locking pieces for retaining the shelf in predetermined positions along a path which it slidably travels into and out of the hollow body.

Abstract: A holder for tape cartridges having a plastic housing divided by a partition to form an upper section and a lower section each of which has a plurality of compartments integrally formed therein so that a tape cartridge may be positioned in each of the compartments and be supported on a bottom support surface and separate resilient force applying structures are secured to the housing and located between an upper surface of the compartment and the upper surface of the tape cartridge to apply a resilient force against the tape cartridge to urge the tape cartridge against the bottom support surface to retain the tape cartridge in the compartment.

Abstract: The test tube holder includes an elongated tubular member which supports a pivot member thereby rendering the tubular member and pivot member relatively pivotable with respect to each other. Latch members provided on the tubular member and pivot member are engagable with complementary shaped latch members of other test tube holders to form a linkage. The pivotal relationship between the tubular member and the pivot member permit pivotal movement of one test tube holder with respect to the longitudinal axis of another test tube holder. A pivotal connection between the latch members of adjacent test tube holders also permits tilting of one test tube holder with respect to another test tube holder in the linkage. An adapter member for holding test tubes is insertable in the tubular member and pivot member assembly. The adapter member accommodates one size test tube and can be interchanged with another adapter member that accommodates another size test tube.

Abstract: A flatware case has a base and a hingedly attached lid. Spaced posts extend upwardly from the floor of the base adjacent one end thereof for maintaining utility ends of stacks of flatware in position. Spring biased clamps are positioned to releasibly clamp the stems of the flatware stacked within the case. Flatware may thus be securely held in stacks within the case by the posts and clamps.

Abstract: A carrier for an integrated circuit (IC) can has a plurality of low profile symmetrically distributed flexible arms extending from the carrier base with small hook projections for engaging a flange on the perimeter of the can. The low arm profile enables information to be printed on the side of the can while it is in the carrier. The symmetrical distribution of the flexible arms imparts an even load upon the can to prevent bending of the leads. The carrier base has round holes for receiving electrical leads projecting from the can to minimize the scraping of the leads during insertion and removal of the can from the carrier.

Abstract: A conductive device for protecting and securing electrical circuit substrates during manufacture and shipment which includes a plurality of spring driven pin slides anchored on a common support member, each slide securing a substrate against a corresponding substrate stop.

Abstract: An IC carrier comprising a generally rectangular carrier body including a generally rectangular IC accommodating section at a generally central portion thereof, torsion bars each disposed at each corner portion of the carrier body, each torsion bar being disposed on a line opposite each corner portion of the IC accommodating section and diagonally crossing two sides forming the corner portion of the carrier body, resiliently displacable latch arms each rising from each of the torsion bars, and engaging claws each formed on a free end of each of the latch arms and adapted to engage with an upper edge portion of each of the corner portions of an IC package of a generally rectangular shape accommodated in the IC accommodating section.

Abstract: Storage and display apparatus for permitting discretionary securing and releasing power shank tools. The apparatus is comprised of a rack assembly having three parallel shelves. The upper two having aligned holes to locate and restrain the tools against radial movement. The uninterrupted lower shelf constrains the tools against axial movement in the insertion direction. Rack ends, perpendicular to the shelves, are provided with holes through which a D cross section rod, free to rotate, is inserted. The D rod is located relative to the tool shank, and is of such a diameter that, when rotated so that the flat surface is parallel to the tool axis, the tools can be inserted and withdrawn. When rotated to an angle to the tool axis, the circumferential portion of the rod engages the groove surface preventing tool removal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the stemware holder includes two, thin, elongated, semi-concave fingers, integral at their aft regions, that define a dome rising from a tray surface. The top of the dome is truncated and is open. The inboard edges of the fingers define a fore entry slot, a converging throat, a circular, central section at the truncated top of the dome, and a stress relief slot section extending aft from the circular section. The stemware holder is attached to the tray surface at the aft region. In one embodiment, this attachment is a tab protruding upward from the plane of said tray surface wherein a base portion of the tab extends through a through passage in the tray between the tray surface and the side wall of the tray. Ribs are disposed at an intermediate location on the top surface of the fingers and run longitudinal between the stress relief slot section and the outboard edge of each finger.

Abstract: A dispenser for a stack of sheet material comprising sheets joined in the stack by a narrow band of pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side of each sheet adjacent one end. The dispenser includes a support surface for the stack, holding structure for holding the bottom sheet to the support surface, and an abutment for engaging an edge of the pad opposite the adhesively joined sides of the sheets for restricting peeling forces being transferred to the bottom sheet of the pad during separation of the top sheet.

Abstract: This invention relates to the safe containment of a rodenticide prior to their placement in tamper-resistant bait stations and more specifically to their containment in a device that will afford maximum protection of the baits from unauthorized contact with humans, non target species and the environment. A tray carries a rodenticide bait block and is packaged and dispensed in an outer case, or covered with a cover member, which is removed before the tray and bait is placed in a bait station feeder.

Abstract: Proposed is a presentation tableau (100) to take in particular wrist watches each encompassing on a display holder (102) which in turn, to a desired extent, can be locked by means of sliding element (126) in a recess (14) in the presentation tableau (100). The display holder (12) itself is additionally protected against displacement by a projection (150) extending therefrom, and which interacts with an opening (152) provided in a surface (20, 22) forming the side wall of the said recess (14).

Abstract: The holder tray for compact disc of the invention has a disc-engagement structure capable of holding a disc mounted thereon very reliably still with little resistance against demounting of the disc therefrom. The disc-engagement structure has a center pushing part raised above the center opening and connected with a plurality of radially arranged connecting pieces each in a cranked confuguration connecting the central pushing part and the periphery of the center opening, the riser parts collectively forming a cylindrical surface to contact with the inner periphery of the center hole of a compact disc mounted thereon. Further, a plurality of radially arranged flap pieces extend from the center pushing part each in a cantilever-like manner and each between two connecting pieces and, when the pushing part is pushed down, the free ends of the flap pieces are raised so as to push up the disc facilitating demounting thereof.

Abstract: There is described a device for holding flat objects, especially printed circuit boards during their being transported or stored, or being conveyed on an assembling line. The device consists basically of a partly or wholly hollow tray having slits in its upper surface which communicate with the hollows. One or more elongated bodies are insertable into the hollow. Cam members are provided urging the inserted elongated members inwardly of the hollows. The boards are placed on edge in the slits and come to rest on the inserted elongated bodies.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrically conductive container with beveled edges and an improved blow molded carrier for efficiently storing and transporting such cases. The carrier has raised portions along its interior base which accommodate one or more of the containers. The invention is also directed to a process for storing electrically conductive containers, including blow-molding carrier means having beveled raised portions, and containers having beveled edges, and the insertion of the containers between adjacent raised portions of the carrier.

Abstract: A notepaper dispenser for holding and dispensing sheets singly from a pad of notepaper with the sheets held in the pad by a narrow band of adhesive on one side of each sheet and adjacent one end is disclosed which has a support surface for the pad, a clamp for holding the bottom sheet in an area spaced from the band of adhesive in fixed position in relationship to the support surface and an abutment for engaging an edge of the pad opposite the end of the sheets joined together by the adhesive for restricting peeling forces resulting from peeling the top sheet being transferred to the bottom sheet of the pad.

Abstract: A needle package from a panel with needle pockets adjacent to each other and clamping webs protruding into the pockets comprising a withdrawal cavity extending transversely to the pockets and slit pocket walls in the area of the clamping webs.

Abstract: A thin relatively stiff but somewhat resilient sheet of plastic material is formed into a series of aligned, identically-shaped and dimensioned cavities for holding thin-walled plastic flower pots with the cavities having ribs formed on their inside surfaces and hand-access cutouts in their side walls. As an added feature, a skirt or flange for lifting and carrying the tray is provided and suitable drain holes may also be provided.

Abstract: An injection-molded single piece holder for a plastic leaded chip carrier having "J" leads. The holder is made of conductive plastic and has two flexible, snap-acting arms which engage the top surface of the chip carrier to retain it in the holder while at the same time protecting the "J" leads and leaving them exposed for testing. The holder has supporting surfaces with contours which match those of chip carriers to assure a predetermined orientation of each carrier in the holder. The holder has one or more locating notches for engaging corresponding ribs in a magazine to insure that plural holders stored in the magazine all have the same orientation within the magazine.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved one-piece construction for taco shell holders, wherein, the holders are provided with a unique three legged support structure that allows the holders to be used in either a stand alone configuration or inserted into complementary recesses formed in a serving tray element specifically designed for use in combination with the taco holders.

Abstract: An insert for a money drawer for receiving coins, currency, bills and the like including a relatively large area lower tray defining a plurality of relatively long and relatively deep compartments running from front to rear of the lower tray and sized to accommodate paper currency, a relatively small area upper tray defining a plurality of relatively short and relatively shallow compartments running from front to rear of the upper tray and sized to receive metal currency, and coacting means on the lower tray and on the upper tray for removably mounting the upper tray in the upper rear region of the lower tray so that the upper tray overlies the rear portions of the relatively long currency compartments defined by the lower tray.

Abstract: One and two-part carriers for a pin grid array having a body with a plurality of pins projecting from at least one face of the body. Certain ones of the carriers include an outer frame for extending around the perimeter of a separate removable carrier insert on which the pin grid array is releasably supported. The carrier insert has a recessed base for supporting the body of the pin grid array and an array of holes in a grid pattern through which the pins project when the body of the pin grid array is supported on the base. Resiliently flexible retention fingers at opposite ends of the carrier base engage the body of the supported pin grid array to retain it on the carrier insert base. The flexible retention fingers are bendable away from the carrier insert base for releasing engagement with the body of the supported pin grid array when either placing the pin grid array in the carrier insert or removing it from the carrier insert.

Abstract: Molded plastic carton universally adapted for various sizes of articles such as eggs and including a tray section having rows or article-carrying cells. A cover section may be hinged to the tray section and has an undersurface provided with spring retainer fingers for resiliently biasing articles into their cells. The arrangement is such as to accommodate a range of different sizes of articles in the cells.

Abstract: A surgical instrument tray has a base with a raised portion to support lever members of ring-handled surgical instruments. The base is formed to have an end portion angulating away from the base with slots formed therein sized to receive the ring handles attached to the lever members of the surgical instruments to hold the instruments in an upstanding manner. Apertures are positioned in opposite side members proximate the raised portion through which retaining members are positioned to hold the surgical instruments in the tray and to hold the working member portion of the surgical instrument separate to facilitate sterilization. The retaining members are arcuate in shape in order to apply a spring-like force to retain selectively surgical instruments in the tray and to selectively hold the lever member of the instrument apart so that the working members of the surgical instrument are separate.

Abstract: A sample organizer that will retain a number of fluid samples such as blood samples, for example, wherein each such sample is contained in an individual plastic collection tube. The plastic collection tubes fit into horizontally defined apertures which allow the tubes to be inserted without undue force. The apertures are specifically designed to allow secure insertion and retention of blood samples, for example, without promoting hemolysis. The fluted carriage design also prevents the sample collection tubes from spontaneous dislodgment. Sample organizers may be "stacked" or nested due to the lightweight frame design and further, provide for fluid sample identification such as number, name, source, verification, etc.

Abstract: A one piece carrier for flatpack chips capable of accommodating chips of varying size. The carrier includes a pair of cantilever arms each having a tapered head for holding chips of varying thicknesses. The arms extend into the carrier's central aperture, one from the top and one from the bottom side of the aperture. Longitudinally offset stops are mounted on the arms to both laterally and longitudinally stabilize a small chip whose length is insufficient to reach the conventional stops mounted on the top and bottom sides of the central aperture. A recess is provided in the lateral sides of the central aperture to accommodate motion of the cantilever arms so that chips of varying widths may be held between the heads of the arms up to the width of the central aperture. A step of lower elevation is formed in the body of the carrier between the lead support channels adjacent the lateral sides of the central aperture to accommodate the formed leads of a chip.

Abstract: A two-part carrier for a pin grid array having a body with a plurality of pins projecting from at least one face of the body includes an outer frame for extending around the perimeter of a separate removable carrier insert on which the pin grid array is releasably supported. The carrier insert has a recessed base for supporting the body of the pin grid array and an array of holes in a grid pattern through which the pins project when the body of the pin grid array is supported on the base. Resiliently flexible retention fingers at opposite ends of the carrier base engage the body of the supported pin grid array to retain it on the carrier insert base. The flexible retention fingers are bendable away from the carrier insert base for releasing engagement with the body of the supported pin grid array when either placing the pin grid array in the carrier insert or removing it from the carrier insert.

Abstract: An article carrier is provided with adjustable side walls pivotally mounted on a base and clamped to hold articles in place. To provide the pivoting action, the base includes a plurality of holes in two parallel rows for loosely receiving a pair of connecting pegs from each of the side walls. This arrangement allows for the angle and distance between the side walls to be altered to generally conform with the size and shape of the articles within the carrier. The side walls are connected together with elongated cross members, each including a slot substantially throughout the length for receiving threaded connectors from each side wall. Wing nuts are provided to secure the side walls to the cross members following adjustment and rigidify the carrier for securely holding the articles. A stored position is provided by the two walls laying flat on the base, the cross members on top and the wing nuts screwed on retaining posts on the base.

Abstract: An IC package carrier comprises a carrier body having a receiving section defined therein for accommodating an IC package therein, a pair of latch levers disposed on the opposite sides of the receiving section and supported by the walls of the carrier body defining the receiving section as being rotatable about pivots between their respective locking positions and their respective unlocking positions, and engaging means provided on both the carrier body and each of the pair of latch levers for maintaining the IC package in the pinched state when the pair of latch levers are in their respective locking positions.

Abstract: A tray assembly having a self-contained drinking cup and utensils. The drinking cup is removably mounted on the tray and is movable between a folded storage position and an upright usage position. A clip on the side of the tray holds the cup in its storage position. The tray is also covered with a cellophane seal which is bonded to the clip. The clip engages a rod extending across the interior of a housing containing the trays so that when a tray is removed the clip automatically breaks the cellophane seal and releases the cup.

Abstract: A jewelry store display tray for displaying finger rings and other jewelry items to customers is provided with a security system for locking rings and such other items into the tray and for locking the tray to security mounts affixed to jewelry display counter tops thereby to prevent thefts of jewelry items and thefts of entire jewelry display trays. Finger activated means are provided to release, from lock condition, the rings or other jewelry items of a given row of rings or other items in the tray and to release the tray from its secured position on a counter top. Key lock means are provided to lock the finger actuated release means against their operation.

Abstract: A container insert slidably receives a plurality of columns of nested preformed pot covers in slots formed in the insert which is spaced from the sides of the container in which it is positioned. The bow of the pot covers project on one side of the insert panel with the preformed cover on the opposite side thereby utilizing the bow itself as a support for holding a plurality of preformed covers in spaced relationship with respect to each other for shipment.

Abstract: There is provided an improved surgical kit, including a pair of trays, one of which is adapted to be received inside of the other. Each tray includes a plurality of embossments in its bottom for receiving various surgical supplies. After the completion of the surgery the inner tray is adapted to be flipped over and applied as a top to the outer tray with various post-operative materials contained therein.

Abstract: A tray having a plurality of parallel troughs is made from vacuum-formed polystyrene. Each of the troughs contains a pair of side walls, with adjacent walls of adjacent troughs connected together by respective flat, elongated ledges. The periphery of the tray is surrounded by a flat flange which is parallel to the ledges. The length of the troughs is greater than the length of two or more individual conductors which are side-mounted within the troughs. The width of the troughs corresponds to the combined height of a connector with its flat cover loosely fitted thereon and not fully latched to the body of the connector. The depth of the tray corresponds approximately to the width of the connector. Embossment projections are formed in the flat bottoms of the troughs and project into the space between the body of the connector and its loosely mounted cover.

Abstract: An organizer for a medical procedure comprising, a syringe having a hollow barrel, and an elongated cap releasably attached to a distal portion of the syringe. The organizer has a tray having an upper wall, and a syringe recess in the upper wall shaped to releasably receive a distal end of the cap with the syringe in an upright position.

Abstract: A display tray for ring jewelry wherein a plurality of parallel bars each having normally extending ring posts are selectively positionable to enable captive retention of rings placed on the ring posts as the free post ends are locked in abutment to a next adjacent bar.

Abstract: A lens case for an intraocular lens includes a base carrying a receptacle for a lens holder and a soaking tray.

Abstract: A paperboard tray for holding and protecting a plurality of fragile articles, such as taco shells, in a nested relationship.

Abstract: A one-piece integrated circuit carrier includes a base having a central opening bounded on opposite ends by walls having a plurality of narrow grooves for receiving the leads of an integrated circuit flat pack inserted in the carrier. Resilient retaining fingers at the corners of the central opening extend diagonally into the opening. The tips of the fingers have flanges adapted to fit over the outermost leads of the flat pack. Opposite bottom edges of the flat pack rest on a pair of ridges extending along opposite sides of the opening between the end walls of the carrier. The flat pack is inserted in the carrier by first pushing upwardly on the bottoms of the resilient retaining fingers with a set of vertical pins to spread the fingers apart sufficiently to allow the body of the flat pack to be inserted in the opening, with the outermost leads of the flat pack bypassing the fingers so the leads can be inserted in the grooves at opposite ends of the opening.

Abstract: An anti-theft packaging device is disclosed, according to the teachings of the present invention as including a generally closed enclosure having an open side allowing insertion of the article to be packaged such as a recording tape. The preferred embodiment of the present invention then further includes an extension for extending the dimensions of the enclosure and thus of the particle to be packaged. The article is held against removal in the enclosure by nondestructibly, deformable dimples shown in the preferred embodiment as being disc-shaped. The preferred dimples are deformable from a first position located outside of the extension allowing the article to be passed through the extension and into the enclosure and a second position located inside of the extension for abutting with the article when it is located within the enclosure for preventing removal of the article from the enclosure.

Abstract: A rack for flexible elongated articles is in the form of a flat pallet having grooves on opposite sides thereof. The grooves are chevron shaped, the apices of the grooves being comprised by a plain portion of the pallet disposed at the level of the bottom of the grooves. A flexible article having two legs with a bend between them is thus supported with its legs in opposite groove portions, with the bend portion in the plain portion of the pallet. The grooves on one side of the pallet can be in reversed order from those on the other side of the pallet. Also, the number of articles that can be held can be doubled by providing grooves at two levels on each side of the pallet, the grooves in one level being in reversed arrangement from those at the other level on the same side of the pallet.

Abstract: An organizer jewelry tray for an organized containment of earrings for pierced ears. The tray surface defines an organizer section having a recess with a pair of projecting pins or posts for receiving the clasp portion of the pin. An adjacent land defines apertures for receiving the post portion of the decorative body of the earring. The edge of the tray is configured having a lip so a plurality of trays may be vertically stacked. The tray may be variously configured, for example, having a square, rectangular or circular shape.

Abstract: A holder for organizing, securing and storing a tire chain for a vehicle wheel when chain is not in use and for facilitating application of chain when being applied. An apparatus of this invention consists of a platform with a pair of spaced apart mounds, around, behind, and in front of which the chain cross links are juxtapositionally aligned in reverse order of application to the tire. A pair of trays on each side thereof store the excess links. A rod passes through each tray parallel to the platform and is threaded through the end links of each cross chain, thereby securing and preventing chain entanglement. Upon application, the vehicle is mounted upon the mounds and the rods removed, leaving all chain links unrestricted in position for applying chain.

Abstract: A single-use disposable catheterization package containing the components required for accomplishing a catheterization procedure includes an outer tray and an inner tray. During storage the inner tray is nested within the outer tray and the components required for the catheterization procedure are organized within respective recesses provided on the inner tray. Upon use, the trays are separated and liquid collected as a result of the procedure is received in the outer tray. To prevent spillage, the inner tray is inverted and attached to the outer tray to provide a closed compartment. Rim portions on the inner and outer trays provide a locking leak-resistant engagement between the trays.

Abstract: A tray is provided with a display area and housing area, the display area having an array of grooves for reception of hypodermic syringes, and pockets for reception of oral medications. Medication card slots are provided adjacent the grooves and pockets. A vertical wall is provided facing the needle end of syringes to prevent them from accidentally falling off the edge of the tray, and to prevent accidental brushing against the needles by the tray user or passerby. The housing portion includes a used cotton and swab receiver pocket, and a door-covered syringe receiver chamber having a sloped bottom and manually operable, when desired, to dump used syringes into a suitable final disposal container without again handling them. The tray may be made of a single piece of formable or moldable material such as plastic or metal, for example, and the door may be made of plastic or metal to best suit the circumstances.

Abstract: A semi-transparent, tray-like container having a flat bottom and substantially vertical side and end walls defining a storage space has flange-like projections on each side wall inner surface in proximity to but spaced from the bottom to define, with the bottom, a retaining channel which slidably receives a removable panel assembly containing a plurality of hinged overlapping transparent envelopes which can be flipped like pages to display flat objects such as photography, stamps, recipes and the like contained therein. The retaining channel holds the panel assembly securely in place with little or no movement even when the envelope pages are turned with the result that the flat objects remain organized and in place in the container for safe storage and convenient display. The container bottom is constructed with supporting legs which may project into the opening of a like container for stacked alignment therewith to provide a system of a plurality of stacked tray-like containers.