Abstract: A storage and organizer holder for detachable socket wrench heads of the polygonal socket types, the holder including a base member with several parallel rows of dove-tailed slots in which a plurality of cross sectionally square posts having dove-tailed shaped downward extensions are slidably and frictionally engaged. The dimensions of the cross sectionally square posts are varied so as to correspond to the standard drive dimensions of the socket wrench sets and are preferably positioned in the dove-tailed slots of the base member of the holder in groups corresponding with each of the different sizes of the standard drive dimensions of the socket wrench sets. The holder is preferably formed of an extruded or molded synthetic resin, the synthetic resin being sufficiently resilient to hold the dove-tailed downward extensions of the cross sectionally square posts in desired position while at the same time permitting them to be moved to such position. Polyvinyl chloride is a suitable synthetic resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to holders for comestible products and, more particularly, to holders for supporting tacos in a vertical orientation. The articles of the invention include unitary holders comprising a generally U-shaped single piece body having a pair of vertical parallel walls projecting upwardly from and perpendicular to a horizontal base which extends outward from the junctures of the walls and the base. A three sided receiving trough is thereby created into which can be placed and held upright comestible products. The extended base provides sufficient stability to allow the device to be significantly smaller than the comestible products supported.

Abstract: A collapsible, self-locking carton, formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, that is divided into two separate types of compartments for holding two different types of food items, one compartment having a horizontal wall with a central opening for holding a cylindrical item such as sauce cup, and the other component being a well with higher walls for holding taller elongated objects such as pretzels.

Abstract: A see-through calculator or memory device comprises a transparent base, a see-through printed circuit board and a transparent switch panel. Liquid is housed in a cavity in the base, formed by welding to the base a panel above a recess in the base.

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: 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: A container for protecting and enclosing an electrophoretic support medium is disclosed. The container includes a top portion and a bottom portion, which when closed sealingly engage one another to form a substantially air-tight cavity therein. The bottom portion has a recess formed therein for accommodating the support medium and at least a portion of the recess has a substantially smooth planar surface. The bottom recess is defined by a protruding continuous rim which has a plurality of nubs protruding into said recess and engagable with the base sheet of the support medium, whereby the support medium is retained within the recess.

Abstract: A display stand for belt buckles or other articles includes an upright stand having one or more vertical display surfaces. A vertical slot is provided in the display which is adapted to receive the buckle clip of a belt buckle or a projection on any other type of article to be displayed. The display also includes a plurality of holes which extend from the display surface at an angle so that they pass through the slot. A plurality of elongate pins are provided to be inserted through the holes and the slot. An article is displayed by inserting its clip or projection into the slot and inserting a pin in the hole to secure the buckle or other article to the stand.

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: Holding stand for surgical instruments which has a comb bar having receiving recesses for instrument shafts. To secure or release simultaneously all of the instrument shafts in the associated receiving recesses, a locking bar is allocated to the comb bar, which locking bar is arranged adjacent and parallel to the comb bar and can be moved relative to the comb bar in the longitudinal direction and, at each receiving recess of the comb bar, has a locking lug which, as a result of the displacement, can be pushed over the instrument shaft or removed from the latter, which instrument shaft is located in the receiving recess.

Abstract: A plurality of different types of book style cassette holders or albums are selectively progressively produced by an in-line operation having stations which can be by-passed and selectively actuated to omit or add steps to produce the different types. The initial steps in the method unwind a relatively rigid or stiff thermoplastic sheet from a roll, successively thermoform the sheet into blanks having a plurality of pairs of adjoining hollow wall album trays in side-by-side relation connected by a flexible spine and surrounded by marginal portions. The blanks are fed successively, hollow face upwardly, through successive stations which apply adhesive and cardboard slabs over the bottoms of the trays. Subsequent stations either deposit individual printed cover sheets onto the blanks, or a continuous cover sheet fed from a roll. Succeeding stations selectively apply individual printed sheets over the continuous cover sheet and a transparent film over the printed sheets.

Abstract: An article support tray for supporting a plurality of articles, such as beverage cans, in predetermined spaced relationship to one another in a package containing a plurality of such articles, comprises a flat sheet with article engaging raised ribs on one surface which engage and wedge in place bottom ends of the articles to prevent rubbing together of the articles. A plurality of ribs engage each article around its periphery, and the ribs are shaped to automatically properly align the articles on the tray as the articles near their final position on the tray. The shape and disposition of the ribs on the tray are such that the articles are enabled to slide freely over the surface of the tray until the articles reach their final position of wedged engagement with the tray, and the ribs also reinforce the tray, permitting a very thin, lightweight, inexpensive structure to be used.

Abstract: An improved food serving, canape or hors d'oeuvre tray includes a portion which is adapted for retaining differing types of glassware thereon. The portion of the tray on which glassware is retained includes a flat base having a retaining wall around the periphery of the portion which retains a flat bottom glass or cup thereon. The glassware retaining portion also includes a slot or channel extending inwardly from its periphery to its center and has an enlarged generally circular distal end which is generally centrally positioned in the glassware retaining portion for retaining a stemware glass when positioned thereon.

Abstract: Book style cassette holders or albums are mass produced from sheets of thermoplastics material by unwinding a relatively rigid or stiff thermoplastic sheet from a roll and successively thermal forming the sheet into a plurality of pairs of adjoining trays in side-by-side relation connected by flexible spines and surrounded by marginal portions. The thermal formed areas, preferably composed of two rows of album trays with two sets in each row, are successively severed from the sheet into blanks. Each tray portion of a blank has a bottom surrounded by a hollow peripheral wall with the hollow face of the wall surrounded by a rim providing a pocket. The blanks are fed successively, hollow face upwardly, through a plurality of stations which successively apply adhesive in the pockets, deposit cardboard stiffeners in the pockets, feed a flexible cover sheet and, if desired, a film sheet over all or part of the cover sheet. Printed sheets can also be deposited on the cover sheet and thus covered by the film sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plate 1 suitable for supporting food therein or thereon, which comprises a portion defining a recess 4 for receiving a part of a drinking container such that, in use, the container abuts, and is supported by the portion and does not tend to slide out from the recess 4 on tilting of the plate 1 from the horizontal.

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 packaged optical fiber splice is held in a retainer formed by two pairs of cantilever members having inwardly facing ribs at their top edges. The members of a pair are spaced so that after pushing a packaged splice between the ribs, deforming the members slightly, the packaged splice is freely positioned between the cantilever members which are at least substantially stress free. The splice is retained by the ribs. A slot in the base of the retainer provides a seating for the lower edge of the splice and restrains the splice against longitudinal movement. A plurality of retainers are provided in an organizing tray.

Abstract: A combined plate and glass holder comprises support means presenting a first area for use as a plate, and a second area for use as a glass holder, the first and second areas being distinguishable by location-defining means, and the second area being located adjacent to an edge of the support means over which, in use, a thumb of a hand extends to press against a glass placed on the second area, with the fingers of the hand pressing against the support means from underneath.

Abstract: A container for a piece of substrate such as reticle, mask or wafer is disclosed. The container comprises a housing body having an opening for receiving a substrate, a door for closing and opening said opening of the housing body and means for fixing the received substrate to the container. Said fixing means includes a contact member movable to fix the substrate in the position and a member for moving the contact member in link with the motion of the door.

Abstract: A multiple package has a top planar layer, a bottom layer, and an intermediate layer suitably bonded together to form an integral laminated structure. The intermediate layer has a plurality of projections extending through respective openings in the top layer. Articles of manufacture, such as wrench sockets, are slidably mounted over the respective projections and are retained thereon. The top and bottom layers of the multiple package are scored, both longitudinally and transversely, intermediately of the projections and to a sufficient depth, to enable an individual package to be cleanly broken off the multiple package.

Abstract: A tissue cassette which includes an open-topped, perforated base member adapted to receive a tissue specimen, a perforated lid member adapted to cover the base member and be secured thereto in a closed position, and one or more gates joining the lid members to the base member in an open position wherein the gates will break when flexed.

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 container system comprising an outer container containing a glass or plastics vial wherein the latter is to be opened without the danger of injury to the operator due to spillage from the vial. The outer container has a screw-top lid which has an engaging cavity whereby, once unscrewed from the container, it may be engaged with the top of the vial itself (which is revealed when the lid is unscrewed) and manipulated to remove the vial top in safety.

Abstract: A tray for storing and retaining sockets such as those used by machanics has handles and a top surface with openings providing a plurality of seats with a base portion depressed below the top. Resilient, spring-like socket retainers are located in each seat. The resilient retainers have outwardly extending legs which contact a portion of the depressed base portion of the seat and rest thereon. As sockets are placed over the resilient retainer, the retainer is slightly urged together providing a spring force which grips the socket securely, holds it in place and prevents it from being removed unintentionally.

Abstract: A one-piece soap dish which can be molded as a single part yet will permit the lifting of projectable portions by movement of a tab portion so that a soap bar can be lifted and tilted from the dish. The lifting of the projectable portions is provided by an integral hinge which is placed between the tab portion and the floor. The one-piece soap dish can be molded with an integral bottom drip tray as well as wall members to provide a confinement for the soap.

Abstract: A drawer organizer for knives, forks and spoons, which can be adjustably mounted within any size drawer and positioned custom fitted at a desired location within the drawer. The organizer includes a plurality of individual mounting blocks which are positioned in a side by side array and joined to biased end members, allowing the entire array when biased to be adjustably positioned to any width drawer and at any location within the drawer. The organizer facilitates the removal and replacement of utensils.

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 storage tray assembly for packaged articles where the tray has a plurality of parallel spaced upstanding panels adapted to engage a packaged article. The tray may be fixed on an angled bracket means or be slidably mounted in the bottom of a housing. The tray also may be pivotally mounted in the bottom of a housing and connected by levers to the housing such that when the front of the housing is opened, the tray is raised to a substantially tilted position and moved forward in the housing. Clamping means may be associated with each panel so as to resiliently engage a packaged article to prevent its rattling in the tray.

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: An anti-theft packaging device is disclosed, according to the teachings of the present invention, as including an enclosure having a generally open top face allowing insertion of the article to be packaged. The preferred enclosure then further includes an extension for extending the dimensions of the enclosure and thus of the article to be packaged. The article is held against removal in the enclosure by generally closed sides, ends, and bottom face and is held against movement or removal through the open top face by retention devices. Again, in the preferred embodiment, the retention devices are shown as a rib formed in the top face adjacent one side of the enclosure and has unidirectional hook shaped retention members located adjacent to the other side of the enclosure.

Abstract: An improved medical device container and method of manufacture thereof, wherein the container is adapted to be opened manually and dispense the contents onto a sterile field without the need of manual contact. The container is a thermally formed blister package and features a tray having at least one depression which is sized and shaped to receive a sterile medical appliance, and a pliable backing sheet having at least one flexible insert affixed thereto. The backing sheet is bonded to the periphery of the tray, and the insert engages the medical device and urges it into firm contact with a portion of the depression to secure the device therein. The backing sheet is adapted to be manually peeled away from the tray and thereby pull the flexible insert out of the depression so that the medical device may fall freely onto a sterile location without the need for manual contact.

Abstract: A package for protection and display of an object such as a clock which includes a base having narrow pedestals extending upwardly along the lateral edges, pedestals having respective overhanging portions extending horizontally inward. The spacing between the pedestals is substantially the same as the lateral dimension of the object and the inside height of the overhanging portions is substantially the same as the height of the object. Embossments are provided on the base presenting a pair of retaining edges spaced inwardly with respect to the front and back edges of the base, the spacing between the embossments being substantially the same as the depth dimension of the object, the base pedestals and embossments being formed of resilient foamed plastic so that the object is held captive and cradled against movement in any direction with respect to the base. The base is enclosed by an inverted cup-shaped shell of transparent plastic having a lower edge snugly conforming to the profile of the base.

Abstract: A membrane diffusion device, such as a membrane oxygenator, is disclosed which comprises a stack of flat membrane wall pairs and flat membrane supports in alternating, interleaving relation. The casing includes a pair of opposed sidewalls that are substantially parallel to flat sides of the stack, and a pair of substantially vertical crimps are formed on each of the sidewalls to provide external compression on the end portions of the stack.

Abstract: A hollow dental tool holder block formed of a thermoplastic base including small diameter holes at spaced positions to receive inserted ends of rod-like dental burs, endodontic files or the like. The block bears a rectangular recess to one side holding a removable, partitioned, open-top tray nested to the block recess. The tray holds paper, cotton products and may be removed from the block when the metal tools borne by the block are submerged within a cleaning solution and treated to ultrasonic vibration, and then reinserted in order to sterilize the entire set of instruments and cotton-paper products.

Abstract: A wafer packaging system for clean packaging and damage-free transporting of semiconductor wafers. The system includes tubular outer and inner containers, the inner container adapted to be contained by the outer container with the longitudinal axes of both containers extending in the same axial direction. The inner container includes provision for holding a plurality of the semiconductor wafers in spaced face-to-face relationship. The system provides a sealed container arrangement preventing contaminants outside the outer container from contaminating wafers within the inner container. Shock-absorbing features associated with the containers prevent shocks applied to the outer container from damaging the wafers.

Abstract: A disposable, self-stabilizing tray, which is shipped in a flat condition and which forms a stable, non-collapsible structure as it is being erected, is disclosed. The tray includes a transverse downwardly directed panel partition which extends between the top and bottom panel members, and which, as the tray is being erected, cams a longitudinal panel into a downwardly directed direction. A protrusion or projection from the longitudinal panel is thus cammed into a locking notch which is formed by a recessed shoulder of an opening in the bottom member of the tray. An integral blank useful for constructing the tray is also disclosed.

Abstract: A strip tray for holding medical instruments during shipment, storage and use. The tray includes a strip of flexible material with receptacles on the strip for positioning medical instruments in a predetermined arranged pattern. The strip is adapted to be closed with the medical instruments contained therein protective position for shipment and storage. Furthermore, the strip is adapted to be opened and permit ready access to the medical instruments for use. Finally, the strip is adapted to be mounted to a protective covering which operates in cooperation with the strip when the strip is opened and closed.

Abstract: A wafer packaging system for clean packaging and damage-free transporting of semiconductor wafers. The system includes tubular outer and inner containers, the inner container adapted to be contained by the outer container with the longitudinal axes of both containers extending in the same axial direction. The inner container includes provision for holding a plurality of the semiconductor wafers in spaced face-to-face relationship. The system provides a sealed container arrangement preventing contaminants outside the outer container from contaminating wafers within the inner container. Shock-absorbing features associated with the containers prevent shocks applied to the outer container from damaging the wafers.

Abstract: A jewelry storage device incorporates storage chambers and other structure to retain pendant, chain and clasp elements within a confined space and to prevent chain entanglement.

Abstract: A box, preferably manufactured from folded cardboard, provides a paper supply container for copying or recording equipment or the like. The interior of the box contains one or more flaps which, as paper is removed from the box through a provided opening, move further into the box to prevent the addition of other paper thereto. This insures that only paper adapted for the particular equipment is employed.

Abstract: A tray with an identification device integral with the base of the tray. The device is formed with an arcuate slot for receiving flexible identification material and is designed to be nestable with a similar device on a second tray to allow stacking.

Abstract: A knife drawer assembly includes a casing within which a drawer slides between open and closed positions. A stationary riser extends upwardly into the drawer from the floor of the casing through a bottom opening in the drawer. The riser supports a knife holder at an inclination within the drawer. The holder is pivoted at one end to the sides of the drawer near the back of the drawer for vertical swinging movement. As the drawer opens, the holder rides up over the riser, swinging the holder's outer free end upwardly toward the top opening of the drawer and projecting the knife handles out of the drawer where they can be easily grasped and removed from the holder and drawer. When the drawer closes, the holder rides downwardly along the riser to lie wholly within the drawer when it is fully closed.

Abstract: Enclosed shipping container assembly for an elongated article such as a roll of flexible sheet or film material. The container assembly includes a pair of open five-sided container halves of identical structure which fit together in opposite orientation to form an enclosed container, and a pair of spaced end plates inside the container for supporting a roll. The enclosed container protects the sheet or film material from dust and from accidental damage in handling. The configuration of the containers is such that a plurality of containers can be joined together to form a unitized load.

Abstract: An assembly for protectively supporting a frame or panel containing delicate electronic equipment such as communication equipment while it is being shipped from one location to another. The electronic units with which the invention is concerned are usually large, complicated and costly. The support assembly, which is adapted to be contained in an outer carton, provides adjustable means for gripping the electronic unit so that the delicate equipment therein will not be damaged by vibration or impact caused by travel.

Abstract: A circular tray for photographic slide projectors wherein the tray is provided with slide holders that are capable of being repositioned, together with the slide thereof, in any position circumferentially of the tray.

Abstract: This invention relates in general to card filing devices and more particularly to a card file case comprising a one piece receptacle for the cards to be filed with angled projections at the front and back of the receptacle which are an integral part thereof for retaining the cards in an angular position from the verticle.