Abstract: A housing device for storing and transporting computer disks is provided. The housing device for use with flexible computer disks includes a spacer member disposed between inner faces of the front and rear panels of the housing. The spacer member an outer peripheral surface corresponding generally to edges of the housing device, and an inner peripheral surface corresponding generally to the outer periphery of a flexible disk. This housing device protects the flexible disk from damage resulting from bending and application of pressure, and provides for controlled portability and enhanced storage capabilities. Housing devices of the present invention are also provided with attachment means on the rear panel.

Abstract: A container package includes a series of similarly configured containers maintained in adjacent relation by a series of interconnected rings formed from a resilient deformable material each surrounding one of the containers of the container package. The rings may have one or more weakened portions that rupture in response to stress applied by a link connecting the ring to the container as the container is removed. The link may be an adhesive that attaches the ring to the container at a point adjacent a weakened portion or alternatively may be a bracket straddling the ring. Alternatively, a bracket having an inner cutting edge may straddle the ring. The cutting edge severs the ring as the container is removed from the package. The rupture of the ring in each of these embodiments prevents wildlife from becoming entangled in unruptured rings of plastic carriers once the package is discarded.

Abstract: The present invention includes a package assembly for dispensing pharmaceutical medications, and a method of manufacturing the same. The package assembly comprises a blister sheet having blister recesses and substantially planar shoulder portions located between the recesses and coated with a cohesive composition, and a lidding sheet having one surface entirely coated with a cohesive composition having affinity for the cohesive that is coated on the shoulder portions of the blister sheet, but having no affinity for pharmaceutical medications positioned in the blister recesses. A relatively stiff plastic frame having top and bottom panels is positioned on opposite sides of the blister sheet and lidding sheet in a sandwich relationship, thereby giving support to the entire package assembly. The present invention, therefore, allows for customized prescription packaging to be economically handled by a patient's pharmacist.

Abstract: A package of personal care commodities comprised of a plurality of separate containers each charged with a supply of a care commodity and sectionally configured individually as a triangular truncated wedge. The individual containers are capable of being arranged and detachably retained together in a nested relation when assembled to collectively form either a compact enclosing package unit of square cross-section or a relatively flat section that can be conveniently stored or hand carried for travel.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adhesively sealed, sterile, packaging apparatus that includes a sterile envelope having a sterile compartment to receive all or part of a sterile article therein and wherein a second embodiment is included having two half sections that are adhesively sealed and joined together so as to allow a sterile article to be encapsulated within the sterile envelope defined thereby. Each embodiment provides a sterile enviroment therein and allows the envelope or sections thereof to be readily pulled apart without contaminating the sterile article.

Abstract: A device for repairing a hole in a plasterboard wall formed of a flat relatively thin, stiff coverboard, an insulation board secured by adhesive to the coverboard rear surface, the insulation board being dimensioned less than the coverboard leaving a clear space around the peripheral of the coverboard rear surface, the insulation board being dimensioned to be received in the hole to be repaired, and screws or adhesive for securing the coverboard rear surface peripheral clear space to the wall to thereby retain the insulation board in the hole with the coverboard completely covering the hole.

Abstract: A resealable packaging enclosure is disclosed which includes a tear path defining an aperture through which products may be extracted from the enclosure, and a resealable closure tab which extends across the tear path. The tear path includes weaker and stronger portions. The stronger portion is more resistent than the weaker portion to forces tending to separate the material comprising the enclosure along the tear path. Thus, the tear path has a variable resistance along its length to forces tending to open the enclosure.

Abstract: A separable fastening device is provided for releasably fastening a first surface to a second surface. The separable fastening device comprises a first fastening element of high static vinyl material which is attached to the first surface, and a second fastening element of high static vinyl attached to the second surface. When the first fastening element and the second fastening element are placed against each other in a face-to-face relationship, the attractive forces between the first and second fastening elements form a separable bond between the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a packaged element containing (a) a substrate that transmits less than about 0.5% of actinic radiation and has at least one recess, (b) a cover that transmits less than about 0.5% of actinic radiation and transmits at least part of the visible light spectrum, (c) a structure for maintaining the cover in contact with the substrate such that the cover filters incident radiation entering the recess, and (d) an element located in the recess and having a substance thereon that is curable by exposure to the actinic radiation. Also disclosed is an article containing (a) a substrate having at least one recess with an interior surface, (b) an element having a tacky substance on a surface thereof, and (c) a structure for positioning the element inside the recess such that the tacky substance does not separate from the element upon removal from the recess.

Abstract: Adhesive tape, the adhesive layer of which comprises a copolymer of (a) acrylonitrile and (b) butadiene and/or isoprene. Even though such an adhesive copolymer layer is usually substantially nontacky, it forms under moderate pressure bonds to many substrates which become stronger than the substrates. The bonds become strong more quickly when heated while the pressure is being applied. For a usefully long period of time after initiating a bond, the tape usually is repositionable.

Abstract: A medicine container and cover therefor. The medicine container has side walls which have wave portions. The medicine container also having end walls which are angular with respect to the side walls. Therefore, the medicine container can be easily and readily grasped for retaining the medicine container for dispensing the contents of the container. The medicine container also has a flange which extends from the walls. The cover is attached to the flange. The cover has tab portions which extend from the flange and which can be grasped for easy opening of the medicine container to dispense the contents of the medicine container.

Abstract: An easy open package adapted to be heat sealed closed and peelably reopened including a first package wall comprising an outer layer, an inner sealant layer and a tie layer disposed between and peelably bonded to either the inner layer or the outer layer and a second package wall joined about a portion of its perimeter to the first package wall and comprising at least one layer, that layer being a sealant layer having the same composition as the inner sealant layer of the first package wall and disposed adjacent thereto, the sealant layers being heat sealable together to form a bond having a bond strength greater than the bond between the tie layer and the layer to which it is peelably bonded, that bond strength being predetermined by the selection of the compositions of the adjacent layers.

Abstract: A security bag includes a pair of overlapping wall panels joined at their bottom and side edges to define an opening at the top of the wall panels for carrying money and other items. One of the wall panels includes a receipt strip extending from the top of the panel and connected to the wall panel along a perforation line. The receipt strip and one of the wall panels each carry an identical identification number. The receipt strip is removable from the security bag by severing along the perforation line. A closure flap is provided for closing the opening of the bag when the receipt strip is removed. The closure flap includes a strip of tape having an adhesive on one surface that is adhered at a lower attachment portion of the tape to one wall panel. A release liner covers the adhesive on an upper sealing portion of the tape and is readily removable to expose the adhesive for adhering the closure flap to the other wall panel to close the bag opening.

Abstract: A postcard-type mailing piece with removable messages constructed of a paper sheet of 40 to 60 lb. paper stock and message labels of 100 lb. paper stock using a silicone release coating adhesive to releasably bond the message labels to the paper sheet. The mailing piece is capable of receiving a multi-color printing without smudging or bleeding.

Abstract: A tape is made of plastic with high elongation, then is coated on one or both sides with pressure-sensitive adhesive. The adhesive is then coated with a brittle coating material. In use, the tape is manually stretched, causing the brittle coating to crack and separate, exposing the adhesive. The tape is then wrapped around the neck of a bag to effect a closure.

Abstract: An attachment for a flexible package is disclosed to enable the user to fasten a re-closable package. A bifurcated adhesive member is secured to the body portion of the package at a distance from the opening thereof. The member has a jaw-like construction with hingeline about which one of the jaws may pivot. When the jaws are opened by the user, the re-closed, folded end of the package may be inserted therebetween, and the jaws subsequently closed to retain the package in re-closed condition. It is particularly useful for flexible packages of corn flakes, potato chips, cheese, etc., where portions of the contents are removed over a period of time, gradually decreasing the volume of the contents and forming a sequentially smaller package which should be re-sealed to preserve the freshness of the contents.

Abstract: A center hub holder tape includes a generally nonstretchable carrier tape having a series of apertures formed therethrough and spaced at an equal interval from one another along the length of the carrier tape. A series of center hubs for use in a recording disc are carried by the carrier tape, with their tubular bodies removably inserted in the apertures in the carrier tape, respectively. An adhesive layer is interposed between one side of the carrier tape and a flange around the body of the center hub to adhesively bond them together. The adhesive layer is releaseably bonded to the one side of the carrier tape so that center hub can be removed from the carrier tape together with the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A plastic tape is coated with adhesive in alternating spots, then folded in corrugations to cover the spots of adhesive. In use, the tape is manually stretched to expose the adhesive, then wrapped around the neck of a bag to effect a closure.

Abstract: An L-shaped extruded edge-protector section for the strapping of articles, stacks or the like, has along the inner or outer surfaces of the respective flanges, respective adhesive strips while the opposite surfaces having longitudinal recesses so that when the edge-protectors are stacked, the adhesive strips are received with clearance in the recesses of adjacent edge-protectors. The edge-protectors when stacked thus do not adhere to one another even though masking strips are not provided for the adhesive strips.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved package and packaging method for products that contain moisture. In the preferred embodiment, the product to be packaged is placed in a tray and the product and the tray are wrapped with a transparent film. The film is selectively affixed to at least a portion of the bottom of the tray using a heat-activated adhesive to form a leak-resistant package.

Abstract: An upwardly open trash container having an outstanding horizontal rim terminating in a depending flange defines, with the container wall, downwardly facing bight surfaces. A layer of resilient adhesive material is bonded to the depending surfaces of the rim and flange for temporarily adhering to the top edge portion of a flexible trash can liner bag when manually placed in contact therewith.

Abstract: A resealable dispenser-container for wet tissues comprises a container, made of a flexible and impervious sheet, and a tray member, made of a material harder than said container. The container contains therein wet tissues impregnated with liquid in such a manner that they can be continuously taken out, and the container has at a top surface thereof an opening for dispensing the wet tissues therethrough or a weakened line for forming the opening and a flap made of a flexible sheet material which covers the opening or weakened line and which is repeatedly opened and closed. The tray member is disposed within the container between an inner side of the top surface of the container and the wet tissues and having a recessed portion. The recessed portion has an opening formed at a bottom thereof. The tray member is fixed to the inner side of the top surface or side surface of the container.

Abstract: A method for forming pads of pressure sensitive adhesive coated sheets with similar discontinuities (e.g., printed indicia or openings) on the sheets substantially aligned. A strip of pressure sensitive adhesive coated material is helically wound around the periphery of a roller to form a roll comprising a multiplicity of overlying layers of the strip by rotating the roller about its axis to pull the strip along a predetermined path onto the roller. Discontinuities are formed on the strip along the predetermined path at locations that are progressively increasingly spaced apart to compensate for the increasing circumference of the roll and which result in at least one set of discontinuities being located along the periphery of the roller in substantial alignment radially outwardly of the roller; and pads containing such aligned discontinuities are then cut from the roll.

Abstract: A display fixture or rack supports a supply or stacks of letter-size pads and smaller note-size stationery pads in generally vertical positions, and also supports a supply of mailing envelopes in horizontal positions. Each pad includes a stack of paper sheets bonded at the top to a stiff backing card and surrounded by a transparent film. A set of one letter-size pad and one note-size pad is printed with the same multicolor design or artwork to provide the pads of each set with substantially the same appearance, and the artwork on each set of pads is different from the artwork on each of the other sets. All of the pads and envelopes are custom printed in colors coordinated to match the colors of a particular college or university, and the envelopes are located in compartments located below the stacks of note-size pads and between the stacks of letter-size pads.

Abstract: A container dispenser assembly containing stacks of flat bags with their tops adjacent and releasably interconnected and held in a rectangular cardboard container having a central tear strip extending over three walls with the tear strip removable and the separated sections of the container foldable about a fourth wall. In one form a thread is anchored within the container to be drawn between the tops of the bags and separate them. When the container is folded open, the bags may be withdrawn one by one from the two halves of the container.

Abstract: A resealable dispenser-container comprising: one or more containers, made of a flexible sheet; and a shape maintaining member, made of a material harder than the container.The container contains contents, such as wet tissues, cookies, biscuits, nails, and has an opening for dispensing the contents therethrough or a weakened line for forming the opening.A flap made of a flexible sheet material covers the opening or weakened line and is repeatedly attached to or removed from the container by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive.The shape maintaining member is formed in a box, a plate or a frame and has an opening or a weakened line for forming the opening which opening or weakened line is larger than the opening or weakened line formed in the container.The opening or weakened line formed on the container being located within the opening or a region surrounded by the weakened line formed in the shape maintaining member.

Abstract: A wood-preservative package or bandage is disclosed which comprises: a first flexible sheet; a wood-preservative material having a grease-like consistency arranged in a layer upon said first flexible sheet; a perforated flexible sheet overlying said preservative material and secured to the marginal edge of said first flexible sheet, the perforations in said perforated flexible sheet being of sufficient number and dimension to permit said wood-preservative material to pass through said perforations; and another flexible sheet overlying and secured to said perforated flexible sheet. This wood-preservative package is particularly suitable for treating poles used for supporting telephone lines, power transmission lines and the like that have been held in stock for extended periods of time and for the ground-line treatment of such poles.

Abstract: A test tube rack having a test tube-supporting member connected to a base member and bearing an adhesive strip is disclosed.

Abstract: A dispenser package for a stack of strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Each strip is formed with a tab at one end thereof and the strips of tape are aligned in the stack. The package comprises a support member supporting the stack of strips throughout their length and a cover portion which is positioned above the stack of strips and joined to the support member at one end and the cover is provided with an edge portion at the other end extending transversely of the stack at a position adjacent the tabs. The cover is formed of a flexible material to bow between its ends as the top strip is separated from the stack to hold the strip nearly perpendicular to the stack as it is peeled from the stack.

Abstract: A package for an expandable food product and a method for manufacturing the same including an outer container, an expandable food pouch within the container and a coating on the inside surface of the container to adhere the pouch thereto when the package is exposed to a source of heat. A further embodiment of the package includes an expandable food pouch with a designed fault along its peripheral edge to facilitate the controlled release of pressure formed within the pouch.

Abstract: A drip shield device, usable with paint cans of any conventionally available size, which includes a generally circular base section having an upper abutment surface defined thereon. A containment lip extends upwardly and outwardly with respect to the base section to define a paint containment chamber. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends across at least a portion of the base section to allow detachable securement of the bottom edge of a paint can with respect to the upper abutment surface of the base section. The containment lip cooperates with the base section and the paint can to define a paint containment chamber to receive and retain paint spilled down the sides of the paint can. The drip shields are stackable with respect to similarly configured drip shields due to the pressure sensitive detachable adhesive which is adaptable to be secured to a paint can as well as to a lower abutment surface of a base section thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pad having a plurality of sheets adapted to remove undesirable particulate matter from surfaces to be cleaned, as for example, garments. The sheets contain an adhesive coating. The adhesive coating is protected prior to use by a protective cover sheet. The sheets can easily be disposed of after usage.

Abstract: A container of synthetic plastics film material is provided with a re-sealable closure in the form of a re-usable adhesive tape which bridges an opening so as to form an airtight closure. The container is opened by peeling the tape from a surface with which the tape is in contact and the container is re-closed by reapplying the tape to the surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wrapper for surrounding an object such as a cable splice to form a cover or envelope containing an insulating compound characterized by a film having adhesive along two lateral edges for securing the film onto the object to form an enveloping cavity. The film has a container of a predetermined amount of the insulating compound which container is opened during the operation of wrapping the film onto the object so that upon completion of the wrapping, the container can be kneaded externally through the cover or envelope to remove the compound from the container and to knead the compound into the spaces and cavities of the object. Subsequently, additional layers such as a foil layer and a heat shrinkable protective sheath can be applied to the cover.

Abstract: A point of purchase flexible pad holder and display includes a stiff plastic sheet having an upper clear section which may snap into a price channel, be hung on a peg, snapped onto a horizontal wire, locked into the top of the exposed corrugations of cut packing boxes, cases, or the like, and which may be used in toto or in part to position and secure tear-off pads or displays to essentially any surface. The sheet is formed with two symmetrical holes having intersecting slits and fold lines which enable improved versatility and stability in application.

Abstract: A roll-up carrier incorporates a rectangular sheet of flexible material with one or more strips of a first adhesive material secured to one surface parallel to a pair of edges, and one or more strips of a second adhesive material secured to the other surface juxtaposed with respect to the strips of first adhesive material. The first and second adhesive materials are preferably Velcro, and can be engaged with each other by pressure. A handle is provided, and pieces of the second adhesive material are attached to tools, implements, or other items to be carried in the carrier. One or more strips of the first adhesive material are mounted horizontally on a supporting surface so that the carrier can be mounted against the wall to constitute a wall support for the tools or other implements.

Abstract: An elongate directional marker has a triangular head and an elliptical body. Low-tack repositionable adhesive applied to the head of the marker enables the marker to be repeatedly reused. The markers are manufactured in an array by pattern-gluing adhesive strips to face stock, laminating a liner to the face stock and die cutting the markers out of the face stock so that the triangular heads of the markers are intermeshed in alternating orientation on the adhesive strips.

Abstract: A reclosable container provided with a dispensing opening having an overlying closure flap with a pressure-sensitive tape extending therearound to permit removable attachment to the portion of the container surrounding the opening.

Abstract: The package consists of a strip of plastics foil or sheeting and a strip of paper, whereby the two strips are sealed together at their margins, so as to permit opening by a peeling action. The seal consists of two groups of sealing elements. The sealing elements of group 1 are of small dimensions and ensure "sealability", while the sealing elements of group 2 are linear having a restricted width and which are arranged such that they run transversely to the direction of peel. The arrangement combines a high degree of mechanical strength with ease of peeling during which the tearing-out of fibres from the packaging is minimized.

Abstract: A twist-tie system, whereby a gang of edge-connected but separable twist ties are fastened to a desired surface. The twist-tie system includes a gang of twist ties, an adhesive layer applied to a portion of one surface of the gang of twist ties, and a removable protective material applied to an exposed surface of the adhesive layer. The protective material can be removed to expose the surface of the adhesive layer to permit fastening of the gang of twist ties to a surface by use of the adhesive layer. At least a portion of the gang of twist ties, spaced from the portion of the one surface of the gang of twist ties, can be formed in a waved profile. Undulations of the waves in this profile extend in a same direction as a longitudinal extent of ties in the gang of twist ties. The removable protective material does not extend beyond a perimeter of the gang of twist ties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of paraffin waxes or microwaxes in silicone pastes, in particular in kneadable compositions for the production of accurate impressions of teeth. The silicone pastes are preferably cold-vulcanizing two-component silicone rubber systems which are known per se and in which two pastes are mixed and then crosslink after about 2-5 minutes at room temperature.

Abstract: A dispenser-container containing wet and dry contents comprising:wet fibrous materials contained in an inner container made of a gas impervious sheet;the inner container having an opening for dispensing the wet fibrous materials therethrough or a weakened line for forming the opening;the opening or weakened line resealably covered by a flexible flap which is repeatedly attached to or removed from the inner container by means of an pressure sensitive adhesive;both the inner container containing wet fibrous materials and materials in a dry condition contained in an outer container while they are stacking with each other,the outer container having a first opening or a first weakened line for forming the first opening formed in a first surface at a portion coinciding with the opening or the weakened line formed in the inner container; andthe outer container having a second opening for dispensing the dry materials or a second weakened line for forming the second opening in a second surface opposite to the first su

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for packaging and a method of using double-faced adhesive tape. A strip of waxed or otherwise non-stick material is folded to form a pocket in which a piece of double-faced tape having a hold tab at one end thereof is inserted such that the hold tab projects from without the pocket. To apply the tape, the wrapper and projecting hold tab are positioned between two pieces of material that are intended to be taped together. A pull tab, which is connected to the wrapper, extends out from between the two pieces of material. Pressure is then applied to the material surrounding the hold tab in order to retain the hold tab in position, and the pull tab is pulled away from the hold tab and tape. As a result, the non-stick wrapper is removed from the tape, leaving the double-faced tape and the attached hold tab in position between the two materials that are being taped together.

Abstract: A bottle carrier having foldably connected bottom and side walls is provided with a composite top wall formed of inner and outer overlapping panels foldably joined respectively to the upper edges of opposite side walls, portions of the overlapping face contacting surfaces of the inner and outer overlapping panels being secured together by glue while other portions of such overlapping surfaces are coated with a bond inhibiting substance such as varnish so as to facilitate delamination of such coated areas thereby to facilitate removal of a tear out section including parts of the composite top wall and upper portions of the side walls so as to facilitate use of the carrier as a container for returnable bottles, and the ends of the carrier being closed by closure structure including end flaps foldably joined to each end of the bottom side and top walls and folded inwardly.

Abstract: In a box containing facial tissues, a tape is attached to the under surface of an oval portion surrounded by a perforated line. In the alternative, thick strings are attached along and inwardly of the longitudinal edges of the oval portion. The tape or thick strings serve as backings and facilitate tearing the top sheet along the perforated line. The uppermost one of the facial tissues is attached to the under surface of the oval portion. In the alternative, the oval portion is formed with a hole through which an adhesive tape is pushed to adhere to the uppermost tissue.

Abstract: A binding tape for binding the shingled edges of sheets has a supple tough and flexible nonwoven fibrous backing coated on one surface with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and with a barrier coat to seal the backing on the other surface. A low adhesion backsize is coated on the backing to permit winding or stacking strips of tape. Tabs adhered to the ends of the strips aid in locating the strips in relation to the shingled edges.

Abstract: A coin wrapper having a paper substrate and a clean releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive is disclosed.

Abstract: A tear-off pad and rail clip assembly (10) is disclosed. The assembly (10) includes a plurality of individual sheets (11a), each having a top edge. The sheets (11a) are cooperatively connected at their top edges to form a pad (11) having a top edge (12). A mounting plate (14) is constructed of a flexible resilient material and includes a tongue section (23). The mounting plate (14) is pivotally mounted to the pad (11). The plate (14) is rotatable between a down position and an up position. The plate (14), when in the down position, has a top side (18) having an apex position generally above the pivot and the top side (18) has generally downwardly depending segments (18a) and (18b), wherein the plate (14) is rotatable to an intermediate position between the up and down positions, wherein the top side (18) of the plate (14) is below the top edge (12) of the pad ( 11) when in the intermediate position.

Abstract: A quantum of liquid adhesive is encapsulated in an ampule-like frangible capsule. An instrumentality is provided by which the adhesive-containing capsule may be temporarily secured on one surface of two objects which are to be adhered together in a surface-to-surface manner. For instance, a foraminous paper band is looped around the capsule and thumbtacked to one of the objects. Several similar adhesive-containing capsules may be similarly temporarily secured on one or the other of the objects, these capsules being distributed in a pattern calculated to cause sufficient adhesion of the two surfaces upon application of the adhesive thereto. Then the two objects are placed in surface-to-surface, confronting relationship and one of the objects is pressed toward the other, for instance by tapping its accessible side with a hammer everywhere that there is an adhesive-containing capsule disposed on the now inaccessible side.

Abstract: A disposable, self-sealing pouch is disclosed which is readily adaptable for use for sterilization, sterility maintenance, disposal of contaminated items, and like medical applications. The pouch includes first and second coextensive pouch webs which are marginally joined together to define the interior of the pouch. The first pouch web defines a transversely extending access opening slit through which articles may be inserted into the pouch. In order to effect closing and sealing of the access opening slit, the pouch includes adhesive means provided on the first pouch web on opposite sides of the access opening slit. By this construction, the pouch may be easily and securely sealed by folding the pouch onto itself so that the adhesive means is brought into confronting relation with itself, thus forming an adhesive-to-adhesive of the access opening slit.