Abstract: A device for storing surgical instruments and/or implants, the device including at least one dish-shaped instrument tray (4) and a sealable lid (1) that is located on the top (6) of the tray. Each instrument tray (4) has a base (9) with a preferably rectangular outline and lateral walls (16) that are attached and extend vertically relative to the base (9) from the base underside (7). The instrument trays (4) can be stacked. The lid (1) includes two displaceable closure mechanisms (3) having lower locking elements (12) that are directed towards the underside of the lid (13). In addition, each instrument tray (4) has displaceable locking device (10), with which an instrument tray (4) can be detachably fixed to an instrument tray (4) lying immediately below. The locking device (10) includes upper locking elements (11) that are directed towards the top (6) and lower locking elements (12) that are directed towards the underside (7).

Abstract: A stackable riser having a single side wall having a first open end defined by an edge and a second open channel end. A plurality of risers can be stacked on top of one another. The channel end of a riser mates with the first open end of a second riser. The riser includes a plurality of bosses and ribs connected to an interior surface of the sidewall to the edge of the first open end. A channel, on the channel end of one riser is adapted to receive the bosses and ribs of an adjacent riser.

Abstract: An easily assembled and disassembled combination apparatus is disclosed for the segregated storage and transport of articles. The apparatus comprises at least one vertically stackable and interlockable storage container removably mounted atop a wheeled base and fitted with an adjustable pulling handle. Constructed of reinforced plastic, the durable, fully-enclosed storage container forms the backbone of the invention's novel integrated frame. The container lid can be secured with an elastic band or locked with an inelastic, tamper-evident band. Connectable handle members and a shoulder strap enable the container to be individually moved or carried. Support members can be used to elevate one container above another when ready access to the contents of both containers is desired, or to elevate one container above the ground surface when a cabinet-style configuration is preferred. Other accessories include an insulated container liner, a container partition assembly, a parts caddy, and a wheeled support.

Abstract: A work bucket vertical extension apparatus provides a lower pedestal bucket, an upper, elevated bucket vertically aligned into a nested position above the lower pedestal bucket, an da a sliding track mechanism such that the internal volume of the upper bucket is sufficient to receive the upper, elevated bucket when nested.

Abstract: A connection structure of a storage compartment consists of handles stored into a storage part provided at a top board member of the storage compartment; engaging pieces arranged at a base board and engages with means for engaged in the storage compartment located below due to a spring power of a spring in case that the handles are laid flat at a vertical state respectively; means for traction to connect to the handles and engaging piece respectively; and the engaging piece, in case that the storage compartments having same form are piled up respectively, interlocks a movement of the handles in a case that the handle installed with the storage compartment located above is brought at a standing-up state and rotates in a moving direction against the spring power of the spring, so that it can connect or dissociate automatically by only operating the handle prepared in the top board member.

Abstract: A telescoping basket to contain textile articles during the phases included in the dyeing process, comprises a plurality of superimposed horizontal plane surfaces accessible in correspondence with an open position of the basket and inaccessible in the condition with the basket closed.

Abstract: An interconnecting container assembly includes a plurality of hollow containers aligned along a common axis where each container includes a threaded opening on a first end and a threaded recess on a second end. A removable dispensing cap matingly engages the threaded opening on at least one of the plurality of hollow containers. Alternatively, the interconnecting container assembly includes a plurality of hollow containers aligned end-to-end along a common axis where each container includes a threaded dispensing cap on a first end and a threaded recess on a second end. The threaded dispensing cap on at least one of the plurality of hollow containers matingly engages the threaded recess of one of the remaining plurality of hollow containers.

Abstract: A releasable case for oral breath strips having a base including a cavity, a cover closing the base but having an opening in a top surface for accessing the cavity, and a lid for opening and closing the cover, with the cover closing the base in a non-easily openable fit and with the lid snugly overlying the cover when closed in a substantially air-tight fit.

Abstract: A case for carrying items that will be useful in an emergency. The case has multiple layers which are hinged together with a watertight seal between layers. Each layer is made up of multiple compartments and the walls between the compartments have a tongue and groove joint with a seal therebetween.

Abstract: A storage bin system is provided that is frameless and comprises stackable, modular bins each having a door in its bottom. The individual bins can be stacked with all bins above the bottom bin in a stack having their bottom door initially open, permitting bottom to top loading of the bins in the stack. As a lower bin is filled, the bottom doors of a second bin stacked immediately above it are closed, causing material inserted at the top of the bin stack to be collected in the second bin. Adapters are provided that hang on the top edges of the lower bin to receive and support the second bin stacked above the first bin. The bins may be used for storing many types of things including recyclable waste, toys and dirty clothes.

Abstract: A work bucket vertical extension apparatus provides a lower pedestal bucket, an upper, elevated bucket vertically aligned into a nested position above the lower pedestal bucket, an da a sliding track mechanism such that the internal volume of the upper bucket is sufficient to receive the upper, elevated bucket when nested.

Abstract: A double-stack tool rack is constructed to include a base having an upright pivot shaft, a plurality of tool boxes respectively pivoted to the upright shaft and arranged into two stacks, and a carrying handle coupled to the upright pivot shaft of the base at the top.

Abstract: A double cup capable of containing snacks and drinks in a separate manner is provided so as to allow consumers to enjoy snacks and drinks at the same time. The double cup is divided into an upper section and a lower section through an auxiliary member having a drinking straw insertion portion, and the auxiliary member is a disk having a tapered outer periphery or an auxiliary cup having a shape same as that of the main cup. The auxiliary member is an auxiliary cup having a recess of a predetermined shape formed at the side surface of the auxiliary member, and the auxiliary cup has a stopper formed along an outer periphery of the top of the auxiliary cup in such a manner that an outer periphery of the auxiliary cup excluding the recess contacts an inner periphery of the main cup when inserted into the main cup, and the stopper is disposed onto the top of the main cup. The space defined between the main cup and the recess of the auxiliary cup forms a drinking straw insertion portion.

Abstract: A single-stack tool rack is constructed to include a base having an upright pivot shaft, a plurality of tool boxes respectively pivoted to the upright shaft and arranged into a stack for keeping tools and/or accessories, a swivel case pivoted to the base and turned in and out of a bottom open chamber of the base for keeping tool bits, and a carrying handle formed of a handle body and a detachable hand tool and coupled to the upright pivot shaft of the base at the top.

Abstract: A displayable lighter package includes a display stand including a circular upper deck having an upper receiving cavity, a circular lower deck having a lower receiving cavity, and a central supporting shaft detachably supported between the upper deck and the lower deck in a rotatably movable manner. A lighter holder arrangement for securely holding at least a lighter on the display stand includes an upper holder and a lower holder fittedly disposed in the upper and lower receiving cavities respectively, wherein a plurality of upper holding slots are radially formed on the upper and lower holders respectively and adapted for securely supporting bottom portions of lighters on the upper and lower holders respectively. A stand base is detachably mounted underneath said lower deck for enabling said display stand in a rotatably movable manner. A cover is detachably sheltered the display stand for protecting the lighters mounted thereon.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a cap for a beverage can. The cap is of a size to contain ice therein. The cap is in the shape of a cylindrical container as a compartment or a reservoir. A bottom of the compartment has several circular recesses or grooves therein which have different diameters from each other so that different grooves will snap-fit onto differently sized rims on top of beverage cans. Each of the grooves is sealed to prevent leakage between the rim of a can and the groove of the compartment. A different embodiment of a cap may have a bottom wall just above the grooves with an aperture therein so that narrow ice sticks may be placed directly in the can through the ice compartment. This cap may also be constructed of one or more parts. There is a lower part having the grooves therein and there is an upper lid or cover having a resealable drinking spout thereon.

Abstract: A cosmetic case includes a frame unit and a stack of trays. The trays are mounted pivotally on the frame unit, and are turnable about a single axis to move between a closed position in which the trays are aligned with each other, and an open position in which the trays are out of alignment from each other. Each of the trays lags behind an adjacent one of the trays during turning movement of the trays, and has a first engaging member, a slide rail, and a second engaging member. The first engaging member of each of the trays is slidable along the slide rail and is engageable with the second engaging member of an adjacent one of the trays for subsequent simultaneous movement therebetween.

Abstract: A meal box includes a bottom with a wall extending therefrom and food is received in the meal box. A skirt extends from the bottom and toward an opposite direction of the wall. A plurality of grooves are defined in an outer surface of the wall and a plurality of protrusions extend from an inside of the skirt. Two meal boxes are overlapped by receiving the protrusions in the grooves so that the two boxes can be well connected. A cover is removably mounted to the wall and includes an embrace portion which is engaged with the outer surface of the wall of the top meal box.

Abstract: Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of protrusions and depressions which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the bottom portion including depressions which nest with the pouring spout and handle of a second container.

Abstract: A sectioned storage container for liquids has an inner plastic container to be filled with a liquid and a plastic receptacle that surrounds the inner container so that an intermediate space is formed between the inner container and the receptacle. The inner container is made of at least two blow-molded monolithic parts connected with one another by a groove-shaped vertical recess extending in the sidewalls, the container bottom, and the top of the inner container. The receptacle has an insertion opening for the inner container so that the inner container projects with top portions thereof upwardly from the receptacle through the insertion opening. The sidewalls and the receptacle bottom of the receptacle have a groove-shaped vertical recess which is matched to the recess of the sidewalls and the container bottom of the inner container. A peripheral vertical reinforcement strap engages the vertical recesses and reinforces the storage container.

Abstract: The fishing box assembly defines a longitudinal axis and includes: a number of box compartments for storing fishing gear therein; and releasable attachments, for releasably attaching the number of box compartments to one another to form an integral fishing box assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising first and second containers for holding contact lens care compositions and contact lens cases, respectively. The first container defines a chamber adapted to hold contact lens care composition. The second container defines a compartment and is adapted to be removably secured to the first container such that the second container extends outwardly away from the first container with the second container removably secured to the first container. The second container is adapted to accommodated one or more contact lens accessory items in a side-by-side relationship. The contact lens accessory items are preferably selected from the group consisting of a contact lens holder, a supply of enzyme tablets and an information pamphlet.

Abstract: A foldable tool kit comprises two abutted elongate first compartments, two abutted second compartments on either side of the first compartment, each second compartment being smaller than the first compartment, and a plurality of hinges each for coupling each of the second compartments to the first compartment or two of the second compartments on the same side. The stored tools are protected from being lost due to the provisions of engaged positioning pegs and holes on the second compartments as well as prevented from mixing due to the provision of covers on the second compartments while carrying.

Abstract: A tray for receiving semiconductor devices is formed of a main portion having supporting surfaces, and a plurality of columnar bosses formed on the top and bottom supporting surfaces of the main portion to surround and couple with outer perimeters of semiconductor devices. The columnar bosses are formed to be situated adjacent to each other when two trays are piled. The tray can be formed economically without deformation.

Abstract: A combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like having male connectors formed on one side of the container and female receptacles formed on an opposing side, wherein a male connector is threadably engaged with the container side such that it can be unscrewed to allow dispensing of the container's contents, and wherein a protrusion is recessed within one of the female receptacles for holding and/or carrying of the container. Identical containers or similar containers possessing similarly dimensioned male connectors and female receptacles can be connected to one another and/or stacked by engaging the male connectors of a first container with the female receptacles of a second container, and so on, essentially providing toy building blocks.

Abstract: A cinerary urn receptacle made of stone comprising a cylindrical block hollowed from one first end to a second end and a cover having a sealing portion and an assembling portion, the sealing portion closing the block first end, the assembling portion projecting from the first end, and the second end comprising an internal countersinking for receiving an inner seal to be fitted on an assembling portion projecting from the cover of another identical receptacle to form a funerary column. The method for making such receptacles from a column turned in natural stone consists in carrying out a double coaxial coring of the column in one single operation to form the block that has a cylindrical recess passing through from a first end to a second end and countersinking of an internal portion of the recess.

Abstract: The present invention is a generally parallelepiped shaped container including generally parallel opposite lateral side panels, generally parallel opposite longitudinal side panels and a generally flat bottom panel. A first generally flat top panel is provided near the first lateral side panel and a second generally flat top panel is provided near the second lateral side panel, the first and second top panels being interconnected to form a generally continuous top portion of the container. A dispensing neck extends upwardly from the first top panel and a cover member is removably positioned over the open end of the dispensing neck. The shape of the container and the cover member are such that the height of the cover member, when on the dispensing neck is less than the height of the second top panel so that the containers may be stacked one above the other without applying pressure to either the cover member or the dispensing neck.

Abstract: A device for use in carrying and supporting a work piece before, during, and after a treatment process. The device can be used for both shipping and treating the work piece, and the device will not adversely affect the work piece during the treatment process. The device comprises at least one plate which has at least one relieved region for holding a work piece. The plate has a density the same as or very similar to the density of the work piece, so that the plate and work piece together have a substantially uniform density.

Abstract: A magazine for keeping a number of contact lenses kept in each their fluid-filled chamber is disclosed. Each chamber has a supporting wall with a concave face fitting the convex side of the contact lens. The supporting walls are placed in a row along the axis of the concave faces, each supporting wall is detachably separating consecutive chambers. The magazine contains several contact lenses at a time and constitutes an inexpensive and expedient package. When a contact lens is applied in an eye, the magazine is placed with the skirts pointing downwards. The lowest support is then removed from the rest of the magazine with a finger stuck into the skirt of the supporting wall. Due to the moisture present, the contact lens is adhering to the supporting wall which together with its skirt is now transformed into an effective applicator for applying a contact lens in an eye.

Abstract: A stackable mechanical package for a digitally addressed projector (12N) includes a housing portion (22) having top and rear surfaces (44) that are shaped to form a contoured recess (46), and a pedestal portion (20) having bottom and front surfaces (60) that are sized to mate with the contoured recess when the package is in a shippable configuration. When a top side (50) of the pedestal portion is mated to a bottom side (32) of the housing portion, the stackable package is in a first operational configuration. Alternatively, when the stackable package is stacked below another similar stackable package (12F), the shippable configuration further forms a second operational configuration. The stackable package includes legs (24, 26) attached to and protruding from the pedestal portion to support the package apparatus in the first operational configuration or to fasten together the housing and pedestal portions when the package is in the shippable configuration.

Abstract: A flask that is capable of having its capacity adjusted by a user. A flask includes a cover element and a container. The cover element has an opening through which liquid is passable and a mating edge. The container has a mating edge for engaging with the mating edge of the cover element to form a seal. A fastener such as a pair of bolts is provided and configured to secure the cover element and the container together with the mating edges engaged, thereby defining a reservoir therein. The container may include a base element with a mating edge and one or more expansion elements each having a top mating edge for engaging with the mating edge of the cover element and a bottom mating edge for engaging with the mating edge of the base element. Accordingly, a user may add and remove expansion elements to the flask to adjust the capacity thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to the connection of tubular sections (1, 2) of combustible propellant charge cases consisting of one or several windings of textile threads which are connected to propellants by binding means. Said charge cases are dimensionally stable and have a high level of mechanical resistance. The aim of the invention is to create a safe, resistant, tight connection and to ensure that cracks do not form unchecked during the connection process. To this end, the tubular sections (1, 2) to be connected are inserted into each other, said inserted tubular sections (1, 2) are connected by means of a non-releasable snap connection, and at least one longitudinal cut (3) is made in an axial direction, extending in the area of the connection.

Abstract: A cosmetic jar and applicator storage device which in a single unit provides a consumer with a cosmetic, and applicator and a mirror therefore. The cosmetic jar comprising, a cylindrical body having a first cosmetic storage section and a second applicator storage section, the first section being structured and arranged to accommodate a cosmetic such as a pressed powder or the like and adapted to receive a screw top cover to seal the contents of the upper section therein. Integral with the first section is a cylindrical chamber recess depending therefrom and having a rectangular opening for slidingly rotatably receiving the second storage section therein. The second storage section being pivotally attached to the first storage section and adapted for storing and retaining an applicator therein.

Abstract: A portable workshop container assembly adapted to store tools and other articles a worker requires to perform various tasks at a workplace. The assembly includes three major components in stacked relation. The lower component is a wheeled bucket, the middle component is a tray nested in the bucket and provided with a rim, and the third component is a tool box that rests on the rim. Also provided is a latching mechanism having a latch which is pivoted by a toggle member to the upper end of the bucket and cooperates with a first catch element mounted at the bottom of the tool box and a second catch element mounted on the rim of the tray. When the tool box rests on the rim, the first and second catch elements are then adjacent each other. In one mode of operation, the latch simultaneously engages the first and second latch elements to interlock all three components to form a unitary assembly that can be wheeled to the work place.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising first and second containers for holding contact lens care compositions and contact lens cases, respectively. The first container defines a chamber adapted to hold contact lens care composition. The second container defines a compartment and is adapted to be removably secured to the first container such that the second container extends outwardly away from the first container with the second container removably secured to the first container. The second container is adapted to accommodated one or more contact lens accessory items in a side-by-side relationship. The contact lens accessory items are preferably selected from the group consisting of a contact lens holder, a supply of enzyme tablets and an information pamphlet.

Abstract: An improved container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and a multi-functional cap. The container allows for the storage of multiple products separately within the container as well as consumption of the products while “on the go.” The multi-functional cap nests over and seals the mouth end of the container, allows for the nesting of a sub-container inside the cap, and allows the products to be resealed without contaminating each other. The container is ergonomically and stylishly shaped to provide a comfortable hand grip for a variety of consumers.

Abstract: An ensemble of discrete containers wherein each of the containers is spiral wound along a common axis, so as to provide a symmetrical geometric form or ensemble comprising a novelty item, a toy or packaging ensemble for related products/materials. In one of the preferred embodiments of the invention, the containers comprise an ensemble of beverage bottles wherein the open end of the necks of each container of the ensemble is provided with a separate closure. The individual containers of the ensemble are, thus, entwined about one another so as to provide the requisite degree of torsional engagement of each other to hold the resulting ensemble together. The discrete containers of the ensemble can be further provided with releasable, interlocking features (e.g. mating pairs of male and female surface features), to further engage and maintain the contiguous containers of the ensemble within a unitary configuration.

Abstract: A reusable container, made of a thermoplastic material, with at least one filler and drain opening (18) in the top panel (20) and with a circumferential upper and lower stacking ring (12, 16). To permit reuse, direct stackability, good residual drainability as well as good manipulability of the container, this invention provides for the upper stacking ring (12) to have a slightly larger diameter than the lower stacking ring (16) and to feature on the inside of its upper rim a recess matching the diameter of the lower stacking ring (16) and on the outside a vertically protruding circular flange, so that, when stacked one container atop the other, the lower stacking ring of the upper container fits into the recess in the upper stacking ring of the barrel underneath and is snugly centered therein by the vertically protruding circular flange. This allows for the direct, multiple, secure stacking of the containers that are the object of this invention.

Abstract: A multiple layer hinged enclosure utilizes two sets of parallel hinge pins to be able to stack as many layers as desired. An outer set of hinge pins is utilized by the cover and an inner set of hinge pins is utilized by intermediate layers to form an offset “shingle”effect.

Abstract: A burial urn for cremated remains which utilizes a primary receptacle which has an internal chamber. Both the top surface and bottom surface of the primary receptacle have a female connector. The female connector of the top surface is to connect to a lid which includes a male connector which is to matingly connect with the female connector formed within the top surface. The female connector of the bottom surface is to connect with a male connector formed within a secondary receptacle or the male connector of an enlarged base. The sidewall of the primary receptacle has a plurality of memorial plaque mounting areas.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising first and second containers for holding contact lens care compositions and contact lens cases, respectively. The first container defines a chamber adapted to hold contact lens care composition and has an outlet. The second container defines a compartment and is adapted to be removably secured to the first container such that the second container extends outwardly away from the first container with the second container removably secured to the first container. A closure assembly is preferably provided and is coupled to the outlet of the first container. The closure assembly includes a passageway in fluid communication with the outlet and is adapted to provide for egress of the contact lens care composition from the chamber. A cap member is adapted to be moved between an open position in which the passageway is open and a closed position in which the passageway is closed.

Abstract: An annular pack for a cylindrical member for use in a wellbore includes a housing adapted to be mounted about an exterior circumference of the cylindrical member. The housing has mutually engagable annular segments. At least one of the annular segments defines a chamber for housing an electrical device.

Abstract: A reusable container, made of a thermoplastic material, with at least one filler and drain opening (18) in the top panel (20) and with a circumferential upper and lower stacking ring (12, 16). To permit reuse, direct stackability, good residual drainability as well as good manipulability of the container, this invention provides for the upper stacking ring (12) to have a slightly larger diameter than the lower stacking ring (16) and to feature on the inside of its upper rim a recess matching the diameter of the lower stacking ring (16) and on the outside a vertically protruding circular flange, so that, when stacked one container atop the other, the lower stacking ring of the upper container fits into the recess in the upper stacking ring of the barrel underneath and is snugly centered therein by the vertically protruding circular flange. This allows for the direct, multiple, secure stacking of the containers that are the object of this invention.

Abstract: An eye shadow case has a base seat, a plurality of inner casings, a shaft, and a cover. The cover receives the base seat, the inner casings, and the shaft. The base seat has a socket receiving the shaft. The shaft has a plurality of spaced disks, a plurality of spaced rods, and a top block. Each disk has a corrugation periphery. Each inner casing has an inner interior, a first C-shaped collar enclosing the respective disk, and a second C-shaped collar enclosing the respective rod. Each first C-shaped collar has an inner corrugation periphery and a first notch. Each second C-shaped collar has a second notch.

Abstract: An insulated housing assembly for the transport and storage of food items while maintaining the temperature of the food items. The invention provides lower and upper assembly portions which when mated define a compartment for the storage of stackable food containers. The upper and lower asemblies are surrounded by a layer of insulating material to prevent the loss of heat from the food items contained within the compartment. The insulated housing assembly also incudes a swivable handle in a recess for facilitating carrying the insulated assembly. Also included in another recess is a handle for manipulating the containers disposed within the compartent, which have catches for attchment of the handle.

Abstract: A box and dolly system for moving, storing or retrieving goods wherein the box comprises a plurality of substantially upright walls with at least one of the walls having at least two surfaces disposed in an offsetting relationship for forming an overhang and wherein the dolly comprises a plurality of upright walls and a housing adjacent the intersection of each pair of upright walls and with the housing extending from the walls of the dolly such that the dolly may be stacked directly upon another dolly of identical construction with both dollies aligned in the same orientation.

Abstract: A portable food container for feeding animals is provided and includes a container having a threaded opening engaged with a threaded lid, a pair of bowls engageable with two ends of the container respectively and each including a protrudent retaining hole respectively engageable with a pair of retaining pins of an elastic arcuate handle. This disclosure is characterized in ready assembling or disassembling and in corresponding with the environmental sanitation.