Abstract: A method of using an assembly line and shipping container including the step of first providing the container. The container has an outer shell, a first pad element and a second pad element. The pad elements have an inside surface and an outside surface. Compressible elements are coupled to the outside surfaces of the pad elements. The inside surfaces of the pad elements are oppositely aligned with respect to each other inside the outer shell. The first and second pad elements include a first and a second longitudinal slot respectively, the slots aligned opposite each other. During use, the container is placed on an assembly line having at least one work station. A board component is inserted into the container along the longitudinal slots. The board component is removed from the container at the work station. Work then is performed on the board component. The board component is placed back into the container after performing the work and the board component is shipped inside the container.

Abstract: A carton for a bag stack comprises a bottom wall, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls bridging the opposing front and back walls. The first side wall forms a first pair of detents in proximity to the respective front and back walls. The second side wall forms a second pair of detents in proximity to the respective front and back walls. The front and back walls each include a profiled upper edge forming a window adapted to accommodate a human hand and allow retrieval of the plastic bags within the carton via the window. The bag stack includes first sets of plastic bags and second sets of plastic bags interleaved (alternately-arranged) with each other. Each set of plastic bags may include one or more plastic bags. The first and second sets of plastic bags are oriented in opposite longitudinal directions.

Abstract: A composite or secondary packaging arrangement for the containment of hydrophilic contact lenses in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically disclosed is a composite or secondary packaging arrangement wherein pluralities of disposable hydrophilic contact lenses possessing different optical characteristics or prescriptions are contained in one or more specific packaging arrays which are then collectively housed in separate paired box-like compartments or carton structures in a preselected customized manner so as to provide specified or essentially measured supplies of differing contact lenses for prescribed use in both eyes of a consumer over a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shipping/display container which includes a tray portion having a bottom panel, two opposed end panels, and two opposed side panels One of the side panels comprises a float side panel and the other of the side panels comprises a rear side panel. The container further includes a cover portion attached to the container and disposed so as to engage the end panels and the side panels. More particularly, the front side panel includes a line of weakness defining a severable portion of the front side panel which extends in at least an intermediate portion downward to the lowermost edge of the front side panel. The severable portion includes a preformed aperture located adjacent to the lowermost edge of the front panel for initiating removable of the severable portion.

Abstract: The disadvantages of conventional carton for packaging cut sheets of paper such as the facts that fingers or finger nails are injured upon opening the carton, tearing requires a large force, the removal of the cut sheets is difficult, the beauty of surroundings is spoiled, movement of the carton is required, and industrial wastes are produced are solved by the present invention. A pair of opening face cut lines such as threaded lines, zipper and the like are formed on two selected faces of the rectangular parellelepiped carton, and a trigger cut line such as a threaded line, zipper and the like is formed on this one face or another face. The trigger cut line is connected to the opening face cut lines. The trigger cut line and the opening face cut lines are torn off after cutting and raising a part of the trigger cut line. The face having the opening face cut lines is used as an opened face.

Abstract: An animal waste pick-up and disposal assembly includes a container having an upper, open end and a lower end. A plastic bag having a closed end and an open end, and of length greater than the length of the container, is inserted into the container to act as a liner for the interior surface of the container with a portion of the bag projecting outside of the container. The projecting portion of the bag is folded back over the outside of the container, so that the bag covers both the interior and exterior surface of the container, and also covers the hand of a user gripping the container. Waste is scooped into the bag over the open end of the container while the container and the person's hand are shielded against contamination by the bag which covers them. The open end of the bag is then folded back out and inserted into the container, which is used to carry the bag and contents to a suitable disposal site.

Abstract: A box for conveniently storing and dispensing food has a back wall and a slide connected to the back wall. The slide has a slide opening and two side tabs extending from the slide. A front wall with an opening is connected to the back wall. The box also has an interior supporting wall having first and second side slits. The slide is disposed within the box, with each of the tabs being inserted into a corresponding one of the slits. The box has an open position in which the openings are aligned and in which the contents of the box may be poured out, and a closed position. The box may be made of sulfate cellulose cardboard.

Abstract: A carton formed from a carton blank comprising a unitary sheet of material having cut out portions, cut lines, fold lines and perforations to form various panels which are folded together to form a carton wherein the perforations are located so that a person has a choice of forming an opening from a plurality of locations.

Abstract: A shipping and display box is provided that has stacking holes in a bottom wall and stacking tabs protruding above a top wall for being received in stacking holes of a second shipping and display box stacked on top of the shipping and display box to prevent relative movement of the stacked boxes and to align the stacked boxes and facilitate drainage of water from the second shipping and display box into lower shipping and display boxes. Drain holes are formed proximate edges of the bottom wall of the shipping and display box, and diverter tabs are formed in side walls. The holes formed proximate the edges of the bottom wall facilitate drainage of water from an upper stacked box into holes formed by the diverter tabs in the side walls of lower stacked boxes.

Abstract: A packaging unit for sheet like material such as paper, comprises a box (1) provided with a lid (2), both of rectangular configuration and including a center part, two side parts and two end walls parts which are easily dismountable. Each box end wall part (4) has an additional end wall part (3) which is mounted externally of the first mentioned end wall part (4) and has a generally rectangular configuration and an area which is 70-100% of the actual area of the inwardly lying end wall part (4). The additional end wall part (3) is fastened at least partially to the lower region of the inwardly lying end wall part (4) and the additional end wall part (3) is provided in its upper half with a foldable lip (7) from which material has been removed on at least one side (5,6). The lip (7) enables the uppermost part of the additional end wall part (3) to be folded outwardly of the lid end wall part and subsequent to being folded, functions to strengthen and protect the resultant gripping aperture.

Abstract: A shipping and display box is provided that has stacking holes in a bottom wall and stacking tabs protruding above a top wall for being received in stacking holes of a second shipping and display box stacked on top of the shipping and display box to prevent relative movement of the stacked boxes and to align the stacked boxes and facilitate drainage of water from the second shipping and display box into lower shipping and display boxes. Drain holes are formed proximate edges of the bottom wall of the shipping and display box, and diverter tabs are formed in side walls. The holes formed proximate the edge of the bottom wall facilitate drainage of water from an upper stacked box into holes formed by the diverter tabs in the side walls of lower stacked boxes.

Abstract: A convertible container for the storage, transportation, dispensing and utilization of air freshening products includes an elongate tubular box having opposed sidewalls and normally closed ends for the retention of the products. At least one of the sidewalls has a tear-out portion adjacent its corner end for access to the interior for dispensing the product. The sidewalls also have perforated lines extending transversely so that the upper portion of the box may be removed and, in conjunction with generally transversely extending fold lines, the remainder of the box can be converted to a wall mounted dispenser.

Abstract: A flat, comparatively shallow box containing an arrangement for keeping a comparatively flat food item warm for a protracted length of time, with this box having rectangularly-shaped top and bottom members of approximately equal size. The top and bottom members are hingedly secured together by a hinge disposed along an edge common to both members, with the top member having side members disposed along each of its remaining side edges. The bottom member has a flap disposed on the edge opposite the hinge, such that closure of the box can be effected after a comparatively flat food item has been inserted into the box. The arrangement for keeping a food item warm is a sealed container for a heat-retaining substance, the container being disposed in the interior of the box, affixed to the underside of the top member.

Abstract: A low-cost paperboard carton (22) for multiple elongated articles such as fuselinks (24) is provided which can be readily stored on utility service trucks and permit ready access to the articles therein. The carton (22) includes a pair of spaced apart sidewalls (26, 98) with a spanning front panel (78); the panel (78) and sidewalls (26, 98) are configured to present a forward opening (146) as well as rearwardly extending recesses (148, 150) in the sidewalls (26, 98). A removable die cut insert (142) initially fills the opening (146) and recesses (148, 150), and can be removed to open the carton (22). Preferably, an inclined support panel (65) is disposed within the confines of the carton (22) and extends rearwardly from the opening (146). The fuse links (24) are thus positioned in an inclined relationship for ready access by the user through the opening (146) and recesses (148, 150).

Abstract: Sheets are stacked in a container substantially open at its front, and which has a pair of sidewalls and an upright back wall having a pair of edges each secured to a respective adjacent edge of the sidewalls. After a stack of sheets is formed within the container by depositing them through the open front of the container, the bottom of the stack or container is supported, and the supported stack and the container are lifted and moved from a first location to a second location. Because of the open front, the container can be slipped from around the stack to leave the stack standing at the second location free of the container.

Abstract: A corrugated fiberboard box (1) for packaging a large television receiver which includes openable and closable surfaces provided on a top surface (3) and one of the side surfaces (2) thereof. When a large television receiver (4) is to be taken out of the packaging corrugated fiberboard box (1), the receiver can be taken out through the openable and closable side-surface portion (2).

Abstract: A box with a sealed closure guaranteeing the product contained therein, and with a reclosable product delivery spout, that comprises a box-like body with a product delivery spout, and a sliding plate hinged to the box-like body so that the plate faces, covers or reveals the spout being outside the box-like body and is shiftable towards two prefixed configurations, namely a first configuration, that is a non-use configuration, where the plate covers the product delivery spout while defining a sealed closure guaranteeing the product contained in the box, and a second configuration, that is a in-use configuration, where the plate, or a part thereof, is inserted into a slit made in the box-like body, thus defining a guide for the sliding of the plate upon the outer surface of the box-like body along a stroke so limited as to cover or to reveal the product delivery spout.

Abstract: The reversible triangular box is a generally rectangular sheet divided into three rectangular sections, each containing a front and back face, by two major folds. Safety sign indicia is printed on one face while advertising indicia is printed on the other face. The minimal construction of the reversible triangular box includes two triangular side sections extending from the intermediate second section. Advertising indicia is printed on one face of each triangular side section and safety sign indicia is printed on the other face. A pair of complementary side locking tab and side locking slot combinations are utilized to removably couple or link a respective triangular side section to a first main box section. A minimal construction box has a first and a second handle portion, one of which extends from a top edge region of the first section and the other one extends from the top edge region of the third section. A retaining device holds the first and second handle panels together when they are juxtaposed.

Abstract: A foldable, disposable, kitty liter container having an outside enclosure, a bottom disposable litter tray and a roof top. The outside enclosure fitting snugly over the bottom litter tray, and the bottom litter tray being disposable after several uses. The outside enclosure being made of a water resistant, and odor absorbing material, is re-useable for several bottom litter trays. The enclosure has four indentations, one in each of the four top corners. These indentations are pushed inward to form a support for the separate roof top pieces of the container. Also, four pointed corner structures, at the top of the enclosure provide scratching, and playing objects for the cat. The bottom litter tray contains a unique system of tabs, slots, and creases to fold and lock the tray in a folded position. The tabs are pre-formed, and the slots are pre-cut into the material. The tabs are used to be inserted into the slots to lock the bottom tray in the folded position.

Abstract: A box-like packaging includes a plurality of walls joined together through a plurality of edges or and a dispensing opening. The dispensing opening is, constructed on the basis of the corners of the hexagon, of which a first and a fourth corner are located on an edge of the packaging and a second and third corner are provided on a first wall bounding the edge, and a fifth and a sixth corner are provided in a second wall bounding the edge, wherein, to form a semiregular hexagon, the second and sixth corners and the third and fifth corners, respectively, are provided symmetrically relative to the edge, wherein the first and second, the second and third, the first and sixth and the fifth and sixth corners are connected through bending lines, wherein the third and fifth corners are each connected with a first common point on the edge through a cutting line, such that the bending lines and cutting lines and the edge define two closed wall portions each located in one of the walls bounding the edge.

Abstract: A stackable container is formed from a unitary continuous corrugated or sold fiberboard blank for storage of shipped goods. The stackable container includes a bottom portion, first and second opposing side panels, a back panel, and a front panel. The side panels and the back panel have corresponding rigid ledges along uppermost edges of the panels which are capable of supporting another similar or identical stackable container on top of this one. The side panels and the back panel are made from a corresponding pair of planar layers. The ledge corresponding to each panel is connected to and bridges between the corresponding pair of planar layers. The front panel has a display opening for viewing and accessing contents of the stackable container. The stackable container also includes a lid used during shipment of the container.

Abstract: A container in the form of a six-sided enclosure having opposing top and bottom walls, opposing side wall inner panels which are hingedly connected to opposing edges of the bottom wall, and opposing end walls formed from a corrugated or solid fibreboard blank. A pair of flaps are hingedly connected to opposing sides of each of the end walls and are adapted to overlie an adjacent side wall inner panel. A pair of side wall outer panels are hingedly connected to opposing edges of the top wall and each is adapted to overlie the flaps which overlie the adjacent side wall inner panel.

Abstract: A paperboard tissue box having a decahedral prismatic configuration which may be rapidly fabricated using available high speed machinery providing an attractive appearance while retaining high strength is disclosed. The outer surface of the tissue box of the present invention is a decahedron having two parallel octagonal faces linked by eight rectangular lateral faces extending between the edges of the octagon and generally being disposed at right angles to the octagonal faces in the erected carton, each of the ten faces being formable by folding a unitary blank having impressed fold lines defining regions in the blank which become panels in the erected box.

Abstract: A box for storing embroidery floss and supplies includes a plurality of cells for receiving flat spools of skeins of floss, and an enlarged compartment for receiving embroidery accessories. The box includes a bottom wall, front and back walls, opposite side walls and a lid, all of which are constructed from a single blank of material. In one embodiment, the front wall opens for access to the cells and the lid opens for access to the enlarged storage compartment. In a second embodiment, the lid opens to provide access to both the spool cells and the enlarged storage compartment.

Abstract: A holder for remote control units having a body with a bottom configured to rest on a horizontal plane in use. The body has a front, a back and a surface which is inclined upwardly from the back to the front of the body in use. At least a portion of the surface is of a high friction material, whereby remote control units resting on the surface are angled upwardly toward the front of the body and are inhibited from side-to-side movement by the high friction material.

Abstract: A receptacle for the disposal of animal wastes is provided. The receptacle includes a collapsible container having a selectively sealable opening for enabling access to the interior of the container and an integrated handle for carrying the container. The handle has a detachable scoop stick for gathering up animal waste and placing the wastes in the container through the opening. Once wastes are in the container, a closure panel is positioned over the opening so that the animal waste is maintained in the receptacle.

Abstract: A container includes a sleeve-like member having a plurality of interconnected wall panel panels defining an interior storage cavity having two open ends. A foldable insert member is adapted to be inserted through the storage cavity from at least one of the open ends and is foldably divided into a primary support panel and a plurality of inwardly foldable end flaps. The support panel is interposed between the foldable end flaps and adapted to lie against a selected wall panel. Contents are inserted into the storage cavity from either open end and the end flaps are folded to substantially cover the open ends. The end flaps are then secured over the two open ends to form a substantially closed enclosure about the storage cavity.

Abstract: An asparagus carton and a unitary blank for forming it. The blank is of corrugated paperboard. The carton interior is tapered along opposite side walls by virtue of slanting side spacer panels. This yields a trapezoidal configuration of a part of the carton interior to more nearly correspond to the tapered form of a mass of asparagus. The carton is preferably loaded from the bottom. The asparagus may be inspected by opening a side wall panel, and may also be opened from the top. In addition to providing slanting side walls, the side spacer panels permit the loaded carton to be lifted through side wall openings without contacting the asparagus. In a first embodiment, the bottom of the carton may be opened by releasing a bottom tongue and slot latch arrangement, while in a second embodiment the bottom of the carton is defined by known interlocking panels.

Abstract: A pizza delivery system is provided which combines the use of inexpensive paper bags and flat paperboard trays, with an insulating reusable container that permits pizza to be delivered in a warm, unsoggy condition.

Abstract: A disposable animal litter box can be folded into a compact form for storage, shipment, and/or disposal. The pet litter container includes a base made from a first piece of sheet material and an insert made from a second piece of sheet material. The base includes a bottom portion for containing the pet litter, a pair of foldable side panels attached to the bottom portion, and a pair of roof panels attached to the side panels. The insert includes a floor panel which is disposed inside the bottom portion of the base, and a pair of foldable end walls. Together, the base and the insert form an enclosure containing the pet litter.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing and dispensing unfolded files comprising a tray which has side walls, a bottom, and an open top is provided. The tray is adapted to store a stack of the unfolded files thereon. A plastic film is wrapped around the tray and unfolded files contained therein to retain the unfolded files in a tray and to form a package. Upon removal of the plastic film, the unfolded files may be removed from within the tray. Methods for storing and dispensing the unfolded files are also provided.

Abstract: A carton for dispensing articles from the front thereof comprises a top wall, a bottom wall, and a laterally spaced apart pair of sidewalls connecting said top wall and said bottom wall. A shelf is disposed intermediate the top and bottom walls and extends substantially between the sidewalls, the shelf having a substantially horizontal front portion of appreciable length extending rearwardly from the front of the carton, and a rear portion of appreciable length inclined rearwardly and downwardly from the front portion.

Abstract: Sheets are stacked in a container substantially open at its front, and which has a pair of sidewalls and an upright back wall having a pair of edges each secured to a respective adjacent edge of the sidewalls. After a stack of sheets is formed within the container by depositing them through the open front of the container, the bottom of the stack or container is supported, and the supported stack and the container are lifted and moved from a first location to a second location. Because of the open front, the container can be slipped from around the stack to leave the stack standing at the second location free of the container.

Abstract: A shipping container for sponge articles converts into a dispensing container for the articles by simply unfastening a hinged bottom on the container. The shipping container holds many more sponge articles than its size would apparently allow by holding the sponge articles in a compressed state.

Abstract: A tube type carton formed from a unitary blank of paperboard and having at each end closure panels defined by a pair of opposed dust flaps and opposed major and minor closure flaps. The major flaps and two opposite side wall panels of the four side panels are trapezoidal. The remaining two opposite side wall panels are square but of different size. A pair of rectangular interior tucking panels joins one edge of the smaller square side wall panel to the shortest edge of one of the two opposite trapezoidal side wall panels, these interior panels being tucked into the interior of the carton. By virtue of the tucking, the cross-section of the tube is changed from rectangular to trapezoidal. The fully erected configuration of the carton is that of a truncated, right, four-sided, rectangular pyramid.

Abstract: A cardboard, paperboard, or fiberboard carton having a generally-rectangular parallepiped configuration is constructed and utilized so that even when the carton is deep, items packed at the bottom of the carton can be easily removed. Side panels of the parallepiped carton each have vertical corners extending along the lengths of its edges. The lines of separation are formed at the corners defining one of the side panels. The lines of separation, such as through-extending slits or perforations, are spaced from but near the top of the container (e.g., at a distance about one to four inches from the top of the container) and extend several inches toward the middle of the container, being spaced from the bottom. A horizontal score line may be provided at the bottom of the lines of separation, to facilitate bending over the side panel between the lines of separation once the top of the carton has been unpacked and it is desirable to unpack the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A newspaper bundler (9) having a container portion (10) formed of a unitary paperboard blank for holding the newspapers (310) to be bundled in regular arrangement, a gripper ring (50) to firmly grasp and retain a ball of string (300), a string magazine portion (11) formed of a second unitary paperboard blank to facilitate dispensing of the string into the container portion prior to the insertion of the newspapers. The bundler has string fasteners (42, 44, 46) which retain the string about the newspapers in advance of final bundling. The bundler may be assembled from the two paperboard blanks, and may be shipped in a compact, partially assembled form.

Abstract: A play house apparatus aimed at children whose ages range from eighteen months to nine or ten years which is designed to provide entertainment and to introduce, teach and/or reinforce any number of artistic, theatric and imaginative skills as well as fundamental skills, such as alphabet recognition, handwriting, numeric skills, musical scales, and the like.

Abstract: A packing case for sheet material consisting of a container having a base and walls that may be lowered into a coplanar relationship with the base and are kept together in a raised condition by a cover member, whereby the removal of the cover member causes the box to open and to give full accessibility to the contents of the package while providing a suitable container for shipment of the contents.

Abstract: An end loaded carton for a plurality of cans includes foldably joined top, bottom and side walls forming a tubular structure and having end closure panels, one wall of the carton being of double ply construction having inner and outer panels, at least one thickening panel foldably joined to the inner ply and being folded into flat face contacting relation with the inner ply to form a three ply wall in engagement with the can ends.

Abstract: A container for food, the container having an open portion or an openable portion for presenting the food for consumption, a panel with an at least partially frangible portion which can be urged from a position co-planar with the panel to a position extending outwardly of the panel such that when the portion is moved to the extended position the food can be moved towards the open portion or openable portion of the container.

Abstract: A shipping container assembly formed of cut and scored fiber board having a rectangular shape including side walls, closeable end flaps forming the top and bottom of the container and a plurality of inner dividers dividing the interior of the container into at least two adjacent sub-compartments. At least one of the side walls is provided with an access door in alignment with one of the sub-compartments providing a separate access. One of the dividers includes a flat portion and a rectangular box portion being open on both ends defining a sub-compartment, whereby at least one of the open ends is in alignment with an access door.

Abstract: An improved collapsible, reusable shipping container is disclosed which is particularly usable for transportation of freight by air which is formed of a paperboard material having a high strength-to-weight ratio which is covered with a moisture sealing external coating to minimize weather damage thereto. The container is fully collapsible and includes door panels easily opened and closed to facilitate placement and removal of baggage or other cargo articles therein. An arcuate roof structure is provided to minimize the possibility of puddling or other such water damage to the top surface of the housing. The container can include one or two sets of doors which overlap one another and are retained from outward movement by vertically extending retaining straps when the container is in the loaded configuration.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant box for storing confidential documents has a container for holding these documents. A lid is associated with the container and is moveable from an open position wherein it is remote from the container to a closed position wherein it overlies an opening in the container. A seal is associated with the lid and is breakable upon movement of the lid to the open position to provide evidence of tampering with the box. A slot is located in the container to allow paper documents to be inserted in the container and is concealed by a concealing flap extending over the slot to conceal the contents of the box but to allow paper documents to be passed through the slot and into the box.

Abstract: An envelope handling system for removing envelopes from an upper level conveyor, placing them in stacks on a lower level bucket conveyor, removing the stacks from the bucket conveyor and side-loading them into cartons, and sealing the cartons, conveying the cartons to a packing area, and forming the cartons into a horizontal column for placement into shipping containers. The system includes a spider feeder for removing the envelopes from an upper level conveyor and discharing them downwardly in a vertical direction, pivoting bottom fingers for receiving envelopes from the feeder and collecting them into a stack, hold back fingers for intercepting envelopes in a second stack above the bottom fingers, and transfer fingers for compressing a stack collected on the bottom fingers and urging the bottom fingers downwardly to place the stack onto the conveyor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a stackable file storage carton characterized by an open-front box fitted with an integrally formed access opening cover hingedly attached to the bottom of the box along the front edge of the latter for movement from a closed position into an open one forming an extension of said box bottom. The access opening cover is comprised of a panel sized and shaped to cover the access opening. This panel is bordered along its free edges by upstanding fence-forming flanges cooperating therewith and with one another to define a tray which in open position is adapted to receive and support a file slid forwardly from within the box. The front flange is formed to provide a pocket extending lengthwise thereof which is open at both ends to receive and hold tabs depending from the front edges of the flanges bordering the sides of the cover panel.

Abstract: An interlocking multi-pieced shipping container with removable sides and ends to aid in unpacking with a secondary utilization of a storage box, pet house or childrens play house.

Abstract: A produce dispenser comprise two members that cooperate to form a column for a stack of produce items. The first member as an upper end that is adapted to hang the dispenser on a vertical surface and a bottom platform that supports the items. The second member is preferably slideable over the first member to selectively totally enclose the stack of items or to expose the lowermost piece of produce in the stack. The dispenser may be made of foldable paperboard or of a moldable plastic material.

Abstract: A thin-walled easily opened container and method of making the same for commercial food products that includes congruent mating and overlapping sections crimped over a cover panel.