Abstract: A plunger for movably mounting within a cavity or barrel of a syringe. The plunger includes a contact face having a flange movably mounted thereto, wherein the flange is movable between an open configuration wherein an opening is formed between the flange and a portion of the plunger, the opening configured for engagement with an IV hook or other engagement member, and a closed configuration wherein the upper surfaces of the contact face and the flange are generally planar with one another.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the container of the type with a semi-rigid or rigid container portion and reclosable header are provided.

Abstract: Described herein are packaging systems having a receptacle and one or a plurality of expandable members that are configured to move from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. In some variations the expandable member includes one or a plurality of folded pieces of material (e.g., tissue paper or fabric (e.g., tulle)), which are attached to the receptacle. In the expanded configuration, the expandable member(s) obscure an object (e.g., a gift) placed within the receptacle without closing the receptacle.

Abstract: A package includes a first panel and a second panel, wherein each of the first and second panels defines a right side edge portion, a left side edge portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The package includes a pleat that interconnects between the first end portions of the first and second panels. The pleat defines a right side edge portion and a left side edge portion and includes a handle aperture forming a handle. A first seam joins the right side edge portions of the first panel, the second panel, and the pleat and a second seam joins the left side edge portions of the first panel, the second panel, and the pleat. A third seam joins the second end portion of the first panel with the second end portion of the second panel. The first panel, the second panel, and the pleat are integrally formed.

Abstract: A handled shipping bag or sack is described that is capable of manufacture without requiring registration of the handle to a width of the bag. The shipping bag includes a cover tape having perforations particularly well suited for finger holds of a user that center the users hand relative to the width of the bag without requiring a registration of the finger holds relative to the bag during the manufacture of the bag.

Abstract: A low-profile retractable cord system in which a line is attached to a pair of retractor mechanisms located in the sides of an article to be carried (such as a briefcase, a purse, a handbag, suitcase, tote, bag, knapsack, sports bag, gym bag, etc.). The line is high-tensile braided line threaded out through eyelets which are offset inwardly and downwardly from the upper corners of the article to be carried. This way, the line and shoulder pad attached thereto lie flat along the carried article. Various retractor mechanisms are shown, including an opposed pair of coil-spring-biased reels, opposed independent pulley mechanisms, or a common pulley mechanism. An alternate embodiment employs a single retractor mechanism and line for a single loop-handle is also shown.

Abstract: A sleeve has an open top and side edges. One or more handles are defined by perforations that extend inward from the side edges and can terminate with a stress concentration-reducing shape. The handles may be tapered. The handles may include a reinforcing weld formed by an extension of the bottom seal of adjacent, oppositely oriented sleeves.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for protecting shops, workshops, cellars, basements and similar premises, that can be exposed to the flooding risk in case of floods or particularly severe atmospheric events. The device, made in the form of a kit, comprises a waterproof enclosure or wall which acts as a barrier against water and that can be quickly installed in case of need, due to a structure to be applied to the walls of the premises to be protected.

Abstract: An apparatus for retrieving items from a cooler, said apparatus having a cord, a securing mechanism for receiving an item, and a buoy, where the buoy engages the cord, the cooler contains coolant for cooling the item, and the buoy allows for the cord to be obtained without reaching into the coolant.

Abstract: A carrying case including a first container having a first perimeter around a first opening and a second container comprising a second perimeter around a second opening, a first portion of the second perimeter being coupled to a first portion of the first perimeter to form a foldable interface between the first container and the second container; and a handle coupled to the foldable interface, a second portion of the first perimeter being configured to removably couple to a second portion of the second perimeter to enclose the handle of the first and second containers.

Abstract: A flexible shipping bag, which after use for shipping an item in commerce, can be turned inside out and transformed into a re-usable backpack with an open top. The flexible shipping bag includes sealing flaps configured to enable opening the flexible shipping bag by cutting off a portion of the sealing-flap. The sealing-flaps fold into the flexible shipping bag when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out revealing backpack flaps each configured to define a draw-string tube-like passage therethrough. The flexible shipping bag includes a drawstring and a tab extending from an inside edge of the shipping bag, preferably near the bottom, and configured to secure the drawstring. The inside of the shipping bag may also include a separate pouch. The top of the pouch may include means to close the pouch.

Abstract: A continuous band for producing bags for fruit and vegetable products is formed from a continuous plastic sheet which has been die-cut to produce a series of small holes which are closed using mesh or net fragments fixed along the periphery of the holes by heat-sealing, gluing or any other conventional manner. An area of the continuous sheet intended to contain a handle is provided with a transverse patch of pre-determined hardness in order to reinforce the area used to hold the bag once it has been filled, such that the thickness of the band-forming plastic sheet can be significantly reduced, specifically by a value of the order of 40%, without affecting the performance of the bag in terms of mechanical strength since the area in which the greatest strains are concentrated corresponds exactly to the area containing the handle.

Abstract: The bag has a back panel, a front panel, an upper panel having an upper panel body and a flap and a floor panel. The back panel has a handle opening near the top of the panel. The front panel is shorter than the back panel and is connected to the back panel at the sides of the panel. The upper panel body is sealed to the back panel below the back panel handle, below the upper panel handle and above the flap fold line to form a bag top. The heat sealing desirably forms a seal strip that extends across the width of the bag below the handles and above the flap fold line to connect the upper panel body to the back panel. The top of the bag folds back away from the bag central opening so the handles are not soiled during loading.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable waste containment device that is rapidly deployable. The waste containment device allows containment of liquid or semi-liquid waste until permanently disposed. The present invention also provides a portable waste containment system wherein the waste containment device is enclosed within a package for storage and when pulled from the package the waste containment device is ready for use. Still further, the present invention provides a method of using the portable waste containment device of the present invention.

Abstract: A carrying container in a form of an ergonomically shaped handbag that has a variety of convenience features. The convenience features include, but are not limited to, a self locking top flap, a secure ID feature implemented in the top flap, a hidden retractable handle, hidden secret compartments, compartment quick access features and detachable shoulder strap, a plurality of interchangeable top flaps and a back flap. A handbag has an ergonomic shape that provides for added convenience of carrying the handbag under the arm. The handbag also has a detachable strap that can be used for carrying the bag in a variety of ways.

Abstract: A container which includes a container shell defining an interior therein and having an opening for accessing the interior. A first grommet and a second grommet each are located on the container shell and each include a perimeter that defines an aperture through the grommet. The second grommet including a magnetic or a ferromagnetic material. A first magnet is within the first grommet. The first grommet and the second grommet are positioned on the container shell to assist in closing the opening by magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the magnetic or ferromagnetic material, when the opening is closed the grommets are held in a position wherein the apertures are in general alignment.

Abstract: The present invention is a collapsible liner for use in a bulk container. The liner comprises a first flexible panel, a second flexible panel, a first seal, a second seal, and a tab. The first flexible panel includes a first longitudinal edge. The second flexible panel includes a second longitudinal edge. The first seal joins the first and second panels near the first and second longitudinal edges and runs generally parallel to the first and second edges. The second seal joins the first and second panels and is generally oblique to the first seal. At least one of the panels extends across at least one of the seals to form the tab, which includes an attachment feature. The attachment feature may be a piece of tape affixed to the tab. The attachment feature may be a strip of fabric or other reinforcement material melted into the tab, sealed within the tab or affixed to the tab via an adhesive. The attachment feature may be a hole with sealed or unsealed edges.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a convertible bag for carrying a laptop that can be converted from a tote configuration to a skin or sleeve configuration and back again. The convertible bag includes a body that is shaped and configured to receive a laptop computer; a pair of handles connected to the body, each handle defining an aperture that is sized to receive a hand or a portion thereof; and at least three fasteners, one fastener attached to each handle and one fastener attached to the body, whereby two or more of the at least three fasteners are positioned to engage one another when the pair of handles are in a first position that exposes the apertures and when the pair of handles are in a second position folded against the body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a file holder with a hanging mechanism, wherein the file holder includes a main body and a hanging mechanism. The hanging mechanism is arranged onto the inner wall of a front panel of the main body and includes a limiting portion, a hanging band and a locator. The first locating end of the locator can be meshed with or disengaged from the second locating end. The hanging band is penetrated into the limiting portion. The hanging band can be retractably concealed into the front panel, or pulled outwards in a hanging state. The hanging band can be limited by meshing of the first locating end with the second locating end or by abutting separately the first and second locating ends onto the first and second threading portions.

Abstract: A packaging container made of plastic film has a strap handle arranged within the contour of the container: The container has a container wall made of plastic film. The container wall has an inner side and the strap handle is arranged on the inner side. The container wall has an access opening through which the strap handle is accessible from the exterior of the container. A support patch made of plastic film is connected to the container wall. The access opening is closed off relative to the interior of the container by the support patch.

Abstract: A plastic-coated fabric shipping bag, which after use for shipping an item in commerce, can be turned inside out and transformed into a re-usable, plastic-lined, fabric tote bag.

Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a closure assembly that comprises first and second closure profiles disposed on first and second side panels, respectively. A handle is provided that comprises discrete first and second handle sections. Each handle section has an opening in a central portion thereof. The first handle section is attached only to the first side panel at an area below the first closure profile and the second handle section is attached only to the second side panel at an area below the second closure profile. By providing the handle sections in such a manner, the first and second handle sections exert substantially more force on an internal side of the first and second closure profiles, respectively, than on an external side of the respective closure profiles.

Abstract: A tie bag includes a hem seal, at the mouth of the bag, which grips the top of a receptacle, when the tie bag is used as a liner for the receptacle, to preclude having the mouth of the bag fall into the receptacle. The hem seal forms a hem flap, which is cut in a geometric pattern to provide tie fasteners. The hem seal may also form a hem at the open mouth of the tie bag. The tie bag may further include a pair of secondary hem seals closing the hem at the opposing sides of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A bag with displaying function comprising a bag body, a strap displaying plate or plates and a heavy object is disclosed.

Abstract: A hanging laundry bag comprising foldable enclosure having hanger sleeves attached to the longer sides thereof accepting conventional wire or wood hangers and suspending the bag from a hanger rod. The bag also includes two straps for suspending the bag from hooks or for easily transporting the bag when it is full of laundry. The bag may further include magnetic fasteners for retaining the bag in a closed position. The bag may also include a removable liner for segregating damp laundry from the remaining portions of the bag, and any number of pockets within the compartment for securing smaller items.

Abstract: A bag for storing material in liquid or particulate form, comprising four side walls and top and bottom walls that are integral extensions of the four side walls, is characterized by an additional single or multi-ply sheet that overlies and is sealed to one side of said bag, said sheet material being adapted to be partially separated from itself so as to form a flap at the top end of the bag that can be gripped for use in supporting the bag as it is being drained of its contents via a drain located at the bottom end of the bag.

Abstract: A collapsible container including a plurality of adjacent side panels, each of the side panels having a flexible frame and a web having a perimeter secured to the frame. Each of the side panels has a bottom side, a top side and two lateral sides. Each of the lateral sides of each side panel is attached to the lateral side of an adjacent side panel. A flexible floor panel has a plurality of sides. Each of the floor panel sides is attached to at least one of the side panel bottom sides. At least one of the side panels has an opening through which items may be placed into and removed from the container. A mesh may be disposed so as to act as a cover, which together with a respective side panel, may serve as a pouch for holding various items therein. The container may have a partition panel pivotally secured therein. A mesh may be releasably secured to its respective side panel to allow the container to be used as a basket.

Abstract: A popcorn heating device includes a bag member, a receptacle removably connectable therewith and having a top portion including inner and outer layers and a medially disposed heat-retaining layer. The device further includes a mechanism for electrically heating the receptacle and the bag member. The heating mechanism includes a base member having at least one electrical conductor including a plurality of conducting posts. The base member further includes a first switch for toggling at least one electrical conductor between on and off positions and a second switch for controlling the temperature of at least one electrical conductor. A plurality of heating elements are electrically coupled to the plurality of conducting posts and a plug provided for electrically coupling the base member to a power source.

Abstract: A tubular sleeve is shaped with a pair of opposing faces, a pair of opposing side walls, and a lowermost terminal edge. Double gussets are simultaneously formed on each opposing side walls of the shaped sleeve inward between the pair of opposing faces of the shaped sleeve and defining substantially square corners at intersection of the longitudinal ribs of the shaped sleeve and the lowermost terminal edge of the shaped sleeve. The square corners of the shaped sleeve are relieved and removed to form a flat bottom. A pair of handles are unitarily formed and integral with the frontal faces extending over the open top.

Abstract: A folding collapsible box is constructed to include a box body, the box body having two cardboard reinforced upright sidewalls symmetrically disposed at two sides, each cardboard reinforced upright sidewall having a vertical folding line on the middle, and two locating members respectively detachably coupled to the cardboard reinforced upright sidewalls through a slip joint to hold the cardboard reinforced upright sidewalls in shape and vertically movable relative to the box body between a received position and an extended position.

Abstract: A portable containment system including a open weave netting side and a solid fabric backing that is foldable about a center support structure allows quick and easy storage and transportation of items in a vehicle cargo or trunk area. The portable containment can be used for both storing and manually transporting items outside a vehicle.

Abstract: A device for holding and positioning a flexible container on a vertical or sloped surface. The device has a base element, secured to an outer surface of the flexible container, and a vertically oriented leg element. The vertically oriented leg element is hingedly secured to the base element, whereby when the vertically oriented leg element is pushed outward from the base element it forms a tab which may be secured over an edge of a vertical or sloped surface thereby securing and positioning the flexible container thereto.

Abstract: A vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser (VECSEL) is formed by providing a monolithic portion having a first laser cavity mirror and an active region disposed on the first mirror. The cavity is completed with a second laser cavity mirror, such as a DBR, deposited onto the light-receiving end of an optical device, such as an optical fiber. The DBR-on-fiber-end is mounted with respect to the active region to complete the laser cavity and to provide automatic coupling of the output laser light into the fiber.

Abstract: A collapsible structure having a plurality of side panels and a floor panel forming an enclosure having an open top. Each side panel comprises a web of material, and an edging material. The collapsible structure includes at least two flexible continuous loop frames which are substantially enveloped by the edging. The edging coupled to the periphery of the web. One or more handles may be attached to the structure or formed within one or more of the side panels. A method of making and collapsing the structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: An optical attenuator for use in optical power regulation uses a shutter to control the insertion loss of a gap in a pair of substantially coaxially aligned waveguides, for example a pair of optical fibers. The shutter is part of a MEMS accuator device and is coupled to the movable one of a pair of spaced plates, the movable plate being movable by a voltage applied between the pair of plates. To regulate the power, a small portion of the optical power is abstracted and used to derive a control voltage that is applied to the optical attenuator for varying the attenuation inserted in the optical wave path.

Abstract: A packet which enables the user to attach a pair of carrying handles to a package and containing a pair of flexible cords and four plastic members each having a flat surface coated with an adhesive and provided with an adherent protective strippable plastic film there over covering the flat surface, and an opposed surface. The opposed surface of each of the plastic members is provided with a normally integral raised portion, the improvement wherein the raised portion has a slot therein for receiving one end of said flexible cords with a snap fit to provide for ready attachment and detachment of the flexible cords. The flexible cords are adapted to be hand gripped together to provide a carrying handle for a package.

Abstract: A convertible bag for holding articles therein is arranged to be opened into a reclining mat to provide a sanitary surface for reclining a child thereon. An inner surface of the reclining mat includes a pillow compartment into which a pillow is removably secured. A pair of zippers are used to removably join the top and bottom panels to form the bag. The bag includes a pair of handle straps. The handle straps are attached to the bag to form at least one utility loop useful for attaching baby related paraphernalia such as pacifiers and toys, so they remain within the child's reach and they do not fall onto the floor and get lost. The handle straps preferably further includes a metal snap fasteners for removably attaching the handle straps to the outer surface of the reclining mat to prevent an infant from being strangled by a handle strap while lying on the reclining mat.

Abstract: A child's developmental product which serves as a playmat for interaction and as a storing and transportation device for a child's toys and material needs. The playmat is circular so that it can be drawn into a bag. The drawstring inserts back into the edging of the playmat and has a zipper and a keyring latch to ensure safe use of the product. There are handles for transportation of the playmat. It has poly/cotton (50/50) material on the top and vinyl on the bottom for use indoors and outdoors. A matching cushion and blanket serves as extra sources of comfort for the child.

Abstract: A plastic flat bottom bag is provided with a handle, which is attached while the handle is flat against the surface of the bag and is directed downwardly toward the flat bottom.

Abstract: A bag includes two parallel walls, each with two side edges each; a bottom connected with lower ends of the two walls and which can be folded in a plane of the walls; and two carrying handles, which in each case have two parallel legs and one cross member connecting the two parallel legs and are fastened with fastening sections, formed at their legs, in each case to one of the walls of the bag and are folded back on themselves at fold lines, so that they do not protrude beyond the walls and are detachably fixed to the bag, the cross members of the two carrying handles being offset from each other in the folded-back position by an amount, which corresponds at least to the width of the cross members and the fold lines of the two carrying handles being mutually offset by about half this amount, and the carrying handles being mutually offset in a direction perpendicular to the side edges to such an extent, that the parallel legs of the two handles do not overlap one another.

Abstract: An accessory bag of generally rectangular configuration and having flexible front and back members. The back member is formed of a generally imperforate flexible material with the front member having a like configuration and formed of an open mesh flexible material with a substantial portion of the periphery thereof secured together. A zipper or the like is attached to the balance of the periphery. The upper and lower edges of opposite sides of the mesh surface are provided with mating fasteners, such as Velcro strips or snaps at positions suitable for enabling coupling of the fasteners to one another with the bag folded with the back member exposed. The mesh material has the openings thereof sufficiently large for enabling insertion of a finger therethrough, whereby the bag may be utilized for small articles such as small clothing items, hair pieces, scarves or the like, which may be viewed through and extracted through the openings of the mesh material by use of a finger without opening the bag.

Abstract: A Collapsible container for holding a floral grouping in a vertical position. The container is constructed from a flexible material and comprises a body, an upper open end and a closed lower end. A bonding material is disposed upon a portion of the outer surface of the closed base for enabling the container to be bondingly connecting to a surface for supporting the floral grouping in a vertical position. The container is collapsible to a substantially flat position and expandable therefrom to an expanded form for receiving a portion of a floral grouping in the interior space. The container may have a sheet extension for providing a protective wrap about a portion of a floral grouping.

Abstract: A handle assembly is provided for a suitcase having first and second half bodies and includes a bracket fixedly mounted in an opening defined in a top wall of the first half body. A hidden base is fixedly received in the bracket and has two legs each respectively extending through the bracket. Two outer tubes each have an upper end securely mounted around a corresponding one of the two legs and rested on an underside of the bracket. Two inner tubes each are slidably mounted in a corresponding one of the two outer tubes and each have an upper end slidable in a corresponding one of the two legs to be slidably received in a recess defined in the hidden base. A handle portion is received in the recess and has two distal ends each fixedly mounted on the upper end of a corresponding one of the two inner tubes. A cap is pivotally mounted on the hidden base for enclosing the recess.

Abstract: A convertible carrying bag/envelope suitable for carrying and shipping printed materials and other items. The bag/envelope provides a handle that may be used to carry the bag/envelope while allowing items to be placed into or removed from the interior of the bag. The bag/envelope provides an exterior flap that is operative for sealing the bag, on which delivery indicia is printed, so that it may be shipped via a small package delivery service. To prepare the bag for shipping, the handle is folded into the interior of the bag. The flap is then extended across the opening and affixed to the opposite panel using the pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on the flap.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a thermoplastic packaging bag having a carrying handle and relates specifically to a packaging bag having a separate carrying handle. After the bag is loaded with product and closed, the closure securely attaches the handle to the bag.

Abstract: An extensible handle bag apparatus capable of being manufactured on conventional high-speed manufacturing equipment, wherein the handles of the bag apparatus are constructed from an extensible material which provide comfort to a person's hands when carrying the apparatus, as well as which provide substantial load carrying capabilities to the bag itself. One or more extensible handles are attached in a retracted position below the top peripheral edge of the bag until the handles are manually deployed by an individual making initial use of the fully constructed apparatus. The handles comprise a gripping member and two leg members operably attached to the gripping member. The handles further include attachment regions which are initially stretched, independent of the remainder of the handles so as to increase the surface area for adherence directly to the bag itself and/or to corresponding handle attachment patches.

Abstract: A packet which enables the user to attach a pair of carrying handles to a package and containing a pair of flexible cords, four pairs of adhesive tabs having adhesive surfaces on opposed sides thereof, protective strippable flexible plastic sheets covering said surfaces and extending slightly beyond the edge of the surfaces, and four thin rigid plastic sheets, the adhesive tabs preferably being slightly thicker than the diameter of the flexible cords.

Abstract: A handle for use with a container such as a flexible bag structure. The handle includes first and second handle members that reinforce each other as the handle is grasped to manipulate the bag structure.

Abstract: A flexible hinged handle sewn to the closure strip of a multiple ply bag. The hinged handle has a generally U-shaped and a pair of notches pivotably joining a grip member to the legs of the U-shape so that the grip is pivotal to provide a comfortable grasping surface for lifting the bag when filled with a product.

Abstract: Twin compartment packets, e.g. tea bags, are formed with the compartments connected at the heads of the packet and optionally at the tails. The packets are produced from a pair of compartmented tubular webs that are brought together with the compartments in register, the webs then being interconnected at the compartment end seals and severed at those seals to form the separate packets. Apparatus for performing the process deposits doses of tea at spaced intervals onto the two separate webs before forming them into the tubular compartmented webs, brings the compartments of the two webs into register, interconnects the registered compartments, and separates the interconnected compartments into individual packets while the web advances continuously through the apparatus. The process is capable of high production rates because the webs are able to move through the successive stages at a uniform speed.