Abstract: The bag (1) for packaging compressible products arranged vertically in the form of at least one horizontal pile, substantially parallelepipedal in shape, comprising two front walls (5, 6), two side walls (3, 4), one bottom wall (7) and one top wall (8), is provided with an opening device consisting of a line of weakness forming a discontinuous contour, comprising two first vertical precut lines (13) made in each of the front walls (5, 6) and being extended by two second precut lines (15) made essentially in the part forming the base (10) of the attached handle (9), and a third precut line (14) made in the top wall (8).

Abstract: A mesh bag is provided for toys, laundry and beach use, and the like, which is formed of a tubular lower portion of a mesh material, and which has an open top, a closed bottom, and overlapping sides which form a side opening. A solid fabric upper portion of the bag is secured to the lower portion and surrounds the open top of the lower portion. The solid fabric upper portion extends across the top of the overlapping sides to assist in holding the side opening in a closed condition. A plastic tube is sewn to the upper rim of the upper portion, and it serves to flatten out the sides of the upper rim and hold the top of the bag closed. A pair of upwardly-extending loop handles are attached to the upper portion on opposite sides of the bag.

Abstract: Packing in particular for small objects, such as sweets, screws and the like, which packing includes a packing unit (1, 23) which has been produced by folding a foil, sheet or plate (2, 22) and then bonding, welding and/or otherwise joining parts thereof, so that at least one wall (6, 32) of the packing unit obtained has two slots (7, 33), which, at least partially, are opposite each other, and a slider (8, 37) which is located in the slots and is formed by a plate of a sufficiently rigid material, so that this plate is slidable within the slots (7, 33) for covering or releasing an opening (9, 36) giving access to the interior of the packing unit (1, 23).

Abstract: A bag of flexible material for packaging compressible products includes a side of the bag perpendicular to the direction in which the products are compressed having a pouch of material that extends into the bag, The pouch allows expansion of the bag upon opening and a subsequent decompression of the products to facilitate removal from the bag. A tear-away opening portion of an adjacent top side of the bag releases edges of the pouch which allows the bag to expand, The bag may be used for packaging sanitary absorbent articles such as diapers.

Abstract: An article for storing fruits and vegetables (10) is formed from a sheet of mesh material (20) which has two edges (22) placed next to one another to form a tubular bag. The ends of elastic strips (24) parallely affixed along the length of the sheet (20) are joined to form rings creating pockets (26) in the bag.

Abstract: This invention relates to a litter bag for automobiles and in particular to one including a body portion provided at the lower portion with a pocket and on the outer surface with a zipper through which a roll of plastic bags may be disposed therein. The top of the pocket has an elongated slit through which the plastic bag may be conveniently drawn out for use. The bottom of the body portion has a strap designed to fix the body portion under a seat. The upper edges of the body portion has a resilient member in the interior for keeping the mouth of the plastic bag closed normally and a male connector on both ends. The body portion is further provided on both sides with a side flap having on both ends a female connector engageable with the male connector.

Abstract: A multi-access port is provided having a mounting flange, an access cap, and a sidewall extending from the mounting flange to the access cap. Apertures are formed in the access cap in which are fitted tubing connectors having a lower tip extending below the access cap a distance less than the distance between the mounting flange and the access cap and having an upper tip extending above the access cap. A bottom surface of the mounting flange has formed therein channels capable of providing liquid communication therethrough when the bottom surface of the mounting flange is blocked or otherwise obscured by the bottom of the media bag in which the port is affixed. The multi-access port is typically mounted in the wall of a media bag such as media bags used in cell culture media containment system.

Abstract: A bag for carrying and exposing a food item, usually of the hamburger-type sold at fast-food or convenience stores. The bag includes front, back and gusseted side panels which are interconnected and form a V-shaped closed end and an open end. A pair of lines of weakness or perforations are provided in the bag, one along the junction of each side panel and the front panel and extending between the open and closed ends. A pair of slits, one member associated with each line of perforation and extending from the bag open end to the respective perforation line. A second set of slits can be provided at open end of each of the non-perforated side panel/back panel junctions can be provided. The bag having a width or the distance between the lines of perforations being substantially equal to the width of the front panel. Thus the bag can be opened by tearing along the perforations so as to expose the bag interior and an item therein for removal, application of condiments, and/or reuse of the bag.

Abstract: A flexible pouch package for fluid products including a composite bag having inner and outer package walls formed of flexible film folded over and sealed together about the outer edges thereof to define a chamber therein. The package may include an easy open feature.

Abstract: A flexible storage container for the transportation of liquid foods, such as orange juice, includes an outer tear resistant shell having a linear closure in a front or end face thereof, and a replaceable inner liner which is inserted into the outer shell through the closure. The outer shell further includes a vent through which air can escape from the space between the inner liner and outer shell. The inner liner includes a filler fitting which is fed through the outer shell. The container is characterized in that it is elongated in shape and has a front or end face that bulges to conform to filling pressure. The front or end face is reinforced by a flexible bar that extend essentially perpendicular to the base. The container is further characterized in that the closure, and fittings for filling, emptying and venting are located in the front or end face.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating and disposing of materials contaminated with blood such as blood soaked menstrual pads or tampons. The invention further relates to a system for decontaminating and disposing of blood soaked products comprising a bag containing a disinfecting material, the bag having a readily openable portion for placing the blood soaked product into the bag and in contact with the disinfecting material and then resealing the bag to prevent its contents from contaminating the surroundings. Once resealed, the seal can not be removed without destroying the seal.

Abstract: A car-top-transportable baggage carrier is particularly suited for use on aerodynamically streamlined cars which have no rain gutters. The carrier is made from a single continuous piece of material so that no seams or joinings in the material are produced in the face of the enclosure or the top and bottom surfaces. Weight distribution paneling within a load bearing floor pad inserted at the bottom of the carrier serve to distribute the weight of articles emplaced within the carrier, yet permit the carrier to be accordion folded for storage when not in use. Straps affixed to the top of the carrier are employed to secure the carrier in position on top of an automobile. The straps are equipped with innovative door head liner hooks which secure the carrier to the interior of the automobile adjacent the top of the car door. Releasable couplings permit rapid removal and replacement of the distal ends of the strapping as desired.

Abstract: A hang bag for suspension from a rain gutter to receive and contain rain gutter debris. The hang bag has a generally arcuate bow-shaped frame with a straight side portion covered by a pad and a pair of upstanding curved hooks and a pair of handles. A flexible bag having an open top end is received and releasably engaged on the frame. The hooks are received on the open top end of a conventional rain gutter and releasably and slidably engage the open top end of the rain gutter and suspend the frame in a substantially horizontal position, and the pad is engaged on the outer wall of the rain gutter to maintain the bag in a generally vertical position. In a preferred embodiment, the bag has an opening along one side provided with a zipper to facilitate emptying the bag. Optionally, a trash bag can be placed inside the outer bag to serve as a removable liner. A user can place the hang bag on the rain gutter and remove the gutter debris from the gutter and place it in the hang bag.

Abstract: An expandable water-proof pouch which is adapted for holding articles contained therein in a dry condition. This pouch being adapted for threading or attaching a belt through a belt attaching means. The pouch includes a first panel, second panel, and a bottom panel, all being made of a thin flexible waterproof material. A bead type closure means is provided in and on the first panel. A cover flap is provided to protect the closure means from unwanted opening. This pouch is also adapted to be folded and fastened to further protect the closure means.

Abstract: A bag for containing liquids comprising a flexible outer shell and a flexible inner liner. The outer shell has attachment access points and transport straps attached to it. The liner consists of a flexible material with at least one spout which extends through corresponding access points in the outer shell. A flap in the outer shell provides for easy insertion and removal of the liner.

Abstract: A flexible duplex bag having a resealable closure and a method of making same includes an outer bag having (a) front and rear panels connected together at side edges thereof, (b) a gusset connecting together top portions of said front and rear panels. An inner bag substantially co-extensive with the outer bag is provided and has (a) front and rear panels connected together at side edges thereof, and (b) a gusset connecting together top portions of the inner bag front and rear panels. A resealable closure is provided connected to the outer bag gusset astride a location where the outer bag gusset joins the outer bag front panel. A handle is connected to the outer bag and bridges the outer bag gusset. The resealable closure preferably includes a first matable section bonded to the outer bag gusset, and a second matable section bonded to a top portion of the outer bag front panel. In a first embodiment, the handle is coupled to the outer bag rear panel and to the second matable section of the resealable closure.

Abstract: A flexible polymeric fluid impermeable cover includes a first web secured to and coextensive with a second web at a coextensive inter-relationship. A peripheral conduit is formed about the perimeter of the first and second web to contain a respective first and second continuous drawstring, wherein each drawstring is projecting exteriorly of the cover through opposed and respective first and second sides. A modification of the invention includes the web structure including a pocket accessible through a zipper to contain food debris therewithin in an alternative use relative to the drawstring structure to secure the bag about food debris and may further include a continuous fluid filled chamber positioned interiorly and adjacent the drawstring conduit to contain a fluid therewithin, wherein the fluid is utilized to stabilize the cover during use, as well as permitting access to fluid for cleaning of the table subsequent to its use.

Abstract: The packing includes a side-folds bag (10). For opening the same, tear lines (22) are provided that start at the handle (18) and extend congruently at first. In the upper wall portions (14a, 14b), the tear lines diverge towards the corners (23), ending in the end wall (12) or converging again. For tearing the bag open, one has to pull at the four-layered portion (21) of the handle (18). The tearing is then done in a controlled manner with a take-out opening being made in the upper wall (14), which opening may extend into the end wall (12).

Abstract: A liner bag for a large waste receptacle having a box-like shape with at least one access opening formed in a front wall. The liner bag includes a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, and a back wall, the side walls and the back wall having equal lengths, and a short front wall having a length shorter than the length of the side walls. An opening is formed in the liner bag between the upper edge of the front wall, the portions of the side walls extending above the upper edge of the front wall and the back wall coincident with the access opening and open top end of the waste receptacle. Straps are formed on certain of the side walls and the back wall and extend loosely away from the side and back wall for supporting the liner bag in the waste receptacle and to assist in removal of the liner bag from the waste receptacle.

Abstract: An initially closed openable and reclosable closure for flexible bags, the closure having a tearable line of weakening defining an openable elongated slit in a flexible film of one face of the flexible bag and pressure sensitive adhesive provided on the exterior of the one face of the flexible bag on opposite sides of the openable elongated slit whereby the tearable line of weakening may be ruptured thereby opening the elongated slit and providing access to the interior of the bag. The opened elongated slit may be reclosed by folding the bag to bring the adhesive into confronting relation with itself on opposite sides of the elongated slit to form an adhesive-to-adhesive closure thereby closing the elongated slit. Reclosable flexible bags of this type reclosed in a tamper evident manner are especially useful in medical and health care fields.

Abstract: A flexible plate member is arranged for adherence to a bag member, wherein the plate member includes an adhesive strip mounted to a bottom surface thereof, and the plate member including interlocking zipper webs securable selectively by a zipper slidably mounted in intercommunication between the first and second webs, wherein the zipper member includes a severing plunger rod reciprocatably mounted within the zipper orthogonally oriented relative to the plate member to effect initial severing of an associated bag web subsequent to the plate member adhered to the bag web outer surface.

Abstract: A container (1) has a flexible wall portion with one opening (2) covered by a resealable cover (3). The cover is held at its ends (5) to the wall and includes a return bend (7) to reduce the risk that sealing and opening of the bag will tear the wall portion.

Abstract: There are described a cuvette and a method for sealing off flow such as flow in a passageway from an access port in the cuvette with a closure, that ensures a complete seal merely by applying the closure. The cuvette is improved in that it has the closure in a closure portion that is joined to the rest of the cuvette along a hinge line that passes through the passageway to be closed off, so that application of the closure by bending the closure portion about the hinge line pinches off the passageway.

Abstract: A chain-of-custody bag is disclosed which provides for the sealing of a specimen taken at a remote location within the bag for transportation to an analysis site. The specimen bag advantageously includes a specimen label conveniently mounted to the specimen bag which is removable therefrom for use on the specimen when placed in the specimen bag. More specifically, the specimen label is provided on top of a protective backing layer that is further provided to cover an adhesive band that acts as the closure for sealing the bag once a specimen is placed therein. The result is that the specimen label can be conveniently located on the bag to be adhered to the specimen and inserted within the bag, and the bag can be sealed thereafter.

Abstract: A recloseable plastic bag containing an object and a method of making the bag. A plastic tube having cooperating snap fit members protruding from the surface of said tube extending along the length of the tube, adjacent to one lateral edge is provided. The tube is heat sealed along a series of spaced apart lines extending from one lateral edge to an opposite lateral edge. An area of the protruding snap fit members is heat sealed and flattened. A perforated line is formed to extend across the tube and said flattened area. The tube is slit adjacent to each of the heat seal lines and may receive an object in slitted side of the formed bag. The resulting bag may be conveniently severed from the tube along the perforated line.

Abstract: An easy-to-open synthetic resin bag comprises (a) a bag body substantially consisting of a pair of laminated walls made of synthetic resin films, the peripheries of the laminated walls being heat-sealed to form a sealed border region while defining an unsealed storing space within the sealed border region, (b) a tear string which is heat sealed along an imaginary opening line on the inside of one of the laminated walls, the tear string having both ends thereof heat sealed in a sandwiched condition on the corresponding portion of the sealed border region, (c) a pulling tab formed by cutting a part of one side portion of the sealed border region which corresponds to one end of the tear string, the pulling tab being tearable from the bag body integrally with the tear string, and (d) a tear string retaining portion comprising a transverse opening which is formed by cutting off a part of the other side portion of the sealed border region and a pair of inside and outside heat sealed portions which are located at bo

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liner for a waste container is provided, comprising the steps of extruding a flexible envelope, the envelope having ends; flattening the envelope so as to form a top side and a bottom side; cutting a lengthwise slit in the top side of the envelope substantially along the centerline of the envelope; sealing the ends of the envelope; folding the envelope along the centerline; and rolling one end toward the other to form a rolled bundle. A waste container liner may be formed by this process, comprising a flexible envelope including a top side; a bottom side; first and second ends; gusseted side panels connecting the top side and the bottom side; a lengthwise slit in the top side between the first and second ends substantially along the centerline of the envelope; and wherein the top and bottom sides are sealed together at the first and second ends.

Abstract: A closure system for a plactic security bag comprises an access opening with an adhesive laden cellophane carrier film regulating access thereto. The film is affixed to the bag below the lower edge of the access opening and has a band of "hot melt" therealong. Upon removal of the releasable liner the carrier film is positioned such that the "hot melt" spans the access opening and closes the same. Lacquer coating at the ends of the opening preclude undesirable sticking of the releasable liner to the security bag. The ends of the access opening are "heat sealed" and cooperate with the adhesive to preclude leakage of liquid through the closed opening. Entry of the bag is accomplished by tearing the carrier film and/or bag proper which is evident to an observer.

Abstract: A packaging container made of flexible material has bottom and head ends along with front and rear walls. The front and rear walls have lower side borders juxtaposed to the bottom end and which are joined together along juncture fold lines which are parallel to one another. The front and rear walls have upper side borders juxtaposed to the juncture fold lines. The upper side borders of the front and rear walls are connected by side panels having outer fold lines at the second side borders and an inner fold line such that when the container is in a flat unfilled state, the side panels are sandwiched between the front and rear walls and the outer fold lines and inner fold lines respectively converge toward one another as the head end is approached.

Abstract: A generally cubical collapsible bag with six generally rectangular walls of a flexible plastic material. A spout with an enclosed end is attached to the bag by a continuous heat seal. The spout communicates with the interior of the bag through an opening encircled by the heat seal. Preferably the spout is attached to the inside of the bag and passes through the opening and extends exteriorly of the bag.

Abstract: A bag having a handle includes a front, a rear, and an end wall of flexible plastic, and is capable of being manufactured at high speed by automatic machinery. Left and right side walls of flexible plastic are provided, each side wall having a Y-shaped seam so that the bag assumes a cubic or hexahedral shape when filled. A flexible plastic handle is provided and bridges at least a portion of a rectangular end wall. Preferably, structure is provided for gaining access to the bag interior, and the plastic portions joined at the Y-shaped seams are substantially co-planar with no plastic overlap. The bag may be manufactured by folding a first flexible plastic sheet over on itself and then making an interior fold at the folded portion to provide a M-shaped cross section at one bag end. A second flexible plastic sheet is folded over on itself and affixed to the bag so as to span at least a portion of the first plastic sheet bag end having the M-shaped fold therein.

Abstract: A paper bag containing flexible articles maintained in a state of compression in a direction substantially parallel to their thickness. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the bag totally encloses the stack of compressed flexible articles and exhibits a substantially rectilinear shape. The bag preferably includes an opening device in one of the side panels. The opening device contains an internal reinforcement sheet made of biodegradable and/or recyclable material. The reinforcement sheet provides additional support for the opening device that is under tension created by the compression of the flexible articles. At the lowermost end of the opening device there exists a loose flap which creates an aperture in the side panel when a manual grasping force is applied to the tear flap. The bag preferably includes a carrying device provided in an extension of the top panel of the paper bag.

Abstract: A disposable, self-sealing pouch assembly defines a specimen-receiving enclosure and an associated pocket for receiving an identification card or the like. The assembly preferably includes first, second, and third rectangular piles of transparent plastic film. The first and second plies are joined at peripheral portions thereof to define a specimen-receiving enclosure with an access opening defined by the second ply providing access to the interior enclosure. The third ply is joined to the second ply and defines a card-receiving pocket therewith. Pressure-sensitive adhesive provided at the access opening effects self-sealing of the assembly, with the assembly configured to close the card-receiving pocket upon closing and sealing of the specimen-receiving enclosure.

Abstract: An easy open flexible bag preferably containing one or more stacks of flexible articles which are maintained in a state of compression in a direction substantially parallel to their thickness. For products such as disposable absorbent baby diapers, catamenial pads, incontinent briefs and the like, the degree of compression within the bag may be as much as 50% or more when compared to the uncompressed thickness of the stack of articles in question. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the bag totally encloses the stack or stacks of compressed flexible articles and exhibits a substantially rectilinear shape. The bag preferably includesa longitudinally oriented carrying handle which is formed indepenently of the bag. The opposed ends of the carrying handle are preferably secured to bag's side panels. The side panels and the front and back panels of the bag are subject to tension imposed by the stack of compressed flexible articles.

Abstract: An easy-open flexible bag filled with compressed flexible articles. The bag has a substantially rectangular form after filling with the compressed flexible articles. The rectangular form comprises a pair of opposed front panels interconnected to a pair of opposed side panels which are oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of compression of the flexible articles. A bottom panel is connected to the lowermost edges of the front panels and the side panels and a top panel is connected to the uppermost edges of the front panels and the side panels. The interconnected front panels and side panels are subject to tension induced by the compressed flexible articles. The flexible bag further includes an easy-opening device provided on one of the tensioned side panels of the flexible bag for providing an opening in a predetermined portion of the tensioned side panel without releasing the tension in the remainder of the side panel.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hinge type pressure sensitive resealable closure system for a container. The invention comprises an essentially flat strip of suitable material that is permanently adhered at one surface to the container, such adherence normally by a permanent pressure sensitive adhesive, but it could be heat sealed or otherwise attached to the container in a permanent manner. Another surface of the strip is adapted by virtue of a removable pressure sensitive adhesive to be repeatedly removably attached to the container with the respective permanent and removable attachments closing the container in a repeatable resealable mode. The strip can include printing thereon, and other suitable surfaces could include more removable pressure sensitive adhesive for various more sophisticated closure techniques.

Abstract: A waste disposal system includes a generally rigid support skeleton defining an interior space configured to receive refuse and a flexible, bag-like member supported by, and enclosing therewithin the support skeleton. The waste disposal system may be advantageously configured to provide a litter box for felines and the like.

Abstract: A reusable bag incorporating a foldable support structure, used for containment of item(s) for carrying by a person, comprising a bag made of a flexible, durable material removably attached to a pair of essentially U-shape, semi-rigid support members, that extend under opposite ends of the bag and up opposite sides at an angle which causes them to intersect just above the mouth of the bag where they are swingably attached to a rigid handle which straddles the mouth of the bag. Attached to the inside of the bag is a rigid bottom panel which lies horizontal on the bottom of the bag when in use and drops to a vertical position when the bag is inverted for folding. Two closure straps with snaps, located on one end near the top edge of the bag whose corresponding snap components are located on the opposite end, are used to maintain the bag in a folded condition. By virtue of this configuration, this bag is free-standing and stable whether empty or full, and may be folded flat when not in use.

Abstract: Opening-closing device for a bag of flexible synthetic material obtained from a material in the form of a film, of the type comprising a threaded drum which is attached to a wall of the said bag and interacts with a stopper capable of being screwed onto the said drum and comprising teeth making it possible to cut out the wall in the region of the central orifice of the drum to permit the opening of the said bag, characterized in that it comprises a means which is integral with the drum (2) and/or the stopper (1) and makes it possible to protect the opposite wall of the bag against the teeth (5) of the said stopper.According to an alternative form, the shoulder (7) of the drum (2) comprises a substantially cylindrical collar (8) dimensioned in such a way that the ends of the teeth cannot exceed its edge (9).

Abstract: A bag adapted to receive and contain merchandise through a side opening, made from a sheet of flaccid material folded along a fold line to provide two side by side overlapping wall panels, the wall panels joined together along two spaced apart pairs of side edges and another pair of side edges, unattached to one another forming an opening in the bag and the fold line disposed inwardly between the wall panels to form a gusset with a part of the wall panels. A portion of the wall panels and the gusset protrude beyond a terminal free edge of one of the joined together pair of side edges to form a handle portion integral with the balance of the bag.

Abstract: Strips (1,21,31,41,51) of pre-opened bags (2,2') detachably connected together in which each bag (2,2') includes a reclosable system comprising an adhesive tape (15) that is adhered along the exterior of one wall (3) of the bag (2,2') spanning an open zone (14,42) defined therein and that is adhered to an inner surface of the second wall (4) of the bag within the open zone (14,42). Methods for manufacturing strips of pre-opened reclosable bags of the foregoing type are also disclosed.

Abstract: A drainable ostomy or similar pouch (22) is provided with a closing means (10) which in principle is a clip of known type encapsulated between two layers of plastic sheet material, preferably of the same kind as that constituting the pouch walls (24,26) which are joined together by a seam 28. At least one of the layers of plastic sheet material encapsulating the clip is integral with a pouch wall. If only one of the layers of sheet material encapsulating the clip is integral with the pouch wall, a discharge opening (34) of the pouch is situated at the very bottom of the pouch, between its walls. If both of the layers of sheet material is integral with the pouch walls, the discharge opening (34) is a slit adjacent a hot-melt seam serving to join the layers encapsulating the clip, between that seam and the remainder of the pouch wall in question.

Abstract: A machine for automatically filling plastic bags with liquid or particulate material moves a continuous web of such bags through a number of serially positioned work stations. The bags are completely sealed when they enter the machine. As each bag passes through a slitting work station, a specially shaped opening is cut into the bag near an end of it which will become its top. When the bag proceeds to a filling work station, it is held vertically and a specially shaped fill nozzle is moved downward and rotated for entry into the bag through the slit opening. A valve is provided within the fill nozzle for controlling entry of the material into the bag. The valve and fill nozzle are cooperatively controlled by a single mechanism. The bags are transported through the various work stations by a positive toothed belt drive that preferably holds the bags flat until the filling station, wherein the belts are then moveable toward and away from each other in order to allow filling of the bag.

Abstract: A method and a device for sealingly fitting a connecting nipple on a pouch by means of an adhesive layer and opening the pouch at the location of the nipple. The nipple is fitted on the exterior of a wall of the at least partly filled pouch, after a cover layer has been removed therefrom. A pusher member having a piercing element is also fitted on the exterior of the pouch wall. The pusher member is used to force a passage in the wall of the pouch adjacent the connecting nipple by pushing.

Abstract: A simple car shielding cover, made of plastic film, being folded in a rectangular configuration, including a covering surface at the top to cover the top of car body, a rectangular opening at the bottom for insertion therethrough of car body, two closed ends having respective seaming lines, and two lateral inward folding surfaces to respectively cover the lateral sides of car body. The two lateral inward folding surfaces are outwardly disposed and define an inner space therebetween for receiving the car body. Two angular grooves are respectively defined by way of the covering surface and the inward folding surface around the seaming line. When the two angular grooves are respectively attached to the two bilateral ends of a safety bumper, the shielding cover is firmly secured to the bumper by way of the tensile force of the inward folding surfaces.

Abstract: A container (10) of flexible material comprises a wall (16) having a row of serrations (18) therein extending diagonally of a corner thereof and an internal sheet (19) which is adhesively secured to an inner surface of the wall (16) by peelable pressure sensitive adhesive (20) and by upper and lower seals (13,14) to provide the container (10) with a tamper evident airtight closure.

Abstract: A bag for containing liquid products, for example, is made of a heat-weldable sheet material. The sheet material may suitably be a compound sheet material which provides a rear face, a front face and an insert bottom. Disposed at an upper portion of the front or rear face is a threaded closure comprising a screw-threaded pipe socket and a screw cap. The pipe socket penetrates one face of the bag and is bonded to the interior surface of the bag with the aid of a welding flange having a larger diameter. The welding flange has a chamfered outer rim cooperating with the sheet material to form a V-shaped circumferential groove which is at least partially filled with the molten plastic material of the sheet during the welding operation. The threaded closure permits the bag to be repeatedly opened and closed for piecemeal dispensing its contents.

Abstract: A disposable shield for stethoscope heads, preventing the transfer of disease or other contaminants by repeated use of the stethoscope. The shield or envelope is formed from a single piece of plastic material in which the sides are folded toward each other, thereby defining two top portions overlying a bottom portion. The edges are sealed as by heat sealing, thereby defining an envelope or shield. In a preferred embodiment, the shields are formed and maintained in a ribbon or array, maintained in the form of a roll within a container or the like. Adjoining shields are interconnected at the heat sealed areas which may be perforated for ease of separation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and articles for use in dispensing medication. Control of the medication is accomplished by assigning unique numerical (or alpha-numerical) code identifications to each of the many medications prescribed for patient use. A typical dosage, usually a unit dosage, of each medication is placed in a sealed packet and each packet is marked with the code identification of the medication contained in the packet.

Abstract: A container for use in aseptic packaging which contains a resilient plug to seal the container. The plug is attached to the periphery of the inlet opening by resilient straps which allow the plug to be pushed into the opening to close it and which allow the plug to be displaced to open the container by pressure of product flow into the container.