Abstract: A reinforced collapsible bag and method of making it from blanks of a flexible woven material which are cut from an elongate web substantially without wasting any material between adjacent blanks with pairs of reinforced strips extending along the side edges and through the central portion of the sides and top and bottom of the bag, thereby reinforcing the bottom, top, sides and corners of the bag. Each blank has a circumferentially continuous central portion and four isosceles triangular portions at each end of the blank. Adjacent sides of adjacent triangular portons are connected together to provide, when the bag is exapnded or filled, generally square ends which are interconnected by generally rectangular side walls. Lifting sstraps can be attached to the reinforced strips along the side edges of the bag. An access opening is provided in an end of the bag by terminating the connections of its triangular portions short of their apexes.

Abstract: A web of film capable of being constructed into a flexible container is provided. The web of film comprises: a first layer of polyester; a second layer of polyvinyl chloride that does not include a DEHP plasticizer or epoxidized oil; a third gas barrier layer; a fourth layer of polyvinyl chloride that does not include a plasticizer; and a fifth layer of polyester. A container made from the film is also provided.

Abstract: A collapsible, insulated storage container includes a front wall and a rear wall, each wall having a lower edge, an upper edge and two side edges. The lower edges and a portion of the side edges adjacent the lower edges are secured and sealed together to provide a pouch. The remaining portions of the side and upper edges are separably connected by a zipper for opening and closing the container. A closable drain is provided in the pouch. A flange extending from the upper edge of the rear wall is equipped with grommets to receive rotatable fasteners secured to a support structure. Straps also may be provided to secure the container to the support structure.

Abstract: A dual laundry bag has a front panel, a rear panel and a center panel which divides the dual laundry bag into two or more compartments. The top of the dual laundry bag includes a drawstring closure and a pair of grommets. The bottom of each compartment includes a zipper closure which facilitates discharging each compartment individually. The rear panel includes a pair of adjustable carrying straps and the front panel includes a flap and an adjustable belt for attachment of clothing which has been hung on hangers to the dual laundry bag.

Abstract: A package assembly for providing ultra-clean storage and gravity discharge of contaminable powder or granular materials which comprises an outer container, a sterile vapor impermeable bag within said container, said bag having a bag body an inlet and an outlet, said inlet and outlet being closed when said bag accommodates said material to prevent contamination of said material, said outlet defining an opening, a flexible vapor impermeable tubular inner sheet extending from said opening and having a discharge end, a vapor impermeable tubular outer sheet enveloping said inner sheet terminating in a closed end, said inner sheet being secured by releasable securing means proximate said opening to prevent discharge of materials from said opening whereby when said inner sheet is positioned in a receiving means and said terminal end of said outer sheet is open and positioned around said receiving means and secured thereto, release of said securing means permits discharge of said material into said receiving means wi

Abstract: A reusable container carrier for storing and carrying beverage cans and the like wherein said container comprises a flexible, clear plastic envelope with openable top and bottom flaps and a removable insert therein for dividing said container into equal volume compartments for storing and carrying said beverage cans and the like.

Abstract: Both methods and various embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed which address the dispersal of cremated remains. The methods involve steps which avoid any tendency to retain cremated remains within a container, steps which assure dispersal of cremated remains in only one desired direction, and steps which assure continuous and complete dispersal of all cremated remains. The invention also presents several embodiments including both a fabric bag and a mechanical apparatus for dispersing cremated remains. The disclosure addresses the utilization of existing air currents, the application of the invention to aerial dispersion, and designs which address simplicity of operation and manufacture. A fabric apparatus is disclosed which includes both an outer shell and an inner liner and a flap to seal the apparatus. The fabric apparatus presented may be rolled and transported by means of a handle.

Abstract: A flexible intermediate bulk container includes at least one lifting loop and a double base made of two bottom parts that can be direct extensions of sidewalls of the container. The bottom parts have openings positioned directly one above the other, thus forming an opening in the base. In between the bottom parts it is arranged a closure of flexible material with projections on each side of one end. The projections of the closure are fastened to the base by joints or seams. The other end of the closure has a handle. The closure can be made of woven fabric of similar or the same type as that of the container.

Abstract: A container for loose products in general, capable of being raised, adapted to be stored either in a horizontal or in a vertical position, comprises a holding body of elongated parallelepipedal shape, made of a high strength fabric and provided, on its opposite bases, with a discharging outlet and a loading inlet, on one of the bases, there being provided closed loop strips for vertically raising the container whereas, on the outer surface of the holding body, there are provided holding straps encompassed by strap restraining rings and adapted to be used for raising horizontally the container.

Abstract: The improved bag and method of the present invention introduces relates to a bulk bag which would include four (4) side portions, each of the side portions joined at their edges for forming a bulk container space therewithin, a susbstantially flat bottom portion attached to the side portions, with the bottom portion including a centrally positioned discharge spout, which would allow bulk contained within the bag to be discharged through the discharge spout. The bag would further include an upper top portion attached to the four (4) walls of the bag, the upper top portion being substantially cone - shaped, which may include an inlet spout at the top of the cone, for allowing bulk material to be poured into the bag. When bulk material is poured into the bag portion, the bulk material would form a cone of material within the cone portion of the bag, thus assuring that the walled portion of the bag has been filled with bulk.

Abstract: A plastic or like material liner inserted within a fabric type bulk bag so that the liner is secured in position within the bag with an adhering means along substantially the outer surface of the liner for adhering to the inner most surface of the bulk bag at strategic points, and a second adhering means for adhering the lower portion of the bulk bag to the liner at substantially the point of exit of bulk contained within the bag, so that release bulk from a lower spout would not tend to dislodge the liner from its lined position within the bag.

Abstract: A flexible intermediate bulk container includes at least two lifting loops which are integral extensions of a side wall structure and a base structure. The extensions are folded and joined to adjacent side wall panels such that each lifting loop connects with or is an integral part of two or three side wall panels and all fibers of the lifting loops have the same lifting height. The wall structure can have double layer walls such that each lifting loop is connected to or is integral with both layers and the ends of each lifting loop are displaced circumferentially relative to each other. Both wall structure and lifting loops can have integrally woven or stitched on reinforcing bands. The container can have an upper closure including a top lid, a filling spout and a wall structure with an open lower end.

Abstract: A container of corrugated paper board has a bag for holding liquid. The bag is supported by a plate which is adjacent the top of the container, the plate having slots through which are passed suspension loops attached to the top of the bag; keepers pass through the loops to hold them and the bag. A screw threaded filling fitting is provided in the bag. In an alternate embodiment, the top of the bag is rolled in a composite ring formed of metal and fiber board, the ring resting on the plate, and the bag extending into the container through a hole in the plate smaller than the ring; the suspension loops and keepers are also provided on this bag. A flexible discharge spout is held closed by a compression block and a strap, and is attached to a flap of a bottom plate by a severable band.

Abstract: A bag (1) for bulk transportation and storage of materials includes an aperture (2) in a bottom panel (3). An external flap (4) is provided for covering the aperture (2) when required. Fleece and hook fasteners (7, 8) are provided for holding the flap in either a first position covering the aperture, or a second position remote therefrom. For aiding lifting the bag loops (11) are attached to the bag (1) a short distance from the top thereof.

Abstract: An improved discharge spout construction for a collapsible receptacle where the entire assembly is constructed with one pass of a double needle sewing machine, thus enabling the construction to be accomplished in a very economical and efficient manner. The spout, the panel which covers the opening in the bottom of the receptacle and the folded triangular flaps which form the drawstring passageways are all sewed together with two spaced sew lines to create a buffer zone between product in the receptacle and the cuts forming the triangular flaps so that if the cuts tear past the first sew line, the second sew line separates the product from the tear.

Abstract: The heating of food from a chilled or frozen state to provide a prepared meal is becoming increasingly useful in the catering field, and to facilitate such preparation a heatpack base sheet for use in making a pouch forming a virtually enclosed pack containing a prepared meal is provided, whose form facilitates the necessary heating of the meal in a favourable manner enabling a hot meal to be conveniently served in a time-saving manner on a warm plate, without time being taken up in disposing the ingredients attractively, or in removing the browned oute ring often formed when a microwave oven is used for appropriate heatings. The proposed base sheet may be of electrically non-conductive synthetic resin, if intended for use in a microwave oven, or may be of conductive foil if the meal is to be defrosted in a thermally-heated oven.

Abstract: A collapsible and reusable container for liquid and granular materials which has a cage and a generally cubical bag of a flexible material which collapses when empty. The cage has a bottom which supports the filled bag and upstanding side walls surrounding the bag which can be collapsed when the bag is empty to overlie the bottom of the cage to provide a compact package for storage and shipment prior to refilling and reuse of the container.

Abstract: A beverage sachet has improved base seam opening performance by the provision of sealed lands extending inwardly from the side seams to reduce the tendency of curling of the base seams in use.

Abstract: A material holding receptacle constructed of pliable material and having a main enclosure and a hopper below the enclosure. The hopper consists of a trapezoidal bottom piece and three triangular bottom pieces. The bottom pieces can be folded upward to form a substantially flat bottom to the receptacle. A cover piece is attached to the trapezoidal bottom piece to form a receptacle access tube over an opening in the trapezoidal bottom piece. A loop is attached to the bottom corner of one of the bottom pieces to secure the bottom pieces.

Abstract: A collapsible bag and method of making it from blanks of a flexible material which are cut from an elongate web substantially without wasting any material between adjacent blanks. Each blank has a circumferentially continuous central portion and four substantially identical isosceles triangular portions at each end of the blank. Adjacent sides of adjacent triangular portions are connected together to provide, when the bag is expanded or filled, generally square ends which are interconnected by generally rectangular side walls. An access opening is provided in an end of the bag by terminating the connections of its triangular portions short of their apexes. Preferably, a spout is received in the access opening and connected to the triangular portions.

Abstract: An arrow fletch covering comprising a sheath having one closed end and one elasticized open end and adapted to fit over the fletched end of an arrow. A release string is attached to the closed end, and a side opening may be provided to permit installation over feathered fletches.

Abstract: A sign storage and carrying apparatus having first and second cover panels and having first and second side walls fixed to the opposed lateral edges of the cover panels to retain the cover panels in a parallel, substantially coextensive condition. An upper wall is connected to the top edges of the cover panels to form a protective pocket having a base opening. Fastening members are fixed to the opposed interior surfaces of said first and second cover panels for recurringly sealing selected portions of the base opening. Preferably, one fastening member is a hook fastening strip and the opposite fastening member is a loop fastening strip. A handle is mounted to the upper wall to facilitate carrying of the apparatus, while stacking strips are fixed to the exterior surfaces of the cover panels to permit stacking.

Abstract: A collapsible receptacle (10) for handling flowable materials in semi-bulk quantities includes integral sling structure. The receptacle (10) comprises side panels (30, 32, 34 and 36), a top panel (48) including a fill spout (52), and a bottom panel (58). Lift sleeves (38, 40) are formed in an opposing pair of side panels (34, 36) for supporting the receptacle (10) without an external sling arrangement or pallet. In another embodiment, the receptacle (120) includes bands (122) of continuous filaments woven into two side panels (34", 36") for additional strength. In another embodiment, the receptacle (150) is formed from a receptacle blank (158) comprised of one piece of material. Another feature of the invention is the reinforced bottom panel (124) construction.

Abstract: An identification card with high-embossed data, in which the high-embossed data are superimposed by a security pattern which is inscribed in the identification card by means of a laser beam recorder. The security pattern may be present, for example, only on the high-embossed data themselves or else cover a larger area of the card. Attempted back-embossing of the high-embossed data is immediately recognizable due to distortion of the security pattern.

Abstract: A light-proof tearable sheathing for a pack of photographic or X-ray sheet films insertable in a film supply magazine of a film cassette-loading device includes a winding flap which is wound on a shaft of the winding device to pull the sheathing from the film pack, a folded connection flap opposite to the winding flap and glued to the sheathing by a glue tape, and a tearing tape provided between two spaced strips of the glue tape and tearable from the sheathing to open the latter for the removal therefrom of individual film sheets.

Abstract: A bird food dispenser comprises two inter-fitting housing parts (1) which hold between the bottom of a bag (40) containing food, the parts (11) defining an inlet for receiving food from a hole in the bottom of the bag. Each part (11) has an arrowhead portion (31) which passes through the bottom of the bag and is then received by an opening (32) in the other part. Food may be dispensed from apertures (18) with adjacent perch members (20,21) or from trays (62, 74).

Abstract: A receptacle (10) is provided including an enclosure (20) having a bottom wall (42). The bottom wall (42) is provided with an opening (48) through which a discharge spout (50) extends. The discharge spout (50) can be drawn across the opening (48) and inserted in a pocket (64) mounted on the bottom wall (42) to prevent the contents of the receptacle (10) from discharging through the opening (48). A strap (56) is secured to the lower end of the discharge spout (50) to facilitate removal of the spout from the pocket (64).

Abstract: A bulk transport bag comprises a bag body made of a flexible fabric coated with a plastic material such as PVC, and lifting webs defining lifting loops, which lifting webs are made of a fabric web impregnated and/or coated with a plastic material such as PVC compatible with that coated on the body fabric, the lifting webs and bag body being bonded together by a weld through the compatible plastics materials effectively to form an integral structure. Anti-peel devices are preferably provided at the upper periphery of the side wall of the bag body, where the bonded regions of the lifting webs separate from the bag body to form the lifting loops.

Abstract: A rucksack assembly including a plurality of hollow container sections to be stacked vertically, with each section provided with support flaps along the upper and lower opening edges thereof circumferentially being furnished with respectively a part of a divisible connecting element and with covering and bottom faces of corresponding sizes being disposed on the top and bottom of each section and the same along the free edges thereof being provided with corresponding opposite connecting elements.

Abstract: A molded collapsible solution container, which is made from a tubular, plastic parison, defines a body portion having an integral neck portion and shoulder portion at one end thereof. The container is sealed at its opposite end. The body portion defines, in as-molded configuration, a generally oval cross-section taken perpendicular to the axis of the container, adjacent the neck and shoulder portion. The cross-section tapers progressively to a flat configuration at the end of the container opposite to the neck and shoulder portion, which facilitates a uniform manner of flat collapsing of the container progressively from the opposite end toward the end adjacent the neck and shoulder portion as the contents thereof are withdrawn through the neck portion, when the container is disposed in neck downward position.

Abstract: A flat reusable fill/discharge closure for the end wall (bottom or top) of a cloth bag for transporting bulk materials comprises a flexible tube folded back into itself to form a long inner fill/discharge tube and a short outer closure tube having a length less than the radius of an opening in the bag end wall; the tube fold is sewn into the periphery of the end wall opening of the bag with the closure and fill/discharge tubes projecting outwardly. A flat closure is effected by tying the fill/discharge tube closed, stuffing it into the bag interior, and then closing the closure tube by a drawstring mounted in its outer end.The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/000,584, filed 07-06-84, have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).