Abstract: A gift wrap package includes a paper bag of conventional type having a square folded bottom and side folds providing a bag of generally rectilinear shape. An insert inside the bag supports one or more of the bag sides and gives the bag the appearance of a box. A rectilinear lid closes the open mouth of the bag. In one embodiment, a pair of handles are affixed to the bag and extend through slots in the lid. In another embodiment, the handles are attached to an intermediate portion of the bag and extend alongside the lid. Suitable ribbons or bows may be applied to the package.

Abstract: In the apparatus of the present invention, a twist-tie is shown formed of a layered flexible material. A wire is affixed along the length of this layer of plastic material and adhesively engaged thereto. The surface of adhesive and the wire is over fixed with a peelable layer of material which covers the adhesive and the wire or the first layer. The entire assembly is cut to a desired length and, in the preferred embodiment, a decorative ribbon may be secured thereto as by a staple, adhesive, string, or any other means, the decorative ribbon is then capable of being secured to a package of a size such that the peelable layer can be removed and the adhesive can be employed directed to affix the ribbon to the package. Alternatively, the peelable layer may remain and the ribbon affixed to a smaller package by utilizing the invention in the manner of a standard twist-tie. The size of the package with which the twist-tie alone can be employed is a function of the length of the twist-tie used.

Abstract: A low-level radiation waste management system collects low-level radiation wastes in hospitals, etc. The system includes a cylindrical fiberboard receptacle and a receptacle liner which is deployed in the barrel and has its upper marginal edge everted over the side of the barrel. A cover including a depending skirt is removably positioned covering the top of the barrel the skirt surrounding the upper portion of the barrel and the everted liner. The receptacle liner and cover are fabricated of radiation shielding material, e.g. panels vinyl encapsulated lead with vinyl outer sheeting dielectrically welded together. After wastes have been collected, the cover is placed in the receptacle liner over the wastes, and the everted portion of the receptacle liner is pulled up and, gathered and tied. This portion of the receptacle liner is uncontaminated. The receptacle liner with the cover and wastes inside may be transported to a disposal site and buried.

Abstract: An enclosure having a self-supporting side wall formed of a plurality of laterally spaced ribs with non-self-supporting thin weebs therebetween whereby the ribs and webs cooperate one with the other to provide an enclosure having shape-retaining characteristics. A bottom wall is provided constituting an integral extension of the side wall with the ribs being scored at the juncture of the side and bottom walls to permit the material to be folded such that the side wall and bottom wall lie generally normal one to the other. The enclosure has a closure portion including either a substantially rigid portion having a neck with an opening or a self-supporting rib and web closure terminating in the neck and opening. A cap is provided for sealing the enclosure. Blow molding and blown film techniques are used to form the enclosure.

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 medical bag and method of manufacturing the bag from a thermoplastic resin by irradiating a ferromagnetic heating element which has been prepositioned between the mouth and receiving portions of the bag and which is caused to generate high frequence-induced heat. During subjection of the heating element to a high frequency magnetic field, the mouth portion and receiving portion of the bag melt about the element so that mouth portion, element and receiving portion are bonded together. This technique can also be suitably used for thermoplastic resins, for example, polyolefin resins, to which conventional high-frequency bonding cannot be applied.

Abstract: The pack is adapted to store separately and allow mixing of a plurality of components and subsequent dispensing of the mixture. It comprises an outer container (1) and a preferentially rupturable inner container (2) having its outer surface sealed to the inner surfaces of said outer container walls at a median point of the outer container and adjacent an end of said inner container. The wall of said inner container (2) between seals (3) defines a first compartment (9) within said inner container (2) to one side of said seal (3) and a second compartment (7) within said outer container (1) to the other side of said seal (3). A recloseable inlet and outlet means (4,5) communicates with said second compartment (7).

Abstract: A liquid container generally includes a main container body and a liquid delivery unit secured thereto. The main container body is formed of a flexible sheet and has an opening at its upper end to which the liquid delivery unit is sealingly secured. The liquid delivery unit includes a mouth portion positioned outside the main container body, a joining portion positioned below the mouth portion, a conduit portion extending from the joining portion toward the interior of the main container body, at least two flanges disposed above the joining portion, and at least two ribs positioned between the flanges. The ribs project in a direction perpendicular to front and rear surfaces of the main container body and extend in an axial direction of the conduit. The conduit is formed with a plurality of slots positioned inside the main container body and adjacent the upper opening.

Abstract: An improved bag-in-box (BIB) composite container wherein the container's inner bag is blow-molded inside the container's outer box. In one embodiment of the present invention, the body portion a heated and softened preform preferably made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is placed within a carton through an aperture in the carton's top end panel, followed to injecting expansion means such as a pressurized gas into the preform to expand it into a bag within the outer box. In another particularly preferred embodiment, a parison is extruded into an outer carton through an aperture in the carton's top end panel, followed by injecting expansion means such as a pressurized gas into the parison to expand it into a bag within the outer box. Also disclosed and described are means to enable a consumer to readily grasp the BIB container and to view the product contained therein, as well as apparatus that are useful in making BIB composite containers of the present invention.

Abstract: A laminate having a first layer of heat sealable plastics material, a second layer of high density plastics, a third layer of high density plastics cross-laminated to the second layer, a fourth layer of foil and a fifth layer of plastics material. A sack or container is also disclosed, which sack or container is formed from the aforesaid laminate.

Abstract: A portable water container is disclosed having an inner bag formed of a flexible water impermeable sheet and an outer protective covering for the bag formed of a wear-resistant fabric; a tubular drain and fill conduit mounted in aligned openings in the bag and covering; and a releasable seal clamping the sheet forming the inner bag in a watertight sealed connection for sealing the conduit to and in flow communication with such bag; and a clamp securing the conduit in a load-bearing attachment to the covering.

Abstract: A medical solution container having an outlet port with a neck that includes a tapered annular collar for slidably and sealingly engaging the hollow spike of an administration set. The inner and outer surfaces of the tapered collar slope inwardly, the collar defining an opening that is smaller (when the collar is unstretched) than the reduced portion of the bore of the neck communicating with that collar, thereby helping to assure effective contact between the collar and an inserted spike.

Abstract: A preferred cap for the fill spout of a water bed comprises a screw cap having a top and a threaded flange which is capable of mating with the threaded portion of a fill spout, a turning knob, and a sliding shaft for connecting the screw cap to the turning knob. The shaft allows the knob to reciprocate between a first position substantially abutting the top of the cap and a second position raised above the top. In the raised position, turning of the knob turns the screw cap through the shaft, thereby unthreading or threading the screw cap onto the threaded portion of the fill spout. The knob may also be used as a handle to apply sufficient force to extract a retracted fill spout from its stored position in the envelope of the water bed.To enhance sealing of a cap in a water bed, a sealing thimble may be used to fill the inner volume of the fill spout. An outwardly projecting flange of the thimble bears against the rim of the fill spout.

Abstract: A compartmented and collapsible container for sterile components which has at least one separate compartment for each component, yet will permit the intermixing of the components upon the breaking of a frangible member which separates the compartments. The compartmented container is specifically constructed for use with two solutions which are normally incompatible when mixed. The container herein described permits the two incompatible solutions to be sterilized in a disposable, flexible container. At the time of usage, the two materials can be readily intermixed in the same container and administered therefrom, such as with the usual intravenous administration equipment. An important feature of the container is a frangible member which is sealed to the container in a unique manner between the compartments, yet is readily fractured to permit the free flow of materials between the compartments.

Abstract: A system for the packaging, shipment, storage, and reconstitution of dry pharmaceuticals includes a flexible bag manufactured from two layers of plastic laminated film and a rigid port-forming member. In the system, the package is used for shipment and storage of dry pharmaceuticals and for their reconstitution in a liquid solution and their intravenous administration. A plurality of such packages may be handled as an assembly by flexible plastic strips both during processing and packaging and during the reconstitution of the dry medicine as a liquid solution. The flexible plastic strips are formed with a plurality of cavities. Each cavity of the strip has a plurality of sites located in its central portion and adapted to engage and retain the port-forming member and to protect its opening from contamination. A plurality of such package assemblies can be enclosed within an outer protective bag to provide protection against moisture and the effects of the environment during shipment and storage.