Abstract: A merchandise display system for merchandise that has a narrow elongated body and a head that is wider than that body, such a mops, brooms, rakes, hoes and the like. The merchandise display system of this invention comprises an I-shaped bracket that comprises a vertical support beam that joins an upper horizontal cross beam and a lower horizontal cross beam and means for mounting the I-shaped bracket to the pegboard. It further comprises a left and a right product bracket. Each of these brackets comprise a support column, a product arm attached to the support column, and at least one tongue member forming with the support column, a notch that slidably engages the left or right side, respectively, of the upper horizontal cross beam of the I-shaped bracket.

Abstract: An ergonomic trigger sprayer comprising a spraying mechanism including a nozzle and a trigger for connection to a container holding the liquid; a housing having a mounting portion for attachment to the container, the housing enclosing the spraying mechanism when mounted to the container and having opposed front and rear ends, and a hand positioner affixed to the rear portion of the housing. The hand positioner is for providing pressure contact with the dorsal web of the hand of a user between the thumb and the index finger when the user grips the container and pulls the trigger so that the container and the hand and wrist of a user are held in substantial alignment during spraying operations. The hand positioner includes a bottom wall that is in pressure contact with the dorsal web of the hand of the user during spraying operations.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising a rupturable pouch and an absorbent carrier for reacting a chlorite and an acid to form chlorine dioxide gas.

Abstract: A method of molding a blister for a display package wherein there is provided a plurality of mold units, each mold unit having a base, a first surface extending from the base, a second surface adjacent to the first surface and forming with the first surface an angle less than 90.degree., providing a planar plastic sheet and orienting the mold unit so that the first surface is essentially normal to or forms an angle about equal to or less than 90.degree. to the plane of the plastic sheet, with the proviso that the angle formed by the plane and the second surface is less than 90.degree.

Abstract: A novel vacuum cleaner bag is disclosed comprising a closed receptacle having an inlet orifice, the bag being formed from a sheet containing at least 65% flashspun polyolefin fibers. The vacuum cleaner bag is suitable for conventional vacuum cleaners and provides efficient removal of particulate matter, especially soil particles less than 10 microns in size.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for the production of controlled quantities of chlorine dioxide at concentrations which are effective to function as a deodorant or a germicide. Aqueous chlorite compositions such as aqueous sodium chlorite are brought into contact at a controlled rate through capillary means, e.g. a wick with an absorbent pad containing acid or other reactant which will react with the chlorite and form chlorine dioxide.

Abstract: A unitary blank for erection into a package for display and also the erected package which holds, for example, a disassembled mop including a mop head and a mop handle. One embodiment of the blank, and by extension the package, comprises a rear panel, a first side panel, a front panel, a second side panel, and a side flap bondable to the inner surface of the second side panel, with the panels and the flap being foldable about lateral fold lines, so as to define a compartment having opposed openings. The rear panel defines an aperture for receiving and holding the flanges of the mop head. The blank includes folds and cuts for a pocket integral with the front panel and one of the side panels in which will be positioned the mop handle within the erected package. A top flap integral with the rear panel extends above the front panel and has a hole for receiving a hook of a display rack. The blank includes folds and cuts for a stop for preventing lateral movement of the sponge head relative to the erected package.

Abstract: Aqueous deodorizing and cleaning compositions having a pH of from about 4 to 11 containing defined quantities of an alkali metal halogenite together with a salt of a transition or post-transition metal.

Abstract: The useful life--i.e., emulsion stability and weight loss control--of aqueous air freshener composition can be enhanced via the use therein of small amounts of certain inorganic metal salts.

Abstract: A multiple compartment flexible package having a receiving compartment adapted to contain one or more liquid impermeable, rupturable containers, a dispensing compartment containing an absorbent material and a passageway interposed between the compartments. Upon the application of pressure to the receiving compartment, the inner liquid container is ruptured and the liquid bursting from the inner container is directed by the passageway to the absorbent material within the dispensing compartment. The liquid contents of the inner container are absorbed by the absorbent material and dispensed therefrom at a rate depending upon the application of the package. The dispensing compartment may have a portion thereof permeable to the liquid contents or may have one or more apertures in one surface thereof adjacent the absorbent material.

Abstract: A stable thickened bleach containing composition consisting of an aqueous alkali metal hypochlorite, an alkali metal hydroxide and a thickening additive composed of at least one of following classes of an anionic surfactants: (A) alkali metal salts of N-alkyl, N-acyl amino acids, and (B) alkali metal salts of alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof. The thickened compositions have viscosities of at least 5 centipoises and remain stable without phase separation and maintain their viscosity and hypochlorite concentration for extended periods.

Abstract: A novel air freshener composition and a combination product which uses same in an a device which has an emanator are described. The composition employs a combination of reagents which inhibit its evaporation so that the useful life of the air freshener is significantly lengthened.

Abstract: A general purpose hard surface cleaner concentrate comprising an organic solvent system comprising from about 1 to about 10% of an organic solvent selected from the group of alkylene and polyalkylene glycols and lower alkyl ethers of alkylene and polyalkylene glycols; from about 3 to 15% of a nonionic or anionic surfactant; from about 1 to about 10% of a builder system comprising 25 to 99% of a first builder and from about 5 to 65% of a second builder which is a polyacrylic resin having a molecular weight between about 500 to about 8,000; from about 1 to about 15% of a hydrotrope which is an alkali metal salt of a cyclohexene dicarboxylic acid, and water. The preferred hydrotrope is the potassium salt of 5 (or 6) carboxy-4-hexyl-2-cyclohexene-1-octanoic acid. In use the concentrate is diluted to a ratio of 10 to 150 parts water per part of the concentrate, although is useful full strength as a spot cleaner.

Abstract: Aqueous cleaner compositions containing an alkali metal halogenite, for example, sodium chlorite; a perfume normally chemically incompatible with the halogenite in aqueous media, and a stabilizing amount of an anionic surfactant, the inclusion of which enhances the stability of the perfume-containing aqueous halogenite compositions.

Abstract: A calcium hypochlorite tablet useful as a toilet bowl cleaner, said tablet being prepared by compressing a dry mixture of granular calcium hypochlorite and a finely divided water-insoluble resin having a molecular weight of between about 10,000 to about 1,000,000, which resin is inert to calcium hypochlorite and which has good cold flow characterisitics, said resin comprising from about 10 to about 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: An air freshener in the form of a unitary, molded container having a first partial enclosure and a second partial enclosure integrally formed with a hinge therebetween, the partial enclosures having complementary shapes and adapted to be folded about the hinge and sealed together to form a generally flat, hermetically sealed container. The sealed container is adapted to retain an active, vaporizable substance bearing member. One portion of the sealed container is provided with an integrally formed tear-away tab adapted to be removed by a user prior to use of the air freshener.

Abstract: A passive dispenser of volatile liquid fragrance composition from a container thereof. The container has an orifice at its bottommost point and an isotatic hydrophobic polypropylene membrane covering the orifice. The membrane permits passage of the liquid fragrance composition therethrough in the liquid phase in order to enable the composition of the liquid transmitted through the membrane to be substantially the same as that of the liquid within the container.