Abstract: A packet holder for holding a plurality of packets of soft drink mix or the like is formed from a longitudinal elongated sheet having three transverse score lines, the sheet being bent along the score lines to form a back element, a bottom element, a front element, and a top element. The top element includes a tongue adapted for engagement with an aperture in the back element and a window for receiving the plurality of packets. The front element may be advantageously used as a convenient display surface to receive advertising or other informative data. The bottom element supports the packets received through the window in the top element. The back element includes an appropriate support or suspension aid.

Abstract: Fireproofing of wood and the variety of hardwoods typically utilized in the manufacture of furniture is provided by a process of controlled permeation of a solution composed of a combination of a halide salt of a Group I or Group II metal of the Periodic Table of Elements and an ammonium salt which upon impregnation precipitates in the cellular structure of the treated wood. Controlled permeation of furniture wood to a depth of about 1/8 of an inch to 3 inches is provided by evacuating and expanding the cellular structure of the wood by utilizing a vacuum chamber, or a heat chamber for heating the wood to temperatures of about 220.degree. F. or a combination thereof to activate the surface and a portion of the subsurface of the cellular structure of the wood for absorption and adsorption of the solution of fire retardant compounds providing a controlled impregnation of the furniture hardwood.