Abstract: There is disclosed a novel electrode assembly or package for two or more electrode devices, and also a novel method of fabricating not only the overall assembly, but also the devices in conjunction therewith. The electrode assembly as contemplated by the disclosure includes a carrier member in generally strip form having one or more openings therein, the number of said openings depending upon and being equal to one-half of the number of electrode devices to be employed in said assembly. A medical electrode device is secured in overlying relation to each opening, on opposite sides of the carrier member, with the gel pads of each said electrode device being disposed within the periphery of the opening and in face-to-face contact with the pad of the opposed electrode device. The electrode devices may be pre-gelled, if desired. It is contemplated that the assembly may then be packaged in a suitable container, such as a plastic or foil envelope.

Abstract: A package for double-armed sutures equipped with a pledget and means for centering the pledget on the suture during removal of the suture from the package. The package comprises a double-armed suture in a storage compartment with the armed ends of the suture extending out of the compartment, a pledget slidably affixed to the suture strand approximate to one needle, and pledget centering means intermediate the pledget and said needle. Preferred pledget centering means comprise an integral passageway in the package material for the double suture strand and a barrier associated with said passageway which restrains the pledget as the suture is withdrawn from the package through the passageway, whereby the pledget is slidably displaced along the suture until the total length of the suture is withdrawn and the suture and pledget are released from the package.

Abstract: A reel-windable container carrier stock which is formed from a thin resilient plastics sheet material and wound upon a reel with substantial numbers of carriers in the strip for machine application of the strip to containers such as cans to form multipacks. The longitudinal center portion of each carrier in the strip is formed with certain curvilinear tabs to increase the mass of the plastics sheet material on each side of the longitudinal center line of the strip to provide that as the carrier is wound upon the reel the carrier will have a reel configuration with a central annular circumferential hump. That reel configuration provides for excellent high speed winding characteristics of the carrier stock.

Abstract: Containers are disclosed in which a transparent front wall is joined along lateral margins to a rear wall, which is formed of front and back panels adhered together and arranged to be stored flat. The rear wall has transversely elongated flaps of curved outline that cause the front and rear walls of the container to bow away from each other when the flaps are erected, the erected flaps forming end closures of the container. The panels of the rear wall provide article-engaging formations for fixing the location of an article or articles in the container, and to enable the container to be stood upright or to be hung on a rod for display purposes.

Abstract: A package and a method and apparatus for producing same are set forth. The package preferably is made of two single-faced corrugated sheets having cohesive corrugated surfaces. A lower sheet has side walls bent upwardly at edge portions thereof and flanges bent outwardly from the upper edges of the walls. An upper sheet bridges an object to be packaged located on the main portion of the lower sheet between the side walls, and has edge portions adhered to the flanges of the lower sheet. The ends of the two sheets are pressed to cause them to adhere together with the side walls simultaneously being folded outwardly at the centers and adhered to themselves. In the machine and method for producing the package, a first web has side walls bent upwardly and flanges outwardly by suitable folding rails as the web is moved longitudinally in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A container is provided to accommodate a cylindrical unit having an axially disposed core. The container includes two complemental sections, each being provided with side walls delimiting a compartment, which coact to contain the unit. Opposed side wall portions on each section include reinforced semicylindrical recesses which completely retain the core ends.

Abstract: A strip of plastics tags is formed by successively displacing portions of the strip from the plane of the strip along longitudinally spaced lines transverse of the strip, and, before contact between said displaced portions and the remainder of the strip is lost, replacing said portions in the plane of the strip.

Abstract: A molded egg carton having a windowed cover and a cellular tray for the reception of eggs in which the windowed cover includes downposts and the tray includes up posts and in which the downposts have an offset male portion and the up posts are formed with a recess in their uppermost portion adapted to receive the offset lowermost tip of the offset male portion. The windows in the cover are on each side of the downposts and are set in relatively steep walls which form parts of the downposts. The windows are provided with "eye lid" formations.

Abstract: A phonograph record, video picture disc, or the like, is held in "sandwich" fashion between first and second layers of pressure absorbing, resilient material, and also held in substantially fixed position on a planar surface by means of a spindle forming a part thereof and passing through coaxial apertures in the layers in passing through the central aperture of the record or disc. The planar surface is selected of material sufficiently rigid to support the record or disc and resilient layers, but sufficiently thin to be inserted within grooves of guide inserts adapted for securement within a cabinet, to serve as trays or shelves for the the storage of such records or picture discs, either vertically or horizontally.

Abstract: The invention comprises a pair of smaller envelopes which can be joined together at adjacent open ends to form a larger envelope of varying sizes, wherein each smaller envelope can be individually sealed to form smaller individual envelopes or can be adjustably interlocked to form the larger envelope.

Abstract: A cartridge containing a two component, self-setting composition. The cartridge comprises a tube formed of a flexible, rupturable material and having a first component of said composition sealed therein. A depression is formed in said tube with said depression being filled with a second component of said composition. The second component is sealed within the depression by sealing means. In one embodiment of the invention the sealing means comprises a strip of tape having an adhesive thereon. In another embodiment the sealing means comprises the joint formed between portions of the tube contiguous with the sides of the depression. In another embodiment the sealing means comprises a flap. The flap is created when said tube is formed by rolling up a strip of said rupturable material having two side portions wherein one side portion of the strip is sealed to the free edge of the other side portion and leaving a margin defining said flap. The flap is disposed over the filled depression and is sealed in place.

Abstract: A container for transporting bulk material either solid or liquid has a pallet and a sleeve having segments of its wall secured to the pallet and other segments of its wall folded inwardly to provide flaps. A tubular member having corrugated-paperboard or the like wall and a cross-section corresponding to that of the sleeve has one end thereof disposed in the sleeve and resting on the flaps. A plastic bag may be inserted in the container and is folded about its edges to overlap the flaps. A rigid disk such as a corrugated paperboard disk having a cross-section substantially equal to the cross-section of the sleeve is disposed in the bag adjacent its closed end with its peripheral edge under the flaps. When the bag is filled with material, it is expanded against the wall of the tubular member and the tubular member is pressed against the sleeve thereby securing the tubular member in the sleeve. A cup-shaped lid is slidably disposed over the open end of the tubular member to enclose the bag.

Abstract: A reusable shipping container assembly for securing, supporting, housing and shipping items. In a preferred embodiment, the container assembly includes: (a) members for securing and supporting the item, including: a slotted base upon which the item is placed; a plurality of removable straps, with fasteners, passing through any two of the slots, for strapping the item to the base; a plurality of bracing blocks, movable on the base and releasably lockable in the slots, to abut and brace the item; and a floor, removably positioned under, and also cushioned under, the base; and, (b) a completely closeable container for housing the item to be shipped, and the members of the assembly which secure and support the item to be shipped. This container assembly, unlike the prior art not only is reusable, but also permits the simultaneous housing and shipping, within the same container, or a multiplicity of items that vary in size, shape, and weight.

Abstract: A shipping container of molded plastic in whose cavity a load is suspended between sets of three rubber straps diverging from the load toward respective rigid base members on the shell in angularly offset planes, the central strap of each set being less resilient than the two other straps. The straps impede transmission of mechanical shock from the shell to load, and their different resiliencies prevent build-up of load oscillations. The shell protects the load against harmful effects of the atmosphere.

Abstract: An improved shipping container is disclosed which may be used with a wooden pallet or the like. The shipping container includes an outer liner which has a plurality of flaps on the bottom thereof. The plurality of flaps are turned inwardly in a predetermined manner over and under a flat sheet which is positioned on the bottom of the container. The flat sheet then forms the bottom for the container with the turned in end flaps serving to retain the flat sheet on the bottom of the container. A portion of the flat sheet is exposed on the outside of the container and may be glued or stapled to the pallet. When formed in a generally octagonal shape, the improved shipping container has greater stacking strength and is able to retain a bulk quantity of various materials within the container without the materials working their way out of the container.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic produce tray characterized by having a series of spaced apart, concave ribs or saddles extending upward from the bottom into the side walls. The ribs are adapted to cradle substantially globular produce.

Abstract: A nestable article shipping rack of the type having a backwall secured to a base includes back supports pivotally mounted on the backwall for movement into and out of the backwall, end restraints pivotally mounted on the base for movement into and out of the base, article edge supports slideably mounted on the base for movement toward and away from the backwall; and front standards pivotally mounted to the base for vertical and horizontal displacement.

Abstract: A dual compartment package for containing reactive substances in separate compartments which is suitable for being produced continuously from a single web of film material, and a method for making same. The web of film is formed into a tubular member having a first compartment which assures a generally circular cross section when filled, and a second compartment formed inside the first compartment. The second compartment is attached to the sidewall of the first compartment such that a single sealing formation through three plies of the film material closes both compartments longitudinally. The method provides for a simplified formation of a series of said packages wherein only a single seal forming apparatus is utilized.

Abstract: Tamper-proof closure seal for containers such as bottles, cans, and the like and methods of tamper-proofing and manufacturing tamper-proof closure seals which preclude inadvertent openings of product containers, readily indicate to prospective consumers that a product container has been opened or tampered with and which yet still enables easy intentional opening of such product containers.

Abstract: An improved container, particularly useful for containing plants, seeds, or seedlings in soil for shipment, is formed of a member which when unassembled is in a generally planar configuration. A plurality of hinge lines formed in the member enable the member to be folded into a configuration having generally a U-shaped cross-section and divide the member into a plurality of predetermined compartments. The container, which can be stacked when unassembled due to the planar configuration, contains a plurality of tab members integrally formed with one of the edges of the container. The free end of the tab is formed with a protuberance for abutting the outer side of the other free edge of the container for assembling the container in the generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration.