Abstract: A pouch for retaining an article therein including overlying plastic sheets that are secured together to form an interior pocket therebetween, a light-weight, flexible sheet of metal material being captured in the pocket, the plastic sheets and metal sheet captured therebetween being bent along a longitudinal axis approximately at the midpoint thereof so that the opposed longitudinal edges of one of the plastic sheets are located in engaging relation, a rigid end cap being joined to a plastic sheet at an end thereof to define a closed end of the pouch, and the end of the sheets opposite to the end cap being exposed to define an open end for receiving an article in the pouch.

Abstract: A package containing a hazardous liquid is provided. The package comprises a container which is generally impermeable to a hazardous liquid contained therein, the container being subject to discharge of its contents when subjected to impact. The container is disposed within a first jacket of a liquid permeable material of sufficient strength to contain fragments of the container on rupture thereof. A second jacket is provided over first jacket, the second jacket having at least an inner wall and outer wall, the inner wall being liquid permeable, a hazardous liquid swellable body being contained between the inner wall and outer wall and being generally co-extensive with the inner wall and the outer wall, and a third jacket of a hazardous liquid vapor impervious membrane. The package provides substantial improvement in safety when transporting a container containing a hazardous liquid.

Abstract: Stability of a thermoformed foam meat tray, especially to overwrapping by machine, is enhanced by a circumferential flange of the side walls of generally V-shaped cross section to terminate at approximately the plane of the bottom of the tray. Full nestability is afforded by upper surfaces of the flange at an angle to each other smaller than the corresponding angle between lower surfaces of the flange.

Abstract: An improved combination shipping pallet/container for use in conjunction with either a forklift truck or a jack truck and which comprises an outer structure having a plurality of fork receiving openings contained in the lower portion thereof. An inner pallet structure is placed within the outer structure and is retained within the outer structure by retaining means such as staples, glue, or turned in hinged flaps. On top of the inner pallet structure is positioned an inner container structure which, in the preferred embodiment, may be removable from the outer structure. The inner container structure may also be locked to the outer structure by a variety of locking means to thereby provide a much improved combined shipping pallet/container over the prior art.

Abstract: A packaging means made of uniform material such as paperboard which is formed as an open-topped box-like structure constituted by hollow columns surrounding a main base portion and containing paper pipes which fit without play therein and render the box structure rigid and shock-proof. The main base portion may be provided as a double base, and may be backed by auxiliary boards to further strengthen the base portion and serve as supports to the box structure if required. An article to be packaged is held between or contained in one or more pairs of packaging means, which may be strapped together to constitute a single packaging unit, or may be inserted directly into a larger outside container for accommodation of one or a plurality of packaged articles.

Abstract: A stackable cardboard box has a rectangular bottom wall and integrally formed inwardly inclined side walls attached by way of flaps to separately formed vertically extending generally trapezoidal end walls whereby the formed boxes have a greater transverse dimension at the bottom than at the top to facilitate stacking and ventilation.

Abstract: An executive travel kit comprising a brief case-suit case that houses in one of its cover halves a golf putting game. A detachable brief case is carried in the other half and permits the remainder of this other half to serve as a carrier for clothing items. A built-in case carries cosmetics and toiletries.

Abstract: A cassette container having a latch member connected to the top of the container by an integral, flexible hinge which latches against a pair of pins on the bottom of the container, the pins incorporating slots which receive a plastic locking seal therethrough to prevent an opening of the latch without destruction of the seal.

Abstract: A canister for supporting and retaining a bottle and the like, which canister comprises a hollow base formed of a ceramic material and a hollow cylindrical-shaped cover also formed of a ceramic material positionable on the base to completely enclose a bottle between the base and the hollow cylindrical cover. The base has a dish or cup-shaped retainer formed of a plastic material having a resiliency to receive the bottom of the bottle and frictionally retain and cushion same. The cover has an inverted cup-shaped retainer secured to the top end wall of the cover and inverted with respect to the dish or cup-shaped retainer of the base. The inverted cup-shaped retainer on the cover extends into the interior of the cover and is adapted to receive the closed cap of the bottle. Both of said retainers retain the bottle in a fixed position inside the canister spaced from contact with the walls of the base and the cover and at the same time cushion the bottle.

Abstract: A packaged linear array of bottles or like containers having reduced neck portions with applied caps, and including a carrier of sheet plastic material having side walls diverging downwardly from an apical fold line interrupted by longitudinally spaced openings receiving the inserted neck portions with edge portions of the openings in supporting engagement beneath outward annular shoulder means as provided by the closure caps or by outward rib means on the containers below the ends of the neck portions, and further including longitudinally spaced strap elements connecting the lower edges of the side walls substantially between adjacent openings and contoured to engage adjacent surface portions of containers inserted in the carrier for stable transport and handling of the package.

Abstract: A container having a cover removably connected to a receptacle with the receptacle being formed from a flexible material such as paperboard whereas the cover may be formed from a thin flexible plastic sheet material.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and storing frangible material, such as glass plates and the like and including a storage console including two generally vertically disposed frames spaced longitudinally away from one another, each of the frames defining a pair of vertically spaced channel-like guideways, with each of the guideways being provided with a compressible deformable element defining a series of plate edge receiving recesses, a pair of elongated upright stanchion members movable to and from a position causing the compressible elements to compressingly engage the edges of a series of plates received within the recesses, whereby to support, constrain and suspend the plates in a unified mass, and a pallet-like base and optional shroud for enclosing the constrained plates and providing for convenient transport and storage thereof.

Abstract: A collapsible, combination folding carton and display panel formed from a one-piece blank of foldable paperboard wherein a portion of the display panel also serves as a portion of the carton.

Abstract: Canteen with water color painting accessories comprising through one side wall of a canteen, a cylindrical central recess to take a cup for brush washing, on the surface of the said wall, a tray with radial disposed compartments being provided to hold tubes of water color, a cover of the tray with a central opening of the same diameter as the said central recess of the canteen and also with multi-sections serving as color mixing pallet, the washing cup being inversely screwed into the central recess to retain the cover on the tray.

Abstract: A plastic bag such as trash can liners, grass and leaf bags, sandwich bags and the like is reinforced by placing spaced ribs therein, integral with the wall structure, the ribs having a rib-to-rib spacing in the order of 1/8 to 2 cm, the ribs being peaked and merging smoothly from a projecting peak to the thickness of the walls between the ribs, the peaks extending about 1.5 to 10 times the wall thickness of the film which is, preferably, in the order of about 0.4 to 2.0 mils. Upon extrusion, the extrusion die is formed with small notches with rounded corners so that the ribs are extruded while the film material is extruded, and provide additional material in the region of the ribs which merges smoothly with the material being extruded to form the film. Such rib-reinforced bag structures may be produced by forming a continuous roll of such bags, the individual bags in such a roll being readily separated along predetermined lines of weakness.

Abstract: The variation in transparency along the surface of an original is detected and a corresponding transparency-indicating signal is generated. The spectral components of the transparency-indicating signal having frequencies above a predetermined frequency associated with sharp images are integrated to form an integration signal corresponding to the time integral of these higher-frequency spectral components. The determination of whether the original bears an image whose sharpness warrants copying of the original is made by comparing the integration signal against a reference signal.

Abstract: In a hogshead formed from convolutely wound paper tubes that are cut into complemental halves, reinforcing staves are adhered to the marginal cut edges of each tube moiety, and hinge members, comprising generally two part hinges, are secured to each stave with their turned ends embracing against the remote side edges of each stave to insure structural integrity for the hogshead particularly while the tobacco is being prized; the upper and lower interior edges of each tube half portion includes liners that are rigidly fastened thereto, while end closures having ring members that are arranged concentrically within the liners are fitted within the assembled hogshead to provide it with closure.The staves may be formed from metal that is pressed to expose a series of pointed spikes that may insure the retention of each stave to the paperboard tube, and the hinge means may be designed to provide their partial insertion within said tubes halves to further insure the structural integrity of the hogshead during usage.

Abstract: A unique one-piece, H-shaped divider pad for a carton is provided with integral projections or separator tabs which may be utilized to separate the carton into six compartments. The divider incorporates folded panels which form a standard H-shaped divider. In addition, a number of projections or separator tabs are provided which extend outwardly from the H-shaped divider into contact with the carton to divide the areas exterior of the H, thereby separating the carton into six compartments and to rigidly position the divider within the carton.

Abstract: A tightly sealed carton structure wherein an opposing pair of innermost end closure flaps are hingedly connected to the carton body walls along lines of articulation defining inwardly projecting ridges, the innermost closure flaps each comprising first and second flap parts hingedly connected together with the second flap part reversely folded and adhesively secured to the undersurface of the first part to form a double thickness reinforcing flap, the second flap part being of a length such that its free end edge coincides with the projecting ridge of the line of articulation connecting the flap to the carton body, the free end edge of the second flap part being in wedging engagement with the ridge defining line of articulation when the double thickness flap is infolded at right angles to the carton body wall, thereby providing an essentially rigid planar supporting surface over which the remaining end closure flaps may be folded and tightly sealed; the second flap parts preferably have laterally projecting e

Abstract: A returnable wrap-around carrier for a plurality of objects such as beer bottles or the like of the type wherein the purchaser of the beer bottles places a deposit on the bottles for the return thereof to the storekeeper. The carrier and the bottles contained therein are completely enclosed affording protection to the bottles from light rays and protection from the bottles dropping out of the carrier. The carrier contains a built-in handle formed partly in the top panel of the carrier and partly in the central interior partition formed within the carrier. When the full pack of bottles .[.are.]. .Iadd.is .Iaddend.transported in the carrier to the purchaser's home, both handle means are used. Thereafter the top panel of the carrier may be completely removed from the side panels to expose the central partition handle which may be used to return the carrier and the empty bottles to the store for deposit.