Abstract: A scored blank adapted to be folded into container form suitable for use as a disposable savings bank.

Abstract: A luggage case is provided with the appearance of a soft sided luggage case; but with superior strength afforded by two opposed interior concave inner shells of molded plastic structural material, pivotally mounted for opening and closing. The luggage case is sufficiently strong to carry tools and other equipment used to clean business machines. Outer coverings of decorative vinyl or the like are joined as by stitching to the inner shells proximate the peripheries of the inner shells and are free to flex and to be displaced relative to the inner shells to provide a soft outer appearance and feel. Preferably, a tough vinyl beading is secured around the peripheral corners of the luggage case to prevent abrasion of the decorative vinyl coverings.

Abstract: An improved internal support is incorporated in a multipack container for accommodating a plurality of cathode ray tubes during transportation and storage. The multipack construction includes top and bottom rigid closure members formed of plastic material in conjunction with peripherally oriented and edge positioned support. The internal supportive construction of the invention is oriented within the multipack in a manner to effect vertical support between the closure members. This improved support is formed from a unitary sheet of rigid material having predefined folding-scores therein, which when folded, provide individual protective compartments for two cathode ray tubes. The unitary construction of this internal supportive along with the multiple folds of the integration, provide improved structural rigidity and enhanced protective characteristics.

Abstract: There is disclosed a container integrally comprised of a cover member and body member having safety latching means formed on walls thereof and having a compressioned-biased hinge means formed to urge such members in locked interrelationship in a closed position.

Abstract: A closure having at least two layers adapted to be fixed to the end of a container to close the same the inner layer of the closure being scored on its inside as well as its outside surface in a manner to permit rupturing of the layer between the score lines when a force acts upon the outer layer to form a shouldered removed closure portion receiving ledge with which the removed portion will mate upon reclosing the container. In an embodiment, enclosure is crimped to the end of the container. In another embodiment there is provided between layers a pliable film, e.g., aluminum foil of size sufficient to extend over the end of the container so that when the removed portion is replaced the foil can be used to substantially seal the replaced portion to the end of the container and to retain it there. Since the sealing surface is broken when the container is opened, any tampering with the container will be readily observable.

Abstract: A record jacket is formed of a paper sheet which is cut from a web which has been printed on one side or it is printed after it is formed into sheets. The paper sheet includes a first panel of lesser width than a second panel which includes a foldable second panel side flap extending along each side. The sheet is coated with an adhesive on the face opposite to the printed face and it is joined to a cardboard or similar paperboard back which has been cut and scored so as to form it with a first blank panel which is of less width than the first sheet panel, and a second blank panel with a foldable blank flap on each side which makes it slightly wider than the second sheet panel. The board is placed over the adhesive face of the sheet and the paper sheet flap and the cardboard flaps are folded over the top surface of the blank second panel so as to expose an uncovered edge of the board flap and a portion of the board flap which is covered by the sheet flap.

Abstract: A carton, e.g., a straight tuck style or sealable end style, intended to minimize pilferage, particularly at the retail outlet, of the product, contained therein. The carton includes a window opening which is enclosed by a transparent heat-shrinkable membrane having peripheral segments thereof secured to predetermined portions of the sidewalls, the dust flaps, and the closure flaps. The carton may optionally include shelf structure for supporting the product. The membrane structure restrains the product in an optimum orientation subsequent to the membrane being shrunk. The dust flaps define in part prominent spaces at either end of the carton which assure that the membrane is not pinched when assembling the carton, therefore, the membrane is free to totally pull away from the window as it is shrunk. Blanks for producing the above-described cartons are also disclosed herewith.

Abstract: A holder for needles comprises a card base having a cover in the form of a transparent plastics shell secured thereto along one edge. Needles may be held either in a corrugation formed in the material of the base, or on a mounting member which has an edge secured between the base and the edge of the cover.

Abstract: A package comprises a relatively stiff rectangular backing board with a transparent substantially rectangular bag of a smaller size secured to the backing board along a small marginal area adjacent its top edge. The backing board advantageously includes a fold down top edge or collar which engages over an upwardly extending portion of the underside of the bag and the bottom edge of the collar is spaced from the opening edge on the top side of the bag and the bag may be torn off the backing board by tearing it along the lower edge of the collar. The backing board advantageously includes one or more recesses which are engageable by a driver member to move the package assembly.

Abstract: Packages supported upon a pallet or slip sheet are stabilized and held securely together by a sleeve or tube of an open mesh thermoplastic heat shrinkable net enclosure that extends around the periphery of the load and usually is open at the top and bottom. The sleeve and loaded pallet or slip sheet is exposed to a source of heat to shrink the sleeve about the load of packages to thereby hold them in place. The openings in the net permit free circulation of air and the degree of prestretch given to the horizontal and vertical fibers controls horizontal and vertical shrinkage of the sleeve.

Abstract: A cut of paper material such as stiff paper or thin card board for a box for cigarettes and cigarillos and a box made therefrom, according to which within the region of the folding line between the front wall section and the side wall sections pertaining thereto on one hand and the set-back lines along which the upper portion of the front wall section and of the pertaining side wall sections are set back toward the interior of the box to be formed on the other hand a slot is provided at each corner formed by the intersecting set-back lines and the folding lines of the side wall sections.

Abstract: A folding carton is disclosed, preferably with a square cross-section when erected, having top and bottom forming members as well as front and rear and side members defining a square tube. Extending from one of the side members is a strut panel extending from one of the tubular forming panels, and having one extension strut and one reversely folded strut positioned thereon in spaced relationship. When the carton is erected, the two struts form a V-shaped type support, so that a triangular cross-section shaped bottle can be fitted within the carton, and secured against rotation. In the preferred embodiment, the front panel has an open window for displaying the label on the bottle. The bottom closure preferably is an automatic bottom, and positioned with the tug tabs adjacent the intersection of the strut panel and its adjacent panel so that when the carton is flattened, the two struts extend and are sandwiched in between the opposed pairs of panels.

Abstract: A quick-open blister package comprises a base member and a blistered containment member peripherally secured to the base member. The base member is frangible substantially along a plane contained therewithin, and first and second series of score lines extending at least in part about the periphery of the blister are cut into the base member substantially to the depth of the plane of frangibility. The blister is secured to the base member within that area thereof which is defined by the series of score lines. A considerable area of the base member can extend laterally of the blister for front printing.

Abstract: In order to wrap individual slide-fastener units in plastic display envelopes enabling the testing of their sliders without removal from the package, a continuous strip of preferably transparent thermoplastic sheet material is advanced together with an integral series of such units past a cutting station where the units are separated from one another with simultaneous severance of the plastic strip. The latter, on approaching the cutting station, is folded from opposite sides around the outer edges of the carrier bands supporting the interlinked coupling elements of the units, the resulting flaps being kept spaced apart by a median gap exposing the juxtaposed coupling elements as well as the associated slider. The flaps are fastened with light adhesive bonding to opposite ends of the stringer tapes cut from the carrier bands.

Abstract: A pouch made from thermoplastic film and particularly suited for sterilizing and storing medical items has an edge defined by a fold of the film. A cap of porous material is wrapped over the folded edge and is sealed thereto along a continuous line to define an enclosed area on both sides of the edge in which the film and cap are unsealed. An opening, such as a slot, is provided in or adjacent to the fold of the film, with the opening being entirely located within the unsealed area and spaced from the seal line. The construction lessens the possibility of open bacteria paths often found in similar prior art pouches.In the manufacture of the pouch, a web of thermoplastic film is provided with a series of spaced linear openings or slits, a porous sheet material is applied over the openings and the porous material is sealed to the web along a continuous line surrounding the openings.

Abstract: A knock-down, collapsible drum container assembly, comprising a pair of polygonal tubular members one adapted to fit within the other and comprising outer and inner tubular members of said container, each of said members being collapsible to a substantially flat state along oppositely disposed axially extending score lines thereof, end closures for said tubular members comprising pairs of inner and outer closure caps, said inner closure caps being configured to fit within said outer tubular member at the opposite ends thereof and having integral therewith radially extending flaps bendable along score lines to bear against the inner wall of said outer tubular member, said inner tubular member being configured to fit within and bear against said flaps as so disposed, said outer closure caps being configured to span the ends of said outer tubular member and having integral therewith radially extending flaps bendable along score lines into engagement with the outer wall of said outer tubular member, whereby said

Abstract: A one-piece hinged lid carton formed from a flat-folded carton structure having a tubular body and end closure flaps, the tubular body having an additional body panel and a detachable glue flap which define the top panel and front panel of the lid, with selected end closure flap defining the side panels of the lid, the remainder of the end closure flaps defining the end walls of the carton body, the top wall of the carton body having a dispensing opening therein which is closed by the lid, and preferably the carton will be provided with a protective liner as an incident of its fabrication, with the liner adhered to the undersurface of the top wall in the area immediately surrounding the dispensing opening, thereby facilitating the puncturing of the liner for removal of the contents of the carton through the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A sealed carton containing lading assembled from a pair of cooperating sheet members comprising a body blank and a cover sheet. The body blank comprises a generally U-shaped formation formed from paperboard or like relatively rigid but foldable material. The cover member is formed from a continuous rectangular sheet member of lightweight, highly flexible material which is substantially thinner than the body blank materail. The body blank has a plurality of hingedly connected flanges folded to positions normal to the panels thereof and the sheet member is folded into a complementary U-formation and matingly engaged over the body blank with marginal edges of the sheet member adhesively secured to said flanges to form the sealed carton around the lading.

Abstract: A suspension box member for use as a base or platform of a shipping container is disclosed. The suspension box is made of fiberboard or other material which deflects to absorb shock and other forces which would otherwise be transmitted directly to the item being shipped. The suspension box is of relatively simple design, thus making it easily adaptable for use with various types of covers for the shipping container. Such covers may be in the form of a box with an open bottom, a slotted telescope cover for rectangular items or various form-fit covers, the latter being particularly suitable for upholstered chairs.

Abstract: A tray of thermoplastic material having means releasably latching a power tool in storage position thereon with the tool handle oriented to serve as the carry handle for the tool and attached tray, the tray providing storage for the power cord and accessories. An opening through a wall of the tray is defined by shearing the material during the blow mold cycle.