Abstract: A foldable shipping container or tray made of a single blank and preassembled to be unfolded into an open top tray having foldable leg structures depending from the corners of the bottom of the container to engage the outside upper corners of a like container or partition members protruding above the sides of a like container to maintain the containers in alignment with each other in their unfolded condition with the leg structures being foldable relative to the remainder of the container in either its folded or unfolded condition.

Abstract: A food container and assemblage of internal components including a tray with a corrugated and slotted bottom panel supported within the container receptacle, and a cooling pack positioned within the container in a variety of positions to define food chambers wherein the food is maintained out of contact with the cooling pack.

Abstract: An easy access tear-open paperboard package and method of making same are provided including a pair of corrugated paperboard sheets, each having an interior surface flood coated with a cohesive material which sheets are then joined together in surrounding relation to an article such as a book contained therebetween. A strip of polyolefin tape extends across the interior surface of at least one of the corrugated paperboard sheets to provide a non-bonding area. A pair of spaced parallel perforations extend through paperboard sheet and the tape to form a tear strip which is narrower in width than the tape to provide access to the interior compartment.

Abstract: While the most popular currently available compact disc carriers are structurally simple, they are lacking in several areas. Such carriers are often difficult to open, they are fragile and thus easily broken, and they are usually stored vertically on edge so that the labels on the spines are difficult to read, and provide no indication of whether a disc is present in the carrier. A compact disc carrier, which deals with these shortcomings, includes a sleeve-like container defined by a top wall, side walls and tracks at the bottom ends of the side walls; and a tray defined by a bottom wall slidable in the tracks, a first pair of ledges on posts at the rear of the tray for supporting the rear edge of a disc, and a second pair of ledges on spring arms near the front of the tray for supporting the front edge of the disc.

Abstract: A container for shipping and displaying articles is formed from a continuous, foldable sheet of corrugated boxboard to form a container body having a bottom, enclosing end and side walls attached with and extending generally normal from the bottom and a partially enclosed top panel opposite the bottom and adjacent each end wall with a substantial portion of the top being open. The container is filled with articles to be shipped and displayed and a netting member having an open weave is stretched across the open portion of the top and between the panels, with opposing ends of the netting member fixed to the sides of the container body with a header sheet adhesively fixed to the container sides and with an advertising message printed on the outside of the header sheet. Interlocking stacking tabs and handle recesses are provided for use with multiple containers of the same construction.

Abstract: A protective bottle jacket for transporting a container, bottle or the like is provided. The protective jacket has a bottom portion having a base and walls projecting upwardly from the base for receiving and protecting the bottom portion of the container and a top portion having walls for covering the top portion of the container. The protective jacket has means for selectively and releasably interlocking the bottom and top portions together. The interlocking means comprises a male member disposed on one of the bottom and top portions and a passage disposed on the other of the bottom and top portions for slidably receiving the male member between an unlocked and locked position in response to rotation of the top and bottom jacket portions, wherein the passage lockably receives the male member and attaches the top and bottom portions together in the locked position and wherein the male member does not lockably engage the passage in the unlocked position.

Abstract: A bat handle cover for encasing the grip area of a bat handle and for suspending the bat by a chain and clasp from a suspending structure. The cover may be made of stiff material, and include either a number of locking balls, a ring or a pair of U-shaped latches near the inside top of the cover, which grasp the bat handle just below the enlarged butt end or head of a conventional baseball bat. The cover may be made of flexible material, and include a necked-in portion which engages the bat. The flexible cover may have a full length slit closed by hook and loop fasteners about the bat handle, or a zipper closure running most of the length of the cover. A lower, open end of the cover may include a seal, to prevent water, moisture and/or debris from entering the interior of the cover.

Abstract: A container having panels that contain a bag of strip material. The container is movable between a confining position enclosing the bag of strip material and a position in which the bag is relaxed so as to relax snags of looped elastic material that may have arisen during transit. During transit, the strip material has a tendency to flow from the top and over the edges of the bulk to work its way along the sides, potentially snagging with adjacent loop material. During dispensement of the strip material, these snags may give rise to tension spikes. By displacing the panels of the container out of the confining position and into a relaxed position, the confining forces become relieved and thereby the snags relax. The tension spikes otherwise arising during dispensement are thereby eliminated.

Abstract: A bath toy storage unit has a storage chamber that stores bath toys for tidy clean-up after a bath. The storage chamber is accessible by removing a lid or by removing an exterior cover, and includes a perforated surface to hold the toys and to allow water to drain into a collection chamber underneath the surface. A removal tray may be provided for ease of dispensing of collected water. The exterior of the bath toy storage unit may be shaped in the form of an animal to provide incentive for children to place their toys in the unit.

Abstract: Pack for knives and the like, which protectively encloses the blade while leaving the handle free to be taken hold of, characterized by two films (1) which have been given a one-sided self-adhesive finish and which can be stuck on both sides onto the blade (2) while overlapping it, the overlapping regions (3, 4) of the films (1) sticking to one another by means of their self-adhesive-finished sides, and the ends of the films (1) possessing a nonadhesive grip element (5) so that the pack can be pulled open, and the adhesive on the self-adhesive-finished films (1) permitting residue-free removal from the blade (2).

Abstract: This invention provides a sheet made of a synthetic resin for holding information recording carriers in the form of small thin plates such as floppy disks. Index strips are removably formed in the holding sheet, and an insertion groove for mounting the removed index strips is formed on one side edge of the holding sheet, whereby an information recording carrier held in the sheet can easily be found. The elements constituting the holding sheet do not overlap when viewed from the front side and back side of the holding sheet, so that the holding sheet can be produced by injection molding wherein the mold is moved in only one direction perpendicular to the plane of the holding sheet. Thus, the holding sheet is suited for large scale production and its production cost is low.

Abstract: A unitized package assembly for holding and containing merchandise for transport to and display at a point of sale. The assembly includes a header and a plurality of articles suspended therefrom. Each article is secured to the header by a projection on the header which passes through an aperture in a tab that extends from each article. Each projection, located on a back panel of the header, is interlocked with a matching indent, located on a front panel of the header, and the tab is sandwiched between the projection and indent, securing the tab, and thus the article, to the header, The header also holds a printed sheet and has a hole for receiving a hook so that the assembly can be hung for display at a point of sale.

Abstract: A carrying case for storing disc-shaped data storage media and associated printed graphics. The case includes a base hingedly connected to a lid by a hinge panel. A one-piece page assembly is hingedly mounted on the base and includes a plurality of first hinge pages hingedly and alternately connected to a plurality of second hinge pages by a pair of flexible hinge straps. The first hinge pages pivot toward and latch to the second hinge pages to form a stack of hingedly joined multi-media pages. Each multi-media page includes a pair of central hubs for holding a pair of compact discs. Each first page includes a pair of outwardly extending tapered tabs which cooperates with the tabs of an adjacent page to produces a cam action between adjacent multi-media pages.

Abstract: A compact disk package made from a corrugated board insert attached to a panel of a foldable die-cut sleeve. The corrugated insert defines a CD-enclosing recess for accommodating a CD and a resilient hub joined to the CD in a resiliently disengageable manner. The package may be folded and sealed to closure to provide a lightweight, secure and environmentally agreeable package. The package allows for a variety of printable surfaces, pockets for the insertion of printed media, the packaging of a plurality of CD's , and forming tear-off panels for use as reply cards. The corrugated insert may be separately manufactured and provided with printable surfaces for later attachment to the die-cut sleeve. The invention includes the method of packaging compact disks, computer diskettes, and like flat articles, and the method of making the package therefor.

Abstract: A contact lens container comprising an integrally molded one-piece synthetic resin receptacle providing a well having a peripheral wall with a bottom portion, and a flange extending about the periphery of the upper end of well. The bottom portion has a generally concave inner surface for seating a contact lens thereon and is being relatively rigid. The peripheral wall of the well has an annular, resiliently deflectable inversion portion above the bottom portion, and it is invertible to position the bottom portion of the well above the plane of the flange. Pressing upwardly against the bottom portion of the well inverts the inversion portion of the well and dispose the bottom portion with the lens thereon above the plane of the flange. The receptacle is moved against the eye of the user to place the lens against the cornea and thereby cause the lens to seat thereon.

Abstract: A storage and tote bag for baseball and softball bats and balls. The device is a soft, zippered bag which stores bats by allowing them to lay flat along the bag's length and stores balls in the bottom of the bag. Once filled with bats and balls, the bag can be closed for storage and transportation. The device is composed of a fabric casing, lined with padding, which is folded along the width and secured with a zipper so that a closed container is formed. This closed container, or bag, can hold a plurality of bats, when they are laid along the bag's length, and a plurality of balls, when placed in a stiffener in the region of the bag's fold. The padding has straps and pockets for securing the bats. The stiffener has indentations to secure the balls. When empty, the bag can easily be folded into a smaller size for easy storage of the device itself. The bag also has a handle and strap on the outside so that it can be carried easily when closed and filled.

Abstract: A packaging kit for the immobilization of an article to be packaged, which kit comprises a stiff sheet of material of defined width and length, sufficient to hold the article being packaged, having a base portion, the sheet material characterized by at least one fold line, extending substantially across the base portion, which permits the base portion to be folded inwardly, to receive an article to be packaged on the base portion thereof. The sheet material has a pair of spaced apart, opposite, end portions with outside edges, and with the end portions adapted to move the fold lines between a generally flat position and a folded position to immobilize an article on the base portion. A film material of selected dimensions and length, is used to cover at least a substantial portion of the article to be immobilized on the base portion, and having a one and the other end.

Abstract: A self-opening pack of plastic bags for use with a bagging rack. The pack of plastic bags is formed of plastic material which has been exposed to corona surface treatment. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a central tab portion between its two upwardly extending handles, which are at the sides of the mouth of the T-shirt bags. A central tab portion is located on the front and rear walls in the mouth region of the plastic bags. The central tab portion has a neck region and head region. The central tab portion has an aperture for receiving a retaining hook of a bagging rack, and a central tab slit which extends across the central tab portion, except for uncut portions near side edges of the central tab. The tearing cuts pass through the stack of bags and follow a non-straight path. Frangible pressure bonding is formed along the bottom edge of the central tab slit.

Abstract: A carrier carton formed from a composite blank of paperboard and paper. The carton is designed like a seal end carton with identical halves foldably joined to each other and secured to each other in back-to-back relation to provide a reinforced, four-ply handle construction. Transverse partitions include panels foldably joined to a center wall and attached to partition elements foldable joined to the side walls. The carton also has a solid bottom wall construction including bottom closure flaps foldably joined to each of the carton walls and adhesively secured to each other in overlapped relation.

Abstract: A package for surgical sutures and needles. The package has an elongated retention panel with a needle park and a plurality of openings in the retention panel to receive winding pins for winding a suture onto the retention panel. The package also has a foldably connected second retention panel and first and second ancillary retention panels.