Abstract: A tape cassette having a swingable cover adapted to cover and protect a tape stretched along the front side of the tape cassette, a cover locking member adapted to prevent swinging of the swingable cover by rotating in the thicknesswise direction of the tape cassette within a groove which is defined between the inner surface of one side wall of the swingable cover and the side wall of the box-like structure of the tape cassette and also between two side walls of the box-like structure which are on the extensions of the one side wall of the swingable cover and the above-mentioned side wall of the box-like structure. The groove serves also as a mis-insertion preventing groove for preventing the tape cassette from being inserted into the cassette holder in a wrong posture. According to this arrangement, it is possible to realize a compact construction while fulfilling all of the requisites for the tape cassettes.

Abstract: A hand wearing apparel display package is comprised of left-hand and right-hand apparel members superimposed with respect to each other with the palm facing the back, a hanger member positioned adjacent the back panel along the open ends, a labeling tag positioned on the outside surface of the hanger member and fastening means extending through the hand wearing apparel members through the hanger member and the labeling tag to complete the display package. Additionally, an apparatus for assembling the hand wearing apparel display package is comprised of a rotatable housing having a first work station adapted to receive the labeling tag, a second work station cooperating with the hanger member dispenser for depositing the hanger member onto the labeling tag and a third fastening work station wherein the hand wearing apparel display package is fastened together.

Abstract: A drinking cup and cover with a straw assembly seated in the cover; a fixed straw piece extends from the cover to the bottom of the cup and a movable straw piece of the assembly extends upwardly from a hole in the cup's cover and is pivotally and sealably attached thereto so as to permit pivoting of the straw with respect to the cover.

Abstract: A child resistant package having an outer container and an inner product supporting tray; the inner tray is adapted to be inserted into the container to a locked position and removed therefrom by disengaging a locking means and withdrawing the tray; the inner tray is disengaged from the container by pressing inwardly a pair of flexible tabs formed at the back end of the side walls of the tray; in a preferred embodiment a blister pack containing tablets is disposed on the product tray and the tray bottom is provided with holes through which the tablets in the blister pack may be pushed.

Abstract: An ammunition rack in a vehicle ammunition compartment helps protect the nds from injury due to road shocks and propagation of an explosion, i.e., fratricide. The rack comprises a warhead block-mount fixture and parallel thereto, and spaced therefrom, a base block-mount fixture; both fixtures being of a resilient and flexible polymeric material and both having a set of holes therethrough; the holes in the two fixtures being aligned. Metal tubular sleeves are held within each pair of aligned fixture holes, the sleeves spanning the space between the fixtures. The ammunition rounds are removably inserted in the sleeves and held therein preferably by latch mechanisms.

Abstract: A packaging system for an appliance which includes a planar bottom board fastened to the appliance base and dimensioned and configured to provide a horizontal lip which projects outwardly beyond the appliance base perimeter, a container sleeve surrounding the appliance and snugly embracing the bottom board perimeter, and a tubular corner post sandwiched between each vertical corner edge of the appliance and the associated vertical internal corner of the sleeve and overlying and supported by the bottom board lip. To prevent a substantial reduction in the resistance of the corner post to compressive loading applied longitudinally thereto when containerized appliances are stacked, the corner post outer wall is provided, in at least the region adjacent the bottom board, with a vertically disposed indentation or bead.

Abstract: Packaging box for a cheese, comprising a base with an upper surface, a lateral rib and transverse ribs on the upper surface which define a recess, and a tray located in the recess and having a length and a width which are less than those of the recess, the thickness of the tray being greater than the depth of the recess.

Abstract: A suture retainer for retaining a wound suture and substantially preventing the degradation by, e.g., heat or light of suture materials retained therein during subsequent handling and packaging, including during subsequent foil sealing of the suture package by completely encasing the suture materials within the retainer.

Abstract: A tray having a plurality of parallel troughs is made from vacuum-formed polystyrene. Each of the troughs contains a pair of side walls, with adjacent walls of adjacent troughs connected together by respective flat, elongated ledges. The periphery of the tray is surrounded by a flat flange which is parallel to the ledges. The length of the troughs is greater than the length of two or more individual conductors which are side-mounted within the troughs. The width of the troughs corresponds to the combined height of a connector with its flat cover loosely fitted thereon and not fully latched to the body of the connector. The depth of the tray corresponds approximately to the width of the connector. Embossment projections are formed in the flat bottoms of the troughs and project into the space between the body of the connector and its loosely mounted cover.

Abstract: An elongated tube of convoluted fiber-containing sheet material, in which the fibers extend predominantly longitudinally and the convolutions are bonded together with a hardenable bonding material, which is flattened to provide at least a pair of opposed spaced parallel walls having longitudinally-extending grooves, beads, or indentations to provide enhanced support in terms of improved resistance to longitudinally-directed compressive loads, and enhanced cushioning in terms of improved resistance to transversely directed forces.

Abstract: Container having walls in the form of corrugated board in which a carbon layer is applied to the interior surface of one of the webs before the corrugated board is assembled.

Abstract: A multipurpose stackable container formed from a rectangular body blank having slots and/or tabs strategically defined therein and foldable to provide a hollow rectangular body having first and second top portions; and first and second header members cooperatively mountable in the respective ends of said body blank to complete said carton, each of said headers having means to secure said blank thereto and to prevent said blank from becoming involuntarily detached therefrom, and means to facilitate the stacking while preventing the lateral or longitudinal slippage of stacked cartons.

Abstract: There is described a double sterile package for packaging medical articles in a sterile condition which can be sterilized in one ethylene oxide sterilization cycle.

Abstract: A tamper-evident container and a method for making the same. The container includes at least one open end with integral flaps adjacent the open end. A thermoplastic material is applied to one flap with the other flap folded over onto the one flap. The flaps are thus sealed together with a thermoplastic material. A temperature-sensitive indicator is applied to the closed end so that the indicator visually indicates whether an excessive amount of heat has been applied to the seal of thermoplastic material.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style in which the opposed side and end walls are of the same height as a medial partition formed of two face contacting panels is provided with longitudinal finger gripping apertures formed in the face contacting medial panels and a reinforcing panel is struck from the area of one of the medial panels below the finger gripping apertures and adjacent the ends thereof and folded upwardly into face contacting relationship with the associated medial panel so as to afford reinforcement for the handle structure of the carrier.

Abstract: A reuseable plastic cap is disposed over a seal closure on a vial neck to retain the seal closure in place thereon, the cap comprising a body of resilient material having a base overlying the seal closure, opposed jaws on the base for gripping a bead on the vial neck, gripper flanges for manual engagement to spread apart the jaws so as to install or remove the cap on the vial neck, and a releasable locking bar to hold the gripper flanges spread apart and thereby retain the jaws in a locked condition on the vial neck.

Abstract: A reclosable plastic bag construction having front and back walls attached at their side edges with continuous elongate interlocking separable rib and groove elements along confronting faces of the walls adjacent the top of the bag with the rib and groove elements being interlockable by the application of closing pressure and having frictional surface means at their outer surface for applying local forces of opposing directions parallel to the rib and groove to cause a curl in the interlocked rib and groove and to thereby cause them to separate by relatively sliding the rib and groove axially relative to each other.

Abstract: A compound packing container consisting of an outer casing made of a paper material having an inner bag member arranged to be contained therein. The outer casing has a series of adjacent first, second, third and fourth side panels arranged to be formed into a tubular drum portion with first, second, third and fourth upper flaps and first, second, third and fourth lower flaps extending respectively upwards and downwards from the side panels through an upper and a lower horizontal fold. A pair of opposite vertical folds are made in the vertical center portions of the first side panel, the first upper flap and the first lower flap and in the vertical center portions of the third side panel, the third upper flap, and the third lower flap.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thermoplastic tamper-indicating closure. The closure features a top wall and an annular downwardly depending sidewall. Connected to the lower end of the annular sidewall by way of an annular frangible area is an annular tamper-indicating band. The tamper-indicating band features an annular upper portion which depends downwardly from the frangible area. The band additionally has an annular lower portion hingedly connected to the annular upper portion and which comprises a plurality of spaced apart tabs with each tab connected to its neighboring tab by way of a flexible web. Each of the tabs preferably has a scalloped recess at their lower extent to provide some circumferential flexibility when the annular lower portion of the band is hinged inwardly from its molded position to its utilitarian position.

Abstract: A bag pack and individual bags characterized by having handles which are integral extensions of the front and rear of said bag. The bags have a bag mouth which includes stress relief curves on both sides of an upwardly extending tab. The tab includes at least one orifice which is positioned to create comparatively narrow webs which serve to be the tear-off points severing individual bags from the pack. The bags are bonded together via said tab at areas adjacent said orifice.