Abstract: A holder for needles and like articles both at the time of sale and for storage in subsequent use has a pad of felt through which the needles are pushed. Usually the pad is a block mounted on a generally flat base of vacuum formed plastics sheet with a backing sheet of card. A hollow in the plastics can provide a housing for the felt block and the needles can be pushed through both the plastics and the felt. A clear plastics cover over the needles can itself be bent to open the holder or the cover can be slidable on the base to expose a part of the base which is bendable to enable the needles to be gripped. Provision is made for closing the open end of the cover, retaining it in the closed position and limiting its opening movement.

Abstract: A needled suture mounting and dispensing device comprising a separable needle mount and a carrier therefor is described. The needle mount comprises a three-dimensional needle retaining means having a support portion and the carrier comprises a flat card member. Separability of the needle mount from the carrier is achieved either by having the needle mount and carrier as separate members which are fitted together or by having the needle mount be a detachable portion of the carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the needle mount and carrier are two separate members. In this embodiment, the carrier is provided with a pair of parallel slits forming a tongue and slot. The slits are spaced apart at a distance smaller than the width of the support portion of the needle mount and is adapted to receive the needle mount between the tongue and edges of the slot. A package, especially for microsutures, which employs the mounting and dispensing device is also described.

Abstract: A reservoir or container of unitary construction having a predetermined volume of diluent disposed therein is disclosed. The reservoir includes a shearable cap or closure which, once removed, cannot be reassembled. The reservoir is provided with an access opening arranged and constructed to receive a capillary pipette assembly having a predetermined volume of sample so that an accurate mixture of diluent and sample is obtained. The reservoir may also be used as a sample cup for automated analyzers.

Abstract: A collapsible reusable shipping container construction of a type including a relatively rigid pallet which forms a floor, and erectable fiberboard walls and top which are hingedly connected to the pallet to be erected for use, and alternately folded against the pallet for empty return shipment. Hook and pile interconnecting means for interconnecting free edges of the side walls selectively to the pallet are provided, said means being so situated that the weight of the cargo tends to maintain the hook and pile means in engaged condition to prevent accidental disengagement.

Abstract: A box for packaging one or more articles, wherein the end portions of said articles are protected, including opposed face panels that are located in parallel, spaced apart relation for receiving the end portions of said articles therebetween, a one-piece end panel being joined to the face panels and located at right angles with respect thereto for covering the ends of the articles, and a flexible tie member wrapped transversely around said face panels for securing said box in secure position on said articles.

Abstract: A composite frame-like holder for a plurality of articles such as containers, a blank for the composite holder, and a method of forming the holder from the blank. The composite holder is an aggregate of singly or multiply severable holder units which can be severed from the composite in a manner that maintains the integrity of the severed unit and of the remaining composite. Each unit has a sloping leg panel with an aperture for receiving an article, a vertical side panel and a top panel foldable over the article and having means adjacent its edge for securing it to the holder unit. The method includes folding the blank along its center line to place its sections in superimposed, substantially mirror-image juxtaposition, securing one section to the other along their center strips, severing the center line, depositing containers in leg panel apertures and securing the containers to the thereby formed holders.

Abstract: A dual purpose shipping cover serving, in conjunction with locking means, as a cover for a conventional air brake cylinder containing an AB type railroad air brake piston assembly and serving in a matched pair, in conjunction with said locking means as a composite container for the AB piston. The cover has a stepped cylindrical contour to conform to both the piston end and the head end of the piston assembly.

Abstract: A multiple compartment thermally insulated container having at least two compartments preferably detachable from each other by luggage-type fasteners; at least one of the compartments having a side door for access to solid or semi-solid food such as stews, puddings, etc. A handle member is removably coupled to one of said compartments and swively coupled to the other of said compartments.

Abstract: In a strip for holding fastening elements, such as nails and the like, as they are fed into a setting device for insertion into a target material, break-off locations are provided in the strip to separate used portions of the strip from portions still containing fastening elements. The holder strip is an elongated flat tape or belt-like member. The fastening elements are secured within holes spaced apart in the elongated direction of the strip. The fastening elements have transversely extending heads which punch out parts of the strip as the elements are driven into the target material. Preferably, the break-off locations are in the form of notches extending inwardly from the longitudinal sides of the strip into the region punched out by the inserted elements. As a result, when a fastening element punches through the strip where break-off locations are present, at least a portion of the strip from which the fastening elements have been driven is separated from the remainder of the strip.

Abstract: A belt for holding a plurality of fasteners including a plurality of fastener receiving sleeves interconnected by webs. Each sleeve has a generally triangularly-shaped internal cross-sectional configuration. The corners of the internal triangle may be cut off to form flat surfaces. The fastener is engaged by the three sides of the triangle. The external surface of each adjacent sleeve has a planar portion positioned above and below the web which tapers away from said web. In addition, one end of each of the sleeves has a circular counter-bore therein and the other end has a groove therein extending parallel to the length of the belt. Each of the webs between adjacent sleeves has a V-shaped groove therein.

Abstract: A filamentary tow package in which the tow is in layers of substantially vertical folds and has adjacent layers impacted with one another. Sections of the tow are twisted and vary in helix angle from greater than 45.degree. in an S direction to greater than 45 degrees in a Z direction. The helix angle of the tow is increased by impacting it into layers of tow previously laid down.

Abstract: A can package is formed by having interdigitating bumps and depressions on the cans which lock the cans against axial movement with respect to each other. A plastic band about the periphery of the group of cans holds the cans in that locked condition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a one-piece, self-supporting stick of shirred tubular casing having an end closure within its bore and formed from the tubular casing itself, said end closure being composed of an angular tube roll of unshirred tubular casing. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the closure.

Abstract: A holder for a book of matches comprised of an enclosure element having a back panel and top and bottom retention lips which partially enclose the match book. First and second side panels restrict lateral movement of the match book to prevent removal of the book by children. The match book strike plate is accessible only through an opening in the back panel of the enclosure which is covered by a movable guard element. The guard element is biased in a closed position by means of a spring mechanism and release tab to prevent access to the strike plate by children.

Abstract: This jewelry box comprises a case and a cover which can be assembled in closed condition to form a cube or rectangular prism. In such condition the case has a top forwardly and downwardly slanting top socket carrying a forwardly and downwardly slanting pad slit to receive part of a piece of jewelry such as a ring. The cover has a downwardly and forwardly slanting underside to match the top of the case and pad. In closed condition, with the cover on the case, the box is in shape of a cube or rectangular prism. The cover can be taken off and fitted to the underside of the case with the front of the cover flush with the rear of the case, so that the exposed pad at the top of the case slants downwardly and forwardly at a greater angle than when the cover is on top of the case, for better display of the jewelry.

Abstract: This invention relates to a unilaterally closed cylindrical hollow stick of shirred tubular casing having a closure within the stick bore in the zone of the stick beginning and formed from the casing end itself, said closure being composed of a U-shaped body of longitudinally shirred tubular casing. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the closure.

Abstract: The safety cap of the present invention is for use with a medicament vial having a puncturable seal. The cap includes a cylindrical extension provided with a shape-retentive but slightly expandable cylindrical body slidable therein having a diametrically reduced sharpened tubular needle extension on its inner end for piercing the seal. The body includes first and second portions of slightly different diameters, with the portion of smaller diameter outermost, and an inwardly tapering center portion, thus defining two shoulders for cooperating with an inwardly projecting lip on the outer end of the cylindrical extension to resiliently resist inward movement of the body and to prevent outward withdrawal of the body after it has been pressed inwardly to puncture the seal.

Abstract: A molded two-part moisture and shock proof container produced from polymeric material intended for the packaging, storage and shipment of projectiles. Each half of the container has a substantially cylindrical configuration with an enlarged open mouth and the exterior surfaces include uniformly spaced longitudinally extending ribs; one half is exteriorly threaded adjacent the open mouth thereof for threaded engagement within the interiorly threaded portion of the mating half of the container. A novel method of exterior banding is provided so that assemblies of multiple containers may be produced. The top and bottom surfaces of the container are provided with concentric annular ribs for the reception of a disengaging tool to permit convenient separation of the container halves.

Abstract: A frangible bonding system utilizes blush lacquer as the frangible link in a system for bonding a substrate to a surface, such as the surface of a cover layer. The system is particularly adapted for packaging sterilized products. A substrate, such as paper, is coated with a layer of blush lacquer and dried. An adhesive, such as heat seal material, is superposed. A cover layer is overlaid, with a product between the layers. The package is then sealed and sterilized. Opening of the package is by peeling the cover layer and substrate from one another, breaking the cohesive internal bonds of the blush lacquer.

Abstract: A package of disposable pipette tips in which the tips are supported on trays and trays with tips are stacked one upon another such that the tip of one tray project into but do not touch the tips of the tray below. A tip removal member is mounted on the carton.