Abstract: Described herein are sterile vessels, as for pharmaceutical use, wherein there is disposed about a primary closure partially protuberant from the vessel a secondary closure resistive of non-destructive disengagement. The secondary closure, which is preferably heat shrunk about the vessel neck and primary closure, is provided with an attenuated fracture zone to facilitate opening. The invention finds application, e.g. in multicompartment mixing vials wherein the primary closure serves as a piston plug which, when activated, unseats a divider plug separating compartments containing medicaments or the like which are accordingly permitted to mix.

Abstract: A portable tennis locker organizer which comprises in combination (a) foldable bag-like member which exposes in its unfolded position and on its interior surface; (b) a plurality of pouches and pocket compartments permanently affixed to the interior surface of said bag-like member; (c) a half moon shaped pocket with strap fastening means that is also permanently affixed to the interior surface of said bag-like means and positioned so that a tennis racket placed within said pocket will lie in a plane horizontally with respect to the vertical plane of said bag-like member in its unfolded position; (d) a cylindrical sleeve pocket contained within the interior surface of the bag-like means and of sufficient size and located opposite the half moon shape pocket so that the handle of a tennis racket may be inserted therein while the racket's head is contained within the half moon pocket.

Abstract: A protective device for stacked logs and log racks is disclosed; the device generally including a flexible sleeve open at one end and along one longitudinal side and having a closable opposite end; the device adapted to be secured directly to the log rack if desired.

Abstract: A container with a closure, the container and closure being engageable by relative rotation, locking means on the container and closure which allow the closure to be rotated in the direction required to apply the closure but not in the opposite sense, the locking means on one of the container and closure being formed as a tear band so as to unlock the pair of locking means and allow removal and replacement of the closure.

Abstract: A three-quart thin-walled blow molded plastic milk bottle of novel and useful construction.

Abstract: A container of a pliable material comprises a tubular wall having an upper marginal portion, an upper end wall connected to the marginal portion of the tubular wall, and two suspension elements located opposite to one another and connected to the marginal portion of the tubular wall. Each of the suspension elements forms a loop having an interior and is provided with two side edge portions spaced from one another in a transverse direction and laterally bounding the interior. Each of the side edge portions is provided with a hem fixedly connected to the marginal portions of the tubular wall by means of seams. The seams comprise at least two first seams extending in a longitudinal direction of the suspension elements and spaced from one another in the transverse direction and at least two second seams intersecting one another and extending between the first seams at an angle to the latter.

Abstract: A thermal insulating container which comprises a cup-shaped cover member and a cup-shaped base member which telescope together to form a structure which has a central cavity which will accommodate a liquid containing bottle such as a baby bottle. The base is flat on one end and open on the opposite end to define a cavity adapted to accommodate and frictionally engage up to one half the length of the bottom portion of the bottle and to hold the same in upright position. The cover is open on one end to define a cavity which accommodates the remainder of the bottle. The cover cavity has a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the bottle so that when the cover is disengaged from an erect base, the bottle remains in an upright position in the base which provides a bottle support. The base may be weighted to prevent tipping.

Abstract: A temperproof closure element integrally formed from molded synthetic material. The top cap section has a series of outwardly spaced projections which cooperate with mating inwardly spaced projections on a tear strip. A locking collar is provided with a similar series of inwardly spaced projections corresponding with mating outwardly directed projections on the same tear strip. The thickness of material along each of the set of mating projections is diminished providing a zone of reduced strength so that the tear strip can be removed prior to first use of the container containing the closure element.

Abstract: A carrying case fabricated of sheet material which includes a box-like rear compartment having an open front defined partially by a pair of generally parallel vertical side edges. A pair of box-like front compartments each have an open side defined partially by a generally vertical edge hinged to one of the edges of the rear compartment. Each front compartment is approximately one-half the size of said rear compartment and is pivotable about the hinged edge between a closed position closing the open front of the rear compartment and an open position whereat the interior of all three compartments are exposed. A handle is provided on the top front edge of the rear compartment.

Abstract: An improved sealing apparatus for applicators of the type having means for sealing an exposed surface of an applicator from the environment comprises means for positively locking the sealing means, means for unlocking the sealing means and means for disengaging the sealing means.

Abstract: A three-quart thin-walled blow molded plastic milk bottle of novel and useful construction.

Abstract: A mixing container having a recessed portion with a concave vessel nested in said recessed portion, said vessel having a bottom with an opening extending therethrough with said bottom being in contact with the recessed portion of the container.

Abstract: A suit bag comprises a bag portion of plastic film having a handle secured at each end of the bag. The sole means of entering the suit bag is provided by a slit or opening which extends between the ends of the bag. The handle is of plastic and has a hand grip portion integrally molded with a bar portion. A hook for hanging a suit is integrally molded with an edge of the bar portion opposite the hand grip portion. The bar portion of each handle is thermally welded to the respective bag end. The hand grip portion is exterior of the bag and is centrally located at the bag's end. The handles have fastening means exterior of the bag which mate with one another to secure the pair of handles together in face-to-face relationship with the hand grip portions aligned. With the handles fastened together, the bag is folded centrally of its length. The bag may be provided with means for closing the slit or opening of the bag.

Abstract: A plastics container and closure assembly in which the closure has a cap part, a tear away band, an anchor band, a hinge connecting the cap part to the anchor band and a bung to seat within the mouth of the container. The bung is deeper on one side than on the other whereby when viewed from one side the bottom of the bung is formed by an oblique line extending upwardly from the deepest part of the bung to the shallowest part and wherein the shallowest part of the bung is adjacent to a thumb tab by which the cap may be manipulated and the deepest part of the bung is adjacent to the hinge. The anchor band has an auxiliary band retaining projection positioned when in use below the auxiliary bead on the container and a main band-retaining projection when in use below the main band-retaining bead the arrangement being such that when the tear-off strip is removed the cap part remains connected to the anchor band by a hinge and the anchor band is firmly held in position.

Abstract: Biopsy tray means for sequentially conducting sterile procedures and comprising, in combination, upper and lower nested tray members retaining means for performing biopsy techniques in a sterile field. The upper tray of the nested pair is provided with a plurality of article supporting recesses formed within the top surface, with means for defining a sterile zone upon the body of a patient being releasably retained within said recesses. The lower tray of the nested pair is provided with collective apparatus for performing biopsy procedures, with the upper tray generally enveloping the lower tray so as to generally confine and conceal the upper surface of the lower tray from the ambient during the time that the sterile field is being defined on the body of the patient.

Abstract: A tamper-proof closure, for a container, which requires removal of a tamper-proof ring before the container may be opened. The closure of the present invention includes a closure body which is threadably engaged with the finish portion of a container. A split tamper-proof ring is attached to the closure body at a plurality of severable locations at the root portion of a plurality of projections formed on the interior of the tamper-proof ring. A severable bridge extends between the opposed free ends of the split tamper-proof ring and connects them. The container has a series of external projections located below the threads of the finish portion. The projections of the tamper-proof ring lock with the projections on the container to prevent removal of the closure body. To remove the closure, the severable bridge is broken and the resulting free end of the tamper-proof ring is used as a pull tab to break the connections between the closure body and the tamper-proof ring.

Abstract: A readily insertable and removable closure plug comprising an expander core aving a sealing member positioned circumferentially thereon. The expander core comprises at least two adjacent segments, one cylindrical in cross-section and the other tapered in cross-section. The sealing member is annular in shape and has tapered internal and external surfaces. In the uninstalled state, the sealing member is positioned circumferentially about the expander core tapered segment. Flanges on the expander core and sealing member insure proper positioning of the plug. Installation of the plug is effected by forcing the plug into an opening of a container until the container walls contact the sealing member. Continued application of force on the expander core forces the core through the sealing member until the position of the sealing member is changed from circumscribing the expander core tapered segment to circumscribing the core cylindrical segment.

Abstract: A sealing device adapted to be removably attached by adhesive means to a can or the like, said device being of sufficient size and shape to cover and seal openings in said container. The device consists essentially of two elements, a single piece of adhesive-backed sealing material, separated into two parts by a perforation, placed over the opening of the container and a finger catch element for separating the two parts of the sealing material along the perforation and removing that part of the sealing material which covers the opening into the container.

Abstract: Manually openable captive container closure comprising a cover portion of a manually tearable sheet material with high deadfold characteristics having an integral margin portion extending peripherally therearound together with means for enabling said margin portion to be attached contiguously around the mouth of a container to extend said cover portion sealingly across such container mouth, means for enabling manual opening of a perforation through a generally central region of said cover portion and means for directing manual tearing of said cover portion outwardly along a plurality of tear lines radiating from said perforation to said margin portion to separate said cover portion into a plurality of captive segments attached to said margin portion so that bunching of said segments against said margin portion provides a generally open and unobstructed fenestration substantially contermineous the container mouth.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a combination carrying case and racket carrier useful particularly for carrying the clothing and equipment for racket sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc. The combined article includes a racket case which is separate from but secured permanently to a bag-like section utilized in carrying clothing and other equipment related to the particular racket sport. As a unique feature, the racket case is proportioned to receive closely the head portion of the racket, permitting the handle to be exposed, and it includes a novel closure arrangement which enables the outwardly projecting racket handle to be oriented in any of several desired positions relative to the carrying facilities of the combined bag. Typically, the angular orientation of the racket handle may vary over a range of around 90.degree..