Abstract: A shipping container for brittle substrates including a rigid outer container with a removable cover; a substrate carrier within the outer container and being slotted to carry the substrates on edge; and a substrate retaining cushion between the upper edges of the substrates and the cover of the outer container and including a resilient polyethylene panel with a corrugated shaped bottom to engage, locate and press downwardly upon the upper edges of each substrate and upstanding deformable ribs bearing against the cover and resiliently maintaining downward pressure through the panel on the substrates.

Abstract: A glove conditioning container designed particularly for conditioning gloves used for various sports such as golf and handball. The subject container comprises a foldable type member which includes means for separating gloves contained therein and further includes means for permitting a controlled amount of air to reach the gloves while stored therein.

Abstract: A liquor trunk for storage of glasses and liquor bottles includes a body having a base, a pair of upwardly extending end walls, an upwardly extending front wall, an upwardly extending rear wall, an open top and a chamber therein. A cover member has a top, a pair of downwardly extending end walls, a downwardly extending front wall, a downwardly extending rear wall, an open base, and a chamber therein. A plurality of hinge elements join the cover to the base. A pair of elongated board elements are longitudinally disposed in the chamber of the cover, wherein the upper board element has a plurality of openings therethrough, wherein the glasses are insertable through the openings to rest on the lower board element. A mechanism is included for maintaining the glasses in position. A glass rack is longitudinally disposed in a forward portion of the chamber of the body. A bottle rack is disposed in the chamber of the body rearwardly of the glass rack.

Abstract: A unitary golf bag head for arranging a set of golf clubs in a series of downwardly and forwardly pitched tiers, and for releasably securing and/or resiliently clamping the heads of the clubs in fixed staggered positions relative to one another.

Abstract: A spill-resistant container having a truncated conical base for receiving liquid, and a generally cylindrical neck extending upwardly from said base. A tip ring is integrally carried on the container between the base and the neck, and provides an overall container diameter approximately equal to the container height. Thus, when tipped, the container rests on the ring in a partially upright position to prevent liquid from spilling therefrom.

Abstract: The specification discloses the structure and method of making a light-weight semi-rigid luggage case having a main body portion and a cover portion hinged along one of the mating side edges to enable the cover to swing out and in with respect to the body portion to which it may be locked as by a separable fastener. The body portion and the cover portion each have a semi-rigid supporting frame consisting of a substantially rectangular loop of spring steel wire secured adjacent the outside face thereof. An additional substantially rectangular loop of spring steel wire is supported by a movable flap, attached adjacent the inner edge of the body portion, and is adapted to be swung down inside the body portion to a position between the other two support loops, to provide a central support frame for the body portion as well as a retainer for a liner member of the body portion. The construction enables the parts of the luggage case to be readily assembled and installed by standard sewing machine equipment.

Abstract: A home use seal container for food vacuum storage, comprising a vessel and a lid superimposable thereon through the interposition of a resilient gasket, the lid having fast therewith two valves through one of which it is possible to remove air from the container by means of a suction pump and respectively through the other of which it is possible to introduce air into the same container.

Abstract: A billfold file for storing currency bills in a billfold, the file being attached or unattached thereto, for quick, accurate filing. A master plate adapted to bend with the billfold and having left and right retainers off-set from one side thereof and providing edges around which the inwardly turned ends of a plurality of parallel panels are disposed, the panels being semi-rigid and adapted to be disposed with broad bill engaging central portions arranged in parallelism with the master plate for receiving currency bills therebetween, the panels bearing bill denomination indicia.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously extruding and foaming a seamless, closed cell, cellular, tubular conduit by extruding through no-land die and restricting foaming action until the conduit has been extruded. The resultant conduit can be made either uni-layer or multiple layer, with or without reinforcing with any of the layers foamed to produce an extremely flexible hose at a wide temperature range and having great resistance to kinking.

Abstract: An expandable, externally-threaded collar member which is adapted to cooperate with an internally-threaded cap member to form a closure for a container. Advantageously, the expandable, externally-threaded collar member can be applied to the top, neck portion of the container by merely sliding said collar member over the rim of the container. Once in place, the container can then be sealed by applying the internally-threaded cap member to the externally-threaded collar member.

Abstract: A re-usable container for storing and transporting food products, comprises an open-ended body with a mouth ring attached to an open end. The mouth ring is thicker than the container body wall, and its internal surface is shaped to receive and to latch over a flange on a closure for that open end.

Abstract: Rigid shipping container for elongated articles such as rolls of plastic sheet or film. The shipping container comprises similar upper and lower rigid pallets and a pair of like or similar end plate assemblies which support the roll. The pallets have legs which are arranged so that they will interengage with the legs of another pallet of identical structure so that a vertical stack of shipping containers can be formed without lateral slippage. The positions of the end plates are adjustable to accommodate rolls of different widths.

Abstract: A vehicle protector utilizes a plurality of plastic sheets each having one surface thereof covered with a soft resilient material. The soft side of the sheets are disposed covering the outermost surface of the front fenders, the front door panels and the remaining side panels of a motor vehicle. The sheets are cut so as to have their marginal edges substantially conform to the marginal edges of the portions of the vehicle which they are adapted to cover. A pair of elastic bands straddle the front grille portion of the vehicle and are secured to the leading marginal edges of the pair of sheets covering the front fenders. Another pair of elastic members join the pair of sheets covering the front fenders, residing on the hood of the vehicle. Snap fasteners secure the trailing edge of the front fender cover sheets to the body of the vehicle adjacent the leading edge of the front doors. Another pair of sheets cover the front doors and are adapted with openings accommodating door handles and sideview mirrors.

Abstract: A condensation proof glass assembly includes a cup of plastic material having an inner wall surface and a bottom wall, and a glass container having a similarly shaped outer wall surface and a bottom wall, snugly projected down into the cup, with the bottom walls spaced apart defining a spill over and condensation reservoir. A plurality of upright grooves in the outer surface of the container define corresponding ridges engaging the cup, with the grooves forming a series of drip channels conducting water to the reservoir.

Abstract: A container closure, especially for mixing containers, which comprises a round closure dish, and a pressure medium operable cylinder-piston system connected to the discharge housing. The piston rod of the cylinder-piston system is operable to move the closure dish into and out of the opening of a container to be closed. In the cylindrical outer surface of the closure dish there is provided an annular groove having inserted therein a sealing element which in the closing position of the closure dish engages the guiding surface of the discharge opening in the wall of the container to be closed.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in blood and like sampling comprises a container and a fitting closure. The blood can be transferred to and from the container without removal of the closure. The container has a shelf to provide a sealing surface for the bottom of the closure which is received in an upper portion of the container. The closure is provided with passageways and is removable from a closed position in which the passageways are sealed against the shelf and a position which allows passage of blood to and from the lower portion of the container. The upper portion of the container can be of larger diameter than the lower portion and can be either concentric or eccentrically located with respect to the lower portion. An adaptor for use with the apparatus is also disclosed which allows a blood sample to be aspirated directly from a vein into the container through closure.

Abstract: A closure lid for a home canning jar includes a cap member threadably engaging the neck of a canning jar. A flexible dome shaped body extends upwardly through the cap member. A mechanism is provided for forming an airtight seal between the cap and the body. A mechanism is provided for forming an airtight seal between the body and an upper edge of the neck of the jar.

Abstract: An improved bottle cap particularly useful for returnable containers is disclosed. The cap is composed of a top disk, a thin-walled cylindrical outer skirt and a coaxial inner skirt. The outer skirt is weakened along two circumferential score lines which traverse the skirt in an arc of about 250.degree. to 358.degree. forming a weakened cylindrical band around most of the outer skirt. A narrow strip connecting the upper portion of the skirt to the lower portion is left between the incompleted arc. At least one vertical score line extends downwardly from the lower circumferential score line to the bottom edge of the outer skirt. A tab is attached to the cylindrical band to provide a means whereby a person may grasp the tab between the fingers and tear the band from the cap. Two circumferential beads traverse the inside of the outer skirt with one bead being disposed above the upper score line and one bead below it.

Abstract: A strip of plastics tags is formed by successively displacing portions of the strip from the plane of the strip along longitudinally spaced lines transverse of the strip, and, before contact between said displaced portions and the remainder of the strip is lost, replacing said portions in the plane of the strip.

Abstract: A handbag having generally rectangular front and back panels is constructed of a double wall of pliable sheet material with the outer wall being transparent, the walls secured together along spaced apart vertical and horizontal intersecting seams for defining a plurality of picture receiving pockets. The pockets are provided with a horizontal slit in the upper edge of the inner wall at the upper edge of each pocket and an inner lining is detachably secured along its upper edge to the inside of the handbag for covering the pockets for retaining the pockets closed and the photographs in the respective pockets.