Abstract: A shipping pad is provided which has three dimensional shock resistant characteristics. The component parts of the shipping pad may be fabricated from a single sheet of plastic foam material, thus facilitating storage of the unit prior to assembly. After the component parts are removed from the sheet of foam material, they may be assembled into a shipping pad configuration with interlocking cross bars. No adhesive or other fastening means foreign to the foam material need be used.

Abstract: A nail-like fastener having a substantially rectangular washer adapted to permit overlapping vertical stacking of a number of fastener/washer assemblies for use in a fastener driving apparatus of the type including a piston. The washers each include two substantially U-shaped recesses or cut-outs disposed one each near the midpoints of the top and bottom washer edges, such that the bottom fastener of a stack may be fired from the driving apparatus without disruption of the remainder of the stack.

Abstract: A jewelry display for rings which enables prospective customers to try on the rings and which prevents ring theft. The device includes a frame having a member in turn having a front display face through which a plurality of slots are provided so as to receive the shank portions of the finger rings while the ornamental portion thereof is outwardly displayed from the front surface. A reel having a spring retractable line attached thereto is disposed behind each of the slots. The line is connected to the ring so that it may be drawn away from the display surface as when a prospective customer is trying on a ring for size or style and so as to require return of the ring to its respective slot when released.

Abstract: A weapon safety receptacle embodies a housing section having an upstanding rear wall connected at its lower end to a forwardly extending wall which is connected to an upstanding front wall that terminates below the upper end of the rear wall to define an access opening between the upper edges of the front and rear walls. A cover section has a top wall connected to a depending rear wall which engages a recess in the upper rear portion of the rear wall of the housing section. A depending front wall of the cover section extends alongside the outer surface of and terminates below the upper edge of the front wall of the housing section. A resilient member connects the cover section to the housing section and urges the cover section toward and into engagement with the housing section.

Abstract: A package for products grouped or assembled for ease of handling, shipping, etc., which includes an outer protective plastic cover that may be selectively ruptured incident to removal from the assembly of some products, while a desired packaged condition is nevertheless effectively maintained for the remaining, yet unused, products. To a significant extent, said effectively maintained packaged condition is the result of wall constructions in the individual product containers which serve as internal supports for the outer plastic cover.

Abstract: A protective casing for removably retaining an environment-sensitive object such as a recording tape cartridge or a tape cassette and protecting such object from contamination as by dirt, dust, magnetic radiation, humidity, and temperature. The illustrated casing comprises rectangularly shaped upper and lower case sections which are hingedly connected together along one edge and maintained in that relationship by means of an elongated resilient wire torsion spring. The spring and portions of the case section edges combine to form the hinge for the casing. The case sections form a "clam-shell" construction, with the spring also serving to continuously bias the sections to a closed position against one another. The case may be manually opened and held open against the biasing force of the spring which will automatically reclose the casing as soon as it is released.

Abstract: A shadow box style carton for merchandise, such as a product packaged in a tube or bottle, which carton is formed from a single paperboard blank and which is in the form of a collapsible tube with end closure flaps and a partially open front or top through which at least part of the merchandise may be viewed, the carton having display receiving panels extending inwardly in diagonal planes from hinged connections at opposite sides of the opening and connected to an inside wall remote from the hinged connections so that space for the merchandise is provided which is flanked by display receiving panel space on each side of the merchandise.

Abstract: A combination brush holder and can connector including a holder for brushes, such as paint brushes, which is supported for vertical adjustment on a connector by means of which two cans, such as paint cans of conventional construction, are coupled together in sealing engagement with the cans arranged in vertically stacked, inverted relationship with the holder supporting the brush within the interior of the cans so that the brush bristles are immersed in the paint at any level contained in the bottom can.

Abstract: An ampule for containing a soluble gas in a solution where the ampule comprises a tubular member having a moveable plunger therein dividing the ampule into an expansion space and a solution containing space whereby a solution may expand and move the plunger into the expansion space when the ampule is autoclaved.

Abstract: A cartridge for feeding pairs of clips simultaneously in laterally spaced apart relation between a pair of clamping jaws whereby the outermost pair of clips are clamped onto an elongate member such as a vessel, in which the cartridge is formed with a pair of laterally spaced apart slots for holding a plurality of clips and a slide for endwise displacement of the clips within the slots and a spring clip for permitting the slide to move forwardly in feeding relation while resisting backward displacement.

Abstract: A venipuncture device package which when opened serves as a combination needle cover and venipuncture device tray from which a venipuncture device may be withdrawn or inserted with one hand without having to apply any force to the package. In one preferred embodiment, a blister cover made of ductile plastic is configurated to form a venipuncture device tray which is separably joined to a strip of paper backing to form the package. The tray is constructed so as to facilitate angular deformation of the tray into a hand-displaceable needle cover once the strip of paper has been partially peeled away to expose the handle of the venipuncture device while maintaining the needle of the venipuncture device enclosed within the package.

Abstract: A novel nail clip is provided for use with power actuated drivers. Each clip comprises a plurality of impact fasteners each having a flange intermediate its ends, and a strip consisting of a plurality of serially connected fastener-supporting members each surrounding and supporting the driving or impact end of a separate fastener. The strip is formed to facilitate the shearing off of said fastener-supporting members singly in response to shearing forces produced when each member and the fastener which it supports are impacted by the hammer of a driver tool.

Abstract: A safety matchpacket cover to prevent children from using any match, the device comprising a paperboard, plastic, metal or wood plate with lateral grooved guides to slide in same cover or dispenser a safe from burns and waterproof matchpacket, the device also comprising an elastic cord or rubber band that retracts the matchpacket back to its enhoused original position in the matchpacket cover or dispenser, and primarily comprising a concealed lock that prevents matches to be withdrawn from dispenser or matchpacket cover, unless unlocking the matchpacket. This concealed and unperceptable lock is effective and strong enough to prevent children and infants from releasing and lighting matches and eventually producing fires at home when same children or infants are alone.

Abstract: A three-piece package comprises a median supporting frame to which a dished base and a dished cover are latched by means of double-acting latch elements integral with the supporting structure, all three parts being preferably thermoformed plastic to provide the package in one, two, or three colors. The supporting structure may include an integral platform having one or more cavities therein to accommodate as many articles and may also support a decorative peripheral band or may comprise a frame with either an open interior with unobstructed space between the base and cover of the package or a separate platform with a cavity or cavities.

Abstract: A disposable container for a two-part composition whose plastic shell defines a cavity. A frangible partition of coated aluminum foil divides the cavity into two sealed compartments. A piercing member mounted on a resilient portion of the shell in one compartment has a free end portion transversely directed toward the partition. It pierces the partition when the resilient shell portion is pushed manually inward of the cavity, and the contents in the one compartment may then be pumped into the other compartment by alternatingly pressing and relaxing the resilient shell portion.

Abstract: A dual compartment mixing vial having a center seal isolating one compartment from the other is provided with a stopper at its open end which embodies a rod that is slidably positioned therethrough. The rod, upon being pushed downwardly, abuts the center seal of the vial and causes it to be displaced, thereby permitting the contents of the two compartments to intermix within the closed vial. An activating cap is provided for preventing accidental movement of the rod and to facilitate intentional movement of it.

Abstract: A pressure vessel for storing tennis balls includes a cylindrical open topped receptacle having in its inside upper border a peripheral groove separably engaging an elastomeric O-ring gasket provided with a finger removal tab. A vertical coaxial post is anchored to the receptacle base and axially movably supports for movement between limited raised and depressed positions a coupling member which is spring urged to raised position and releasably locked in its depressed position. A dished cover is coaxially separably connected to the coupling member and has an outwardly downwardly inclined peripheral lip engaging the O-ring when the cover is in raised position to effect an air tight seal. Mounted on the receptacle peripheral wall and communicating with the interior thereof are a pressure gauge, a pressure release and safety valve and a pressurizing check valve.

Abstract: A package for a prosthetic heart valve or the like comprising a pair of separable mating package sections for receiving the heart valve and retaining it in sterile manner in biased position against a resilient pad. A separate retainer member is positioned in the package for biasing the heart valve against the pad, the retainer member being a rigid sheet having an aperture adapted to receive a portion of the valve. One of the mating package sections is provided with a shoulder which urges the retainer member into a biased position against the heart valve so that the valve is in turn biased against the resilient pad. The shoulder is adapted to slide along the surface of the retainer member so that the torque is not transmitted to the heart valve when the package sections are rotated to open or close the package.

Abstract: Relates to individual, inexpensive, disposable holders particularly adapted for use in smoking short stubs of paper-wrapped cigarettes of the unfiltered type (without a cardboard mouthpiece) and containing shredded, dried leaves of herbs and plants. Also relates to small, pocket-size dispensers in which a plurality of such holders are carried for individual removal as needed. Matches and rolling papers may also be carried in such dispensers.

Abstract: Towelette dispenser and vapor impervious pouch containing a roll or web of absorbent material, such as non-woven fibrous towelettes pre-moistened with a chemical-containing aqueous or other fluid solution. The pouch is sealed before use to prevent the loss of moisture from the pre-moistened towelette roll and is opened at the point of, and at the time of, first use. A double lid is adapted to provide moisture seal between usages of the pre-moistened towelette, while reducing dehydration of the opened towelette pouch within the dispenser. Feed slit adaptations in the lid provide for selective tearability of individual towelette portions from the roll. The dispenser is adapted to provide a low center of gravity, and the base of the dispenser can cooperatingly engage a wall-type holder. The towelette roll contains a leader adapted for ease of feeding through the feed slot upon first use.