Abstract: A method and system comprising a sewing machine spare parts kit having a base comprising a plurality of compartments and a lid which, in one embodiment of the invention, is hingeably secured to the base. The kit also comprises a plurality of order record forms. The order record form has a plurality of record areas with indicia of part number, part name, and order quantity. The plurality of record areas are arranged in the same order that the spare parts are arranged in the kit. The order record members and kit facilitate identifying the spare parts which are housed in the kit as well as the quantity of spare parts to be maintained in each compartment of the kit. The order record form may be provided in the form of a postcard or alternatively, it may be provided in full scale such that it replicates in full scale the compartments in the kit, thereby making it easy for a service technician to reference, identify, order and use the spare parts in the kit.

Abstract: A stand alone folding bottle pack to separate and protect from injurious contact with each other the individual bottles in at least two rows of bottles standing vertically in a container, said bottle pack being manufactured in a partially or fully unfolded condition to facilitate moulding and unmoulding and stacking for packaging prior to use, and then optionally locked in the folded stand alone condition, for manual or mechanical insertion into said container, appropriately located and standing erect, ready to receive said bottles, which may then also be inserted either manually or mechanically.

Abstract: An attache case has a partition whose upper surface supports a laptop or notebook computer. The computer is removably affixed to the partition by hook and loop fasteners or the like, and the fasteners may be easily repositioned or replaced when one upgrades or changes computers. Placement of the computer in the upper half of the case better conceals its existence, and when used, the computer is more accessible because of its elevation.

Abstract: Core or tube plugs protect ends of hollow cores (around which material is wrapped) during transport when a plurality of such wrapped cores is assembled for shipment. Assemblies of a plurality of rolls of such wrapped cores are prepared by inserting a hollow tube through the plurality of wrapped cores and sealing the ends of such cores and tubes with plugs specially designed for that purpose. Each plug has a substantially rotation-symmetrical body with a plurality of axially-sequential segments, one of which at least substantially fills and protects an end of the hollow core and another of which at least substantially fills an end of the hollow tube (which passes through a plurality of hollow cores). One plug at each end of a assembly of wrapped cores secures the assembly together over the tube passing through the wrapped cores.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying merchandise. The apparatus comprises a carton having a bottom and first and second adjacent sides. The first side defines a hole. The apparatus further comprises an arm having a hinge edge and a mutually exclusive periphery edge, the hinge edge is hingedly connected to the first side. The arm has a packing position and an operable position and is movable from the packing position to the operable position. When in the packing position, the arm is positioned within the hole, and the periphery edge is connected to the first side in intermittent intervals thereby forming a perforation between the arm and the first side. When in the operating position, the arm is substantially parallel to the first side and substantially perpendicular to the second side, thereby projecting from the carton. Sill further, the arm has first and second portions. The first and second portions are hingedly connected along a fold line.

Abstract: An IC carrier includes an IC receiving portion for receiving therein an IC package, and a latch arm for engaging an edge portion of the IC package received in the IC receiving portion so that the IC package may be anchored in the receiving portion. The IC carrier further includes a corner regulation portion formed on a foremost end portion of the latch arm and having a regulation element disposed along one side surface of a corner portion of an IC package body and a regulation element disposed along the other side surface thereof. The corner regulation portion is provided with an engagement claw for engaging an upper edge of the corner portion of the IC package body.

Abstract: A package consisting in an article packaged by a packaging film exhibiting heat shrinkability is disclosed. The packaging film has its wrapping terminal end formed with a protuberant tearing tab, and a severing tape is bonded to the inner surface of the film for extending from the distal end of the tearing tab along the entire length of the film along the article wrapping direction. The severing tape has a width lesser than the width of the tearing tab and is formed of a material having heat shrinkage percentage lower than that of the film. The tearing tab has its distal end reduced in width for reducing the allowance for heat fusion. For reducing the allowance for heat fusion, the distal end of the tearing tab is semi-circular in contour. The distal end of the severing tape substantially in register with the center sealing region of the film is designed as a non-fusing region to facilitate the exfoliation of the severing tape.

Abstract: A rectangular storage box combined with a rectangular box-like filler for storing rectangular paper articles. The filler has only three connected planar vertical extending sides with two of the sides parallel to each other and all of the sides connected to a horizontal planar top side at their top edges. The filler is adapted to receive and maintain the paper articles on their ends extending in a vertical position. The storage box is constructed to receive the filler in a close fitting relationship with the two parallel sides of the filler being parallel with the sides of the box and the third vertical side of the filler being parallel to the ends of the box.

Abstract: A packed electric lamp including a carton having three articulated sides defining a sleeve of triangular cross-section with opposing open ends and two opposing triangular flaps closing the open ends of the triangular sleeve. A reflector lamp having a broad face and a tapered reflector body is arranged in the carton with its broad face extending along one of the three sides defining the triangular sleeve, the other two carton sides defining the triangular sleeve extending along the tapered body and terminating at a corner of the sleeve adjacent the distal end of the reflector body. The carton has a significantly smaller plan form than rectangular or square cuboidal cartons, allowing more lamps to fit in a given space on retail shelves. The carton is formed from a unitary blank having three rectangular panels joined at fold lines and first and second opposing primary triangular flaps articulated from respective ones of the rectangular panels.

Abstract: An apparatus for recycling liquids, such as, for example, used motor oil. For example, an outer container, such as a five gallon plastic container, is provided which contains unused oil. A pump can be used to pump out the unused oil for use. This leaves a liquid void in the container. A collapsible bag is contained within the container and has an external opening. Used oil may then be poured into the collapsible bag replacing the liquid void left when the unused oil was pumped out, but not contaminating the unused oil. When all of the unused oil has been pumped out, the contained with the bag of used oil can be recycled. Alternatively, other liquids can be recycled. Also, the collapsible bag can contain the unused oil.

Abstract: Packaging of card or corrugated cardboard in the form of a basket and for the purpose of packaging loads such as rows of bottles. According to the invention the cover of said package is formed by two upsidedown trapezium-section gutters that are engaged one in the other, enabling said cover to be formed accurately regardless of the kind and/or shape of the load. A machine is also provided for enabling such packages to be closed on a continuous basis as they pass through the machine towards an outlet therefrom.

Abstract: A modular package provides physical protection from shock, crushing and vibration. The modular package is reusable and expandable to fit a variety of sizes of printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, the package has an electrically conductive exterior and provides a faraday shield to protect the printed circuit board from damage by electrical fields.

Abstract: A one piece shroud combined with a stack and preferably a pallet. The shroud includes first and second central panels, first and third lateral panels on either side of the first central panel and second and fourth lateral panels on either side of the second central panel.

Abstract: An arrangement for mixing two components comprises a container having a first engaging formation, a closing element having a second engaging formations cooperating with the first engaging formation when the closing element is screwed onto the container, and a removable receptacle releasably connectable with the closure element and having a foil which faces an interior of the container when the closure element is screwed onto the container, and is removable in an assembled condition so as to release a content of the receptacle into the interior of the container.

Abstract: A product shipping and display assembly includes a tray, a sleeve element positioned in the tray and a plurality of packages stacked in the sleeve element on the tray. The sleeve element has rear and side walls. The sleeve element side walls curve or bow outwardly to increase the columnar loading strength of the sleeve element. A plurality of assemblies can be positioned on a pallet and separately removed from the pallet.

Abstract: A film cartridge container which can accommodate two film cartridges with short film tongues projecting straight from the cartridges. The film cartridge container has devices for fixing the film cartridges in the container and for attaching another film cartridge container by lid and bottom so that many containers can be stack for display.

Abstract: An article of manufacture is provided which enables nails to be fed serial fashion to a nail-driving device. The article of manufacture comprises a nail-supporting strip in the form of interconnected sleeves, each sleeve having a plurality of radially-extending ribs that define a nail-receiving passageway, and an end wall that is formed integral with the ribs. The sleeves are connected to each other by narrow webs that permit the sleeves to be sheared off from one another. The strip is adapted to receive and support a plurality of nails, with each nail being received and supported by a separate sleeve. The resulting combination of strip and nails forms a nail clip that is adapted to be loaded into the nail-receiving magazine of a nail-driving device.

Abstract: A separable food and beverage combination has an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The upper chamber is formed by a first circumferential wall and a first bottom wall attached to the first circumferential wall. A first lid is releasably connected to the first circumferential wall and opposes the first bottom wall. The first lid has a hinged spout hingingly movable from a closed position and an open position. The lower chamber is formed by a second circumferential wall and a second bottom wall attached to the second circumferential wall. A lid plate, threadingly connected to the first bottom wall and threadingly connected to the second circumferential wall, opposes the second bottom wall. A bowl is removably placed within the lower chamber. A removable partition forms separable compartments in the bowl.

Abstract: A container for a work object, such as a fishing rod and reel assembly or the like, the container having a housing with an internal chamber dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the work object therewithin; and an assembly mounted on the housing for retaining the work object in the internal chamber in a substantially ready position for removal therefrom.

Abstract: A device for storing magnetic tape cassettes has a housing with a slider member insertable against a spring force and adapted to support a compact cassette. A locking member can be introduced into the reel hub of the compact cassette only when it is inserted. It is actuated by a shaft and an actuating element formed as a one-piece part. When a digital cassette is inserted, the locking member remains below the supporting surface of the slider member.