Abstract: An insulated food carrier characterized as a portable unit, useful for picnics, at job sites or the like, which maintains a precooked food item in a heated condition for an extended period of time. Entry to and for the food item is provided through a releasable wall portion, where an entry is provided in another wall portion of the unit for access to a storage compartment which serves to receive eating implements and the like. A recessed handle arrangement achieves effective carrying needs. In any event, the overall carrier is presented in a form including plastic outer and inner surfaces containing insulation, such as expanded polystyrene, therebetween.

Abstract: A carrier for beverage containers and more particularly a carrier in the form of a flexible bag which can be collapsed from an extended position during use to a more compact condition for storage and transport with the bag adapted to receive a plurality of vertically disposed rows of empty beverage cans to facilitate such beverage cans being returned to their point of purchase in order to obtain a refund of a deposit paid when the beverages were purchased. The bag is generally rectangular in configuration and provided with carrying handles on opposite sides thereof with the peripheral wall of the bag being transparent to enable observation of the cans disposed therein with the interior of the bag being divided into a plurality of vertical compartments by a plurality of pivotally connected dividers with the bottom of the bag including a rigid insert to provide a flat bottom to provide a stable unit when in extended condition.

Abstract: A package of wound glass fiber strand from which the glass fiber strands can be removed more efficiently for feeding into processing operations. The wound package of glass fiber strand is a package of superimposed annular layers of glass fiber strands having a central longitudinal, cylindrical cavity about which the strands are wound and having an outer cylindrical surface and a substantially flat circular top and bottom section. This package is covered with a stretchable polymeric film having a stiffness modulus of at least 1200 pounds/square inch and an elongation of about at least 5 and a thickness of about 0.75 to about 10 mils. The stretchable polymeric film is stretched around the package of glass fiber strands with a force greater than 4 pounds (18 Newtons) to stretch the film to cover the outer peripheral, cylindrical portion and to extend at least 0.5 inches (1.27 cm.) radially onto the top and bottom flat circular portions of the package.

Abstract: A multiple compartment banding sleeve is proposed in the form of a cylindrical band of heat shrinkable material, e.g., PVC, which is divided into two or more envelopes by longitudinal seams. The sleeve may be used to wrap, protect and display a grouping of similar or dissimilar items.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for constructing a bulletin board on a suitable surface such, for example, as the wall of a room in which a template of a suitable material such, for example, as paper or plastic is formed with a plurality of spaced holes of a certain shape and size and in which areas of the surface of the template surrounding the holes preferably are color coded to provide different patterns of holes. The template is laid over the surface on which the bulletin board is to be constructed and a plurality of bodies of cork or cork-like material of the same shape and slightly smaller than the template holes are adhered to the wall through respective selected openings in one of the predetermined patterns to provide an array of bodies in a predetermined pattern and of a certain density. The pattern may expeditiously be repeated by placing a portion of the template over a part of the already formed pattern and then applying additional bodies to the surface through the remainder of the template.

Abstract: A glued folder includes pockets at the opposed ends thereof for engaging the opposed ends of an elongated product to be packaged and displayed. The glued folder is formed from a single paperboard blank, having a bottom panel, as well as side panels folded and bonded along the rear surface of a main display panel, with the latter including slots such that a portion of the main display panel at each opposed end thereof cooperates with the other panels to define the pockets. The folder is secured by a single strip of adhesive applied to one side panel.

Abstract: A doctor or doctor blade is embedded in an enclosure or casing formed of plastic. The portion of such enclosure covering the region of a work edge of the doctor blade is connected with the remaining part of the enclosure by means of a reference fracture location in the form of notch-shaped weakening lines. These weakening lines determine the separation location between both of the enclosure sections or portions. After mounting the doctor blade, protected by the enclosure or casing, the work edge is exposed by separating the enclosure portion or section covering the work edge, whereas the remaining part of the enclosure remains at the doctor blade.

Abstract: A surgical thread dispenser comprising a reel for holding the thread wound thereon, a reel case enclosing the reel on one side and around the periphery thereof with an opening in the periphery for dispensing the thread, and a finger ring attached to the casing and adapted so that when the ring is placed over one finger of the surgical practitioner, the reel case is positioned in the palm of the practitioner's hand and lengths of the surgical thread may be conveniently withdrawn from the dispenser.

Abstract: A pressure-vacuum relief fuel filler cap comprising a cover, having a base and a peripheral flange, and a sub-assembly mounted at least partially within the cover with said peripheral flange surrounding a portion of the sub-assembly. The assembly comprises a body of synthetic plastic material including an outer threaded end adapted to engage a threaded filler opening, and an enlarged upper end with portions thereof engaging the base of the cover. A pressure relief valve and associated valve seat are mounted within the body and a vacuum relief valve and associated valve seat are mounted within the body. Torque limiting means are provided between the body and the cover for limiting the torque applied to the body during application to a filler opening, so that when a predetermined torque is reached, the cover can be rotated relative to the body and when the cap is rotated in the opposite direction, there can be no relative movement between the cover and the body.