Abstract: A packaging assembly includes a plurality of individual packages. Each of the plurality of individual packages is adjoined to at least one other of the plurality of individual packages. The individual packages can be adjoined by hinged and/or detachable connections. Each of the plurality of individual packages has a base, a sidewall integral with and extending from the base, and an opening defined by an end of the sidewall distal from the base. Any conceivable product can be packaged in the packaging assembly. The packaging assembly can be configured in a nested manner and has a ratio of a packaged product volume to an occupied space volume that is at least 0.5 and less than 1.

Abstract: This invention relates to a gas hydrate (often referred to as a clathrate) comprising a water-in-gas emulsion (egdry-water (DW)) and an enclathrated exogenous gas such as for example methane, natural gas, hydrogen or carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A packaging and storage container for magnetic diskettes and related documentation comprising a retangular container having two parts bound together by a connecting spine and opening like a book. The one side of the container holds three and one half and/or five and one quarter inch diskettes while the opposite side is adapted to hold the documentation which normally accompanies program diskettes. The container serves as an attractive package for the software and documentation during the marketing and distribution process. It also serves as the filing location for both the program diskette(s) and the documentation after the sale of the product.

Abstract: Latent heat is stored in a liquid storage material having a variable phase-dependent density from which material heat is subsequently removed by heat transfer with an immiscible liquid interfaced with the storage material, such that storage material at the interface is solidified resulting in the separation thereof from the interface by buoyancy forces.