Abstract: A beverage can end for connection with a can body having a necked-down top, and wherein the center expansion panel of the end forms a gate which is pushed downwardly into the can to open it. This provides, essentially, an open-top-can wherefrom a beverage may be drunk in the same manner as if it were a glass or a cup. The can end, of drawn metal, includes a triple fold reinforcement ring constituting a chuck panel adjacent to the chuck wall of the peripheral seaming ring of the end. The upper layer of the triple fold connects with the bottom of the chuck wall and the lower layer with the center expansion panel. A score-cut about the underside of the lower layer, with a short uncut portion forming a hinge, permits the center expansion panel to be separated from the triple fold and pushed downwardly to open the can.

Abstract: A card stock sheet prepared for subsequent severance along a perforation line in the sheet defined by a sequence of closely spaced perforations and a continuous score cut at one surface of the sheet, extending part way into the sheet and coinciding with the perforation line with the uncut portions of the sheet between the perforations maintaining sheet integrity and with the score cut line providing a smooth edge when severance occurs.

Abstract: A business card is formed as a laminate comprising an information-carrying face sheet and a protective backing sheet which enhances the rigidity of the face sheet. The face sheet has a contact adhesive at its back surface which bonds the face sheet and backing sheet together, and is provided with a score cut about its edge portions which defines a lift-out panel whereon the information is printed and margin portions at the edges of the card. The backing sheet has a release surface engaging the lift-out panel permitting the lift-out panel to be removed and be affixed to other surfaces such as a file card while the marginal surfaces of the backing sheet engage the margin portions of the face sheet and are tightly and permanently adhered thereto. In the preferred embodiment, the release surface extends a short distance beyond the score cut to facilitate removal of the lift-out panel. The panel may be proportioned to properly fit the surface of file cards of standard sizes.

Abstract: An improved line connector, of synthetic resin such as nylon, for a fishhook. The connector is a rod-like member having one end affixed to the shank of a fishhook. The improvement resides in the construction of the axial passageway and the knot pocket at the other end of the connector to hold the knotted end of a fishline. The improvement is to enhance the reliability and holding strength of both the connector and the line by providing a greater resilience of the connector to reduce the possibility of shock failure of either the connector or the knotted end of the line. A deep cone-shaped entrance of the passageway, at the end of the connector combined with a slotted side opening, forming a knot pocket, facilitates flexing of the seat within the pocket against which the knot is held and flexing of the sides of the connector against which the knot is pressed. This is especially important in avoiding undesirable stress concentration.

Abstract: A beverage can end of drawn metal is provided with a lipped opening upstanding from the expansion panel of the end. The expansion panel may be convex, flat or concave. The lipped opening is proportioned to facilitate drinking and pouring from a can. A height of the lip of 0.25 inches is sufficient for this purpose. The lip is formed as a circular wall with a pushdown gate positioned within the lip, the gate being mounted on a seating and hinging means which preferably is a triplefold of drawn metal. The hinging and seating means within the lip is of a smaller diameter than the lip wall, and is supported by a bridging means connecting with the top of the lip wall. The bridging means includes a circular panel and may include an inner wall portion. In a first embodiment, the circular panel is the top of the lipped opening and the seating and hinging means is at the base of an inner wall, whose top is at the inner edge of the circular panel to space the inner wall from the outer wall.

Abstract: A technique by which business or calling cards of standard dimensions can be retained and displayed in conventional file or address card systems of the type which utilize a file card that has an available and usable surface area which, in at least one dimension, is smaller than that of the business card. The business card has a contact adhesive back surface normally covered by a release sheet which is adapted to be removed when the card is to be mounted on a file card. The card itself is score-cut about its edge portion to provide a rectangular lift-out panel whch carries all of the printed information, which lift-out panel is smaller than the original business card and is proportioned to properly fit the available usable surface area of the file card upon which the panel is thereafter adhesively affixed.

Abstract: A file-index card system for retaining and displaying conventional business cards is disclosed. The system includes a frame in which is held a multiplicity of file cards in the form of planar sheets. Each file card has an area of adhesive covering a portion thereof, with a protective peel-off covering placed over the area of adhesive. Registration markings are provided on each file card to at least one side of the area of adhesive, the registration markings serving to delimit the edge of a conventional business card to be affixed to the file card. In use, the protective peel-off covering is removed to expose the adhesive. A conventional business card is then aligned with the registration markings and is affixed to the file card to thereby be displayed.

Abstract: A conical can end wherein the central expansion panel of the end is drawn to form a conical frustum with a panel at the apex end thereof, an aperture in the apex panel, a push-down gate beneath this aperture and a short hinge means interconnecting the gate with the apex panel.

Abstract: A safety landing hook for landing fish is disclosed, the hook has an elongate member having a handle at one end and a comparatively large hook at the opposite end. A hinge permits the hook to swing from an extended position towards the handle and to a retracted position where the point of the hook contacts the handle. A lock normally locks the hinge with the hook at its extended position but can release the hinge to permit the hook to swing to its retracted position, and a holding arrangement holds the point of the hook in its retracted position when the landing hook is not being used.

Abstract: A can end having a push-down gate for opening a can to which the end is affixed and having a push-down gate vent in the primary gate adapted to be opened before the gate is opened to relieve gas pressure from within the can.

Abstract: This invention concerns a conical can end wherein the central panel of the end is drawn to form a conical frustum with a ring-shaped aperture at its apex end. A recessed panel closes this aperture. A scoreline in this aperture panel defines a gate therein and an opening tab is connected to the gate and placed in the aperture. The tab is pulled or lifted to rupture the score line to open the can end. The tab may be used to remove the gate from the panel or push the gate inwardly with the gate being hinged to the aperture panel.

Abstract: A can end having a push-down gate for opening a can to which the end is affixed and having a push-down gate vent in the primary gate adapted to be opened before the gate is opened to relieve gas pressure from within the can.

Abstract: A conical can end wherein the central expansion panel of the end is drawn to form a conical frustum with a panel at the apex end thereof, an aperture in the apex panel, a push-down gate beneath this aperture and a short hinge means interconnecting the gate with the apex panel.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a gated can lid preparatory to attaching the lid to the body of a can, a pushdown gate is first formed in a metal blank prior to cutting the outline of the lid. The gate is cut in a panel which is integral with the lid, below an aperture in the lid, and beneath an underfolded, interconnecting spacer strip about this aperture. After the lid outline is cut from the blank, the circumferential chuck panel, seaming panel and curl are formed to complete the gated lid.

Abstract: A push-down gate in a panel section of a can end, below an aperture therein and being connected to the panel at the aperture by a hinge means wherein: said aperture comprises a short, inwardly-inclined lip upstanding from the end panel section, having an outer wall portion upfolded from the end panel, an inner wall portion forming the aperture orifice and a reverse fold at the crest of the lip interconnecting the inner and outer wall portions; an inward fold about the base of the inner wall portion forms a gate panel below the aperture, said inward fold being on a short radius and being adjacent to the upfold radius from the end panel to the outer wall portion; and a score cut in the gate panel at the inward fold extending about the panel from each side of the hinge means defines the push-down gate.

Abstract: An injection molding method is disclosed for the manufacture of a snelled fishhook. A thermoplastic, drawable, synthetic resin material is heated to a moldable state and flowed into an injection mold to form an intermediate product including a first slightly enlarged cylindrical portion at one end which envelops a shank of a hook, a snell strand coupled to the enlarged cylindrical portion, and a loop at the opposite end of the snell strand adapted to receive a fishing line. The snell strand and the loop strand of the intermediate product have oversized diameters. The snell strand is drawn between the first slightly enlarged cylindrical portion and the loop to reduce the snell strand to proper diameter and also to increase the strength of the strand. The loop is drawn between its crotch and its apex so as to reduce its diameter and increase its strength and toughness. A split multiple-section injection mold is further disclosed for carrying out both the molding and drawing procedures.

Abstract: A hook with a connector therefor upon which bait can be threaded thereon and securely held in place is disclosed, the hook with a connector performing the well-known functions of a Carlisle or Peckway minnow hook in an improved manner, and without the necessity for tedious hand-wrapping of a snell to the shank of a hook. The novel hook with a connector comprises an elongated rod-like tubular connecting member of a resilient, synthetic resin material, such as nylon, and having a diameter which does not greatly exceed the diameter of a hook shank attached thereto to enable bait to be threaded thereon and passed onto and over the connector. The shank of a hook is disposed in an axial socket which extends into one end of the connecting member, the axial socket having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the hook shank so as to resiliently and firmly grip same.

Abstract: The invention provides a tapered filament of nylon, or a like drawable synthetic resin plastic. A leader for fishing tackle is a preferred use for such a filament.A tapered filament blank of undrawn material is formed and drawn to produce the finished product. The drawing operation is effected, essentially, by holding the larger end of the filament blank with a fixed grip and the smaller end of the filament blank with a shiftable grip. The shiftable grip is shifted along the reach of the filament to remain near the shoulder of the draw as the draw proceeds. A preferable operation will provide for drawing from the small end of the filament towards the larger end and winding the drawn portion upon a drum, or pulling it by gripping rolls, and moving the larger end of the filament towards the drum, or rolls, at a rate which holds the draw shoulder near the drum or rolls.Undrawn blank filaments may be manufactured by injection molding or extrusion operations.

Abstract: Wraps to hold line guides on a flexible fisherman's rod are formed as sleeve-like units of a resilient polymer material which exhibits the characteristic properties of being capable of being elastically stretched, fixed in its stretched state by lowering the temperature thereof below normal room temperature whereby the elasticity is lost, and subsequently returned towards its original unstretched state by being allowed to warm towards normal room temperature such that the elasticity thereof is regained. The sleeve-like wrap is radially expanded and elastically stretched so as to increase its inside diameter to a diameter greater than the diameter of the rod. While in an expanded state, the temperature of the rod wrap is lowered sufficiently to cause the rod wrap to lose its elasticity and remain in a fixed and expanded state. The rod wrap is then placed about the fishing rod and over at least a portion of the line guide or other rod implement to be attached to the rod.

Abstract: A can end includes a pushdown gate formed in a panel portion below a narrow, underfolded rim at the opening in the end. The outline of the gate is a frangible discontinuity in the panel portion underneath the rim and the same may be ruptured by pushing the gate downwardly and into the can. A method of drawing and folding the end material permits the frangible discontinuity to be formed before the rim is folded over the discontinuity.