Abstract: In the combination of a beverage container and a closure therefor which can serve as a drinking vessel and a coaster. The beverage container comprises a bowl having a generally hemispherical base and an axis and an upstanding wall circular in cross-section adjoining the generally hemispherical base and being inclined upwardly and inwardly to define a circular lip lying in a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the hemispherical base and providing an opening providing access to a space within the bowl. The closure comprises a circular rim lying in a plane and having a wall circular in cross-section adjoining the rim and extending downwardly and outwardly and being sized to cover the opening of the container. A cooperative seal is carried by the closure and the container for forming an air-tight seal between the rim of the closure and the lip of the bowl. A band secures the closure to the container to maintain a sealing engagement between the o-ring and the closure and the o-ring and the bowl.

Abstract: A mold with integral screen comprising a body of material having a surface, the body has a grid-like pattern of vacuum holes extending through the body of material and opening through said surface and permitting a vacuum to be supplied to said surface, a screen overlying said surface, said screen and said body being formed of the same material as the body and being integral.

Abstract: A mold with integral screen comprising a body of material having a surface, the body has a grid-like pattern of vacuum holes extending through the body of material and opening through said surface and permitting a vacuum to be supplied to said surface, a screen overlying said surface, said screen and said body being formed of the same material as the body and being integral.

Abstract: In the combination of a beverage container and a closure therefor which can serve as a drinking vessel and a coaster. The beverage container comprises a bowl having a generally hemispherical base and an axis and an upstanding wall circular in cross-section adjoining the generally hemispherical base and being inclined upwardly and inwardly to define a circular lip lying in a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the hemispherical base and providing an opening providing access to a space within the bowl. The closure comprises a circular rim lying in a plane and having a wall circular in cross-section adjoining the rim and extending downwardly and outwardly and being sized to cover the opening of the container. A cooperative seal is carried by the closure and the container for forming an air-tight seal between the rim of the closure and the lip of the bowl. A band secures the closure to the container to maintain a sealing engagement between the o-ring and the closure and the o-ring and the bowl.

Abstract: Packaging for glasses having stems, the glasses each having a base, a stem mounted on the base and an open bowl mounted on the stem. A case in the form of a parallelepiped is provided having parallel spaced-apart side walls and parallel spaced-apart end walls adjoining the side walls and top and bottom closures to provide an enclosed space for a plurality of juxtaposed glasses disposed in the space within the case. A base platform is provided having a plurality of spaced-apart wells for receiving the bases of the glasses. A top platform is provided having a plurality of spaced-apart wells receiving the bowls of the glasses. Each of the base platform and the top platform have a plurality of pedestals disposed between the wells and are formed integral therewith.

Abstract: Packaging for a plurality of juxtaposed bottles with the bottles being of a type having a base, a body adjoining the base, the body having a shoulder and an upstanding neck adjoining the shoulder and a label adhered to the body of the bottle below the shoulder and above the base. The packaging comprises a case in the form of a parallelepiped having spaced parallel side walls and spaced parallel end walls adjoining the side walls at right angles thereto and spaced-apart top and bottom closures adjoining the side and end walls at right angles thereto. A bottom insert is disposed in the bottom of the case and has a plurality of spaced-apart wells therein for receiving the bases of the plurality of juxtaposed bottles for retaining the bases of the juxtaposed bottles in spaced-apart positions.

Abstract: A flexible protective article for engaging a surface of a product for protecting the product from shock during shipment comprising a member formed of a sheet of material of molded pulp having a substantially uniform thickness throughout. The member has a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart flutes formed therein of a substantially uniform thickness extending at an angle between 15.degree. and 75.degree. with respect to a first imaginary plane extending through the flutes and extending inwardly and outwardly with respect to the first imaginary plane. Each of the flutes in a normal unloaded position has first and second legs angled with respect to each other and terminating in an apex. The first leg has a first length and the second leg has a second length. The second length is less in length than the first length. The first and second legs extend at angles on the same side of a second imaginary plane extending perpendicular to the first imaginary plane and extending through the apex.

Abstract: A combination of a carton and a plurality of containers. The carton comprises first and second parallel spaced-apart side walls. First and second parallel spaced-apart end wells adjoin the first and second side walls to form a four sided enclosure having a bottom side and top side. The first and second side walls and the first and second end walls form a bottom wall closure extending over the bottom side. The first and second side walls and the first and second end walls extend over the top side forming a top closure to provide a six-sided enclosed space. A first insert is disposed in the enclosed space and extends over the bottom closure and is supported by the bottom closure. A plurality of containers is disposed within enclosed space and engages the first insert. A second insert overlies and engages the containers.

Abstract: Packaging for at least one bottle having a cylindrical base portion and a narrowed neck portion comprising a shell formed of a nonplastic material. The shell is formed of first and second parts. The first and second parts each have a bottle receiving recess formed therein. The bottle receiving recesses have first and second portions. The first portion is formed to receive the cylindrical base portion of the bottle and the second portion is formed to receive the neck portion of the bottle. The first and second parts are movable with respect to each other to each enclose a portion of a bottle disposed in the shell. A case encloses the shell.

Abstract: A combination of a customized bottle and a closure. The bottle has a neck with an interior circumferential surface defining a throat with a longitudinal axis and having an end face, at least a portion of which is inclined with respect to an imaginary plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The closure has a head and a cylindrical shank extending from the head and has a cross-sectional area less than that of the head and having a longitudinal axis extending through the shank and having a cross-sectional area which is less than that of the cross-sectional area of the throat in the neck of the bottle. The head has a surface facing toward the shank and has a portion thereof which is inclined with respect to an imaginary plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shank and which is complementary to the inclined surface on the face of the neck.

Abstract: A wrapped package for at least one product to be packaged comprising a molded fiber inner structure to provide a six-sided folded up rectangular package and sheet material at least partially enclosing the inner structure and providing planar surfaces on which imprinting can appear. The molded fiber inner structure is comprised of first and second spaced- apart parallel side walls and third and fourth spaced- apart parallel side walls. The first and second side walls extend at 90.degree. angles with respect to the third and fourth side walls. Fifth and sixth spaced-apart parallel end walls extend at 90.degree. angles with respect to the first and second and third and fourth side walls. Each of the side and end walls have at least one raised pyramid-like protrusion with four surfaces inclined at angles in excess of 30.degree.. The angles of adjacent surfaces are complementary to provide a combined angle of 90.degree.. The raised protrusions have recesses therein adapted to receive the product to be packaged.

Abstract: A carrier for beverage containers in which the beverage containers are of a type which have a bottom wall, an upstanding side wall and an openable top. The carrier is formed of a one-piece member formed of a non-plastic material formed into first and second halves adjoining each other at a first fold line. Each half is comprised of counting from the first fold line a handle segment forming the first fold line, a first side wall segment adjoining the handle segment at a second fold line and having first and second side margins, a bottom wall segment adjoining the first side wall segment along a third fold line, a second side wall segment adjoining the bottom wall segment along a fourth fold line and having first and second side edges, first and second end wall segments adjoining respectively the first and second side edges of the second side wall segment.

Abstract: A packaging container/case is formed of two cooperating cartons, the cartons formed of similar or identical blanks. Each carton includes a first major panel and an opposite second major panel, with a first major panel extension extending from the first major panel. The two cartons are joined by securing each first major panel extension to the second major panel of the other carton, providing unbroken major panels for the assembled case. The minor panels/ends are also unbroken. Each extended first major panel and extension includes an unbroken upper closure flap extending the length of the panel and extension, which with the minor panel closure flaps extending from the top of the opposed ends of each carton, provides conventional upper closure for the assembled case which can be sealed using standard packaging machinery. The bottom closure flaps are conventional each carton of the case, although the upper closure may be applied to the lower closure flaps if so desired.