Abstract: A device for collection and transporting of stool samples. The device has a container with a lid having a spoon secured to the underside of the lid. The spoon is angled at approximately 45.degree. to facilitate sample collection, and has a generally straight cutting edge. A secondary access aperture is provided in the lid for accessing the interior of the container once the lid has been applied.

Abstract: A container system and method for indicating the proper orientation of the closure of a container. The system comprises a container and rotatable closure, and a label applied in an overlapping relation to the closure and container. The label has an area which can be separated, and alignment indicators on the two segments of the label which are unaligned. In use, after the label has been applied, the closure is removed by unscrewing, breaking the label. Thereafter, when the closure is reapplied, the closure is overtightened to align the previously unaligned alignment indicators of the label to insure a leak-free containeer system after the closure has been reapplied.

Abstract: A sliding seal for the closure of a container. The closure is of the type having a portion fixed to the container and a portion hingedly secured thereto for permitting access to the interior of the container. The seal has a first segment secured to the fixed portion of the closure and a second segment extending from the first and slidably connected to the pivotal portion of the closure by means of a post secured to the pivotal portion and extending through a slot formed in the second segment. The post is capped by a washer or the like to retain the second seal segment about the post. The seal is otherwise unattached to the pivotal portion of the closure, and therefore slides relative to the pivotal portion to prevent stretching of the seal as the closure is opened.

Abstract: A disposable protective gown and process for making the gown. The gown is composed of a body portion which extends over the shoulders of the wearer and which has a pair of sleeves which extend outwardly from opposite sides. Each sleeve is attached to the body portion over an angle of attachment greater than 180.degree. and less than 300.degree.. A thumb loop is formed at the end of each of the sleeves and is shaped to engage the saddle of the thumb of a wearer. In forming the gown, after the body portion has been cut and the sleeves formed, the sleeves are attached to the body portion by heat sealing half the sleeve, then rotating the sleeve so that a second portion of the sleeve is attached to the gown, with the total angle of attachment not exceeding 300.degree.. In order to prevent inadvertent sealing of both sides of a sleeve together, each sleeve includes a circumferential notch which extends for a length up to that comprising the portion of a the sleeve that is not attached to the body of the gown.