Abstract: A gaseous p-xylylene monomer, formed by reacting xylene with a monatomic oxygen source, is mixed with a functional gaseous monomer. The resulting mixture may be deposited and solidified on a substrate, which may optionally be exposed to a photoinitiating light energy and/or a permittivity enhancing electric or magnetic field. Alternatively, the resulting gaseous mixture may be trapped and condensed in a condenser, which may contain a solvent to facilitate trapping. The condensate may be mixed with a tertiary substance, e.g., another monomer, a reactive substance or an inert material.

Abstract: A solid state electrical energy state storage device includes multiple dielectric layers or an integral heterogeneous dielectric layer. Layers or portions of the heterogeneous layer have permittivity augmented by exposing the dielectric material to electric/magnetic fields during formation of the dielectric before complete solidification. Such exposure results in radicals and/or an ordered matrix. A dielectric for the device may contain a new xylene based polymer formed under atmospheric conditions via reaction with monatomic oxygen and provided an augmented permittivity through exposure of the polymer to a magnetic field and/or an electric field during condensation and solidification on a substrate.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for creating extremely high permittivity dielectric materials for use in capacitors and energy storage devices. High permittivity materials suspended in an organic non-conductive media matrix with enhanced properties and methods for making the same are disclosed. Organic polymers, shellac, silicone oil, and/or zein formulations are utilized to produce thin film low conductivity dielectric coatings. Transition metal salts as salt or oxide matrices are formed at low temperatures utilizing mild reducing agents.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for creating extremely high permittivity dielectric materials for use in capacitors and energy storage devices. High permittivity materials suspended in an organic non-conductive media matrix with enhanced properties and methods for making the same are disclosed. Organic polymers, shellac, silicone oil, and/or zein formulations are utilized to produce thin film low conductivity dielectric coatings. Transition metal salts as salt or oxide matrices are formed at low temperatures utilizing mild reducing agents.

Abstract: A solid state electrical energy state storage device includes multiple dielectric layers or an integral heterogeneous dielectric layer. Layers or portions of the heterogeneous layer have permittivity augmented by exposing the dielectric material to electric/magnetic fields during formation of the dielectric before complete solidification. Such exposure results in radicals and/or an ordered matrix. A dielectric for the device may contain a new xylene based polymer formed under atmospheric conditions via reaction with monatomic oxygen and provided an augmented permittivity through exposure of the polymer to a magnetic field and/or an electric field during condensation and solidification on a substrate.

Abstract: An energy storage device comprises a capacitor having a dielectric between opposite electrodes and a nonconductive coating between at least one electrode and the dielectric. The nonconductive coating allows for much higher voltages to be employed than in traditional EDLCs, which significantly increases energy stored in the capacitor. Viscosity of the dielectric material may be increased or decreased in a controlled manner, such as in response to an applied external stimulus, to control discharge and storage for extended periods of time.

Abstract: A gaseous p-xylylene monomer, formed by reacting xylene with a monatomic oxygen source, is mixed with a functional gaseous monomer. The resulting mixture may be deposited and solidified on a substrate, which may optionally be exposed to a photoinitiating light energy and/or a permittivity enhancing electric or magnetic field. Alternatively, the resulting gaseous mixture may be trapped and condensed in a condenser, which may contain a solvent to facilitate trapping. The condensate may be mixed with a tertiary substance, e.g., another monomer, a reactive substance or an inert material.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for creating extremely high permittivity dielectric materials for use in capacitors and energy storage devices. High permittivity materials suspended in an organic non-conductive media matrix with enhanced properties and methods for making the same are disclosed. Organic polymers, shellac, silicone oil, and/or zein formulations are utilized to produce thin film low conductivity dielectric coatings. Transition metal salts as salt or oxide matrices are formed at low temperatures utilizing mild reducing agents.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for creating extremely high permittivity dielectric materials for use in capacitors and energy storage devices. High permittivity materials suspended in an organic non-conductive media matrix with enhanced properties and methods for making the same are disclosed. Organic polymers, shellac, silicone oil, and/or zein formulations are utilized to produce thin film low conductivity dielectric coatings. Transition metal salts as salt or oxide matrices are formed at low temperatures utilizing mild reducing agents.

Abstract: An energy storage device comprises a capacitor having a dielectric between opposite electrodes and a nonconductive coating between at least one electrode and the dielectric. The nonconductive coating allows for much higher voltages to be employed than in traditional EDLCs, which significantly increases energy stored in the capacitor. Viscosity of the dielectric material may be increased or decreased in a controlled manner, such as in response to an applied external stimulus, to control discharge and storage for extended periods of time.

Abstract: A display carrier has top and bottom walls, first and second sidewalls, at least one vertical partition wall and a horizontal dividing member in the sleeve. The vertical partition wall extends between the top and bottom walls to define adjacent interior compartments within the sleeve. The horizontal dividing member may be connected to the first and second sidewalls and comprises (1) a first horizontal panel that is cut primarily from the bottom wall and is connected to the first sidewall along a horizontal fold line where the panel is connected to the first sidewall; and (2) a second horizontal panel that also is cut primarily from the bottom wall and is connected to the partition wall along a horizontal fold line where the panel is connected to the partition wall. Alternatively, the horizontal dividing member comprises a horizontal panel extending continuously as a single piece and having opposed ends which do not reach their respective sidewalls.

Abstract: A carton for glassware or like articles includes a conventional sleeve with a top, a bottom, sidewalls and a central dividing panel. Locking mechanisms are located on each end of the sidewalls. Each locking mechanism includes a connected series of panels hinged to a sidewall of the carton at two places. The locking panels have an initial position in which they are flat and out of the way to permit articles to be placed in the carton. To hold the articles inside the carton, the locking panels are shifted to form a wedge shape which partially blocks the open ends of the sleeve. A locking tab is folded into the interior of the wedge to hold it in place. Preferably the locking panels are three in number and extend from an edge of a sidewall of the carton.

Abstract: A display carrier is described having improved retaining tabs. In one embodiment, the carrier includes snap acting retaining tabs connected to a partition wall at end edges thereof. For receiving glassware the snap acting retaining tabs are generally planar with the partition wall. To retain glassware once in place each snap acting retaining tab is rotated out of the plane of the partition wall to reversibly engage the glassware. In this position, outward movement of the glassware within the sleeve is restricted.The carrier also includes a partition wall with opposed tab-receiving recesses. A slotted tab is associated with each recess via a hinged connection to the edge of a respective top or bottom wall. In its operative position, each slotted tab is at an angle to its wall and abuts an associated recess in a reversible locking engagement. Each recess includes a lip portion projecting outwardly from within the recess.

Abstract: A display carrier for glassware or the like is foldable from a generally flat, collapsed condition for shipping and storage to an erect position for retaining at least a pair of articles. The carrier is formed of a flexible material which forms a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, each side wall being hinged to each of the top and bottom walls to form a carrier sleeve. A reinforcing wall extends between the top and bottom walls. Planar retaining tabs are resiliently connected along a fold line of the top and bottom walls, and each tab is contoured so that it can flex to match the volume swept out by a glass or other article as it is being inserted into the carrier. Bights in the reinforcing wall limit movement of the retaining tabs. When the carrier is folded flat, the reinforcing wall holds the tabs flat against the top and bottom walls to which they are hinged.

Abstract: Banana oil impregnated plastic fishing lures which are provided in various sizes, shapes, colors and resiliency, in order to increase the lure retention time in the mouth of a fish during a strike. In a preferred embodiment the banana oil is impregnated in the plastic fishing lures by mixing the oil into the plastisol while the plastisol is in a liquid state. The concentration of banana oil utilized may be any concentration which is sufficient to impart a banana flavor to the plastic fishing lures. The banana oil may also be added topically to the fishing lures either prior to or after packaging.

Abstract: A display carrier for glassware or the like is foldable from a generally flat, collapsed condition for shipping and storage to an erect position for retaining at least a pair of articles. The carrier is formed of a flexible material which forms a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, each side wall being hinged to each of the top and bottom walls to form a carrier sleeve. A reinforcing wall extends between the top and bottom walls. Planar retaining tabs are resiliently connected along a foldline of the top and bottom walls, and each tab is contoured to match a part of the surface of the article to be carried. Bights in the reinforcing wall limit movement of the retaining tabs. When the carrier is folded flat, the reinforcing wall holds the tabs flat against the top and bottom walls to which they are hinged. The carrier may also include a lift tab which lifts the retaining tabs from the flat position against the top and bottom walls to a position in which they bear against a respective bight.

Abstract: A display carrier for articles includes hingedly connected top, bottom and side walls forming a sleeve and a deflectable retainer for releasably engaging an article in the carrier. The deflectable retainer hingedly extends from an edge of the bottom wall and has a fold line defining a distal flap attached to the inside of the bottom wall of the carrier between the center line of the bottom wall and the fold line from which the retainer extends. Two intermediate fold lines give the retainer a quadrilateral cross section and permit the retainer to be deflected toward the bottom wall for engaging or disengaging an article end with the carrier. Articles can be inserted and withdrawn from the carrier by deflecting the retainer without damage to the carrier. A second retainer for articles having an open or chimed end extends from an edge of the top wall of the carrier. The second retainer includes a retaining portion having a curved edge for engaging the inside surface of an article having a chimed or open end.

Abstract: A collapsible display carrier for articles having top, bottom, and side walls hingedly joined to form a sleeve, the side walls having lateral fold lines, said carrier including collapsible retaining means attached to the side walls and the bottom wall for engaging articles inserted into the carrier, said carrier being collapsible to a substantially flat configuration about a lateral plane lying intermediate of the top and bottom walls.

Abstract: Carriers for at least one pair of articles, each article having two opposed ends, employing two-ply latches for restraining hollow, recessed or chimed ends of articles inserted substantially within a carrier and/or notched flap restraints for restraining at least partially cylindrical ends of articles inserted substantially within a carrier. The notched flap restraints cooperate with a carrier reinforcing wall incorporating flap receiving and support portions to enable collapsing and reerecting of a fully assembled carrier. A conventional or collapsible carrier having flap restraints employing stop means for preventing collisions of carried articles within the carrier.

Abstract: A carrier for articles having two opposed ends, the carrier having a sleeve and flapless latches for retaining the articles within the carrier. The latches may include cubic masses of cured foamed plastic adhesive proximate to or bearing on the end portions of the articles to retain and cushion them within the carrier.