Abstract: A unique dispensing package easily, quickly and economically encases decorative light strings within a thin walled, flexible plastic tube. The plastic tube is provided to the user as a longitudinally compressed hollow column encased in the dispensing package. As a string of lights is passed through the hollow column, the tube is expanded and dispensed onto the string. The string of lights is thereby protected against damage and dust. The plastic tube also prevents tangling of the light string, permitting greater convenience for storage and for reuse.

Abstract: A pint-of-sale package for two to six large beverage bottles also serves as a dispensing caddy that provides ease and security of beverage dispensing. A venting, beverage-dispensing valve replaces the normal screw-on bottle cap to provide convenient beverage dispensing and reliable carbonation maintenance. The bottle package provides means for co-packaging associated products, such as snack foods, with the bottled beverage.