Abstract: A trade show display has a transport mode configured as a crate, and display mode erected on a trade show floor. The crate comprises a base which may be configured as a pallet and having side walls attached at the periphery of the base defining a crate interior. The side walls each having a transport side and an opposite display side, the display side having graphic display panels attached or attachable thereto. When in the transport mode, the exhibit crate having the transport sides exteriorly exposed on the crate and defining crate side walls. When in the display mode on a tradeshow floor, the side walls have the graphic display panels facing forward and may define a back wall of a tradeshow display booth. The base comprising a platform for placement of product, equipment, or furniture.

Abstract: A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.

Abstract: A needle-free injection device suitable for delivering a therapeutic substance into the intradermal space of a patient. The needle-free injection device includes a main spring which can be compressed using one or more handles attached to the device to place the needle-free injection device into an armed configuration. Device embodiments may optionally include an injector tube and associated apparatus which may be moved relative to other device structures when the injector is pressed against the skin of a patient with sufficient force. The disclosed operational switches and release mechanisms cooperate to prevent injection unless the device is properly positioned for an injection. Needle-free injection systems and methods of operating a needle-free injection device are also disclosed.

Abstract: A foldable storage system is provided. The foldable storage system includes a top panel to cover the system, a middle panel connected to the top panel by the connecting members, a bottom panel to support contents in the system, a first and a second side rotating panel connected to the middle panel through respective rotating members wherein the first and second side rotating panels rotate inwardly and frictionally contact with the bottom panel, a front top and bottom hinge panel with respective hinged and rotating portions, and a back top and bottom hinge panel with respective hinged and rotating portions.

Abstract: An expansion mechanism for use with a piece of luggage, the expansion mechanism being designed to resiliently support, but not rigidly lock, a piece of expandable luggage in an extended position. The expansion mechanism allows for float at intermediate positions between a collapsed and extended position further preventing damage to the mechanism by allowing it to internally shift to compensate for shocks, and to allow the mechanism to continue to function even if it is bent or damaged. The expansion mechanism also allows for moveable parts of the mechanism and pinch points to be protected from interaction with the contents of the luggage.

Abstract: In a case for receiving and transporting articles, in particular tools and working material, comprising at least one lower part (28a) with a base (28a) and a lid, which are jointedly connected to one another by a hinge and have a locking device, the case is of a unitised construction. The lower part forms a module which can be connected to further modules by hinges.

Abstract: An expandable article of luggage of softside and hardside material construction, consisting of a top section, a bottom section, and a center section that can be added or removed readily for different luggage capacities, is constructed of a design such that the luggage expands like softside luggage when overfilled, but retains its frame shape like hardside luggage. Its design also allows for a center section that may be collapsed and folded and inserted in the unexpanded luggage. In addition, the material combination allows for an improved wheel construction, consisting of large disk shaped wheels mounted in wheel wells at the base of the luggage.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for making a covering panel for a portable case, the process including a step of bonding a lining and a sheet of foamed EVA by an adhesive agent then cutting it into base panels according to the desired sizes, a step of bonding a face layer to each base panel by a layer of polyethylene through the process of heating and pressing and then punching each panel into the desired shape.

Abstract: Expansible carrying case in which parallel side walls of the case may move apart by virtue of a simple gusset extending continuously along walls of the case that are transverse to the parallel side walls. Expansion of the gusset is limited by rows of stitching along each of the gusset folds. The gusset contracts automatically when the expanding pressure is relieved and remains contracted without requiring auxiliary fasteners.

Abstract: The novel, knocked-down storage trunk comprising the present invention includes two rigid, molded plastic shells and pairs of side and end walls. In the assembled condition a first pair of lower, inner and outer, concentric clamp rings are used to secure the lower edge of the side and end walls to the lower shell. A second, upper pair of inner and outer concentric clamp rings are secured to the upper edges of the side and end walls. Mating inner and outer vertical corner members are secured to each other and are captured in the upper and lower pairs of concentric clamp rings. The upper shell is hingedly secured to the rear side wall and conventional locks extend between and serve to couple the upper shell and the front side wall. In the knocked-down condition the upper shell nests within the lower shell and the lower shell is seated within the lower concentric pair of clamp rings.