Abstract: A hardened cellular material formed by stretching a stretchable material is disclosed. Fluid is allowed to enter softened stretchable material through apertures in a stretching surface to define voids at locations in the stretchable material at locations defined by the apertures. The stretchable material is then hardened with voids at locations controlled/defined by the apertures.

Abstract: A low depth tray for bottles is provided which includes a first pair of opposed walls, a second pair of opposed walls attached to the first pair of opposed walls to form a wall structure, and a base attached to the wall structure. At least one interior column projects upwardly within the wall structure, where the interior column has a height less than the height of bottles loaded in the tray. A plurality of interior divider walls of double-walled construction project upwardly from the base and extend between the one or more interior columns and the wall structure. Together, the divider walls, interior columns, base, and outer wall structure define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets, where each pocket includes at least one divider wall and is sized to receive a single bottle therein.

Abstract: A hydration system for drinking fluids comprising a carrying case, where the carrying case includes a lid; a plurality of bottles positioned within the carrying case, where the bottles contain a liquid; a plurality of colored caps atop the plurality of bottles; a plurality of colored wristbands, where the plurality of colored wristbands coordinate with the plurality of colored caps; and a pocket on a side of the carrying case, where the pocket receives the plurality of colored wristbands. During use, a user simply wears the wristband of the current bottle from which they are drinking After the user drinks the inner contents of all of the bottles they have consumed their daily recommended amount of liquids.

Abstract: A package assembly includes a package member and a securing member. The package member includes a holding seat configured for holding an electronic device and a plurality of grasping portions extending from the holding seat for grasping the electronic device. The securing member includes an enclosing frame, attached to and surrounding the holding seat, and at least one resisting section, extending from the enclosing frame and adhered to the holding seat, and the securing member made from adhesive tap.

Abstract: A bottle crate (10) is provided that is configured to hold a plurality of bottles in a generally upright orientation, and is particularly designed to hold bottles having a variable diameter. The bottle crate can include at least one tray and a plurality of fingers (601) elastically arranged on the tray, such that the fingers are configured to move in response to insertion or removal of a bottle.

Abstract: A bottle crate (10) is provided that is configured to hold a plurality of bottles in a generally upright orientation, and is particularly designed to hold bottles having a variable diameter. The bottle crate can include at least one tray and a plurality of fingers (601) elastically arranged on the tray, such that the fingers are configured to move in response to insertion or removal of a bottle.

Abstract: A beverage serving tray for holding, supporting, carrying and serving beverages including a receptacle plate for holding beverage containers and a bottom plate for supporting the bottom of the beverage containers, a plurality of removable vertical supports located along a perimeter for rigidly supporting and connecting the receptacle plate and the bottom plate at a distance and a cylindrical handle projecting from a side of the bottom plate for carrying the beverage tray.

Abstract: A container includes a top having downwardly extending walls adapted to releasably attach to upwardly extending walls of a bottom of a planter, the top of the container further adapted to releasably attach to the bottom of the planter so that when the downwardly extending walls of the container are attached to the upwardly extending walls of the planter the container functions as a terrarium enclosure and when the top of the container is attached to the bottom of the planter the container functions as a pedestal to support the planter.

Abstract: A tray for serving beverages includes a first beverage support section, a second beverage support section, and a contoured arm rest member extending from the first beverage support section and the second beverage support section. The tray also includes at least one branch member extending from the first beverage support section and the second beverage support section. The tray further includes a base extending from the contoured arm rest member and the branch member. A handle extends from the base.

Abstract: A support apparatus for receiving and supporting stacked tiers of bottles, particularly wine bottles. The support apparatus is (a) located below a first tier of layers of wine bottles, (b) placed between tiers of bottles, in case of multiple layers of bottles, and (c) secured above a top tier of layers of bottles, all to provide a stacked and secured arrangement of bottles that is suited for storage or transport. The support apparatus is preferably formed from a resinous plastic, polymeric material, such as PET. A multiple of the bottle supports combine to support a multiple layers of bottles in a tiered array. The bottle supports are manufactured in thin, nestable configurations, and are stored with a small, compact nested stack height.

Abstract: A flexible carrier device for use in supporting, in portable and carryable fashion, a plurality of beverage containers such as returnable bottles, each of which further includes a narrowed and annular shaped neck proximate an end location of the container. The carrier device includes a substantially thin cross sectional, elongated and planar shape body exhibiting a first elongated aperture proximate an upper end and defining a carrying handle. A plurality of inwardly facing and annular shaped rim portions are defined through the sheet at further selected and spaced apart locations and define a second plurality of apertures. The narrowed and annular shaped neck of each beverage container is resistively engaged against a selected and inwardly facing rim portion in order to secure the container in fixed and extending fashion relative to the carrier device.

Abstract: A bottle handling device for assisting in inserting a number of similar sized bottles into a secondary container, such as a partitionless beer carton. The device comprises a frame which, when inserted into the empty carton, provides a number of similar sized cells or compartments equal to the number of bottles which would completely fill the carton. The frame is maintained by support means above the shoulders of the bottles when located in the carton. Each bottle is inserted into, and its main body passes through, the frame until the bottle sits on the carton floor, the walls of each cell preventing a bottle in that cell from toppling over and hindering the insertion of further bottles and completion of filling of the carton. Upon completion and filling of the carton, the device is readily removed for reuse and the bottles are maintained in their upright condition by contacting adjacent bottles and the carton walls.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for dispensing a controlled amount of paper products. The container includes a housing including a first end wall and a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving the plurality of paper products. A first, second and third of the exterior walls intersect a first end wall to form a portion of the interior surface and define an open face of the container. The exterior walls further include a fourth wall extending between the second and third walls adjacent the first end wall and the open face. The container defines a dispensing throat extending through the fourth wall adjacent the slit in the cartridge. The first end wall may be slanted relative to the second and third walls. A cartridge is inserted into the interior area of the housing through the open face of the container. The cartridge contains the plurality of paper products to be dispensed.

Abstract: A bottle package which allows bottles to be transported by carrying them, the bottles including a bottom, body, neck and mouth, of which the neck includes a projecting annular collar, the package including a base for receiving and supporting the bottoms of the bottles, the base including a seat for each bottle to be placed on the base, and a frame and a handle which are attached to the base and enable carrying of the package.

Abstract: A stackable bottle case includes side surfaces divided into side walls running around the bottom and supporting pillars protruding upward beyond the side walls, and a bottom for receiving the bottles. The supporting pillars in the area of the case sides extend with their outside surfaces in essentially directly flush continuation of the side wall outside surface from there upward and on a slightly inward slant. This results not only in a compact exterior but also in smooth outside surfaces of the side surfaces which firstly avoid a danger of injury during handling of the cases and secondly permit easy cleaning of the bottle case. The slight inward slant of these pillars permits uncomplicated engagement of the stacked bottle cases when they contain no bottles. In addition, this inward slant permits fast stacking because when a bottle case is placed above it is automatically centered on the bottle case below by the inward slanting pillars on all sides and then mounted in centered fashion.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: A combination tray is used for the transportation, storage, and gravity feed dispensing of beverage bottles. The tray includes flaps pivotally mounted on a top edge of each side wall for converting the tray between a storage and transportation configuration and a gravity feed dispensing configuration. When in the storage and transportation configuration, the flaps are generally perpendicular to the side walls and have a number of arcuate recesses to position and stabilize the bottles in the tray in an upright position. A bottom surface of each tray has a number of bottle cap receiving sockets. When the bottles are positioned with the arcuate recesses of the flaps, filled trays can be stacked one upon another so that the bottle caps of a subjacent tray are received within the sockets in the base of a superjacent tray thereby creating a stable stack of filled trays.

Abstract: Reusable plastic trays for storing and transporting beverage containers, such as twelve-ounce metal cans and two-liter PET bottles. The tray floor has thereon an array of support areas for the containers. The tray rail thereof is spaced high enough above the floor and in a "low-depth" design to prevent the containers on the support areas from tipping during transport. A generally rectangular band having upright inside and outside faces and an outward lip on top of the band form the rail. Columns between adjacent support areas interconnect the rail and the floor and angle downwardly and inwardly therebetween. The columns open outwardly and thereby define vertical slots into which the columns of a similar tray can be slidingly received. The trays when empty can thereby be stacked in a deeply nesting position whereby each additional tray adds generally only the height of its narrow rail to the height of the nested trays.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: A bottle carrying handle including a substantially irregular elongated body which is tubular-shape configurated at its middle part, the body having at least two ends, each end defining a hook carrying portion formed by a planar surface which is cut in a "U" shape configuration. The cut forms two supporting legs and each leg includes a bottle neck retainer. An apparatus for manufacturing the handle includes a plurality of moulds and countermoulds, each mould includes a "U" shaped central cavity and each leg of the "U" has a "U" shaped recess. One of the legs includes an "L" shaped recess which is aligned with respective projections provided in the associated countermould of the set, these projections are spaced apart by small spaces.

Abstract: A collapsible storage rack for holding beverage cans is described. The rack contains a top cover and a bottom cover, both of which are slidably attached to the rack. When the top cover is in its open position, beverage cans can be loaded into the rack. When the bottom cover is in its open position, beverage cans can be discharged from the rack. When both covers are in their closed positions, any beverage cans therein are securely retained in the rack and may be transported in the rack.The storage rack contains frame members which are connected to each other in such a manner that the height of the rack can be varied.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: A bottle carton holder (10) includes a rectangular box assembly (12) having side and end walls (16a,b and 18a,b) and a bottom wall (20) to define a rectangular cavity (22). Divider members (28a,b) are positioned approximately midway between the end walls for dividing the cavity into approximately equal cavities, each of a size and shape for holding a carton of drink bottles with the long axes thereof extending from sidewall to sidewall. The divider members are located at the sidewalls and do not extend inwardly very far but do extend substantially higher than the sidewalls. Each of the end walls includes a stabilizing surface (38) for contacting a supporting surface (36) at a position located laterally further from the cavity (22) than any stabilizing surface on a sidewall. The bottle carton holder includes U-shaped hooks (14a,b) with laterally bent ends (46) extending about cartons located adjacent to the end walls and engaging the end walls for stabilizing the cartons.

Abstract: A non-skid case for carrying packaged soft drinks and the like. The case has depressions in the lower surface of the bottom panel thereof which extend only partially through the bottom panel. The depressions are configured to entrap a portion of a high friction pad inserted therein to retain the pad, the pad forming a non-skid surface at the bottom of the case. Using this configuration, cases for carrying soft drinks may be molded in one piece using polyethylene and used on conveyor systems, etc. in place of wooden cases without sliding tendencies which are otherwise caused by the self-lubricating characteristics of polyethylene. Alignment of the pads in accordance with the ordered disposition of bottles in the case further enhances the stability of filled and stacked cases, with the lack of a through-hole in the region of the pad avoiding the local entrapment of syrups, etc., thereby avoiding any organic growth in that region.

Abstract: A centrifuge tube holder capable of being manually assembled and disassembled without separate tooling to provide not only ease of cleaning, but also interchangeability of parts to accommodate various sized centrifuge tubes. The tube holder arrangement provides proper support with a minimum of parts to create a lighter weight assembly for use in a centrifuge rotor.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a frame structure, a plurality of struts depending downwardly from the frame structure to form a plurality of article receiving cells, a bottom element secured to the lower portions of the struts forming each cell, a partition element disposed between and secured to two adjacent struts of at least some of said cells, the midportion of the partition element being yieldable, a plurality of outwardly projecting base straps interconnecting the lower portions of two adjacent struts on each side of the carrier, and a promotional insert panel disposed on each side of said carrier and secured in position by cooperation with the corresponding base straps and the frame structure.