Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pouch for packaging fermented foods, a method of packaging fermented foods using the same, and a pouch for packaging.

Abstract: A shirt box suitable for receiving a shirt includes a base, a box cover and a transparent protective member (insert). The base has a floor and a plurality of upstanding walls that define an interior compartment and the box cover has a top wall and a plurality of walls that surround the top wall (e.g., around a peripheral edge thereof). The top surface has a first opening formed therein that is formed at a location that permits a consumer to see the shirt or other item that is contained within the box. The transparent protective member (insert) has a top surface and a plurality of peripheral walls that surround the top surface (e.g., around a peripheral edge thereof) so as to define a structure that is free standing and independent from both the base and the cover.

Abstract: A garment enclosure is disclosed having top and bottom panels, first and second side panels, and first and second end panels. The enclosure has a longitudinal axis and an unfolded length. First and second cylindrical members are connected to the top panel and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. First and second extensible panels are connected to the bottom panel at locations adjacent respective first and second cylindrical members. The extensible panels are extensible in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the garment enclosure. The extensible panels are not connected to the first and second side panels, so that when a garment is placed within the enclosure and the enclosure is folded about the first and second cylindrical members, the extensible panels extend longitudinally to prevent binding of the garment at the fold points. The elimination of binding substantially eliminates wrinkling of the garment. A method of using the garment enclosure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A the closet storage device for storing and retrieving articles within a closet. The the closet storage device includes a container member having a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall defines an interior space. The container member has an open top whereby the open top is designed for permitting articles to be inserted into the interior space of the container member. A hanger member has a bottom portion. The bottom portion is coupled to the container member whereby the container member is suspended below the hanger member. The hanger member is designed for selectively engaging a closet rod for suspending the container member in the closet.

Abstract: A garment box comprising bottom panels, top panels, two side walls and two end walls with a double walled clothes hanger head enclosure parallel to each end wall of the garment box is disclosed. The clothes hanger head enclosure comprises three interlocking panels, a reinforcing wall and a spacing wall which walls help to maintain the integrity and dimensions of the clothes hanger head enclosure during handling and shipment of the garment box.

Abstract: An garment bag structure incorporates corner brace elements adapted to receive smaller containers for improved packing efficiency.The design improves overall structural integrity while enabling the user to efficiently pack and access such commonly packed items as toiletries, lotions and shampoos.The system allows such items to be separated from a clothing compartment to reduce the possible spillage damage from such items.

Abstract: A gift wrap garment bag including a bag comprising a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion and the rear portion each have an upper triangular section and a lower rectangular section. The front portion and the rear portion are joined at peripheral edges thereof to form an enclosure having an open bottom and an open top. The open top is formed at an apex of the upper triangular sections of the front and rear portions. The open top is dimensioned for receiving an upper hooked portion of a hanger therethrough.

Abstract: A box has front and back walls and a bottom wall extended between the lower margins of those walls. It also has side walls that are attached to the front and back walls and close the sides of the box. Each side wall contains two panels which are joined together at a manufacturer's joint midway between the front and back walls to create a column within the side wall. The column extends all the way to the bottom wall and enhances the strength of the side wall. In one embodiment the columns in the side walls support a beam that extends through the box and items may be suspended from the beam. In another embodiment, the bottom wall folds, as do the side walls at their columns, so that the box may be supplied in a knocked-down condition.

Abstract: A garment bag of the type having an elongate body substantially formed of flexible fabric or sheet material, and defining a cavity with a hanger support at the top for receiving hanging clothes on hangers. The bag folds double on itself for transport, and includes a pair of rigid wall portions which when the bag is folded double on itself are urged forcefully together. These rigid wall portions substantially immobilize the clothing items therebetween to greatly reduce creasing and wrinkling of the clothing items which would otherwise result from their shifting about in transit. The garment bag also includes features preserving the efforts of careful packing during folding and unfolding of the bag to further reduce clothes wrinkling. Also, the garment bag includes a specially configured toiletries kit which by its shape and placement in the folded bag further contributes to a reduction of clothes wrinkling.

Abstract: An openable and closeable soft-sided luggage case having an external flexible panel, an internal frame structure surrounding an internal cavity, and a carrying handle or a carrying strap connected to the frame structure, includes a first packing compartment which is connected to the external panel. The first packing compartment extends into the interior cavity and consumes a portion of the interior cavity when the case is closed. The remaining portion of the interior cavity forms a second packing compartment. The first packing compartment includes a cover member which is selectively closeable for separating the first and second packing compartments when the case is closed and which is selectively openable for allowing access to the first packing compartment when the case is opened. The first and second packing compartments are equally accessible and available for packing. The first packing compartment may function as a garment bag. A packing and unpacking method is also used for the case.

Abstract: A cap container includes an elongated container body, a bill container body joined to the elongated container body, and an adjustable frame disposed within the elongated container body. The elongated container body has a front end, rear end, and a wall extending from the front end to the rear end. The wall is made of a supple material, such as cloth, and defines an elongated chamber within the elongated container body. The bill container body defines a cavity which together with the elongated chamber of the elongated container body allow for the compact storage of visored, baseball-type caps in a shingled arrangement. The frame prevents the caps from being crushed and also supports the supple wall. The supple wall in conjunction with the adjustable frame allows the length of the container to vary in order to accommodate the storage of varying numbers of caps. The adjustable nature of container ensures optimum utilization of available storage space.

Abstract: A garment bag for dresses comprising a bag having a front wall, a back wall offset from the front wall, and a periphery formed of a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposed side edges interconnecting the front wall to the back wall to thereby define a hollow interior; a securable door mechanism formed on the bag for allowing access to the interior in one orientation and preventing such access in another orientation; a hanger mechanism coupled to the bag and extendable upwards above the top edge for allowing the bag to be hung from a recipient object; a hanger bar mechanism coupled to the bag at a location facing the interior for holding dress-laden clothes hangers; and an adjustable hem clasp mechanism coupled to the bag and facing the interior for gripping dresses therebetween extended downwards from dress-laden hangers held by the hanger bar mechanism.

Abstract: A garment bag is provided with a single reinforcing member which extends across the top end of the bag. A carrying handle, a hanger for hanging the bag from a support, and a trolley for hanging garments within the garment bag are all connected directly to the reinforcing member so that the reinforcing member supports the entire weight of the garment bag and its contents both when the bag is hanging in an extended configuration from a support and when the bag is being carried from place to place in a folded configuration. A stiffening member which extends across the width of the bag in the bottom portion thereof and which lies adjacent the top end of the bag when the bag is in a folded configuration prevents the bottom portion of the bag from sagging to present a neat appearance. The use of a single reinforcing member enables the garment bag to be lighter in weight, easier to use and less costly to manufacture.

Abstract: A wheeled article of luggage comprising a wheeled frame and a garment bag mounted on the frame. The frame comprises a generally rectangular base, one of the long edges of the base constituting the front edge of the base and the other long edge constituting the back edge of the base, and a post extending up from the base closely adjacent the back edge of the base generally at the center of length of the base, for hanging garments on hangers in front of the post. The bag has a bottom, front, back, sides and a top. The bag bottom is of a generally rectangular shape corresponding to the shape of the base and is secured to the base. The front of the bag extends up from the front edge of the base and is openable for access to the interior of the bag. A bracket is cantilevered forward from the upper end of the post, carrying a rod. A handle is attached to the bracket extending on the outside of the top of the bag arranged for pushing the wheeled bag in direction lengthwise of the base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a parallelepipedic container comprising a bottom and a plurality of cardboard walls made of cardboard, any two consecutive walls defining a dihedron, and means arranged to support several rods (66) furnished with articles (76), by one of the ends of the said rods.According to the invention, the said support means comprise two main uprights (64,65) made of wood arranged in two consecutive dihedrons of the container and resting on the said bottom, each upright being fixed to the dihedron, and support means (20,91,97) extending transversely between the two main uprights, and having two ends by which they are fixed respectively thereto, the said rods being fixed to the said transverse support means (20,91,97).Application to the manufacture of container-display units for department stores.

Abstract: A convertible valet bag, characterized in that it is made from a generally rectangular bag opened at the top and fitted, at this level, with a holding means, as well as a supporting means which is movable between a resting position in which it is totally retracted within the bag and a working position in which it acts as a support to allow the bag to stand in a generally upright position.

Abstract: A carryon suitcase having two compartments. A garment bag is twice folded upon itself and packed in one of the compartments.

Abstract: A hamper comprising a bag formed to have a closed bottom end, an open top end and a sidewall extending therebetween, a cylindrical shell insertable into the bag to provide an upright support, the shell having an upper edge defining a shell upper opening plane, and the bag having a drawstring for drawing the open end into a bag opening smaller than the shell upper opening and lying generally in the shell upper opening plane.

Abstract: A garment bag adapted to fold into a suitcase-like configuration for traveling includes corner compartments located within the interior bag in the space above the shoulders of garments supported on hangers within the bag. Cross straps extend over the shoulders of garments supported on hangers in the bag, and criss-cross over the upper portion of the garment. The cross straps support the upper portion of the garments on the hangers and restrain them against sliding downward when the bag is in the folded configuration. A stay bar is removably connected across the middle portion of the bag to support the garments when the bag is folded into the suitcase-like configuration. The ends of the straps are connected to the stay bar. A lower portion of an interior panel of the garment bag includes means for supporting the lower portions of long garments in a U-shaped configuration above a bottom gussett of the bag instead of occupying the bottom of the bag in a wrinkled bunch.

Abstract: An over-the-rod garment bag adapted for use with ventilated metal shelving is described. Ventilated metal shelving is comprised of a relatively thin wire clothing rod that is supported along its length by a plurality of upwardly extending support rods. The described clothing bag has a top with a transverse split extending across the middle thereof. At the split, hook and loop sealing means allow for sealing at location(s) where the rods supporting the clothing rod extend upwardly through the top of the clothing bag. Also on each side of the garment bag, a universal sealing element comprised of radially extending score lines adaptable for use with either ventilated metal shelving or other types of clothing rod closet arrangements is described.

Abstract: A container for use in shipping garments on hangers has four surrounding walls, preferably, of multiple wall, corrugated kraft board. Dependently connected flaps which form a bottom for the container are arranged to permit shipment of the box in a collapsed condition. An entry flap provided on the front wall of the container is movable between a raised and lowered position. A lid for the container with depending sides is provided. A support structure is provided inside the container. It includes a horizontal support member preferably of wood supported at either end by vertical support members preferably of wood. The support members are held in position by securement plates. The sheet metal securement plates are formed into u-shaped clips which engage the side walls. A central tongue on each clip extends outwardly at an angle. An opening in the tongues receive the horizontal support member. The lower edges of the tongues form and engage in kerfs in the tops of the vertical support members.

Abstract: An improved hanger bar support means for the hanger bar of a wardrobe container formed from a paperboard blank. The container body is formed from a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall joined together with the upper end of said body being open. Each end wall has a closure flap connected thereto and each side wall has a top end flap hingedly connected along the upper edge of the side wall and coextensive with the width of the side wall. Each top end flap includes first and second panels folded into a multiple ply hanger bar support assemblage engaging against the contiguous side wall below said upper edge of the side wall either on the exterior or the interior of the container body. Said first and second panels are hingedly connected together along a double fold line spaced from said upper edge.

Abstract: A wardrobe container formed from an integral paperboard blank having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall joined together to form a container body opening at its upper end. Each end wall has a top end flap hingedly connected to the upper edge thereof and each side wall has a top end flap hingedly connected only to the upper edge thereof. Each side wall top flap has hanger bar support means cut out from a medial portion of the flap and adapted to be folded and locked into a multiple panel assemblage engaged against the side wall for supporting a conventional hanger bar spanned between the side walls on the interior of the container. Said muliple panel assemblage can be arranged in operating position either on the interior or exterior of the container. Various embodiments of the end wall top flaps are disclosed which cooperate with an end wall for providing access into the interior of the container through a said end wall.

Abstract: A packaging article using a thermoplastic film or sheet as a raw material therefor. The packaging article is provided with a bag opening in a region thereof. In forming the article, a front bag panel and a back bag panel are thermally fused together along their peripheral edges except the region defining the bag opening, into a bag form. The bag opening is associated with a flap for closing the same which is formed by extending either the front bag panel or the back bag panel and which has a reinforcing body thermally fused thereto. The reinforcing body is in the form of a laminate consisting of paper or synthetic paper having a thermoplastic layer applied thereto by lamination or by extrusion coating, which thermoplastic layer is thermally fused to the flap simultaneously with thermal fusion of the front and back bag panels.