Abstract: Packaging is provided that inflates within the interior and exterior of a desired article, such as a pair of shoes. The pack is sized to the article's height, width, depth and in the case of shoes, has two distinct inserts that fit inside each one of a pair of shoes. When the package is inflated, both the interior and exterior of the shoes are cushioned and supported for shipment and storage. This invention allows the user to deflate the packaging, fold it to a reduced size, and either store the packaging or mail it back to the manufacturer to be repurposed for a continued life cycle.

Abstract: A box for a pair of belts having a top wall, bottom wall, a plurality of side walls disposed between the top wall and the bottom wall, and an aperture on at least one of the side walls extending to an edge thereof contiguous with an aperture in the top wall to expose a portion of at least one belt of the pair of belts, whereby at least one of the pair of belts is exposed for a user to feel through said aperture in the side wall and said aperture in the top wall.

Abstract: An improved merchandise display system comprises a display tag, one or more product flaps each for attachment to an item of merchandise, and a detachable fastener. The fastener comprises a screw and a nut, the screw having a post for threaded engagement with the nut. The head of the screw, and the nut, are wider than the aperture and the post is received in the aperture in the display tag. The product flap is detachably held between the nut and the front surface of the display tag with the post of the screw received in an opening in the flap such that the product may be removed from and reattached to the display tag by disassembling and reassembling the display tag, fastener and product flap. A second product flap may be detachably held between the screw head and the back surface of the display tag.

Abstract: The invention includes a bag or receptacle for securely containing stray buttons and for attaching to a garment at a location of repair to identify where a button is to be reattached or replaced. In one embodiment, such a button bag is sized and shaped like a business card for displaying a business name of a dry cleaner, launderer, tailor, hotel, or other service provider. The receptacle can include a strap for attaching to an existing button, or for looping through a buttonhole corresponding to a location where a button needs to be repaired. The invention provides a solution to button repair identification that is especially useful with express laundry and dry cleaning services and that does not require a user to verbally explain where buttons need to be repaired.

Abstract: An improved merchandise display system comprises a display tag, one or more product flaps each for attachment to an item of merchandises and a detachable fastener. The fastener comprises a screw and a nuts the screw having a post for threaded engagement with the nut. The head of the screw, and the nut, are wider than the aperture and the post is received in the aperture in the display tag. The product flap is detachably held between the nut and the front surface of the display tag with the post of the screw received in an opening in the flap such that the product may be removed from and reattached to the display tag by disassembling and reassembling the display tag, fastener and product flap. A second product flap may be detachably held between the screw head and the back surface of the display tag.

Abstract: An assembly for transporting, storing and merchandising plural articles of merchandise. The assembly comprises a shipping container in which a fixture and the articles of merchandise are located. The shipping container includes an outer carton and an inner compartment. The fixture is located within the inner compartment and includes an elongated display member and a bracket. The elongated display member supports the articles of merchandise. The shipping container includes a portion that can be opened to provide access to the bracket to enable the bracket to be connected to the elongated display member while that member is still within the shipping container. The fixture and the shipping carton can then be mounted on any vertically oriented structural member, whereupon the shipping container can be removed leaving the fixture in place with the merchandise suspended from it.

Abstract: A display package for holding a wrist-watch and a wallet or billfold. The package is formed of a generally planar strip of foldable material having a first and second fold lines forming a front panel, a rear panel, and an intermediate panel. The panels are disposed with respect to each other and foldable along respective fold lines to form an interior space into which the wallet/billfold can be inserted. The rear panel includes a pair of openings through which the band of the wrist-watch can be extended to surround the package with the wallet/billfold therein. At least one of the front and rear panels includes advertising indicia and the front panel includes an opening to suspend the display package.

Abstract: A hanger supports the weight of merchandise on a merchandise support arm. The hanger proceeds through an opening in a sleeve into a cavity where the merchandise is supported by a merchandise support arm. The hanger arm includes a fixture attachment, such as a hook for cooperation with a display fixture. The sleeve assists in retaining the merchandise on the hanger when inserted properly. Furthermore, a sleeve has at least one display panel which may be utilized to provide information relating to the product. It is further anticipated that some embodiments of hangers may include retention means to assist in retaining the hanger relative to the sleeve and/or merchandise support arm on the support arm.

Abstract: A thermoformed display device is provided for tool belts and accessories. The display device includes a main header which extends beyond the top of the product being packaged and folds over onto itself and snaps together to trap a printed insert display card within a display chamber. The header portion includes performed hang holes for use with various merchandising systems including pegboard. The second thermoformed header piece consists of a flat sheet that slips through the belt loop portion of the product being packaged and is fastened to the main header by means of plastic push-type fasteners to securely fasten the two pieces together and to allow the header area to stand above the product.

Abstract: A fold package formed of a shell has closing members connected to the shell. One of the closing members and the shell have a slot cut in a portion between the one closing member and the shell. A pressure-sensitive hanging element adapted to be adhesively attached to the shell is provided. When the hanging element is adhesively attached to the shell and the one of the closing members is folded against the shell, the hanging element extends through the slot to facilitate hanging the package.

Abstract: A hanger is provided for suspenders of the type having three straps, each strap of the suspender having a pair of stems connected therewith, each stem having a slot extending therethrough for receipt of a garment button. The hanger has an engaging member in an open state for receiving the stem slot and in an engaged state for retaining the slotted end of a stem. A closing member is fixed to the engaging member for automatically closing the engaging member and for maintaining the engaging member in the engaged state. The hanger also has a body portion for connecting the engaging member and the closing member to a support structure so as to hang the suspenders to the support structure. The body portion is capable of allowing the engaging member in either the open state or the engaged state.

Abstract: A package for an article of hosiery including a card having a body and a header adjacent the body. Indicia relating to the article is disposed on the header. The body is sized and shaped to receive the article thereabout such that, when the article is mounted on the body, the article conceals the body but not the header, whereby the article is supported by the body while each of the header and at least a portion of the article are displayed. The present invention is also directed to a method of packaging an article of hosiery having an opening. The method includes the step of mounting the article on a package having a body and an indicia bearing header adjacent the body such that the article of hosiery surrounds the body and the header extends outwardly from the opening of the article.

Abstract: A hanger for displaying and mounting garment belts and animal collars that include, on one end thereof, a buckle having an open frame with perimetric courses, comprising a belt retaining form having elongated length, parallel straight side edges, planer front and back surfaces and upper and lower ends and being thin and narrow with respect to its length, and including, proximate the upper end thereof, an opening in the upper end of the form for receiving a fixed bracket, a seat, distally spaced from the opening and projecting from the planar front side of the form and having an angular extension at the outward extremity of the seat and adapted to support and retain one course of the belt or collar buckle.

Abstract: A packaging system is provided for displaying merchandise on a rack which includes at least two separate pieces of merchandise and a header for engaging the rack. The header includes a pair of opposing shoulders disposed in a spaced apart relationship with a bottom of the header, and filaments enable coupling of the pieces of merchandise to one another and to the opposing pair of shoulders in a manner enabling the merchandise to be removed from the rack with the header, inspected and tested, without affecting the coupling of the merchandise to one another or to the header.

Abstract: A packing board for supporting and securing a folded-up shirt in shape, having two side panels symmetrically extended from two opposite lateral sides of a base panel thereof for holding down a folded-up shirt on the base panel, each side panel having a plug flap and a retainer flap respectively disposed at a front side and a suspended holding down flap adjacent to the retainer flap.

Abstract: A necktie positioning box structure comprises a main body, a turning ring, a cover ring, a turning shaft and a fixing clamp. The top part of the main body with an elongated slot has a cover and a turning ring. On the bottom of the main body, is a positioning depressed seat is provided which can coordinate putting a number of neckties in position in the necktie positioning box structure. Below the turning ring is a gear transmission unit composed of two or more gears; the turning shaft and the fixing clamp are located below the turning ring. Such a configuration of necktie positioning box structure will quickly wind the neckties for storage purposes.

Abstract: A case for storing a band-shaped personal ornament provided with a case body which has a cylindrical configuration with an opening portion at one end side and a wall portion at the other end side and has a circumferential wall having a slit window portion parallel with a direction of an axis of the case body. A cap is attached to the opening portion of the case body, and freely rotates toward the circumferential direction and is detachable. A bar for winding a band-shaped personal ornament which approximately coincides with the axis of the case body is attached to an inner face of the cap. A holding portion for holding an end portion of the bar for winding a band-shaped personal ornament is placed at a central portion of an inner face of the wall portion of the case body and the end portion rotates freely. The bar for winding a band-shaped personal ornament bifurcates into a long piece and a short piece between which a part of a band-shaped personal ornament is held.

Abstract: A transparent shoe box has a box body proper and a box cover. All box bodies and box covers are made of transparent plastic. At the edge of one side, the box body and the box cover are joined together, forming a connecting overlapping edge. In a preferable design, along the center-line of the bottom of the box body and the box cover, there is one or more cylindrical protruding members. In addition, there are two shoe-holders corresponding basically to the size of the feet of the shoe users. Each of the shoe-holders includes a shoe-prop and a protruding or raised part. At the end surface of the protruding or raised part there is a polygonal recess. The shoe-holders can, by dint of the recess on the protruding or raised part, be inlaid and firmly mounted on the protruding member located on the bottom of the box proper or on the box cover. Furthermore, each shoe is placed tidily and apart from each other at a certain position specified by the type of box.

Abstract: A packaging system for displaying merchandise on a rack system having a rack member. At least two pieces of merchandise are intended to be displayed together on the rack system. Each of the pieces of merchandise has a reinforcing member secured in the merchandise to provide at least one reinforced opening through each piece of the merchandise. A coupling mechanism extends through the reinforced opening in each piece of merchandise securing the pieces of merchandise to each other and supports the pieces of merchandise on the rack member. The at least two pieces of merchandise can be displayed on the rack system by hanging the coupling mechanism on the rack member and the at least two pieces of merchandise can be removed from the rack member and inspected and tested without affecting the attachment of the pieces of merchandise to each other.

Abstract: A device for displaying a pair of articles such as gloves having a sleeve with a front, a back, and sides connecting the front and back to form an opening therein. The back has an upwardly extending top portion with stepped side edges and a clamp receiving opening. A pair of articles engage the sleeve, one extending through the opening of the sleeve and the other article disposed outside the sleeve and adjacent the other article. Means engage the back top portion and the pair of articles and maintain the sleeve and pair of articles in a displayed condition.

Abstract: A revolvable rack for neckties that can be either temporarily or permanently hooked or fastened to a rod or a store fixture, and a container for shipping the rack while it is fully loaded with ties. The rack is easily rotated by hand, has a relatively small turning radius and has the capacity to hold several dozen ties. Once the tie rack is placed in the container, the container serves to both store and protect the ties in an organized and out-of-the-way manner. The tie rack and container combination can be hung together in an existing space. The container allows the fully loaded tie rack to be quickly and easily lifted out of the container in one smooth motion, and directly hung on a rod or on a merchandising fixture in a store without the use of special tools or equipment, such that the ties are readily and pleasingly displayed.

Abstract: A shirt storage and package apparatus for the shipping, storage, and display of shirts is described. The apparatus, preferably made of integrally molded polyvinylchloride plastic to insure visibility, includes a top cover having a generally rectangular shape; an upright collar insert integrally molded within and perpendicular to the plane of the cover; a bottom cover substantially identical to and placed opposite in orientation to the top cover; a means for moving the top and bottom covers between an open and a closed position; and a means for releasably locking the top and bottom covers to one another. The upright collar insert is adapted to fit within a shirt collar, thereby maintaining the the shirt in a non-crushable position. Two shirts can be accommodated in a back-to-back position and opposite orientation from one another within each apparatus, thereby allowing easy user and consumer inspection.

Abstract: A revolvable rack for neckties that can be either temporarily or permanently hooked or fastened to a rod or a store fixture, and a container for shipping the rack while it is fully loaded with ties. The rack is easily rotated by hand, has a relatively small turning radius and has the capacity to hold several dozen ties. Once the tie rack is placed in the container, the container serves to both store and protect the ties in an organized and out-of-the-way manner. The tie rack and container combination can be hung together in an existing space. The container allows the fully loaded tie rack to be quickly and easily lifted out of the container in one smooth motion, and directly hung on a rod or on a merchandising fixture in a store without the use of special tools or equipment, such that the ties are readily and pleasingly displayed.

Abstract: A packaging system for displaying merchandise on a rack system having a rack member. At least two pieces of merchandise are intended to be displayed together on the rack system. Each of the pieces of merchandise has a reinforcing member secured in the merchandise to provide at least one reinforced opening through each piece of the merchandise. A coupling mechanism extends through the reinforced opening in each piece of merchandise securing the pieces of merchandise to each other and supports the pieces of merchandise on the rack member. The at least two pieces of merchandise can be displayed on the rack system by hanging the coupling mechanism on the rack member and the at least two pieces of merchandise can be removed from the rack member and inspected and tested without affecting the attachment of the pieces of merchandise to each other.

Abstract: A storage apparatus for storing a necktie which includes a case and a lid with a first and a second tie rod connected to the lid. The case has a case opening which extends through the case forming a storage space. The case has a case length extending between a first and a second end of the case. A base is connected to the second end of the case forming a closed second end. The first and the second tie rods each are connected to the lid and each of the tie rods extends a distance from the lid. The first and the second tie rods each have a rod length which is less than the case length so that the ends of the first and the second rods each are spaced a distance from the base when the lid with the tie rods connected thereto is inserted into the case. The necktie is rolled about the tie rods and stored in the storage space in the case.

Abstract: A shirt having a longitudinally extending body with a front and a back, a collar at a top end of the body, sleeves projecting from sides of the body, and buttons on the front of the body, is folded by first orienting the shirt flat with the body and arms generally coplanar and then folding side parts of the body inward along longitudinal fold lines and folding the sleeves down to lie on the folded-in side parts. Then a bottom part of the body is folded up against the back of the body along a transverse fold line such that a portion of the bottom part projects upward past the collar and some of the front buttons are positioned on the back of the folded-up bottom part. The projecting portion of the bottom part is then tucked between the folded-in side parts and the back of the body to impart to the shirt a generally rectangular shape.

Abstract: A configured shirt-shaper article is used for the convenient folding and storing of a shirt in a substantially wrinkle-free state. The article is substantially flat and configured to have a generally rectangular-shaped main member with arm members extending from each upper corner area of the main member. A first fold line and a second fold line each extend longitudinally along one side and the other side respectively of the main member to divide the main member into two substantially equal side sections and a mid-section. The article is initially positioned inside the shirt. Next, the side sections with overlying shirt are folded to lie adjacent the back of the shirt. Finally, the bottom portion of the shirt is folded preferably backwardly to form a precisely and neatly folded shirt.

Abstract: A merchandise support assembly, for example for socks comprises a blank 10 having first, second, third fourth and fifth portions 12, 14, 16, 18, 26 folded at crease lines 20, 22, 24, 28 between the portions. A second portion 14 is folded at the crease line 20 so that it overlies part of the first portion 12 to which it is secured by adhesive. Folding at crease lines 20, 22 forms a pocket between the second and fourth portions 14, 18 which are spaced part by the width of the third portion 16. A hook 40 comprises a hook member 42 and flexible resilient support arms 46 inserted through an opening 38 adjacent a fourth crease line 28 at the junction of the first and fifth portions 12, 26. The arms 46 engage the sheet material along crease line 28 to support the folded blank 10. The support assembly is simple to make and the hook can readily be assembled with the folded blank 10.

Abstract: A countertop suspenders display arrangement includes a countertop stand having a display rod support extending upwardly from a base to a given limited height substantially less than the full length of suspenders to be displayed. The display rod is supported by the stand at a given distance above the base, substantially less than the full length of the suspenders. A suspenders hanger is configured as a resilient, flat body of synthetic material and includes an upper recessed opening about which the body is deflectable to receive the display rod and to self-biasingly resume undeflected state to releasably ensnare the display rod. The body includes a lower portion, separated from the upper opening by a middle portion providing expanse for display of logo, size and the like.

Abstract: Pantyhose garments are mounted on a card for purpose of display or sale, the card being inserted into one leg of the pantyhose and parts of the pantyhose unsupported by the card are folded and disposed to one side of the card-supported part of the leg. Exemplary machinery for so assembling the pantyhose and card comprises a boarding machine which has a flat support with two support limbs for the pantyhose legs; a dispenser places a card on one of the limbs and the pantyhose is pulled waistband first onto the support and thereafter is pulled from the support toes first; the card slips from the limb as the pantyhose is pulled off the support and is retained inside the pantyhose leg which is stretched flat upon the card therein. Subsequently the pantyhose is folded as foresaid.

Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of suspenders jointly with a bow tie of the type having a bow and a bow retaining member arranged centrally of the bow and circumscribing same, the hanger comprising an integral body having a first portion for engaging a display rod, and a second portion depending from the first portion and defining at least one pair of suspender hanging openings and further defining a bow tie hanging opening in the body and bounded in first part by continuous wall structure of the body and in second part by a discontinuity in the body providing a passage into the bow tie hanging opening, separate parts of the continuous wall structure respectively aside the passage being mutually deflectable, permitting the receipt in the bow tie hanging opening of the bow tie retaining member.

Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of both a necktie and suspenders comprises an integral body having a first portion for engaging a display rod, and a second portion depending from said first portion and defining at least one pair of suspender hanging openings and further defining a necktie hanging opening in the body and bounded throughout by continuous wall structure of the body, the hanger body supporting first and second deflectable members extending collectively across a major extent of the necktie hanging opening and defining thereby first and second portions thereof for respective receipt and retention of successive courses of the necktie.

Abstract: A hanger for the hanging of suspenders of the type having snap means in first open state for receiving the waistband of trousers and in second closed state for closure retentively upon the waistband comprises an integral body having a first portion for engaging a display rod, and a second portion depending from the first portion and defining at least one pair of openings therethrough, each such opening being bounded in first part by continuous wall structure of the body and in second part by a discontinuity in the body providing a passage into the opening, first and second segments of the wall structure respectively aside the passage being mutually deflectable, permitting the receipt in the opening of the suspender snap means in such closed state thereof.

Abstract: Display apparatus is provided for an article having a slotted extremity of given maximum open dimensions in length and width. The apparatus comprises a flat upstanding body having an opening extending therethrough. An elongate member is cantilever-supported in upstanding first disposition in the plane of the body in the opening, such cantilever-supported member having a shank portion contiguous with the body and having an enlargement at the free end thereof. The enlargement has a width exceeding the width of the shank portion, less than such article maximum slot length and greater than such article maximum slot width. The member is deflectable out of the plane of the body into second disposition sufficiently for entry of the enlargement into the article slot for releasably retentive joinder with the article extremity.

Abstract: A display hanger for suspenders comprises a flat body having a hook portion and a lower portion. The lower portion includes a pair of elongate suspender-engaging members depending in mutually transversely spaced relation, each having an opening extending therethrough adjacent the body lower portion. Each such member is foldable upon itself and has a free end distal from the body lower portion with a projection extending therefrom. The projections are configured both to permit receipt of the suspender stems by the elongate members and to retentively reside in the elongate member openings upon folding of the members following such stem receipt.

Abstract: The tag includes first and second side portions and an intermediate portion. The side portions are articulately joined to parallel opposite edges of the intermediate portion and are adapted to be aligned in spaced, substantially parallel relation so as to sandwich a folded pair of hosiery therebetween. The top edges of the side portions are inclined with respect to the bottom edges such that the intermediate portion is situated in a plane inclined with respect to the plane containing the bottom edges so as to accommodate the inclined folded portion of the hosiery pair and hang vertically from a hook affixed to the intermediate portion.