Abstract: A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg portion of the adjacent U-shaped clip. Each clip has two parallel slots through the arcuate crown portion and at least one upstanding tab adjacent the edge of each slot into which a non-metal elongate flexible connector is inserted and secured by folding the tab or tabs downwardly over the top of the slot.

Abstract: A tray for retaining poultry trusses. The tray includes at least one longitudinally extending truss support having a first support structure for supporting the U-shaped central portion of a truss, first and second outward extending surfaces extending outwardly from the first support structure, and second support structures extending outwardly from the outward extending surfaces for supporting the truss legs. The first and second support structures are optionally shaped and dimensioned to support a poultry truss with the shoulders of the truss spaced above the outward extending surfaces. The tray optionally includes stacking members for stacking the tray above a second tray with the first-mentioned tray selectively positioned in a nested arrangement with an empty tray and spaced above a filled tray.

Abstract: A product card of hooks comprising a sheet of paper card base having both sides covered with a respective strippable cover film, the sheet of paper card base being punched into a plurality of disposable hooks in it, the disposable hooks having tiny connecting portions maintained linked to the sheet of paper card base, each disposable hook comprising an elongated body having two opposite ends turned inwards and formed into an open hook portion and a close hook portion respectively.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floor providing a gap between the floor and the front wall, the front wall providing a longitudinal opening transversing the wall, the opening permitting the passage of a loop portion of each hook.

Abstract: For mounting in a notebook having outer covers and a spine, a sheet of clips comprises: a frame having inner and outer side rims, top and bottom cross rims, and optionally at least a rib connected between a pair of the rims; a set of paper clips integrally connected to the frame via the rims and the rib; each of the clips including an outer retainer, an inner retainer and a yoke connecting the outer retainer and the inner retainer; a rupturable junction extending between the frame and the yoke.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floor providing a gap between the floor and the front wall, the front wall providing a longitudinal opening transversing the wall, the opening permitting the passage of a loop portion of each hook.

Abstract: Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use only a special blind rivet having a longer core stem than that of the standard blind rivet provided on the market, the recently developed improved continuous riveting machine is able to use the standard blind rivet, then the blind rivet-holding belt according to the present invention for feeding the standard blind rivet to this improved riveting machine is developed. In this blind rivet-holding belt, on the upper and lower edges of a web, upper and lower tabs 731a, 731b are installed at predetermined intervals having a V-type groove, and the through holes 734, 737 are shaped on each of the tabs respectively for supporting a core stem and main body of the blind rivet, and the openings for guiding the blind rivet into the through holes are also provided on each of the upper and lower tabs.

Abstract: A parts container includes a transparent box having a bottom, a first enclosure extending upward from the bottom having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls connected therebetween, a second enclosure extending upward from a top portion of the first enclosure having a relatively high wall, a relatively low wall, and two side walls connected therebetween, thus defining a slant opening at a top thereof, a shoulder being defined between the first enclosure and the second enclosure, a vertical track being formed from a top periphery of the relatively high wall of the second enclosure down to substantially a middle position of the rear wall of the first enclosure. A cover is adapted to cover the second enclosure of the box having a lower periphery thereof abut against the shoulder. The cover has a flexible strip which extends downwardly from a wall of the cover and is received in the vertical track of the transparent box.

Abstract: Packing in particular for small objects, such as sweets, screws and the like, which packing includes a packing unit (1, 23) which has been produced by folding a foil, sheet or plate (2, 22) and then bonding, welding and/or otherwise joining parts thereof, so that at least one wall (6, 32) of the packing unit obtained has two slots (7, 33), which, at least partially, are opposite each other, and a slider (8, 37) which is located in the slots and is formed by a plate of a sufficiently rigid material, so that this plate is slidable within the slots (7, 33) for covering or releasing an opening (9, 36) giving access to the interior of the packing unit (1, 23).

Abstract: For convenient packaging of plastic bookbinding strips, cassettes which may be securely stacked one upon the other are provided. The end edges of each strip are received in channels formed in opposed side rails. The rails are attached to transverse spacer bars which are preferably detachably connected to the side rails and are interchangeable to accommodate strips of different lengths-e.g., 81/2 inches, 11 inches, etc. Cassettes may be securely stacked one upon the other by means of mating stacking struts extending upward and downward from the side rails. Very short stacking struts may be used when packaging flat female binding strips in the cassette. A detent is provided in the ends of the rails preventing removal of strips until the detent is bent out of position. The cassette is especially useful in equipment which mechanically assembles punched sheets and strips preparatory to binding a book in a binding machine.

Abstract: A rotary tool carrier assembly includes a base having a ball race, and a tool carrier unit fastened to the base and revolvably supported on the ball race, the tool carrier unit being consisted of a bottom tool carrier supported on the ball race having upright stop rods and recessed holes and linked sloping cells for carrying different drill gimlets and tool bits and sockets, a top tool carrier having a plurality of tool hanging holes for hanging tools and tool storage chambers for keeping screws and nuts, and an upright support connected between the bottom tool carrier and the top tool carrier.

Abstract: A staple box protector is provided which consists of a receptacle having a cushion foam insert with an open top to receive the staple box with a plurality of staple strips therein. A lid having a flange thereabout fits over and covers the open top of the receptacle. A fastener strap is for removably attaching the lid to the receptacle, so that the receptacle with the lid will protect the staple strips from breakage, thereby allowing the intact staple strips to be readily available for use.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises an elongate strip or reel of separable metallic segments having pressure sensitive backing tape secured thereto. The segments include a cutout defining an elongate tine bendable to right angles to the main body portion of the segment. The tines include a longitudinally directed reenforcing rib, the side edges of the tine and the rib being formed with aligned notches enabling the fine to be bent at right angles in registry with the notches. A washer is provided which may be sleeved over the tine, the washer including an aperture configured such that when the washer is mounted over the tine and rotated, the washer will be locked to the tine.

Abstract: Tamper-resistant plastic fastener for use in attaching a tag to a piece of fabric, such as a garment of clothing, a product label or the like. In one embodiment, the fastener comprises an elongated unitary plastic member having a first end shaped to define a cross-bar, a second end shaped to define a paddle, and a flexible filament interconnecting the cross-bar and the paddle. The filament is shaped to include an enlarged portion, which is appropriately sized, shaped, and positioned to prevent a sufficient amount of the filament to be drawn through the fabric to permit the cross-bar to be easily aligned with the filament. Consequently, the cross-bar and the filament cannot easily be pushed back through the same opening in the piece of fabric through which they were originally inserted, making intact removal of the fastener from the piece of fabric extremely difficult.

Abstract: The resilient clip assembly comprises a plurality of U-shaped clips which are held together by the two non-metal, elongate, flexible members which are securely and mechanically gripped between the metal on each side of each opening in the bight portion of each clip.

Abstract: A rolled strip of Tee-nuts connected together by flexible means for use in Tee-nut setting machines, and a rotatable table support for such rolled strip of Tee-nuts.

Abstract: Method for making seals, in particular for garments, in which there are supplied in series at intervals on an unbroken string alternately bodies and graft elements in seats in said bodies to constitute with the string between them a connected plurality of seals separable by cutting the unbroken string.Said method is used advantageously to realize a separable unbroken series of seals each of which comprises a body and at least one complementary graft element insertable in a seat in the body and connected by a section of string. To achieve this an unbroken string comprises alternately bodies and graft elements formed on itself at regular intervals.A specific form of embodiment calls for the alternate formation of a body and two graft elements turned in opposite directions so that each separate seal has a body connected by the string to two graft elements therein.

Abstract: An article storing apparatus which utilizes a container like housing which has an internal chamber which is divided into a plurality of different article storing compartments by means of planar panels which are mounted within the internal chamber. Centrally mounted within the internal chamber is a center post with these panels engaging with that center post. Centrally dividing the internal chamber into two equal sections is a main dividing wall with this center post being located at the midpoint of the main dividing wall. A handle is mounted in conjunction with the main dividing wall and is movable between the retracted position and the extended position. These article storing apparatuses can be located in a stacked relationship on a separate stacking ring or can be placed within a separate container.

Abstract: A color coded kit of rivets according to length is provided which consists of a receptacle having a plurality of compartments and a plurality of different sets of rivets. Each set of rivets being of a different length and color stored in one of the compartments. A chart is supplied for indicating the length and matching color of each set of rivets within the receptacle, so that a person can immediately identify by color from the chart the rivets of desired length and remove them for appropriate use from the receptacle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for supporting a plurality of rivets in a desired orientation and spacing for insertion of the rivets as a group into the plurality of apertures of a belt fastener. The rivet holder comprises two portions which are releasably interconnected such that the two portions are separable upon application of manual force thereto to release the rivets from the rivet holder as a group upon application of manual force. In one embodiment, the rivet holder comprises two portions which are pivotally interconnected in such a manner that the two portions are not separable until sufficiently pivoted with respect to one another. This prevents the two portions from separating prior to the time of intended use, as may otherwise occur during transport or the like in which there may be forces acting on the rivets tending to force the two rivet holder portions apart which would result in the premature release of the rivets.

Abstract: A vertically oriented, peripherally defined, and rotatably mounted column defines a plurality of spaced sets of similar spaced holes to receive and support the shanks of elongate fasteners. The column carries, between sets of spaced holes, a plurality of "L" shaped brackets, each having upturned support arms spaced radially outward from the column to receive and support a plurality of annular washers or nuts thereon. The column is rotatably mounted on a bracket for support on either horizontal or vertical surfaces. The column supports fasteners for sorting, display, and storage and may be used as a merchandising container for such products. A second species provides a plurality of cylinders that are rotatably supported in spaced circular array on a medial stand that provides additional means for storage of a stock of fastening devices.

Abstract: A threaded fastener that includes a drive head having a recessed region and a threaded shaft that is mechanically and radially attached to the drive head is improved to comprise a drive portion. The drive portion is mechanically attached to the opposite end of the threaded shaft as a drive head and has a geometric shape that is a mating image of the recessed portion of the drive head and is on the same axis as the drive head. With such a configuration, the drive portion of one threaded fastener can be mechanically coupled to the recessed region of another threaded fastener in a stacked fashion such that one threaded fastener is used to drive another threaded fastener into a threaded receptacle.

Abstract: A case for receiving paper clips, pins or the like includes a pan having a bottom, a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom and an open top. An upper cover covers the open top and is rotatably mounted to the pan. The pan and the upper cover define a receiving space for receiving the paper clips, pins or the like. The upper cover includes a top wall having an eccentric opening and a shoveling portion integral with the top wall and extending from a portion of a periphery of the opening toward the bottom of the pan in a circumferential direction. The paper clips, the pins or the like are shoveled into the shoveling portion when the upper cover is rotated relative to the pan in a first direction. The paper clips, the pins or the like are put into the receiving space through the opening when the upper cover is rotated relative to the pan in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A combination nail bag and open top container that would be used by a carpet installer. The open top container would normally have a front wall, laterally spaced side walls and an open rear wall. The nail bag has an open top end that is detachably secured to the rear end of the open top container. The carpet nails would be freely transferable between the interior of the nail bag and the interior of the open top container by passing through its open rear wall. A clip assembly secured to the rear surface of the nail bag allows it to be detachably secured to the belt of a carpet installer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loading fastener collars of the lockbolt variety into a tubular magazine associated with a fastener collar-feeding apparatus. Collars are stacked on an elongated flexible mandrel, after which the mandrel-collar assembly is inserted as a unit into the tubular magazine. The mandrel is then pulled out of the magazine while deforming a collar retainer provided on the mandrel thereby releasing the collars from the mandrel and leaving the collars loaded in place within the magazine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for dispensing identical pieces having a symmetry of revolution about an axis, such as rivets; this process comprises arranging the pieces one after another in a tube (2) which has a hollow center (2a) adapted to assure the guiding thereof, admitting a compressed fluid into the tube behind the last piece (1D), and distributing said fluid along the length of the tube toward the hollow center (2a) thereof, to the interior of one or several longitudinal passageways (2b), such that the fluid pressure is exerted along the hollow center in the spaces (E) separating the pieces, up to the first piece (1P) on which the pressure acts for assuring its transfer. The process of the invention permits dispensing a very great number of pieces without risk of jamming in the tube and with a precise guiding permitting maintaining the alignment of the axes of the pieces.

Abstract: A cantilever display device for merchandising and storing nuts and bolts which has a first side-wall member and a second side-wall member that slideably engage each other at the mounting end of the device and have axially extending lower flange members projecting transversely toward each other from each of said side-wall members such that an axial extending lower slot is defined by the axially extending lower flanges. A plurality of cylindrically shaped internally threaded receptacles extend laterally from the first side-wall member to receive securing bolts which fasten the second side-wall member to the first side-wall member. By adjusting the securing bolts, the lower slot width is adjustable thereby permitting a pre-selected shank diameter of a bolt to extend through the lower slot while the bottom face of the bolt head bears against the lower flanges.

Abstract: An elongate, flexible storing or magazine element serves to receive at its outside ring travellers to be used in spinning or twisting machines. The storing element comprises a profiled strip composed of a retaining member and a back or spine member. The retaining member is positioned within the internal space of the ring travellers and the leg portions of the ring travellers are clamped at the retaining member. The back member is wider than the retaining member; it is positioned outside the ring travellers and serves as an abutment or stop for the leg portions of the ring travellers. This storing or magazine element permits each ring traveller to be individually retained and independently of the preceding and subsequent state and the number of ring travellers stored on the profiled strip.

Abstract: A kit contains a plurality of mounting strips that are releasably attached to a backing element and which can be permanently fixed to a container of a container/cap combination, and a plurality of cap attaching elements which are releasably attached to the backing element and which can be permanently fixed to a cap of the container/cap combination. The mounting strips and the cap attaching elements all have releasably fastening elements, such as hook-and-loop fasteners, which cooperate to releasably attach a cap mounted cap attaching element to a container mounted mounting strip when the cap is removed from a container covering position whereby the cap will be kept in a convenient location during use of the container.

Abstract: A cantilever display device for merchandising and storing nuts and bolts which has a first side-wall member and a second side-wall member that slideably engage each other at the mounting end of the device and have axially extending lower flange members projecting transversely toward each other from each of said side-wall members such that an axial extending lower slot is defined by the axially extending lower flanges. A plurality of cylindrically shaped internally threaded receptacles extend laterally from the first side-wall member to receive securing bolts which fasten the second side-wall member to the first side-wall member. By adjusting the securing bolts, the lower slot width is adjustable thereby permitting a pre-selected shank diameter of a bolt to extend through the lower slot while the bottom face of the bolt head bears against the lower flanges.

Abstract: A twistable wire clamp for connecting objects has a V-shaped configuration, the lower portion of each of its two shanks forming an oblong loop having locking means consisting of the closed end of the narrower loop, on one hand, and of a locking member projecting towards the inside of the wider loop and extending in the same plane as the loop, on the other hand. On each side of the transitional portion between said two shanks, said clamp is provided with a respective shoulder. Said clamp is placed, by means of an apparatus, around the objects to be connected or the opening to be closed, after which said locking means are brought into engagement with one another by said apparatus, and said wire clamp is seized in the area of said transitional portion and twisted by a binding hook of the apparatus. Said loops are convex with respect to their plane, and said closed end portion has a thinning and is bent over towards said other loop.

Abstract: A portable cylindrical dispenser having a side casing member with a cutout therein for permitting access to the articles inside the dispenser. The articles are a plurality of like articles, especially coiled nails, which are stacked one on top of the other. The dispenser includes an open top receptacle comprising a generally tubular side casing member and a bottom end closure member inwardly joined thereto, and a top end closure member removably secured to the receptacle for closing the open top. The dispenser may be either a top discharge dispenser, in which case the cutout is long and narrow, extending downwardly from the top but terminating short of the bottom, or a bottom discharge dispenser, in which case the cutout is situated adjacent to the bottom closure member and is wide enough and high enough to permit removal of an article from the dispenser. The cutout may be either a removable part of the side casing member, e.g.

Abstract: A strapped fastener assemblage for an automatic fastener driver includes a pair of connecting straps made of paper, each of which has a plastic film laminated onto one surface of the connecting strap. The plastic-film-side surfaces of the connecting straps are in contact with each other. A plurality of pin-like fasteners are arranged in parallel to one another with a predetermined spacing and each of the fasteners extend transversely of and between the connecting straps; and a plurality of fastener retainers are defined by a pair of heat-sealed portions in the connecting straps extending transversely of the connecting straps, and the fastener retainer will retain a corresponding one of the fasteners.

Abstract: An apparatus for storage and automatic feeding of screws into an electric screwdriver comprises a plurality of re-usable or disposable cartridges with internal means for retaining and centering a screw. A magazine holes an upwardly biased column of cartridges.

Abstract: A system for use with small objects such as nails, screws and the like comprises a box dimensioned to hold a plurality of curved, lidded containers that fit easily into a carpenter's pouch or, alternatively, have a clip for use directly on a work belt. The top and the bottom of the box are latched and carried by a handle with two axes of rotation, one for unlatching and one for moving to a noninterfering position when the box is mounted to a wall to serve as a temporary shelf. The handle latches securely, both by mating with a portion of the bottom of the box and by sleeves that slide over a portion of the handle. Each container may also have an integral or removable divider for holding complementary small objects in the left and right portions of the container.

Abstract: A dispenser for wiring accessories has an elongate plate-like configuration and comprises a baseplate from which projects a bar extending transversely across the baseplate to a width less than the width of the baseplate. A longitudinal groove in the bar parallel to the baseplate runs the full length of the bar. A lip faces the longitudinal edge of the bar into which the groove opens. The lip is parallel to and spaced from this longitudinal edge. The baseplate is extended at one end of the bar. A transverse cradle on this extension receives a wiring accessory and a longitudinal finger projects cantilever-fashion from the bar over the cradle and is spaced from the cradle to retain a wiring accessory in the cradle.

Abstract: A holder for a box of staples or loose carpet tacks, nails, screws and the like discrete magnetizable items is provided. A magnet is located on the underneath side of the top closure member for the holder to which a plurality of loose carpet tacks may become attached and which are separated from a supply thereof when the holder is shaken, making for easy, safe and injury free retrieval of carpet tracks from the holder by a carpet installer. The tacks can then, if desired, be temporarily attached to a magnet provided on the outside of the front wall of the holder providing ready access by the carpet installer to the tacks as and when needed during installation of carpeting. A box of staples can be carried instead in the holder, if desired, whereby the lines of staples can be kept intact and in unbroken condition prior to being loaded into a staple gun.

Abstract: When an electrical device such as a receptacle switch or the like is fixedly wired into building wiring, it is electrically and mechanically connected to an outlet box inside the wall. The device is fastened to the face of the box by screws. Ordinarily, the opening in the wall for recessing the device has minimal clearance to admit only the device and the device has extending projections that engage the wall surface around the opening so that the device mounts flush with the wall surface. When the opening is oversize, the projections pass through the opening and the workman cannot secure the receptacle firmly and mount it flush with the wall. The invention provides a set of insulated horizontal spacer members mounted parallel to one another and flexibly joined together by flimsy vertical joining elements that are readily broken apart. The workman can break off a portion of the assembly that will provide the necessary total spacing thickness and place it between the projections and the junction box.

Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic nailer system for use in the joinery industry. The system includes a strip including a plurality of plastic ferrules which receive a complementary plurality of nails. Each ferrule is provided with a step which is adapted to co-operate with a surface of a substrate to form a groove for receiving a flange on a trim, each ferrule also having the thicker part thereof tapered to assist in fitting the trim. The ferrules are arranged in a longitudinal row and are connected to each other by at least one severable plastic web. The system further includes an automatic nailer specially adapted to drive the nails individually into a substrate while at the same time severing its associated ferrule from the next adjacent ferrule. Preferably, the automatic nailer includes a cartridge for feeding a plurality of strips into the automatic nailer.

Abstract: Apparatus for separately holding a multiplicity of each of several different sized elastic bands such as rubber bands. The apparatus includes a body having a multiplicity of storage regions, each of which has a storage slot. Further, the circumferences of at least two of the storage slots in different storage regions are different from one another. More specifically, a storage region is formed by disposing a first storage slot having a first circumference between two other restraining or confining ridges or regions, each of which ridges or regions has a larger circumference than the first region. Different sized elastic bands are then wrapped about the body in the different storage regions. The circumference about the body in a storage slot of a particular storage region which is appropriately sized to hold a particular elastic band is at least as large as the circumference of the inside surface of the elastic band.

Abstract: A carrier strip supports a plurality of nails for use in an explosive powder charge operated setting device. The nails are equidistantly spaced apart and held in bores in the strip. Guidance members, placed on the nail shanks, hold the nails within the strip bores. The heads of the nails project outwardly from one side of the carrier strip. The outside diameter of the nail heads is not greater than the inside diameter of the strip bores, so that the nails can be pushed through the bores out of the carrier strip into a receiving material.

Abstract: A substitute strip of collated nails having cylindrical shanks of an uniform diameter, which is smaller than the uniform diameter of the shanks of the nails of a standard strip, and being collated by a pair of tapes. Each tape extends across the nail shanks and is adhered by an adhesive layer to a respective one of diametrically opposed areas on the shank of each nail of the substitute strip. As distinguished from the standard strip, at least one tape of the substitute strip has an outer rib extending along such tape. Because of the outer rib or outer ribs, the substitute strip and the standard tape can be interchangeably fed by a nail-feeding magazine of a rapidly acting, nail-driving tool.

Abstract: A resilient clip and a kit of components including such kits for marking mating parts with pairs of color-coded clips. In use a mechanic would remove color matching pairs of clips and apply them to mating parts of components, wires, or hoses of an engine being assembled or disassembled.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for compressing a retainer ring to reduced assembly size and maintaining the compressed ring assembly size at an assembly location by internal containment means. The apparatus typically includes a ring compressing assembly for compressing the ring from the exterior and mandrel means disposed in the compressing means and around which the ring is compressed to assembly size. The mandrel means includes a lug-retaining groove means into which retainer ring lugs having special flats are compressed and retained interiorly of the ring to hold the ring at reduced assembly size. The compressed retainer ring is carried to the assembly location outside the compressing means on the mandrel means and is stripped from the mandrel means for final assembly internally in a part. The ring compressing assembly is carried on a first slide for movement between a ring load position and a ring assembly position.

Abstract: A generally flat, reversible package for shipping and displaying on an hanging fixture in either of two positions a finite number of consumer products which products have a volume defined by given dimensions, such as length, width and height. This package comprises a front generally flat sheet, a back generally flat sheet with the sheet lying in a plane adapted to be vertical when the package is on the fixture, the sheets each have a vertically extending center line dividing the sheets into side-by-side, vertically spaced first and second display segments.

Abstract: A portable screwdriver comprises a prime mover and, an apparatus formed as a couplable attachment, which contains the screwing tool on a drive shaft which can be connected to the prime mover. The apparatus carries a magazine receptacle for a strip-like screw magazine from which the screws are pressed under spring tension into an arcuate screw guide, where they are held between two retaining jaws until the screwing tool has taken them up and has released them for insertion purposes by swinging the retaining jaws apart. The apparatus is particularly suitable for self-tapping screws and has a narrow front cross-section, so that it can also be used at otherwise inaccessible points.The easily replaceable screw magazine comprises a plastic profile with screws guided parallel to one another and at right angles thereto. The screws can be constructed with plastic heads and jamming ribs provided on the heads.

Abstract: Male and female surface-type fastener tapes are unwound from respective spools in a housing and drawn out of the housing through a tape guide swingably disposed in a slot defined in a side panel of the housing. The spools are disconnected from the housing and can easily be replaced with new ones simply by opening a cover of the housing. The tape guide is automatically directed toward the position where the tapes are unreeled off the respective spools. Therefore, the tapes are properly and smoothly mated together by the tape guide as they are progressively passed through the tape guide.

Abstract: A shipping package comprising an exterior carton having a rectangular bottom, sides and top closure defining an interior space. A bottom panel, a top panel, and usually at least one divider panel are mounted within the interior space dividing the same into a plurality of tiered spaces. The construction of the panels is such that each tiered space is defined along its lower surface by an upwardly facing corrugated sheet and along its upper surface by a downwardly facing corrugated sheet. A plurality of coiled fastener packages are mounted within each tiered space so that the fastener head defining end thereof engages one of the corrugated sheets defining the same so as to collapse the engaged corrugations thereof and the fastener point defining end thereof engages the other of the corrugated sheets defining the same so as to penetrate the engaged corrugations thereof.

Abstract: A package for shipping and dispensing articles such as integrated circuit mounting sockets or the like comprises an extruded, open-ended plastic tube having a reentrant rib formed along one tube side so that the interior tube chamber accommodates the bifurcated lateral outlines of such i.c. sockets in side-by-side serial relation to each other inside the tube with the socket bodies resting on the rib and with the socket terminals suspended and protected on either side of the rib.

Abstract: A bone stapler including a staple cartridge that, when removed from the stapler, insures that no staple can remain in the stapler, and is held in place by a rotatable locking member that in one position can pass through an opening in a wall of the stapler and can then be rotated to hold the cartridge in place.