Abstract: A card holder for protecting a card includes a pop-up panel for the inclusion of printed indicia such as a map. The pop-up panel rapidly collapses to a size slightly larger than the card within the pocket without resort to accordion folds.

Abstract: A dispenser for storing and dispensing small objects and a method of dispensing small objects with the dispenser. The dispenser has a housing, defining an interior volume and a dispensing aperture, providing access to the interior volume, a dispensing aperture closure, having a closed position for securing objects within the interior volume and a dispensing position for dispensing objects from within the interior volume. The dispenser also includes a fulcrum within the interior volume of the housing, positioned such that, when pressure is applied to a button portion of the closure, a flap portion of the closure contacts the fulcrum.

Abstract: A germicide and disinfectant composition contains detergent and at least two enzymes adapted to cause lysis in glycoprotein in infectious agents. These germicidal and disinfectant compositions are used in conjunction with prepackaged wipes and kits that allows the user to remove liquid or dried contaminated material without coming into direct contact with the contaminated material.

Abstract: A printable die cut business card holder includes a holder blank formed in a sheet of stock adapted processed through a printer for affixing designs, logo, messages and the like. The blank is separated from a carrier portion of the sheet at a die cut line and folded to form the business card holder. The blank includes a front portion, a rear portion, a connector portion and a holder portion attached at score lines. Wings, sides and tabs cooperate to form a holder pocket for receiving business cards. A pair of support supports fold outwardly from the rear portion to stand the holder upright on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: A reclosable package for storing elongated items, such as one or more sticks of chewing gum, includes a container having an opening for accessing an interior region of the container. The container has sidewalls that surround the interior region of the container and that extend from the opening toward a bottom wall of the container. The reclosable package also has one or more dividers disposed in the interior region of the container and extending between the container opening and the bottom wall. The one or more dividers define elongated slots adapted for receiving the elongated items in an upright orientation. A cap is hingedly connected to one of the sidewalls of the container. The cap is movable between a closed position in which the cap covers the elongated items stored in the container and an open position wherein the elongated items are accessible through the opening of the container.

Abstract: A flexible purse or case for holding small objects within a user's pocket or handbag includes a flexible skin which forms a shaped body having enclosed space and a slot extending between the ends of the body for accessing the interior of the purse. A semi-rigid frame is engaged to the body and includes a downwardly curved bar extending between the ends of the body. Opposed rigid end caps cover the body ends and are engaged to opposed ends of the frame. Squeezing the first and second opposed ends together by squeezing the end caps flexes the frame and urges the slot open to allow access to the interior of the body. The skin and end caps form a visually unitary structure with a continuously curving exterior surface which may be in the shape of an ellipsoid.

Abstract: A protective cover for a remote keyless entry key fob having at least one communication button, the protective cover including a body section having a first side and an oppositely disposed second side, and a cavity defined by the body section adapted to receive the key fob, wherein at least one of the first or second sides includes an aperture such that the key fob is accessible through the aperture and an “O” ring disposed between the key fob and the protective cover for providing a press fit connection between the protective cover and the key fob such that the key fob is positively located within the protective cover.

Abstract: A system and method for carrying personal and/or medical information includes a locket designed to contain a memory electronic device to store information about the user. The locket is design to be opened to provide ready access to a machine readable portion of the memory device by a reader. The locket is combined with a pocket in a shoe to carry the locket unobtrusively. The locket and pocket can include a logo which will alert medical or other emergency personnel as to the existence of the locket during an emergency.

Abstract: A dispenser for fibers for use by a sportsman and adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or gear worn by the sportsman. The dispenser is a capsule with a body and a cap with apertures that can be aligned. When the apertures are aligned, fibers can be reached and pulled out of the dispenser in wisps for use by the sportsman.

Abstract: A cardboard holder for business cards, suitable for use on a bulletin board or a hard surface, is disclosed. The holder is made from a single piece of cardboard, folded to form a box of appropriate size to hold a number of business cards, displaying the cards so a prospective customer or client can take one. The device described is made from a pattern, cut and folded to form the card holder. Different embodiments of the invention allow the holder to be tacked onto a bulletin board using thumbtacks, affixed to a hard surface using an adhesive tape, or glued together and onto a surface with glue that is administered to the cardboard pattern during manufacturing. Additionally, the holder can be imprinted with the information contained on the cards it holds, to simulate the look of the cards.

Abstract: A package (1) for packaging and storing elongated items such as sewing needles (2, 3) has a tray (5) and a lid part (6), which are held or connected together to define a housing space. The tray (5) and the lid part (6) each have a flap-type section (14, 19) at their bead end. These sections can be pivoted toward and away from one another, and can be latched together. When the two flaps (14, 19) are pivoted away from one another, they expose the ends of stored items, e.g., the sewing needles (2, 3), projecting out of the housing space (48), so the items can easily be pulled out of the housing space (48). It is therefore possible to secure the items or sewing needles (2, 3), for example, in a frictional, in the housing space (48).

Abstract: A device for holding objects in a pocket. This device comprises at least one plate that is made from a rigid material. Coupled to this plate is a patch for fixing the plate inside a user's pants. In addition, there is a clip that is coupled to this plate. This clip is either U-shaped or circular shaped. There can also be an additional clip that is coupled to the at least one plate. In another embodiment, there can be at least one additional plate that is connected to the at least one plate. This at least one additional plate couples to the at least one plate via a series of adjustable tracks having a lock. The tracks allow the device to be adjusted in length.

Abstract: This product is wax base shoe polish that comes in a container with the likeness of a chap-stick or a lipstick dispenser. The pollish may be applied directly to ones shoe to fix a scratch or to polish the whole shoe.

Abstract: A molded plastic container with a living hinge has a first flat round side and a second domed round side which fold together to form a container having a maximum edge dimension that is less than one-half its maximum center dimension. A thumb tab facilitates opening of the container to access the articles or material contained therein. The domed side fits comfortably in the user's hand and in her/his hip pocket.

Abstract: An article holder includes a card body with one or more panels covering article receiving pockets formed within a core member. The holder may also be provided with an embossing zone for receiving embossed alpha numeric indicia as typically provided in transaction cards, and/or an electronically readable zone containing electronically readable media separate from an article holder zone. In a preferred form the holder may be provided with an adhesive surface covered by a removable strip. The strip may be removed from the adhesive to permit attachment of an identification card to the holder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card-shaped storage case (1) made of metal or plastic with at least one internal storage compartment (8) for at least one article, which is defined by a base plate (6) and at least in sections by a cover plate (7) of the storage case (1) running parallel to this, wherein several storage compartments (8) at least partially separate from one another are arranged in the storage case (1) in a plane running parallel to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7) and are constructed to receive articles in the form of articles of daily use (9) and/or consumer articles and are also accessible from the outside via storage openings (23), and the storage openings (23) are arranged in at least one of the longitudinal side faces (4) and/or transverse side faces (5) preferably running perpendicular to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7).

Abstract: An accessory card or plastic money holder in standard credit card format includes a rigid container, openable, being on one side provided with a closing mechanism, which is made up of two half-hulls, on one side hinged, on the opposite side joinable in abutment to one another to be engaged in logical correspondence by a combination closing mechanism. The half-hulls are joined along the sides by a membrane as a bellows for each side, the folds of each of which form seatings for the support, along two opposite sides, of the relative plastic card.

Abstract: A portable, hands-free and user friendly breast pump for facilitating breastfeeding, incorporates a dome-shaped housing having a servomotor mechanism; a hat-shaped flange having a chamber portion, a brim portion and an outlet, the chamber portion being formed so as to be placed over a nipple on a breast so as to define a chamber between the flange and the breast, and the brim portion being formed to surround the nipple and thereby form a suction seal therebetween; and a one-way venting element formed to operatively communicate with the chamber so as to vent pumped milk from the chamber via the outlet. The housing, the flange and the venting element are connected into an integral device held against the breast and underneath clothing so as to keep the integral device hidden. Breast milk is collected via a plastic collection bag that connects directly with the pump underneath clothing such that the milk is isolated from any contaminants in the air and may be easily stored immediately after being collected.

Abstract: A medication package and method, system, and computer program product for making same is provided. In one embodiment, medications are grouped into dosage groups. Each dosage group contains at least one element of medication, such as a pill or capsule. Furthermore, each element of medication in a dosage group should be taken by a patient at substantially the same time as other elements of medication in the same dosage group. Each dosage group of medication is placed into a separate compartment in a package. The compartments of the package are covered and labeled with an indication of the time for which the associated medications within the compartment should be taken by a patient. The compartments are covered in such a manner such that removal of a dosage group from the package provides an indication to a patient that the medications in the dosage group have been taken by the patient.

Abstract: A two-piece container for mints or similar tablet type contents in which base and cover elements are arranged for relative sliding movement in opened and closed condition and are of curvate configuration so as to approximately conform to the figure of a user when the device is disposed in a side pocket of a jacket or similar garment. The cover element is configured such that the upper surface and the lower surface of the base element are exposed for contact between the thumb and fingers of a user, thus permitting the opening and closing of the container using the thumb and fingers of a single hand.

Abstract: A portable currency storage device for securing paper currency and the like against immediate access includes a cover and base slideably joined and locked together. A thumbwheel is provided to assist paper currency and the like into an internal compartment of the device, but is unable to withdraw the same. The internal compartment and its contents are accessible only by separating the cover from the base using the key provided for such.

Abstract: A case includes a lid and a case body provided with a traversing aperture. The aperture accommodates a reserve of product contained in a cup. The case includes a seal secured to the cup and pressing in a sealed manner against the case body.

Abstract: A neck strap attachable to the foldable side pieces of a pair of eyeglasses, making it possible for an individual to wear his glasses hanging from the neck, with a decorative locket of rigid material, joinable to the cable of the neck strap, and having a lens cleaner stored therein. The locket in combination with the neck strap creates a decoration located at the rear of the individual's neck, which complements the appearance of the eyeglasses.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a latchable enclosure for the above small plastic and business cards. The invention also comprises a novel support and carrying means and a novel paper currency attachment.

Abstract: A system and method for carrying personal and/or medical information includes a locket designed to contain a memory electronic device to store information about the user. The locket is design to be opened to provide ready access to a machine readable portion of the memory device by a reader. The locket is combined with a pocket in a shoe to carry the locket unobtrusively. The locket and pocket can include a logo which will alert medical or other emergency personnel as to the existence of the locket during an emergency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a small article case which secures a sufficient engagement strength between a plug-in body and a socket, keeps the engagement strength even if the small article case is repeatedly used, is suitable for containing the small articles, and is easy to use since the plug-in body is easily engaged with and disengaged from the socket from the outside. The small article case is composed of a socket and a plug-in body to be inserted in the socket. The socket comprises a tubular body with a bottom having front and rear wall portions and opposing side wall portions, and a pair of engagement pawl attaching openings cut in arcs from the respective side wall portions to the front and rear wall portions are provided on the bottom side thereof.

Abstract: A folder for receiving papers or other loose articles comprising a side panel and a retaining tab made of a generally flexible material and mounted onto the side panel. The retaining tab has a pair of openings formed therein, the openings being shaped and located such that a writing instrument may be received therethrough such that the writing instrument is securely received in the retaining tab.

Abstract: A device for preventing unauthorized use of data carriers, such as credit cards, ATM cards, and flexible discs, including: (i) a casing having at least one pocket having an opening, the pocket adapted to receive at least one card, and (ii) inner workings, disposed within the casing, the inner workings including a magnet affixed to a sliding arm, the sliding arm held in place by the card, such that unauthorized removal of the card through the opening allows the sliding arm to slide such that the magnet deactivates a magnetic strip disposed on the card.

Abstract: Medication Reminder Key chain with a key chain sized housing enclosing a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board supporting an integrated circuit providing timing functions and control for a piezo electric sound emitting device and a plurality of LED's, the printed circuit board also supporting a momentary switch, the printed circuit board also supporting a battery holder and associated battery. A preferred embodiment includes in said timing functions the actuation of said sound emitting device at regular intervals.

Abstract: A sheathed receptacle device for securing objects within an associated enclosure includes an object receptacle having outwardly-extending tabs which engage with respective slots in the enclosure to secure the receptacle within the enclosure. In a particular embodiment, the receptacle includes gripping portions integrally formed with the outwardly-extending tabs in a cantilevered body having a spring action such that manual depression of the gripping portions directly actuates the tabs into and out of respective slots in the associated enclosure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card-shaped storage case (1) made of metal or plastic with at least one internal storage compartment (8) for at least one article, which is defined by a base plate (6) and at least in sections by a cover plate (7) of the storage case (1) running parallel to this, wherein several storage compartments (8) at least partially separate from one another are arranged in the storage case (1) in a plane running parallel to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7) and are constructed to receive articles in the form of articles of daily use (9) and/or consumer articles and are also accessible from the outside via storage openings (23), and the storage openings (23) are arranged in at least one of the longitudinal side faces (4) and/or transverse side faces (5) preferably running perpendicular to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7).

Abstract: The present invention is a unique business card holder and dispenser. The invention offers advantages of holding and dispensing a relatively large number of business cards, while the invention's business card holder and dispenser is small enough to fit in small spaces (such as one's pockets). Moreover, the invention offers the advantages of protecting business cards from being lost or damaged. The invention's business card holder and dispenser can be left in relatively hot environments without any damage to the business card holder and dispenser or any damage to the business cards held inside the invention's business card holder and dispenser. Further, the user can easily and conveniently use the invention's business card holder and dispenser and reach inside the business card holder and dispenser to take cards out. The invention's business card holder and dispenser is sturdy and does not break and thus does not need to be replaced.

Abstract: An assembled article of manufacture for rubber-banding credit cards and folded paper currency in which only initially a rubber band is stretched to undergo a necking down to facilitate insertion into opposite peripheral compartments of a personalized or otherwise inscribed cooperating metal component and the assembly completed by the release of the rubber band which assumes its unstretched thickness within the peripheral compartments. Thereafter stretching of the rubber band about an assemblage of the credit cards and/or paper currency bulk, or both, does not disassemble the metal component and the rubber band.

Abstract: A packaging case set, used for packing swimming goggles with a mono frame, including two pieces of packaging cases that have the same style case shell, and in which each of the packaging cases consists of a first and second enclosure, bonding unit etc. Therein, the first and second enclosures are inward arching and are then assembled to form a sealed space. Furthermore, each enclosure is equipped with a bonding unit, whereby the bonding unit contains the first and second fasteners, which further become fastened together accordingly. Owing to the above structure, and also by means of the fastening function in-between the first and second fasteners on the first enclosure, it can hence be reassembled into two different-styled packaging cases at the time of opening. Thus, it is ready for the packing of small personal items or complete set of swimming goods, such as swimming goggles, earplugs, nosepieces, etc.

Abstract: A holder includes a plate-like body having a recess formed therein, the recess being configured to leave a holding portion for the body of the toothpick-like interdental cleaner. The holder portion includes a fitting groove, adapted to removably secure the body of the interdental cleaner along a longitudinal direction thereof when received therein. When so received, the toothpick-like interdental cleaner is restrained at the intermediate portion of its body, and its extreme ends, positioned within the recess, do not come in contact with any interior surfaces, thereby being kept clean. A case is further provided for receiving the holder.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter holder is made from a shell having a side wall and a bottom wall defining an upwardly opening chamber sized to slidably receive a cigarette lighter. A flexible rib within the chamber frictionally grasps the lighter to securely hold the lighter in the lighter holder. The rib can be formed on a sleeve in the chamber. A cord is mounted to the bottom of the shell, for example, by an eyelet secured to the shell bottom. The eyelet can be mounted to the shell bottom so that it can rotate relative to the shell. The cord is adapted to be secured to an article of clothing or a purse to help prevent loss of the holder and lighter if the user should accidentally drop the holder, with the lighter in it.

Abstract: A multi-part, multi-fold, multi-compartment portable carrying and storage case, includes a lower case section including a first bottom wall and a first peripheral wall upstanding from a peripheral edge of the first bottom wall. A first storage compartment is defined within the first peripheral wall and the first bottom wall. A case cover is hingedly connected with the lower case section, the case cover including a lower half shell and a half shell cover. The lower half shell is hingedly connected with the lower case section for covering and closing the first storage compartment. The lower half shell includes a second bottom wall and a second peripheral wall upstanding from a peripheral edge of the second bottom wall, with a second storage compartment defined within the second peripheral wall and the second bottom wall. A half shell cover is hingedly connected with the lower half shell for covering and closing the second storage compartment.

Abstract: A remote car alarm protective device comprised of a protective housing adapted for covering a remote transmitter for a car alarm. The protective housing will prevent the remote transmitter from being damaged when dropped or otherwise made contact with.

Abstract: A spray container storage and retrieval system including a holster for receiving a sleeve therein. The sleeve is designed so as to provide an efficient trigger guard for protecting against accidental discharge of spray containers receivable within the sleeve. In certain embodiments, an optional spring may be provided in a lower portion of the sleeve in order to bias the spray container upwardly therefrom when the holster is opened.

Abstract: A device (30) and method for sanitizing, with a sanitizing medium (52), a thermometer (6) having a probe (16) with a predetermined probe diameter (18). The device consists of a tube (34) having an outer surface (38) and an open end (42) adapted to receive the probe, and a closed end (46) opposite the open end and defining a reservoir (50) for holding the sanitizing medium. The device further includes a cap (60) removably attached to the tube open end and having an upper surface (64) with a central aperture (78) designed to closely receive the probe. At least one wiping member (82) in the cap is capable of forcibly gripping the probe so as to seal the sanitizing medium within the tube and to slidingly engage the probe so as to wipe the sanitizing medium from the probe when extracting the thermometer from the device.

Abstract: A whistle case that is adapted to house and keep clean and quiet a whistle that has a mouthpiece portion and a remaining portion with a slot and a loop that extends therefrom and a ball that is movably contained therein. The whistle case includes a case sized and shaped so as to be adapted to snugly yet replaceably house the whistle therein.

Abstract: An Electromagnetic Shield for Smartcards provides shielding of contactless smartcards or RFID tags from electromagnetic radiation which imparts energy to power the contactless smartcards or RFID tags and thus preventing surreptitious, wireless exchanges of digital data with a remote transceiver. The electromagnetic shield is made of a soft magnetic alloy with a very high initial and maximum magnetic permeability, which has been fully hydrogen annealed to develop optimum magnetic shielding properties. In the preferred embodiment, this magnetic shielding material is sandwiched between two plastic reinforcing shells which allow very thin shielding materials to be used with little regard for their resistance to permanent deformation. The relatively high intrinsic electrical conductivity of the magnetic shielding material sufficiently simulates a Faraday cage to further shield a contactless smartcard/RFID tag from electric fields as well.

Abstract: A packaging and method for displaying a data card. The packaging comprising a paper covering coated on one side thereof with a layer of polyethylene. The data card is positioned between a first cover portion of the covering and a second cover portion of the covering. The first cover portion is bonded to the second cover portion, and the first and second cover portions are bonded to the outer surface of the data card via the layer of polyethylene of the first and second cover portions whereby the data card is sealed between the first and second cover portions in a non-sliding relationship relative to the first and second cover portions such that unauthorized tampering with the paper covering to gain access to the data card is readily detectable.

Abstract: A double vision binder includes a front cover, a rear cover and a binding portion; a large transparent pocket is formed on the front cover of the binder by a layer of transparent sheet material bonded to the front cover on three sides; and additional smaller transparent pockets are bonded to the first transparent layer, so that a large sheet of background visual material may be inserted in the large pocket, with an overlay of additional visual material in the small pockets. the first layer may extend over the entire outer surface of the binder to provide additional pockets on the rear cover and on the binding portion of the assembly. A plurality of the small pockets may be formed from a single transparent sheet, with pockets separated by bonding lines.

Abstract: A card, very similar to a credit card, which is appropriate to receive a plural number of rolled condoms, and then covered to give the appearance of a credit card. In the preferred form polyethylene condoms, which are much thinner and allow an optimum height between 2.0 to 2.5 mm. The invention is designed to allow each condom to be in its own separate cavity, thereby making it individually removable. Each cavity is covered by a very thin layer which may be of any appropriate plastic, sealed using any technique known in the art. The card itself may be manufactured of any appropriate material, but preferably an injected plastic such as PVC or polyethylene, which allows the necessary cavities for each condom to be easily formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a card holder arrangement for holding a card that contains specific information and that has specific dimensions. The card holder comprises a rectangular or generally rectangular base plate, raised first side-edges extending along respective long sides of said base plate, raised second side-edges extending along respective short sides of the base plate, a projection on each of the raised first side-edges, said projections extending in over the base plate and towards each other from that edge surface of respective first side-edges which face away from the base plate. The raised second side-edges and the short sides of the base plate include recesses that enable a card placed in said card holder to be gripped on each short side of the card holder, these recesses dividing the raised second side-edges into two laterally related part-edges.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card-shaped storage case (1) made of metal or plastic with at least one internal storage compartment (8) for at least one article, which is defined by a base plate (6) and at least in sections by a cover plate (7) of the storage case (1) running parallel to this, wherein several storage compartments (8) at least partially separate from one another are arranged in the storage case (1) in a plane running parallel to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7) and are constructed to receive articles in the form of articles of daily use (9) and/or consumer articles and are also accessible from the outside via storage openings (23), and the storage openings (23) are arranged in at least one of the longitudinal side faces (4) and/or transverse side faces (5) preferably running perpendicular to the base plate (6) and/or cover plate (7).

Abstract: A multi-pocket female wallet includes a cover, and a plurality of pockets. The cover comprises an outside layer, and an inside layer having the shape of a rectangle. A first end of a pocket template is cut into the shape of three equally spaced apart tab projections. The plurality of tab projections are folded over the bottom folded member. The cover is fastened to the pocket template at the top edge thereof. A first and second stitch create three pockets in the pocket template. The plurality of tab projections are attached to the bottom folded member with suitable fastening means. A second embodiment of a multi-pocket female wallet includes a cover, a pocket member, and an attachment strap. The cover has a plurality of layers which are attached to the pocket member with a surrounding seam binding. Pockets are defined by sewing the cover to the pocket member substantially perpendicular to the length of the pocket member.

Abstract: Box-shaped holder for credit cards or similar products, provided with a front wall (10), two side walls (12, 14) perpendicular to the front wall, a bottom wall (16) which is perpendicular to the side walls but makes an angle of less than 90.degree. with the front wall (10) and an essentially rectangular rear wall (18). The rear wall is able to hinge about a hinge (20) wich runs paralell to the bottom wall in such a way that the top edge of the rear wall moves away from the top edge of the front wall, and vice versa. Furthermore, one section (22) of the rear wall (18) is able to hinge about a hinge (24) located in the rear wall, which hinge runs parallel to the bottom wall in such a way that the edge of the section which faces the bottom wall moves towards the front wall, and vice versa. Furthermore, the holder comprises a spring (26) which pretensions the section (27) of the rear wall in the direction of the hinge movement described above.

Abstract: A photo condom package including a planar front rear panels connected together by a middle tab. The middle tab is made of flexible material which enables it to act as a hinge so that the front and rear panels may be folded over to enclose around a condom wrapper in an outer package. An adhesive is provided on the inside surface of the front and rear panels thereby enabling them to adhere to the outer package. In one embodiment, a thin removable film is placed over the inside surfaces which is removed when applying the package to a condom. Formed on the front panel of the package is an opening. During assembly, a small photograph is placed over one surface of the condom. The front panel is then aligned over the condom so that the photograph may be seen through the opening. An optional information panel may be printed on the outside surface of the back panel which enables an individual to print personal information on the condom.