Abstract: An item protection device protects the item during shipping, movement or installation. In one embodiment, the item may be a window unit whose corners are protected during shipping, movement or installation. The item protection device may have a locking mechanism that securely locks the item protection device to the item so that the item protection device is not easily knocked off of the item during shipping, movement or installation.

Abstract: A string of holiday lights and storage device and method that includes a spool made of two coaxially aligned, circular plates spaced apart by at least a transversely aligned first axle. The axle is attached to a handle located outside the circular plate which allows the axle to be manually rotated. Located parallel to the first axle is a second axle located between the circular plates or two lateral extending arms. Disposed between the two axles is a wide, flexible support strap designed to be wound in opposite directions onto each axle. During use, the end of a string of holiday lights is inserted against the inside surface of the support strap. As the strap is wound onto the first axle, the string of lights is also automatically wound into the first axle so that it is held in position against the outer surface of the axle.

Abstract: Packaging and delivery systems and methods for lighting devices such as streetlights. One embodiment of the invention includes a lighting device packaging and delivery system for a partially or completely preassembled and pre-wired luminaire and pole. The packaging and methods allow the unit to be shipped and installed with very little or no assembly required. The unit, or multi-pack of units, may be packaged with all of the required components, such as the photo control and lamp, already installed.

Abstract: A package includes four outer walls and an internal wall running between two of the outer walls. The four outer walls and the internal wall define first and second cells. First and second pivot members are disposed in the first and second cells. A first pair of hinge members connects the first pivot member to two of the walls defining the first cell and a second pair of hinge members connects the second pivot member to two of the walls defining the second cell.

Abstract: A container for shipping screens for large screen television sets has a screen support platform with a top surface for supporting a plurality of the screens stacked thereon. A pallet is integrated with the screen support platform, and a tubular side wall having an open top end and an open bottom end is adapted to rest at its bottom end on the pallet, with the side wall disposed around a stack of screens supported on the platform. A cover is provided for placement over the open top end of the tubular side wall. The screen support platform, pallet, side wall, and cover are all constructed of corrugated cardboard. In a preferred embodiment, a tray forms the top deck of the pallet, and the support platform is received in the tray.

Abstract: A compact, multiple halogen bulb storage container used to temporarily hold and protect a plurality of halogen bulbs. The container includes an outer, rigid box with a closable lid. Disposed inside the rigid case is an insert designed to hold a plurality of halogen bulbs in a spaced-apart, longitudinally aligned configuration. The insert may be made of elastic or rigid foam material that completely fills the inside central space in the rigid box. In one embodiment, the bulb receiving spaces are aligned on the top surface of the insert holder insert so that the bulb may be horizontally aligned and vertically inserted in to the bulb receiving space. In a second embodiment, the insert is longitudinally aligned in the rigid case with the bulb receiving spaces longitudinally aligned inside the bulb holder. The bulbs slide through the end of the bulb receiving space.

Abstract: A self supporting lighting fixture and package therefore comprising a package having a top wall spaced from a bottom wall, a hole in the top wall aligned with a hole in the bottom wall and a pair of spaced peripheral side walls interconnecting the top and bottom walls on opposite sides of the package. The package is open adjacent each side wall so that the inner contents can be viewed. A lighting fixture is disposed in the package having a bottom portion resting on the package bottom wall and an integral upper portion extending through the opening in the top wall and out of the package.

Abstract: A combined holder for displaying and packaging a decorative midget lamp assembly, which can be satisfied with beauty of concentrative random twinkling and flickering of the plurality of light sources displacing toward left and right generating from on-off controlling operation of the light sources, the holder can effectively use a cover portion formed in the package condition where the portion of the power cable occupying approximately 80% of space in the overall decorative midget lamp assembly is hidden, as a space for displaying a fantastic picture, and the holder can also ornament it on a tree or other structures after taking out it from the holder as usual.

Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed for a number of elongate tubular lamps. The lamps are oriented along a longitudinal axis and each have a first end opposite a second end along the axis. A first spacer is provided to engage a first end of each of the lamps and maintain spacing therebetween. Similarly, a second spacer engages a second end of each of the lamps to maintain spacing therebetween. A third spacer is positioned between the first and second spacers and includes a first wall defining a first number of openings and second wall defining a second number of openings. The first and second openings are paired to define a number of passages each receiving a corresponding one of the lamps therethrough. The first, second, and third spacers cooperate to provide a packagable lamp set. Moreover, the third spacer includes a handle graspable from a top aspect of the set to lift and carry it.

Abstract: A holder for a string of electric lights which includes a flat mounting plate on at least one side of which is provided first and second sets of mounting elements for mounting a series of lamps and lamp sockets of said string of electric lights in first and second rows at opposite ends of the mounting plate. Third and fourth sets of mounting elements may be provided on the opposite side of the plate. Each of the sets of mounting elements includes a row of uniformly spaced tabs between which are provided a row of uniformly spaced slots and a row of projecting pairs of elements providing another row of uniformly spaced slots therebetween.

Abstract: To permit reuse of shipping boxes and shipping holders for elongated artis having a transverse flange, particularly automotive-type halogen lamps, a stackable carrier plate (1) is formed with article receptors (2) which each include an engagement surface (4) which is tilted by an acuate angle (.alpha.) of, for example, about 13.degree. with respect to the major plane of the plate. The engagement surface is apertured so that the articles can hang at the receptors, with the flange engaging the engagement surface, the angle being selected to place the elongated portion (3b, 3e) of the articles below the plate between the elongated portion (3d) of the article which is above the engagement surface of a lower plate (1') in the stack.

Abstract: Assembly type packing device for decoration light strings comprises clamp structures for holding the lamp(s) or light(s), rack structures for supporting clamped lights; and linkage structures for linking together the rack structures into a package form. Optionally a base structure is provided to help maintain the racks erect so that a compact and orderly package for decoration light strings is achieved to facilitate storage, shipment and/or display.

Abstract: A package assembly is disclosed in which base, trays and top cover are formed of hydrophobic materials. The base has skids and guide projections on its upper surface for positioning and restraining each of a plurality of video glass funnels in a layer of funnels on the base. A tray has a like plurality of upwardly extending funnel support components located to coincide with and rest on the upper surface of the funnels in the base layer. Each support component has a bowl-shaped configuration with an upper surface for supporting the larger open end of a funnel in a layer of funnels on top of the tray. Multiple layers of funnels are separated and supported by the trays. The top cover protects the uppermost layer of funnels and permits tying of the assembly into an integral unit through the use of encircling strapping bands, shrink wrap techniques, or the like.

Abstract: A package assembly includes a pallet, an outer shell supported on the pallet, and a plurality of inner cells disposed within the outer shell. A plurality of package elements are utilized to separate and support a stack of video glass funnel parts within each inner cell. The upper pyramidal surface of a package element has step means formed therein for receiving and supporting the edge of a larger end of a glass funnel part, while a lower surface of the pyramidal element is configured to receive and mate with upper surfaces of the contoured sides of a glass funnel part. Stiffening support posts may be disposed in the corners of the inner cells. A cover has a top panel and downwardly depending side walls which extend around the upper edges of the sides of the outer shell.

Abstract: A support column for carrying a plurality of TV panels in a stack, wherein each column has spaced axial niches for receiving and supporting the corners of the panels therein.

Abstract: Disclosed are pre-packs for eggs which have internal formations adapted always to keep the individual eggs out of contact with each other and such that an egg will always (and only) be supported within the pre-pack by contact of the formations at at least one of the following regions, namely, its waist region, and the regions of its two poles. The external shape of a pre-pack will be elongate, the cross-sectional form being based on a nesting geometrical figure, such as a regular hexagon. Pre-packs are disclosed which are made from transparent plastics material, and which hold one row, or two rows side-by-side, of three eggs. The packs preferably consists of two halves which can be readily and repeatedly separated for removal of eggs contained therein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular package for fragile objects having a central section formed from a semi-rigid thermoplastic material and end caps joined to each end of the tubular central section. The end caps have spacing means extending beyond the outer periphery of the central sections for preventing contact between central sections when a plurality of such packages are placed adjacent to each other. Openings in the end caps permit the fragile objects to protrude from the package.