Abstract: A merchandise product includes a tool bit case having first and second housing members. The tool bit case also includes a first modular tool bit holder and a second modular tool bit holder each movably coupled to the first housing member. The merchandise product includes a clamshell packaging having a front clamshell portion defining a first cavity and a rear clamshell portion defining a second cavity. The front clamshell portion is coupled to the rear clamshell portion at an interface. The interface defines a plane between the front clamshell portion and the rear clamshell portion. The first cavity and the second cavity contain the tool bit case while the tool bit case is in an open position. A first portion of the tool bit case extends beyond the plane in a first direction, and a second portion of the tool bit case extends beyond the plane in a second direction.

Abstract: A carton for packaging articles includes top (14A, 14B) and bottom (18, 20) connected together by spaced side walls (12A, 12B, 12C; 16A, 16B, 16C) to form a tubular structure, and an end closure structure (22) at one end of the tubular structure. Each end closure structure includes first and second top flaps (32a, 32b) connected to the top (14A, 14B) and interconnected to anchoring panels (24a, 24b). The top flaps are not directly connected together but through the top of the carton.

Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A carbon dioxide source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate carbon dioxide gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the carbon dioxide source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the carbon dioxide source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making carbonated beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.

Abstract: A stemware stabilizer apparatus engages a piece of stemware between the stem and foot of the stemware to prevent tipping over. The stabilizer apparatus includes a stabilizer body having an upper side and a lower side. A contact surface is defined on the lower side of the stabilizer body. The contact surface is positioned to contact the upper side of a foot on stemware. A stem receiver slot is defined in the stabilizer body allowing passage of the stem. The stem protrudes upwardly through the slot when the apparatus is installed on the stemware. A concave chamber is defined by the lower side of the stabilizer body shaped to at least partially receive the foot. The stabilizer body applies a downward force against the foot and includes a sufficiently heavy material to prevent the stemware from tipping over under some conditions.

Abstract: A packaging sleeve for a bottle includes: a circular bottom wall; a cylindrical lower section attached to the circular bottom wall and an upper section attached to the lower section. The upper section defines fold lines for facilitating the bunching of the upper section closely around the neck of a bottle.

Abstract: A glass that is self-supporting in a substance consisting of sand, earth, snow, water or vegetation. The glass includes a bowl, a stem, and apparatus that maintains the glass upright in the substance consisting of sand, earth, snow, water or vegetation. The stem depends from the bowl to a point so as to form a spike. The spike of the stem inserts into the substance consisting of sand, earth, snow, water or vegetation.

Abstract: The tasting glass (1), of the type including a parison (2) generally being rotationally symmetrical around a vertical axis, includes within the parison (2) a set of at least two internal ribs (7) evenly distributed on the periphery of the parison (2), extending in a substantially vertical plane, almost from the bottom of the glass, up to a height of the parison (2) lower than the normal filling level of the glass, different for each of the ribs (7). The tasting glass also includes a dome (8), called “nose-cap”, located on the axis of the glass at the bottom of the parison (2). The ribs (7) each have the shape of a propeller blade surface. A method for producing the glass is also described.

Abstract: A tray or platform for carrying stemmed containers. The invention further relates to a multipurpose stemware holder tray for holding, stabilizing and carrying filled stemmed glasses or stemmed containers in an upright position. The invention furthermore relates to a multipurpose stemware holder tray that rests on the palm and forearm of a user in a carrying position for securely retaining and controlling stemmed containers and for avoiding spillage and other types of accidents.

Abstract: A tray or platform for carrying stemmed containers. The invention further relates to a multipurpose stemware holder tray for holding, stabilizing and carrying filled stemmed glasses or stemmed containers in an upright position. The invention furthermore relates to a multipurpose stemware holder tray that rests on the palm and forearm of a user in a carrying position that includes a universal thumb grip for securely retaining and controlling stemmed containers and for avoiding spillage and other types of accidents.

Abstract: A dilution kit for and a method of diluting concentrated solutions used to treat allergic symptoms are disclosed. The dilution kit may comprise a case comprising: a base; and a cover hingedly coupled to the base. A foam pad may be removably coupled within the base, the foam pad defining a plurality of vial apertures. A plurality of vials may be removably positionable within the plurality of vial apertures. The method may comprise: removably positioning at least one of a plurality of vials in an upwardly facing position within at least one of a plurality of apertures defined in a layer of foam padding in a base of a case of a dilution kit; and placing a predetermined amount of one of a diluent, a concentrated solution, and a combination thereof into at least one empty vial of the plurality of vials.

Abstract: A packaging/displaying device includes a main blank foldable into a housing that has a bottom panel, two side panels extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the bottom panel, a back panel extending upwardly from the bottom panel and connected between the side panels, and a top panel connected to a top end of the back panel and extending above the bottom panel, said top, bottom and side panels cooperatively defining a housing space for an object, the top panel having a through hole extending through said top panel to retain a top end of an object. The housing is open at its front side to display the object.

Abstract: A consumer packaged good includes a case, a plurality of translucent vessels vertically stacked within the case, a beverage stored in each of the plurality of the vessels and a barrier sealed to each vessel for containing the beverage in the respective vessel. The case includes a base wall and at least one side wall extending upwardly from the base wall. The plurality of translucent vessels are surrounded by the sidewall. Each vessel includes an opening for drinking from the vessel and a base surface for supporting the vessel on an associated support surface. The barrier seals to each vessel for covering the opening and containing the beverage in the respective vessel. The barrier is peelable from the vessel without destroying the vessel to provide access to the beverage stored in the vessel.

Abstract: A wraparound packaging is provided. The wraparound packaging includes a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having at least one opening. The packaging further includes a first sidewall attaching the top portion to the bottom portion by a bottom wall, and the length of the bottom wall being smaller than the length of the top portion. A second sidewall extending from the top portion and a first tab extending outwardly from the bottom portion are also included on the packaging. The packaging folds to a final position in which the top portion is located above the bottom portion. The first tab may also include a slit, and the packaging may further include a second tab extending outwardly from the second sidewall for mating with the slit in the first tab.

Abstract: A bundle pack includes a tray having a bottom, a sidewall, and a tray longitudinal axis. A plurality of packaged products disposed in the tray and the packaged products each having a product longitudinal axis and a product transverse axis. The plurality of packaged products is each disposed at an angle in the tray such that each product longitudinal axis forms a product angle ? with the tray longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A packaging assembly in which discrete cushioning or blocking and bracing members are strategically positioned so as to provide improved protection of an article such as during shipment and storage. The assembly includes a substrate and a predetermined 2- or 3-dimensional pattern of cushioning members such as inflated (e.g., gas-filled) bags selectively and optionally independently affixed to the substrate. The pattern of cushioning members is predetermined in the x, y and z directions such that, when the substrate is positioned about the article, e.g., by folding the substrate, point contact between the cushioning members and the article is created. A method of fabricating a shock protective assembly for packaging an article is also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods for producing easily and securely gripped slip-resistant file folders, including file pockets and hanging folders. The methods include providing folder paper stock; conveying the folder paper stock in the process of folder manufacture; providing a curable slip-resistant material in a melt state; applying the slip-resistant material at predetermined areas of the folder paper stock; and curing the slip-resistant material; such that the slip-resistant portion comprises cured slip-resistant material. Another method includes providing folder paper stock; providing embossing dies in spaced, operable, mating relationship; positioning the folder paper stock appropriately in the embossing dies; applying force to at least one of the embossing dies so as to decrease the spaced relationship; and deforming the folder paper stock.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for effecting a controlled breaking of a wedding glass, comprising providing a device having a housing having a bottom and top sheet both of puncture-resistant material and an intermediate layer of compressible material retained between the sheets, the intermediate layer being provided with an opening forming a well sized to accommodate a wedding glass therein, whereby a stamping action directed to the top sheet results in the compression of the intermediate layer and the shattering of the glass within the confines of the sheets and the well.

Abstract: The invention is a device and means for storing and shipping fragile sculptures such as lamps. A cardboard structure encloses the top portion of a sculpture such as a lamp, while providing a base that receives the bottom part of a sculpture. The cardboard structure has a top holder and a bottom holder joined by a backing member.

Abstract: A unitary multi-cell partition for packaging articles for use with a multi-sided carton or tray having a circumscribed space therein. The partition is formed of molded pulp and is capable of being disposed in the space and is adapted to receive the articles within the cells of the partition. The partition comprises a plurality of wall portions which are inclined from the vertical when the partition is free standing and free of the space in the carton or tray. The plurality of wall portions are arranged to provide a plurality of vertically disposed spaced-apart cells. The wall portions have upper and lower extremities and hinge portions joining certain of said upper extremities of the wall portions and joining certain of the lower extremities of the wall portions to permit bending of certain of the wall portions with respect to other of the wall portions.

Abstract: A carrier with internal support members for carrying multiple beverage containers. The carrier is formed from foldable material that can quickly and easily be erected and loaded with beverage containers. The internal support structure of the carrier comprises central support tabs extending from the top panels connected to bottom support tabs extending from the bottom panels. The internal support structure gives the carrier the tensile strength needed to support multiple beverage containers. Arcuate support members restrain the top portions of the beverage containers from lateral movement. The bottom support members straddle the beverage containers and restrain the bottom portions of the beverage containers from lateral movement. The elongated central support tabs extend slightly into the beverage container receptacles creating a flexure fit when loading beverage containers into the carrier. External support braces are positionable to hold the carrier open during loading.

Abstract: A holder for stemmed drinking vessels having a base and a bowl connected by a stem. The holder has a support structure and vessel supports are disposed on the support member to support a plurality of vessels with their stems crossed. In preferred embodiments the support structure is formed symetrically about an axis to define an interior space for receiving the vessels.

Abstract: A drinking glass having a cup portion, a stem attached to the cup and upon which the cup is supported, and a detachable base engageable with the stem in two distinct alternative base positions. The base is capable of securely maintaining the drinking glass at rest in an upright orientation in at least one of the base positions on a range of support surfaces. The range of support surfaces suitably includes a hard even surface and a penetrable uneven surface. In one embodiment, the base is in an upright position and the drinking glass is maintained in an upright orientation on a reasonably flat surface by means of a flange. In this upright base position the base engages with the stem via mating engagement of a spike in a hollow interior of the stem.

Abstract: A container (10) for storing of transporting pourable material can be converted to a plant protection device by removing a portion of the base (11) of the container to allow the peripheral wall (12) of the container to be engaged over the plant thus surrounding the plant (32). The peripheral wall is formed from a double layer with annular space (15) therebetween for receiving liquid such as water to maintain heat.

Abstract: A carton has a keel structure (K) of rectangular cross section to separate adjacent rows of articles and to retain articles in position. The box keel structure carries a locking tab (38) which is caused to ride over and engage against a ridge (40) formed in an adjacent panel of the carton when the keel is set up from a collapsed to an upright position to maintain the keel upright.

Abstract: A display carrier has top and bottom walls, first and second sidewalls, at least one vertical partition wall and a horizontal dividing member in the sleeve. The vertical partition wall extends between the top and bottom walls to define adjacent interior compartments within the sleeve. The horizontal dividing member may be connected to the first and second sidewalls and comprises (1) a first horizontal panel that is cut primarily from the bottom wall and is connected to the first sidewall along a horizontal fold line where the panel is connected to the first sidewall; and (2) a second horizontal panel that also is cut primarily from the bottom wall and is connected to the partition wall along a horizontal fold line where the panel is connected to the partition wall. Alternatively, the horizontal dividing member comprises a horizontal panel extending continuously as a single piece and having opposed ends which do not reach their respective sidewalls.

Abstract: A carton for glassware or like articles includes a conventional sleeve with a top, a bottom, sidewalls and a central dividing panel. Locking mechanisms are located on each end of the sidewalls. Each locking mechanism includes a connected series of panels hinged to a sidewall of the carton at two places. The locking panels have an initial position in which they are flat and out of the way to permit articles to be placed in the carton. To hold the articles inside the carton, the locking panels are shifted to form a wedge shape which partially blocks the open ends of the sleeve. A locking tab is folded into the interior of the wedge to hold it in place. Preferably the locking panels are three in number and extend from an edge of a sidewall of the carton.

Abstract: A display carrier is described having improved retaining tabs. In one embodiment, the carrier includes snap acting retaining tabs connected to a partition wall at end edges thereof. For receiving glassware the snap acting retaining tabs are generally planar with the partition wall. To retain glassware once in place each snap acting retaining tab is rotated out of the plane of the partition wall to reversibly engage the glassware. In this position, outward movement of the glassware within the sleeve is restricted.The carrier also includes a partition wall with opposed tab-receiving recesses. A slotted tab is associated with each recess via a hinged connection to the edge of a respective top or bottom wall. In its operative position, each slotted tab is at an angle to its wall and abuts an associated recess in a reversible locking engagement. Each recess includes a lip portion projecting outwardly from within the recess.

Abstract: A display carrier for glassware or the like is foldable from a generally flat, collapsed condition for shipping and storage to an erect position for retaining at least a pair of articles. The carrier is formed of a flexible material which forms a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, each side wall being hinged to each of the top and bottom walls to form a carrier sleeve. A reinforcing wall extends between the top and bottom walls. Planar retaining tabs are resiliently connected along a fold line of the top and bottom walls, and each tab is contoured so that it can flex to match the volume swept out by a glass or other article as it is being inserted into the carrier. Bights in the reinforcing wall limit movement of the retaining tabs. When the carrier is folded flat, the reinforcing wall holds the tabs flat against the top and bottom walls to which they are hinged.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by visually impaired individuals, wherein a plurality of containers are provided, with an appropriate utensil designation mounted vertically and orthogonally relative to an annular rim of each container. The container includes an annular rim, wherein a plurality of diametrically aligned utensil designator members are positioned. The containers may be in a modified embodiment formed within a single unitary organization containing a series of aligned container wells. Alternatively, each container may include a generally "I" shaped clip for mounting to the rim receiving an associated utensil therein to indicate designation of an associated utensil for use with a respective container.

Abstract: A paperboard carton for drinking glasses directly engages stems or other irregularly shaped portions to rigidly and securely hold the glasses within the carton. The carton is erected from a blank form in a method requiring no direct manual manipulation to position the stem holding portion of the carton. The carton is formed as an open ended rectangular sleeve with a stem holding panel extending horizontally across the interior of the carton.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the stemware holder includes two, thin, elongated, semi-concave fingers, integral at their aft regions, that define a dome rising from a tray surface. The top of the dome is truncated and is open. The inboard edges of the fingers define a fore entry slot, a converging throat, a circular, central section at the truncated top of the dome, and a stress relief slot section extending aft from the circular section. The stemware holder is attached to the tray surface at the aft region. In one embodiment, this attachment is a tab protruding upward from the plane of said tray surface wherein a base portion of the tab extends through a through passage in the tray between the tray surface and the side wall of the tray. Ribs are disposed at an intermediate location on the top surface of the fingers and run longitudinal between the stress relief slot section and the outboard edge of each finger.

Abstract: A display carrier for articles includes hingedly connected top, bottom and side walls forming a sleeve and a deflectable retainer for releasably engaging an article in the carrier. The deflectable retainer hingedly extends from an edge of the bottom wall and has a fold line defining a distal flap attached to the inside of the bottom wall of the carrier between the center line of the bottom wall and the fold line from which the retainer extends. Two intermediate fold lines give the retainer a quadrilateral cross section and permit the retainer to be deflected toward the bottom wall for engaging or disengaging an article end with the carrier. Articles can be inserted and withdrawn from the carrier by deflecting the retainer without damage to the carrier. A second retainer for articles having an open or chimed end extends from an edge of the top wall of the carrier. The second retainer includes a retaining portion having a curved edge for engaging the inside surface of an article having a chimed or open end.

Abstract: This one-piece packaging is made from a blank of foldable material and includes a top wall whose width is less than the width of the bottom wall, and is not greater than half the maximum transverse dimension of the articles. This width may, in the limit, be zero. As a result: at least a portion of the height of the front wall is sloping; the windows cut out in the front wall which have bottom portions that are narrower than the maximum transverse dimension of the bottom regions of the articles in order to retain the articles in the packaging also have top portions whose width is equal to the maximum transverse dimension of the top regions of the articles so that said top regions of the articles project as much as possible from said packaging; and the side end faces of the packaging which are optionally closed by walls are at least partially trapezoidal, and in said limit are at least partially triangular when said top wall is of zero width.

Abstract: A carton is disclosed for containing and displaying cylindrical objects such as drinking glasses or canned goods, and a single foldable paperboard blank form is disclosed for making the carton. The carton is in the form of an open ended sleeve having a divider panel providing adjacent sections for receiving the cylindrical objects, and folding tab members interengaged with the divider panel to retain the objects within the open ends while providing maximum visible exposure of the objects at the carton sides and ends. Tabs in the top and bottom panels of the carton provide finger holes for carrying the carton and extend into the carton transverse to the divider panel and between adjacent objects in the direction between the open ends of the sleeve.

Abstract: The invention provides a wine glass or bottle tote having a cylindrical body of self-supporting foam rubber with a longitudinally extending cylindrical central passage having openings at each end for the insertion and removal of articles such as wine glasses or a wine bottle. A cloth cover is provided and a slippery cloth liner extends through the cylindrical opening. A circular cover having a zipper closes each end of the central passage to protect articles inside.

Abstract: A florist's implement for temporarily stabilizing a flower or plant container or the like during transport is disclosed. The implement includes first and second square sheets of a flexible material hingedly connected to one another such that the sheets may be folded into superimposed juxtaposition to provide upper and lower sheets. The upper sheet is provided, on its upper face, with a series of scores in a predetermined pattern. There is first arranged a grid of scores equally spaced between and parallel to the square edges to obtain an array of squares. The number of scores is selected to obtain a junction of two mutually perpendicular scores at the center of the square sheet. The single central score which is directed generally normal to the hinge side of the sheet is heavier than the scores to which it is parallel and perpendicular and is sufficiently heavy as to permit ready manual separation along its length by hand.

Abstract: A display package for a glass or similar article constructed from a single flat sheet material blank includes a back wall formed from a central rectangular panel of the blank, a pair of reduced height side walls reinforced along their edges formed from two side panels of the blank and two end walls formed by two foldable flaps on the opposite ends of the central rectangular panel and four cooperative retaining tabs carried by the ends of the side panels. A retention tab on one end wall of the package is pushed into the interior of the package to retain a glass therein and a narrow retention flap on the other end wall away from the retention tab is inclined toward the back wall of the display package and extends between the side walls thereof to retain the adjacent end portion of a glass therein. Tabs at the ends of the narrow retention flap are fixed to the side walls of the display package.

Abstract: A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.

Abstract: The invention provides a display packing for glasses and similar articles, which may be folded flat and is formed from a single strip of material. Said strap of material is divided into sections for forming the vertical an horizontal side walls of the frame as well as partition walls the number of which depends on the number of articles disposed in the row, each article in the row being separated from the next one by a partition wall. Locking lugs are engaged in notches of the lower and upper end portions of the vertical partition walls so as to hold the assembly opened out.

Abstract: A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.

Abstract: A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.

Abstract: A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.

Abstract: A package is described which includes individual paperboard packages folded from blanks and which contain and display articles such as glass tumblers or goblets. The individual packages are assembled in sleeves also folded from paperboard blanks which accommodate two, three or four of the individual packages while exposing them for display.

Abstract: A glassware package formed from a foldable blank has a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of end walls, and an open front and back. The top and bottom walls include means for retaining a plurality of glassware items therein. Each end wall includes a flat end wall panel and a pair of support panels extending inwardly therefrom. The support panels are joined to each other at a location spaced inwardly from the end wall panel and are supported off the end wall panel. The end wall panel and support panels together form a beam-type end wall which abuts the top and bottom walls and resists relative movement of the top wall toward the bottom wall. When the blank is printed on one surface only and folded so that the printed surface forms the outer surfaces of the package, the visible sides of the support panels, and thus the insides of the end walls, are formed from the printed surface of the blank, thereby allowing the insides of the end walls to have printed matter thereon.

Abstract: A wine rack comprising spaced pairs of elongated frame members arranged in upstanding steepled configuration with their bases spaced and their tops joined with shelf assemblies extending between the pairs of upstanding frame members to provide bottle storage on the outer surfaces of the A frame and hanger brackets extending between the pairs of upstanding frame members between shelf assemblies and including inwardly opening slots to provide hanging storage of a plurality of wine glasses in the umbrella provided by the A frame. A shipping assembly for the wine rack is also disclosed.

Abstract: A collapsible display carrier for articles having top, bottom, and side walls hingedly joined to form a sleeve, the side walls having lateral fold lines, said carrier including collapsible retaining means attached to the side walls and the bottom wall for engaging articles inserted into the carrier, said carrier being collapsible to a substantially flat configuration about a lateral plane lying intermediate of the top and bottom walls.

Abstract: Carriers for at least one pair of articles, each article having two opposed ends, employing two-ply latches for restraining hollow, recessed or chimed ends of articles inserted substantially within a carrier and/or notched flap restraints for restraining at least partially cylindrical ends of articles inserted substantially within a carrier. The notched flap restraints cooperate with a carrier reinforcing wall incorporating flap receiving and support portions to enable collapsing and reerecting of a fully assembled carrier. A conventional or collapsible carrier having flap restraints employing stop means for preventing collisions of carried articles within the carrier.

Abstract: A carrier for articles having two opposed ends, the carrier having a sleeve and flapless latches for retaining the articles within the carrier. The latches may include cubic masses of cured foamed plastic adhesive proximate to or bearing on the end portions of the articles to retain and cushion them within the carrier.

Abstract: A receptacle storage package is disclosed, having oblique base surfaces converging in such a manner as to tilt the receptacles towards one another. The receptacles would contact each other, in storage, but for the placement of a receptacle restraining piece position between the upper surfaces of the receptacles. Should the restraining piece be removed, the receptacles will contact under gravitational force.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved reshipper carton which is capable of providing adequate shipping protection for either finished color TV bulbs, which have a large rectangular face plate end tapering down to an integral neck tubulation, or for unfinished TV bulbs or funnels, which have a large rectangular end and an integral neck tubulation but do not have a face plate secured thereto. The invention contemplates dividing the volume of a rectangular space defined by vertical corrugated walls of a container into two generally triangular compartments through the insertion of a vertical partition in diagonal relationship across the corners of the container. Such partition is provided with scores that permits two flaps to be horizontally displaced outwardly from opposite sides of the partition into respective engagement with the adjacent side walls of the compartment.