Abstract: A handle of a door is covered by a disposable tissue when that handle is used to open the door. The tissue is dispensed from a housing mounted on the door superadjacent to the handle. Tissues from the housing are sized so the tissue will remain attached to the housing but will cover the handle. Disinfectant can be sprayed onto a handle before the handle is grasped via the tissue. Once the door is opened, a user simply pulls the tissue out of the housing and discards it. As one tissue is pulled out of the housing, that tissue pulls the next tissue out of the housing.

Abstract: A device which is capable of selectively containing or displaying an article. The article container and display device of the present invention may include a case/stand having first and second case units for removable attachment to each other and containing a display frame which holds the article. The case/stand defines a container configuration when the display frame is contained in the case units and the first case unit removably engages the second case unit. Alternatively, the case/stand defines a display stand configuration when the first case unit and the second case unit are placed in adjacent, semi-facing relationship to each other and the display frame is supported by the case units. A latch mechanism may be provided on one or both of the case units for removably engaging the other case unit.

Abstract: A transparent or semi-transparent container with an integrally molded carrying handle for storing and transporting pieces of fabric and fabric assemblies of various sizes and shapes known to makers of quilts, quilters and the quilting industry as Blocks or collections of paper, pictures, fabric, personal mementos and other items in various stages of assembly used to create and manufacture Scrapbook Pages.

Abstract: Disposable dispensers for stacks of tissue products are provided that include one or more odor control agents and one or more means for containing and releasing the odor control agents. When the means for containing and releasing the odor control agents is activated the odor control agents are released into the surrounding environment. The odor control agents include fragrant materials, odor-absorbing materials and materials that yield chemically active vapors.

Abstract: A packaged stack of dividers comprising a container including front and back covers, at least two dividers oriented in stacked relation to each other and positioned in the container between the front and back covers, and an alignment member coupled to the stacked dividers. In one embodiment, the alignment member is positioned through holes in the dividers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stack of fan folded material and related systems and processes. The stack includes at least two clips of fan folded material. Each clip includes a plurality of fan folded sheets, with each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line. Each clip is joined to an adjacent clip by a last sheet of one clip being separably joined to a first sheet of a succeeding clip.

Abstract: A holder for displaying in a fan formation a deck of sample swatches wherein an edge of each swatch is clearly displayed for easy viewing.

Abstract: A package arrangement is provided. The package arrangement in general includes a blister pack having a backing construction secured thereto. In preferred arrangements, a removable header is provided. The backing construction preferably includes a flexible film having resealable pressure sensitive adhesive on a side thereof, by which the backing portion is secured to the blister pack. A portion of the backing construction is formed as a hinged cover portion, by two cuts, preferably parallel, extending through the backing construction portion and overlapping a selected section of the blister pack. In a preferred arrangement, each cut terminates at a stop structure.

Abstract: A glass sheet, and a shipping case for the sheet are disclosed. The shipping case comprises two paperboard sheets with central portions which are substantially coextensive with and on opposite sides of the major surfaces of the sheet, and pairs of opposed, substantially coextensive flaps which surround the central portions. An adhesive prevents movement of the opposed flaps relative to one another and of the sheet within the case. In a preferred embodiment the flaps of one of the pairs are integral with one another and are disposed on opposite sides of a fold line. In another preferred embodiment, the shipping case additionally includes at least one flap which is structurally integral with one of the paperboard sheets along an edge thereof, and is folded around a peripheral edge of the article and adhered to the exterior surface of the central portion of the other sheet.

Abstract: A package assembly including a housing that has an attachable portion and a manually removable portion. Also included is a length of attachment strip material having opposite major surfaces defined by stretch release adhesive extending between its opposite ends. The length of attachment strip material has a first part adhered along the outer surface of the attachable portion of the housing, and a second part extending from one end of the first part; and that second part of the length of attachment strip material is disposed to restrict adhesion between it and a planar surface to which the first part of the length of attachment strip material is adhered to support the housing along that surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to an envelope (100) for packaging at least one article, the envelope being of the type constituted by a sleeve of heat-shrink plastics material having a main portion (101) suitable for encapsulating at least a portion of the article or a group of articles, said sleeve also having an additional flap (102) overlapping the outside of the sleeve and connected to the main portion (101) of the sleeve via two parallel lines of heat sealing (102, 105) at its lateral ends, said flap having a panel-forming portion (115) which is detachable by being torn off.

Abstract: A container for storing cleaning pads which includes as part of the lid, a used cleaning pad storage area in which a used cleaning pad may be stored between uses. A packaging system for the container having an anti-tampering feature is also provided.

Abstract: Packaging for a stack of paper sheets is described having a relatively rigid top and bottom sheet, a sleeve, and at least one band to secure the package together around the stack of paper. Also described is a method of packaging a stack of paper by locating a relatively rigid top and bottom sheet on the top and bottom of the stack of paper, and a placing sleeve around the stack of paper, and applying a band to secure the top and bottom sheets and the sleeve in place to form a package. Additionally, there is described a method of loading paper into a drawer of a machine comprising the steps of: placing a package formed in accordance with the above mentioned method into the drawer; cutting the band and removing it; and removing the top sheet and the sleeve from the stack of paper.

Abstract: A home owner information organizer for organizing information regarding the purchase and ownership of a home, including storing legal documents and providing a location for the recordation of important information and phone numbers. The system for organizing information is stored in a box-like container which includes a handle, and is compatible with shelf storage. The system includes a box for containing the information, and a folder on which information is printed or written, relating to local service providers, and community information such as schools and service organization information.

Abstract: A device for displaying flat and flexible objects. The device displays flat and flexible objects and is specially suitable for modular display systems, e.g. display racks or display consoles. Flat and specially non-rigid display goods are held upright, and can be reliably inserted and withdrawn. The bottom, the rear wall and the sidewalls are configured as a single-pieced plastic injection molded part. At least one of the sidewalls is flexibly configured at least in one of its segments as a clamp holding the inserted objects in an upright position.

Abstract: A form with a well has a form layer with a top and a bottom surface and a perimeter, a die cut through the form layer that defines a portion of said form layer within said die cut, a patch layer having a perimeter and top and bottom surfaces, and an adhesive layer that is repositionable and peelable. The patch layer is adhesively but removably secured to the bottom surface of the form layer such that the die cut and form layer portion are entirely within the perimeter of the patch layer. The form has a well, that is created by removal of the form layer portion from within the die cut. The bottom of the well is the top surface of said adhesive layer and the sides of the well are the edges of said die cut. The adhesive layer has a greater affinity for the patch layer than the form layer portion such that when the form layer portion is removed from the form, the adhesive stays adhered to the patch layer. Articles such as photographs may then be inserted into the well.

Abstract: A folding photo case includes a pair of exterior case members coupled to each other by a first hinge and a pair of interior frame members coupled to respective exterior case members by respective second and third hinges. The first, second and third hinges are preferably torsion bar hinges with the first hinge biasing the exterior case members to an open position and the second and third springs biasing the interior frame members toward interior surfaces of the exterior case members. One or both of the exterior case members are preferably provided with a latch structure which allows the folding case to be latched in a closed position. The dimensions of the folding case are preferably such that the case can be carried in a pocket or purse when it is folded into the closed position.

Abstract: A display container having a top, a base and two pair of opposed parallel sides between the top and the base; a plurality of product units, each having a rectangular perimeter; and at least one filler unit having a rectangular perimeter, wherein the plurality of product units and the at least one filler unit are positioned side by side and together extend between each of the two pair of opposed parallel sides, and wherein a first side of a first one of the at least one filler unit is adjacent to first sides of a first plurality of the product units, such that the first side of the first one of the at least one filler unit and the first sides of the first plurality of the product units extend between a first of the two pair of opposed parallel sides.

Abstract: A sample container, having a lid and a base, is configured to secure at least one card to an inner or out surface of the container. At least one of the lid and the base forms an inner volume for holding a sample item.

Abstract: A cleanup aid including a plurality of sack forming sheets, with each sack forming sheet available for use in securing a volume of debris. The sack forming sheets may be provided as a stack of sheets, with one sheet superposing and covering a next sheet in the stack. A volume of debris may be placed upon a center portion of an upper surface of a fully deployed sack forming sheet. Next, the corners and other edge proximate portions may be lifted, bunched, and secured, thereby forming a sack containing the volume of debris. The invention may include a protective ground contacting tarp that is located between a ground surface and the sack forming sheets. The tarp may include a grasping portion that may be utilized by an individual for moving the cleanup aid about a selected area containing debris to be secured and removed.

Abstract: A display holder for displaying a stack of flexible material including a curved front wall extending from a base. A spring extends from a center portion of a rear wall to bias the stack of material toward the front wall and to impart a curvature in the stack of flexible material.

Abstract: A tape strip dispenser defining a retention chamber and having an opening through which the tape strips are dispensed from a W-stacked pad of tape strips retained within the retention chamber. The opening is longitudinally bounded along a first end by a first linear edge, and longitudinally bounded along a second end by a second liner edge, with (i); the first and second linear edges laterally angled relative to a central lateral axis of the retention chamber, and/or (ii) the first and second linear edges independently pivotable about a first and a second lateral axis, respectively.

Abstract: A wallet card package having a card that is removably secured to the package so that it can be removed for activation and a pouch for rejoining the removed card with the package following activation. The card is preferably secured to the package by a peelable adhesive that permits the card to be readily removed from the package. The package preferably includes front and rear panels that cooperatively define a pouch for receiving the card after it has been removed. The present invention also discloses a method for packaging and activating a wallet card including the steps of (1) providing a wallet card having a machine-readable activation code, (2) removably securing the card to the package with the activation code being inaccessible for reading, (3) removing the card from the package, (4) reading the activation code from the card, and (5) rejoining the card to the package by inserting it into the pouch.

Abstract: A memo pad holder has a base having a storage chamber suitable to receive a memo pad, a cover attached to the base and movable between open and closed positions and a clip disposed on the cover. The clip may be used to hold papers or the like while the cover is in the open and/or closed position.

Abstract: A modular container system for storing and dispensing labels, the container system including a plurality of individual container modules configured for mutual coupling. Each container module having a first engagement element on a first wall and a complementary second engagement element on a second wall and each container module further including a receptacle configured for receiving a roll of labels and an opening for dispensing the labels.

Abstract: A package for the sale of image-quality printing paper facilitates digital image printing by providing blank sheets of image-quality printing paper pre-cut to accommodate image printing sizes for personal use. A rigid container is constructed and arranged to provide convenient protection, storage, display, and transportation of the blank sheets and the images subsequently printed thereon. The container may be provided with a multifunctional stand therein. Alternatively, or in addition, the container may be provided with a frame for surrounding, displaying, and holding the container.

Abstract: A ribbon-decoration forming tool for binding a decorative ribbon strip, which defines a plurality of loops, to form a ribbon-decoration, said ribbon-decoration forming tool including: a first flat plate provided with an engagement member, the engagement member having an enlarged portion at the outer end thereof; a second flat plate having a holding portion for holding the engagement member which allows said enlarged portion to protrude outside therefrom; a connecting member connecting said first flat plate and said second flat plate; and a binding portion for binding a ribbon strip to form a ribbon-decoration, wherein the binding portion is defined by the first and second flat plates associated with each other in the relationship such that the enlarged portion protrudes outside from the holding portion, said connecting member and said engagement member.

Abstract: A paper tray assembly for providing imaging media to an imaging apparatus, includes a base cassette and an insert cassette. The base cassette defines a first receptacle to receive at least a portion of the insert cassette, and the insert cassette defines a second receptacle to receive the imaging media.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stack of fan folded material and related systems and processes. The stack includes at least two clips of fan folded material. Each clip includes a plurality of fan folded sheets, with each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line. Each clip is joined to an adjacent clip by a last sheet of one clip being separably joined to a first sheet of a succeeding clip.

Abstract: Foil bags are formed as new paper bags by fusing together two webs and tying a detachable strap which has a suspension opening to one said opening of each bag, the strap being separated by a perforation line from the respective side of the bag. A pocket is formed at the end of the bag opposite the insertion opening and can have a flap provided with an adhesive strip covered by a masking layer.

Abstract: A retractable card carrying holder is provided for retention of identification cards, particularly for use when traveling through security checkpoints. The photo ID card(s) can be disposed within a transparent sleeve which is attached by a retractable tether to an opaque enclosure into which it is operatively associated, which enclosure includes a clip or other fastener operatively associated thereto to clip onto a belt, backpack, luggage, a wearer, or other clothing. Preferably, at least one of the sleeve or the enclosure is sufficiently non-deformable to inhibit or avoid damage to the card(s). Methods using the card(s) are also included.

Abstract: A shipping container for holding a plurality of parallel panels, the shipping container including a floor, a generally upright rear wall, and a frame supporting the floor and the rear wall at right angles to each other for vertically supporting the parallel panels. The edges of the panels can be supported by the floor and rear wall, with the panels being supported in parallel planes perpendicular to the planes of the rear wall and floor. The floor can have numerous parallel grooves for receiving the panel edges and numerous upwardly protruding holding members slidably disposed along a direction transverse to the floor grooves and received panel edges. The holding members can have a relaxed position for permitting removal of the panels and the gripping position for inhibiting movement of the panels.

Abstract: The present invention is a personal object holding device having an outer housing device having several separating walls inside the housing to form card holding chambers. The card holding chambers are sized to accommodate objects approximating the size of object such as credit cards, identification cards, drivers licenses and bank cards. The object holding device has at least one biasing member positioned on one of the separating walls for each of the chambers to hold the objects positioned in the chambers firmly in place. The personal object holding device further includes an ejection mechanism positioned within the housing which is used to urge the object positioned in the chamber out when desired.

Abstract: A box for storing sandpaper sheets, open at the front and top, and containing a series of indexing dividers with integral tabs annotated with appropriate sandpaper grit sizes. At the aft portion of the index divider are two lateral tabs which project outward and are retained in a vertical groove along the right and left sides of the box. The lateral tabs prevent the index dividers from sliding forward and allow the index dividers to ride up or down in the vertival slots as the stack of sandpaper sheets changes. The lateral tabs function as a unique lifting mechanism to permit the index divider to be raised enough to provide ample clearance to easily insert or remove a sheet of sandpaper. When the index divider is lowered into place it compresses all sandpaper sheets below it to keep the sandpaper sheets from curling.

Abstract: The invention features a container that includes an opening for inserting and removing a letter, a first opening for opening and examining the letter, and a window for visually checking the letter against a contrasting color of an interior surface of the container. The container which may have a closed configuration is used for opening and detecting harmful, suspicious foreign substances such as white powdery particles included in letters of postal mail systems.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the point-of-sale packaging of a card are disclosed. A package in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a pocket for receiving the card and a passageway communicating with a pocket. The package preferably also includes at least one locking tab for selectively obstructing the passageway. A method in accordance with present invention may include the steps of inserting the card into the pocket so that the card overlays the at least one locking tab, urging the package to assume a generally bent shape, and allowing the package to assume a generally planar shape in which the at least one locking tab overlays the card.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an arrangement of plates for receiving food is disclosed. The arrangement of plates comprises a plurality of nestable plates, wherein the plates within the plurality of nestable plates have an animal theme. Each of the plates having an animal theme include a main compartment depicting a primary attribute of an animal corresponding to the animal theme, and at least two independent wells adjacent to the main compartment. Each of the wells are shaped to depict a secondary attribute of the animal corresponding to the animal theme. The plurality of plates include a first plate depicting a first animal and a second plate depicting a second animal that is different from the first animal. The secondary attribute within the wells of said first plate is a first physical feature of the first animal and the secondary attribute within the wells of the second plate is a second physical feature of the second animal.

Abstract: A wallet card package having a card that is removably secured to the package so that it can be removed for activation and a pouch for rejoining the removed card with the package following activation. The card is preferably secured to the package by a peelable adhesive that permits the card to be readily removed from the package. The package preferably includes front and rear panels that cooperatively define a pouch for receiving the card after it has been removed. The present invention also discloses a method for packaging and activating a wallet card including the steps of (1) providing a wallet card having a machine-readable activation code, (2) removably securing the card to the package with the activation code being inaccessible for reading, (3) removing the card from the package, (4) reading the activation code from the card, and (5) rejoining the card to the package by inserting it into the pouch.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet package including a stack of sheets having a plurality of sheets folded about fold lines and arranged in a vertically stacked configuration, and a receptacle for containing the stack of sheets which is made of hard or soft material and has a dispensing opening in a top surface thereof. The stack of sheets includes an upper layer of a plurality of sheets located in the vicinity of the dispensing opening, and a lower layer of a plurality of sheets located under the upper layer. The width of the upper layer is smaller than that of the lower layer in a direction perpendicular to the fold lines of the sheets.

Abstract: On a cut sheet packaging member 50, a separation line 53 for dividing the cut sheet packaging member into a lid part 51 and a body part 52 is formed. Cut sheet information 57 expressed by a bar code is affixed to the body part 52 at a position close to the separation line 53. In the inside of a sheet feed opening 42 of a printer 30, a bar code reader 46 is disposed. By inserting the body part 52 together with the cut sheets into the sheet feed opening 42, the cut sheet information 57 affixed to the body part 52 is read by the bar code reader 46.

Abstract: The present invention provides a storage system for protecting a detachable motorcycle windshield assembly from damage when said windshield assembly is detached from a motorcycle. A storage system according to the invention includes a rigid base and a plurality of mounting bosses connected to said rigid base. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the rigid base is fastened to a wall. In an alternative embodiment, the rigid base is affixed to an inside portion of a hinged protective case.

Abstract: A holding device for single or multiple cards utilizing a backing member having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A guard extends across and spaces from the first surface to form a slot. The guard includes a surface facing the first surface of the backing member. A ledge is spaced from the guard and extends from the backing member. The ledge also includes a surface which projects from the first surface a distance greater than the surface of the guard. A card is supported within the slot and contacts the surface of the guard, and the surface of the ledge.

Abstract: A package for the sale of image-quality printing paper facilitates digital image printing by providing blank sheets of image-quality printing paper pre-cut to accommodate image printing sizes for personal use. A rigid container is constructed and arranged to provide convenient protection, storage, display, and transportation of the blank sheets and the images subsequently printed thereon. The container may be provided with a multifunctional stand therein.

Abstract: A case for containing cards, in particular visiting cards, credit cards, playing or postal cards, generally parallelepiped in shape, including two opposite surfaces and four side elements, in opposite pairs, two lateral and two transverse, and a device for inserting the cards in the case and dispensing them as requested. The card inserting and dispensing device is provided by one of the two surfaces which includes lateral slots located on the side edges opposite the lateral elements and a transverse slot located on one of its opposite transverse edges such that the surface is spaced apart from the case, by bending, each time the cards pass through.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging for planiform objects/products such as susceptors, wafers, chewing gum, TTS, TDDS, TDS, stamps, microchips or like. Said packaging consists of a support card (1) with one or more cavities (2) for receiving the object(s). The upper side of said support card is covered by a cover film (3) which occludes the cavities and which is sealed with th support card at sealing lines (4) at least in the marginal area around the cavities in such a manner that sad film can be torn open. Said sealing lines are surrounded by a weakened line (c) the cover film which merges into the contour of a tab (3a) for grasping and manually tearing open the cover film above the respective cavity.

Abstract: An encasement system for a display article comprising a transparent top section having an integral cavity defined therein and a receiving channel, a bottom section having an integral cavity defined therein, a snap fit means for connecting the transparent top section to the bottom section such that when the transparent top section and bottom section are connected a display article cavity is formed by the transparent top section integral cavity and bottom section integral cavity wherein the display article is sealed from the outside environment when disposed within the display article cavity.

Abstract: A container (10) includes a base (11) and a cover (19) for the base (11). A substantially flat article (20) is enclosed in a pouch (21). The pouch (21) is adhered to the base (11) by an anti-slip agent (24) and an unfilled space (26) of d mm is left between the pouch (21) and the cover (19), so as to restrain the article (20) from moving in the container (10).

Abstract: A W-stacked pads of tape strips dispensable at a low peel angle, comprising a plurality of superimposed tape strips longitudinally reversed so as to align the first end of each tape strip with the second end of an immediately overlaying and an immediately underlying tape strip.

Abstract: A primary packaging for laminar objects is disclosed, comprising an upper (3) and a lower strip (2). The fusion of the strips (2, 3) encloses an inner region, suitable for accepting a laminar object and comprises, in the outer areas of said strips, regions where both packaging strips are not joined to each other and where said strips are not congruently arranged one on the other.

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.