Abstract: A carton blank, and a display carton erected therefrom, are adapted for securely holding a tube in a specially-designed cradle means made from a unitary panel of the carton. The unitary panel has a first cut line extending generally along the width dimension at the top end. A second cut line extends from the first cut line along the length of the cradle means, terminating at a point short of the bottom end. Third and fourth cut lines are spaced outwardly on opposite sides of the second cut line and extend along the length of the cradle. Score lines extend in angular relationship from the third and fourth cut lines toward the bottom end of the cradle means. A tab on the bottom end of the cradle means is adapted for engaging a chime on the tube cap and preventing the tube from inadvertent displacement from the carton.

Abstract: A folding carton having an integral, internal support structure including a pair of tubular members for receiving portions of a packaged article and cushioning it by preventing it from coming in contact with the exterior walls of the carton.

Abstract: An improved multi-panel suture retainer. The retainer provides separate compartments for the needle and the suture material. The suture material is disposed within the retainer inwardly from all edges of the retainer to better protect heat sensitive suture materials during subsequent sterilization and packaging.

Abstract: A carton for suspending an article within the carton and a blank for forming same has a collapsible arrangement for automatically forming the suspension support. This arrangement includes two parallel bridge panels, each of which is hingedly coupled at its opposite side edges to the front and back panels at locations spaced from the side panels of the carton. The upper edges of the bridge panels form a support surface which is substantially perpendicular and between the carton panels for supporting an edge of a cap of an article to suspend the article between the bridge panels and within the carton. Front flaps pivotedly mounted at the opposite side edges of the front panel may be formed in the front panel and located behind the cap of the article to create a shadow effect.

Abstract: A folder retainer having plurality of surgical sutures, the retainer comprising three panels with surfaces of two of the panels covered with a foam member. A retainer includes a fourth panel which locks the retainer in its folded configuration.

Abstract: A cassette container or pocket made of thermoformed vinyl includes detent means capable of meshing with the openings associated with the raised tape to recorder-playback projection portion of a standard audio tape cassette.

Abstract: This package is particularly adapted for carrying an article to display the latter at the point of sale. The package is formed from a unitary paperboard blank and includes product retaining openings along with integral product encircling portions to retain the product in the openings. The preferred embodiment of the package is adapted for use in carrying flashlights along with batteries carried separately by the package.

Abstract: An improved package for a plurality of needled sutures comprising a folded suture retainer wherein a bundle of substantially aligned suture strands are coiled between two folded panels while the needles are retained between two adjacent folded panels. The needles are centered on one panel by an opening communicating with the interior of the package. A removable portion in the outer needle retaining panel provides access to the needles while the bulk of the suture remains coiled within the package.

Abstract: A display card for holding and dispensing articles includes rows of attached, protruding, tear-off tabs formed by cutting and bending a sheet which is semi-rigid and tearable. The tabs are generally keyhole-shaped with the head end of the keyhole being rounded and the stem end remaining attached to the card when the tabs are formed. By flexing, the rounded tab end is inserted through a lesser diameter hole in the article for display, thereby locking the article to the card. The article which may be in form of a product or package for a product may be removed from the card by pulling which causes the tab to tear until it separates from the card. A transverse slit in the card below each tab limits the extent of tearing. Articles remain attached regardless of card orientation until the article is intentionally removed.

Abstract: A package for emergency medication has a carton or package body made from a folded, one-piece blank. Within the body, extending from one end over part of the length thereof, is a generally tubular partition in which an injector is received, whose hypodermic needle is maintained spaced from the one end by the fact that finger-engaging ears of the injector rest on the free edge of partition which faces the other end. The other end is provided with another partition which extends across the interior of the package body and is provided with a cut-out into which a medication vial extends which is connected with the injector and which is thus held against moving about. A package holding the vial and injector in side-by-side relation is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tray for shipping and displaying dressed poultry for sale is disclosed. The rear end wall of the tray forms an acute angle with the tray bottom and contains an aperture through which the ends of the legs of the poultry are inserted so as to prevent hocking (spreading of the legs). Preferably, a sunburst die pattern is cut around the aperture. The sunburst fingers prevent the legs from pulling away from the rear walls and lock the fowl in place. Also, preferably, a tail shield folds down from the top of the rear wall to cover the ends of the legs extending through the aperture. This prevents the legs from puncturing the plastic overwrap on the tray.

Abstract: A package is formed from paperboard for displaying an elongate generally cylindrical article such as a flashlight or the like. The package presents a trough-like structure which cradles the article. Abutment means formed in the package prevent movement of the article. A holding member retains the article against the package.

Abstract: A display carton for an elongated bottle of smaller length and width than the carton is characterized by upper and lower support structures for restraining lateral and longitudinal movement of the bottle within the carton. The upper structure is in the form of a transverse strut having a U-shaped cut-out corresponding in configuration, and adapted to engage, the cap of the bottle. The lower support structure includes a portion that is adhesively bonded to the inside of the back panel of the carton and is hingedly connected to an inclined support member having an aperture corresponding in configuration to the base portion of the bottle. The aperture has a V-shaped cut which serves the purpose of guiding and funneling the bottle into the carton as it is automatically loaded by conventional automatic loading equipment. Preferably, the front panel includes slanted shadow panels, for aesthetic purposes and to expose substantially the entire length of the elongated bottle.

Abstract: A product display card is described, which is particularly adapted to hold one or more elongate articles in organized close-packed array. The card is preferably formed from a one-piece paperboard blank, and includes a front panel with cutouts for opposite end portions of the articles to extend therethrough, and a pair of rear panels joined to the front panel at opposite edges thereof adjacent the end portions of the articles. The rear panels have cutouts generally aligned with the front panel cutouts, but dimensioned to retain the end portions of the articles at the front side of the card, while intermediate portions of the articles are retained at the rear side of the card. A feature of the product display card is that at least one end of an article to be displayed thereon and the front panel cutout corresponding to that end extends substantially to an edge of the finished card.

Abstract: A surgical suture retaining label for needled and for non-needled multiple sutures is disclosed which permits direct dispensing of the suture. An envelope having a tearing notch and a tear angle guideline across the face of the envelope is also disclosed. When the envelope is torn from the tear notch along the guideline, the label is exposed. The needled and non-needled sutures are held together by a tab. When the tab is pulled, the multiple sutures are directly dispensed from the label.

Abstract: A display carton for an elongated bottle which is substantially equal to the length of the carton, but is of smaller width than the carton, is provided with top and bottom retaining panel structures to prevent lateral movement of the bottle within the carton. Each retaining panel structure includes a first flap pivotally connected to the back panel of the carton, and having, in turn, a glue flap hingedly attached thereto. Hingedly connected to the opposite edges of the glue flap are two spaced tabs, with the combined length of the tabs and the glue flap being greater than the length of the first flap. By this arrangement, the first flap is disposed in abutting relationship to the end flap closure of the carton, and the glue flap is bonded to the first flap. The spaced tabs are wholly disposed within the carton and extend at an angle to the back panel so as to form with the first flap and the back panel a right triangle.

Abstract: A disposable container consisting of a tetrahedral-shaped chamber and a base member formed from a paperboard blank pre-coated with an adhesive layer and having folding guides at desired locations to provide the base with arms to hold the chamber. The chamber is formed from a segment of flexible plastic tubing, sealed at the bottom and sealed at the top on a line transverse to the sealing line at the bottom to form the tetrahedral-shaped chamber. The chamber is stably mounted on the base member, which provides a wide surface for supporting and protecting the tetrahedral chamber and also provides labeling surfaces for the container.

Abstract: A knock-down display carton having a tubular body formed from opposing body panels hingedly connected together along their opposite side edges, the carton being formed from a flat-folded blank which may be composed entirely of paperboard or a composite blank having a paperboard body panel and an opposing flexible plastic body panel, the structure having at least a bottom end closure hingedly connected to one end of the paperboard panel, said end closure comprising a flap member adapted to be initially juxtaposed to the inner surface of the body panel to which it is hingedly connected, the flap member being scored to define inner and outer flap parts, the outer flap part being displaceable inwardly to provide a self-sustaining cradle-like support for an article packaged in the carton.

Abstract: A surgical suture label having a needle protection flap is disclosed which permits direct dispensing of the suture. An envelope having a tearing notch and a tear angle guideline across the face of the envelope is also disclosed. When the envelope is torn from the tear notch along the guideline, the needle protection flap is exposed for direct dispensing of the suture.

Abstract: A display package for elongated products is prepared from a single rectangular blank of paperboard or the like that is folded about a centrally located score line and suspended on a display panel from a rod-like member which extends through an opening provided at the top of the package. The blank from which the display package is formed has a longitudinal dimension greater than its width dimension and includes, in addition to its centrally located score line, a plurality of cuts and secondary scores which together form a product enclosing and retaining intermediate panel and a pair of spaced apart upper and lower apertures of which one or both may be covered with a transparent film to provide a window or windows in the package.

Abstract: A display package for a longitudinally extended product such as a flashlight and the like, comprising a rectangular base possessing an opening therein, said opening conforming in outline to the longitudinal configuration of said product, a collar integral with said base which completely surrounds at least a portion of the lateral perimeter of said product, and an anchor member integral with said base and located at one or more ends of said opening to secure said product in position within said package. The invention includes a package blank of unitary construction which may be assembled to form said package containing said product in a specially configured die, as well as a particular die useful therewith. The package of the present invention is inexpensively manufactured and is of durable construction.

Abstract: A die cut pad made from corrugated paperboard for use in protecting a sink during shipment in a rectangular carton, the pad being one which folds over upon itself and has a die cut section which may extend down into the cavity in a similarly placed section on the opposite side which is positioned against the outside of the cavity and serves to hold the sink or suspend it away from the side panels of the carton.

Abstract: The combination of an intrauterine device and a package therefor, said package having an elongated strip of material, means on the strip for supporting the device and an identification record detachably secured to said strip.

Abstract: An improved package for sutures in which an inner suture retainer is intimately connected to the sealed outer envelope so that when the outer envelope is opened, the suture end in the inner retainer is exposed for immediate pick-up.