Abstract: A replacement cartridge container is provided that includes a tub and a selectively removable lid. The tub includes a base panel attached to a side panel. The base panel and the side panel each have an interior surface and an exterior surface. A cavity is formed contiguous with the interior surfaces of the base panel and the side panel. The selectively removable lid attaches to the tub and forms a seal with the tub.

Abstract: A method and device is disclosed for displaying a plurality of tools on a point-of-sale display. The device may comprises a pair of support members, each retaining a tool such that one tool partially obscures the other while allowing a customer to properly identify each tool.

Abstract: A holder for fireworks includes a body having first and second portions that are movable with respect to each other between clamped and unclamped positions. A retaining device is used to hold the portions in the clamped position against a firework. The holder may be collapsed to a flat configuration for storage and shipping.

Abstract: A package assembly holds at least one applicator nozzle tip and, optionally, a fluid-containing vial adapted for attachment to the nozzle tip. By providing the vial with a fluid-dispensing end, it may be used with or without the nozzle tip. When used in combination, the vial and nozzle tip can be employed to dispense, for instance, a medical adhesive to a wound site.

Abstract: A box for shipping bottles has a rectangular floor, generally parallel sides projecting from longitudinal edges of the floor, parallel ends projecting from end edges of the floor and bridging the sides, and a cover fittable over the sides and ends and forming therewith and with the floor a generally closed space. Holders set in a row are each hinged on the floor in the space and are each shiftable transversely toward and away from each of the sides to define bottle-holding spaces with the ends. The holders are of generally identical section but of different longitudinal length. Each holder has a pair of parallel legs having lower edges hinged on the floor and upper edges and a top panel bridging the respective upper edges and hinged thereon. One leg of each pair of legs is substantially shorter than the other leg to impart to the holders a right-trapezoidal shape.

Abstract: A tool display member includes a board and two side pieces are connected to a first side of the board. A gap is defined between the two side pieces and each side piece has an opening defined in an inside thereof. A protrusion extends from an inside of each of the opening and includes a stepped edge so that a tool can be supported and clamped between the stepped edges. A locking plate is fixed to the board and connected between the two side pieces.

Abstract: Packaging for hairbrushes includes a foldable display member having a main panel for mounting a hairbrush and upper and lower flaps extending obliquely and downwardly from an edge of the main panel. The flaps are deflectable into an arcuate configuration in which the flaps overly a portion of a mounted hairbrush. The arcuately-deflected flaps are secured by attachment to the main panel or alternatively by attachment to a mounted hairbrush below a lower edge of the main panel. The flaps may include attachment tabs receivable in openings of the main panel. Alternatively, the flaps may include openings for receiving a flexible connector for securing the flap to the main panel or to the handle of a mounted hairbrush.

Abstract: A portable strap carrier and method for managing a conventional tie down, such as a strap or belt, between uses. The carrier includes an elongated frame which defines two spaced apart slits for holding in place a short section of the tie down. Alternately, the short section is held in position by a pair of clips attached to the frame. In use, the short section is first secured to the frame; and then the remainder of the tie down is wrapped lengthwise about the frame. Two slots, disposed at opposing ends of the frame, guide placement of contiguous layers of the tie down as it is being wrapped. Once wrapped, the tie down can be bundled securely with the use of a tying strip attached to the frame.

Abstract: A pivot component (11) is inserted into a bottom component (12) positioned in a shipping container (43) and can be positioned in either a loading position or a support position. In the loading position, the pivot component (11) is tilted outwardly with respect to the bottom component (12), allowing a product (41) to be easily inserted in the container (43). When the product (41) is inserted into the container, contact between the product (41) and the pivot component (11) causes the pivot component (11) to automatically pivot into the support position. In the support position, the pivot component (11) is tilted inwardly with respect to the loading position, and is in position to support and protect the product (41) in the container (43). A top element (51) may be included over the product (41) in the received position so as to capture a top part of the pivot component (11) and thereby retain the pivot component in the support position.

Abstract: A decorative disc holder is provided. The disc holder includes a display member and a disc securing mechanism, removably attached to the display member. In one embodiment, the display member is fabric. An example of a suitable fabric is a loop fabric. In one embodiment, the disc securing mechanism includes a hub having a front side and a back side and a hook fastener attached to the back side of the hub.

Abstract: A compact disc holder is made in one piece by integrated forming for holding and clipping a compact disc and providing a storage structure. The invention has a plate type holder body. One side of the holder body has a clip flange. Another side of the holder body opposite to the clip flange has a cantilever arm. The cantilever arm has a latch flap. The latch flap and the clip flange form a clipping zone. When the cantilever arm is still in a normal condition it may be moved horizontally relative to the holder body to expand the clipping zone to facilitate mounting or removing of the compact disc.

Abstract: A bonding wire spool case, and a method of handling a spool using the spool case has a structure capable of effectively preventing the durability and the holding of the spool from being deteriorated due to the repeated coupling and decoupling operations of the spool with respect to the spool holder while preventing the bonding wire from being contaminated and damaged due to the carelessness of the worker. The bonding wire spool case includes a base having a bottom portion and a sidewall protruded from the bottom portion. The base mounts a spool wound with a bonding wire thereon. A cover is coupled to the base at the outer surface of the sidewall of the base to prevent an alien material such as dust from being introduced. The sidewall of the base is partially provided with an opening portion. A slide coupling member is internally formed at the base such that the slide coupling member is fitted to the flange portion of the spool when the spool slides inward through the opening portion.

Abstract: A socket suspender includes a support plate, a positioning rack detachably mounted on the support plate, and a positioning bolt for securing the positioning rack on the support plate. In such a manner, the positioning rack may be secured on and detached from the support plate easily and quickly by screwing or unscrewing the positioning bolt, so that the socket may be stored in the socket suspender when not in use or taken out from the socket suspender when in use easily and quickly, thereby facilitating the user using or storing the socket.

Abstract: A device for holding writing implements has an apertured holder pattern formed in a resilient material. The holder pattern has a pair of flat resilient holding arms and aligned entry ports. The entry ports are generally rounded openings of sufficient size to enable a writing implement to be inserted in to cam the holding arms upwardly so as to hold the writing implement in place.

Abstract: A decorative disc holder is provided. The disc holder includes a display member and a disc securing mechanism, removably attached to the display member. In one embodiment, the display member is fabric. An example of a suitable fabric is a loop fabric. In one embodiment, the disc securing mechanism includes a hub having a front side and a back side and a hook fastener attached to the back side of the hub.

Abstract: A beverage cooler box is provided which is intended to receive ice or other cooling means to keep containers packaged therein cool. The box is made of a material which is impervious to liquid which may be contained within the box during use. The box includes folding end panels which extend continuously between adjacent front and rear panels; therefore, there are no seams or breaks in the material around the lower portion of the box which might degrade the ability of the box to hold a liquid. Also disclosed is a method of assembling the cooler box.

Abstract: Retail razor display packaging comprising a razor stand and a display card. The razor stand is preferably transparent and is designed to engage at least a portion of a display card so that a razor can be positioned on the razor stand and then connected to the display card in a manner which provides an attractive display. The razor stand permits a potential purchaser to view the razor prior to purchasing and then provides a convenient holder for the razor after purchasing and use.

Abstract: A container which is a flattened sleeve which includes a lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion and optionally an upper portion attached to the base portion. The container contains a growing medium and a botanical item without having a pot disposed therein.

Abstract: A packaging and displaying device includes a backing mount member, an annular wheel member uni-directionally rotatable relative to the backing mount member, an anchoring member having a spindle portion which passes through and which rotates with the wheel member to engage a clamped member. The clamped member has a clamped portion adapted to be clamped by a clamping head of a spanner when a movable jaw portion of the spanner is biased to turn towards a stationary jaw portion. A spanner holding member has an anchored end portion with an anchored hole to be sleeved on and to be rotated with the clamped member, and a stabilizing end portion provided with a securing member for hindering a handle of the spanner from moving away therefrom, thereby preventing theft.

Abstract: A tool display rack includes a board having two apertures and a U-shaped retaining member is connected to the board. The retaining member has two insertions which extend through the two apertures. A foldable member is connected to the second insertion and the foldable member is disengagably connected to the first insertion. A tool is retained between the board and the retaining member.

Abstract: A structure for mounting a hand tool in a hanging package includes a base plate, a semi-circular member having a neck connecting the base plate to the semi-circular member, the semi-circular member being provided with two tubular members at two ends each having an inwardly extending arm, two pins fixedly arranged two opposite sides of the base plate and adapted to engage with holes of the two tubular members, and a cardboard formed with an elongated slot and two holes at two sides of the elongated slot, whereby the base plate is first mounted on a back side of the cardboard with the two pins extending through the holes and then the semi-circular member is inserted through the elongated slot to a front side of the cardboard

Abstract: A base and a plurality of containers is described. The base may have a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles having a first dimension. Each of the plurality of containers may correspond to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each container may have a first dimension which is about the same as the first dimension of its corresponding receptacle. The base may have a top surface and each of the plurality of receptacles may be comprised of a plurality of walls, each of which extends upward from the top surface of the base. Each of the plurality of containers may have a lid which can be sealed and unsealed. The plurality of receptacles can be arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of containers may have protrusion at its top and a recess at its bottom so that a first container can be stacked on a second container.

Abstract: A tool display rack includes a body with a first engaging member extending from the first end thereof in which a first aperture is defined, a limiting member connected to the body at its first end by a connecting plate and having a recess defined therein, a second engaging member extending from the second end of the limiting member so as to engage with the first aperture, a second aperture defined in the second end of the limiting member so as to receive the first engaging member so that a tool extends through the recess between the body and the limiting member and is limited by the limiting member. The tool can only be taken away from the body by cutting the second engaging member extending through the first aperture in the body.

Abstract: A pilfer-proof device for storing individually wrapped sticking plasters. The device comprises a support and at least one cassette holding securely a plurality of wrapped plasters. The cassette is removably attached to the support by a locking clip. The device further comprises a locking bar being able to lock said cassette on said support into a non-removable position. The security bar is moveable with respect to the support between a first position wherein said locking means cooperates with said cassette to lock said cassette in said non-removable position and a second position wherein said locking clip does not lock said cassette. Further, the support is further provided with a lock to restrict movement of the bar from the first position.

Abstract: The present invention is a seaming iron holder as used in the carpet installation industry. The invention totes the seaming iron and can be used during the seaming process. The holder is preferably made of a material which is flexible enough to lay flat, defining a surface above which the seaming is place intermittently during seaming, while also allowing said surface to be wrapped up around the seaming iron. Said surface then joining together at predetermined edges and defining a holder to tote said seaming iron from job to job.

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 carrying plate (1) for beverage cans (5) which have a seamless transition between base and casing is described, can receiving portions (2) being provided on the upper side of the plate with resilient holding devices (3) for the beverage cans (5) distributed over the perimeter and protruding from the upper side of the plate. In order to create advantageous construction conditions, it is proposed that the resilient holding devices (3) should form gripping jaws (4) for resiliently pressing in the casing of a can, and that the can receiving portions (2) should have, as well as these resilient holding devices, rigid axial guide webs (8) for the beverage cans (5) to be received.

Abstract: A carrying and shipping case for cutting blades which comprises a case including at least first and second spaced apart opposing side panels where the first and second spaced apart opposing side panels define an intervening interior blade securing area when the case is in a closed condition. A blade support surface is disposed within the case interior above the interior surface of the first side panel. And, at least one clamp is disposed within the case interior for securing the blade in contact with the blade support surface. The clamp is typically temporarily secured to the first case side panel and includes a first contact surface to engage a top horizontal surface of a cutting blade disposed on the blade support surface and a second contact surface to engage a vertical surface of the cutting blade. A blade contact surface is disposed above the blade support surface.

Abstract: A sheet metal carrier strip for electrical pins used for the production of electrical multipole connectors, comprises a planar substantially rectangular base portion 24. Two rows of upright legs 26, 30 are formed at each longitudinal edge of the base portion 24. The legs 26, 30 are alternately arranged in parallel vertical planes transversely offset one from another by at least the thickness of the legs 26, 30. A recess 14, 16 is provided in each leg, the recess opening at the upper edge of the leg 26, 30. All recesses 14, 16 in pairs are transversely aligned and designed to insert a contact pin 34 respectively. An interspace formed between each pair of adjacent legs 26, 26 of each row of legs is smaller then the width of the legs 28 of the adjacent row of legs as measured in longitudinal direction of the carrier strip 10, so that a leg 26 of one row is overlapped by a pair of legs 28 of the adjacent row respectively as seen in transverse direction.

Abstract: A novel container is provided for holding fragile wire bonding capillaries which comprises two parts, one being a resilient cap and the other being a cover which allows the capillary to be transported therein. The resilient cap comprises a first outer connector on the base for receiving a cover and comprises a second inner connector for receiving a capillary therein. The inner connector is further provided with a gage surface for mounting the capillary in a transducer at a proper working height without removing the capillary from the container cap. Further, the novel cap is provided with vertical slots in the inner and the outer connectors which permits the cap to be moved horizontally to remove the capillary from the cap without harming the fragile tip of the capillary.

Abstract: A watch box includes a base, and a watch bezel holder comprising a plurality of louvered slats on the base. Each slot has a first edge and a second edge that is opposite to the first edge. The first edge of each slat contacts the base and each slat is disposed to form a predetermined acute angle between the slat and the base. Adjacent slats are separated forming a slot between the slats for holding a watch bezel. Another embodiment uses a boustrophedonic member to form the slots for holding bezels.

Abstract: A suture package having a base, an upwardly extending wall, an inner dispensing wall, a suture channel between the walls, and a top friction plate member mounted therein. The package has a central needle park and a discharge opening in the friction plate for removing a needle and suture from the package.

Abstract: A wristwatch package has an elongated, substantially C-shaped element with slots formed adjacent its opposing ends. The straps of a wristwatch can be slipped into the slots to retain the wristwatch on the substantially C-shaped element without buckling the straps together. The C-shaped element is mounted on a hollow base having an interior tongue defining a region of varying dimension inside the base for receiving and securely retaining watch-related literature of different thicknesses inside the package.

Abstract: A display package for an article includes a front and a rear panel having respective peripheral portions secured to one another in an operative condition of the package. At least the front panel is provided with a recess constituting, together with a juxtaposed portion of the rear panel, a compartment for accommodating the article therein with substantially no movement therein in the operative condition of the package. A holding element is also substantially immovably received in the compartment and extends across a corresponding portion of the article remotely from the rear panel to confine the article between itself and the rear panel. The holding element is substantially rigid, and each of the front panel and the holding element is of a transparent material.

Abstract: The wrench holder has a plurality of pairs of elements separated by a space substantially equal to the thickness of a wrench. One element in each pair is fixed and the other is hingedly mounted for movement toward and away from the first element. Two bosses are respectively carried by the two elements and are directed laterally toward each other. A wrench is inserted into a space, forcing the second element away from the first until the bosses are aligned with a hole in wrench, whereupon the two bosses seat within the wrench hole.

Abstract: A reusable surgical device which is suitable for carrying elongated surgical instruments having a backing plate which supports a plurality of detachable receptacle members contained on the backing plate in fixed engagement. The device is made of a transparent thermoplastic which is electrically insulating, nonflammable, and which can be sterilized at temperatures above 300.degree. F.

Abstract: An entry means holder for use in combination with an entry means which affords hotels, motels, and other distributors of such entry means a manner of distributing keys and other lock entry means to clients with the security of an anonymous unmarked key or entry means coupled with intitia identifying the customer identification and/or location of the room the means unlocks.

Abstract: A container for a toothbrush of the type having a head with bristles, a handle, and a connecting neck. The container comprises a body sized to contain the toothbrush. A securing clip is provided having two protruding arms. The arms are sized and shaped to frictionally engage a portion of the neck of the toothbrush. The container further includes means for selectively locking the securing clip to a portion of the body so that the toothbrush may be held in place within the container by the securing clip.

Abstract: A display hanger for an article such as a screwdriver includes a body having an aperture for receiving a hanger hook, and a downwardly depending tongue. The tongue includes a pair of arch-shaped pockets which are open at a rear face of the body. An elastomeric grommet is installable into the body. The grommet is formed of one piece and includes two arch-shaped sections and an integral web interconnecting the sections to define a hinge. The grommet sections include respective holes which can be brought into alignment by folding the grommet about the hinge. The sections of the folded grommet can be inserted simultaneously into the pockets and held therein by friction and/or rib-and-groove couplings. The screwdriver is inserted vertically through both holes of the grommet and retained therein by friction fit.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floor providing a gap between the floor and the front wall, the front wall providing a longitudinal opening transversing the wall, the opening permitting the passage of a loop portion of each hook.

Abstract: A combination display and packaging for a toilet seat assembly including, when the assembly is in a closed position on a toilet, a toilet seat having a downwardly facing surface, a toilet seat cover substantially overlying the seat and having an upwardly facing surface, and a hinge pivotably connecting the cover and the seat, the display and packaging comprising a back wall, a loop on the back wall for supporting the back wall in a vertically extending position on a projection, the toilet seat assembly being supported on the back wall such that the downwardly facing surface of the toilet seat faces the back wall and such that the hinge and the entire upwardly facing surface of the cover are visible.

Abstract: A package for multiple articles such as trigger sprayers. The articles are placed adjacent each other and secured against an upright backing member. The backing member has an aperture formed by cutting and folding a flap of the backing member material. The aperture serves as a finger hole for carrying the package while the flap serves as a spacer for separating the adjacent articles. In one embodiment a shrinkband is wrapped around the articles and the backing member to secure the articles to the backing member with the uppermost edge of the shrinkband remaining below the finger hole. In an alternative embodiment a shrinkwrap encases the articles and backing member to secure the articles to the backing member. An access hole may be cut in the shrinkwrap around the finger hole in the backing member if use of the finger hole for handling the package is desired.

Abstract: A device for displaying hockey pucks has a board member including at least one holding member for retaining a hockey puck on the board. Also, a second holding member for maintaining a hockey card on the board member may be included. The hockey pucks are positioned in the holding men,hers such that the display provides an overall aesthetic appearance enabling collectors to display their hockey puck collection.

Abstract: Packaging for retaining a component together with an instrument package is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a foldable package made from a sheet of cut and folded paperboard material is used to retain an endoscope introducer and attach the introducer to an instrument package containing an instrument that is used with the introducer. The disclosed foldable package comprises openings and flaps that retain both the proximal and distal ends of the introducer, and a proximal flap overlies the introducer. The proximal flap is used to release the package and expose the introducer, permitting it to be removed in one smooth motion. Methods of providing prepackaged surgical instruments for a procedure are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reusable display sheath for protecting the working end of an article such as a pair of scissors, the sheath comprises an elongated passage having a longitudinal axis, a first end, and an opposed open end for accommodating insertion and withdrawal of the working end of the article, and frangible latch means that are integrally formed in the sheath at its open end, the latch means comprising a frangible tongue separable from the sheath to effect unlocking of the article from the sheath while permitting its semi-permanent engagement with the sheath.

Abstract: An exterior watch carton having a removable support insert is provided. The walls of the support insert align with the walls of the carton to form a reinforced carton. The support insert interlocks with the base of the carton so that the support insert may be removed. The support insert also changes the interior dimensions of the carton while not interfering with the external dimensions.

Abstract: A display package containing a combination square or the like having an elongated blade seated in a body member extending at a right angle thereto includes a sleeve comprising a paperboard member substantially symmetrical about a center line and folded along the center line to provide a pair of similarly configured panels. Each panel has a web portion extending along the fold line and a pair of leg portions extending from and spaced apart along the web portion to provide a channel therebetween. The leg portions in one of the panels have slits therein extending inwardly from a side edge thereof substantially parallel to the fold line so that a portion of the leg portions below the slits engages the bottom edge of the blade of the square seated in the sleeve. The opposed pairs of leg portions are secured together below the slits, and this retains a combination square of the like with the elongated blade seated in the elongated web portion and its body portion seated in the channel between the leg portions.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a durable, lightweight disposable container containing a plurality of holders for holding blood product tubes. These tubes are firmly secured in each slot yet can be easily removed from the slot after filling. According to a preferred embodiment, the box can be fixed to a table top or other substantially flat surface in an area where the blood drawing procedure is to occur.

Abstract: A disposable hypodermic needle sheath and remover which is designed as a disposable two-part container, having two halves. The container can be placed in an open position and a used needle placed into its ribs. The ribs have needle receiving grooves or channels which are disposed within the container and will snugly grasp the needle when the container is closed. The needle sheath and remover permits a needle to be covered immediately after use due to its portability, thus reducing the likelihood that the used needle will cause injury.

Abstract: A paperboard or cardboard blank has quandrantally located tabs die cut therein and inwardly located score or weakened fold lines. Outwardly spaced from the fold lines, that is, near the free ends of the tabs, are pairs of holes. With the exception of the holes in one tab, each hole in the other tabs has a slit and an entrance notch so as to faciltiate the entrance of a portion of a ribbon. Whereas the tabs have holes formed therein, the blank has an additional first and second hole spaced from the tabs and also from each other, each having a slit and entrance notch to facilitate the insertion of a portion of a ribbon into the first and second holes.