Article Held In Apertures Of Opposed Walls Patents (Class 206/485)
  • Patent number: 6390299
    Abstract: This invention relates to carrier straps for carrying prepared foods, such as rotisserie chickens, roasted turkey, roasted ham, side dishes or deserts. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a one-handed, paperboard strap which is wrapped around the plastic tray and plastic domed lid package in which the prepared food is located. The carrier strap secures the prepared food package and transports it so that the purchaser's hands do not get greasy or hot. Also, the carrier strap functions to provide a printable surface to identify flavor and brand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Westvaco Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Mellon, William Roger Rigby
  • Patent number: 6386371
    Abstract: The present invention further provides a display having a header for advertising the product. Once an outer shipping box is removed from the display, the header is moved from its folded, storage position to its extended position. The display is provided with a locking member that locks the header in its extended position. Since the header is attached to the display, the likelihood of the header being lost or misplaced is eliminated. Further, errors in setting up the display are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Parsons
  • Patent number: 6375115
    Abstract: An electrician's combination tool box and wire caddy provides a support for multiple spools of wire of different size or gauge, and a storage area below the spools for holding articles and tools needed by the electrician during the wiring of a building. The spools are positioned well above the storage area, enabling a user to access articles in the receptacles, even when spools are being handled to pay out wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Inventor: Mark A. Reed
  • Publication number: 20020036152
    Abstract: The packaging box includes an inner box body 20 and an outer box body 10 each made of paper. In the inner box body 20, a protection box portion 21 for protecting the screw portions 3d and the outer side electrodes 3e of the spark plugs 3 is formed by being bent. Screw portion insertion holes 30 capable of passing the screw portions 3d of the spark plugs 3 therethrough and bent tabs 32 being bent at the inside of the protection box portion 21 are provided on the upper surface of the protection box portion 21. The lower surfaces of the large diameter portions 3c of the metallic shells of the spark plugs are supported by the upper surface of the protection box portion 21 including the bent edges 31b of the bent tabs 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Saiki, Tomoaki Aoki, Hisaki Sanoi, Yoshihiko Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20020017477
    Abstract: A shipping and display assembly includes a display tray and a box. The display tray includes a first pair of opposed side panels, each panel of which includes outer substantially vertical panels, a first substantially horizontal panel, joining the outer vertical panels, and having an exterior surface, holding slots for holding displayed items, and securing slots. The box includes securing tabs that mate with the securing slots. The exterior surface of the first substantially horizontal panel is an enclosing surface of the shipping and display assembly when the tabs and the securing slots are mated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Jamil Azam, Suzanne L. Morris, Satomi Moriya, Takayuki Yagi, Eiko Memoto
  • Publication number: 20010040113
    Abstract: A shipping and display container for bottles or other frangible articles, in which mating insert half sections of cardboard or other material have recessed portions defining supports for nesting and supporting the articles along three spatial axes. An insert section may be used as a display container for the article or articles, and two insert sections placed together in mirror image relationship from opposite sides of the articles and placed in a box form a container for shipment. The insert sections are each formed from a single blank, and may be shipped flat or in an erected or partially erected condition. Panels of the insert sections interlock when erected to hold the insert section in erected condition, and adhesive may be used between some panels to assist in holding the insert section erected and to enhance the strength and rigidity of the insert section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: Wilbur Wong
  • Patent number: 6308828
    Abstract: A package kit to immobilize and package an article, which kit comprises a sheet material with a base portion for the article and a film tube. The sheet material has fold lines to provide for box sections at each end, which are arranged and constructed to move between a planar, nonuse position and a raised, use position to retain an article there between and on the surface of the film material of the film tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Emerging Technologies Trust
    Inventor: W. Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20010027993
    Abstract: A box includes a plurality of outer panels collectively bounding an accommodation space for accommodating at least one item. At least some of the outer side panels have integrally formed inner side panels. The inner side panels may be automatically distanced from their respective outer side panels by moving the outer side panels from a collapsed flat position to an erected position. Certain panels of the box may be folded back on adjacent panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Smith, Richard N. Beneroff, Eric Kim
  • Publication number: 20010027934
    Abstract: A support structure for packaging is provided for containing, storing and transporting electronic components like liquid crystal modules. The structure includes a bottom plate and first and second side plates provided at respective sides of the bottom plate. Side surfaces of the bottom plate constitute first inclined planes slanted at a first degree. End surfaces of the first and second side plates on the bottom plate side constitute second inclined planes slanted at a second degree. The first and second degrees are selected such that, when the first and second side plates are erected to cause the first and second inclined planes to closely contact with each other, the first and second side plates are prevented from being bent inwards more than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Yoki Yoneda, Hisashi Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 6298992
    Abstract: A foldable carrying device includes a base member having a bottom hole formed in the base member for inserting therein a food container stored with roasted or baked foods or other foods, and two handle members formed on opposite ends of the base member and interlockable for portable use, each handle member having a fastener directly cut out from the handle member, whereby upon interlocking of the two handle members to allow the fastener to fasten a beverage cup (or container) which is loaded on the food container, the beverage cup as stacked on the food container will be simultaneously carried compactly and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Chung-Piao Tsao
  • Patent number: 6298995
    Abstract: A one-piece inner package is disclosed to be made from a single plate. A shoulder with a seat portion supports one end of the product, while an opening on a slope portion supports the other end of the product. Movement of the product inside the outer box is therefore prevented by the seat portion, the opening, as well as by a back wall of the outer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Package Development Company
    Inventor: Charles P. Schwester
  • Patent number: 6237758
    Abstract: A stackable case for retaining and transporting containers having radially outward projecting lids includes a bottom panel member having a lower surface and an upper surface with a plurality of container support areas therein. It further includes a pair of opposing side walls and a pair of opposing end walls integrally formed with and projecting upward from the bottom panel member, the side walls having a lower wall portion and a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting pylons which includes four corner pylons defining four corners of the case. The lower wall portion has a plurality of raised projections disposed thereon which define a lower plane sufficiently spaced from the upper surface of the bottom panel member to receive the lid of the container securely therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Roger S. Hsu
  • Patent number: 6220443
    Abstract: A package that is manipulable between an encapsulating position, for shipping or storing, and a displaying position, for exposing and retaining, an object. An embodiment configured according to principles of the invention includes a main compartment with a main aperture for retaining an object. The package has one or more manipulable adjacent compartments, each with an adjacent aperture, which maintain the object in the adjacent aperture when the package is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Steve Damaskos
  • Patent number: 6196387
    Abstract: A single-piece cardboard sheet into which slots and tabs are strategically cut to permit its folding into a carton for packaging a pair of western spurs. The unfolded carton is substantially symmetrical with respect to both its major and minor axes and comprises a bottom section from which two pairs of largely equal structural segments (a front and a back section) project outwards along the longitudinal axis. A cut at the boundary between the bottom section and each of these structural segments defines an extension sufficiently large to support the tips of the sides of the two spurs. The front section of the cardboard carton contains a cut that defines a substantially rectangular tab and a corresponding opening suitable for passing the sides of two spurs therethrough. The top of the front section also contains a hanging slot suitable for receiving the hook of a display rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Eastwest International (Taiwan) Enterprises
    Inventor: Chang Hsi-Chang
  • Patent number: 6189690
    Abstract: A display package for point-of-purchase display of an article such as a musical instrument sounded by shaking or rotating. The display package has a first opening for facilitating grasping and manipulation of the package by a consumer. A second opening permits sound to be emitted by the instrument. The second opening may be shaped for allowing appendages of the musical instrument to strike a percussion surface of the musical instrument upon rotation of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: First Act, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Izen, Brian Connolly
  • Patent number: 6135289
    Abstract: A shipping container and display case for storing, transporting and displaying a plurality of pre-assembled packages of small items. The shipping container includes a top carton and a bottom carton integrally formed and connected along a score line around the container, in such a manner that the container can be broken into the top and bottom cartons along the score line. An upper insert is inserted in the top carton and a lower insert is inserted in the bottom carton respectively. The upper and lower inserts each has a plurality of slots configured for respective insertion of the plurality of pre-assembled packages. The shipping container can be used for storing and transporting the plurality of pre-assembled packages, and the top carton can be removed by breaking the container along the score line and the upper insert can further be removed to convert the container into a display case with the lower insert left in the bottom carton and the plurality of pre-assembled packages exposed for retail display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Master Fasteners Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher T. Miller
  • Patent number: 6131730
    Abstract: A stackable case for retaining and transporting containers includes outer side walls forming an outer shell, a bottom panel disposed substantially within the outer shell, and a plurality of supports for supporting the outer surfaces of the containers. The side walls include a lower wall portion and a plurality of spaced upwardly projecting pylons, where four corner pylons define the four corners of the case. At least one upwardly projecting column is generally disposed within the outer shell, and defines, in combination with the bottom panel, the side walls and the end walls, a plurality of container retaining pockets. The columns and the pylons extend above the lower wall portions. One or more retention members are also provided on the inner wall surfaces of the case in order to securely retain the container in the case during transport and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Roger S. Hsu
  • Patent number: 6126002
    Abstract: A water heater is protectively packaged for shipment and handling by respectively inserting upper and lower end portions thereof in recesses in facing padded sides of upper and lower end assemblies having, on their opposite sides, spaced pluralities of parallel support rail members. The water heater and associated end assemblies are enclosed within a cardboard box having a vertical side wall portion spaced horizontally outwardly from the water heater, and vertically elongated reinforcing members extend along interior corner portions of the box between the upper and lower end assemblies and form therewith a vertical load path facilitating the stacking of water heaters packaged in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James W. Brown, Willie E. Smith, Edward L. Spraley, Jeffrey M. Haney
  • Patent number: 6105759
    Abstract: A folding carton for an elongated object, such as a double ended electric mp is disclosed. The carton includes cut out retentions formed in the end flaps of the carton to position the elongated object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Michael Fuchs, Herbert Roderwieser
  • Patent number: 6098807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a goods hanging member for supporting by hanging a battery (including both dry battery and storage battery) or a dry battery unit made by integrating a plural number of dry batteries and other goods, on the occasion of their display and/or sales, which can be formed with a simple and single material constituting the main board, by forming a pair of slits in the main board at a certain interval, and forming creases between the end parts of the pair of slits to turn the portion surrounded by the pair of slits and the creases into a goods holding piece and form a holding space for holding goods between the main board and the goods holding piece, and is capable of securely holding goods in a holding space, and also capable of achieving a substantial simplification of manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: Tohzo Umeda
  • Patent number: 6079563
    Abstract: A container, for storing products such as automobile compressors, made from a single piece of material, preferably corrugated fiber, and assembled by folding along score lines and secured by engaging tongue and matching groove members to form a top, a bottom and sidewall members of the container. Internal product support structures are formed, from the original piece of corrugated fiber, by folding along additional score lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Robert A. Katchmazenski
  • Patent number: 6066300
    Abstract: A vial carrier having plural reagent compartments disposed linearly along the length of the carrier. Each compartment is adapted for receiving one of plural reagent vials. The carrier is provided with indicia uniquely identifying it to an automated assay device. Similarly, each compartment of the carrier has associated with it indicia which are at least unique to the particular carrier. Lastly, each vial installable within a carrier compartment has indicia unique to the contents of the vial. A film seal is applied to the vial opening prior to an integrated cap/seal assembly for the purpose of ensuring that the assembly is liquid-tight. The carrier is configured to be disposed on a slide of an inclining tray within an enclosure. Data reflecting which vial is located in which compartment of a given carrier is collected and provided to the automated instrument prior to installation of the carrier into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Glen A. Carey, Scott E. Mathis, David P. Weber
  • Patent number: 6059103
    Abstract: A display package for point-of-purchase display of an article such as a musical instrument having a percussion surface and a sounding aperture. The package has a top panel and a bottom panel, each of the top and bottom panels having openings, one for allowing consumer access to the percussion surface and the second for permitting emission of sound from the sounding aperture of the instrument. A collar shelf is coupled to the rear panel and disposed in a plane substantially parallel to the top panel for preventing motion of the instrument in any direction having a component tangential to the top panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: First Act, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Izen, Brian Connolly
  • Patent number: 6059110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a package for Ornamental light bulbs, particularly having one upper board and a lower board parallel to the upper board provided therein. The package is square or rectangular-shaped with three sidewalls with an open grid and one open side. Wherein the upper board defines a series of grooves and the lower board defines a series of grooves corresponding to the grooves of the upper board. The bulbs may be arranged in the groove of the upper board, and the bulb holders are arranged in the groove of the lower board. The spaces under the lower board are positioned to receive the wires and strings of the bulbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Jeou-Nan Tseng
  • Patent number: 6050420
    Abstract: A packaging assembly, and method of packaging a plurality of products, for economically and safely shipping and displaying a plurality of products. The packaging assembly includes a display stand, a plurality of display packs holding the plurality of products, and a shipping cover. The display stand is constructed from a single sheet of cardboard, and includes a rectangular base panel, a front panel having a gap for viewing, and two parallel side panels. Each side panel includes a plurality of slots that correspond with slots in the other side panel. Each display pack is an approximately planar assembly formed from front and rear portions of transparent, vacuum-molded plastic. The front and rear portions are each configured with a flange, the flanges each forming conforming notches allowing the two portions to be adjoined and heat sealed or glued together. The display pack includes a product chamber configured to hold the product, and further contains a product display card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Optical Merchants, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrie Green
  • Patent number: 6047884
    Abstract: A box with a side panels and at least one closing panel has at least one inner panel associated with one of the closing panels, wherein when the closing panel is in its open position, the inner panel is substantially parallel to that closing panel, and when that closing panel is folded to its closed position, the inner panel is moved toward the center of the box to a distanced position. When the inner panel is in the distanced position, at least a portion of the inner panel is at an oblique angle with respect to both the closing panel with which it is associated and the outer side panel to which that closing panel is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Motion Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Smith, Richard N. Beneroff, Eric Kim
  • Patent number: 6047826
    Abstract: A package tray for arthroscopic H-fastener needles. The tray has a flexible base member having a central opening, and proximal and distal needle mounting members extending form the base member having slits and undercut engagement members for receiving and retaining the needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kalinski, Gene W. Kammerer
  • Patent number: 6045038
    Abstract: A box includes a plurality of outer panels collectively bounding an accommodation space for accommodating at least one item. At least some of the outer side panels have integrally formed inner side panels. The inner side panels may be automatically distanced from their respective outer side panels by moving the outer side panels from a collapsed flat position to an erected position. Certain panels of the box may be folded back on adjacent panels. The space between two panels may be utilized. For example it may be a display space, a compartment accessible through an opening panel, or a storage space for a dispenser pack. Opening or closing a panel on the box, or another action on the box, may trigger various functions of the box components or contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Motion Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Smith, Richard N. Beneroff, Eric Kim
  • Patent number: 6036024
    Abstract: A candle package includes a candle holder having a candle therein. The candle holder includes a container having a closed bottom and an open top. A plastic sheet having a bottom wall and opposing sidewalls with the sidewalls including corresponding cutout regions therein is provided. The bottom of the container is positioned to rest on the bottom wall of the sheet, with the sidewalls of the sheet extending upwardly from the bottom wall to capture the container therebetween, with portions of the container extending through the cutout regions. A cover sheet is positioned on top of the container. The cover sheet and sidewalls include corresponding interengaging devices to releasably lock the cover sheet on top of the container and to the sidewalls of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Sterling Development Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: David Seidler
  • Patent number: 6029814
    Abstract: Since a distance of adjacent rivets held by a conventional blind rivet holder was large, a blind rivet holder which is smaller in the rivet distance, and which can accommodate a larger number of rivets in an accommodation case of a continuous riveter is provided. The blind rivet holder is designed to include: upper and lower tabs T4, T5 which are continuously arranged at minute constant intervals with narrow slits T3 formed at upper and lower ends of a perpendicular portion T2 having feeder slots for the blind rivet holder T; through hole s T41 and T51 provided so that a rivet R can be passed through the through hole s obliquely; and an oblique, U-shaped groove T21 provided so as to connect the slit T3 between the adjacent upper tabs T4 to the slits T3 between the adjacent lower tabs T5 and to permit bending from groove as a border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: OPT Engineering Company Limited
    Inventor: Masatoshi Ohuchi
  • Patent number: 6024224
    Abstract: A combined wrap around carton, bottle and pouf. The package permits display of the bottle and a pouf simultaneously. The bottle is sufficiently rigid to form a portion of the support of the package. The carton includes a central panel having two ends and product receiving structures at each of its ends. In the erected carton, a first product is received within two product receiving apertures and a second product is placed behind the first one. The package is completed with shrink wrap so that the consumer can view the contents of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: David Frederic Gnadt, Kevin Joseph Markey
  • Patent number: 5984097
    Abstract: A package tray for arthroscopic H-fastener needles. The tray has a flexible base member having a central opening, and proximal and distal needle mounting members extending form the base member having slots and undercut engagement members for receiving and retaining the needles. The proximal needle mounting end slot contains a proximal guide member adjacent to the proximal end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kalinski, Gene W. Kammerer
  • Patent number: 5979662
    Abstract: A packaging assembly, and method of packaging a plurality of products, for economically and safely shipping and displaying a plurality of products. The packaging assembly includes a display stand, a plurality of display packs holding the plurality of products, and a shipping cover. The display stand is constructed from a single sheet of cardboard, and includes a rectangular base panel, a front panel having a gap for viewing, and two parallel side panels. Each side panel includes a plurality of slots that correspond with slots in the other side panel. Each display pack is an approximately planar assembly formed from front and rear portions of transparent, vacuum-molded plastic. The front and rear portions are each configured with a flange, the flanges each forming conforming notches allowing the two portions to be adjoined and heat sealed or glued together. The display pack includes a product chamber configured to hold the product, and further contains a product display card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Optical Merchants, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrie Green
  • Patent number: 5975314
    Abstract: A shipping rack is provided for safe and secure transport of a plurality of generally elongate workpieces, each of the plurality of workpieces having a longitudinal axis and distinctly different first and second ends. The shipping rack comprises a rectangular base with a vertical members extending perpendicularly upwardly from the four corners of the base. Affixed to the vertical members are at least one pair of horizontal support members. Each such pair is positioned in spaced apart parallel relationship. Across the length of the horizontal support members are a plurality of pairs of alternating first and second slots for receiving the first and second respective ends of the workpieces. Because of the difference in depth of the first and second slots, the workpieces are held in the pair of support members with the axis thereof at an angle of about 5 degrees relative to the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: Wen-Wei Lee
  • Patent number: 5975294
    Abstract: A single-piece cardboard sheet into which slots and tabs are strategically cut to permit its folding into a carton for packaging a pair of western spurs. The unfolded carton is substantially symmetrical with respect to both its major and minor axes and comprises a bottom section from which two pairs of largely equal structural segments (a front and a back section) project outwards along the longitudinal axis. A cut at the boundary between the bottom section and each of these structural segments defines an extension sufficiently large to support the tips of the sides of the two spurs. The front section of the cardboard carton contains a cut that defines a substantially rectangular tab and a corresponding opening suitable for passing the sides of two spurs therethrough. The top of the front section also contains a hanging slot suitable for receiving the hook of a display rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Eastwest International (Taiwan) Enterprises
    Inventor: Chang Hsi-Chang
  • Patent number: 5971151
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Hisayuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5954052
    Abstract: A box (10) for safe stowage of a flight crew oxygen mask (16) having an inflatable harness (35) and a switch-on/switch-off comfort adjustment system is provided which ensures that the mask (16) is properly stowed only when the switch member (40) controlling the comfort adjustment system is shifted to the switch-off or "emergency" position. The box (10) is preferably designed for mounting on the cockpit floor within close proximity to the intended wearer for one-handed retrieval of the mask (16) from within the box (10) and includes walls (24-32) defining an enclosure for receiving the mask (16), an apertured top cover (18) permitting a portion of the mask (16) to protrude therethrough for ready access by the wearer, and two inwardly extending abutment elements (20, 22) attached to opposing walls (24, 26) of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan-Bennett
    Inventors: Tom McDonald, Gary R. Hannah
  • Patent number: 5941386
    Abstract: A tool holder includes an upper end wall, a lower end wall, two lateral walls each having an upper portion, and a bottom wall. The lower end wall includes a number of spaced first notches defined therein and spaced along a lengthwise direction thereof. A wall defining a portion of each notch includes a retaining end edge formed on a distal end thereof for securely retaining an end of a tool. A restraining member is removably mounted to the lower end wall to prevent the tool held by the tool holder from being removed. The restraining member includes a number of second notches respectively aligning with the first notches and through which the other end of the tool extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Hand Tool Design Corporation
    Inventors: Bobby Hu, Jessie Chow
  • Patent number: 5913426
    Abstract: A container for holding and displaying elongated objects in an upright, vertical position. The container includes a double side wall assembly formed by folding a folding panel against a side wall and adhering it to the bottom of the container. Because the folding panel is of slightly greater length than the side wall, when the container is erected, the folding panel buckles inward to engage the contained objects and hold them in an upright position. The folding panel may form cavities for receiving and engaging the contained objects. The invention also provides a planar blank for making such a container, as well as a substantially flat, glued blank for use with automatic packaging equipment. The container of this invention is machine formable, thereby facilitating efficient forming and loading of the container by the packager, manufacturer or distributor of the merchandise to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Inventors: Heidi R. Lotz Renfro, James J. Brown, Henry Renella, Joseph Petruska, Wilhelm B. Bronander
  • Patent number: 5884767
    Abstract: A keypad packing box made by cutting a substantially rectangular base board into a design, permitting the cut rectangular base board to be folded up into a double bevel configuration for holding individually packed keypads at two sides for exhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jeffery Peng
  • Patent number: 5881977
    Abstract: A holding device in which two side parts are provided which lie against one another with one edge region of each side part being encircled by an elastic ring or rubber band that is detachably fixed in the noted edge region. Furthermore, each of the side parts has at least one recess whose contour corresponds substantially to the contour of an object to be held, and heightwise corresponds in the vertical direction to the dimensions of the object, or is larger than the latter, while at least sections of the at least one recess are dimensionally smaller in a horizontal or widthwise direction than the corresponding dimension of the object to be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Werkhaus Design + Produktion GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Danneberg
  • Patent number: 5878884
    Abstract: This invention relates to a package which functions to receive and secure other packages. The package is analogous to a magazine which may be loaded and contain several identical cartridges in a serial fashion. Because the cartridge packages have unified shape and size, the impact of a number of cartridge packages in lined formation in the magazine package is an effective marketing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Edward C. Mayled
  • Patent number: 5871147
    Abstract: A box includes a plurality of outer panels collectively bounding an accommodation space for accommodating at least one item. At least some of the outer panels have integrally formed inner panels and distancing flaps for holding the item accommodated at a distance from the respective outer panel. The inner panels are distanced from their respective outer panels by folding an associated closing panel or distancing flap with respect to the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Motion Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Smith, Richard N. Beneroff, Eric Kim
  • Patent number: 5857573
    Abstract: A PCMCIA card carrier for packing and shipping of a plurality of PCMCIA cards in a vertical side-by-side arrangement is formed of a tray member and a cover member. The tray member includes a plurality of first vertical slots disposed therein. A plurality of PCMCIA cards are disposed in the plurality of first vertical slots. The cover member has a plurality of second vertical slots disposed therein which are vertically aligned with corresponding ones of the first vertical slots in the tray member when the cover member is placed on top of the tray member. The tray and cover members have ledge portions in which are formed interlocking members so as to latch together the cover member with the tray member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Saragarvani Pakeriasamy
  • Patent number: 5850916
    Abstract: Package for an elongated tool, comprising a frame with two longitudinal sides (12), a first cross-bar (13) with centering support (15) for a first end of the tool, a second cross-bar (14) with a hole (17) through which the second end of the tool can be pushed, two extensions (18) of the sides at the second cross-bar, and a separate retainer (19) which can be moved along the extensions towards the second cross-bar (14) when the tool has been placed in the package a first time, and moved in both directions after a seal cross-piece (24) of the retainer (19) has been broken or removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Barbro Pettersson, Ingemar Berger, Karl-Magnus Andersson, Tord Englund, Bo W.ang.hlen
  • Patent number: 5842568
    Abstract: A safety package of the strung up electrical lights comprises a first packing member and a second packing member made from carton papers. The first packing member has several rows of circular recesses for sequentially mounting the strung up electrical lights therein and places into a carton box and the second packing member has same rows of smaller circular recesses made in registry with the circular recesses of the first packing member so that the smaller recesses engage the topmost of the respective lights when the second packing member protects the top of the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Inventors: Chen Chang-wen, Mei-mei Lin, May-sing Tsai
  • Patent number: 5829587
    Abstract: In a package box for a plurality of spark plugs, a paper tray has an array of lower cellular boxes provided to accommodate lower portions of spark plugs to protect their spark gaps against dimensional alteration, and an array of upper cellular boxes provided to retain upper portions of the spark plugs in place. A casing package is provided to accommodate the paper tray. The lower cellular boxes have circular crease lines each about the size so that Individual thread portions of the spark plugs are to be inserted, and having a plurality of incision lines provided to be oriented radially toward central portions of the circular crease lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Saiki, Mitsutaka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5826727
    Abstract: A shipping and display container, a generally C-shaped or L-shaped configuration enabling vertical orientation of an elongated motor driven tool is disclosed. The container allows access to the tool without destruction or manipulation of the shipping and display container. In addition, the tool may be utilized as a handle for carrying both the tool and container. The container has display surfaces adapted to receive point of sale display graphics while greatly increasing the viewing angle of consumers approaching the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Ryobi North America Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald A. Fraser
  • Patent number: 5826722
    Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed for a number of elongate tubular lamps. The lamps are oriented along a longitudinal axis and each have a first end opposite a second end along the axis. A first spacer is provided to engage a first end of each of the lamps and maintain spacing therebetween. Similarly, a second spacer engages a second end of each of the lamps to maintain spacing therebetween. A third spacer is positioned between the first and second spacers and includes a first wall defining a first number of openings and second wall defining a second number of openings. The first and second openings are paired to define a number of passages each receiving a corresponding one of the lamps therethrough. The first, second, and third spacers cooperate to provide a packagable lamp set. Moreover, the third spacer includes a handle graspable from a top aspect of the set to lift and carry it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: ETS, Inc.
    Inventor: Bob Phillips
  • Patent number: 5823338
    Abstract: A package for elongated parts (2) has a supporting element (1) made of a supporting strip (4) and of a tear-off covering strip (5). The supporting strip (4) has openings (6) in which the elongated parts (2) are laid, forming a row of parallel elongated parts. The package may be easily removed by tearing the covering strip (5) along perforated lines (13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventors: Helmut Osterle, Daniel Gasser, Guido Hasler, Richard Sahli, Walter Seifert, Norbert Koppel, Markus Steffen