With Partition Patents (Class 206/561)
  • Patent number: 5312634
    Abstract: A food package having opposed upper and lower rigid parts which are hinged together to meet along adjacent reference planes. Each part has flanges located in its respective reference plane and at least one food receiving recessed compartment extending away from its respective reference plane and away from the other part. A flexible film located in each reference plane is attached to the flanges of that part, surrounding its respective recessed compartment(s), to airtightly seal the contents thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Ray Griesbach, Jeffrey M. Lipinski
  • Patent number: 5311993
    Abstract: A multi-media storage tray with at least one uni-directional partition member provided to store and organize different combinations of media. The bottom of the try is provided with a plurality of positioning slots each surrounded by detents having substantially the same shape as the partition members. The partition members will fit in the detents only when the partitions are oriented in a single direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Fellowes Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Richard C. Koch
  • Patent number: 5273153
    Abstract: Display tray with a display section (2) for mounting pieces of jewellery and a strengthened edging (3). A considerable weight saving and reduction of the manufacturing cost without impairment of the display function is achieved by the edging (3) having a core (7) of rigid foam material and a covering (8) of plastic sheeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventor: Reiner Braun
  • Patent number: 5273160
    Abstract: An air-tight paint tool storage container for receiving a paint roller, a paint brush, and a paint pad. The container has a base with a horizontal and planar floor with the respective words for the tools imposed thereon. Partitions extend in the base for dividing the base into respective areas for receiving the respective tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 5273154
    Abstract: Display cushion (1), especially for pieces of jewellery, with a cushion layer (3) of foamed material.A novel jewellery display cushion, which can be simply and inexpensively manufactured but nevertheless fully meets the high aesthetic requirements of the jewellery trade and presents additional handling advantages, is made available by the fact that the cushion layer (3) consists of a thermoplastic plastic material and is hot-formed to produce a moulding corresponding to the shape of the cushion.A process for manufacturing such jewellery cushions is also the subject of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventor: Reiner Braun
  • Patent number: 5269447
    Abstract: An elongated plastic vehicular cargo tray (10) includes a corrugated floor (14), a pair of spaced and corrugated side walls (20, 22), and a pair of end walls (24, 26) forming a truncated box-like structure. A selectively moveable divider device (34) is securely received in the tray (10) to provide lateral support for cargo disposed therein. The divider device (34) includes a bent wire form frame member (52) having first and second tabs (46, 48) for seating within respective grooves (30, 32) formed in the side walls (20, 22) of the tray (10). The frame member (52) also includes first and second hook-like feet (40, 42) for anchoring the divider device (34) to the corrugations (16) in the tray floor (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Durakon Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerald Gower, Kelly J. Trent, Gary R. Godwin, Greg B. Reeves
  • Patent number: 5265729
    Abstract: An adjustable dispensing and exhibiting tray for adjustably handling articles of different dimension includes an integrally formed base member having a forwardly downwardly inclined base panel with closely transversely spaced longitudinal ribs delineating longitudinal sockets. Partition panels separably engage pre-selected channels to delineate passageways for slidably accommodating articles of corresponding widths. A transverse socket along the base panel front edge engages the bottom border of an upwardly directed stop defining panel. The base member includes side walls with pin engageable notches to facilitate the inclined mounting of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Thomson-Leeds Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Carlin
  • Patent number: 5259528
    Abstract: A stackable combination party tray for food, drink, utensils and napkins has a flat rectangular platform with two or more recessed food compartments, surrounded by an upturned peripheral retaining lip, one recessed compartment for holding a plurality of sizes of beverage containers, one recessed compartment for holding utensils and one recessed compartment for holding a napkin. These three compartments are each of the same depth and have flat bottom surfaces to provide three points of support for permitting the tray to be supported on a support surface. The beverage container compartment extends a distance below the bottom surface of the rectangular platform a distance sufficient to allow a person's hand to grip the tray. Thus, one's tray and drink can be held in one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Inventors: Michael A. Pace, Mark Girovich
  • Patent number: 5253756
    Abstract: A container for holding data-storage devices of different sizes, e.g. disks of various sizes, cartridges and cassettes. The container is provided with a plurality of trays, preferably identical to each other, which rest on the container bottom, each tray having a platform for receiving and holding data-storage devices Each tray can be turned either side up in the container, and each has support members which are of different heights on its opposite sides so that the platform is positioned higher or lower in the container depending on which way it is turned. The trays are placed in the container in an orientation selected to support the particular size of storage devices to be placed in them; for taller storage devices, the tray is preferably turned so its platform is lower, and vice versa when shorter storage devices are to be stored, whereby the tops of storage devices of different sizes can be made to lie at about the same height for convenient viewing and grasping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Hunt Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Malcolm L. Goekler
  • Patent number: 5246129
    Abstract: A packaging means for shipping electronic components includes a tray in the form of an open latticework within a frame. The open latticework includes internal pockets, where electronic components may be seated. The internal pockets are arranged in rows and columns within the frame, the columns being joined to one another and to the frame by severable joining members. By clipping the appropriate joining members, a strip of internal pockets may be removed from the tray in order to ship less than a complete tray-load of electronic components to a customer. A cover strip, designed for attachment to a strip on which electronic components are seated, is provided to hold the components firmly within the internal pockets of the strip for shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Edith M. Small, Kenneth R. Steinhart
  • Patent number: 5207321
    Abstract: A portable storage device comprises a base having an upright forward wall, an upright panel supported on the base and a storage surface on the base between the forward wall and the panel. The forward wall is substantially shorter than the panel allowing access to the storage surface. The device further includes an elasticized support across the panel at a height elevated relative to the forward wall above the storage surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Inventor: Errol Jones
  • Patent number: 5207347
    Abstract: A Postal Tray Adjustable Organizer, comprising a translucent framework comprising an upright portion, and a flat bottom portion, slideably affixed into the inner cavity of a Postal Tray, the Postal Tray being either of the flexible, or of the solid side structure, the translucent framework having a spring loaded, sidewardly extending shaft, affixed onto the bottommost peripheral of the upright portion of the translucent framework. For use in a Postal Tray fabricated of a flexible, less costly design, the translucent framework having a flat metal strip affixed along the uppermost peripheral of the upright portion, the metal strip being bent downwardly along the outside side of the flexible Postal Tray, thereby trapping the side material of the flexible Postal Tray between the flat metal strip, and the spring loaded shaft ends. In this manner, the remaining mail in the Postal Tray is secured in the upright position, as the mail is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Inventor: James R. Wilkey
  • Patent number: 5197626
    Abstract: A compartmentalized waiter tray comprised of a light weight, hand carried device which functions in conjunction with a plurality of drink receptacles, or other glasses, removably retained within a plurality of compartments of an industry standard dishwashing rack to provide a quick and easy method for transporting the glasses without subsequent drink receptacle migration due to gravity and inertia and to position the drink receptacles for filling with ice or fluent drinking matter of both via automatic or semi-automatic methods; and the compartmentalized waiter tray is formed with a plurality of compartments extending above the upper surface of the tray in a pre-defined pattern to match the pre-defined pattern which the plurality of drink receptacles occupy within a plurality of compartments of the industry standard dishwashing rack; the plurality of compartments of the compartmentalized waiter tray further comprising an upper surface, internal partitions (which extend upward less than one quarter of the heig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Inventor: David T. Bernstein
  • Patent number: 5174453
    Abstract: A surgical tray system includes an enclosure base, a U-shaped instrument rack removably positioned within the enclosure base and capable of suspending a complete set of surgical operating instruments by their shafts, a flat operative assembly tray that may be locked into position on top of the enclosure base, above the U-shaped instrument rack, for retaining additional surgical instruments in positions that are identified by silkscreened outlines of those additional instruments, and a cover that may be locked into position on top of the operative assembly tray, thereby covering the enclosure base, the U-shaped instrument rack positioned within the enclosure base, and the operative assembly tray. One or more additional trays, such as a diagnostic assembly tray, for retaining additional instruments required in connection with a particular surgical procedure, may be stacked above or below the operative assembly tray or they may be included within a separate tray having its own enclosure base and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Jill Stoeffler
  • Patent number: 5163547
    Abstract: A portable easel suitcase comprising a casing which is preferably a parallelepiped with an opening closed by a removable flat lid. A shallow pan-like, rectangular tool holder, for receiving therein painting tools, is disposed inside the casing in such a way to form an interspace therebetween so as to interpose pieces of drawing paper therebetween. A plurality of supporting slots are formed on the casing to support the flat lid in an inclined position for serving as a painting board. A handle may also attached on the casing for carrying the portable easel suitcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Traxon Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Hsieh
  • Patent number: 5152398
    Abstract: A snack tray providing easy one-hand carry by the provision of a special thumb-hole, by which the outer end of the user's thumb provides a support-stability of a fulcrum located generally centrally not only of the upward forces from the user's fingers and thumb-base but also generally centrally of the tray. Other features include a central indention for providing an automatic forcing of the user to place his thumb's outer end in a location so as to not slip into a portion of the snack items being carried, and also achieve its central fulcrum effect; and the forward and rearward walls of the thumb hole are slanted, providing a comfortable and guiding surface for the user's insertion of his thumb's outer end portion. Other special provisions add to the advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventors: Robert J. Forestal, H. Terrell Kays
  • Patent number: 5148942
    Abstract: A reinforced box, with adjustable dividers, the box having a bottom wall, and laterally extending upright, opposite end walls, the box also having longitudinally extending, upright side walls and partition walls extending between and connected to the opposite end walls; there being angled slots cut into the side walls and partition walls to intersect the tops thereof, the slot extending at acute angles relative to a top plane defined by the tops of the side walls and partition walls; and panel-shaped dividers carried by and extending between certain of the longitudinally extending walls, each divider having wings respectively received in two of the angled slots, and the dividers having lower portions extending below the levels of the wings and slots, and between the longitudinal walls; whereby the dividers and longitudinal walls between which they extend form cells to receive cards in ordered face-to-face relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Inventor: Steven E. Snook
  • Patent number: 5121832
    Abstract: Alveolate container for the packaging of explosive primers includes a bottom half having a plurality of alveoli arranged in parallel rows. Each alveolus is configured for housing an explosive primer for firearm cartridges with the percussion surface of the primer positioned near the mouth of the alveolus and a space defined between the concave bottom and an end of the primer opposite the percussion surface. The container also includes a cover half hingedly-connected to the bottom half and configured for hingedly closing upon the bottom half for substantially isolating the mouths of the alveoli from the outside of the container. The cover half includes a rib corresponding with the center line of each row of alveoli to constitute, upon closing, a limit to the movement of the primers from the mouths of the alveoli. Preferably the container is formed from a single piece of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Fiocchi Munizioni S.p.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Fiocchi
  • Patent number: 5119940
    Abstract: A package of the type having a tray with recessed compartments for receiving food products or the like, the tray being covered by a thin flexible and preferably transparent film which seals the products in their respective compartments. The outer enclosure is formed by a stiff collar which completely encircles the tray with the sides of the collar turned downwardly and inwardly to provide frictional and resilient engagement of the collar with the sides of the tray. The collar also includes a stiff support flap which enables it to stand on end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Paul E. Grindrod
  • Patent number: 5088619
    Abstract: An improved container for supporting compact discs in an orientation slightly offset from the horizontal, one above the other, comprising a main body portion having parallel vertical side walls, parallel horizontal upper and lower walls coupled to the side walls along their edges, and a back wall for defining a chamber therewithin; a purality of holes in each of the walls; a plurality of insert panels removably positioned within the chamber with the upper and lower edges of the panels being receivable in recesses formed in the upper and lower walls adjacent to the side walls and with shelves extending inwardly from the panels a predetermined distance for supporting the edges of the compact discs thereon, the shelves being angled with respect to the upper and lower walls of the main body; and dowels receivable in the holes of adjacent containers to removably secure a plurality of containers with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Inventor: Robert A. Shank
  • Patent number: 5086917
    Abstract: A utility caddy is provided which can be used for transporting cleaning supplies and the like. The caddy includes a pair of triangular compartments separated by a double-walled partition. A handle formed integrally with the partition allows the caddy to be easily carried. The caddy is preferably provided as part of an assembly including a similarly configured bucket. The caddy can be inserted within the bucket so that both items can be stored in a minimal amount of space, or carried together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Dziersk, Melissa Rader, A. Stanley Tucker, Walter Wilsford
  • Patent number: 5050733
    Abstract: A tray for organizing the components of a multi-component tool set is provided which includes a number of rectilinear storage compartments for components of particular sizes and types. The rectilinear compartments may include dowel elements for receiving components and retaining the same in a particular disposition. The rectilinear compartments may also include width reducing inserts so as to facilitate storage of components in order of descending size. Dowel element inserts may be removably or permanently disposed in rectilinear compartments of the organizer so that the organizer can be adapted to store tool sets having a particularly large number of a particular component type or size. Likewise, such inserts can be provided so that the organizer can be customized to a particular tool set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Inventor: Thomas P. Brennan
  • Patent number: 5048716
    Abstract: In a cardboard container, having a bottom wall and side walls, slits are defined to extend only in the bottom wall and the material of the bottom wall is deformed or bent so that the portions of the bottom wall, adjacent to the edges of each given slit, are situated different planes and are maintained in these different planes by means of a sheet of synthetic material. The sheet of synthetic material is shaped by heat deformation to conform with the deformed shape of the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Societe Parisienne d'Impression et de Cartonnage
    Inventors: Jean A. Bodet, Guy A. Chazal
  • Patent number: 5040681
    Abstract: A desk organizer or the like includes a plurality of vertically stackable trays having partitions formed therein for storing articles of various sizes and shapes. Each tray has a hollow upright center post which is received within the center post of the tray positioned immediately on top of it. The posts have apertures formed in their distal ends and are so dimensioned that as the organizer is fully assembled each aperture is in closely spaced relation to the respective apertures in the posts of adjacent trays. When it is desired to manually separate particular trays to gain access to certain contents of the organizer, the user may insert the index finger of a single hand into the apertures and grip the desired number of posts, which allows one or more trays to be lifted and separated from the tray to which access is sought. A cover is provided with a knob-like projection having an aperture formed therein so that the cover may be gripped in a manner similar to the manner in which the trays are gripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald M. Grusin
  • Patent number: 5020665
    Abstract: A storage/carrying device for safely and conveniently transporting to a patient's bedside sterile needle and syringe devices used in medication and blood collection procedures, and, additionally, to safely transport such implements to ultimate disposal after use, substantially without risk of contaminating contact with the storage/carrying device, or injury or infection to the person handling the device. The storage/carrying device is formed as an integral, unitary assembly comprising first and second transport wells, an extension transport well, a pair of carrying trays, and a carrying handle. The first transport well is adapted to securely store used intravenous-type needles, including the plastic tubing attached to such needles, for transport to ultimate disposal, and can be further adapted to similarly store the syringe portions of used needle/syringe assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Inventor: John Bruno
  • Patent number: 5014850
    Abstract: A utility storage box particularly useful for storage items such as drawing instruments and school supplies including a base enclosure having a generally planar bottom with laterally upstanding side walls, a lid member hinged along one wall with an upstanding wall located within the base defining a compartment therein. The lid has a recessed segment with a peripheral configuration generally approximating the peripheral configuration of the compartment defined within the base. A raised section can be provided in the lid to overlie a section of the base outside the compartment so that utensils of differing mean diameter can be located in the base to be contacted by the raised/lowered segments to hold the utensils in position. Guide strips can be provided within the compartment to orient drawing or other utensils within the compartment. Latches can be provided on the lid along a side other than the hinged side to retain the lid in closed position, and a lock hasp can be provided to allow the unit to be locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: Phyllis M. Huff
  • Patent number: 5011018
    Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a reusable container adapted to receive one or more disposable multicompartment liners for sanitary storage of medication out of contact with the reusable container. The open-topped compartments of the liner are closed by individual covers which are locked onto the container with a fracturable tab which must be broken to open a compartment. The covers are designed to form at least a Class B closure with the liner compartments for tamper-proof sanitary air-tight storage of a patient's medication. When the liners are removed, the broken tabs from the covers may be dumped from the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventor: Paul J. Keffeler
  • Patent number: 4991712
    Abstract: A desk organizer for office supplies including first and second sidewalls joined at their common ends and an endwall connecting opposite ends of the first and second sidewall. The desk organizer also includes a bottom wall and means for dividing the organizer into a plurality of successive bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Sanford Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Wagner
  • Patent number: 4989733
    Abstract: Ready-to-use medical trays for retaining preparations. A tray for parturient comprises a first cell for retaining at least one sponge or cloth impregnated with a disinfectant. A second cell comprises at least one sponge or cloth impregnated with a disinfectant. This disinfectant is for a chirurgical intervention. The tray comprises also sealing closure for sealing its top and thereby each of the cells individually. Other trays comprise 3 cells for washing, drying and disinfecting skin and 4 cells for gynecological incursion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Inventor: Marc Patry
  • Patent number: 4986414
    Abstract: A container for a number of sealed packages for individual contact lenses which can hold the individual packages during shipment and storage. The container provides tamper-resistant and tamper-evident features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Vistakon, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Ashley, Russell J. Crossman, John P. Hennessy, William J. Lahm
  • Patent number: 4981232
    Abstract: An improved laundry basket having a detachable divider wall that divides the laundry basket into a clothes compartment and a clothes washing products compartment. A top wall panel extends laterally from the top edge of the divider wall toward the closest side wall so that it spans the clothes washing products compartment. A lip on the outer edge of the top wall panel mates with the lip of the respective side wall. An aperture is formed in the top wall panel and it detachably receives a cup having an outwardly extending annular flange at its top edge. Raised indicia structure on the outer surface of the cup provides markings for measuring contents in the cup. With the divider panel removed, a plurality of laundry baskets may be stacked in a nested fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Inventor: Paul M. Wynn
  • Patent number: 4981217
    Abstract: A unitary folding serving tray (24) includes a base (4), first (6) and second (10) sidewalls and first (14) and second (18) end walls extending upwardly from the base and defining an interior region (42). The sidewalls are connected to the base along first (8) and second (12) fold lines. The first end wall is connected to the first sidewall along a third fold line (16). The base and a portion of the first sidewall extends outwardly past the first end wall to define a portion of the base having a drink container opening (46). The external base portion (44) is supported in a cantilevered fashion by a portion (48) of the first sidewall which also extends externally of the interior region. The end walls have downwardly extending hook like portions (34, 56) sized to permit the tray to be hung from the edge of a car window (40). The first sidewall is connected to the second end wall by hook and notch fastener elements (30,32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Inventor: Edmond H. Lim
  • Patent number: 4978004
    Abstract: A film spool storage case includes a main housing having a base and a side wall, the base and the side wall defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of film spools therein, the side wall having a height at least as great as the heights of the spools and the side wall defining an opening at an upper end thereof; a cover releasably securable to the housing in covering relation to the opening; and a plurality of positioning projections secured to the base for positioning the film spools in the cavity in spaced relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Light & Shadow Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Silverstein, Christopher Scholz
  • Patent number: 4961500
    Abstract: A tray adapted to dispense medical treatments and to allow safe transportation and handling of syringes. This medical dispenser tray is characterized by being an improvement over a patented tray providing pairs of holes to safely handle syringes. The present improvement includes an inner tray having elongated recesses each with a hole to allow safe and unmixed transportation of syringes and having indents spaced along its peripheral edge in alignment with the pairs of holes respectively to allow unhampered use of the pairs of aligned holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Inventor: Maurice Coulombe
  • Patent number: 4958732
    Abstract: A storage case for elongated objects has a generally flat base part formed with an array of parallel and longitudinally extending grooves separated by longitudinally extending ridges. The grooves all are open longitudinally at one end and closed longitudinally at the opposite end. Thus the objects can be held in the grooves. A generally flat cover part engaged over the base part covers the grooves. The cover part has one transversely extending edge lip overreaching the open ends of the grooves and formed with a longitudinally throughgoing aperture of generally the same transverse width as the grooves and this cover part is slidable transversely along the base part for alignment of the aperture with the open end of each of the grooves. One of the parts is formed with a transversely extending notch formation open toward the other part and the other part is formed with a transversely extending rib formation generally complementary to and fitting into the notch formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Firma Georg Knoblauch
    Inventors: Georg Rau, Gunter H. Budert
  • Patent number: 4956148
    Abstract: A plurality of disposable cartridges, each having a plurality of wells including at least one assay reaction well, are loaded in a plurality of openings arranged radially around a rack of a carousel. Securing of the cartridges in a predetermined orientation and position in said openings is ensured by means of alignment and securing means on the cartridges and corresponding means on the rack. A locking hub with tangs is mounted on the rack and is rotated to cause the tangs to contact locator tabs on each cartridge to force locator nubs on each of the cartridges radially into corresponding notches on the rack, and to accurately wedge the cartridges against the outer periphery of the rack. The carousel indexes for positioning the cartridges under a variety of stations, one of which generally contains an optical reader such as a fluorometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventor: Cass J. Grandone
  • Patent number: 4951866
    Abstract: A compartmented container and method of packaging is provided.The container in one embodiment has first and second compartments and a removable insert to separate the two compartments. In the closed position, the second compartment is on top of the first compartment. The insert is removable when the container is closed and includes a support tab that is insertable into a slot in the container to restrain movement of the insert and to distribute forces through the sidewalls of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eileen M. Rusnak
  • Patent number: 4938401
    Abstract: An automobile passenger seat divider base unit to rest upon the rear seat of an automobile which provides easily reachable storage cylinders in which the place items such as drinks and snack cups, and two convenient storage bins in which to place items such as crayons or miscellaneous small toys. Another feature, located at the rear portion of the invention, is the unit's anchoring device which helps prevent the unit from tipping over or sliding off of the car seat. The most unique feature is that it provides a sturdy insert sleeve in which to place various insert attachment units. One such attachment is a large rectangular-shaped insert board unit whose main purpose is to serve as a safety feature for the driver of the automobile by providing him with the means to temporarily install a divider between two quarrelsome children thus creating a barrier which limits physical and visual contact between these children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: R&D Ventures, Inc.
    Inventors: Diane B. Weisbrodt, Richard G. Weisbrodt
  • Patent number: 4927022
    Abstract: A tray for cylindrical geological cores comprises a base plate of sheet material shaped to have therein longitudinally extending grooves which are each in the shape of a frustum of a triangle so that the cores can rest against the triangular sides. The tray has robust side members below support surfaces at its edges running parallel to the grooves whereby a second similar tray can be stacked thereon. At its ends the core tray has handles which serve as transverse re-inforcing means for the core. The shape of these handles is such that information about the cores in the tray can be recorded thereon. Drain holes are provide in the tray at the ends of the grooves to permit any water that might have entered the tray to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Corstor (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: John D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4909391
    Abstract: A classifying receptacle for the temporary storage of automobile fasteners and method of employing the same is disclosed. The receptacle comprises a replica of an automobile and includes storage compartments correlated positionwise on the receptacle to the likely location of fasteners to be removed from an actual automobile. The receptacle is used by disposing parts removed from the automobile in the compartments of the receptacle most closely analogous to the location from which the fasteners were removed from the actual automobile, reassociation of the removed fasteners with the automobile being expedited by reference to locations within the receptacle corresponding to complemental locations on the actual automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Inventor: Emil Newarski
  • Patent number: 4909384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container of the kind including at least one partition (6) and comprising at least one bottom (4) and peripheral side walls (5). The container is characterized in that the partition is positionally adjustable and has at least one pin (8), comprising a rod (10) terminating at its free end in an enlarged head, on the lower edge (9) of the partition, and that the bottom (4) has at least one elongated window (7) for receiving the rod and retaining the head. The window (7) has at least one enlargement (12) to allow the passage of the enlarged head. The invention is applicable to a box-like dish that can initially be used as a soap dish, for example, and later for other use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Inventor: Julien E. About
  • Patent number: 4905889
    Abstract: A paperboard tray for holding spaced rows of flat articles. A divider separating the rows includes sloped walls which, along with sloped wall portions in the side panels of the tray, serve to support the articles. A web connecting an outer end flap to a divider wall acts as a stop member to automatically position the end of the inner end flap as the overlapping flaps are moved into position during the formation of the tray from a blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Manville Corporation
    Inventor: Richard L. Schuster
  • Patent number: 4896772
    Abstract: With a sterilizable composite container as preserving receptacle for food and other filled container products, which . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Swiss Aluminium, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juris Walter, Heinz Oster, Harald Severus
  • Patent number: 4887790
    Abstract: A combination medication mold and dispenser. The medication is poured into a multicompartment tray and solidifies into troches. The tray is made of a flexible plastic which can be bent to release the troches individually. The tray has a cover attached with a flexible hinge to protect the troches after preparation. The medication can be prepared and dispensed to the patient in the same container. The covered tray can be held in a sleeve to further protect the medication and hold the cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Professional Compounding Centers of America, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Wilkinson, Marion G. Webber, Dean J. King
  • Patent number: 4884689
    Abstract: A flexible tool case accessories compartment assembly structure wherein the compartments in the tool case for collection of a variety of accessories are flexibly arranged according to requirement. It is to integrally made an inner receiving space inside a tool case on either corner with the inner side wall of the receiving space integrally made to provide a plurality of vertical grooves arranged at equal interval to match with a variety of stake racks which are also integrally made to provide a plurality of vertical grooves arranged at equal interval, such that the receiving space may be flexibly divided into a variety of compartments in specific sizes to fit for specific requirements. A plurality of stop logs are made on the top of the receiving space around the periphery to define an opening at one side and to define a sliding way therebelow so as to let a cover board be set therein to cover the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Inventor: Chen Su-Chin
  • Patent number: 4872559
    Abstract: A dispenser for medical preparations in tablet form. The dispenser has a body for housing an insert having compartments arranged in rows, one row for each day of the week and four compartments in each row, one compartment for a specific time of the day and housing one intake of tablets. Over each row is a recess and in each recess is arranged a slidable cover for covering and uncovering the compartments. The dispenser comprises a novel removable cap of elastic material that snaps in an opening formed in a transverse side of the body. When the cap is removed the insert can be extracted and refilled with new tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Preci-Plast AB
    Inventor: Hinrich Schoon
  • Patent number: 4867329
    Abstract: An invertable tray for holding and displaying fish or deli products in a commercial refrigerated display case. In one form for displaying fish or other wet products, the tray has an elongated arched center with side walls, the junction being a trough for drainage of the fluids so that the product will not be laying in the fluid. Lateral spaced slits cut through the center of the tray support removable dividers. In the inverted state, the arched central portion is a partitioned bowl and the side walls now form supporting pedestal legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Inventor: Irene F. Dieter
  • Patent number: 4863034
    Abstract: A container for powder, cosmetics and other materials has a base member having an interior wall defining a sized and shaped storage tray receptacle, a closure member pivotally connected to the base member is movable from open to closed position and vice versa. A sized and shaped storage tray is disposed to fit into the storage tray receptacle in the base member, and at least one retainer assembly formed on the storage tray and wall means of the base member including, a manually operable yieldable section to enable the storage tray to be removable fixed in assembled position in the base member. The container as above described including spaced compartments in the storage tray for powder, cosmetics and other materials and an applicator for use therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph P. Contreras, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4852738
    Abstract: A disposable dental tray includes a disposable tray body defining four utility compartments. Three of the utility compartments are disposed along a first side of the tray body, the fourth utility compartment being disposed along a second side of the tray body. All four of the utility compartments have relatively flat bases and are defined by integrally formed ridges extending upwardly from the compartment bases. Each compartment is surrounded by a defining ridge, interior defining ridges being offset from each other so that no interior ridge extends completely across the tray. The tray body further includes an instrument compartment defined by an encircling ridge extending upwardly from the base of the instrument compartment. The instrument compartment has integrally formed therein a series of grooves for holding dental instruments, which grooves are elevated above the base of the instrument compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: HealthPak, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Craig, Brian L. Wilt
  • Patent number: 4850092
    Abstract: A classifying receptacle for the temporary storage of automobile fasteners and method of employing the same is disclosed. The receptacle comprises a replica of an automobile and includes storage compartments correlated positionwise on the receptacle to the likely location of fasteners to be removed from an actual automobile. The receptacle is used by disposing parts removed from the automobile in the compartments of the receptacle most closely analogous to the location from which the fasteners were removed from the actual automobile, reassociation of the removed fasteners with the automobile being expedited by reference to locations within the receptacle corresponding to complemental locations on the actual automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Inventor: Emil Newarski