Abstract: A videocassette overlay tray comprised of a sturdy plastic composition which is inexpensive and improves sorting and storage functions of videocassettes in the duplication and manufacturing environment. The videocassette tray permits the storage of a large number of videocassettes before or after the duplication process, and the walls and recesses of the overlay tray are constructed so that the trays may be stacked one upon another in interfitting relationship with the tray fully retaining and protecting the videocassettes placed in fixed positions within the tray below. The trays are further constructed whereby each recess helps form a support apex, thus allowing a tray when full to be stacked one on top of another while resting on a storage platform or cart, and also is capable of being nested when empty in one of two possible nesting configurations.

Abstract: A holder for retaining a plurality of tools. The tool holder comprises a housing having opposed first and second sides that incline inwardly from a lower edge to an upper edge and a planar, horizontally disposed top. A first plurality of bores is formed in the sides at spaced intervals thereon, each being configured to receive a portion of a tool therein such that the tool inclines outwardly with respect to the top. A second plurality of bores is formed in the top at spaced intervals thereon and is configured to receive a portion of a tool therein. The axes of the second plurality of bores alternately angle toward opposite sides of the tool holder to permit easy selection and grasping of the tools. The tool holder is particularly adapted for use with a CNC system.

Abstract: Packaging for medical catheters is provided which includes a flexible tip tray that is made of a material having a hardness value significantly less than that of medical catheters to be packaged within the sterilizable packaging. The flexible tip tray includes a flexible groove having a cross-sectional size which accomodates medical catheters of different French sizes. The flexible tip tray does not damage the catheter of any such size when the catheter is removed from the packaging by sliding same out of the flexible tip tray, which remains within the packaging during this procedure in order to avoid handling of the flexible tip tray by a member of the surgical team using the medical catheter.

Abstract: An umbrella holder providing for a location for depositing of an umbrella within the interior of a vehicle during the time when it is not being utilized. The umbrella holder comprises a tray which has an open top providing access into a compartment. The umbrella, in a collapsed state, is to be deposited within the compartment. The tray may include a pair of bracket arms which are to be used to engage with specific structure located within the vehicle.

Abstract: A container (10) for stacking and bundling newspaper (P) or the like includes a rear wall (13) and side walls (11, 12) defining an open front around which is a rim (14). The rear wall (13) and the side walls (11, 12) extend upwardly from a bottom surface (31) and are provided with windows (26, 27, 28) therein. Front pedestals (29, 30) and rear pedestals (32, 33) are positioned at the front and rear of the side walls (11, 12) and have inclined upper newspaper supporting surfaces (34, 35, 36, 37) all lying in the same plane. The bottom surfaces (31) is provided with raised stop surfaces (39, 40, 41) and inclined ramp surfaces (43, 44, 45, 46) to locate a ball of twine used to bundle the newspaper (P).

Abstract: An arrangement for storing e.g. optical fibers and/or optical fiber splices within a splice closure comprises a generally circular tray (1) or preferably a plurality of such trays (1) in a stack, the tray or trays being mounted at an angle inclined to the longitudinal axis of the splice closure. The trays are supported on respective fingers (12) which can be flexed to pivot themselves and their trays away from a tray which it is desired to remove, so that the desired tray can be slipped out of the stack.

Abstract: A compact disk package and storage rack opens along one full side to allow a compact disk to slide into the rack to create a package. An entire side of the package folds upward and snaps into locked position for retain packaging of the compact disk to provide display space and to prevent theft. After the compact disk is purchased in the retailer package, the package is used as a compact disk storage rack by standing individual boxes containing the compact disks in aligned order to slots created between opposing tabs.

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.

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.

Abstract: A tray-like open-top base member of the case closely receives the lower portion of a chain saw upon downward movement of the saw into case base member, and automatically and releasably connects to the chain saw by resilient detent elements. Upward movement of the chain saw relative to the case base member automatic effects release of the detent elements. Tools and other articles used for operation or maintenance of the chain saw are stored within open-top storage compartments in the bottom of the case base member. The articles are retained within the compartments by the overlying main body of the chain saw, when the chain saw and case base member are interconnected, and some of the articles are also retained in their compartments by additional detent elements. A scabbard is releasably retained upon the cutting chain assembly of the chain saw by ribs that engage the opposite sides of the assembly, and by a flange upon the inner end of the scabbard.

Abstract: A foot plate and beverage container support assembly having a handle arranged on the bottomside of its base, to permit a user to conveniently carry food, beverages and utensils with one hand while permitting the user's other hand to be free eating or drinking from that held food plate and beverage container support assembly.

Abstract: A molded, stackable and nestable beverage can tray having tapered side walls and end walls, contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls, and having contoured window openings in both side walls and end walls to snugly contain the cans is disclosed. The bottom length and width dimensions of the tray are less than the sum of the diameters of rows of can placed in the tray. Trays according to the invention have 3:2 length-to-width ratio for cross-tying stacks, and have a tray bottom design having generally diamond-shaped standoffs projecting downwardly from the bottom of the tray to lock onto the tops of the cans contained in the tray immediately beneath the can tray. The trays include can bottom seating rings capable of receiving and centering cans having a range of the bottom diameter dimensions. Trays according to the invention have side walls and end walls which are tapered at an angle of preferably 10.degree.

Abstract: A dental tray having depressions therein for holding a bottle of dental material upside down and having wells of distinctive shape and configuration. An inexpensive disposable tray is disclosed for use in preparing single or multiple component bonding liquids and sealants. Multiple depressions configured to hold a bottle having a cap with a shoulder upside down are formed within the tray so the dentist can readily dispense the single or multiple component bonding liquids and sealants. Distinctively shaped wells are positioned in line with the depressions holding the bottle upside down preventing confusion between the multi-part dispensed bonding liquids and sealants. A finger indentation in the side opposite the depressions is provided to facilitate holding the lightweight tray during mixing or use, as well as to further provide a divided fuel to the tray preventing confusion between the dispensed component parts of the multiple component bonding liquids and sealants.

Abstract: A tray for storage and transportation of multiple pin grid array (PGA) integrated circuit components. The tray has a lattice framework that defines discrete storage pocket areas. Each storage pocket area comprises a base support that spans portions of the framework and includes upstanding ribs that engage the integrated circuit component. The locus of the upstanding ribs of a given set constitutes a rectangle or square that is concentric with and spaced from the locus of other sets of upstanding ribs. Depending terminal pins from the housing lie between individual ones of the upstanding ribs. The trays are stackable.

Abstract: A tray is disclosed which includes structure designed to allow secure holding of a plate thereon. The tray is provided with a recess or opening designed to receive the central portion of a plate therein. The plate has two opposed slots, each of which is intended to receive a strap which is fixed to the tray. Each strap is extended through a slot in the plate and is doubled back upon itself and fastened using a suitable fastener.

Abstract: A preformed one-piece plastic dispensing tray includes a storage compartment for retaining an elongated, flexible pacing lead therein. A series of spaced apart dividers extend upward from the storage compartment to engage successive serpentine loops of the pacing lead retained in the storage compartment. The construction of the storage compartment permits the pacing lead to be withdrawn therefrom with negligible resistance, and with no twisting, binding, or interference as the lead is inserted into a patient.

Abstract: A molded tray for holding different size containers includes a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall. The bottom wall is divided into two pair of oppositely arranged sockets with each socket being in a respective corner of the tray. One pair of sockets is constructed and dimensioned to hold containers in a certain size range while the alternate sockets are constructed and dimensioned to hold larger size containers.

Abstract: A hinged-lid food container having sealable compartments for the discrete storage and dispensing of a plurality of various comestibles, in which a cover member is adapted to sealingly isolate each compartment in the closed condition of the container.

Abstract: A combination beverage tray and sun visor comprised of a beverage tray having raised side walls and including a pre-formed perforation along a portion of the junction of the base of said tray and the side walls wherein the base may be separated from the sidewalls thereby forming an opening which allows the beverage tray to be converted into a sun visor and worn upon one's head.

Abstract: A lobster packaging and display unit that is preferably made of molded plastic material and free of any sharp edge or corner and comprises at least one and preferably two trays, each shaped and sized to receive and conform to a lobster and to display this lobster to best advantage.

Abstract: A diagnostic sample packaging tray and pouch for holding a variety of commonly used sample containers, such as tube, needle and slide combinations which are required for various testing procedures in medical practice. The tray is preferably constructed of a strong transparent thermoplastic material and is provided with at least one specially configured surface designed to securely hold the same containers. The tray can be a single-piece tray or a two-piece tray. The preferred embodiment is a single-piece tray which can be folded into a closed position so that a first portion of the tray folds over a second portion of the tray, whereby the two portions of the tray are locked into position, requiring a reasonable exertion of force to reopen the tray. The tray containing the used sample containers is placed within the pouch. The pouch includes a foldable flap having means for sealing closure of its open end.

Abstract: A packaging for food comprises a bottom portion, a lid portion and a product holder for the reception of individual pieces. In order to improve and stabilize the outward appearance of the packaging, the product holder is equipped with a peripheral edge section, which extends past the free rim of the bottom portion and has a slant sloping in the direction of the bottom portion and supports the lid portion. The lid portion is provided with a transition slant, which matches the slope of the slant of the product carrier.

Abstract: A medicine caddy or medicine tray includes a body having a number of medicine container holding recesses defined on the top side of the body. The recesses have inner diameters of different sizes. The body is composed of a light weight and inexpensive material, preferably a plastic. One of the recesses is a corner recess. This corner recess is provided for implacement of the index finger. While the thumb and second finger pinch the corner of the body, the tray can thus be carried. One or more concentric rings are removably provided to accommodate different-sized medicine containers.

Abstract: A display device for rings and similar items of jewelry includes a rigid unitary body having a wedge-shaped notch formed in the upper surface thereof, which notch is defined by an opposed pair of upwardly divergent surfaces between which rings having bands of varying width may be inserted and held for display purposes. The device may be formed in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, including embodiments having notches of different shapes and sizes formed in opposite sides to accommodate an even wider range of ring sizes. The display device may be formed from a variety of molding processes, preferably utilizing an acrylic resin or other clear plastic material, in either small individual ring sizes or elongated multi-ring displays.

Abstract: A confection holding structure for disposition in greeting cards and greeting card envelopes includes a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of relatively shallow recesses formed in one surface thereof to define open receptacles for receiving and holding confections, where such confections have thicknesses and parimetric shapes which generally conform to the depths and shapes of corresponding receptacles. The sheet of material also includes downwardly projecting support protuberances located generally adjacent to at least some of the receptacles to thereby provide support for inhibiting the crushing or deformation of the receptacles and confections contained therein when, for example, an envelope containing the holding structure is passed through a stamp cancelling machine.

Abstract: A device for holding and displaying collectable cards and the like has a base including a planar portion having a card receiving area thereon for receiving a collectable card. The base includes a ridge upstanding from the planar portion and substantially circumscribing the card receiving area, except for an opening through the ridge that permits lateral access by a person's finger to a card received on the card holding area. The ridge has inner sidewalls delimiting the card receiving area and arranged orthogonally to each other. The adjacent inner sidewalls have laterally recessed corners set back from a point of intersection of imaginary extensions of the adjacent inner sidewalls, such that a corner of a collectable card, whose adjacent sides are in engagement with adjacent inner sidewalls of the ridge, would not engage the ridge, thereby preventing damage or deformation of the corner of the collectable card.

Abstract: A molded, stackable and nestable beverage can tray having tapered side walls and end walls, contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls, and having contoured window openings in both the side walls and end walls to snugly contain the cans is disclosed. The bottom length and width dimensions of the tray are less than the sum of the diameters of rows of cans placed in the tray. Trays according to the invention have a 3:2 length-to-width ratio for cross-tying stacks, and have a tray bottom design having generally diamond-shaped standoffs projecting downwardly from the bottom of the tray to lock onto the tops of the cans contained in the tray immediately beneath the can tray. The trays include can bottom seating rings capable of receiving and centering cans having a range of bottom diameter dimensions. Trays according to the invention have side walls and end walls which are tapered at an angle of preferably 10.degree.

Abstract: A tray having a base defined by the upper portions of two sidewalls, a forward edge extending between the upper portions of the sidewalls and a raised back wall extending between the opposite ends of upper portions of the sidewalls. The sidewalls are the apexes of the triangles located at the forward edge of the base so that the base extends at an upward angle from the forward edge to the base of the raised back wall. A plurality of individual depressions are formed in the base and a plurality of individual recesses are formed in the raised back wall. Each depression and each recess is intended to hold an item.

Abstract: A package (10) includes a top (12), vacuum or thermoformed, and a bottom (50) of extruded plastic, with the top and bottom formed to define channels to receive components (80) in sliding engagement to facilitate automatic loading therein and unloading. The components (80) slidingly supported by a rail (54) extending from the bottom between legs of components. A lock (86) is provided to extend through the package to hold components therein. A multiple unit breakaway package (110) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tray for use on a high chair in which provision is made for immobilizing food receptacles such as bowls and cups through the use of static retainers which are part of the structure of the tray. One form of the invention utilizes grooved indentations to hold a mating base of a food receptacle. A second embodiment uses surface clips to hold the base of a food container.

Abstract: A tray is provided for transporting vehicle turbochargers which have a non-symmetrical shape which must be adequately supported to prevent movement thereof during shipment. The tray includes a plurality of cradles each of which receives a turbocharger and supports the turbocharger in such a fashion as to prevent longitudinal or transverse movement. Vertical movement is prevented by use of lids on the trays.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a taco holder wherein a blank is provided with a central region and four legs extending outwardly from the central region, a pair of adjacent legs on each side of the central region. Each leg is in the shape of a right triangle with each leg being secured to the central region at a crease. Each leg includes a notch at a portion thereof remote from the central region, a pair of legs on opposite sides of the central region being opposed to each other whereby the notches therein can mate and form a V-shaped trough. Two such V-shaped troughs are thereby formed to support a taco therein. An adhesive material can be disposed on a surface of the central region to secure the taco holder to a table or the like to free the hands of the taco maker and also to prevent sliding of the taco during preparation or eating thereof.

Abstract: A self-supporting tray-like product container (especially for food) having an inner dished part for accommodating the product in a first well, and an outer dished part having a second well into which the first well protrudes, the inner and outer parts contacting and being joined to each other at their respective peripheral edges otherwise with their wells in all-round mutually-spaced relation. The spacing provides thermal and/or shock insulation and allows the inner and outer parts to be made of different materials especially one having different thermal deformation resistances which allows use of the package in either a conventional or a microwave oven or both according to the materials chosen.

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.

Abstract: A serving piece for serving cereal and preventing its becoming soggy in milk includes a lower bowl configured to be supported in a food containing orientation upon a surface. An elongated sloped chute is mounted to and communicates at one end with the lower bowl and extends upwardly and outwardly therefrom and an upper bowl is mounted to and communicates with the other end of the sloped chute. In use, crispy cereal from the upper bowl is urged in successive measured portions down the chute and into milk contained in the lower bowl from where each portion of cereal can be consumed prior to its becoming soggy.

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.

Abstract: A kit for distributing pharmaceutical products comprising a tray of containers of drugs. Each container is provided with a multipart flag label. The flag label comprises a plurality of self-adhesive stickers which are used for labeling the container and for making entries in inventory records, medical charts, billing statements and the like. To use the kit a prescriber need only insert the patient's name, the date the drug is prescribed and the number of authorized refills on the label. All other information required by law or good practices is pre-printed on the label. The stickers are then detached from a protective backing sheet and affixed as indicated.

Abstract: A food and beverage snack tray comprising a substantially flat tray bottom having an inclined peripheral side wall extending upwardly from the periphery thereof including a beverage container receptacle and food receiving area separated by an arcuate separator element and a pair of digit slots formed in the inclined peripheral side wall to selectively receive the thumb and index finger of a user's hand to permit the user to grasp a beverage container disposed within the beverage container receptacle adjacent the digit slots and to receive food in the food receiving area isolating the food from the beverage while holding the food and beverage snack tray.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that enables a consumer to store a wide variety of items in a customized storage unit. The customized storage unit consists of a plastic storage tray that has a pattern of item-receiving compartments formed therein that will correspond exactly to the shapes of items that the consumer wishes to store. The pattern is developed first reading the profiles of the items the consumer wishes to store into a computer graphics unit and arranging these stored profiles into an optimized pattern. This pattern is next sent to a computer-aided manufacturing unit that is connected to a hot wire cutter that cuts the desired pattern into a sheet of structural foam. The cut-out cores of the profiles of the items to be stored are next removed from the structural foam sheet leaving cavities within the sheet. The structural foam sheet is next placed on the lower platen of a vacuum form machine, and the cut-out cores are attached to the upper platen.

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.

Abstract: A storage container is of a configuration and dimensioned to retain either two DAT cassettes, two storage cases or one cassette together with one storage case. The size of the DAT cassette storage container is comparable in size and shape to a Beta video cassette storage case. The storage container has an interior structure that forms a pair of seats, each having two distinct parts. A first of the two parts is of a configuration for receiving and retaining the protective storage case for DAT cassettes. A second of the two parts is of a configuration for receiving the DAT cassette itself and retaining it within the container. The storage case and cassette are retained within the container with their length dimensions orthogonal.

Abstract: A stackable and nestable tray for shipping of weather stripping. The tray has a central weight bearing hub which also acts as a stop to pervent weather stripping which is coiled about the hub from shifting in a manner which would damage the weather strip. The tray has a generally rounded body portion which has a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. A series of radially inwardly extending step-like protrusion are formed on the side wall with corresponding inwardly extending indentations on the opposite side of the side wall. The hub portion is hollow and includes a series of hollow radially outwardly extending protrusions with surfaces extending between the corresponding outwardly extending indentations in the hollow underside. The trays will stack one upon another in a first position and will nest into each other for return shipping when rotated to a second position.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for the insertion of carrier elements with comb-like titer strips into a microtiter plate and to provide a convenient holder for washing the titer strips. The apparatus provides a container and a changing insert with guide lamellas and space rods for holding the carrier elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to holders for comestible products and, more particularly, to holders for supporting tacos in a vertical orientation. The articles of the invention include unitary holders comprising a generally U-shaped single piece body having a pair of vertical parallel walls projecting upwardly from and perpendicular to a horizontal base which extends outward from the junctures of the walls and the base. A three sided receiving trough is thereby created into which can be placed and held upright comestible products. The extended base provides sufficient stability to allow the device to be significantly smaller than the comestible products supported.

Abstract: A container includes a hollow body and a hinged cover. An insert in the body is formed with twenty upwardly opening pockets for receiving a set of twenty baby teeth. The pockets are sized in accordance with the size of the different types of teeth. In addition, the pockets are arranged such that, when the teeth are stored, their placement assimilates the placement of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws.

Abstract: An organizer, particulary useful in a dental clinic practicing operative dentistry, comprises a portable tray having compartments defined thereon to retain at least one syringe, a needle encased within a protective sheath, and a hermetically sealed cartridge containing a liquid anesthetic or other liquid drug or medication adapted to be administered to a patient. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, one of the needles encased within an opened protective sheath is mounted in the same compartment as the syringe and aligned therewith whereby the syringe can be readily attached to the needle. A reciprocal finger button is mounted on the tray and has a detent engageable with the protective sheath to facilitate removal of the syringe and the attached needle from the sheath.

Abstract: A spacer tray 2 for containers 32 is formed of a moldable sheet material and is shaped to provide a plurality of container-bottom receptacles 4. Each container-bottom receptacle 4 is shaped to receive at least a part of a bottom portion of a container 32. A container spacer wall 30 is located between each pair of adjacent container-bottom receptacles 4 to maintain bottom portions of containers seated in the receptacles spaced apart from one another. The spacer tray includes a plurality of container-loading-guide-pin caps 36 which permit end portions of container-loading guide pins 78--from a high-speed spacer-tray loading machine, for example--to project into and fit within the interiors of the caps for locating the spacer tray 2 and for reinforcing the caps for guiding bottom portions of containers 32 into container-bottom receptacles 4 during loading of the spacer tray.

Abstract: A dental composite carrier and a packaging means for a composite used for posterior restorations in a tooth is provided. The composite carrier comprises a handle having a lever with a jaw on one end, and the package comprises individual incremental portions of composite material contained in ampules, and a number of ampules packaged in a tray. The composite carrier is used to pick an ampule out of the tray, carry it to a tooth, and deliver it into a cavity in the tooth. Optionally, the handle may have a condenser on its opposite end to be used for packing and smoothing the composite in the tooth.

Abstract: A serving tray is provided for use with a removable cover. The tray is provided with a rim section having a laterally extending ledge portion and a skirt portion depending therefrom. The skirt portion having upper edge segments spaced from the underside of the ledge portion and cooperating therewith to form substantially rigid marginal lips. Cooperating with the tray is a removable cover having an upright wall section encompassing and depending from a top section. The lower edge of the wall section terminates in an outwardly extending first flange. A yieldable second flange extends downwardly and outwardly from the first flange and portions of the second flange cooperate therewith to form a plurality of pockets encompassing and lockingly accommodating the tray lips when said tray and cover ar in assembled relation.

Abstract: A lightweight safety tray particularly suitable for use in the passenger compartment of a moving vehicle, and including a generally rectangular support frame of low density, highly resilient polymeric material, which frame has a flat bottom, front, rear and opposing side walls, with a sunken planar shelf in the upper surface portion of the frame which is bounded by upward extensions of the frame walls. The planar shelf has an array of regular shaped cavities in its upper surface which provides a grid of longitudinally and transversely extending ribs. A generally flat plastic corrugated board covers the planar shelf. There is a flexible, resilient plastic outer coating which envelopes the entire outer surfaces of the combined frame and corrugated board, and which holds the board in place, and whereby an upper tray working surface is provided which is bounded on four sides by the upward wall extensions.