Abstract: A holder for food, drink and utensils includes a flat oval-shaped platform having a central food supporting portion and an upturned peripheral retaining lip, and a pair of cup-shaped recessed compartments connected to and extending below the platform. The compartments are spaced from one another at opposite ends of the platform. One recessed compartment is a beverage container compartment and the other is a utensil compartment. A third recessed compartment can be provided as an option to hold a party dip. The container compartment is larger in diameter than the utensil compartment. The dip compartment is preferably oblong in shape and of a shallower depth than the other two which are equal in depth. The container and utensil compartments make the holder capable of standing by itself in an upright fashion.

Abstract: A rectangular sagger structure particularly suited for firing cylindrical articles loaded in parallel touching rows. A scalloped fixture extends inwardly from one of the side walls with the scalloped notches so spaced that the articles placed in the notches constituting a first row of articles form pockets for the second row of articles to nest between adjacent first row articles.

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.

Abstract: A stacking system for containers placed in a shipping carton. The system includes at least one layer of containers and preferably multiple layers of containers with each container of each layer held in nonmoveable relationship between upper and lower trays of identical configuration. Each tray includes a plurality of compartments spaced from one another at equal intervals adapted to receive the bottom portions of the containers and a plurality of conical recesses adapted to receive the conical tops of the containers. The compartments are formed on the top sides of the trays and the conical recesses are formed on the bottom sides of the trays. Thus each tray can be used to lock either the conical tops of each layer of containers of the bottom portions of a layer of containers. The containers are spaced apart and kept from lateral movement at both their tops and their bottoms. The edges of the trays have locking flanges to hold the trays in the cartons.

Abstract: A multiple dose reagent pack and corresponding carousel for an automated analyzer are disclosed. The reagent pack contains a plurality of vial-receiving wells which receive and hold a plurality of reagent-containing vials to form a unitary reagent pack. The carousel contains a plurality of radially spaced compartments which are adapted to receive and hold either a reagent pack or a sample container. A corresponding plurality of reaction container openings are provided on the carousel. Reagent packs for specific assays can be selectively interspersed with sample containers in the compartments to provide a wide variety of test combinations.

Abstract: A display tray for attractively displaying material at an angle with respect to the horizontal is described. The display tray has a main tray portion and a stand portion. The main tray portion and stand portion are removably attached. The main tray portion has a front compartment for holding business cards. When connected, the main tray and stand portions form two rear compartments for holding additional material, such as the business cards of prospective buyers. A slot in a tab extending from the main tray extends over a lug in the stand portion to form the removable connection. The shapes of the slot and lug permit the connecting and disconnecting of the main tray from the stand portion to be performed without tools.

Abstract: A high density magazine for electrical connectors and components. More particularly, the magazine is assembled from two outer members having inwardly facing cavities and a center member inbetween. Shoulders in the cavities cooperate with shoulders on each surface of the center member to provide supports for the electrical connectors or components on both sides of the center member.

Abstract: A package for ice cream cones or the like that are of a fragile nature and construction in which the cones are stacked in a telescopically opposed nature to one another. The package is formed of a foam material which support and suspends each cone within the stack independently holding the cones in spaced non-compressible relation to form a cushion restraint against movement and breakage during the handling and shipping of the package.

Abstract: A container for thin glass plates having a base portion. The base portion is provided with a well having a substantially planar bottom surface at an angle with respect to the vertical plane of the glass slides.

Abstract: A storage rack comprising a unitary sheet of thermoplastic material extending generally in a horizontal plane in use suitable for insertion within a compatibly shaped horizontal compartment; the rack having a top, bottom, front rear and plurality of sides, having at least one recess formed therein extending from its top, said at least one recess extending towards the bottom of the rack; said at least one recess consisting of a plurality of angularly stepped portions for supporting articles at an incline to the horizontal; the storage rack carrying upon its top surrounding the at least one recess, at least one trimmable flange extending in a plane laterally away from the recess to allow for variation in the dimensions of similarly sized compartments.

Abstract: A food and beverage serving device designed for one-handed use. The container comprises a beverage receptacle with a flange extending outwardly from the receptacle walls and having a generally horizontal upper surface for supporting food servings. A plurality of generally radial ribs extend between the flange and receptacle walls to define upwardly open food compartments. The ribs provide upward support to the flange and hold the receptacle within the flange opening.

Abstract: A storage case for storing electronic recording devices and their boxes. The case has a base, two end walls and two side walls, each fixedly connected together to form an open box. The side walls have an upper and a lower portion, the lower portion being adjacent the base and the upper portion being located between the base and the open end of the box. The upper portion, but not the lower portion of the box, comprises a plurality of paired vertical ribs spaced to allow an electronic recording device or a box to be inserted through the ribs and held in a vertical position in the case.

Abstract: Proposed is a presentation tableau (100) to take in particular wrist watches each encompassing on a display holder (102) which in turn, to a desired extent, can be locked by means of sliding element (126) in a recess (14) in the presentation tableau (100). The display holder (12) itself is additionally protected against displacement by a projection (150) extending therefrom, and which interacts with an opening (152) provided in a surface (20, 22) forming the side wall of the said recess (14).

Abstract: A lens-carrying device is adapted to receive and contain a plurality of optical lenses in side-by-side non-contacting relation. The device is constructed of a first tray and a second tray, adapted to be releasably engaged, with either tray serving as the base or cover of the device. Each tray contains at least one row of longitudinally-spaced side-by-side annular cavities. When the trays are engaged with each other, the annular cavities of each tray are juxtaposed in mirror relation to each other to form a plurality of side-by-side lens-carrying annular chambers for receiving and supporting optical lenses therein.

Abstract: A data cartridge handling system comprising a plurality of carrying cases, each case having a base, a hinged lid, and a carrying handle, and each being of suitable dimensions to house an insertable partitioned tray designed to hold a predetermined number of data tape cartridges having one of a variety of sizes. The cases may be removably inserted into a shelving module by sliding the case horizontally between spaced supports, and the entire system may be placed on a desktop or inverted and mounted under a desk or table.

Abstract: A container for quickly and accurately counting used surgical sponges at the conclusion of surgery having a lower half and an upper half which can be closed onto the lower half. The lower half of the container is formed with a plurality of spaced parallel walls which form a plurality of troughs to receive the used surgical sponges and alternate walls have a shorter height so that troughs on opposite sides of the alternate walls can receive either small sponges or a single large sponge. The upper half of the container has a plurality of parallel projections which are arranged to be complementary to the troughs and to extend within a portion of each trough when the upper half is closed onto the lower half.

Abstract: A storage module for magnetic tape cassettes and cassette boxes of various dimensions comprises a plurality of parallel storage compartments, each having a bottom and side walls. The side walls have a horizontal, divided, lower support surface defining two parallel storage zones per compartment for unboxed cassettes and horizontal, upper support surfaces for supporting a boxed cassette. A digital audio tape cassette fits firmly into the bottom of each compartment between the lower support surfaces.

Abstract: A book-like storage container for cassettes or the like is formed from a single thermoplastic sheet of PVC plastic which has a pair of stackable trays formed on an inner face thereof that are connected together by an integral spine in side-by-side relation. Each tray is defined by C-shaped walls and the spine has flanges adjacent each end thereof for interlocking with the interfitting walls of the trays when the holder is in a closed position to form an enclosure therein. The PVC sheet has a living hinge defined therein along the connecting edges of the spine and each of its respective trays. In a preferred embodiment, a second thermoplastic sheet of flexible vinyl is placed back-to-back with the PVC sheet and thermally bound thereto about the sheets' peripheries. The PVC sheet is notched at the intersection of each living hinge and the periphery of the PVC sheet, so that when the peripheries of the PVC sheet and vinyl sheet are thermally bound together, there is no thermal seam at those notches.

Abstract: An article-container adapter is provided to restrain an article from moving inside a container that has sidewalls which define an interior space larger than the article. The adapter has a base, configured to fit snugly inside the container, and a plurality of projections disposed on the base and spaced from each other to receive the article snugly therebetween. The base includes a floor panel having perimetric edge portions engageable with the container sidewalls; and the projections extend upwardly from the floor panel with article-confining surfaces perpendicular thereto. The base may also include outer wall sections extending upwardly from the floor panel perimetric edge portions to engage the container sidewalls; and the projections may then extend inwardly from the outer wall sections to position their article-confining surfaces for engagement by the inserted article. The base may further include a flange extending outwardly from an upper end portion of each outer wall section.

Abstract: A food service tray, preferably formed of molded plastic, is particularly adapted to be used in a service cart which can heat food contained in a predetermined "hot" area of the tray. The tray has a generally flat planar portion from which the side walls of at least one dish-shaped recess extend both upwardly and downwardly. The said at least one dish-shaped recess preferably contains a disposable insert dish and has a bottom surface which is thinner than other portions of the tray in order to facilitate the transfer of heat to food contained in the dish. Integral ribs formed on the lower outer side walls of the recess serve to resiliently and frictionally engage the dish's cover after it has been removed and inverted. In the inverted position, the cover insulates the hot bottom of the tray during serving. The tray preferably also includes a second downwardly recessed portion for cold food, cups and utensils.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrically conductive container with beveled edges and an improved blow molded carrier for efficiently storing and transporting such cases. The carrier has raised portions along its interior base which accommodate one or more of the containers. The invention is also directed to a process for storing electrically conductive containers, including blow-molding carrier means having beveled raised portions, and containers having beveled edges, and the insertion of the containers between adjacent raised portions of the carrier.

Abstract: The injection monitor kit appliance allows insulin or injection-dependent persons to maintain daily monitoring of injections taken and maintains a full week's supply of insulin, syringes and alcohol swabs in a convenient and portable container. The injection monitor kit is a secure and easily transportable container having assigned, separate slots for a select number of syringes, with the name of each day of the a calendar week located in relative proximity to each slot containing therein the syringes which should be administered that day. The appearance of a syringe in its slot indicates an injection not yet taken. Additionally, the appliance includes compartments for medication containers, alcohol swabs and a means for breaking off needles from spent syringes and storing such needles in a safe manner.

Abstract: The bottom (1) and the cover (2) are made from a rigid composite material constituted by a sheet of PVC coated with a layer of polyethylene on which is applied a film of polyethylene of peelable quality. The bottom (1) has cavities (4). Peripheral flanges (3, 3') includes ears (6, 6') and are welded along a strip (7) having weakened regions (8). The cover is peelable.

Abstract: There is described a device used with a swab to extract biological material collected on the absorbent end of the swab. The device comprises a container having an internal surface defining a major cavity for confining an extracting liquid medium, and means in said container defining a notch extending into a portion of said internal surface, said notch being configured to receive a swab-like collector and to hold such a collector in said major cavity, said notch having one end that is deeper within said cavity than the rest of said notch, said end being configured to hold the absorbent end of such a collector, and centering means in said container for centering a pipette for aspiration of such extracting medium, said centering means being disposed generally about a line that intersects said notch at a point generally adjacent said one end.

Abstract: A cell harvesting kit and a method for harvesting cells from a vein of a patient are provided. The cell harvesting kit has a packaging container containing three trays, a support holding the components needed for cell harvesting, and three vials containing enzyme solutions and salt solution, respectively. The three trays include an outer tray having a lid engaged with the outer tray to preserve sterility, a component tray within the outer tray, the component tray having a sealed lid and having a shelf about its perimeter for supporting a support member having depressions therein for holding the components needed in cell harvesting, and a third tray contained within the component tray, the third tray comprising a process tray with a trough in which an excised vein may be placed for harvesting.A method for harvesting cells from a vein of a patient is also provided.

Abstract: A tray for transporting internal combustion engine pistons is provided. The tray comprises a generally rectangular tray body having a bottom wall. A plurality of spaced apart generally cylindrical first pockets extend downwardly from the bottom wall. Second pocket sidewall structure extends upwardly from the bottom wall concentrically around each of the first pockets to define a plurality of spaced apart generally cylindrical second pockets extending upwardly from the bottom wall.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a shoe-polish can with removable closure lid (2), integrated applicator (12) and shoe-polish containing space. In order to obtain a structural shape which is simple to manufacture and handle, the shoe-polish containing space be developed as an arcuate trough (3).

Abstract: A device for holding and protecting delicate instruments, such as microsurgical instruments, such as microsurgical instruments, is described. The device to protect delicate features of instruments from damage during shipping, storage, or other forms of handling. The device includes a base or stage on which spacing means and first and second securing means are provided.

Abstract: A storage cabinet for storing in each of a number of stacked storage regions a boxed compact disk, a boxed compact cassette or a pair of unboxed compact cassettes includes a pair of opposed parallel side walls cantilevered from a rear wall and having stacked opposed pairs of protrusions defining a first storage region extending between the side walls for receiving a boxed compact disk or a pair of unboxed cassettes and each having a shelf spaced from the rear wall for defining a second storage region of width corresponding to that of a boxed compact cassette and depth less than the width of a boxed compact cassette for storing a boxed compact cassette so that it protrudes slightly beyond the free ends of the side walls.

Abstract: A plurality of physically separate plastic substates are injection molded, each with at least one pattern of channels formed in a surface of thereof defining a conductive circuit to be formed. The plurality of substrates are then physically connected in a common planar array either by inserting them in corresponding receptacles in a carrier board, by mating peripheral connecting elements, by using adhesive or by some other suitable connecting mechanism. Where a carrier board with pre-formed receptacles is not utilized, the individual substrates in the array are pierced and replaced. The planar array is processed to simultaneously form a conductive circuit on each substrate consisting of metal deposited in its pattern of channels. The planar array of metallized substrates may then be stuffed with electronic components on an automatic insertion machine, wave soldered. The individual finished circuit boards are then pressed out.

Abstract: A container for holding accessories of the type used in playing the game of golf. The container has a base member that is subdivided into a plurality of small compartments for retaining golf balls and a larger compartment or tray member that may hold car keys or other items. A flange is formed around the perimeter of the tray member, and apertures larger in diameter than the diameter of a tee body but smaller in diameter than a tee head are formed in the flange so that tees may be mounted in the apertures in a suspended position. The container further includes a closure member that caps the base member and that conforms in shape to the base member. A snap fit locking arrangement is provided between the base member and the closure member.

Abstract: A display tray has a tray bed in which removable and reversible inserts are placed. A first side of each insert is adapted to hold an article for display and a second side is blank, has a label thereon or has some decorative appearance. To display an article, it is affixed to the side of the insert adapted to hold it. The insert is placed in the tray bed with the first side showing. When the article is removed from the insert, the insert is removed from the tray bed, reversed and placed back in the tray bed with its second side showing thus presenting a more pleasing appearance. The tray bed can be filled with inserts which are shaped such that they cooperate to substantially fill the tray bed.

Abstract: A thin relatively stiff but somewhat resilient sheet of plastic material is formed into a series of aligned, identically-shaped and dimensioned cavities for holding thin-walled plastic flower pots with the cavities having ribs formed on their inside surfaces and hand-access cutouts in their side walls. As an added feature, a skirt or flange for lifting and carrying the tray is provided and suitable drain holes may also be provided.

Abstract: A self-hinging one-piece container of synthetic plastic material includes a base element with a peripheral flange and a pedestal portion providing an upwardly opening recess to receive a multiplicity of articles. The base wall of the element portions defining the recess is located in substantially the same plane as the peripheral flange. A cover element includes a peripheral flange overlying the peripheral flange of the base element and a pedestal portion which overlies the pedestal portion of the base element. The top wall of the pedestal portion overlies the top wall of the pedestal portion of the base element and has a depending boss which extends into the recess formed in the base element. Along adjacent margins of the flanges of the base and cover elements is a hinge element integrally formed from the material, and the container additionally includs a releasable closure to retain the cover and base elements in closed relationship.

Abstract: A fishing accessory device that holds containers of different sizes and shapes in locations convenient for the fisherman can be removed from one mount with only an upward motion and reinstalled easily on another mount. Once mounted, the device is firmly wedged in place onto the mount. Mounts can be placed in numerous locations throughout a boat. Cavities having inwardly sloping interior walls securely hold a variety of containers that are wedged into place.

Abstract: A package for carrying card edge connectors and the like and for use with automatic storage and retrieval systems and with robotic-equipped insertion tools. The package includes support means for supporting connectors and spaces between the support means for receiving pins depending from the connectors.

Abstract: A stop member for a device such as a syringe is inaccessibly disposed in a sleeve member. The ring member is also disposed about a portion of the stop member and in the sleeve member. The ring member is connected to the inside of the sleeve member by means of a frangible connection. When the sleeve member is twisted. the sleeve member and its connected ring member freely rotate about a portion of the stop member at the end of the syringe. When the sleeve member is axially pulled off the end of the syringe, the frangible connection breaks, and the sleeve member is removed, leaving the ring member and stop member disposed on the end of the syringe thereby indicating that the prefilled syringe has been tampered with.

Abstract: A carrying case for carrying a plurality of disposable insulin syringes is constructed in a fashion such that syringes may be carried in the case either in a plunger-extended, filled condition or with the syringe empty and the plunger fully seated in the syringe.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved one-piece construction for taco shell holders, wherein, the holders are provided with a unique three legged support structure that allows the holders to be used in either a stand alone configuration or inserted into complementary recesses formed in a serving tray element specifically designed for use in combination with the taco holders.

Abstract: This display case includes a base on which may be arranged a tray of elastic material sufficiently rigid to define, by means of ribs, cells for the storage of the articles to be displayed. When the tray is within the base and the ribs upwardly disposed the display case is set up for transporting the articles. Following inverting of the tray, display elements provided with fastening means in the form of the tongue may be fastened to the tray by insertion of the tongue into a slot which each rib defines on the opposite surface of the tray. Under these conditions the display case is set up for showing the articles. The tray display elements which are readily moved may be stored in a compartment forseen to this purpose. According to a variant the tray may be independent and provided with stiffening elements associated with at least two opposed edges thereof.

Abstract: Holder for a number of writing implements, comprising first means for housing in parallel manner at least a portion of the said implements, and reusable second means for containing the said first means, the latter ensuring the said implements are housed in essentially stable manner regardless of the position of the said first means.

Abstract: A shipping and storing support having recesses so constructed and arranged to ship and store selectively a plurality of articles having varying dimensions, the recesses having a plurality of internal contours for selectively receiving the articles to be retained therein by a frictional fit and wherein the plurality of internal contours of the recesses have substantially the same contour as a portion of the plurality of different sized articles adapted to be received frictionally in said recesses.

Abstract: A plurality of different types of book style cassette holders or albums are selectively progressively produced by an in-line operation having stations which can be by-passed and selectively actuated to omit or add steps to produce the different types. The initial steps in the method unwind a relatively rigid or stiff thermoplastic sheet from a roll, successively thermoform the sheet into blanks having a plurality of pairs of adjoining hollow wall album trays in side-by-side relation connected by a flexible spine and surrounded by marginal portions. The blanks are fed successively, hollow face upwardly, through successive stations which apply adhesive and cardboard slabs over the bottoms of the trays. Subsequent stations either deposit individual printed cover sheets onto the blanks, or a continuous cover sheet fed from a roll. Succeeding stations selectively apply individual printed sheets over the continuous cover sheet and a transparent film over the printed sheets.

Abstract: A package for carrying card edge connectors and the like and for use with automatic storage and retrieval systems and with robotic-equipped insertion tools. The package includes support means for supporting connectors and spaces between the support means for receiving pins depending from the connectors.

Abstract: A diskette holder for rigid-case data diskettes is disclosed, comprising a platform having a plurality of lateral grooves in the upper surface thereof for receiving diskettes. Associated with each groove are diskette support means comprising a front support face angled upwardly and forwardly from the area of the groove and a rear support face angled upwardly and rearwardly from the area of the groove. At least one support face of a pair associated with a groove has the undercut portion disposed from the plane of the opposing support face by a distance not less than and substantially equal to the thickness of the diskette to be held, and preferably parallel to the opposing support face. In the preferred embodiment, the diskette support means are positioned at only one end of each groove and successively alternating grooves have the support means at alternating ends of the grooves. Stop means at opposite ends of the grooves position the diskettes laterally and preventing lateral movement.

Abstract: An article support tray for supporting a plurality of articles, such as beverage cans, in predetermined spaced relationship to one another in a package containing a plurality of such articles, comprises a flat sheet with article engaging raised ribs on one surface which engage and wedge in place bottom ends of the articles to prevent rubbing together of the articles. A plurality of ribs engage each article around its periphery, and the ribs are shaped to automatically properly align the articles on the tray as the articles near their final position on the tray. The shape and disposition of the ribs on the tray are such that the articles are enabled to slide freely over the surface of the tray until the articles reach their final position of wedged engagement with the tray, and the ribs also reinforce the tray, permitting a very thin, lightweight, inexpensive structure to be used.

Abstract: A storage case for magnetic tape cassettes and their boxes is shown which includes a bottom box portion and rearwardly hinged top portion. The bottom portion includes a bottom wall, front and back walls, and opposite side walls. A plurality of parallel upwardly extending ribs are formed on the bottom wall. The spacing between ribs is slightly greater than the width of cassette boxes whereby boxes may be stored on the bottom wall between ribs. A pair of said ribs extends upwardly above the other ribs, which taller ribs are formed with notches which are slightly wider than the width of cassette tapes for support of cassette tapes above the bottom wall in a direction transverse to the parallel ribs. Flanges on the cassette tapes are located between the notched ribs and limit movement of the cassette tapes in the direction transverse to the parallel ribs.

Abstract: A container for storing and transporting letter mail and other flat articles, comprising a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, a bottom member and a rim member extending outwardly from the side walls and end walls along the perimeter of the container, which are integrally formed as a unit. The side walls, end walls and bottom member define an enclosure for receiving articles. A removable cover member is provided for being positioned substantially in registration with the bottom member to cover the enclosure and protect the contents of the container. The container is preferably comprised of a lightweight material and manufactured using a thermoforming process. Rib members are disposed at pre-determined positions on the side walls, end walls, bottom member and cover member to provide structural integrity for the container.

Abstract: A vacuum molded compartmentalized insert is temporarily or permanently installed in one end portion of an attache case, without the necessity of structurally altering the case. Various utility items and supplies can be held in the compartments of the insert, and space is provided in the attache case beneath and at one side of the insert for legal size documents and smaller documents, respectively. The insert is a great convenience for those who must largely work out of their attache cases while traveling.

Abstract: A tray for supporting a taco in an upright position. The tray may be formed by molding or die forming. The midportion of the tray sides contacts the taco to hold it upright, while the ends of the tray are enlarged to inhibit tipping over of the tray and taco.