Abstract: A jewelry display housing utilizes an elongated rigid sheet having a soft wadding-like material disposed adjacent a lateral surface thereof, a fabric-like covering is disposed over the wadding material and is provided having a plurality of nail-like fasteners extending outwardly therefrom, each disposed at an acute angle relative to the rigid sheet. A fabric-like member is provided having one edge thereof disposed secured to an edge of the sheet and extending over the fabric-like layer covering the wadding, in flap-like fashion. Doors are provided covering the ends of the fasteners. A reflector is disposed within the housing comprising the doors and the sidewalls attached to the sheet, to which a switch is mounted engaging the doors when they are closed. The switch is mounted in electrical series circuit with a battery mounted on the housing. Pierced earrings are disposed having their shank portion passing through the flap-like fabric sheet with the fasteners serving as support for other forms of jewelry.

Abstract: A tray of molded pulp or like material for carryout food and beverage comprising one or more pockets for receiving and firmly supporting any one of several different size beverage containers normally used in the carry-out food trade, each of the pockets having a circular floor portion, a web portion extending for a full 360.degree.

Abstract: A slide file sheet includes a plurality of rectangular recesses formed by longitudinally and traversely extending bounding walls for arranging a plurality of slide films therein and holding lugs extending from side walls of the bounding walls inwardly of the rectangular recesses for holding the slide films.The file sheet according to the invention comprises first draft channels formed in the bounding walls and in support portions for supporting mounts of the slide films for communicating the spaces on the upper surfaces of the slide films with those on the lower surfaces of the films, and second draft channels formed in the support portions for communicating the spaces on the lower surfaces of the films with punched openings below the holding lugs when the slide films are held within the rectangular recesses.

Abstract: An overlay tray for holding a plurality of photographic slides in side-by-side relationship is integrally formed from transparent plastic and defines a series of parallel, longitudinal channels. Each channel has a longitudinal groove adjacent one channel wall so that pressure applied to the edge of the slide above the groove pivots the opposite edge of the slide outward from the channel. The walls of the overlay tray are constructed so that the trays may be stacked one upon the other in interfitting relationship with the bottom of one tray retaining the slides in fixed position within the tray below. A flange extends from one end of the overlay tray so that an identifying label placed thereon can be read through a stack of such trays.

Abstract: A pyramid container device is disclosed which is adapted for holding an item. The container device comprises a first container member having the substantial shape of a regular pyramid with a substantially square first container base. The first container member may be formed as a thin wall pyramid structure of a plastic material. A second container member comprises a substantially thin wall frustum of a pyramid having a top base commensurate in size with the first container base of the first container member. Connecting means such as a lip on one of the first and second container members secures the first container base to the top of the second container member forming the pyramid-shaped container device. Aperture means molded in one of the first or second container members is adapted for receiving and locating an inner container such as a cylindrical jar at the geometric center of the pyramid container device.

Abstract: The specification discloses a Craft Board which has many different uses in the handicraft field.The board provides hook means to attach various different handicraft works to the Craft Board, therefore eliminating the use of bulky holding frames or the sticking of pins into various objects and the like, to secure the handicraft being worked on to the board.Also disclosed are means to hold and store the various materials which can be used during the craft work.

Abstract: A tray is provided with a display area and housing area, the display area having an array of grooves for reception of hypodermic syringes, and pockets for reception of oral medications. Medication card slots are provided adjacent the grooves and pockets. A vertical wall is provided facing the needle end of syringes to prevent them from accidentally falling off the edge of the tray, and to prevent accidental brushing against the needles by the tray user or passerby. The housing portion includes a used cotton and swab receiver pocket, and a door-covered syringe receiver chamber having a sloped bottom and manually operable, when desired, to dump used syringes into a suitable final disposal container without again handling them. The tray may be made of a single piece of formable or moldable material such as plastic or metal, for example, and the door may be made of plastic or metal to best suit the circumstances.

Abstract: A shipping container formed by joining a base member having a floor, sides, and top with a reinforcing member having front and rear panels joined by a vertical support panel. These two members combine to form a crush resistant container. Preferably, there is a pocketed insert overlying the floor and held in position as an integral part of the container by sealing together the base and reinforcing members. The container is highly crush resistant and suitable for shipping bottles of liquid, such as those containing sterile intravenous solutions or other medical liquids.

Abstract: A portable desk top tray for organizing and arranging desk implements such as a tape dispenser, stapler, calendar and the like, includes a top surface supported above a desk top by at least a front wall. The top surface has several depressions. Each depression is adapted to receive a respective desk implement and is of a size and shape to laterally confine the respective implement against substantial horizontal movement. Several elongated sockets open through the front wall and extend rearwardly therefrom at positions laterally spaced from the depressions. The top surface may also be provided with an upright wall structure shaped to conform to another respective one of the desk implements for receiving the same. One of the sockets may be positioned below and laterally between the upright wall structure.

Abstract: A stackable, tray-type packaging unit for semiconductor discs, having a lr portion accommodating the discs and a matching lid, comprising two upright, elongated side walls in the lower portion and two narrow end walls, all walls as well as the lid consisting of deep-drawn plastic material inert to the disc material. A plurality of ribs are formed opposite to each other on the side walls, serving as guide means for the discs during the loading of the unit, stabilizing ribs for accommodating the discs are provided in the base of the lower portion on the joining line between opposite guide ribs. The lower part of the side walls are curved inwardly at an angle of 30.degree. to 60.degree. with respect to the perpendicular upper part.

Abstract: A urethral catheterization tray providing a sterile, self-contained catherization package and work area is described.

Abstract: A package for candy canes which is a body of resilient, synthetic resin material having a pair of adjacent cane-receiving depressions therein. Each of the cane-receiving depressions is of an elongated oval configuration, and includes substantially elongated side channels separated by a central island and joined at each end by a rounded, recessed end portion. Intermediate the length of each of the elongated side channels of the recessed elongated oval, a pair of undercut flanges are provided within the recess forming that side of the oval, and adjacent the central island. The undercut flanges in each pair are spaced a distance from each other which is less than the transverse thickness of the elongated leg of a candy cane to permit the cane to be snapped between the flanges through the space therebetween, and then retained by the flanges in a stored, packaged position.

Abstract: A two-tier disposable tray for retaining instruments and other items used in conducting percutaneous transhepatic cholangiographies (PTC's) in an organized and easily accessible manner within a sterile environment. The upper tier slideably engages the lower tier of the tray. The tray and its components are in ready-to-use package form with the package adapted to be opened at the patient's side at the time the PTC is performed.

Abstract: A shipping container for circuit boards and similar types of panels having a box and a cover, both formed of corrugated cardboard with bottom flaps extending entirely across the bottom of the container, the corrugations in the end walls oriented vertically, plastic panels secured on the inner sidewalls of the box and defining horizontal ribs and also plateau areas to bear against the side edges of the circuit boards, there also being vertical ribs projecting from the plateau areas to define grooves receiving the edges of the circuit boards; the ribs and grooves in opposite panels on the sidewalls nesting together when the box is collapsed and the end walls flexing to accommodate complete nesting of the ribs and grooves of the plastic panels.

Abstract: A receptacle for selectively alternatively holding a standard recording tape cartridge or cassette which are of different dimensions includes a rectangular tray shaped member having a rectangular base wall and upstanding front, rear and end walls delineating a cavity for nesting the standard cartridge. Opposing medial rectangular recesses are formed in the front and rear walls and each is delineated by bottom and side shoulders and a vertical base and is open at its top, the distance between the wall recess bases is equal to the length of the standard cassette. In one form the receptacle is formed with a peripheral coplanar flange terminating in an upwardly directed lip to form a recess for receiving a pamphlet and in another form a pair of shallow receptacles is provided, each having a peripheral flange, the edges of a corresponding lip thereof being joined by a self hinge.

Abstract: A case in the nature of a storage device with or without a cover or a valise or attache-type case comprising parallel rows of magnetic tape enclosure storage compartments. Each compartment is molded to form a somewhat thicker and narrower space to securely receive a standard 8-track cartridge and, within a substantially coextensive space, a somewhat thinner and wider space to securely receive a standard cassette storage box so that both types of commonly used magnetic tape enclosures may be interchangeably received and stored within the compartment without excessive movements and dislocations within the case during transit. In one embodiment, the cover is transparent and may be adapted to be removable and, in another embodiment, the cover is integrally molded with the case.

Abstract: A new deformable container is disclosed, suitable for use in packaging items of different dimensions. In use, portions of the container are deformed to provide abutments at the interior of the container for fixing therein the relative position of the items of different dimensions. The container is generally rectangular and is made of sheet material, for example, cardboard. In the preferred form, the container is used in conjunction with a detachable cover and with such cover forms a closed rectangular box. When the cover is detached from the container, two pairs of tabs are exposed. These pairs of tabs are located respectively at opposite longitudinal ends of the container. One tab in each pair is coplanar with and hingedly connected to the front wall of the container while the other tab of each pair is hingedly connected to and coplanar with the corresponding side wall of the container.

Abstract: A packaged dinner serving tray being of a one piece, lightweight plastic construction having a central cavity for holding the standard packaged dinner and having support portions for holding the packaged dinner in the cavity spaced above the surface on which the tray is placed (i.e. such as a table) and having opposite side openings to facilitate handling and serving of packaged dinner in the tray.

Abstract: A combination container and utility tray in which a tray is supported in and secured to an outer container. The interrelationship of the tray and the container together with the design of the tray is such as to permit the tray to be thermally formed of otherwise unacceptably thin sheet material thus saving in amount of materials used with resulting reduction in manufacturing costs while still providing a convenient and firm support for shipping and use of articles.The firmness of support is achieved by forming around the periphery of the tray a downwardly extending flange and forming in the main body of the tray a plurality of depressions for holding different objects with some of the depressions having a depth such that the bottom of the depression is in the same plane as the edge of the downwardly extending flange.

Abstract: A tray with an identification device integral with the base of the tray. The device is formed with an arcuate slot for receiving flexible identification material and is designed to be nestable with a similar device on a second tray to allow stacking.

Abstract: A used chewing gum receptacle includes a base member in which a plurality of spaced recessed storage compartments are formed and a cover which is removably secured thereon. A disposable liner is provided with cup-like areas therein arranged in location and size to correspond with the storage compartments in the base. The liner is thus juxtaposable over the top surface of the base so as to nest the cup-like areas within the storage compartments of the base. In a preferred embodiment the rear edge of the liner is raised to provide a cover-retaining edge.

Abstract: A display device mountable in a refrigerated meat display case to display ka-bob skewers having chunks of meat and food items mounted thereon. A holder having a rectangular form has a plurality of spaced apertures therein opening to the holder's top. The apertures are angularly inclined toward one end of the holder. The holder is mountable in a locked relation in a tray.

Abstract: A case is disclosed for a tool that includes an elongated shaft and a fitting attached to and extending perpendicularly from the shaft at a location spaced from a free shaft end. The case comprises a body which is formed with a tool shaft accepting recess, a first socket extending axially from the recess for receiving the free end of the shaft and a second socket extending perpendicularly to the recess for receiving the tool fitting. Axial movement of the tool is prevented when the free end of the shaft and the fitting are respectively received in the first and second sockets. Moreover, the tool can only be removed from the case by first disengaging the fitting from the second socket and then disengaging the free end of the shaft from the first socket.

Abstract: A shipping container for brittle substrates including a rigid outer container with a removable cover; a substrate carrier within the outer container and being slotted to carry the substrates on edge; and a substrate retaining cushion between the upper edges of the substrates and the cover of the outer container and including a resilient polyethylene panel with a corrugated shaped bottom to engage, locate and press downwardly upon the upper edges of each substrate and upstanding deformable ribs bearing against the cover and resiliently maintaining downward pressure through the panel on the substrates.

Abstract: A stackable plastics pallet for packaging semiconductor discs on a gas-ti foil covering, said pallet having a plurality of circular depressions each for accommodating a semiconductor disc, and means for securing the discs between the pallets, the securing means being in the form of sloping part-sector shaped surfaces surrounding said depressions, with two opposite sets of sloping surfaces clamping the semiconductor discs at their outermost rims and immobilizing them thereby.

Abstract: A shipping container for silicone semiconductor wafers including an elongate receptacle with lid with interior wafer-locating ribs and resilient arcuately curved wafer supports positioned beneath and over the edges of the wafers and resiliently clamping such wafers in fixed position.

Abstract: A case for carrying and storing compact cassettes having a cassette tray and rearwardly hinged thereto a tray cover. The tray has a plurality of cassette positioning rib sets for positioning and retaining cassettes inserted into the tray in parallel transverse arrangement with a cassette recorder coupling edge parallel to the tray bottom and the cassette sides portions defining the cassette recorder coupling means of each inserted cassette touching or nearly touching adjacent cassettes. The case has a latch for openably latching the tray and tray cover in closed position and a carrying handle.

Abstract: A cassette type receptacle is provided with two sets of parallel internal grooves, one set extending lengthwise at one side of the receptacle and the other set of grooves extending lengthwise at the opposite side of the receptacle. Printed boards are insertable through an opening at one end of the receptacles into the spaces between the grooves so as to be closely retained against edgewise displacement but with some lateral play within the grooves. A lid for the end opening hermetically seals the interior of the receptacle.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for transferring semi-conductor discs to and from a slab-form quartz boat which apparatus includes a carrier having a pair of hingedly attached shells having a plurality of opposed slots; the method including the receiving and discharge of discs by and from the slots in the carrier, into and from cooperative slots in the said quartz boat by the pivotal opening and closing of the shells of the carrier.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic produce tray characterized by having a series of spaced apart, concave ribs or saddles extending upward from the bottom into the side walls. The ribs are adapted to cradle substantially globular produce.

Abstract: A package formed from a film of relatively stiff material is provided having an upwardly opening recess for containing an article. At least a portion of opposite side walls of the recess are inclined inwardly to engage and hold the article in the recess. An integral hinge is provided in the package along an axis of the recess permitting the base of the package to be bent along the hinge line to a position where the normally inwardly inclined side walls are parallel to one another to allow insertion of article into the recess. Thereafter, when the package assumes its flat position the walls of the recess incline inwardly and retain the article in the package. Also disclosed is a mold for forming the package and a method for inserting an article into the package.