Abstract: A carrying case for skis and related equipment in which the case is formed of first and second members elongated with respect to the ski length and having a width adapted to receive a pair of skis juxtaposed with their bottoms on substantially the same supporting levels, the members being hinged along one side in the elongated direction so as to be pivotal into open and closed positions and having clamps along a side opposite said one side adapted to secure the members together in the closed position, holding devices associated with the first member to removably secure the skis juxtaposed in the first member, and supporting material in the first member to protectively support the ski bottoms at said levels.

Abstract: A returnable packaging system provides product protection in a simplified, low cost design. The packaging system includes a conventional pallet structure having an upper surface covered by a protective sheet. A plurality of parts are layered between a plurality of trays, the trays being identical to one another. The trays preferably generally are planar, being constructed from relatively thin sheets having receptacles formed on opposed sides of the sheets. The receptacles have a silhouette designed to receive a portion of the parts carried by the trays. The bottom tray of a second part layer serves as the cover for a first part layer so that an interlocked structure results which prevents horizontal movement of the individual parts. The layered assembly is encapsulated in a heat shrinkable cover. When shrunk, the cover holds the entire system in a stable integral package condition. The cover is removed when the parts are used.

Abstract: Packing sheet for packaging aerosol cans and the like is formed from two sheets for films of plastic. One of the sheets is vacuum formed to provide a plurality of blisters or bubbles, and the sheets are sealed together to seal air inside the bubbles. The distance between adjacent bubbles is less than the distance between the articles which are to be packed, and the articles are supported by a cushion of air within the bubbles.

Abstract: A wafer packaging system for clean packaging and damage-free transporting of semiconductor wafers. The system includes tubular outer and inner containers, the inner container adapted to be contained by the outer container with the longitudinal axes of both containers extending in the same axial direction. The inner container includes provision for holding a plurality of the semiconductor wafers in spaced face-to-face relationship. The system provides a sealed container arrangement preventing contaminants outside the outer container from contaminating wafers within the inner container. Shock-absorbing features associated with the containers prevent shocks applied to the outer container from damaging the wafers.

Abstract: A shipping rack of the type having a backwall secured to a base for supporting automotive windshields in a vertical position has spacer strips pivotally mounted on each of a pair of spaced bars secured to the rack. A spacer strip from each of the bars is positioned between adjacent windshields to separate the windshields loaded on the rack. Restraining facilities secure the windshields on the rack.

Abstract: An apparatus for stacking printed products or the like continuously arriving from a conveyor and moving along a conveying path of travel, especially printed products arriving in an imbricated product formation, wherein there are provided a plurality of clamping elements elastically pre-biased towards one another. The clamping elements are displaceably guided through the operable zone of a driven spreader mechanism and due to the action thereof temporarily brought out of their mutual clamping position. The path of movement of the clamping elements at the region of the spreader mechanism penetrates or passes through the path of travel for the incoming or arriving printed products defined by the conveyor.