With Means To Lift Or Draw Out Content Patents (Class 206/804)
  • Patent number: 5551591
    Abstract: A drainage container including a receptacle having an upwardly opening interior chamber and a support platform positioned in closely spaced relation above the chamber bottom. An upwardly projecting handle panel is fixed to the platform and extends upwardly beyond the chamber mouth. The handle panel and support platform are releasably retained within the chamber by a rim member releasably mounted to the receptacle about the mouth and projecting inwardly thereof to form an abutment engaged downwardly against opposed shoulders on the handle panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Laib
  • Patent number: 5467894
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a dispensing package containing a plurality of objects. The objects are three-dimensional and have a pair of opposing faces connected by peripheral edges. The package includes a container having a top, a bottom and a body, all of which form an interior chamber containing the objects. The objects are stacked within the container in face to face relation, with the body of the container surrounding the peripheral edges of the objects. The stacked objects thereby define an uppermost object, adjacent to said top of the container, and a lowermost object, adjacent to the bottom of the container. The package further includes an interleaving dispenser. This dispenser is made from a bendable member having alternating horizontal and vertical panels connected to each other. The member is disposed within the package with the horizontal panels parallel to the top and bottom of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Proctor Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gene M. Altonen, G. Scott Kerr
  • Patent number: 5450953
    Abstract: A compact disc package and a method of assembling the same wherein a generally rectangular envelope is formed to contain a slidable carrier sheet which is capable of holding a compact disc thereon. The carrier sheet includes a protruding tab which extends through a predefined slit in the retaining envelope to restrict movement of the carrier sheet so that the carrier sheet is only partially removable from said envelope. The novel compact disc package can be formed from a single series of rectangular sections assembled to create an envelope and a carrier sheet having movement restricted within the open area of the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventor: James Reisman
  • Patent number: 5445265
    Abstract: A storage container comprising an outer shell and an insertable drawer member configured and dimensioned for receiving and storing information-bearing discs and accompanying printed matter. The insertable drawer member includes features to store the discs by contacting non-information bearing surfaces thereof as well as means for selectively retrieving the printed matter together with the disc from the outer shell. The container of the invention additionally comprises a tamper seal formed integral therewith which fractures the first time the drawer member is withdrawn from the shell for determining whether the storage container has ever been opened to access its contents after it was sealed at the factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Reynard CVC, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur G. F. Herr, Robert W. Johnson, Toby S. Welles
  • Patent number: 5409110
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing mechanical railway parts within individual cradles for transportation and storage. The cradles are designed to securely store and protect fragile parts while allowing for easy manipulation and recognition of the parts positioned within the cradles. Additionally, the cradles may be stacked to allow a greater number of mechanical railway parts to be shipped or stored in a given amount of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Patent's Railroad Packaging, Ltd.
    Inventor: Lowell Patent
  • Patent number: 5407073
    Abstract: A floppy disk container comprises a container body and and a plate member for preventing upward release of a floppy disk. The container body has its back side provided with a member for securing it to a file or the like, and it also has a floppy disk accommodation surface provided with ribs for supporting the floppy disk in a raised state. The floppy disk container itself thus can be attached to a file or the like to facilitate floppy disk arrangement. Further, the floppy disk, which has its take-out portion supported in a state raised from the floppy disk accommodation surface, can be taken out readily and smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Toyo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 5394986
    Abstract: A can end tray for storing a plurality of arrays of can ends while the can ends are being conveyed has a substantially rectangular upstanding side wall having a height at least equal to the diameter of the can ends, and a plurality of can end supports on a bottom of said side wall for supporting arrays of can ends thereon, said can end supports having a plurality of partitions for holding the arrays of can ends spaced from each other when the arrays of can ends are placed on said can end supports. A plurality of spacers are disposed on said side wall in longitudinal alignment with said can end supports for spacing said side wall and ends of the arrays of can ends from each other when the arrays of can ends are placed on said can end supports. When the arrays of can ends are placed on said can end supports, the spacers extend across the can ends on the ends of the arrays of can ends defining gaps between said side wall and the can ends on the ends of the arrays of can ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hokkai Can Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Oya, Yasunori Asada
  • Patent number: 5383554
    Abstract: A container that may be used for displaying an article, for example, for sale and thereafter for storage, is disclosed. The container may have a drawer and a tray, both of which can slide in and out of the container housing. As the drawer is pulled out of the housing, the tray is forced to move out of the housing, but only to a limited extent. When the drawer is pushed back into the housing to close it, the drawer pushes the tray back into the housing. The container is particularly useful for displaying and storing articles such as compact discs on the drawer and the booklet that typically accompanies the compact disc on the tray. Because the tray is only partially moved out of the housing even at the tray's maximum outward extent of travel, the booklet can be easily removed without hindering removal of the compact disc. Whether or not the container has a tray, the drawer may be locked in an open position for display and sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: David M. Cowan
  • Patent number: 5373945
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a cassette for storing a plurality of disk-like data carriers with two telescopically insertable, essentially closed, flat housing sections, open in the direction of insertion. The external housing section has attached to one side wall a prod formed as a rib with a stepped edge which projects into the interior of this housing. The steps rise from the bottom of the external housing section towards the open top. The internal housing section which holds the disks has an open top and a slot cut in one side wall and the bottom to receive the rib when the internal housing is nested in the external housing section. The steps on the rib serve to raise successive disks in the interior housing. To close the internal housing, the external housing is inverted and then telescoped with the external housing. The internal housing section, on the side opposite the slot, has a recess open towards the top of the internal housing section 1 which receives the rib in closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: HAN-Burogerate GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Niehaus
  • Patent number: 5337915
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for storing and preserving food products and for selectively dispensing the food products from the apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a container, a flexible bag inserted into and suspended in the interior of the container, and a cover member releasably securable over a top opening of the container. The bag is provided with a sidewall dimensioned to slide vertically through the interior of the container without the sidewall exerting a friction force against the inner surfaces of the container sidewalls with the bag filled with a food product. The bag is constructed of a flexible material that enables a top portion of the bag sidewall to be stretched and folded back over the top opening of the container and the outer surfaces of the container sidewalls to suspend the food product contained in the bag inside the container interior and above the container bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventor: Charles E. Hall, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5333732
    Abstract: A package for an optical lens blank in the form of a parallelepiped carton includes an internal major side panel connected to a bottom major end panel by a foldline and extending generally parallel and adjacent to the front major side panel and an internal major end flap connected to the internal major side panel by a foldline. A strip of non-abrasive material or a surface coating extending over the facing surfaces of said back and internal major side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Ivy Hill Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Budny, Anthony G. Schenna, Larry D. Durham
  • Patent number: 5330056
    Abstract: A box with a top lid hingedly attached thereto and a carrier movably disposed within an interior of the box and structured to hold cosmetic articles in a predetermined arrangement such that the cosmetic articles can be removed from within the box. A ribbon is attached to the box at one end with an opposite free distal end of the ribbon extending from the box interior. Pulling on the free end causes the ribbon to engage the carrier, forcing the carrier upwardly from a lowered, stowed position to a raised position, facilitating access to the cosmetic articles held by the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Inventor: Daniel de la Rocha
  • Patent number: 5310063
    Abstract: A platform base having an apertured top wall includes a side wall having a continuous groove therewithin, wherein the continuous groove is arranged to receive panel members to enclose and surround the base top wall, with the panel members including inter-engaging flange and slot structures to secure the panel members in a fixed assembly relative to one another. The panel members are further provided with panel member top walls arranged to accommodate further panel members to permit a stacking of the panel members as desired. A modified base structure includes top walls having facing top wall slots to receive a U-shaped latch member to secure a plurality of such base members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Inventor: Lauraine K. Skolasinski
  • Patent number: 5261253
    Abstract: The foodstuff-displaying refrigerator unit comprises a box-like container, having an enclosure upwardly opening through a top mouth. A door aperture is defined about a side wall of the container. A vegetable-supporting platform is freely mounted into the enclosure for vertical movement therethrough. A pallet is supported by a first conveyor, itself resting on the container flooring. Inflatable balloons are provided between the pallet and the platform, for power lifting the platform. An air compressor feeds air into the balloons, and furthermore cools the air within the container enclosure beneath the platform. The top layer of foodstuff supported by the platform can thus be adjusted by the inflatable balloons, to remain substantially about the plane of the top mouth of refrigerator enclosure, to facilitate inspection of and access to the foodstuff independently of the level of progressive attrition of foodstuff from successive foodstuff withdrawal by customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Spenard
  • Patent number: 5207326
    Abstract: The book holder and books, includes a prismatic container having a cover with a foldable flap and a slot for viewing, a base, two side panels extending between the base and the cover and two end panels connected to the base and the side panels to close the container; a plurality of books accommodated in the container; and a rectangular strip having ends and passing underneath the books and extending over the base and both end panels, the ends of the strip extending beyond the end panels. The flap of the cover, which is insertable between the side panel and the books in the closed container, has a plurality of perforations subdividing it into a plurality of rectangular removable pieces, which are detachable to form bookmarks for the books. The books and/or the container can be of such size and have colors and patterns thereon which match the colors and patterns of a pack and/or of cigarettes to help induce consumers to buy books and to reduce smoking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Inventor: Jose M. Benach
  • Patent number: 5205402
    Abstract: A cigarettes case comprising (i) a case body with a top partially cut away to provide a top opening located adjacent to one side of the case body for taking out a cigarette from the case body, with a vertical slit provided in the one side, and with an opposed, open side for supplying cigarettes into the case body 1, (ii) a removable side wall member for closing the open side, and (iii) a slider located in the case body and having a lid portion, an upright portion, and a projecting bottom portion. The lid portion closes the top opening when the slider is on the bottom of the case body. The upright portion is in contact with the one side of the case body. The bottom portion projects toward the open side of the case body and has sufficient size to support at least one cigarette thereon. The upright portion is provided at its outer surface with a projection projecting outwardly through the slit. A handle is located outside the case body and is connected to the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Nagoya Kenkotabako Yugen Kaisha
    Inventor: Hikotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 5201411
    Abstract: An inventive apparatus for cleaning a prosthesis in a microwave oven. The inventive apparatus comprises a container having an opening at the top thereof, a cover which is removably positionable over the opening, and a holding device, removably positionable in the container, for holding the prosthesis. Since most prostheses contain at least some metallic parts, the container and cover are each composed of a microwave insulating material. The inventive apparatus allows the quick and efficient cleaning of prostheses and facilitates the removal of dangerous fungal and bacterial deposits therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: DeBron International
    Inventors: William E. Elkins, William K. Kerr, Louis M. Ohls
  • Patent number: 5165534
    Abstract: A packaging case for storing and presenting elongated objects, such as pencils (103, 704), and flat objects, such as computer disks (350, 604), includes a base (50, 606, 710) having a plurality of upright partitions (58, 622 and 630, 614, 626, 706 and 708, 712) hingedly attached thereto at spaced locations, and at least one shelf (68, 618, 714 and 715, 723 and 724) attached to the partitions. The shelves have openings (66, 620, 718, 722) for receiving the objects and holding them parallel to the partitions. When the partitions are upright, the objects are held upright. When the partitions are folded down, the objects and shelves will be close and parallel to the base so as to provide a very compact package for easy transportation and/or storage. The case can be closed by fold-over flaps or ends (56, 608, 610, 749) which are separate from or one piece extensions of the base. The partitions can be urged to their upright positions manually or by elastic bands (196, 636, 740) or springs (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventors: Lauren Kaufman, Harrison Kaufman
  • Patent number: 5154292
    Abstract: A sports card sleeve storage box comprising a receptacle having a bottom wall, upstanding side walls and upstanding end walls; and a cover fitting onto the receptacle, and having a top wall, depending side walls adjacent the respective side walls of the receptacle, and depending end walls adjacent the respective end walls of the receptacle; the receptacle sized to receive and orient a multiplicity of sports card sleeves, in a stack; and first structure proximate upper extents of certain of the receptacle walls and second structure proximate upper extents of certain of the cover walls for releasably interfitting below the cover top wall in response to reception of the receptacle into the cover thereby to releasably lock the cover to the receptacle without interfering with the reception and orientation of the sleeves into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventors: Frank A. Bartucca, Ronald S. Dyo
  • Patent number: 5101972
    Abstract: A portable recording media storage apparatus for storing and carrying a number of disc shaped recording media, such as records or compact discs. A housing having a pivotally coupled lower base component and an upper cover component is provided which includes a large number of slots therein for retaining disc shaped recording media in parallel adjacent positions. An axially displaceable selector is mounted to the upper cover component and may be utilized to select and automatically retain a particular disc within the upper cover component during pivotal movement of the upper cover component relative to the lower base component, so that the disc may be readily removed manually from the upper cover component. In this manner a large number of discs may be stored and carried in a substantially smaller volume than previously known storage devices. In a preferred embodiment, a removable transparent cover is provided and may be utilized to cover removable indicia identifying each disc stored within the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hunt, Shari M. Hunt
  • Patent number: 5096055
    Abstract: A display and storage container is formed from a single blank and has a bottom wall, a pair of opposed side walls, and a pair of opposed end walls. A movable panel is hingedly mounted to one of the end walls and has a tongue extending therefrom which has a stop member at its free end. An inclined ramp is provided in the interior of the container so that when the lid is opened, an object disposed in the container for storage will be pulled by the stop member slidably upwardly on the inclined ramp toward a display position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: DeWitt Packaging Corp.
    Inventor: Tom S. Opper
  • Patent number: 5092013
    Abstract: The disposable toilet seat wipe apparatus of this invention includes a pre-moistened, cleansing pad within a carrying container in coupling relationship with a plunger construction extending outwardly from one of the container ends. The opposite end of the container is configured to "blossom" the cleansing pad out of the container as the plunger is actuated inwardly, with the plunger and container then serving as a handle for the apparatus in wiping the seat with the pre-moistened pad as so deployed. A series of protrusions are also provided within the container to prevent the cleansing pad from coming loose from the handle during manipulation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventor: Philip A. Genovese, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5088602
    Abstract: A book-like storage container includes a receptacle for removably receiving a videocassette or the like therein and includes top, bottom, left, right, and rear walls, each of which has surface dimensions. The receptacle includes a front opening. A panel assembly includes a first panel foldably connected to the bottom wall by a first hinge, a second panel foldably connected to the first panel by a second hinge, and a third panel foldably connected to the second panel by a third hinge. Each of the first, second and third panels has a first open position and a second closed position, and includes inside surface dimensions. The inside surface dimension of the first panel is substantially equal to the front opening. The inside surface dimension of the second panel is substantially equal to the surface dimension of the top wall, and the inside surface dimension of the third panel is substantially equal to the surface dimension of the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Inventors: Mark B. Heyderman, Melvyn M. Sloves
  • Patent number: 5086918
    Abstract: A portable cigarette caddy is disclosed which includes a mechanism designed to allow easy dispensing of cigarettes one at a time from a container. The mechanism includes a lever pivotable on a fulcrum which lever pushes a cigarette through an opening in the container which is closed by a cover operable at the same time as the lever is actuated. The device may be suitably attached to a wall surface within a vehicle and may also have a separate detachably attached container sized and configured to hold a cigarette lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Michael P. D'Antonio
  • Patent number: 5082135
    Abstract: A receptacle is provided with vertically extending internal guide ribs which terminate in upper support shoulders in downwardly spaced relation to the open upper end of the receptacle. An insert is mounted for vertical sliding within the receptacle and includes a bottom tray having recesses at peripherally spaced points thereabout corresponding to the position of the guide ribs. The recesses complement the ribs for a vertical non-rotational guiding of the insert. The tray, above the shoulders rotates to seat on the shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Pieter K. J. DeCoster
  • Patent number: 5048680
    Abstract: A compact disc case display holder comprising individual frame means having top, bottom and side portions with two parallel support rods positioned vertically and extending between the top and bottom frame portions. The support rods are spaced a sufficient distance from each other so as to provide not only support for a CD case positioned within the frame but also to allow pivotal movement of the CD case out of the holder when the CD case is urged about the support rod. Additional means are disclosed for interconnecting a number of individual display holder frames to provide an assembly of holders suitable for wall mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: Damian J. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 5037010
    Abstract: A dispensing container for a viscous substance comprising a sleeve defining an axis of rotation and having a pair of ends arranged at first and second locations along the axis, the sleeve further defining a helical travel path on an inward facing surface thereof. A dispensing member mounted in association with one of the pair of ends of the sleeve, and, a piston head mounted within the sleeve and defining an outward facing peripheral surface operative to cooperate with the helical travel path and further defining with the dispensing member and a portion of the sleeve extending therebetween a storage volume for the viscous substance. The piston head travels along the axis of rotation when undergoing rotation thereabout relative to the sleeve, a linkage apparatus is integrally formed with the piston head and defining an end portion associated with a predetermined portion of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignees: Resdevco Research & Development Co. Ltd., Lageen Box & Can Factory Ltd.
    Inventor: Shabtai Dikstein
  • Patent number: 5025524
    Abstract: The disposable toilet seat wipe apparatus of this invention includes a pre-moistened, cleansing pad within a carrying container having a pair of component sections separable one from another, and by a pull-apart action, for example. The cleansing pad is initially stored in one of the two sections, and is coupled with a rod extending from within the other section. As the two sections are separated, an inner lip of the first section contacts with the pad to "blossom" it outwardly, as the sections continue to part. The pre-moistened cleansing pad so deployed can then be used in wiping the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Inventor: Philip A. Genovese, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5012966
    Abstract: A holder for receiving articles, such as greeting cards, magazines, or the like. The holder is mountable within the basket of a shopping cart and has a vertical first panel and a vertical second panel and vertical sides on at least one of the panels for defining an open top. The holder also has a horizontal floor locatable between the panels, the floor being movable between a lower receipt orientation and an upper discharge orientation. The floor has a finger for effecting the movement of the floor between its orientations, and means for coupling the panels together and the holder to a shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Inventors: Winnie M. Turner, Elmer E. Sawyer, Marie Sawyer
  • Patent number: 5005703
    Abstract: A container for use with live or fresh crawfish comprising an expansive support member carrying a plurality of sockets. Each socket having a continuous sidewall conforming generally to the shape of each crawfish, the sockets being spaced apart so that multiple crawfish can be stored within the dimensions of the horizontal member, separate from one another. Each socket includes a front end portion of gradually increasing width, a tail end portion, and a transverse trough that connects the tail portions of adjacent sockets sized so that the thumb and forefinger of a user can grip the tail of a stored crawfish by entering the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Inventor: Edward Bodker
  • Patent number: 5000316
    Abstract: A case for optically readable disc media such as compact discs, compact disc read only memories and video laserdiscs. A slidable carrier, which holds the disc, is housed inside a flat case. A rib of the carrier is accessible outside the case so that the carrier may be moved within the case. To remove the disc, the carrier is slid to one side which causes the disc to be presented through a flexible pad at the case side wall. The carrier has a hinged hub which allows the disc to be pulled from the case. Installation of the disc is the reverse process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Adam J. Lerner
  • Patent number: 4947984
    Abstract: A packaging case for presenting elongated objects (such as pencils (103) and flat objects, such as computer disks (350), for easy removal and selection and for transporting and storing such objects in a compact and protected condition. The case comprises a base (50) having a plurality of upright partitions (58) hingedly attached thereto at spaced locations, and a plurality of shelves (68) attached to spaced, corresponding locations on said partitions. The shelves have elongated slots (66) for receiving the objects and holding them parallel to the partitions. When the partitions are folded upright, the objects are held upright so that they will be spaced and can all be easily seen, selected, and replaced. When the partitions are folded down, the objects and shelves will be close and parallel to the base so as to provide a very compact package for easy transportation and/or storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Inventors: Lauren Kaufman, Harrison Kaufman
  • Patent number: 4942961
    Abstract: Cigarette groups (11) are wrapped in an inner blank (16) made of tinfoil or the like within a cigarette pack designed as a hinge-lid pack. To make it easier to extract cigarettes (12), the inner blank (16) is equipped with a flap (26) which can be pulled off as a result of punching lines (27).To make it even easier to extract cigarettes (12), the inner blank (16) is equipped, by means of lateral punching lines (31, 32), with a lift-out strip (30) which makes it possible to lift a number of cigarettes (12) in order to extract them. The lift-out strip (30) extends by means of a gripping tab (34) into the region of the flap (26). When the latter is pulled off, the gripping tab (34) is exposed, in such a way that it projects from the opened cigarette pack and can be grasped by hand. The lift-out strip (30) is connected permanently to the inner blank (16) as part of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventors: Heinz Focke, Kurt Liedtke
  • Patent number: 4940190
    Abstract: A container for food, the container having an open portion or an openable portion for presenting the food for consumption, a panel with an at least partially frangible portion which can be urged from a position co-planar with the panel to a position extending outwardly of the panel such that when the portion is moved to the extended position the food can be moved towards the open portion or openable portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventor: Maurice C. Groves
  • Patent number: 4899886
    Abstract: A package for displaying and dispensing cards, including a front panel and a rear panel forming a recess therebetween in which cards may be placed. The front panel has an opening therein through which the cards may be seen and through which a finger may touch and push on the card. A resilient biasing means is placed in the recess at a position between the cards firmly in the recess. A cam surface is formed along the edge of the recess with the opening so that when the card is pushed toward the opening, a single card engages the cam surface and part of it moves out of the recess so that it may be readily grasped and removed from the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: Norman A. Johansen
  • Patent number: 4850486
    Abstract: A container containing trash and like bags and bag ties carried by the container with which to seal the open end of the bags. The bags and ties are individually manually dispensed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Inventor: Ira L. Neibaur
  • Patent number: 4846344
    Abstract: A packaged sheath for a probe comprises a backing web, a flattened probe sheath having an open and a closed end and made of a pair of connected flat sides, and first and second tab members sealed to respective flat sides of the sheath adjacent the open end. The tab members serve as a gripping handle for the sheath, the first tab member having an outer end projecting beyond the second tab member. An upper web is peripherally sealed to the backing web at side areas, the first and second tab members projecting outwardly beyond the ends of the backing web and upper web adjacent the sheath open end. This permits easy grasping of the tab members without grasping of the backing or upper web, having advantages as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: Harry Bala
  • Patent number: 4815592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are package inserts for cigarette products which comprise mutually nestable package inserts having cut-out edges to facilitate the removal of tobacco products from a package and which interconnect with other packaging inserts having the same shape so as to permit the formation of multiple package inserts from a single piece of regularly shaped stock. The package inserts may be placed in cigarette packs or boxes or in cigarette cartons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Larry Kunkel
  • Patent number: 4805770
    Abstract: Tray (1) for receiving and retaining a rigid circular information disc (4). Can be inserted into a storage cassette (28) and comprises a recess (3) and retaining means (7, 15, 16) for retaining the information disc (4) in the recess (3). The tray (1), which constitutes an easy-to-remove and easy-to-introduce insert for the storage cassette, is constructed as a drawer-type insert for a playing apparatus. The retaining means (7, 15, 16), which include one resilient retaining means (7), are arranged opposite one another on the edge of the recess (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Polygram International Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Hermann Grobecker, Gilbert E. Mestdagh, Masashi Ito
  • Patent number: 4789075
    Abstract: A collapsible plastic crate, especially one which is recoverable and reusable, characterized by comprising a bottom plate, a top lid plate, a pair of front and back side plates and a pair of left and right side plates with sockets pins, hook, flat projections, holes and slots, and being constructed in such way that it can be folded compactly for shipping and storing and the contents can be raised by a lifting device for inspection purpose without causing any damage to the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Inventor: Ko-Lin Sun
  • Patent number: 4771887
    Abstract: Storage container for storing magnetic tape cassettes, disc cassettes or the like, is a box-shaped hollow container which receives the cassettes to be positioned in a row one next to another with a free space therebetween in an access area. The container has stop members at the front side thereof and springs positioned in the hollow box for pushing each cassette individually independently from the remaining cassettes against the stop members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Nehl
  • Patent number: 4765482
    Abstract: A pad dispenser for moistened treatment pads includes a wide mouth container and a pad elevator which is receivable within the container. The pad elevator has a generally planar pad support platform to whose periphery are joined a plurality of spaced, resilient collets. A generally vertically directed grasping stem is formed in the middle of the platform. A plurality of treatment pads or disks are positionable in a generally on edge array on the pad elevator's platform. Access to these pads is afforded by raising of the pad elevator within the container. Once raised, the pad elevator will be maintained in its elevated position by a sliding interference fit between the elevator collets and the container sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Company
    Inventor: Anthony D. Delia
  • Patent number: 4742913
    Abstract: A dispenser package for a stack of strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. Each strip is formed with a tab at one end thereof and the strips of tape are aligned in the stack. The package comprises a support member supporting the stack of strips throughout their length and a cover portion which is positioned above the stack of strips and joined to the support member at one end and the cover is provided with an edge portion at the other end extending transversely of the stack at a position adjacent the tabs. The cover is formed of a flexible material to bow between its ends as the top strip is separated from the stack to hold the strip nearly perpendicular to the stack as it is peeled from the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John J. Emmel, Wayne K. Darvell, Wayne K. Dunshee
  • Patent number: 4729182
    Abstract: A mobile comprised of photographs and like planar objects in combination with a mailer. A plurality of photograph mounts are provided for mounting photographs along a flexible cord. The resulting mobile is collapsed into a small pile and placed in a mailer. The cord is secured to a detachable tab portion of the mailer so that the mobile is readily removed from the mailer for immediate display through detachment of the detachable tab portion. The photograph mounts used further permit selection of either a vertical or horizontal mounting of the photographs, and accommodate photographs of different size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Inventor: Eli L. Sherman
  • Patent number: 4714157
    Abstract: Media storage apparatus including a housing with a plurality of tilted shelves, each of which is pivotal for providing access to a shelf thereunder. At the rear of the apparatus housing, there is a receiving shelf which is adapted, upon placement of the media thereon, to move in a downward horizontal direction until the predetermined desired shelf is reached at which time the receiving shelf tilts and transfers the storage media to the selected one of the plurality of shelves at the front of the housing. Thereafter, the receiving shelf under counter weight control resumes its initial position. Also disclosed herein are a number of embodiments of pick-up means for the disk along with different embodiments of the storage cases and associated inserts for the storage disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Inventor: James V. Morrone
  • Patent number: 4677906
    Abstract: A pan insert for removing and draining food from within a cooking receptacle. The insert has a flat tray which holds a roast or the like with the tray dimensioned to fit within the cooking receptacle. The tray has three side panels which hold the food on the tray when tilting and removing the tray with a free side for sliding the roast or the like off of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Inventor: Virginia L. Lowe
  • Patent number: 4666034
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for artillery shells and other projectiles has a base member and cover each of molded plastic rectangular box-like form defining four (4) projectile compartments. The base member has supporting hardware including a vertical central tube, hoop frames around the exterior of the base member and transverse connecting rods between the central tube and the hoop frames. Corner recesses in the base member provide access to the respective corner portions of the hoop frames allowing the corner portions to be used as attachment and lifting points so that containers can be coupled together in groups. The cover is attached to the base member via a central latch rod which threads into the central base member tube. A projectile self-latching mechanism is provided in each projectile compartment of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Inventors: Bruce S. Johnson, Timothy F. Elliott
  • Patent number: 4664310
    Abstract: A blank for forming a parallelepipedal box or a parallelepipedal box element is constructed with a removal strip in such a manner that parallel tear lines extend through three connected wall sections of the blank. The tear lines end in one wall section at an articulation area. The tear lines delimit the removal strip which can be torn out of a finished pack or box and upon which a pulling force can be exerted in such a manner that the removal strip is bent about the articulation area, thus causing objects to be lifted from the box by the removal strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Inventor: Lothar-Werner Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4655668
    Abstract: A projectile storage rack includes a gang locking mechanism for simultaneously locking and unlocking a number of projectiles disposed within corresponding cylindrical projectile storage tubes. Each projectile storage tube has a corresponding clamping surface for clamping a projectile within that storage tube. A number of locking bars are pivotable mounted upon the storage tubes and provide support for the clamping surfaces. Right and left pivotable handles are used for causing the locking bars to pivot, thereby moving the clamping surfaces between a clamping position in which they hold projectiles within the tube and a nonclamping position in which projectile may be easily removed from the storage tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Harsco Corporation
    Inventors: Ayyala Perisastry, Richard A. Vishe, Henry J. Huber
  • Patent number: 4646918
    Abstract: A case in which stacks of dough rising pans are held, the case being divided into vertical compartments for the stacks, an access opening on top of the case for placement of the pans thereinto, caster wheels under the case and handles on a side to pull the case and move it from place to place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Inventor: Giovanni Liberti