Abstract: A combination label, hosiery package and hanger for hosiery comprises an elongated blank of paperboard or the like which is printed on one side with advertising and identification graphics and coated on the opposite side with a pressure sensitive adhesive. The elongated blank is divided by a pair of equally spaced, vertically oriented score lines into three primary panels of substantially equal size and shape to form a centrally located back panel and a pair of outboard side panels. The outboard side panels are further divided into pairs of subpanels by cut lines for accommodating the bulk of the packaged hose. For packaging the hose, the primary panels of the blank are folded along the vertically oriented scope lines into superposed relation about a pair of hosiery wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive coated side of the blank comes into contact with and adheres the hosiery into a matching pair.

Abstract: A disposable, compactable moisture-impervious package for dispensing a stack of premoistened sheets has a pocket portion and a flap portion, each made of a pliable and compactable moisture-impervious material. The pocket portion has first and second walls adhered to each other to provide a compartment between them for receiving the stack of sheets. The sheets are retained in the compartment with their flat surfaces generally parallel to the first and second walls of the pocket. A dispensing opening is provided in one of the walls of the pocket overlying the flat surfaces of the sheets, and a primary seal for the opening prevents the undesirable evaporation of moisture from the sheets. The flap portion of the package extends from a wall of the pocket portion, and is removably securable over the dispensing opening to provide a secondary moisture-impervious seal after the primary seal has been broken.

Abstract: A releasable resealable seal is formed between two surfaces by providing one surface with a pile which is bonded to that surface, providing the other surface with a layer of tack adhesive and pressing the surfaces together.

Abstract: A note pad and method of fabricating the same. The note pad is characterized in including a plurality of sheets for carrying written messages, each of which is adhesively retained in the assemblage by a pretensioned length of polymeric tape. Discrete sheets are removable from the assemblage in complement with a length of the tape affixed thereto to permit a facile posting thereof at a prominent location. Curling of the pads due to the noted tape pretensioning is avoided by the development of a laminar, structurally rigid compilation of discrete lengths of the tape during fabrication procedures. By pretensioning the tape, undesirable rippling effects otherwise developed during fabrication are avoided.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to an ornamental article to be affixed to a package which includes a flat blank formed of a pliable sheet material bearing on its outer surface a correspondingly-shaped fanciful printed character; the blank includes a central portion corresponding to the body of the character and two elongated narrow portions extending from opposite sides of the central portion, each side portion corresponding to the arm of the character and terminating at its extremity with a hand-shaped portion, the inner face of this hand-shaped portion including affixing means whereby the character blank may be applied by the hand portions to the package to create the visual impression of the character holding the package.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a chain of imbricated bags connected together and supported by carriers secured to opposite sides of the bags.

Abstract: A low cost arrangement for displaying a small, rooted plant in a highly attractive manner, with such arrangement also serving as a moisture-retaining shipping container for the plant. The construction of the container is such that without modification from the mode used for displaying the plant, it can serve to hold the plant and a small quantity of associated earth in a safe and intact condition throughout a shipping procedure. This invention also includes a novel method of packaging a small living plant for display and/or shipment at minimal cost.

Abstract: A plurality of individual, pre-formed cutting tips attached to one another in an adjoining series to form an elongate stick of tips for sequential attachment to the teeth or cutting portions of cutting tools. Each tip in the stick has a commonly oriented contact surface for attachment to the cutting tool, and a separate pre-formed cutting edge that forms the cutting edge of the tool once the tip has been attached. Attachment of a tip to a cutting tool is accomplished by positioning the contact surface of the lead tip in a stick proximate the tool, and severing the connection between the tip and the remainder of the stick. The tips forming the stick are preferably attached to one another by a meltable adhesive spread over their respective contact surfaces, such adhesive having a melting point lower than that of the tips. The respective tips in the stick are operatively connected to separate teeth or tools by the same adhesive.

Abstract: A bag of the type having a side and a closed end which adjoin at corner portions which are turned inwardly to form a valve opening. The bag is made of a thermoplastic material, and a flap of thermoplastic material is secured around the interior of the valve opening by heat sealing. The heat sealed regions are arranged to form, in addition to the valve opening, a vent passageway system for quickly venting air from the bag during and immediately subsequent to filling. The flap is relatively flexible and projects into the bag beyond the valve opening to effectively close the valve opening and prevent loss of contents after the bag has been filled. In one form, the flap is formed with a cuff which projects exteriorly of the valve opening and has interior surfaces heat sealable to provide a moistureproof closure for the opening.

Abstract: The apparatus and method of the present invention is adapted to be utilized with respect to packages of connected forms of the type having sprocket holes along the margins thereof which are adapted to be engaged by sprocket wheels in, for example, a print-out device for advancing the forms to an operating station in the device. The method comprises providing a strip having sprocket holes therein. The spacing of the sprocket holes on the strip is equal to the spacing of the sprocket holes on the forms. The strip is connected to the first form of the package with the sprocket holes in the strip in alignment with the sprocket holes in the margin. The strip or strips are then engaged with the sprocket wheels in the device which is then operated to advance the package of forms into the device.

Abstract: A system for packaging a plurality of nested objects wherein adhesive strips are applied to either side of the tightly nested objects to form a rigid unitary package in which the tightly nested objects will withstand compressive stresses and the adhesive strips will withstand tensile stresses which may be applied to the structure during handling or shipping to the customer.

Abstract: The painters' palette includes a molded plastic body having an area on the bottom surface provided with adhesive for securing the palette to the surface on which it rests.

Abstract: Eyelashes which are convex in side elevation and consist of a plurality of lashes held together by a base strand are removably mounted upon a supporting surface in such a way that the convex side of the set is in contact with the supporting surface whereas the base strand is left free.

Abstract: An assemblage of sheetlike items for presentation for taking on a one-by-one basis, plus means for supporting it either from a price channel or against a wall. A flat support plate of flexible material includes a head section having a pair of ears formed therein and a base section. The lower edges of the ears are spaced from the upper edge a distance greater than the vertical dimension of a price channel so the ears snap over-center thereinto. The rear surface of the base section carries pressure-sensitive adhesive and a release liner. A pivot links the sheetlike items at a central location on the plate in vertical alignment with the region between the ears. When the head section is uppermost, the ears can be snapped into a price channel to support the items in depending relation therebelow. Rotating the plate so the base section is uppermost permits it to be attached by the adhesive to a vertical surface to stably support the depending items.

Abstract: A safety match book is disclosed in which the striking strip is not normally sufficiently exposed for the striking of matches thereon and can only be exposed by releasing an interconnection between a panel of the cover on which the striking strip is mounted and a retainer flap. The releasable interconnection may be in the form of a pair of adhesive strips immediately adjacent and on opposite sides of the striking strip. The cover may be made thin and of a material which is easily tearable. As a result, if a child or other person not aware of the danger of matches, picks up the matches and attempts to open them, the cover will tear without releasing the interconnection between the panel of the cover and the retainer so that the striking strip is not exposed and the matches therefore cannot be struck thereon.

Abstract: A multi-panel outsert suitable for attachment to the exterior of a product container has two or more longitudinal panels closed upon themselves by transverse folds and secured compactly by adhesive joining a spot on the inside of the outer longitudinal panel to an adjacent, outside portion of the outer panel which encloses and secures thereunder one or more other panels, affording increased printing area for the outsert with decreased likelihood of loss. An aperture through the panel or panels folded inwardly adjacent the outer panel allows such direct attachment of the outer panel to itself to effect the enclosure and securement.

Abstract: A strip of adhesive tape is relatively permanently attached at one end to a bag near the open end thereof and is strippably attached to the bag in the remaining portions of the tape. To close the bag, the strippable portion of the tape is stripped away from the bag, which is then puckered and desirably twisted near the tape. The free end of the tape is then looped around the puckered end of the bag and is fastened by its adhesive to the puckered portion of the bag and/or to the anchored end of the tape, thus to close the bag.

Abstract: A roll of a continuous strip of a non-woven fabric having on only one side thereof a heat actuatable adhesive, said fabric having at least one longitudinally running perforated line running parallel with a side edge of said fabric, said fabric being free of any surface interruptions other than perforated lines running parallel with a side edge and its use in garment manufacture.

Abstract: Radial leaded electrical components are adapted for use with automatic insertion machinery in accordance with the present invention by providing a V-shaped deformation in their leads so that they may be retained between two parallel bands of adhesive tape. These components may then be wound onto a reel together or they may be wound onto a reel along with other electrical components of either the axial or radial type in a predetermined sequence so that they may be inserted by automatic insertion equipment into printed circuit boards at the proper locations.

Abstract: A wire marker comprising an assembly of (1) an adhesive element for carrying identification information that has pressure sensitive adhesive on one of its surfaces and (2) a backing covering the adhesive on the adhesive member, wherein the assembly has a pair of spaced apertures through which a wire to be marked is inserted, after which the backing can be removed from the adhesive element and the adhesive element folded over to form an identification flag on the wire.

Abstract: A cardiac defibrillator cup is provided which can be designed to hold a unit dose of electrolytic gel, and is adapted to be applied and adhered to defibrillator paddles or electrodes, and thus, serve as an immediate source of gel therefor. The cup comprises a flexible container for holding gel, said container having an open face; the peripheral edges of said open face and/or area surrounding said open face includes a bonding agent for removably adhering the cup to a defibrillator paddle. Prior to application to such paddle, the open face of the cup will be closed off by a protective cover, which cover is removably secured to said bonding agent.

Abstract: A toner cartridge for a xerographic copier, the cartridge having a flexible closure tongue which may be peeled from the cartridge when the same is in inverted position within the copier. The tongue is constructed of a material which has non-directional shear strength characteristics substantially unaffected by folding, and a tear strength substantially greater than the peel strength of the bond between the tongue and the cartridge, so that the tongue does not tear when it is peeled from the cartridge. The surface friction of the tongue material is sufficiently low so that the tongue may be peeled from the cartridge after the cartridge has been positioned so that the tongue is pressed against the periphery of the toner receptacle within the copier.

Abstract: There is disclosed a web of record assemblies and a method of using same. The web is a composite web constructed by using both a longitudinally extending web of supporting material and a web of label material releasably adhered to the supporting material by means of pressure sensitive adhesive. The composite web is formed into a plurality of record assemblies by means of a plurality of transversely spaced-apart lines of partial severing in the supporting material and by either butt cutting or die cutting the label material. The label material of each record assembly is, according to one embodiment, partially severed along a longitudinal line and the supporting material is completely severed along the same longitudinal line. The label material on one side of the longitudinal line is divided into record sections containing one or more labels.

Abstract: In order to save time and labor when reloading the label magazine of a labeling machine, a relatively large number of labels, such as 3000 to 8000, are piled into a stack, and binding means running along relatively opposite longitudinal sides of the stack and across its opposite end faces are applied to the stack so as to stabilize it. The binding means consists of adhesive tape or of a band of stretchable synthetic material, with or without a low backing trough of cardboard along one side of the stack. The binding means is removed after the unitary label package has been inserted into the magazine of the labeling machine.

Abstract: A package of filamentary yarn in the form of a wound cake of successive layers of the yarn, as may be produced by a forming winder, has an unlined hollow core. The lead end of the yarn extends for unwinding drafting of the yarn from the interior of the cake and the yarn tail end extends from the cake exterior. A heat-shrunk plastic film cover surrounds the sides of the cake from one end to the other so as to form a package therewith and a supporting doughnut shaped bumper ring is provided which has a transverse footing face of appreciable lateral area upon which the package may be stably supported upright. This supporting ring may be anchored to the lower cake end section by the film cover or may be secured to the cover in any suitable manner. A similar doughnut shaped bumper ring may be provided to fit over the other end of the cake for shipping.

Abstract: A plastic trash bag having peelably attached thereto a full length tie strip formed of another plastic material. The strip extends along an entire face of the bag in parallelism with the machine direction and is peelable from the bag as a substantially non-adhesive bearing tie strip. The plastic tie strip is "string-like" in configuration, with a length to width ratio ranging between a minimum of 50 to 1 and a maximum of 1000 to 1 but preferably about 250 to 1 so that it can be easily tied despite its length. A layer of low tack, spot patterned adhesive adheres the strip to the bag. Width to thickness is advantageously about 50 to 1. The tie strip is not heat sealed or bonded to the trash bag.

Abstract: A package is provided especially for containing sterile articles which can be readily opened and which provides for the controlled removal of the contents. The package is sealed in a manner which precludes the formation of channels leading to the interior of the package and compromises sterility. Specifically, the end seal of the package is provided by providing a thermoplastic adhesive which acts as a caulk to seal such potential channels, the thermoplastic adhesive being disposed in a manner whereby it is assured that said adhesive does not contact adhesively incompatible areas.

Abstract: A strip of nails for use in a rapid-acting driving apparatus which includes a plurality of nails with shanks in a side-by-side closely spaced parallel array. The shanks of each of the nails in the array are secured together by a carrier of a single-component, metal-adherent plastic defining uniform envelopes for opposed sections of the periphery of each nail shank. Within the gaps between the shanks, adjacent envelopes form opposed spaced generally V-shaped folds which act as sites for easy shearing of a nail from the strip. The bond between the plastic and the nail shank is greater than the shear resistance of the carrier material between two adjacent fasteners and greater than the resistance of the workpiece encountered when fastener and carrier material penetrate the same, with the result that all the material that holds the fastener together enters the workpiece.

Abstract: A container for surgical instruments or other articles has a body. One end of the body is closed by a cap. A sealing band seals the cap and the body together in a sterile manner. A welded sealing area is formed by welding together overlying portions of the band whereby a visible blemished area is produced when the seal at the welded area is broken.

Abstract: A one-piece, relatively thick, resilient corner pad which is used in the packaging of fragile articles. The pad is formed from three identical pieces of resilient material, and assembled so as to form a polyagonal, generally triangular, enrapment in the shape of a truncated, hollow triangular pyramid for the corner of a box or similar container, whereby, when the pad is placed over and around the meeting point of three sides of the container, the container will be spaced and resiliently held within a larger shipping container, without damage from high impact shocks. The unique design cuts costs since only four of such corner pads or cushions are needed -- one each diagonally opposite another. The pads provide excellent dynamic cushioning under heavy static loads. The configuration of each of the three pieces is identical and so designed so that a minimum of raw material is utilized, with no significant waste when the pieces are cut from a sheet.

Abstract: A receiver for disposable surgical implements, principally surgical needles, including a pair of foldably connected pads, each having a penetrable top lamination and a penetration resisting bottom lamination. The top lamination of one embodiment is provided with a coating which is essentially non-adhesive when exposed to receive surgical implements to permit placement and penetration therein of the top lamination only as well as subsequent removal; but which is co-adhesive with the coating on the other pad, when the two pads are folded into mutual pressure contact, thereby to secure surgical implements between the pads for disposal. In another embodiment, an adhesive coating is applied on one pad and is initially covered while the other pad is used to receive and removably retain surgical implements; the cover being removed and the adhesive coated pad pressed over the other pad and the surgical implements thereon to permit disposal.