Abstract: A storage container for mini-disk cartridge is described which includes a base tray, a cover and a disk tray. The base tray includes an inside bottom surface, a pair of side walls protruding upwardly from the bottom surface, a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom surface, and is pivotally connected to the cover. The disk tray for receiving the mini-disk cartridge may have an open window or may have a floor, and rests within the base tray. The container can also be used without the disk tray by including extensions protruding upwardly from the bottom surface of the base tray to substantially surround the mini-disk cartridge.

Abstract: An application aid for one or several articles, such as therapeutic systems, plasters, labels, or the like, adhering to and positioned in a mechanically releasable manner on a carrier or covering layer, respectively, which extends in sheet-like form and particularly is flexible, in the form of cuts or predetermined breaking lines formed within the carrier or covering layer is characterized in that each article (2) is assigned a portion (4, 4a) of the carrier or cover layer (1), which portion laterally projects said article and is removable from the rest of the carrier or cover layer (1) by means of non-linear cuts or predetermined breaking lines, whereby the cuts or predetermined breaking lines connect two points at the edge of the carrier or cover layer and at least partially run below the contact surface of the articles, at least one of these points lies on that portion of the carrier or covering layer projecting the articles at the side, and the imaginary straight connecting line between these two points,

Abstract: A food plate has one or more openings formed through a central portion thereof for receiving a container, such as for holding beverages, food, or other items. A raised ridge is formed about the opening to prevent food from spilling off. In a first embodiment, the container has an outer surface which tapers from a smaller diameter lower end to a larger diameter upper end. In a second embodiment, a flange portion is provided on the outer surface of the container having a diameter which is greater than the diameter of the first opening. A slot may be formed from the outer peripheral edge of the food plate to the first opening to accommodate stemware styled containers. A raised ridge may be formed on or in the central portion of the food plate, extending completely about the slot to prevent food from spilling off. A second opening may be formed through the central portion of the food plate for receiving the end of a thumb therein.

Abstract: A microcentrifuge tube or other thermoplastic sample container having a round opening and a frictionally seated sealing lid, the lid having a size and shape to cover the perimeter of the tube opening and maintain the inside of the tube free of any contaminant. The lid viewed on an upright closed container has a downwardly extending annular portion shaped to sealing fit inside the opening, the lid further having an integral upwardly projecting lid extension configured and arranged on top of the lid to facilitate aseptic opening, grasping and identification-labeling of the container. The location, angle and size of the lid extension allow mechanical pressure to be used on top of the lid, rather than beneath the lid, to open the container. The improved apparatus and method for opening the container functions to prevent sample contamination which could otherwise occur when a fingernail or other container opening instrument is inserted beneath, and contacts some portion(s) of the underside of the lid.

Abstract: A confection/gift holding structure for disposition in greeting cards and greeting card envelopes includes a base constructed of a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of relatively shallow recesses formed in one surface thereof to define open receptacles for receiving and holding confections, where such confections have thicknesses and parametric shapes which generally conform to the depths and shapes of corresponding receptacles. A channel is also formed in said one surface of the sheet of material at a location to circumscribe the recesses, with the channel having facing sidewalls and notches formed in at least one of the sidewalls and spaced apart about the channel. A generally flexible planar lid is also provided, where the perimeter of the lid is formed to overlie the channel when the lid is placed on the base. The lid includes a lip projecting downwardly from the perimeter to fit in the channel and allow the lid to lie flat on the one surface of the base.

Abstract: A reclosable container for sliced food products having a one-piece container body and integral hinge and lid. The front wall of the container body is provided with a forward protrusion to facilitate removal of a desired number of slices. A locking mechanism enables the lid to be locked in closed position, and provides an audible indication when the lid is locked. The container is reusable and may be made from a polymeric material having sufficient transparency to enable the consumer to count slices viewed through the front wall as they are being removed.

Abstract: In a method of emptying from a case a compressible load consisting of carton blanks, prongs penetrate through preformed perforations in opposite side walls of the case and push the load away from those walls, an upper portion of the case is partially severed by knives along respective paths at those walls, other cuts are formed across the top wall along the other two side walls of the case, suction cups pull away that upper portion, the load is received between support fingers, the load and the lower portion of the case are turned through 180 degrees in a vertical plane, the inverted lower portion is removed from the load by suction cups, and a gripping head seizes the load and removes it from between the support fingers.

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.

Abstract: A thermoformed reclosable display package is provided having a bubble body, cover independent of the body and hinge through which the cover rotatably attaches to the body. An egress opening for packaged items is formed in the body and is coverable by the hinged cover. A sealing device in the form of a projection-depression are formed in side walls of the blister body and cover for purposes of resecuring the cover onto the body. A pair of opening extension apertures may be cut outwardly along opposite borders of the egress opening. These apertures allow for extraction of product items from within the blister body.

Abstract: A generally rectangular container for the storage and protection of sports cards having a rigid Internal Enclosure (6) which is slidably insertable and completely removable from a rigid External Enclosure (8).The External Enclosure (8) incorporates two Fingergrip cutouts (8a) and (8a') located to the front and to either side of the External Enclosure (8) to permit grasping the Internal Enclosure (6) for removal. The Internal Enclosure (6) has the capacity to store a plurality of cards and permit random access of such cards by utilizing spaced Bottom Rails (6a) and (6a') which create a gap sufficient for the insertion of a finger or fingers to raise any specific card, or series of cards, up and out of the card stack. The front panel insert (10) to the Internal Enclosure (6) is transparent, thus permitting visibility of the first card in any sequential ordering of cards.

Abstract: A dispenser for maintaining light sensitive substances utilized in the practice of dentistry shielded from light and providing easy and convenient access by the dentist includes a container and a cover therefor with the cover being hingedly attached to the container. The container includes wells for receiving one or more light sensitive substances. The container is provided with a finger hold or holds for maintaining the container on one or more digits of a hand. In one embodiment, the cover is connected to the container by a resilient hinge and the cover may be released from engagement with the container by pushing forward on the hinge side of the cover. The resilient hinge will cause the cover to automatically open. Accordingly, the dispenser may be held in one hand and readily opened and closed to provide easy, quick, convenient access to the light sensitive substances by the dentist.

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.

Abstract: Pack made of thin cardboard, especially for cigarettes. In slide packs, a cigarette group (11) enwrapped by an inner wrapping (12) is located within a box part (17) being open at the top. This box part (17) is slideably arranged in a casing (18) open on one side (push-out opening 29). An oppositely situated side wall (30) is closed except for an actuating opening (41). For mechanically producing such packs, the casing (18) is designed such that in an intermediate folding position it can be folded down flat. In this intermediate folding position, side tabs (39, 40) for forming the side wall (30) of the casing (18) extend in the plane of front wall (32) and rear wall (33).

Abstract: An apparatus wherein a housing includes a base and lid, with the base and lid including a mirror image cavity in alignment relative to one another when the base and lid are in a first spaced configuration. The base and lid are hingedly mounted relative to one another to permit positioning of a similar plurality of saw blades therebetween within the base and lid cavity. The base and lid cavity include cooperative members to align the blades in the cavity. Each cavity is provided with dimaetrically opposed relief cavities to permit manual access to the saw blades when mounted within the cavity portions of each base and lid. A modification of the invention includes oil impregnated fabric members positioned and secured to each top surface of the saw blade to minimize corrosion and adherence of adjacent saw blades.

Abstract: A medicine caddy or medicine tray includes a body having a number of medicine container holding recesses defined on the top side of the body. The recesses have inner diameters of different sizes. The body is composed of a light weight and inexpensive material, preferably a plastic. One of the recesses is a corner recess. This corner recess is provided for implacement of the index finger. While the thumb and second finger pinch the corner of the body, the tray can thus be carried. One or more concentric rings are removably provided to accommodate different-sized medicine containers.

Abstract: A memo pad device having a frame with a recessed cavity for protectively holding a plurality of sheets from a note pad having a reusable adhesive to allow a user to write reminders to themselves, look at them later, do the task and remove either a single sheet or the entire note pad. In one embodiment a memo pad key ring attachment device includes a polymer plastic frame with a hole for a key ring or similar device, a resilient panel which holds a memo pad, the resilient panel being cantileverly attached to the frame, a stack of sheets of paper with reusable adhesive on one end to permit user to attach memo pad to panel, a projecting lip attached to the frame which holds the second end of the memo pad in place, allowing the edge of a single sheet to be exposed for removal by flexing resilient panel in one direction, a writing instrument, and a means of frictionally holding the writing instrument to the frame.

Abstract: A confection holding structure for disposition in greeting cards and greeting card envelopes includes a generally planar sheet of material having a plurality of relatively shallow recesses formed in one surface thereof to define open receptacles for receiving and holding confections, where such confections have thicknesses and parimetric shapes which generally conform to the depths and shapes of corresponding receptacles. The sheet of material also includes downwardly projecting support protuberances located generally adjacent to at least some of the receptacles to thereby provide support for inhibiting the crushing or deformation of the receptacles and confections contained therein when, for example, an envelope containing the holding structure is passed through a stamp cancelling machine.

Abstract: A golf accessory for dispensing golf balls and tees is constructed of a hollow preferably transparent tube of about 44" in length. Golf balls are maintained in the tube and are biased by a spring which extends from the top to the bottom of the hollow space within the tube when the tube is empty. Ingress and egress of golf balls occur towards the top of the tube on the sides where there is provided an expandable opening with an opposed opening, which may also be expandable, to urge golf balls into and out of the hollow of the tube. The hollow tube may hold up to a dozen golf balls. The top of the tube provides a container for tees, being outfitted with a removable plastic cap. The golfing accessory is to be used with and inserted into a typical golf bag much in the same fashion that a golf club is inserted and removed from the golf bag.

Abstract: A rubber band dispensing container for storing and dispensing rubber bands or like objects. The dispensing container comprises a unitary plastic molded body having a receptacle cover and a confronting base adjoined along a common edge by an integral hinge and further includes cooperative locking members extending outwardly from the edges of the receptacle cover and the base opposite the integral hinge for cooperative engagement therebetween when the dispensing container is in a closed configuration to securely maintain the closed position and to prevent accidental opening thereof. The dispensing container is further provided with a flap for creating a dispenser opening on the receptacle cover for inserting fingers to remove rubber bands or like objects stored therein when the dispensing container is in the closed position.

Abstract: A portable directory and note pad tray with several features. A first feature is a directory with a cover movable between open and closed positions that activates a light bulb circuit for lighting the directory cards when the cover is opened and deactivates the circuit for turning out the light bulb when the cover is closed. A second feature is a novel slide track, and slide arm structure by which the directory and tray are mountable to and de-mountable from a desired surface to present an optimum mounting angle for that surface. A third feature is a note pad tray with a novel base that includes a first finger gap in one of the tray's upstanding walls to allow individual sheets of a note pad to be easily removed from the tray, and a pencil recess defined in the tray with a magnetically attachable pencil that cooperates with a second finger gap in one of the tray's walls to allow easy removal of the pencil.

Abstract: A packaging frame to protect parts formed from a blank including interior cuts and minimal cutouts, said blank being operable shift to and form a single piece frame having an exterior quadrilateral to interfit within a packing container and conform to the interior thereof and having an interior perimeter to accommodate the reception of a part for shipment.

Abstract: A writing-utensil packed kit assembly comprises a body pivotally joined to a lid member so as to be openable. The lid member is laid with a mat formed of polyurethane foam, etc., and having a fingertip-inserting hole, the mat including a miniature ruler in its opening. The body includes a miniature eraser received in an end portion cut off by a partition and a suitable number of miniature writing utensils in the other portion. Male and female lid-member stoppers are formed on the peripheral edges of the body and lid member.

Abstract: A dispenser for maintaining light sensitive substances utilized in the practice of dentistry shielded from light and providing easy and convenient access by the dentist includes a container and a cover therefor with the cover being hingably attached to the container. The container includes a plurality of recesses for receiving one or more light sensitive substances. The container is provided with structure such as a finger hold on the bottom or an elastic band for maintaining the container on one or more digits of a hand and the cover is provided with a ring or other suitable structure for maintaining the cover in operable engagement with another digit of the hand, such as a thumb, whereby the dispenser may be held in one hand and readily opened and closed to provide easy, quick, convenient access to the light sensitive substances by the dentist.

Abstract: A plastic shipping container for cotton swabs that has a T-section at the bottom of the container front panel that at the shipping destination is readily removed to form a dispensing opening for the cotton swabs.

Abstract: A flexible duct and carton for retaining and enabling controlled dispensing of the flexible duct positioned therein, the duct preferably being in a U-shaped orientation abutting end walls of the carton. The carton has a width about the diameter of the duct, and a breadth at least about twice the diameter of the duct. A breakout panel in a side wall adjacent one of the end walls forms a lateral outlet opening which has a width and a height greater than the duct diameter, whereby an end of the duct can be turned 90.degree. and pulled out in controlled lengths.

Abstract: A sleeve for storing and displaying a videocassette comprising a clear plastic, elongated rectangular one-piece member formed with a hollow interior storage chamber completely enclosed except for an end opening through which a videocassette is inserted into and removed from the chamber. A chipboard cover having printed indicia thereon identifying a pre-recorded program on the videocassette is retained within the chamber and slidably receives the videocassette therein. A pair of diametrically-disposed interiorly-facing lug member is formed on the front and rear walls of the sleeve and extend into the end opening to retain the videocassette within the chipboard sleeve. Aperture means is formed in the rear wall of the sleeve to permit removal of the videocassette from the sleeve. Such aperture means comprises one or more finger holes to permit application of finger pressure on the videocassette to overcome the frictional engagement of the videocassette by the lug means.

Abstract: A packaging system for the protection and shipment of photographic film sheets comprises a box including a container and a cover adapted to close over an opening in the container. The container has a flexible tray element inserted within a rigid outer section of the container. The tray element and the cover have cooperative mating members disposed adjacent to the perimeter of the cover for tightly joining together respective surface portions thereof when the cover closes over the opening. The tray element also has an integral retaining lip for exerting pressure on film inserted within the tray element.

Abstract: A bag construction adapted for ease of opening. A tubular pocket, defined by the configuration of a separable top seal, allows the tip of a forefinger to position between opposing front and rear panels of the bag and to locate at the side of a commodity-confining compartment. So positioned, the forefinger may be moved toward a side of the bag in an action which will separate the top seal and effect a bag mouth for access to a confined commodity.

Abstract: A compartmented, supported fishing lure, tackle box having a plurality of lure storage drawers slidingly disposed within an enclosure is described. The lure storage drawers are rectangular enclosures that have a plurality of elastic retaining means supported from a retainer support means in the top section of the enclosure. The elastic retaining means have an attachment means to which a lure may be suspended. The lure is also placed on a lure holding bar. The lure is thereby firmly supported between the attachment means and the lure holding means. Supported in this manner, the chance of the lure being abraded or scratched while in the tackle box is greatly reduced. The lure storage drawers are constructed of a clear plastic material that allows the user to easily view the lures so the proper lure may be selected.

Abstract: A packaging technique which have a rotatable member and a stationary member such as an adjustable nut driver of chuck. The package encloses the tool and has at least one transparent section to reveal at least a portion of the tool, and a pair of access openings spaced about 180.degree. to allow manual digital access to the tool. Means are provided to restrain the stationary member of the tool upon rotation of the moveable member to thereby permit a perspective customer to manipulate the tool as well as view it visually.

Abstract: The product of the invention is a thermoformed container for wet wipes or the like having a hinged cover that is releaseably secured to the container when it is closed. The container can be opened with one hand by inserting the thumb and index finger in adjoining recesses formed by arcuate formations in front portions of the cover and container body and camming the cover upwardly by pressing the inserted finger and thumb toward each other.

Abstract: A pizza container has a cover and base configured to form a cavity when they are closed. The floor of the base has a plurality of dimples to support a pizza and to allow random air flow. A wall and finger guides are provided to facilitate lifting the pizza from the container. Side and rear vents are provided to the container for facilitating the exchange of air from the interior and the exterior of the container. A plurality of containers are vertically stackable, one on top of another.

Abstract: A compact case includes a top cover, a bottom support tray, and an intermediate lid positioned between the top cover and support tray, all being hinged together for relative movement with respect to one another, the support tray including a matrix configuration of ribs defining areas to accept the cosmetic inserts while the lid defines openings corresponding to the matrix configuration. The cosmetic inserts contain cosmetic materials and are removably positioned in selected ones of the areas. The openings in the lid register with the cosmetic inserts in the compact case.

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.

Abstract: A disposable carton is disclosed which is adapted to hold a supply of copy sheets equivalent to a plurality of reams for a printing machine. The carton is constructed of two main portions which is removed to expose the stack and permit the operator to carry the stack to a sheet supply platform without disrupting the stack. The remaining portion of the carton which serves to permit the operator to place the stack upon the platform is adapted to be slideably removed from under the stack thus effecting the loading of the stack in the printing machine preparatory to the sheet feed operation.

Abstract: A protective holder for use with a compact disc or like object. The holder comprises relatively thin, substantially rigid upper and lower plates having diameters slightly larger than the diameter of the compact disc. The lower plate has a center hole having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the center hole of the compact disc. The upper plate has an elongated finger slot extending radially outwardly for a distance substantially equal to one-fourth the radius of the upper plate. A annular felt pad is affixed to an upper surface of the lower plate to cushion the information bearing lower surface of the compact disc when the compact disc is in place in the holder. A semi-circumferential peripheral wall extends between and is affixed to the upper and lower plates. The peripheral wall is dimensioned to suitably space said upper and lower plates to snugly receive and frictionally retain the disk therebetween.

Abstract: A dispenser providing access to a plurality of pre-moistened towelettes and having dual orifices covered by a self sealing lid. A larger recessed orifice in the top side of the container accommodates a smaller opening and both openings are covered by a lid attached to a ledge surrounding the larger recessed orifice perimeter. The lid has approximately the same planar dimensions as the combination planar dimensions of the recess and ledge and is held in a closed position by press fitting under an outer border curbing the perimeter of the outermost edge of the ledge. A removable back panel is provided for ease of refilling prepackaged towelettes in the dispenser, and a second back attachment means is provided for attaching or mounting the dispenser to a flat surface.

Abstract: A carton is disclosed for containing and displaying cylindrical objects such as drinking glasses or canned goods, and a single foldable paperboard blank form is disclosed for making the carton. The carton is in the form of an open ended sleeve having a divider panel providing adjacent sections for receiving the cylindrical objects, and folding tab members interengaged with the divider panel to retain the objects within the open ends while providing maximum visible exposure of the objects at the carton sides and ends. Tabs in the top and bottom panels of the carton provide finger holes for carrying the carton and extend into the carton transverse to the divider panel and between adjacent objects in the direction between the open ends of the sleeve.

Abstract: An insert which is frictionally positioned in the top end of a barrier carton and dimensioned for ready removal through a carton pour spout. The insert includes a central panel and a peripheral flange which is hingedly connected to the central panel at an embossed score line. Removal of the insert is facilitated by the provision of outwardly curved edges in the peripheral flange. A knock-out opening is provided in the central panel for pulling the insert through the carton pour spout.

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.

Abstract: A collapsible tray is formed from a single blank of cut and scored foldable material and comprises a generally rectangular bottom panel, side walls extending from opposite sides of the bottom panel and end walls extending from opposite ends of the bottom panel. Corner connecting flaps are provided at each end of the side walls and abbreviated top panels are foldably attached to the upper edges of the side walls. The top panels also include corner reinforcing flaps located at each respective end. The corner connecting flaps are adhered to the inner surfaces of the end walls at each corner and the corner reinforcing flaps are folded downward inside the tray to overlap the corner connecting flaps. The corner reinforcing flaps are retained in place when tabs included on the ends thereof are inserted in slots provided in the bottom panel and with the aid of additional locking tabs provided on the corner connecting flaps which are accessed by openings provided in the end walls.

Abstract: The present invention briefly relates to a package box (11) for the liquid tight sealing of the contents, preferably a liquid, which box (11) is folded from a cardboard blank, the side of which facing inwardly in the package box (11) is coated with a thin layer of plastic. The closing flaps (12a, 13, 14, 15) extend each from its corresponding wall of the box (11) and are delimited from respective wall by a folding line (17). The longitudinal corner (19) of the box (11) between box bottom and lid is defined by two parallel folding lines (24, 25) and the recesses separating the flaps (12a, 13, 14, 15) terminate at a distance from the folding lines (17) of the flaps (12a, 13, 14, 15). The recesses preferably terminate in a section, the flange (23) of which is parallel to the folding lines (17) of the flaps (12a, 13, 14, 15) the length of such flange portion corresponding essentially to the distance between two parallel corner lines (24, 25).

Abstract: A portable recording box constituted of a blank made of cardboard or other analogous material which has cut-outs and folded lines so that the top, bottom, sides and writing surface of the box are assembled by folding and interlocking of the parts.

Abstract: An integrally molded storage receptacle having sidewalls which taper slightly from front to back to facilitate removal of the receptacle from the mold in which it is made. The receptacle also includes pairs of compensating ribs to enable it to be stacked on similarly constructed receptacles while maintaining vertical alignment. The receptacle also includes a transparent pivotable door.

Abstract: According to the invention a dust-proof reinforcing sheet material is provided. The sheet material is applied over and around a handling opening of a box. The sheet material comprises a base sheet having through-holes punched out, an adhesive layer applied on one side of the base sheet and an elastic film applied on the other side of the base sheet. The elastic film is stretchable five times as the original size and is transparent or translucent to allow light rays to transmit therethrough. The light rays passed through the elastic film and the through-hole is sensed by photo-sensor to cut the sheet material at a pre-set position.

Abstract: A portable cosmetics case includes a hollow and flat box-like case body. The case body has an opening at one end which opens downwardly. A plurality of cosmetic containers containing e.g. lipsticks, a compacted powder case, and a painting brush are inserted in the case body. Each cosmetic container has an end portion closing the opening in the case body. Thus, the cosmetics case has a smooth box-like external appearance. The cosmetic containers received in the case body can be replaced as desired according to the user's preference.

Abstract: A dome shaped contact lens holder is provided with indentations on its sides to allow finger tip contact with the underside of the rim of the contact lens resting on the crown of the dome. A strap capable of encompassing the lens and dome is attached on one end of the rear of the dome. At its other end, the underside of the strap is provided with a tip which plugs into a receiver located under the dome. The holder is made of a soft plastic material and comprises a single unit which is attached to the underside of the cap used to close the case containing the soaking solution in which the contact lens is stored.

Abstract: An aid for opening and reopening of rectangular, frozen dessert boxes. The aid is a cut tab which is located in the outer edge portion of the innermost lid of the box. The cut tab includes a curved cut and a scoreline. The curved cut has a circumference of approximately 2/3 of a circle and has its ends connected to the scoreline. The scoreline is inclined at a predetermined angle with the side edge of the lid. The cut tab is located a predetermined distance from a corner and has an area which provides ample finger room for a finger opening. Opening instructions are printed in cut tab area. Another cut tab may be located near the opposite corner of the lid with its scoreline similarly inclined as the other cut tab. To break the bond between the frozen dessert and the lid, one depresses the cut tab inwardly with his finger to create a finger opening and then lifts upwardly with the finger. To reopen a partially emptied box, one places a finger within the finger opening and then lifts upwardly with the finger.

Abstract: A segmented multi-product package assembly contains articles such as hypodermic syringe tip caps. The package assembly includes a tray which contains a plurality of receptacles having open ends associated with an upper surface of the tray. These receptacles are arranged so that sealing areas on the upper surface lie between adjacent open ends. A cover is removably sealed to the sealing areas and covers the receptacles. The cover is partially removable from the tray to expose a selectable number of articles while the unused articles remain protected in sealed receptacles.

Abstract: A receptacle and cover assembly for collecting lawn debris and the like and including structure for assisting transfer of compacted contents of the receptacle to expendable lawn trash bags and the like, comprising a main receptacle body section in the shape of an upwardly opening container having a skirt-like lower edge formation at the bottom of the receptacle body section for supporting it in upright position, and a removable cover member for the receptacle body section. The body section has a centrally open outer bottom wall portion extending inwardly from the side wall at a position spaced slightly above the lower edge formation providing a shelf-like ledge extending inwardly from the side wall, and a moveable bottom panel member forming a discharge assist piston which rests on shelf-like ledge formation and collectively therewith forms the bottom of the receptacle.