Abstract: A label with an applied handle having a liner material, a label and a handle. The label has an upper surface and lower surface and is secured to the liner by an adhesive layer on its lower surface. The adhesive layer allows the label to be peeled off the liner with the adhesive remaining on the lower surface of the label. The handle is affixed to the upper surface of the label, and includes an elongate strip and a hanger. The elongate strip has an upper and a lower surface extending continuously across an entire length of the label. The lower surface of the elongate strip is firmly secured to the upper surface of the label by a strong bonding material and a hanger portion integrally connected to the elongate strip and extending therefrom.

Abstract: A portable container includes a closed volume defined by at least one wall member, a through hole extending through the at least one wall member at at least two points, an interior of the through hole being separated from the volume, and a cord extending through the through hole to form a handle. A method of making a portable container is also disclosed.

Abstract: A bottle with a hanging tool detachably provided. The hanging tool comprises a flat and long connection portion extending sideways from the neck portion and having a length shorter than an outer diameter of the bottom of the bottle, and a separately molded wide annular handle portion. The connection portion is provided at its intermediate portion with a narrow portion crossing the connection portion transversely to reduce a thickness thereof, thereby making the connection portion vertically bendable at the narrow portion, a free end of the connection portion and the handle portion are formed at their predetermined locations with joint portions comprising a pair of engagement means, and the handle portion is detachable attached to the connection portion. Thereby an injection mold for molding a preform can be simple in structure and is suppressed from being enlarged.

Abstract: There is described a bottle which once opened, cannot be resealed. The bottle is particularly suitable for medical applications, especially for holding eye wash solutions for emergency use. The bottle operates by having a head portion located within the cap, so that when the cap is twisted the head portion is at least partially removed from the remainder of the bottle. The head portion cannot then be reattached to the remainder of the bottle. Also described is a container for holding a non-resealable bottle, the container having a ledge, which co-operates with a part of the bottle which is only present in the unopened form. For example the cap or head portion of the bottle may comprise a lip or projection. The container plus at least one unopened bottle of the invention is useful as an emergency eye wash station.

Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support and a method for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a lower surface. A base adhesive is disposed on the lower surface for affixing the label to the container. The label further includes a hanger having at least two interconnected legs defining an opening therebetween, each of the legs having a respective end. Each of the ends of the legs are secured to the base label. The hanger includes at least first and second superimposed layers. The layers are preferably formed of polymeric film. Preferably, the first layer has a tensile strength greater than the second layer and the second layer has a tear resistance greater than the first layer.

Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support, and methods for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a base adhesive on the lower surface thereof. A connector strip is secured to the upper surface of the base label along a longitudinal edge by at least one adhesive patch. A hanger is secured by the legs thereof to the connector strip. The hanger is foldable between a stored position wherein the hanger lies adjacent the upper surface of the base web and a hanging position wherein the hanger is folded away from the base label for receiving the support through the opening. A remaining portion of the upper surface of the base label is not covered by either of the connector strip and the hanger when the hanger is in the stored position. The label may further include at least one removable self adhesive secondary label forming a part thereof.

Abstract: A dispensing container for viscous fluids formed of a tubular body having top and bottom surfaces with the top surface including a threaded outlet neck and the bottom surface including a recessed portion with a female threaded opening. The container is designed to operate in an upside-down manner to take advantage of gravity flow. A hanger ring is provided which pivots out of the recessed portion to suspend the container in an upside-down position. A plurality of bottles can be vertically supported by a dispensing manifold to yield different dispensing relationships.

Abstract: A label made of a rectangular layer comprises, as an integral part thereof, a suspension strap which is defined by a die cut line extending along most of the periphery of the layer between two roots at which the suspension strap remains joined to the remaining central portion of the label. The roots have a mutual distance of half a perimeter of the bottle to be labeled and the total length of the label is preferably approximately equal to the perimeter of the bottle. Preferably, one of the two roots is located near the leading edge of the label when this is applied to the bottle by an automatic dispenser. The label provides a large surface for printed information which is not interrupted by the suspension strap. Also a booklet may be attached to the label.

Abstract: A bottle holder is adapted to engage the neck of a bottle below an external annular flange of said neck, especially for suspending a bottle by means of a cord to the neck of a person. The bottle holder comprises, in combination, a cord, and a ring segment-shaped collar member made from an elastic material and comprising a ring segment comprising at each of its ends means for guiding and releasably clamping said cord such that said collar member and said cord may be set in untightened state on a container neck and then be gripped around the neck by pulling said cord and maintained gripped by said clamping means.

Abstract: The present invention is an exercise fluid bottle which contains a liquid nourishment and which is used by a user during a strenuous physical activity. The exercise fluid bottle includes an integral container formed out of a plastic material and a dispensing cap for retaining and dispensing the liquid nourishment. The integral container has a first portion which is a hollow cylinder with an enclosed end and a partially enclosed end and a second portion which is a hollow cylinder with an enclosed end and a partially enclosed end. The integral container also has a handle portion which is a hollow cylinder which has corrugated ribbing axially aligned therewith so that the user can more comfortably grip the exercise fluid bottle and which is disposed adjacent to the partially enclosed ends of the first and second portions. The dispensing cap is fluidly and mechanically coupled to the enclosed end of the first portion.

Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support and a method for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a lower surface. A base adhesive is disposed on the lower surface for affixing the label to the container. The label further includes a hanger having at least two interconnected legs defining an opening therebetween, each of the legs having a respective end. Each of the ends of the legs are secured to the base label. The hanger includes at least first and second superimposed layers. The layers are preferably formed of polymeric film. Preferably, the first layer has a tensile strength greater than the second layer and the second layer has a tear resistance greater than the first layer.

Abstract: The improved baby bottle device includes a liquid holding container having a flexible liquid flow tube engaged thereto. A nipple is engaged to the distal end of the liquid flow tube, and a liquid flow control device is disposed within an adaptor that serves to engage the nipple with the liquid flow tube to control the flow of liquid from the bottle to the nipple, such that liquid neither leaks from the nipple when the nipple is disposed below the container nor drains from the nipple when the nipple is disposed above the container. In the preferred embodiment, the liquid flow control device includes a spring loaded check valve. A bottle attachment device, generally including two velcro straps joined at their midpoints is used to attach the bottle device to adjacent structural support members.

Abstract: A fluid container molded from a plastic material according to the present invention is embodied in a disposable, single-use, sterilized fluid container for beverages or fluids parentally or controllably taken by human beings. The fluid container may be manufactured, storable and transportable in simplified manner, facilitating consumption of the fluid contents, and administrable with additional solutions and/or water so that it can be used as a container for non-parenteral or direct gastrointestinal infusion.

Abstract: A package is provided with a container having a wall defining a dispensing aperture establishing communication between the interior and exterior of the container. A plug is provided for at least generally occluding the dispensing aperture. The plug includes a post, an exterior flange on the post, and an interior bead on the post spaced from the exterior flange to define a groove between the flange and bead. The plug can be inserted in the dispensing aperture and retained therein by engagement of the container wall by the plug flange and bead. A tab extends from the container and defines a storage aperture for receiving the plug for storage after removal of the plug from the dispensing aperture. The tab may also include an aperture for receiving a hook by which the package can be hung in an inverted orientation.

Abstract: A box for keeping earplugs, including a container part, a lid attached to the container part for closing the container, and elements for attachment and suspension of the box to clothes, a nail or the like. The lid is self-closing by provision of a springing action, and the lid is provided with a protrusion for snap-in locking cooperation with a corresponding indent inside the container part. The attachment element includes a clip having two parts which are flexible in relation to each other in order for a portion of an article, to which the box is intended to be attached, such as a belt, the cloth of a garment, a button, etc., to be inserted between the two flexible parts. The suspension element includes a loop attached to the box.

Abstract: An inexpensive hanger for a shampoo or other material dispensing bottle. The hanger comprises a thin web of material which preferably has one opening permitting it to be securely attached between the cap and body of the bottle with the neck received in the opening and another opening for hanging it on a hook on a wall. The web of material is selected to have sufficient rigidity or stiffness to allow the bottle to be hung with only one hand (which holds the body of the bottle) and to have sufficient flexibility to allow it to be deformed to lie alongside the bottle so that the hanger may be marketed attached to the bottle without the necessity of changing existing packaging for the bottle. The web alternatively has at one end an opening sized to receive the body of the bottle and at the other end an opening, preferably two openings of different sizes, to receive the bottle neck so that the bottle may be hung upside down.

Abstract: A container and retractable hanger system includes a container having a dispenser at one end and a face with a depression at an opposite end. The depression has a recessed face. A cylindrical boss extends a distance from the recessed face of the depression. A lip extends from a portion of the boss. An elongated, elastic hanger has (i) a hook at one end, (ii) a coupler with an opening at an opposite end, the coupler being pivotally couplable with the boss by insertion of the portion of the boss having the lip through said coupler, (iii) a hinge adjacent the coupler between the hook and the coupler, and (iv) a loop defining a slot between the hook and the hinge. The slot is configured to hold a safety razor or other consumer item.

Abstract: A label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support, and methods for forming the same. The label includes a base label having a base adhesive on the lower surface thereof. A connector strip is secured to the upper surface of the base label along a longitudinal edge by at least one adhesive patch. A hanger is secured by the legs thereof to the connector strip. The hanger is foldable between a stored position wherein the hanger lies adjacent the upper surface of the base web and a hanging position wherein the hanger is folded away from the base label for receiving the support through the opening. A remaining portion of the upper surface of the base label is not covered by either of the connector strip and the hanger when the hanger is in the stored position. The label may further include at least one removable self adhesive secondary label forming a part thereof.

Abstract: An attachment provision for a bottle or receptacle for use with various possible connecting devices currently available. In its preferred embodiment, the bottle/container attachment is comprised of a external recessed area (7) running across the bottle's/container's base. A hanging bar (8), formed integrally with this bottle/container, crosses the area (7) at the bottle's/container's medial plane (FIG. 3). The upper surface (8A) of bar (8), upper wall (11), transitioning radii (11A), (11B), (12A), and (12B) form a full radius slot (10) thus creating a connecting provision.

Abstract: The disclosed sports bottle has a liquid-tight body with a top wall defining a fill opening that can be closed by a removable cap. The fill opening is angled between 20 and 40 degrees relative to its circumferential wall, allowing nearly complete bottle filling with the bottle tilted, such as when filling from a drinking fountain with low water jet. A downwardly open hook formed off of the body near the its top, in close proximity with the longitudinal axis and laterally spaced from the fill opening, can suspend the bottle in a substantially upright leak-proof orientation, and within reach of an exerciser while on and possibly even using exercise equipment. A thermal chiller pack fits into the bottle interior via a bottom wall opening, being removably sealed as a unit in the bottle. The chiller pack has a solution sealed therein that can be cooled to freezer temperatures without solidifying or leaking from the pack, suited to be sealed to the bottle to keep the bottle liquid chilled for an extended duration.

Abstract: A bottle strap is adapted to detachable engagement with the neck of a bottle. The neck has a bottle neck ring with a neck region disposed below the ring. The strap is a flat elongated flexible thin member having two opposite ends with an enlargement at one end. The enlargement has an opening therein. The opening has a serrated periphery and is adapted to be snap fitted over the bottle neck ring so that the enlargement is firmly secured to the neck region, the other end of the member being adapted to detachably engage the member at a position intermediate its ends, thereby forming a closed loop.

Abstract: A label hanger assembly has a label sheet with at least one hang strips cut therein, and in one embodiment, two hang tabs are employed. The hang strip or tabs are both integral with the label sheet and engageable with a hook of an intravenous (I.V.) stand. An adhesive coating is applied to one side of the label sheet in a pattern so that the hang strip or tabs do not have adhesive on any side thereof. The label sheet adheres to the periphery of an I.V. bottle near the bottom end thereof, and the engageable portion of the hang strip or tabs engages with the hook of the I.V. stand, thereby suspending the I.V. bottle upside-down from the stand. Break-away ties hold the hang strip or tabs in place within the label sheet prior to a user pulling the hang strip or tabs out of the label sheet. A backing sheet with a release coating is provided for either one label sheet or a plurality of label sheets to be releasably mounted thereon prior to being adhered to an I.V.

Abstract: A unitary nursing bottle holder has an upper coil which is used to hang the bottle holder from an overlying member such as an infant carrier handle or an overhead infant swing seat support. A connecting segment is attached to the upper coil hanger at one end and to a lower combination handle and bottom rest at the other end. A bottle rest and bottle holder segment is attached to the other end of the lower combination handle and bottom rest. The elements of the holder are connected serially so that the holder may be fabricated from a continuous rod. A soft non-toxic covering, such as a vinyl tube is applied to the rod.

Abstract: A container hanger for manual attachment to a conventional plastic bottle such as a shampoo bottle at its flat end portion which allows the support device to be fastened by screwing into the base of the container and hung inverted from a towel rack or shower pipe, thereby allowing easy access to the fluid within the container while greatly organizing a bathroom area to keep containers off the counter top surfaces and floors. The support device includes a self-drilling threaded fastener for manual insertion and attachment to the plastic container.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for nursing an infant, comprising in combination a cord adapted to extend around the neck of a person, a disk defining a hole to secure the cord, and an infant feeding bottle having a fluid container defining a bottle hole to secure the disk within the bottle hole.

Abstract: A label hanger assembly has a label sheet with at least one hang strips cut therein, and in one embodiment, two hang tabs are employed The hang strip or tabs are both integral with the label sheet and engageable with a hook of an intravenous (I.V.) stand. An adhesive coating is applied to one side of the label sheet in a pattern so that the hang strip or tabs do not have adhesive on any side thereof. The label sheet adheres to the periphery of an I.V. bottle near the bottom end thereof, and the engageable portion of the hang strip or tabs engages with the hook of the I.V. stand, thereby suspending the I.V. bottle upside-down from the stand. Break-away ties hold the hang strip or tabs in place within the label sheet prior to a user pulling the hang strip or tabs out of the label sheet. A backing sheet with a release coating is provided for either one label sheet or a plurality of label sheets to be releasably mounted thereon prior to being adhered to an I.V.