Abstract: The plug includes a lower tubular element penetrating into an upper portion of the container and an upper element provided for being covered by an outer cap. A bottom of the tubular element is formed with cells and a top of the upper element is formed with an upper circular recess also having cells. The cells are provided for temporarily retaining pharmaceutical granules.

Abstract: A multipurpose container assembly adapted for use in preparation of beverages and for storage of beverage ingredients comprising at least a pair of mugs or cups frictionally held in opposed relation by a connector coupling to provide a closed container assembly providing storage in one of the cups for one or more receptacles adapted to contain beverage making ingredients such as coffee and to store an electrical heating element for heating the beverage.

Abstract: Outlet port structure for bottles or semi-fluid packing materials. A filling cup is fitted inside the outlet port of the packing bottle. The filling cup has concave, indented grooves in its exterior and which have openings at their upper ends into the filling cup. When the bottle is inverted bottom up, the semi-fluid material from the bottle first enters the filling cup from the passages around the periphery of the filling cup, passes through the grooves and their openings into the filling cup, and then exits the bottle outlet port. When the bottle is returned to the normal vertical standing position, some semi-fluid material is retained in the filling cup and is prevented from returning to the bottle.

Abstract: A two compartment container adapted for the packaging of intraocular lenses, contact lenses and other small, delicate devices requiring hydrated storage is described. The devices are contained in a first, upper compartment, while a second, lower compartment contains a fluid. The two compartments are placed in fluid communication with each other by means of a narrow passage which prevents the devices in the first compartment from entering the second compartment.

Abstract: A disposable cell culture device is disclosed. The instant invention finds particular utility in in vitro growth of micro-organisms, plant and animal cells, including germ cells, short and long-term tissue cultures, hybridomas and other biologically engineered cells to maximize the in vitro yield of cell constituents and products. The device comprises an enclosed container having an opening for introducing and removing cells, a plurality of surfaces for supporting cells, each surface having a passage in spaced relationship to each other and mounted in and spaced from the interior walls of the container, and at least one removable cover. The surfaces may be arranged in either a lattice, trapezoidal, conical, pyramidal, honeycomb or other configurations.

Abstract: A method for use and application comprising a power denture washer having a washing container for housing the denture with a removable sealable lid. Disposed within the lid is a denture cleaner storage compartment with a removable sealable top cover. Disposed in the bottom of the washing container is a drain. The methodology includes placement of the denture within the container, rinsing under flowing water, adding the denture cleanser matter, inverting and filling with water and letting the denture soak and inverting the washing container to drain the liquid out and rinsing the denture under a stream of water.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the prespotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.

Abstract: A jogger's hand weight for exercising the muscles of the upper body incorporates two (2) internal chambers; one chamber for holding a quantity of weighting materials so that the weight of the device may be varied, and a second chamber for holding a quantity of drinking fluid. A straw tube is included in the drinking fluid compartment so that the fluid may be consumed by the runner without interrupting his motion. The hand weight has a U-shaped design so that both compartments fall on opposite sides of the hand when grasped as intended.

Abstract: A readily openable pouch containing a moistened hygenic cleaning pad is attached to the bottom of a beverage can. The pad can be removed from the pouch and used to wipe and sanitize the can top and adjacent side wall prior to drinking from the can through a top orifice. After use the pad may be replaced in the pouch for discarding with empty can.

Abstract: A dual compartment serving pot includes a pair of pot halves having substantially flat inner walls with the walls abutting each other when said halves are joined to form a single serving pot having a pair of compartments. A locking device is provided for releasably maintaining the halves in engagement with each other and a lid member connected to one of the halves and movable between first and second positions for selectively closing the opening to one of the compartments and opening the other compartment.

Abstract: A package for enabling a user to mix a diluent with a hazardous material and then fill a syringe with the solution in such a way as to substantially prevent the hazardous material from entering the immediate atmospheric environment comprising a vial and a sealed bag enclosing the entire vial so as to provide exterior sealed containment for the vial in the event of unexpected failure of the vial container and elastomeric stopper assembly to sealingly contain the hazardous material. The vial is sealed within the bag so as to form a space exteriorly of the vial which is controlled by the bag and which is operable to receive any hazardous material in the form of aerosol or droplets that may pass outwardly through the elastomeric stopper assembly as a result of the withdrawal of the syringe needle therefrom and the increased interior gas pressure created within the vial container by the injection of diluent therein.

Abstract: A one piece, biphasic media culture container, as disclosed herein, includes a first compartment for a solid nutrient culture medium, a second compartment for a liquid nutrient culture medium and a common headspace enclosure above and extending between said first and second compartments to provide selective fluid communication therebetween. The first and second compartments are discrete from one another except for the common headspace enclosure and are spatially separated by an air space between their respective inner walls.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the pre-spotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.

Abstract: A lid for a tablet bottle having an integral storage compartment for holding predetermined quantity of medication. The quantity of medication for administration during a set period being removed from the bottle and placed in the compartment for ease of monitoring as to dosage rate throughout the period.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to adjustable strength bleaching compositions, highly advantageous packaging of such compositions, and a method of bleaching involving the combination of the two. More specifically the invention relates to a home laundering composition containing a fabric-safe peroxygen bleach and an accompanying bleach activator system providing a convenient and effective means of achieving stronger bleaching action whenever desirable.

Abstract: A mixing container and an adapter to interconnect the mixing container to a second container to permit intermixing of the contents of the containers. The mixing container has a neck with a plurality of raised circumferential ribs thereon. The adapter has a central cylindrical sleeve. A first end of the sleeve is surrounded by a cylindrical skirt. The interior surface of the first end of the sleeve has a plurality of circumferential grooves which enable the adapter to engage the ribs on the neck of the mixing container. The interior surface of the cylindrical skirt has a screw thread to enable the adapter to engage a conventional threaded container neck. The opposite, or second, end of the sleeve has a cutting sleeve therein, concentric with the sleeve. The cutting sleeve is adapted to pierce a seal on the mixing container. The second end of the sleeve frictionally engages the raised circumferential ribs on the mixing container during the mixing operation.

Abstract: A container includes at least two integrally formed but separate, spaced end to end chambers provided one above the other, each chamber having a separate opening. The chambers are substantially co-axial and may be substantially the same size or different sizes.

Abstract: A nursing bottle system includes axially joined first and second container bodies or portions. The container bodies are liquid tightly separated from one another by a wall extending perpendicularly to the container axis. Different liquid foods can be carried in the container bodies, and fed as desired to an infant through a nipple provided at the open end of the selected container body of the system.

Abstract: A toddler drinking cup for use by a small child or an infant. The drinking cup includes a cylinder separated by a partition into a first compartment for retaining and storing liquid and a second compartment for temporary storage of extra lids. Lids adapted for various purposes are utilized to cover the aperture of the first compartment. The second compartment houses the remaining lids for temporary storage, and includes a screw cap to retain the remaining lids therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for coupling cylindrical sections to form an assembly of thermal or similar containers, where coupling to form the assembly is effected by an internally threaded connecting ring, normally carried at the base of an upper section, to the exteriorly threaded upper circumference of a lower section. The sections may be separated from one another internally to define chambers of discrete volume by screwing an exteriorly threaded section-separating into the upper and/or lower end of each cylindrical section.

Abstract: A container assembly (10) comprising a pair of liquid containers (12, 14) and a soap bar retention pocket (16). The retention pocket (16) is integral with the containers (12, 14) and forms an enclosure (18) for housing a bar of soap. A recess (20) in a wall (22) of one liquid container (14) receives a mating projection (36) from a wall (22) of the other container (12) to form the pocket (18). Alternatively, an independent soap bar container has mating halves (24, 26) received within respective recesses (20) in the liquid containers (12, 14).

Abstract: An apparatus for collecting sputum including: a sputum container having an open end and a closed end; and a funnel which includes a mouth at one end and a discharge portion at the other end. The discharge portion is removably attachable to the container to establish fluid communication between the funnel and the container. A cap is provided for removably covering the container opening. Further provided is a base having a top which includes a recess for receiving the closed end of the container to support at least a portion of the container above the base and a chamber with an opening at its lower end. The cap is releasably held within the chamber with the inside of the cap facing the opening.

Abstract: A sealed message carrier for a message written on a piece of paper, including a container having a top and bottom, a teddy bear sealed in the container, a tubular message holder carried in arms of the teddy bear, an opening in the bottom of the container for inserting the message into the holder and a tape for sealing the opening after the message has been inserted therein.

Abstract: A shield device particularly useful in conjunction with a medicine containing vial or ampule to prevent medicine from spraying out of the vial as a hypodermic needle is extracted from the vial seal. The shield device includes a enclosure having a collapsable wall structure. One end of the shield device is formed with an opening for receiving the neck of the vial and sealing around the vial neck. The other end of the shield device from the vial neck receiving opening is formed with an aperture which is covered by a puncturable seal similar to the seal covering the opening into the vial neck. In use, the vial neck is inserted through the opening into the shield. Maintaining the shield device in the collapsed position with the shield seal in overlaying alignment with the vial seal, the needle of a hypodermic syringe is inserted through the shield seal and the vial seal, and into the vial for filling the vial with medicament or extracting medicament from the vial.

Abstract: An elongated baffle having a plurality of apertured damping members connected together to extend radially outwardly of its center which members are coilable so that the baffle can fit through the neck of a canteen with the members then expanding in the canteen to prevent liquid splashing sounds.

Abstract: A sample of blood is divided into a plurality of isolated test chambers. The blood is mixed with additive reagent having previously been measured into each test chamber. A clot detector and analyzer system determines the time required for the blood-reagent mixture in each chamber to form a clot. In a first mode of analyzer system operation there is recorded the time required for a selected number of clots to be detected. A second mode of operation identifies those chambers in which clots have been detected within a specified time interval.

Abstract: A liquid container comprises an outer vessel within which are a plurality of individual liquid holding vessels each one of which has a liquid filling pipe or means and a liquid pouring-out means. Closures for each filling means and for each pouring-out means are provided. The individual inner vessels are spaced apart from each other and from the inner wall of said outer vessel and insulation means is disposed between the inner vessels and the inner surface of the outer vessel. A bail is provided for carrying the liquid container.

Abstract: A medical device employs a first elongated hollow cylinder having a first inner diameter, one end of the first cylinder being open, the other end of the first cylinder removably receiving a hypodermic needle and being otherwise sealed. The device also employs a second elongated hollow cylinder having a second and smaller inner diameter, the first and second cylinders being disposed end to end along a common axis, one end of the second cylinder being open and disposed adjacent the one end of the first cylinder, the other end of the second cylinder being adapted to be detachably engaged by a cylinder engaging member.

Abstract: A single barrel two compartment assembly for medicaments comprising an elongated cylindrical hollow barrel having a normally sealed discharge end, a bypass plunger made of a pliable resilient material having a forward section of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the barrel, means defining a seat in the bypass plunger, a plunger rod having a tip engageable in said seat for actuating said bypass plunger axially in said barrel and seal means for sealing the open end of the said barrel remote from said discharge end, said bypass plunger normally dividing said barrel into a first compartment to one side of the bypass plunger for a powder medicament and a diluent compartment on the opposite side of said bypass plunger, actuation of said bypass plunger in one direction creating internal diluent pressure whereby said diluent bypasses the periphery of said plunger to mix with said powder medicament.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for performing routine urinalysis. A closed integrated system enables the user to do the important variety of tests and steps during each procedure, thereby greatly minimizing the exposure of the user to the undesired contamination from the urine specimen being tested and facilitating the performance of the testing procedure under a shorter timeframe and initiating lesser laboratory wares expenditure. The device is comprised of a clear and transparent tubular container, subdivided into a larger main longitudinal chamber integrated with two adjacent smaller longitudinal chambers therein. One of the smaller longitudinal chambers being calibrated to the equivalence of the routinely accepted specific gravity urinometer (hydrometer) and, inside this chamber is a small flotation component for determining the specific gravity of the urine specimen trapped therein.

Abstract: Two embodiments of a compartmented storage container for liquids or foods. In both embodiments, the containers have two identical juxtaposed cylindrical body members with insulated walls, open base ends and dispensing openings closed by a removable insulated closure. The open base ends are interconnected by a medial connector with an insulated annular flange. In one embodiment, for storing two different liquids or foods in one container, the medial connector is closed. In the other embodiment, for storing one liquid or food in one container, the medial connector is open.

Abstract: An integrated contact lens and maintenance kit carrying apparatus for the portable facilitated storage and carrying of a user's contact lenses as well as a plurality of fluids normally utilized with such contact lenses. Two lens storage elements are operably connected with a plurality of fluid containers into an overall thin substantially cylindrical elongated configuration. The peripheral portions of the fluid containers and lens storage modules form the substantially cylindrical configuration of the apparatus periphery. The device includes indicia means associated with the lens storage modules and the fluid containers for facilitated identification and selection of the fluids or lens eyes associated therewith.

Abstract: A compartmented container suited for use in conjunction with administering the sacramental elements during a communion service and for taking medication and like substances comprising a body member having first and second ends and a side wall portion extending therebetween, a central opening extending through the body member, a floor disposed at an intermediate location along the side wall portion and extending across the central opening separating the body member into first and second compartments, the first compartment being substantially cup-like in form to hold a liquid therein, a closed wall member extending from the floor member into the second compartment forming a cavity therewithin for receiving and storing a communion wafer, a pill or tablet, or other non-liquid substance therein, the closed wall member being spaced inwardly from the side wall portion of the body member forming a space therebetween, and a separate closure member slidably receivable within the second compartment including a closed wa

Abstract: The tumbler according to the invention comprises a recipient in the form of a glass whose bottom is provided with an axial tube in which is screwed the open base of a sleeve containing a flask, the opening of the latter being hermetically applied against a seal. When this sleeve is unscrewed, the contents of the flask mix with those of the glass. Other variants are possible according to the invention.

Abstract: An improved stick constructed of multiple section assemblies which are removably interconnectable with connector assemblies. The section assemblies each have storage compartments which are adapted for storing items. Each section assembly includes a section body and a pair of collars, with each collar being connectable to one end of the section body. The connector assemblies each have a storage compartment which is adapted for storing items.

Abstract: A server for chilled wine and similar beverages or foods includes a generally cylindrically-shaped side wall into which a bottle or other container may be placed. The side wall is constructed of a heat conductive material such as aluminum, copper, alloys thereof, etc., of sufficient thickness to conduct heat as needed in its long direction. The cooler also includes an ice receptacle which holds the ice either in contact with the side wall or an extension or appendage thereof. The side wall acts to present the wine container with a surface which is at or below the temperature of the wine. This substantially eliminates the transfer of heat by radiation to the wine container. The server also minimizes conductive and/or convective heat transfer between the wine bottle and the surroundings. The side wall of the server surrounds at least about one-half of the height of the enlarged part of the bottle being cooled.

Abstract: A magic container for containing beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic drinks. The wall of the container contains a conduit which communicates the interior with the exterior. The inlet port and the outlet port of the conduit are formed at the lower portions of the container. The conduit starts from the inlet port, runs through the rising portion, the uppermost portion and the descending portion, and reaches the outlet port which is located at a position lower than the inlet port. After the use, for example, at a resort, the container can be utilized as a toy to be played with by children or as an implement for scientific experiments.

Abstract: In a flask suitable for tissue or micro-organism culture, having top and bottom walls, a pair of similar side walls, a closed end wall, a second end wall having an opening therein, a tubular open neck in sealing engaged at one end with the second end wall so as to surround the opening therein, and means for sealing the other end of the neck, the improvement which comprises a frangible zone formed on the top wall for access to the interior of the culture flask.

Abstract: A package is provided for cosmetic bottles or the like. The package joins two bottles together one above the other by attachment to the stopper of the lower bottle and the base of the upper bottle. The device comprises a pair of complementary mating bottom shell portions which, when assembled, provide a first cavity for firmly engaging the stopper of the lower bottle and a second overlying cavity for retainably enclosing the base of the upper bottle. The packaging device includes a cap composed of a base element having a cylindrical compartment for receiving the stopper of the upper bottle and a cover plate element enclosing said compartment.

Abstract: A compartmented container ideally suited for use in conjunction with administering the sacramental elements during a communion service and for taking medication and like substances comprising a body member having first and second ends and a closed side wall portion extending therebetween, an opening extending through the body member, a floor disposed at an intermediate location along the side wall portion and extending across the central opening separating the body member into first and second storage compartments, the first compartment being substantially cup-like in form to hold a liquid therein, the second compartment being located below the first compartment for holding a communion wafer, a pill or tablet, or other non-liquid substance therein, and a closure member directly mounted adjacent to the second end of the body member and movable or removable thereon between a first position closing the second compartment and a second position enabling access thereto.

Abstract: System for changing motor oil, consisting of two related containers, one to receive used oil drained from the vehicle, and the other carrying new oil for introduction into the vehicle.

Abstract: A bottle is constructed with separate compartments 4, 5 for different liquids. The neck 2 of the bottle is divided internally by a longitudinally extending partition 3, two sides of the each communicating exclusively with one of the compartments 4, 5.

Abstract: A multi-compartment container includes a molded body and a molded cap secured thereto. The body includes a confining wall forming a space, an internal dividing wall forming separate compartments within the space, and a base. The interface between the dividing wall and an inner side surface of the body defines a fluid seal between the compartments. The dividing wall forms an opening at an upper end of the body which communicates with one of the compartments. The cap is secured to the upper end of the body to form a seal therearound. The cap includes a first port aligned with the opening in the dividing wall to form a passage therewith, and a second port communicating with the other compartment. A compressible endless seal ring is mounted in a groove in either the cap or the dividing wall to form a seal around the passage at the interface between the first port and the opening when the cap is installed onto the body portion.

Abstract: A closure structure for a two-compartment vial or container wherein a lyophilized medication is contained in one compartment and a solvent is contained in the other compartment. A displaceable, moisture-proof plug is removably disposed within a constriction between the two compartments. The closure structure includes a stopper which is partially inserted into the neck of the vial and a cap having a portion for fastening the cap to the vial neck. The cap has a cup portion of reduced diameter which snugly surrounds the protruding portion of the stopper and is disconnectible from the fastening portion in order to move with the protruding portion of the stopper into the neck of the vial under manually applied pressure. The cup portion is then removed so that the needle of a syringe can be inserted through the stopper to communicate with the interior of the vial.

Abstract: A survival canteen is disclosed which has a substantially microwave transparent vessel for holding liquid. The vessel has internal microwave-reflective baffles which divide the vessel into chambers. Openings between the chambers allow damped fluid flow therebetween. The baffles are positioned to define at least one corner reflector so as to provide a highly reflective radar target.

Abstract: A container providing for the separate storage of two materials and the admixing of the materials upon opening of the container. A main container holds a quantity of a first material, such as carbonated water, and a separate compartment holds a small quantity of a second material, such as a dipeptide sweetener flavoring. The disclosure provides several embodiments of the invention wherein a bottle has a compartmented closure applied as a cap thereto. The closure incorporates a compartment, which may be substantially cylindrically shaped, for the second material, and has a flexible top wall and a releasable bottom wall which is positioned within the neck of the bottle.

Abstract: A device for extemporaneously preparing under sterile conditions a solution and dispensing carefully dosed amounts of the solution, is disclosed, wherein the container for the solvent is sealingly closed by an upwardly recessed capsule provided with an axially-extending, substantially cylindrical body the outwardly projecting end whereof is shaped as a piercing tip and having therein two parallel, adjacent passages. The opposite outlets of one passage are offset to the corresponding outlets of the adjacent passage.

Abstract: A container is provided with two chambers, each with a mechanism for expressing its contents toward an outlet neck. The neck mounts a captive cap with an opening through its end wall. A web which longitudinally divides the outlet neck, has an outer tip which is positioned to clean out and close the cap opening as a collar which encircles the captive cap is rotated to axially move the captive cap further onto the container. Rotation of the collar in the angularly opposite sense axially projects the cap so that container contents moving out the neck in the individual lumens can mix where the lumens merge and flow out together through the captive cap outer end opening.

Abstract: A container assembly comprising one large and two smaller containers, two opposed wall portions of the large container having cavities therein which receive in sliding relation the smaller containers, respectively. The exposed surfaces of the smaller containers blend with the adjacent surfaces of the wall portions thereby to provide an uninterrupted surface contour on the containers so assembled. The cavities provide indentations by means of which the larger container may be conveniently manually grasped.

Abstract: A container providing for the separate storage of two materials and the admixing of the materials upon opening of the container. A main container holds a quantity of a first material, such as carbonated water, and a separate compartment holds a small quantity of a second material, such as a dipeptide sweetener flavoring. The disclosure provides several embodiments of the invention wherein a bottle has a compartmented closure applied as a cap thereto. The closure incorporates a compartment, which may be substantially cylindrically shaped, for the second material, and has a flexible top wall and a releasable bottom wall which is positioned within the neck of the bottle.