Abstract: A card holder that includes a body defining an inner cavity with a front opening and at least one back opening. The inner cavity is limited by an upper plate, a lower plate, and two side walls. The upper plate bifurcates towards the back opening into first and second subplates that are separated from one another along the two side walls by a gap shaped as a pocket which houses ends of the multiple slidable card actuators of the holder. Long arms of the actuators are rested on the upper surface of the second subplate, while short arms are disposed below the second subplate. The body is preferably monolithic, and in one case at least one support element may be permanently affixed to the second subplate and/or the lower plate. When such support element(s) is affixed to both, the misalignment of the elements of the body and/or breakage thereof is substantially eliminated.

Abstract: A container system may include a vessel with a cavity for storing foodstuff and/or small items, and a cover for sealing the contents of the vessel. The cover may be reconfigurable from a first configuration to be transversely slid along a channel formed on an upper edge of the vessel and a second configuration to seal the vessel when positioned over the cavity. The cover may include a lid and an actuator to reconfigure the cover. The actuator may include an actuator plate and a plurality of struts arranged between the actuator plate and the lid. When the lid is positioned over the cavity, the actuator plate may be urged in a vertically upward direction relative to the vessel by the struts, to seal the lid against the vessel.

Abstract: A dome cover assembly for automatically opening and closing a through-opening. The dome cover includes at least one reach-around element on one of a cover and flange. The reach-around element at least partially encloses, in a first rotational position, the other of the cover and the flange on a side facing away from the first element. The other of the cover and flange has a recess and, in the first rotational position, the reach-around element engages behind the recess in a first distanced position of the cover and the flange. The reach-around element does not engage behind the recess in a second closer position of the cover and the flange.

Abstract: Provided is an on-vehicle storage device 1 that includes: a storage box 2 including a box body 20 having a storage space 21 and having an upward-facing opening 22, and a box peripheral portion 25 disposed at a peripheral edge of the opening 22; and a design panel 3 disposed on an upper side of the storage box 2 and having a window portion 32 facing the opening 22, and a design window frame portion 35 that is disposed at a peripheral edge of the window portion 32 and that faces the box peripheral portion 25. The design window frame portion 35 and the box peripheral portion 25 are slidable relative to each other in a first direction intersecting an up-down direction while engaging with each other. The storage box 2 and the design panel 3 are combined with each other by sliding in the first direction.

Abstract: A refrigeration device capable of chilling beverage ingredients and accessories is disclosed. The refrigeration device may include a first compartment that defines a first open top area, a second compartment that defines a second open top area, and a wall disposed between the first and second compartments. The refrigeration device may further include a controller configured to control the temperature in at least one of the first and second compartments, a temperature regulator configured to adjust a thermal communication between the first and second compartments, and a lid assembly movable between an opened and a closed position.

Abstract: A feeder cover for a paintball loader with fins that allow paintballs to enter, but not exit, the paintball loader. The feeder cover can easily clip in and out of a spring-loaded hinge of the paintball loader. Additionally, the feeder cover has an open and closed position. When the feeder cover is in the closed position, the feeder cover covers an opening of the paintball loader. The feeder cover has an opening that is partially blocked by fins. The fins of the feeder cover may have spring-loaded hinges that allow the fins to go from a closed position to an open position. Paintballs traveling into the paintball loader may push the fins from the closed position to the open position. The fins are individually removable and replaceable.

Abstract: A chafing dish, including a basin including a well to store items therein, the basin comprising a lower groove forming portion disposed on at least a portion of the basin, a retractable lid disposed on at least a portion of a top surface of the basin to retract to an open position to open access to the well, and to expand to a closed position to close access to the well, the retractable lid including a body to cover the well when the retractable lid is in the closed position, an edge side disposed at a first end of the retractable lid to contact a first side of the top surface of the basin, and a weighted bar disposed at a second end of the retractable lid to slide toward the edge side to open access to the well and to slide away from the edge side to close access to the well, a top rim to cover at least a portion of an outer surface of the retractable lid, the top rim comprising an upper groove-forming portion to be affixed to the lower groove-forming portion to create bar-sliding grooves disposed at side po

Abstract: A lock apparatus includes a carrier and lid, the carrier being adapted to receive bank notes and having side portions into which the lid can be slid to prevent access to the bank notes in the carrier. The side portions of the carrier having mechanisms for engaging with side portions of the lid. The lid has a leading edge including a first member shaped to form an irreversible lock with a correspondingly shaped second member on the carrier. One of the first and second members includes a male member and the other of the first and second members includes a female member.

Abstract: The present embodiments describe an insulated drinking vessel and a multifunction lid. In an embodiment, the drinking vessel can be configured to receive a multifunction lid. The multifunction lid may, in one embodiment, include a first opening having a first cover. The first cover is movably disposed on the lid in at least a first and second position, where the first opening is larger when the first cover is in its first position than when in its second position. In an embodiment, the multifunction lid may additionally include a second opening for drinking or sipping directly through the lid. In an embodiment, the lid may include a second cover for covering the second opening in a first position and for allowing access to the fluid through the second opening in a second position. In an embodiment, liquid in said container dispenses more rapidly from the second opening when the first cover is in its first position than when in its second position.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a support defining a slot, a casing defining a receiving hole, and a locking assembly for detachably connecting the casing to the support. The locking assembly includes a connection member received in the receiving hole and a locking member connected to and rotatable together with the connection member. The locking member is rotatable to a position where the locking member engages the slot, thereby fixing the casing to the support.

Abstract: A lid for a drink cup has a cover, and a slider, the slider engaged in sliding motion on the top of a disc of the cover. The disc has an aperture spaced apart from a flap. The slider is able to move to a position covering the aperture so as to prevent liquid from exiting the drink cup and, the slider is also able to move to a position to uncover the aperture to allow liquid to exit the drink cup. When the slider is positioned over the flap, the flap is forced to open slightly to allow air to enter the drink cup for venting action.

Abstract: The invention is generally applicable to a container. More specifically, the invention is applicable to a container for the collection, storage and transport of waste and refuse material, such as food grease generated by restaurants, schools, hospitals, grocery stores, hotels and other institutions that generate waste food grease.

Abstract: A transportable tool box comprising a large compartment configured with upright extending side walls defining a top opening of the large compartment configured with a locomotive arrangement, and two compartmented covers slidingly displaceable over the top opening of the large compartment between a closed position wherein the covers coextend and cover the top opening, and an open position wherein the two covers are displaced away from one another and expose the large compartment to allow access thereto. A locking arrangement is provided for arresting the compartmented covers at the closed position.

Abstract: A hingeless door system for a pressure vessel; especially, aeronautic and astronautic crafts. The door system has the following major components: a contour in a pressure vessel wall, a doorway opening, a seal, an upper track, a lower track and a door. The door translocates laterally along the tracks from an open position to a closed position and moves radially along the tracks to a sealed position against the contour which closes the door opening. The problem solved by the invention is to reduce weight, operational volume and complexity and increase durability of a door system for a pressure vessel.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a hinged closure (1) preferably molded in a closed position. The closure has a base (2) and a lid (3) interconnected to the base by a hinge arrangement (4). A latching mechanism (15) holds the closure (1) in position with respect to a neck (12) and prevents unwanted opening.

Abstract: A housing for an electronic device includes a housing body and a cover. The housing body includes a base wall and a first surrounding wall projecting from the base wall. The first surrounding wall has an end face that is a first inclined surface of a surrounding shape. The cover covers the housing body, and includes a cover plate and a second surrounding wall projecting from the cover plate. The second surrounding wall has an end face that is a second inclined surface of a surrounding shape in tight engagement with the first inclined surface so that the second surrounding wall and the first surrounding wall cooperatively define an airtight space. At least one of the first and second surrounding walls is a water-proof component made of an elastic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container, in particular for a fluid product, with a first part having an outlet opening, and with a second part having a carrier section, which carries a closing surface, wherein said first part and said second part are arranged movably against each other at least between a first position and a second position, and wherein, in said first position, said outlet opening is closed by said closing surface, while, in said second position, the outlet opening is open, wherein the first part confines a first cavity, through which the product can be transferred out of the container to the outlet opening and said carrier section, in said second position, is arranged at least partially within said first cavity. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing said closure.

Abstract: A device for dispensing fluid substances, preferably creams, including a container with which a cap is associated formed from an inner body seal inserted into the mouth and an outer body superposed on the inner body. The outer body presenting elements for its coupling to the container which enable it to undergo axial translation relative to the inner body, from which an elongated appendix projects presenting apertures for dispensing the product. The cap is operable between a closed position and a dispensing position. The container is provided with at least one abutment adapted to oppose a counter-abutment provided on the inner body to prevent the inner body from rotating relative to the container to define the dispensing position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a container comprising a lid and a base. The lid has a top surface and a side wall all about the perimeter of the top surface. The side wall has a lip which may be formed from a rolled edge. The base has a bottom surface and a side wall. The side wall further includes a plurality of tapered sections, a plurality of retention bumps, and a plurality of pivot bumps. The lid is adapted to fit over the base such that the rolled edge abuts underneath the retention bumps and pivot bumps securing the lid in place when the container is closed. The rolled edge of the lid pivots about and slides along the pivot bumps when the container is in an open position to create an opening for accessing contents of the container.

Abstract: An apparatus for storage and transport of documents such as bank notes, visa slips, gift tokens, checks and the like is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a frame spanned by flexible material and a cover plate slideable therealong to close the frame, the cover plate having a leading edge comprising a first member shaped to form an irreversible lock with a correspondingly shaped second member on the frame.

Abstract: A metal container having a metal and a metal bottom that slide relative to one another along a sliding axis is provided. The metal container includes a plastic lid insert attached to the metal lid and a plastic bottom insert attached to the metal bottom that operably couple the metal lid to the metal bottom and provide the structures allowing for a relative sliding motion between the metal lid and the metal bottom.

Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.

Abstract: A ballot receptacle is provided with frame having an opening through which ballots are deposited into a receptacle and a sliding closure cooperating with the frame to seal the opening. A tamper evident seal is used to lock the closure in a sealed arrangement and thereby secure the ballots in the receptacle.

Abstract: A burial casket shaped as a capsule opened by sliding two (2) halves of the capsule lid outwardly, thereby allowing the option of a half-open, fully-open, or fully-closed configuration. The capsule lids would be provided a securing means to prevent inadvertent opening and carrying handles would be provided. These features provide for a casket that is of a lower cost and smaller size, yet still provides a respectful viewing means for the deceased.

Abstract: A trash dumpster and covering combination assembly includes a container with a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the container. The perimeter wall includes a rear wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a front wall. A pair of guides is provided. Each of the guides is attached to the upper edge of the perimeter wall and each of the first and second lateral walls has one of the guides attached thereto. A cover is slidably mounted to the container by the guides. The cover is positionable in a closed position extending from the back wall to the front wall or slid toward the back wall to expose the opening.

Abstract: A container includes: a container body that is to be inserted into the device, and that has a port; and a pair of support members arranged so that the support members face each other across the port, that supports a cover for covering the port, the cover including: a covering portion that covers the port; a pair of supported members that are supported by the support members; and a pair of connecting portions arranged so that the connecting portions face each other, that connects the covering portion and the supported members, and at least one of the connecting members being configured so that the connecting member becomes narrow as an outside surface of the connecting member tapers towards its inside surface at an end of the container body inserted into the device.

Abstract: An exemplary lockable package holds a sliding element within a lockable sleeve. The sleeve comprises a base and a top. The base includes a release button defined by a release surround and a hinge that connects the release button to the base. The release button also includes a free end. Pushing inwardly on the release button urges the free end inwardly to disengage a locked sliding element. The sliding element comprises a sliding base, a sliding top, and an article cover that spans the primary containers. For example, the primary containers are pouches that hold consumable articles, such as vitamins, or personal care articles, such as contact lenses.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic device including: a housing included in an exterior package; and a plate-like cover that is provided for one face of the housing and is movable between a close position and an open position. The one face includes an open/close face and a non-open/close. The open/close face is hidden by the cover at a close position of the cover and is exposed from the cover at an open position of the cover. The non-open/close face is exposed from the cover at the close position of the cover and is hidden by the cover at the open position of the cover. A support mechanism is provided to movably support the cover between the close position and the open position. The non-open/close face protrudes frontward from the face for a thickness of the cover in comparison with the open/close face.

Abstract: A cigarette box has a box body (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and a slide lid (6) attached to cover an upper portion of the box body (2), where the slide lid (6) is allowed to reciprocate along the breadth of the box body (2) to open and close the access opening (4).

Abstract: A tamper-evident enclosure for the storage and transport of bank notes comprises a frame spanned by a membrane of elasticated material. The frame is located in the top of an open-topped container and bank notes are pushed through the frame, deflecting flaps, until the membrane is fully distended. A cover plate is then slid through channels on opposite sides of the frame to close the “bag”. When the “bag” is fully closed a tongue at the leading end of the cover plate enters a hollow formation at the trailing end of the frame. Either the tongue has fins which dig into the interior of the hollow formation, or the channels and opposite sides of the cover plate have saw-tooth formations permitting movement of the cover plate only in one direction. By either arrangement the cover plate can only be removed from the frame by first breaking off the tongue and bending down the hollow formation.

Abstract: A windshield wiper package for containing a windshield wiper includes a front portion having a recess for receiving the windshield wiper, a back portion connected to the front portion for containing the windshield wiper within the recess, and an opening disposed in the back portion to allow loading or unloading of the windshield wiper. The opening is sized such that a length of the opening is less than about one-third of a length of the wiper package. A door is slidingly received by the back portion such that the door can be moved between an open position and a closed position. Complimentary detents and indentations are provided for securing the door in the open position or the closed position, the detents being positioned on one of the back portion and the door, and the indentations being positioned on another of the back portion and door.

Abstract: A banknote transporter includes a carrier and a lid. The carrier is adapted to receive bank notes and has side channels into which the lid can be slid to prevent access to the bank notes in the carrier. The side channels of the carrier engage with side portions of the lid, at least a component of the engagement providing resistance to or permanent indication of flexure or relative separation of the lid and carrier in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A storage bin assembly has a container base with a front, a back, a bottom, a perimeter side wall extending up from the bottom, and a storage space above the bottom within the side wall. A base lid is positioned over a top of the storage space. An access opening into the storage space is positioned near the front of the container base. A cover is selectively movable relative to the lid between a closed position closing off the access opening and two optional open positions. One of the positions is a rear position rearward of the access opening and the other of the positions is a front position forward of the access opening. Each optional open position exposes the storage space through the access opening.

Abstract: A reclosable lid (10) for a container holding a flowable substance has a cover (12) having an opening (28) and a moveable element (850) connected to the cover (12). The moveable element (850) is moveable between at least one open position, wherein the flowable substance may flow through the opening, and at least one closed position, wherein the opening is obstructed. In some embodiments, the lid (10) may include an overlay (250) moveable between at least one open position and at least one closed position.

Abstract: A candle box for storing individual candles and candle accessories. The box includes a housing with a top opening, a tray for storing candle accessories that fits within the top opening of the housing, and a slidable lid for covering the tray. The housing has a bottom and four side walls that define the top opening. The tray has a bottom integral with four tray side walls that, when placed within the opening of the housing, engage the interior surface of housing side walls to create an airtight enclosure. The lid has a top cover and three side walls, two of which are adapted to slidably engage any two opposing side walls of the tray. The top cover includes a snap-lock for engaging one of tray walls when the lid is in the closed position.

Abstract: A container with a selectively engageable cover including a window. A container comprises a base and a cover selectively engageable with the base. The cover includes a window that covers an opening in the cover that may permit viewing at least a portion of the interior of the container while the cover is engaged with the base. The cover comprises a cover assembly that includes a first layer and a second layer of material joined together. The opening is covered by a sheet of material comprising the window. The window is positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material to form a composite cover assembly.

Abstract: A sliding cover includes an outside plate, a structural member fixed to the rear face of the outside plate, a movable holding member disposed between the outside plate and the structural member, and a toggle disposed between the holding member and the outside plate or the structural member. The holding member includes two parallel racks and guiding portions disposed at both end portions and extending in the same direction as the racks. The holding member includes a holding plate; an even number of pinions meshed with each other and supported by the holding plate so as to be rotatable; and guiding components supported by the holding plate. The pinions, disposed between the guiding components, are meshed with the racks, and the guiding components are engaged with the guiding portions so as to be slidable. The biasing direction in which the toggle biases the holding member is reversed substantially at the midpoint of the movable range of the holding member.

Abstract: A clear, lockable, sealable container for the storage of controlled substances in ambulances and other emergency medical vehicles, allowing paramedics and other emergency medical personnel to inspect and inventory readily the pharmaceuticals in the container without opening, unlocking, or breaking the seal on the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally a platform and multiple box case for housing electronic and acoustical equipment for stationary and transitional operations, and more particularly to offer an apparatus for safely and adjustably providing an upper platform mated to the upper and lower boxes of the multiple box case. Traditional types of cases and racks are suitable for typical audio gears in the DJ field. However, more users of such boxes are using laptop computers and other accessories. Yet, such users are discovering that traditional boxes lack the space for such devices on the typical cases that they are currently utilizing. The present invention provides a solution for the placement of additional gears in a variably slidable platform without taking any more space than in typical DJ boxes.

Abstract: A door shutter is disposed in a device having an opening, and side portions for defining the opening. The other side of the opening extends higher than the one side. Guide grooves are formed along the side portions. The shutter includes main bodies bendable in a sliding direction for opening and closing the opening on the device, and projecting portions projecting from lateral sides of the main bodies in a width direction thereof and slidably engaging the guide grooves. The main body has first and second sides corresponding to the one and the other sides of the device. The wall thickness at the second side is thicker than that at the first side corresponding to the other side to form a substantially uniform surface from the one to the other sides through the main bodies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container for storing and providing stacked film-like or sheet-like materials. The container is comprised of a pan, which accommodates the stacked materials and has a bottom and closed lateral walls joined thereto, and of a tightly sealing cover that at least partially encloses said pan. To this end, the cover is provided in the form of a slide cover. Both sides of the pan and of the slide cover are provided, parallel to their longitudinal direction, with parallel guide elements. All lateral walls of the pan have, up to the slide cover, a closed pan sealing surface that encircles the pan opening. The slide cover encompasses, at least in part or in areas, three lateral walls and the bottom or corresponding guide elements of the pan, whereby two of these lateral walls are oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction. A cover sealing surface is provided in the slide cover and rests upon the pan sealing surface when the container is closed.

Abstract: A cover device or the storing of an object, comprising a cover moulding/housing/case and a drawer movable in the cover moulding, in which, with the drawer in its closed/pushed-in position, a sealing hook connected to the drawer bears lockingly against a breakable sealing bow connected to the cover moulding. The drawer includes a main plate extending inwards into the cover moulding and a pivotable deflecting plate extending outwards, elastically connected to the main plate.

Abstract: A metal slide lid for a container which is formed from a metal blank, but in which substantially all of the raw metal edges of the blank are shielded by formed shapes. A pair of rolled rails depend from the top portion, are spaced by a sufficient distance to accept a container on which the lid is to slide, and the rolls are such that the raw metal edge is shielded within the roll. The non-rolled portions of the container, particularly the front edge which can be engaged by the fingers, is formed into a tight safety hemmed edge.

Abstract: A cabinet for air handling equipment includes a door assembly having features such as inner and outer door panels being held together and sealed by double-sided tape, which acts as a thermal break, a latch that prevents a door gasket from being crushed due to positive or negative air pressure within the cabinet, and a doorframe that is easy to assemble and install for either right-hand or left-hand swinging doors. To assemble adjacent pieces of the doorframe, sheet metal tabs of one piece are inserted into slits of the other piece. The tabs are then twisted to hold the adjacent pieces of the doorframe together.

Abstract: A receptacle includes a box member having an opening, a guide rail extending along the opening, a flexible sliding lid sliding in the guide rail, a housing portion provided at an end of the box member for storing the sliding lid, and a drive device provided at the end of the housing portion for opening or closing the sliding lid. When the sliding lid is opened or closed, the sliding lid is pulled in a traveling direction of the sliding lid, and the sliding lid can be opened smoothly.

Abstract: A storage box including a body, a lid and an arm member. The body is provided with a storage portion and a guide portion. The lid is provided with a sliding portion engaged with and directed by the guide portion. The arm member is held rotatably by the body at a first end thereof, and is held rotatably by the lid at a second end thereof. This construction accommodates various loads or forces applied to the lid during opening and closing, thereby decreasing overall strain upon the storage box and eliminating the need to reinforce the body, the lid and the arm member. The result is a functionally simplified yet strengthened storage box capable of being manufactured at reduced costs.

Abstract: A box includes a box body and a cover that is mounted slidably on an open distal end of the box body and that is formed with a pair of slits and an elastic arm between the slits. The elastic arm has a free end with a hook that is elastically engageable with the open distal end of the box body so that disengagement of the hook from the open distal end of the box body can be performed using only one hand.

Abstract: Smoking articles, such as filter cigarettes, are packaged in a metal box which is curved to a shape that conforms to the curvature of the human body so that the box can be comfortably carried in a shirt or pant pocket. The metal box comprises a lid and a five-sided tray each of which has rolled lips which interengage to mechanically and slidably retain the lid to the tray. The lid covers the open front of the tray and is slidable along an arcuate path corresponding to the radius of curvature of the lid to selectively open or close the front of the tray. The metal box is sealed with a shrinkable band, further packaged in a paperboard box and overwrapped with a polymeric film having a tear tape. The package is unique and attractive and provides several product differentiation features.

Abstract: A two-piece container for mints or similar tablet type contents in which base and cover elements are arranged for relative sliding movement in opened and closed condition and are of curvate configuration so as to approximately conform to the figure of a user when the device is disposed in a side pocket of a jacket or similar garment. The cover element is configured such that the upper surface and the lower surface of the base element are exposed for contact between the thumb and fingers of a user, thus permitting the opening and closing of the container using the thumb and fingers of a single hand.

Abstract: A workpiece handling system with dual load locks, a transport chamber and a process chamber. Workpieces may be retrieved from one load lock for processing at vacuum pressure, while workpieces are unloaded from the other load lock at the pressure of the surrounding environment. The transport chamber has a transport robot with two arms. Processed workpieces and new workpieces may be exchanged by a simple under/over motion of the two robot arms. The transport robot rotates about a central shaft to align with the load locks or the process chamber. The robot may also be raised or lowered to align the arms with the desired location to which workpieces are deposited or from which workpieces are retrieved. The two load locks may be positioned one above the other such that a simple vertical motion of the robot can be used to select between the two load locks. The two load locks and transport robot allow almost continuous processing.