Abstract: The disclosure provides a cover assembly and a packaging box, wherein the cover assembly comprises: a shield provided with an opening; a sliding cover slidably arranged on the shield; a lid located between the shield and the sliding cover and rotatably connected to the shield, so that the opening can be opened or closed under the drive of the sliding cover. The cover assembly provided by the disclosure can directly drive the lid to move by means of the sliding cover during the sliding process, so that the lid can open or close the opening, with the whole structure being small and delicate, easy to operate for the user, and at the same time reducing the cost of the cover assembly to ensure the storage of stuff inside the box body of the packaging box.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a mess kit includes a container assembly having a lid portion and a container, each of the lid portion and container including handle portions having apertures that align when the lid portion is connected to the container. In some embodiments, a tether device is provided to connect the lid portion to the container, as well as to releasably connect one or more utensil devices, or utensil assemblies to the container assembly. Also, the utensil assembly can include a first utensil and second utensil connectable together in a first mode, and second mode, with each mode of connection involving inserting a portion of the first utensil into a sheath member of the second utensil.

Abstract: A protective packaging (2) for an object (4) including: a sheath (6) and an element (8) for supporting the object (4) configured to slide in the sheath (6), characterised in that the element (8) for supporting the object (4) comprises two hollow holding elements (12A, 12B) connected to each other by at least one hinge and at least one of the two hollow holding elements (12A, 12B) has an imprint configured to enclose at least a portion of the object (4) by interlocking.

Abstract: A backward-folded opening-resistant container structure includes first and second casing members combinable with each other. The first casing member has an outer side to which a foldable member that includes an insertion trough and an engaging member is connected. The second casing member includes a grip portion having a notch. A break-away unit includes a planar portion connected to the notch by means of a perforation line and a fastening portion in the form of a hollow cylindrical body having an end formed with an opening connected to the planar portion. The insertion trough and the fastening portion are combinable with each other, and the foldable member is foldable to have the engaging member inserted into the opening. When the first casing member and the second casing member are separated, the perforation line is broken and the break-away unit detaches from the second casing member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective case for an insulin infusion set that can be used by diabetics to store the needle or needle and hub of an insulin infusion set when removed from the body to participate in various activities throughout the day. The insulin infusion set includes a first half shell and a second half shell connected together by a hinge and a port on its front side which allows a cannula or tube to pass through into the interior of the case to store the needle or needle and hub inside the case when in a closed configuration. The main body portion of the protective case and the port of the protective case may be various sizes and shapes as disclosed herein. The protective case may also be attached to an insulin pump housing or case through various means as disclosed herein.

Abstract: A closure container that can house a preset drug applicator in an easily accessible manner with tamper evidencing means. The closure container contains a plurality of dosing ribs and a retainer to retain the syringe in a preset dosage amount and preferably has a window to view the barrel of the syringe.

Abstract: A display device is provided and includes display panel; case provided at back surface of display panel; and flexible wiring board including first end connected to display panel and curved along outer surface of case, flexible wiring board comprising sheet-shaped substrate having first surface that is flat and second surface opposite to first surface, conductive layer formed on first surface of substrate and constituting wires, and protective layer overlaid on conductive layer and substrate, and substrate comprising first portion including first end joined to display panel, second portion including second end opposite to first end, and third portion provided between first portion and second portion, thickness of part of third portion is smaller than thickness of first portion and thickness of second portion, flexible wiring board is curved at third portion.

Abstract: A closure container that can house a preset drug applicator in an easily accessible manner with tamper evidencing means. The closure container contains a plurality of dosing ribs and a retainer to retain the syringe in a preset dosage amount and preferably has a window to view the barrel of the syringe.

Abstract: A roller case (10) includes a first case body (11) and a second case body (12). In a roller-stored state, the case-closed state is kept by the engagement between the first case body (11) and the second case body (12), the roller main body (2) of the roller (1) is contained in the roller-main-body containing space (46), being spaced from the first case body (11) and the second case body (12), the one end and the other end of the rotation shaft (3) of the roller (1) are clamped in the axis crossing direction and held between the first support portions (25) of the first case body (11) and the second support portions (42) of the second case body (12), and the entire roller (1) is covered with the first case body (11) and the second case body (12).

Abstract: A tool box includes a first part and a second part, and the first and second parts are pivotably connected to each other by a pivotal portion located at the first side of each of the first and second parts. A locking assembly is connected to the second side of each of the first and second parts. The pivotal portion includes two blocks on the first part and each block has a pivot extending therefrom. The second part has two rails and two slides are slidably along the two rails. Each slide has a groove in which the rail is slidably received. Each slide has a passage, and each of the pivots is removably inserted into the passage corresponding thereto to easily assemble or dis-assemble the first and second parts.

Abstract: A covered container manufacturing device for manufacturing a resin covered container that includes: a container main body; an outer cover portion that opens and closes the container main body; and a hinge portion that couples the container main body with the outer cover portion, and wherein the container main body, the outer cover portion and the hinge portion are integrally formed, the covered container manufacturing device including: an angle regulator that regulates a relative angle of the outer cover portion with respect to the container main body to a predetermined angle of less than 180 degrees, wherein the angle regulator comprises: a heater that comprises a heating portion that generates heat and heats the hinge portion; and a bender that bends the outer cover portion relative to the container main body at the heated hinge portion, wherein the heater heats inside of the hinge portion.

Abstract: A system and method for storing, shipping, and displaying produce in a box which has a tamper-evident closure. The box may be formed of folded cardboard and a transparent plastic lid which engages top edges of the box. The lid has a plurality of tabs around its periphery that may be bent and inserted into slots or notches formed in the box edges, and then expand to a larger relaxed size. The slots or notches have perforated lines enabling the lid to be ripped upward to open the box, thus indicating that the container has been tampered with.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a produce container which includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle has a mouth circumscribed by a rim which has a first flange. The lid is releasably attachable to the receptacle to close off the mouth. The lid has a skirt portion adapted to interact with the rim of the receptacle to retain the lid on the receptacle and a second flange projecting from the skirt portion of the lid. One or more selected members of the produce container include reinforcing means.

Abstract: An airbag housing with a receiving space for a gas generator and an airbag, wherein the receiving space is confined at least by a bottom, side walls, and end walls connecting the side walls, and wherein a fastening section projects from at least one of the walls enabling the airbag housing to be fastened to a vehicle. The bottom, the side walls, the end walls, and the fastening section are formed from a single sheet metal blank.

Abstract: A packing member includes a first recessed portion, a second recessed portion, a first flange connected to the first recessed portion at a first end, and a second flange connected to the second recessed portion at a first end. The first flange includes at least one first bent portion protruding in a direction intersecting a joined surface at which part of the first flange and part of the second flange are joined. When at least one of a second end of the first flange and a second end of the second flange is in contact with a surface other than the packing member, the second end of the first flange and the second end of the second flange can be moved along the surface.

Abstract: A flexible package for an associated food item is disclosed. The package includes a wall forming an inner cavity and having a first, closed end a second, open end. The wall includes first and second sidewall portions and a flexible interconnecting third sidewall portion. A support rib extends into the cavity and is dimensioned to support the associated food item in the cavity in spaced relation with the wall. By pressing inwardly on the sidewall portions, the food item is advanced outwardly through the open end of the package.

Abstract: A protective enclosure adapted to hold a touch screen device and allow operation of both the touch screen and actuators on a side of the device, the enclosure formed of a tray having a rim surrounding an interior device seating surface; a lid having a rim corresponding to the rim of the tray and surrounding a window aperture; a protective membrane having a transparent membrane forming an interior window portion positioned in the viewing aperture of the lid, and a resiliently pliable skirt about the interior window portion, the skirt projecting the interior window portion outwardly of the rim around the aperture of the lid; a continuous pliable seal adapted to be compressible between the corresponding rims of the lid and the tray; and a mechanism for clamping the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray with the pliable seal forming a continuous seal therebetween.

Abstract: A tamper resistant thermoformed container having a tray and a lid, where the tray has an inside shelf between the cavity floor and a second shelf that extends to a cavity rim, where the lid has a sealing slot formed to engage the inside shelf of the tray, and where the lid also has a latching tab formed to fit into a matching latching hole on the tray. This structure keeps the lid on the tray by a combination of friction between the lid sealing slot and the tray inside shelf, plus interference between the latching tab and the latching hole.

Abstract: A container includes a base having a base peripheral portion and a lid having a lid peripheral portion. The lid peripheral portion is mountable to the base peripheral portion to mount the lid to the base for closing the container. A frangible hinge member pivotably joins the base to the lid. The hinge member includes a base hinge panel joined to the base peripheral portion, and a lid hinge panel joined to the lid peripheral portion. The base and lid hinge panels are pivotally joined together at a pivot region. One of the base hinge panel and the lid hinge panel is separable along a line of weakness into a grasping portion connected to one of the base and the lid, and a flap portion connected to the pivot region.

Abstract: Non-durable self-supporting flexible containers having gradients where at least one of a plurality of physical characteristics that are perceptible via tactile interaction with an exterior surface of the container are varied across the exterior of the container. The flexible containers may permit users to perceive viscosity or relative thermal condition of contained product in discrete zones or regions of the container through one or more outer surface of the container without direct interaction with the product, or vary hardness or softness of the container.

Abstract: A single point hinge and a method of thermoforming a plastic container including a single point hinge include a lid, a tray, a single point hinge connecting the lid and the tray. The single point hinge includes an angle formed by a lid chamfer and a tray chamfer. The single point hinge further includes a lid well adjacent to the lid chamfer and a tray well adjacent to the tray chamfer, and the lid connects to the lid well and the tray connects to the tray well.

Abstract: A packaging box includes a first case. The first case includes a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a mounting wall. The mounting wall includes a receiving chamber configured to receive an electronic device. The bottom wall, the first side wall, and mounting wall are connected to each other. The mounting wall is supported by the bottom wall and the first side wall and forms an acute angle with the bottom wall.

Abstract: A tamper-evident food container includes a container body and a cover respectively having a coupling flange with sealing structure, and the cover has an enlarged surface, a frangible score line, and a pull tab on at least one end of the frangible score line. when the cover fastens to the container body, the plurality of the male engaging members are fixed into the female engaging members and the downward hem is inserted into the recessed portion; when opening the cover, upward pulling the pull tab to tear the frangible score line for detaching the cover from the second enlarged surface. Thus, the present invention ensures the integrity, security, and the ability to maintain high quality the food reserved in the tamper-evident food container.

Abstract: A package (1) of the two-material box type for packaging a product, advantageously a foodstuff, includes an outer envelope (2) which is made up of two envelope parts (5, 6) connected by hinge-forming elements (10) for moving them between—a closed position, so as to jointly define a closed storage volume (1?) intended to contain the product, and—an open position so as to allow access to the storage volume (1?), the two envelope parts (5, 6) being internally covered by one and the same sealed one-piece plastics film (3). The two envelope parts (5, 6) are made up of two separate parts; and the sealed plastics film (3) has an interposed strip (10), extending between the two separate envelope parts (5, 6), so as to form the hinge elements.

Abstract: A novel and unique container of a general clamshell configuration is provided. The hinge of the container of the present invention is particularly unique in that it not only provides a hinged connection between the lid and the base of the container for ease of use by the contents manufacturer during filling but is also breakable in different ways to provide a tamper-evident function without creating small parts that must be disposed of separately from the lid.

Abstract: A clamshell package for supporting an article is provided including a covered manufacturing hinge adapted to divide the clamshell into first and second parts adapted to form a cavity. The first and second parts partially overlap to form a flange adjacent the manufacturing hinge. The second part includes an uncovered operating hinge, about which the second part is adapted to pivot away from the first part to an open position. The clamshell package includes a panel adapted to engage the manufacturing hinge and flange to retain the manufacturing hinge in a folded position, with the panel being spaced from the operating hinge.

Abstract: A device includes at least one built-in flexible portion (1) between two stiffer portions (10) that are made of a stiff composite material, the flexible portion (11) being suitable for forming a flexible hinge and made of a flexible material including a reinforcing armature that includes at least one connecting layer (13) common to the material(s) forming each stiff portion (10). The device has end surfaces (20) that oppose each other when extended, the opposing end surfaces being arranged to be suited to serve as a longitudinal compression abutment while enabling the thus-made hinge to fold back at least in a direction away from the extended state.

Abstract: A carton for multiple beverage containers having a height HC in which the carton has a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, a front and a back panel, and first and second opposed end panels that form a closed carton. The carton has a transport orientation with the carton resting on the bottom panel and containers supported on their ends in an upright position. The carton has a first dispensing configuration in which the carton is resting on one of the front and back panels and the beverage containers are resting on their sides. A hinge on the bottom panel divides the bottom panel into two bottom panel portions. With the carton in the first dispensing configuration and the containers supported on their sides, the two bottom panel portions are in a common plane and the hinge is oriented in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A lunch box assembly having a main housing having a lid rotatably, hingedly attached to a base to provide access to an opened interior of one or more compartments is disclosed. The lid can have ferrously magnetic material and recesses to accept magnets. The magnets can be shaped to fit the recesses. The base can have compartments aligned with corresponding compartments in the lid. The base and the lid can form one or more closed food storage compartments that separate the contents from the neighboring compartments. A latch on the base and lid can produce a clamping force on a small lidded container or containers placed in one or more of the compartments. The clamping force can clamp the lidded container closed and prevent leakage of fluids in the container.

Abstract: A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a flexure channel is defined in each of opposite sides of at least one of the first or second portions, the flexure channels cooperating to define a flexure axis extending through the pair of flexure channels. Thus, embodiments of the present invention may allow at least one of first and second portions of the package assembly to flex about the flexure axis in response to an opening force exerted on the package assembly such that the first and second portions separate in response to the opening force.

Abstract: A plastic container includes a first portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange and a second portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange. The first portion and the second portion define a container volume. The plastic container also includes a hinge joining the peripheral flange of the first portion and the peripheral flange of the second portion. The hinge includes a pivot line and two arcuate segments proximate to respective ends of the pivot line. The pivot line is tangent the peripheral flange of the first portion and tangent to at least a portion of each arcuate segment. The flange of the first portion can extend further than the flange of the second portion proximate each end of the pivot line to create a seamless periphery about the hinge relative to a periphery of the first portion when the container is closed.

Abstract: A child resistant container (10) has a container cavity (20) for the receipt of one or more items to be stored therein. The container cavity (20) is defined by a pair of lids (14, 16) which are hingedly connected to one another. Primary lock means (50) includes a first lock assembly on one lid (14, 16) which engages with a second lock assembly on the other lid (14, 16). A primary lock actuation includes an externally open topped pocket (60) formed in the body of said one lid (14, 16). The pocket (60) has a pocket side wall (62) which is resiliently deflectable from a lock position to an unlock position. The pocket (60) is shaped and sized to permit a finger of an operative to enter the pocket (60) to effect deflection of the pocket side wall (62) to its unlock position.

Abstract: A reclosable package well suited for holding pre-curved beam-type wiper blades in a package cavity formed in a base that releasably engages with a cover via a reclosable closure arrangement that includes an arrangement of bar snaps each formed of a bar with an elongated bulbous head received in a complementarily configured bar snap pocket during package closure. Each bar includes inclined endwalls that facilitate location and entry of the head into a narrower mouth of the pocket until the head is received in a head-anchoring chamber releasably clamping the bar head in place. The closure arrangement can include an interlocking rib-and-channel arrangement having a rib segment extending along a hinge joining the cover to the base and rib sections extending along end flanges and part of an outer flange that stiffen and strengthen the package while guiding bar snaps into snap-fit engagement during package closure.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an upright housing having a uniform cavity and an open top. A flat base of said upright housing defines an enclosure for containing trash. An arcuate door engages with a vertical axis of the upright housing via a hinge. The arcuate door swings about the hinge away from the upright housing. A latch secures said door in a closed position upon closing of said door.

Abstract: A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a flexure channel is defined in each of opposite sides of at least one of the first or second portions, the flexure channels cooperating to define a flexure axis extending through the pair of flexure channels. Thus, embodiments of the present invention may allow at least one of first and second portions of the package assembly to flex about the flexure axis in response to an opening force exerted on the package assembly such that the first and second portions separate in response to the opening force.

Abstract: A tamper-evident rigid plastic food container system wherein the outer periphery of the mating surfaces of the lid and tray are permanently bonded together after the food product has been placed in the tray, a set of perforated rows at an inner periphery, the interconnect of which needs to be torn in order to open the lid. Intentional, inadvertent, or malicious ingress into the container can only be made by tearing at the perforations and thereby evidencing the potential tampering and contamination of the packaging contents. The lid and tray edges may further include mechanical interference fits, including snap-fit grips that may be of the releasably lockable kind to permit sealing, release, and re-sealing multiple times without deterioration in reliability, and which can further prevent or minimize leakage of liquid food product.

Abstract: A wire-operated selective compliance mobile platform (100), in particular for endoscopic surgery devices, obtains a perfect and precise mobility and thus it allows to handle, in the most effective way, the supported instruments, and comprises a mobile surface (1), a connecting base (2) apt to be connected to a flexible tubular duct (4) for endoscopic uses, a plurality of supporting elements (3), apt to permit the motion of said mobile surface (1) relative to said base (2), characterized in that said supporting elements (3) have at least a selective compliance turning pair (31) and a number of joints (32, 34) so as to provide a predetermined number of degrees of freedom to said platform (100), neither determining any over-constraining, nor forcing the system to be deformed in unselected directions, each supporting element (3) being operated by moving means (51, 52) so as to move said mobile surface (1).

Abstract: An impression system is provided for capturing an anatomical impression of an animal. The impression system comprises a foam that substantially retains an impression after application of pressure and subsequent removal of pressure and a case having a recessed area for receiving the foam and a case for retaining the foam therein. The system further comprises a cover having a viewing pane attachable to the case for providing viewing of the foam when closed.

Abstract: A container which includes a base (12) that can hold food and a lid (14) that closes on the base, which clearly indicates if the lid has been opened after a clerk loaded food into the base and closed the lid. The base and lid each have trapping portions (20, 22) and pull-open portions (24, 32) with a tear-tab, or tear-open barrier (80). To close the lid, a clerk projects a tab (30) on the pull-open portion of the lid through a slot (26) in the pull-open portion of the base, and then presses down the entire trapping portion of the lid into the trapping portion of the base. The lid cannot be lifted up because the tear-open barrier (80) forming the top wall of the slot lies over the tab. To open the container, a person must tear the barrier so he/she can pull up the tab 30 and open the lid. The fact that the barrier has been torn is obvious.

Abstract: A tamper evident container includes a first container portion, a second container portion, and a tamper evident closure. The tamper evident closure includes a first snap connected to the first container portion, a second snap connected to the second container portion, a tear strip connected to the second snap, and a third snap connected to the tear strip. In a closed position, the first snap is placed in a cavity in the second snap, the third snap is placed in a cavity in the first snap, and the tear strip faces outward from the taper evident container. The container is opened by removing the tear strip and then separating the first snap from the second snap.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a stand for a cooler containing cooling solution. The cooler further includes an attached flexible tubing outlet for draining the cooling solution through the flexible tube outlet into a medical cuff for reducing swelling of injured tissue. The stand further comprises a cylindrical container with a cavity for receiving through the opened top end of the lateral sidewall the cooler therein. An elongated pedestal is further defined by a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the pedestal is attached underneath the bottom side of the container. The container is supported in an upright position a distance above the surface of the ground. An aperture is located in the lateral side wall for receiving the flexible tubing outlet therethrough.

Abstract: A case is described for use, for example and without limitation, with a nipple shield or nipple protector. The case, which has an interior volume to contain a nipple shield/protector, generally provides a rigid container to protect a nipple shield/protector and to protect it from the environment. Certain embodiments provide rigid container that may be opened to place or remove a nipple shield/protector and closed to hold the shield/protector with a minimal amount of contact. The case may also include ventilation holes to permit drying of the contents of the case.

Abstract: A package has two complementary casing-parts (102,103) having a central, outwards-extending depression (106,107) for accommodating opposite sides of a container C. One of the casing-parts (102) is lined with a super-absorbent material lining (108). The depression in each casing-part is surrounded by a respective surround (109, 110). The surrounds have margins (112,114), which are stepped in the opposite direction from the depressions, i.e. inwards of the closed condition of the package. With the interposition of the lining (108), the margins abut when the casing-parts are closed together.

Abstract: An optional venting container comprises a base and a lid. The lid is releasably latched to the base. The lid comprises at least one veritable area formed therein. The at least one veritable area is adapted to form a vent only upon a user asserting pressure thereon. The lid is made from a polymeric foam.

Abstract: A child-resistant lift-off cap for a container is adapted to be difficult to unseat independently to open the container. An overlay portion associated with the cap is adapted for use to lift the cap from a container to unseat it. The overlay portion has a thumb tab and is deformable to engage and lift the seated cap only when the thumb tab is lifted. The overlay portion raises independently of the cap when the deformable portion is not deformed into engagement with the cap. Alternatively, a lift-top cap having a slot through it, the slot having a first opening near an edge of the cap to be lifted to unseat the cap and a second opening. A slide in the slot has a first end biased to be flush with or recessed into the first opening and a second end biased to normally protrude out of the second opening. The second end of the slide can be depressed against the bias of the slide to displace the first end of the slide out of the first opening to function as a thumb tab to assist in lifting the cap from a container.

Abstract: A container for transporting and storing goods with a container base and at least two foldable sidewalls, wherein the sidewalls, which are foldable on top of one another, are linked to the container base through hinges. Hinge bolt receivers include recesses, so that the hinge bolts are movable in the hinge bolt receivers from a lower end position, in which the folded down sidewall contacts the container base far enough into an upper end position, so that a planar placement of two sidewalls on top of one another is facilitated.

Abstract: There is disclosed a container for receiving and sealing material in an internal cavity. The container is configured to be shiftable about an intermediate hinge portion and provides a dispensation port defined by a frangible connected panel of the container. The panel can be reclosed after initial severing of the frangible connection upon initial opening.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a foldable food tray that includes first and second panels, each having upper and lower surfaces and inner, outer, and side edges. Each panel can also include one or more hinge members and one or more locking members. The hinge member(s) can be operatively coupled to one another to permit the first and second panels to move between a closed position and an open position. The locking member(s) can be configured to releasably lock the first and second panels in the open position, thereby preventing the first and second panels from inadvertently moving from the open position.

Abstract: A clamshell package for supporting an article is provided including a covered manufacturing hinge adapted to divide the clamshell into first and second parts adapted to form a cavity. The first and second parts partially overlap to form a flange adjacent the manufacturing hinge. The second part includes an uncovered operating hinge, about which the second part is adapted to pivot away from the first part to an open position. The clamshell package includes a panel adapted to engage the manufacturing hinge and flange to retain the manufacturing hinge in a folded position, with the panel being spaced from the operating hinge.

Abstract: An open clamshell-type food container is prevented from collapsing by means of a securing tab joined to the side wall of one of the container shells, a side wall joined to the other container shell, the two side walls being in alignment, and the securing tab being affixed to the other side wall.