Abstract: The invention relates to a container made from a material, which is shaped in the fluid state and hardened to a given shape and which is provided for receiving a product or article and has a closure part (4). To simplify the manufacture of the container, the closure part is placed over at least one container wall (1) and is shaped from one piece therewith, so that the closure part is inseparably arranged on the container and is movable in order to remove the content. The container and the closure part are made from the same material.

Abstract: A container with improved crease-crack resistance and a method of making that type of container. The container utilizes a layer of a soft plastic on its exterior to control cracking at outward creases. When the container holds motor oil, the oil itself may plasticize the stiff material on the container's interior to preclude inward crease cracking. In this case, the stiff layer should have a sufficient thickness that an adequate amount of material remains unaffected by the oil and does not lose its rigidity or jeopardize the container's structural integrity. Where the contents do not provide the requisite improvement in inward crease cracking or would completely soften the stiff layer, then the container has a separate, soft, third layer of plastic on the interior of the container. The softness of this layer protects against inward crease cracking. It may also protect the stiff layer from softening by the bottle's contents.

Abstract: A double-walled thermoplastic article includes a double-walled body having inner and outer walls and an insert having visible portions and recessed runner sections. The body includes an insert portion in which its inner and outer walls are contiguous. The insert is attached to the body insert portion such that the visible portions of the insert are exposed and the runner sections are embedded within the insert portion. The article can be produced by a double-walled blow molding process.

Abstract: A system and method for sealing a windshield washer reservoir is illustrated comprising a one-piece molded cap and strap. The one-piece cap and strap comprises integrally molded and mating hinge members which facilitate hingeably mounting the cap onto the strap after they have been separated from each other. This facilitates providing a sealing system and method having some of the advantages of a one-piece molded construction, while at the same time permitting the user to experience the advantages of a two-piece hinge construction. In another embodiment, an integrally molded cam defining a cam surface and a mating engaging surface are provided which cooperate to not only separate the cap from the strap, but also to cause the pin associated with the cap to be guided into the socket such that when the cap is actuated from an open position to a closed position, the integrally molded cap and strap become separated and substantially simultaneously hingeably mounted together.

Abstract: An agricultural container or fruit bin made of plastic has four vertical walls, triangular corner columns and a bottom element. The exteriors of the vertical walls and bottom element have rectangular rib patterns. Openings in the vertical walls and bottom allow for atmospheric circulation. The upper edges of the sides are bowed inward slightly, and the bottom element has a slight inward dome when the bin is empty.

Abstract: A single reel data tape cartridge includes a base and a cover. The base includes a rear wall, two opposing side walls, a front wall, and a lower wall connecting the rear, front, and side walls. The lower wall has an outer surface and an inner surface. A strengthening rib is formed on the inner surface of the lower wall adjacent each of the four corners of the base. The portion of the lower wall on one side of and adjacent the strengthening rib has a groove extending along the length of the strengthening rib. The groove and the adjacent strengthening rib share a common wall.

Abstract: A food container thermoformed from co-extruded polyethylene terephthalate sheet, a portion of which contains a nucleating agent. The food container comprises an opaque or colored tray formed from nucleated polyethylene terephthalate in a crystalline state so that the tray remains rigid at elevated temperatures. The food container also comprises a substantially transparent cover formed from non-nucleated polyethylene terephthalate in an amorphous state. The food container also comprises a hinge that integrally connects the cover to the tray.

Abstract: A food container thermoformed from nucleated polyethylene terephthalate sheet. The food container comprises an opaque or colored tray formed from nucleated polyethylene terephthalate in a crystalline state so that the tray remains rigid at elevated temperatures. The food container also comprises a substantially transparent cover formed from nucleated polyethylene terephthalate in an amorphous state. The food container also comprises a hinge that connects the cover to the tray.

Abstract: A sharps collector comprising a container for holding, storing, and disposing syringes. The sharps collector includes a disposable receptacle and a decorative cover. The receptacle preferably has two elongated apertures and chutes associated with each aperture. The chutes are designed to guide syringes into the receptacle once the syringes pass through an aperture. The chutes also obstruct syringes which are already contained in the receptacle from protruding or re-emerging out of the receptacle. The decorative cover is reusable and fits over and attaches to the receptacle. When the cover is attached to the receptacle, it conceals the apertures and chutes of the receptacle. The cover includes an elongated aperture through which a shuttle is accessed. The shuttle directs syringes to the concealed apertures and chutes of the receptacle. The syringes to be disposed are placed in the shuttle and the shuttle is manually shifted such that a syringe is pushed towards an aperture and chute.

Abstract: A platewarmer system comprises a platewarmer and platewarmer lid. The platewarmer has a base, a heat storage member supported on the base, and a retainer covering the heat storage member and fixed to the base whereby the heat storage member is fixed to the base. The platewarmer lid has a body and an insert fixed to the underside of the body for reflecting heat radiated from the surface over which the lid is placed. The method of manufacturing the platewarmer includes forming a heat storage member, forming a retainer, and molding a plastic base wherein the heat sotrage member and retainer are encapsulated in the base as a unit. The method of manufacturing the platewarmer lid includes forming an insert and molding a plastic base wherein the insert is encapsulated inside the base.

Abstract: A fishing lure storage and transportation structure having a portable container with an interior recess removably mounting a unitary lure storage core. The unitary lure storage core and container are provided with suitable passages and openings for flow of water from within the container to the exterior thereof and which also facilitate drying action of lures suspended within the tubes of the lure storage core by a thermo-siphoning action. The action results from the container having a double wall insulated body with a single panel lid and the lid having openings. The warmest air will be beneath the lid and this creates an airflow through the portable container whereby the air can flow upwardly and outwardly thereof and carry any trapped moisture to the outside of the portable container.

Abstract: A container comprises an open-mouthed receptacle and a lid. The receptacle has side walls and a base, and is formed with an outwardling-extending rim which surrounds the open mouth of the receptacle. The receptacle is formed by vacuum moulding a sheet of plastics material whose external dimensions correspond to the external dimensions of the rim. The ratio of the thickness of the rim to that of the rest of the receptacle is at least 4.5:1.

Abstract: An article coated with an abrasion resistant coating is disclosed in which the coating comprises a polyvinyl acetal having an hydroxyl group content, calculated as polyvinyl alcohol, of from 35 to 50 percent by weight and silicic acid, the weight ratio of silicic acid to polyvinyl acetal being from 2:1 to 4:1.

Abstract: A scrap free process for rapidly making thermoplastic containers wherein the resultant containers can, if desired, be multilayered for vapor or gas barrier or other reasons, or be oriented for toughness and improved stress crack resistance. The containers can be formed from multilayered or homogeneous plastic sheets wherein a relatively thin thermoplastic blank is provided. This blank is lubricated, heated and forged into a desired shape preform with a predetermined lip configuration. The center portion of each said preform is maintained at a forming temperature while the peripheral portion thereof is rapidly brought below the softening point of the plastic resin. The preform is then immediately thermoformed into a container having a desired shape and size, and cooled. If desired, the preform can be forged, cooled and recovered from a subsequent thermoforming operation.

Abstract: A molded plastic drawer for use in cabinets having spaced, parallel guide rails comprises a normally horizontally disposed bottom wall and front, side and back walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The bottom wall is provided with guide members which engage the lower guide rails of the cabinet to guide the drawer during movement between opened and closed conditions. The side and back walls of the cabinet extend to horizontal lips and may be provided with ribs which reinforce the walls and the lips. The horizontal lip of the back wall is positioned above the lips of the side wall and extends across the full width of the drawer to define an elongate shoulder positioned for engagement with structure of the cabinet when the drawer is in the opened condition to prevent the drawer from falling out of the cabinet.