Abstract: A reusable flexible sheet for wrapping an object is presented. The flexible sheet includes a center portion having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side being parallel to the third side and the second side being parallel to the fourth side. Flaps are connected to the first side and the third side, and bow portions are connected to the second side and the fourth side. The bow portions tie together to form a decorative bow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container for bottles or the like. In accordance with the invention, it comprises a plurality of hollow cells each adapted to receive one bottle and presenting two converging external side faces and one bottom face with which the side faces define side edges, the cells being interconnected so that two adjacent cells are hinged together via the side edges such that the container presents a folded state in which the side faces of the cells bear one against another so as to give the container the shape of a cylinder on a polygonal base and a deployed state in which the bottom walls of the cells extend flat and the cells extend beside one another, with each of them remaining suitable for receiving one bottle.

Abstract: A gift bag includes a bottom wall and side walls joined together to form a storage chamber therebetween having an top opening. The walls are made of paper or a paper-plastic laminate and are lined on the inside with a cellular cushioning material to protect a glass bottle or other fragile gift item from damage. The cellular cushioning material is a laminated material consisting of two thin sheets of flexible plastic, one of the sheets being formed with a plurality of spaced apart pockets of sealed air cells. A string is threaded through holes formed in the side walls near the top opening so that the bag can be closed off by pulling the string. The outer surface of the walls are decorated. The gift bag can be folded into a substantially flat configuration for storage and shipping.

Abstract: A child-resistant apparatus for dispensing articles which comprises a housing for retaining a blister package wherein the housing comprises a dispensing aperture; optionally, but preferably, a blister package comprising at least one blister cell containing an article to be dispensed; and a substantially rigid backing sheet substantially co-extensive with, and substantially blocking, the dispensing aperture, such that pressure exerted on an exposed top edge of the backing sheet imparts arcuate flexure thereto and dislocation thereof from the substantially co-extensive, and substantially blocking position, to a position where the dispensing aperture is unblocked permitting the at least one article contained in the at least one blister cell to be dispensed. Release of pressure on the exposed top edge of the backing sheet relaxes flexure thereof such that the substantially co-extensive, and substantially blocking position, wherein the backing sheet substantially blocks the dispensing aperture, is restored.

Abstract: A portable carrier for transporting necked bottles includes a tubular housing with an open end configured to receive a bottle, a lid configured to fit over the open end of the tubular housing, and a neck protector disposed within the tubular housing and defining an opening for receiving the neck of the bottle. The tubular housing preferably includes one or more sheets of a high-density, closed-cell sponge material formed into a hollow cylinder with opposed longitudinal edges, and further includes an adjustable fastener such as a zipper for selectively joining the longitudinal edges of the tubular housing together. In a preferred embodiment, straps or other types of cinching members extend circumferentially around the tubular housing at longitudinally spaced locations to permit the diameter of the tubular housing to be varied along its length to accommodate bottles of various shapes and sizes.

Abstract: The disclosure of the present invention describes a thermally insulated container formed of multiwall flexible plastic heat sealed to define a multiplicity of sealed air bubbles and being formed with a radiation reflective coating. The container includes an integrally formed carrying handle.

Abstract: Advanced shock-proof packing for fragile objects, such as bottles, of the type including a corrugated or similar shaped cardboard casing able to fold so as to form a parallelepipedic box fully encompassing at least one bottle or similar object and a shimming structure encompassing the bottle and inserted between the latter and firstly the flanks of the box, and secondly axial shimming elements opposite the extremity flaps of the box, wherein the structure is constituted firstly by a first profile made of a suitable plastic material slit over its entire length and whose constant section has an annular shape with four external lobe-shaped protuberances defining four flanges disposed along the external generating lines of the profile and with two diametrically opposing the other two so as to correspond to the four internal angles of the box, said first profile being intended to envelop the bottle over its entire height, and secondly a second tubular profile, also slit over its entire length and whose internal an

Abstract: A multi-layer insulator for a beverage container which includes an externally threaded base and a main sleeve extending upwardly from the base and having a collapsible side wall. The main sleeve comprises an exterior fabric layer, an interior fabric or neoprene layer, and an intermediate insulation layer. The lid for the insulator has internal threads for screwing the lid over the externally threaded base assembly, such that when the insulator is not in use the main sleeve is collapsible into the base with the lid screwed on the base to enclose the sleeve. When the insulator is in use, the lid is unscrewed from the base, the main sleeve is extended to receive the container and the lid is inverted and screwed to the base from the bottom thereof, functioning essentially as a coaster. The multi-layer insulator also has a closure band at the upper end of the main sleeve, with the band being adjustable to accept beverage containers of varying diameter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for gathering strand material from a plurality of sources of strand material comprising a rotatable roll means for pulling the strand material from the sources, primary drive means for rotating the roll means, ring means mounted for rotation coaxially with the roll means and adapted to pull strand material from one or more of the sources, secondary drive means for rotating the ring means at rates independent of the rotation of the roll means, and means for axially moving the ring means into and out of communication with the roll means.

Abstract: A formable removable enclosure for a container wherein the container has a top, bottom and geometrically shaped exterior outer surface, the enclosure having a pliable elongated substantially rectangular shaped covering member adapted to be positioned and formed around the exterior outer surface of the container and having a pair of planar opposed spaced protective layers which terminate in opposed ends and wherein the covering member has a width substantially equal to the geometrical dimension between the top and bottom of the container and a length which is greater than the geometrical dimension around the periphery of the exterior of the exterior outer surface to enable the edge of one of the opposed ends of the covering member to contact and overlap with the edge of the other end of the covering member when the covering member is positioned and formed around the container, a resilient insulating layer positioned between the pair of spaced opposed protective layers of the covering member which is adapted to

Abstract: A package for protecting an object enclosed therein from mechanical shock comprising two sections having approximately vertical sidewalls. The sections are molded from a resiliently compressible material in two-part molds, the parting lines of which are located at about the midpoint of the section sidewalls.