Abstract: A bag, for packaging fruits or vegetables, is made of opaque, flexible plastic sheet material. The rear wall of the bag is however provided with a tranversal window made of transparent, flexible plastic sheet material, extending over the width of the bag and comprising a plurality of perforations distributed over its surface. The transparent plastic sheet material is thicker than the opaque plastic sheet material; it requires additional mechanical resistance due to the perforations. A method and apparatus fabricate the plastic bag from two strips of opaque plastic sheet material, and a strip of transparent plastic sheet material.

Abstract: An information storage envelope for holding literature and mounting onto a sign post includes a first pocket which has an open top and a drainage mechanism. The first pocket includes indicia silkscreened thereon. A second smaller pocket has an open top and is attached to the first pocket. First and second straps are attached to the first pocket and each strap has first and second ends wherein the first and second ends include mating fastening elements. The straps are attached to the first pocket so as to allow fastening of the straps and pocket snugly about a post. A flap is attached to the top of the first pocket so as to provide closure for the openings of the first and second pockets. The flap also includes first and second mating flap fastening elements where the first fastening element is attached to the inside of the flap and the second mating fastening element is attached to the second smaller pocket and located so as to be aligned with the first fastening element when the flap is closed.

Abstract: Luggage has outside walls forming a container. A two-dimensional mesh fabric is stitched all the way around its perimeter to the interior of the luggage, thereby dividing the luggage into two compartments. Panels are formed in the outside walls for access into each compartment.

Abstract: An improved container structure is formed from a tube blank and a layer of transparent, plastic material having at least one pair of opposed edges adhered to the outer surface of the tube blank, in order to form a clear outer pouch on the container for convenient insertion of promotional or visual material. In the preferred embodiments, an improved paper bag has the clear outer pouch formed over either its face panel, gusset panel, or back panel. The pouch may be formed with a lateral cut dividing an upper part of the transparent layer which is adhered to the container surface, and a lower part which is not adhered and forms a lower pouch. The pouch may similarly be formed on cartons of paperboard, laminate, plastic, and other stock materials.

Abstract: A method of producing a package having a built-in promotional piece by an extrusion lamination process, having the steps of providing a first web of first packaging wall material, placing a promotional piece on the first wall material, directing a first quantity of hot liquid plastic over the first wall material adjacent the piece, directing a second quantity of hot liquid plastic over the promotional piece to form a composite, the second quantity of liquid plastic being less than the first quantity of liquid plastic, attaching second wall material over the composite using an extrusion lamination process to form final packaging wall material and forming the final packaging wall material into a package.

Abstract: Disclosed is a card case, made of two rectangular sheets of plastic or leather, produced by fusing or seaming three edges thereof together and leaving one edge thereof unfused. One or both of the rectangular sheets are provided with an elongated opening the width of which is at least sufficient to receive a finger tip so as to allow a card to be pushed through the open side. The card case is constructed such that it can be used conveniently for cash dispenser cards, telephone cards, name cards, season tickets and the like because bearers can remove the cards quickly from the case by simply putting their finger tip on the card through the opening and pushing the card out.

Abstract: The present invention is a bag of thermoplastic film material which includes a top wall and a bottom wall connected by first and second sidewalls and having an open end and a closed end. The closed end includes an end gusset wherein there are two lateral edge heat seals. The lateral edge heat seals are formed by a four-fold gusset. The outer surface of one of the folds can be provided with a metallic surface whereas the outer surface of a mating fold in the gusset possesses a non-metallic surface. As a result of the present invention, a metallized end-fold gusset can be provided with a capability of heat sealing the lateral edges in the metallized area.

Abstract: A container apparatus for small items such as drug medication. The container is designed for drugs or similar small articles which allows an attendant to dispense the items in accordance with printed or pictorial information provided upon the container or a separate sheet maintained within a pocket of the container.

Abstract: A container organization wherein a front and rear wall define an envelope body with the forward wall including a V-shaped recess with a flap selectively overlying the forward wall including cooperative snap fasteners mounted to the forward wall and bottom surface of the flap. A flexible adhesive strip with a peel away layer is mounted to the rear wall to permit subsequent securement of the organization within a book and the like. A through extending transparent window member is mounted through the forward wall with a peel away opaque surface overlying the wall to permit storage and viewing of a tooth therethrough with the peel away layer including a further peel away strip to be secured within the envelope to overlie a rear wall of the window member and sealingly secure the tooth therewithin.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a window-style bag which includes a removable coupon overlying and a transparent window-forming area where the consumer may view the contents of the bag. The coupon section overlies the transparent window-forming film and the bag aperture which forms the window. The coupon is intended for removal, and when so removed, the window viewing area is opened or enlarged, and the bag's structural integrity is substantially unaffected. In practice, the viewing section may be polygonal but is usually rectangular, but the coupon may be secured along two, three or four sides to the bag.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a bag which is constructed to form a primary loading compartment and an auxiliary load-carrying or promotional-item-carrying pocket. The bag includes front, back, side and bottom panels and a compartment forming partition panel. The partition panel is secured to the front panel so as to define primary and auxiliary load-carrying compartments. The auxiliary compartment is formed by the front panel and partition panel. The front panel may be apertured and overlaid with a transparent film so as to form a window. The partition is adhered to the front panel so as to form a pocket in which the contents are positioned for viewing through the window.

Abstract: A protective or purge enclosure provides a positive atmosphere around an operating device such as a hand-held computer or calculator contained therein. The protective enclosure has sufficient flexibility, even though providing a positive, sealed atmosphere, to enable the user to operate the functional features of the device sealed within the enclosure, and the material forming the device is sufficiently transparent to enable the user to view the functional features of the device for operation. A visible indicator provided on the enclosure enables the user to determine if the enclosure is maintaining the positive atmosphere sealed therein.

Abstract: The sign display kit including a flexible transparent waterproof plastic container which contains the other materials in the kit; i.e. a sign, a stake, a rubber band for mounting the sign on the stake, and optionally one or more rubber balloons. The container is an envelope or bag formed from two plies of plastic sheet. The sign has a front surface which can be marked with a marking instrument, and which has on the front surface a printed message and a space in which handwritten information can be filled in. The stake is tapered at one end for driving into the ground. The printed message announces an event which is a cause for celebration, such as a birth, and may rear "It's a Boy" or "It's a Girl". The baby's name is filled in by hand, using a suitable marking instrument. The plastic container may be placed over the sign to form a waterproof cover therefor.

Abstract: A flexible film package for carry-out meal items is fabricated from a pair of telescoped sack members, the outer sack member being made longer than the inner sack member in order to define a spill-confinement pouch in its bottom and the inner sack member being fabricated from relatively stiffer film material than the outer sack member and with one or more beverage cup receiving apertures in its bottom for promoting a stable, upright positioning of the beverage cups during carrying of the filled package and upon placement of the filled package on a generally horizontal support surface.

Abstract: A quick packing, facilitating transport and display in large-scale distribution outlets, for products such as flue-brushes for cleaning square-, rectangular-or circular-section flues, comprises two rigid side elements, made of material such as corrugated cardboard or other synthetic material, of rectangular form of which the width is at least equal to the largest dimension of said products. The bottom of the packing, connected to the two side elements, is provided with two side flaps of sufficient height, automatically cooperating, by adequate folding means, with the two side elements, becoming perpendicular thereto. The assembly thus formed is in the form of a trough adapted to ensure lateral holding of the products. In the top of the packing it comprises means for rapidly assembling the side elements previously brought "edge to edge", as well as a cut-out on each of the side elements to form a handle for transporting purposes.

Abstract: A set of first containers each bearing indicia indicative of the day of the week is provided. A plurality of second containers for disposition in each of the first containers bears indicia indicative of the time of day at which the medication disposed within the second container is to be taken by a patient. The second containers are disposed in chronological sequence in the first containers and are exposed to view through a window formed in the first container in chronological order of their removal from the first container. Thus, the time for taking the medication each day of the week is indicated by viewing the indicia of the second containers through the window of the each container.

Abstract: An enclosure for use to safely secure a water-sensitive medical or electronic device such as a medication infusion pump in a water-resistant manner is disclosed which utilizes a pouch made of a sheet of thin plastic material to store the apparatus, the pouch being adhesively sealable to secure the device. The enclosure also includes a perforated area which may be opened to form a strap to carry or hang the device, and is constructed inexpensively to be of a disposable nature.

Abstract: This invention relates to a backpack type carrier for portable oxygen dispensers characterized by a padded frame, shoulder straps and a hip-encircling belt for supporting the frame on the back of the wearer, a flap formed of breathable material having a lower marginal edge attached to the padded frame in the area of the belt and extending upwardly therefrom so as to cooperate with the frame to define an open-topped pouch for the reception of a portable self-contained oxygen dispenser, retaining members connecting portions adjacent the sides of the flap to the frame for confining the sides of the oxygen dispenser while simultaneously permitting by-products exhausted from the latter to escape into the atmosphere, and a pocket on the outside of the flap for storing the oxygen delivery tube and associated nosepiece when not in use.

Abstract: A package which is formed as a bag to be caried has a plurality of lateral walls having upper portions which form a gripping part and lower portions which form a body part, two first opposite walls are folded, two second opposite walls are provided in the region of the gripping part with a gripping opening and upper and lower welding seams which connect the walls with one another and separate the gripping part from the body part, one of the second opposite walls has a section adjoining the gripping part and is provided with window-like opening, and a covering foil covers the window-like opening of the section of one opposite wall.

Abstract: A blood monitoring system for the contents of blood bag B utilizes rigid optically clear tablet (16) bonded to rough outer surfaces of the walls of the bag to provide windows through the bag. The bag is gripped by a pair of tongs T the jaws of which have openings to receive the tablets. The outer surfaces of the jaws have ribs (33) and buttons (36) to locate the tongs, and hence the bag, accurately in position in a monitoring device, with the windows (16) in alignment with an optical system of the device.

Abstract: A portable suitcase-like receptacle has two tray-shaped sections which are pivotally connected to each other and whose bottom walls are in the form of light-transmitting panels each of which has an outer portion welded to the sidewalls and two inner portions. One inner portion defines with the outer portion a pocket, and the other inner portion has a flap which can overlie or can be inserted into the pocket.

Abstract: A novel heat-sealed and heat-sterilizable construction with an opaque member readily peelable to provide a view of the contents of the bag.

Abstract: A bag for displaying and protecting a corsage of fresh flowers or the like in handling and transporting the same, the bag being formed from a printed blank of flexible transparent plastic film by suitable manipulation and having a printed field serving as background for the corsage or flower. The blank is printed in such a manner that when the bag is formed, the printed field will be visible through the thickness of the rear wall and through the front wall which is transparent, there is a clear space for enabling the overlapped edges of the blank to be welded outside of the presence of the printed background to form a tube, and the bottom and top ends of the resulting tube being also clear to enable welding of the bottom end beyond the presence of the printed field. The top end of the resulting bag also has a clear space where the bag will be closed by the florist.

Abstract: A protective enclosure for electronic devices (110) includes a tube (112) formed from conductive polyvinyl chloride and comprising a bottom wall (116), side walls (122, 124) and a top wall (126). The top wall (126) includes a gap (128) to permit observation of electronic devices supported on the central portion (120) of the bottom wall (116). A transparent window (114) formed from transparent polyvinyl chloride is positioned on the outer surface of the top wall (126) and extends across the gap (128).

Abstract: A combined package and display system for fabric goods includes a transparent or translucent polyethylene package, heat sealed or otherwise secured about its periphery, containing the goods and suitable advertising material. Where the product is, for example, a tarpaulin, also of polyethylene and having grommets about its periphery, and the package is formed so that its top edge is constructed as a means for attachment to a supporting surface and contains grommets of similar material and strength as those contained in the product itself. In this way, the package can be mounted for display purposes by its grommets, while the nature and quality of the grommets of the goods can be tangibly observed and felt by the prospective purchaser.

Abstract: An improved medical records organizer having an opaque back portion with a plurality of transparent vinyl sheets bonded along the bottom and side edges thereof to form a number of envelope portions for accepting and holding x-ray film and medical records. Nylon mesh impregnated reinforcing strips are adhesively bonded along the bottom and side edges and nylon seams sewn along the side edges to resist tearing of the envelope portion edges during normal use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package protecting its contents from the influence of light, microbial contamination and gas transport in either direction but which makes possible a visual control of the contents before the package is used.According to the invention, the package is made of a light-proof outer bag (1) and a light permeable inner bag (3) arranged inside the outer bag. The outer bag (1) and the inner bag (3) are each sealed at one of their ends (2,4) and are bonded around their periphery (6) close to their other end, and the two bags extend over this bond and are then commonly joined and sealed. By opening one of the end seals in the outer bag (1), the inner bag (3) can be turned out of the outer bag, and the contents (5) of the package can be observed visually through the inner bag.The package of the invention is especially suitable for storage of preparations for parenteral administration and especially infusion solutions intended to be given intravenously.

Abstract: A combined package and display system for fabric goods includes a transparent or translucent polyethylene package, heat sealed or otherwise secured about its periphery, containing the goods and suitable advertising material. Where the product is, for example, a tarpaulin, also of polyethylene and having grommets about its periphery, and the package is formed so that its top edge is constructed as a means for attachment to a supporting surface and contains grommets of similar material and strength as those contained in the product itself. In this way, the package can be mounted for display purposes by its grommets, while the nature and quality of the grommets of the goods can be tangibly observed and felt by the prospective purchaser.