Abstract: A system (10) for displaying four-piece automotive floor mat sets (14, 22). The display system comprises a first envelope (12) with a bottom opening (70) for receiving and covering the two larger front floor mats (14) and a second envelope, or pocket, (20) with a top opening (76) for receiving and holding the smaller rear floor mats (22). The second envelope (20) is piggy-backed on the first envelope (12). A clamp hanger (32) grips the larger pair of floor mats (14) and suspends them from a display bar (40). The remainder of the package (10) suspends from the larger floor mats (14). The envelopes (12, 20) comprise transparent plastic.

Abstract: A shallow rectangular frame has a hanger by which it can be suspended. The frame internally mounts a compartment-defining sheet with vertically oriented partitions. Upper ends of each of the compartments have hooks from which to suspend elongate articles of jewelry within the compartments. An auxiliary cloth panel of rectangular configuration has a plurality of pockets and is tackable or pinable to receive various articles of jewelry. In the underside of the top rail a plurality of horizontally spaced apart outwardly facing cup hooks are provided to engage a rod carried in aligned fabric loops at the upper edge of the auxiliary panel. The panel can thus be selectively placed laterally with respect to the main frame to expose the open sides of some only of the compartments. A travel envelope can be sleeved over the auxiliary panel and has a plurality of external pockets to receive sundry items.

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: A container is provided for recovering a used treating liquid, and is composed of an outer box and a flexible inner bag, the inner bag being held within the outer box and having a partition wall by means of which the interior thereof is divided into a treating-liquid storage chamber and a used-liquid storage chamber, the storage chambers each having an access port by way of which each is connected to an outer associated apparatus.

Abstract: A self-closing bag is disclosed as having front and rear sidewalls which are interconnected at their side edges and top and bottom. A spring strip holder in the form of a longitudinal slot extends from near a top edge to near a bottom edge of the bag on at least one of the front and rear sidewalls. The holder is designed to accept a self-rolling spring strip which has a concave top surface and convex bottom surface. The spring strip has the property of remaining straight when unrolled but self-rolling when it is slightly bent from its straight condition. The spring strip when provided in the bag serves to roll the top of the bag down to seal the bag once it is opened. When the bag is reopened, the user may straighten the spring strip again to thereby hold the bag in its opened condition.

Abstract: Contaminated objects are disinfected in a device which has a cavity formed by a fluid impermeable wall, an opening that is closeable by a seal, and a dispensing conduit which is spaced from the seal. Objects are placed in the cavity, the opening is sealed, and a disinfectant soluiton is introduced into the dispensing conduit. The disinfectant solution flows from outlets in the conduit into the cavity so that the objects in the cavity are disinfected by the solution and its vapors.

Abstract: A computer disc storage and travel case including a removable protective lining, such as a lead lining, a back flap attached to a front flap to form a protective lining pocket, a lift-up flap for securing the protective lining within the lining pocket, and at least on disc pocket.

Abstract: A casino coin cup, slipper and shoe holder including a foldable container having a closable open top, a closed bottom and a body for accepting and holding a plastic-type coin cup in a manner enabling access thereto through the closable open top. A drawstring is provided near the closable open top for releasably closing and said closable open top to accommodate different size cups, adjustable shoulder straps, attached to the foldable container body, are provided for carrying the foldable container; and at least one compartment of the foldable container is provided for storing at least one pair of footwear.

Abstract: A combination of a collapsible article made of flexible material with an attached storage pouch in which the pouch is integrally attached to the article. The article may be a collapsible bag or an article of clothing or the like. The storage pouch has a support wall and a panel attached on three sides to the support wall which together form a pocket-like opening. A locking flap is attached on one side to the panel and at two opposite ends to the panel and to the support wall. When the pouch is in an empty position the locking flap is inside the pouch secured between the panel and the support wall. When the pouch is turned inside out, the article may be collapsed and inserted into the pouch and the locking flap may be reversed to cover the opening of the pouch and secure the article therein.

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 medical specimen bag is made of three or more overlying sheets of clear pliable plastic material joined along three common edges to make at least two separate pockets open along a fourth edge of the sheets. One of the sheets includes an adhesive flap foldable against the exposed fourth edges of the remaining sheets for sealing all the pockets. The sealed end of the bag is torn off to regain access to all pockets.

Abstract: A disposable, self-sealing pouch assembly defines a specimen-receiving enclosure and an associated pocket for receiving an identification card or the like. The assembly preferably includes first, second, and third rectangular piles of transparent plastic film. The first and second plies are joined at peripheral portions thereof to define a specimen-receiving enclosure with an access opening defined by the second ply providing access to the interior enclosure. The third ply is joined to the second ply and defines a card-receiving pocket therewith. Pressure-sensitive adhesive provided at the access opening effects self-sealing of the assembly, with the assembly configured to close the card-receiving pocket upon closing and sealing of the specimen-receiving enclosure.

Abstract: A dual laundry bag has a front panel, a rear panel and a center panel which divides the dual laundry bag into two or more compartments. The top of the dual laundry bag includes a drawstring closure and a pair of grommets. The bottom of each compartment includes a zipper closure which facilitates discharging each compartment individually. The rear panel includes a pair of adjustable carrying straps and the front panel includes a flap and an adjustable belt for attachment of clothing which has been hung on hangers to the dual laundry bag.

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: This invention, Infections/Medical Waste Containment Carrier, is a manufactured, flexable container in which solid and/or liquid infectious/medical waste is placed for containment, storage, transport and incineration. The Infectious/Medical Waste Containment Carrier consists of three integral functional components:1. A coextruded polyethylene tube with walls of a given thickness.2. A closure pouch with a self-contained tie cord.3. A bottom seal of dual thermo-sealed bars with enforced cross members and air pockets.Once the bottom seal is applied to the coextruded polyethylene tube the tube becomes a bottom closed container. When the pouch is applied at a specific position located in the center and near the top of the containment carrier and the bottom and top are serrated, the containment carrier is constructed to serve as a depository for infectious/medical waste.

Abstract: There is disclosed a packaging comprising a pocket made of sheet material, the pocket defining an enclosure for holding merchandise and having at least one sealed edge. One or more detachable compartments are formed by extensions of the sheet material beyond the at least one sealed edge. A seal along at least one edge of the extensions closes the compartment. A promotional message is carried by the detachable compartment, and a perforation line extends parallel to the at least one sealed edge of the pocket on each compartment side thereof to make the compartment detachable from the pocket by a consumer. The extensions are folded back towards the sealed edge to form at least one sheet of the sheet material enclosed by the compartment. The pocket remains functional when the compartment is detached.

Abstract: There is provided herein a bag construction of multi-ply construction wherein a pair of inner and outer plies form a front panel, a back panel, and a pair of side panels each joined to the front and back panels, and bottom panel joined to each of the front, back and side panels. An open top provides for access to the interior of the bag and access to a primary compartment. The improvement comprises only the outer ply of the front panel being die cut along a first edge and perforated along the second, third and fourth edges so as to form a secondary pocket for insertion of the items into the bag and so that a coupon-like section can be removed along the die cut and perforations so as to form an integral but removable coupon-like section. In another embodiment the coupon-like section includes a plurality of smaller removable sections separated by perforation lines.

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 multi-purpose utility tote is provided which can be used for storage when it is fully closed and can provide a flat, cushioned surface when fully opened. The tote is comprised of a flat, T-shaped unit having a zipper chain disposed about the perimeter thereof. A slide fastener is located on the zipper chain with its initial starting position at an internal corner of the flat, T-shaped unit. The slide fastener is operable to transform the flat, T-shaped unit into a parallelipiped-shaped container.

Abstract: A tote bag made of cloth having a compartment at the bottom holding a block of buoyant material for flotation of the bag, the compartment having an opening for insertion of the block with a slide fastener for closing the opening, the block being rigid and holding the bottom of the bag flat, the bag being adapted to float with the compartment generally upright one way or the other and having distress signals on the bottom of the compartment arranged so that a signal is upright and visible above water whichever way the compartment is disposed.

Abstract: A travel bag has a plurality of internal compartments and can be reformed to provide different configurations for those compartments. In one configuration, four compartments are arranged side-by-side, with the pairs of compartments being mirror images of one another. The inner compartments enclose cavities which are pointed at their upper and bottom ends, while the outer compartments are expanded to have a rectangular cross-sectional configuration. Dart-like seams formed at corners of the outer expanded compartments maintain the rectangular cross-sectional configuration. The opposing compartment pairs are joined together by upper and lower wall portions forming a hinged connection therebetween. A first sliding fastener provides access to both inner compartments, while second and third sliding fasteners provide access to respective outer compartments. The three sliding fasteners are arranged parallel to each other so as to be upwardly facing.

Abstract: Double envelope construction for facsimile handling and method including a unitary generally rectangular sheet folded on itself along two spaced apart transverse lines with complementary printed indica installed on the same face of the central and one end panel and which sandwich the other end panel which is imprinted but equipped with a closure flap.

Abstract: A storage and retrieval device for articles of wear, such as sweaters, skirts, shorts, hosiery, shoes and the like, which are difficult, or impossible, to hang on a conventional hanger, comprises a suspension panel having opposite faces, a support for mounting the panel vertically from a clothes hanger bar in a closet or the like, and a plurality of overlapping flexible, depending loops mounted on the panel and opening sidewardly for receiving articles to be stored and from which the articles can be readily retrieved. A dust cover is provided for the device.

Abstract: An animal repellent trash bag is set forth wherein a flexible bag includes a drawstring contained within a conduit defined by an overlapped layer developed about an uppermost edge of the bag. Adhesively secured to an interior surface of the bag is a tear-away strip overlying a quantity of animal repellent granules, wherein the granules are deposited interiorly of the bag upon removal of the tear strip to thwart animal tampering with the trash bag. A quantity of the granules are adhesively secured onto an interior surface of the bag to maintain the particles in orientatio medially of the bag. A modification provides the tear strip overlying the drawstring conduit wherein the granules are maintained within the drawstring conduit and upon removal of the peel-away layer a series of apertures are exposed to fit into the drawstring conduit to permit seeping of the granules overlying the contents positioned within the bag.

Abstract: A closure seal and method for envelopes having front and back panels joined along bottom and side edges and in which a release liner strip delimits overlying marginal edges along the top of the panels. The liner strip initially covers a pressure sensitive adhesive band in the top marginal edge of one of the panels and extends through the side edge junctures of the panels to enable removal of the liner strip and securement of the top margins by the pressure sensitive adhesive band. Registered lines of perforations are formed across the top portion of both panels below the bottom edge of the release liner strip to define a tear line for opening the envelope after it has been sealed in embodiments not intended for liquid contents. The lines of perforations are omitted in a liquid containing envelope embodiment wherein the adhesive band joins with fused side edges of the envelope.

Abstract: A multi-compartment receptacle formed of a sheet of flexible transparent sheet plastic material folded to form a front wall, a back wall and a closure flap overlying the front wall, the front and back wall being secured together along lines extending heightwise spaced at intervals along the length of the receptacle by a series of grommets forming a plurality of compartments, and having snap fasteners for releasably securing the closure flap in position closing each compartment and allowing the portion of each flap closing each compartment to be opened individually.

Abstract: A package made of a single rectangular sheet of flexible material which has both a main product compartment and an ancillary compartment. The main compartment is filled with product stacked in columns separated by a grid of cardboard or similar material and thereafter sealed. The main compartment also has a tear strip for providing a dispensing opening in the side of the compartment for removing the product units one at a time from the columns. The ancillary compartment being made of flexible material can be folded down and secured in a collapsed position so that the package can be shipped without adding additional shipping volume. The ancillary compartment is also open at its axial end to allow the insertion and removal of ancillary materials in route to the end user. Means, such as a drawstring, are provided to repeatedly open and close the ancillary compartment without damaging the package.

Abstract: A carrier bag 1 has within a self-supporting smaller bag 3. The bags 1 and 3 are joined together along their common base 4. The smaller bag 3 has a closeable opening which is readily accessible to a user through the mouth of the carrier bag 1. The smaller bag 3 can be used very simply for accessories, including valuables but with security because it is essentially invisible.

Abstract: A light bulb holster (10) is provided in which pockets (18,36) are used to hold a plurality of tubular bulbs (22). A flap (28) is operable to cover the top ends of the bulbs (22) during transport and to secure the holster (10) to a ladder brace at the work site.

Abstract: A travel bag has a plurality of internal compartments and can be reformed to provide different configurations for those compartments. In one configuration, four compartments are arranged side-by-side, with the pairs of compartments being mirror images of one another. The inner compartments enclose cavities which are pointed at their upper and bottom ends, while the outer compartments are expanded to have a rectangular cross-sectional configuration. Dart-like seams formed at corners of the outer expanded compartments maintain the rectangular cross-sectional configuration. The opposing compartment pairs are joined together by upper and lower wall portions forming a hinged connection therebetween. A first sliding fastener provides access to both inner compartments, while second and third sliding fasteners provide access to respective outer compartments. The three sliding fasteners are arranged parallel to each other so as to be upwardly facing.

Abstract: Disclosure herein is a beverage carrier having two basic embodiments. The first embodiment includes flexible water-resistant container having a flexible container with a bottom and upstanding walls and a top opening. The container further includes a removable flooring for supporting beverages in the container, nesting in the container adjacent the bottom. A separator is provided for spacing apart beverages in the container from one another. Another embodiment provides a like structure with the flooring having a coolant for cooling the beverages.

Abstract: A bag for containing bulk material which may be inserted as a liner in a drum type of container, the bag containing a plurality of packets of conditioning material firmly secured to the inside surface thereof for maintaining bulk material within the bag in a desired state of preservation, the conditioning material within the packets being either a suitable desiccant, adsorbent or absorbent, and the packets including permeable casings which permit the conditioning material therein to act on the space within the bag and on the bulk material contained therein.

Abstract: A container for a drink comprised of a bag of flexible plastic material for drink compacting sheets (1,2) welded upon each other by means of spaced longitudinal and transverse seams (3,4,5 and 6) which bag by means of a strip (7) or sheet (23) has been provided with a space for the insertion of a straw (13) such that the welding seams of said strip (7) or sheet (23) are either at a distance from the seams of the bag or coincide with said seams, an opening being provided for the insertion of the straw. The straw is movable within the space for puncturing the inside wall of the space which is elastically deformable and elastically surrounds the outer perimeter of the straw after it has punctured the wall. The straw may be removed if the contents of the bag are only partially consumed, thereby forming a seal by the punctured wall pushing against the outside wall of the space under pressure from the contents therein.

Abstract: The bag is formed by a tubular net body forming, in the flattened state, two superimposed sheets. For housing labels or other supports with graphic representations, the bag is provided with a flattened tubular bag-like strip superimposed on one of said sheets; the strip is attached to the bag, on the one hand, by a weld line forming the bottom of both and, on the other and, by two weld portions connecting the handles to the bag; between these portions there is defined an opening or mouth of the bag-like strip; said strip may be made from transparent plastics sheet or net material.

Abstract: A convenient beltless sports accessory wallet adapted for easy fitting over the waistband of an article of clothing, such as trousers or a skirt, comprised of an outer pliable fabric panel with an outer pocket, an intermediate pliable fabric panel with pockets thereon, and an inner pliable fabric panel with pockets thereon wherein all three panels are fixed together at their top edges to permit the wallet to straddle the waistband of an article of clothing while the outer and intermediate panels hang outside the clothing and the inner panel comfortable hangs inside the clothing snugly against the body.

Abstract: A multi-compartment bag construction (10) comprising a bag unit (11) including a waterproof inner wall member (16) and an outer wall member (15) provided with a strap member (13) having securing means (21) and a handle member (14) wherein the outer (15) and inner (16) wall members are connected together to form a plurality of individual compartment elements (19) having their own closure members (30); wherein the strap member (13) is adapted to bring the individual compartments (19) into contact with one another to produce a generally barrel shaped bag configuration for the bag construction.

Abstract: A bag formed of a plastic film used for storing an article as when relatively inexpensive articles are offered free of charge for sales promotion to customers. This bag also has secondary storing chambers, i.e., pockets for storing pamphlets of goods, a description of the article, a business card, etc. The bag is made with a central sheet member and a twofold cover sheet member of the same width as that of the central sheet member, the cover sheet member sandwiching the central sheet member, the three parts, i.e., the central sheet member and the front and back portions of the cover sheet member being fused together along opposite widthwise lateral edges. When the central sheet member is a bag body, and the interior thereof is used as a primary storing chamber and the spaces between the bag body and the cover sheet member are used as secondary storing chambers.

Abstract: A carrying bag formed of a plurality of panels adapted to be folded over each other and to be thus fastened together to facilitate carrying of the bag and its contents. When the panels are unfolded, the bag is adapted to be hung on a vertical wall. The panels carry a plurality of pockets specifically designed for housing selected instruments or implements. Stays are provided as stiffeners in the direction of the fold lines.

Abstract: A binder made of a rigid covering case and containing an assemblage of envelopes constitutes a diskette file. The diskette file provides a secure receptacle suitable for storage of 10, 20, or any number of magnetic diskettes used on microcomputers. When the binder is open, an accordion-like assemblage of envelopes structure expands to form a fan of the diskettes stored in the envelopes. The top of each diskette in the fan of the open binder is revealed and a single diskette can be located and retrieved without having to manipulate any of the other diskettes in the file. The assemblage of envelopes is bound to the covering case. The case consists of 5 coupled and hinged sections; front, bottom, back, top and flap. The flap folds over and attaches to the front panel. When such a binder is closed, the book-like diskette file may contain a large number of diskettes in a well-protected, organized filing pattern suitable for cataloguing and storage in library book-shelf fashion.

Abstract: A single use, disposable kit receives, and retains, toiletries and a diaper for the care of a baby in a sanitary, tamper-proof fashion. The kit is executed in a thin plastic film that is folded over upon itself so that the toiletries and diaper are enveloped within the interior of the kit and are protected against degradation.

Abstract: A sheet of plastic material folded at the middle and forming a pair of side panels, with the juncture edge between the panels lowermost and the panels extending upwardly therefrom, forming a tote. The ends and top are open, and the panels can be opened to a flat position. Plastic pocket pieces are secured to the panels, forming large pockets between themselves and the panels, and certain of those pocket pieces have additional pocket pieces secured thereto to form additional and smaller pockets. All of the plastic pieces are clear and all of the contents of the pockets can be seen from either side of the folded tote either in open or folded position. Plastic carrying handles are secured to the free edges of the panels, and a detachable shoulder strap is also provided. Reinforcing fabric strips are secured to the juncture edge and other edges. A large number of items are carried in the tote for small children, and the tote is most useful in travelling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package with shock-absorbing material for shipment of risk samples contained, for instance, in a primary package. The package of the invention includes a shock-absorbing, translucent inner casing with liquid-absorbing material therein and a partly translucent outer casing with a cover flap which seals both the inner and outer casings. A specification or other document may be inserted in a compartment intermediate the respective casings, and means are provided to prevent reading of the document from the outside.

Abstract: A method of producing an envelope having an integrally formed external pouch on one side for accommodating a despatch note, waybill or the like, comprises the steps of longitudinally folding a sheet of plastics material from a first reel and transporting the folded plastics sheet to a downstream sealing station while simultaneously feeding a strip of sheet plastics to overlie the folded plastics of the first reel to be transported therewith, and sealing folded plastics to form the envelope while simultaneously applying the same process to the strip plastics, to form the pouch on one wall of the envelope.

Abstract: The invention concerns a procedure for keeping and taking into use an analytic reagent or another substance used in analyses, and a reagent package to be used in the procedure. The package consists of a gas-tight sachet or of a combination consisting of several sachets, where the sachets comprises at least one flexible wall and a blank for forming a discharge aperture. The blank may consist of a hermetically sealed flexible tube extending into the interior of the sachet or a bar-like member with openings defined therein that extend into the sachets. The taking into use of the substance packed in the sachet is then accomplished by opening the flexible tube or the openings in the bar-like member and connecting the tube or the openings to the analyzer with an outward gas-tight connection. The substance is thereafter drawn from the sachet into said apparatus in one or several steps so that the sachet will collapse in connection with the discharge.

Abstract: Within a bag for vacuum packaging of articles there is created, by means of a separately attached sheet, an auxiliary chamber which is evacuated when the bag is manufactured. This chamber may be placed in communication with the interior of the bag, after the latter has been filled and sealed. Such communication is achieved by piercing or tearing the separately attached sheet, so that the residual air in the sealed bag expands into a greater volume in which it is isolated from the product in the bag.

Abstract: A mixing bag (4) comprising a mixing chamber in the form of a compartment (45), a pocket (42) in the bag having a mouth opening (44) so that it can be filled with liquid (72) to a predetermined volume. The pocket is easily ruptured when the mouth is closed to discharge the volume of liquid into the compartment for mixing with a material (70) in the compartment. During mixing the walls (46, 47) of the pocket about to serve as a nonreturn valve in the bag.

Abstract: The invention provides a container preferably made from sheet plastics comprising a bag containing a tubular valve member, the bag being sealed with a seam at each end, the top seal having an opening therein for entry of an access tube into the valve member, and the valve member having a sealing seam which facilitates piercing of the access tube through the valve member into the bag. A second bag may be provided within the first bag.

Abstract: A bag facilitating the separation of popcorn from unpopped kernels and providing a convenient bag for holding the popped corn while a person eats it. The bag has an outer bag of fine mesh and an inner bag of coarser mesh through which unpopped corn can pass thereby separating it from the popped corn.

Abstract: A panelled mailing bag with zippered opening and a spaced two-part address card mounting pocket on a panel thereof with a card so received therein that the mid portion is exposed to receive postage and enable ready cancellation thereof. The card is apertured for securement by seal means to the zipper slide and eyeletted patches on the bag panels whereby the slide is maintained in closed locked position and unauthorized access to the bag is prevented without leaving overt evidence.

Abstract: A method of producing an envelope having an integrally formed external pouch on one side for accommodating a despatch note, waybill or the like, comprises the steps of longitudinally folding a sheet of plastics material from a first reel and transporting the folded plastics sheet to a downstream sealing station while simultaneously feeding a strip of sheet plastics to overlie the folded plastics of the first reel to be transported therewith, and sealing folded plastics to form the envelope while simultaneously applying the same process to the strip plastics, to form the pouch on one wall of the envelope.