Abstract: Contaminated objects are disinfected in a device which has a cavity formed by a fluid impermeable wall, an opening which is sealable, an absorbent liner, and a dispensing conduit which extends around the perimeter of the device. Objects are placed in the cavity, the opening is sealed, and a disinfectant solution is introduced into the dispensing conduit. The disinfectant solution flows from outlets in the conduit into the absorbent liner so that the objects in the cavity are disinfected by the solution and its vapors.

Abstract: A combined carrying package and soap bar receptacle structure is disclosed. The structure comprises a pair of aligned plates adapted to receive a soap bar product therebetween. The surfaces of the plates in contact with the soap bar product have a plurality of spaced-apart parallel grooves extending between from opposite sides of each of the plates. A carrying bag is in contact with the bottom plate and is sealed at its top end with a drawstring or other closure.

Abstract: A water pervious bag for holding a bar of soap for washing a person's body, the bag comprising a sleeve of synthetic yarn, the yarn being of circular cross-section and knitted with a wide, loose weave, the bag being closed at one end and open at the other, and having releasable closing means at said other end.

Abstract: A series of bags are fabricated using a continuous, high-speed bag-forming process in which an elongated section of flattened film tubing is longitudinally conveyed toward a receiving station in which the formed bags are suitably packaged. As the flattened tube is moved toward the receiving station, elongated plastic film tie elements are sequentially formed and welded along relatively large area end portions thereof to at least two layers of a side edge portion of the flattened tube at longitudinally spaced locations thereon adjacent the upper end locations of the individual bags, the resulting free end portions of the tie elements overlying the flattened tube.

Abstract: A draw tape bag comprising: (a) two panels formed from a thermoplastic material, the sides of said panels being joined on three sides and open on the fourth side to form a top in said bag; (b) a hem portion of each panel being folded over adjacent said top to form a tubular hem; (c) draw tapes in each tubular hem secured at said sides of said panels, said draw tapes being characterized as a multilayer structure having at least two layers wherein one layer is sealable to a panel and is characterized as having sealability to the thermal plastic panels greater than at least one of other layers of the draw tape and also characterized as having strength less than said other layer of the draw tape; (d) a seal between each hem portion and the adjacent panel across the width of said bag below said draw tape; and (e) an opening in said hem portion for accessing said draw tape.

Abstract: A bingo bag is formed by quilt material sewed into a hollow container that is open at its upper end. Fabric is stitched to the inner surface of the container to form a plurality of pockets. The quilt material is stiff enough that the bag sits in an upright position making accessible the interior of the bag where bingo-playing accessories are kept.

Abstract: A system for disabling and protecting a particulate detector (10) as necessitated by many building, construction, and maintenance projects is disclosed. The particulate detector (10) is typically mounted on a ceiling or vertical wall surface (12), and a jacket (22) is secured to a body portion (16) of the particulate detector (10). The jacket (22) includes a non-opaque plastic container (24) with an opening (34) on one end and being substantially sealed elsewhere. A flag (26) attaches to the container (24) and hangs downward when the jacket (22) is installed on the particulate detector (10). Moreover, an opening control device (28) couples to the container (24) near the opening (34) thereof to control the size of the opening (34) so that the particulate detector (10) may be substantially inserted into the jacket (22) and so that the jacket (22) may be secured to the particulate detector (10).

Abstract: A series of bags are fabricated using a continuous, high-speed bag-forming process in which an elongated section of flattened film tubing is longitudinally conveyed toward a receiving station in which the formed bags are suitably packaged. As the flattened tube is moved toward the receiving station, elongated plastic film tie elements are sequentially formed and welded along relatively large area end portions thereof to at least two layers of a side edge portion of the flattened tube at longitudinally spaced locations thereon adjacent the upper end locations of the individual bags, the resulting free end portions of the tie elements overlying the flattened tube.

Abstract: To increase the carrying capacity of foil bags, for example plastic foil bags, in which the mouth (2) of the bag is surrounded by seams (3, 4) forming ducts through which pull cores (9, 10; 11) are passed, openings (14) formed in the seams are so shaped that the edges of the openings adjacent a fold line (13) of the seams have mutually approaching or converging or projecting regions (17) which, when the pull string or cords are pulled out of the openings, cause the approaching regions to fold back and form reinforcing collars, thus preventing tearing of the seams by preventing occurrence of a notch effect, and, by accumulating material upon corrugating or pleating of the material when a load is being placed in the bag, to provide an accumulation of material at the highest stress point.

Abstract: A gift package is adorned with an integral self-forming bow movable from a bow-unformed position to a bow-formed position by a pull-type or folding-type actuator to which the bow is operatively connected. The actuator may be integral with an article such as a shopping bag to be decorated, or the actuator and the bow may be formed as a discrete assembly which is separately attached to the article, or the bow may be integral with the article.

Abstract: A beach towel which is selectively convertible to a tote bag or beach bag wherein the towel has upper and lower surface portions having a generally annularly oriented pull cord substantially confined therebetween but extending outwardly on opposite sides of the towel so that as the outwardly extending portions of the pull cord are raised, the central portion of the towel surrounded by the pull cord will form a carrying pouch having an opening which is closed by the pull cord. In one embodiment of the invention, the upper surface of the beach towel may also be provided with indicia which is simulative of the face of a sun dial whereby a person or a separate shoulder strap associated with the beach towel may be utilized as the gnomon of the sun dial to indicate approximate time of day when the beach towel is properly oriented.

Abstract: A series of bags are fabricated using a continuous, high-speed bag-forming process is which an elongated section of flattened film tubing is longitudinally conveyed toward a receiving station in which the formed bags are suitably packaged. As the flattened tube is moved toward the receiving station, elongated plastic film tie elements are sequentially formed and welded along relatively large area end portions thereof to at least two layers of a side edge portion of the flattened tube at longitudinally spaced locations thereon adjacent the upper end locations of the individual bags, the resulting free end portions of the tie elements overlying the flattened tube.

Abstract: A dual draw tape bag has a front wall and back wall of flexible sheet material joined to each other along edges of the bag. Tubular channels extend along opposed transverse top edges of the front and back walls. The channels define an open mouth for the bag. Each of the channels has openings at the opposite ends of the top edges of the bag. A pair of tapes extend through each of the chanels. One of the ends of each of the tapes is attached to the opposite side edges of the bag beneath the openings in the channels and the other ends of the tapes extend through the respective openings at the other end of the channels so that the tapes cross in the channels, whereby when the tapes are pulled, the top of the bag is drawn tightly together.

Abstract: A draw tape bag with two single draw tapes having a front wall and back wall of flexible sheet material joined to each other along edges of the bag. Tubular channels extend along opposed transverse top edges of the front and back walls. The channels define an open mouth for the bag. Each of the channels has openings at the opposite ends of the top edges of the bag. A pair of draw tapes extends through both of the channels. One end of each of the tapes is attached to opposite side edges of the bag beneath the openings in one of the channels and the other end of each of the tapes extends through the openings at the corresponding ends of the other of the channels so that the tapes cross each other in both channels and wrap around the mouth of the bag whereby when the tapes are pulled the mouth of the bag is drawn tightly together.

Abstract: A draw tape bag with two single tapes has a front wall and back wall of flexible sheet material joined to each other along edges of the bag. Tubular channels extend along opposed transverse top edges of the front and back walls. The channels define an open mouth for the bag. Each of the channels has openings at the opposite ends of the top edges of the bag. A tape extends through each of the channels. One of the ends of each of the tape is attached to the opposite side edges of the bag beneath the openings in the channels and the other end of the tape extends through the respective opening at the other end of the channel so that the tapes cross in their respective channels, whereby when the tapes are pulled, the top of the bag is drawn tightly together. A method of forming this draw tape bag is also disclosed.

Abstract: A draw band bag made from polyethylene film providing a bag body having side seals and a mouth at one end of the body defined by a lip portion. A draw band extends along the lip portion of the bag and is secured at the opposite ends to the side seals of the bag. The body has an opening therethrough adjacent the lip portion and intermediate the side seals through which the draw band is adapted to be pulled for closing the mouth. The draw band covers the openings through the bag body prior to being pulled therethrough. After the draw band is pulled through the openings to close the mouth, it is used to make a half hitch around the top of the bag and pulled tight.

Abstract: A plant guard for protecting plants against pest attack. The guard (10) comprises a knitted hose-like net structure which is intended to form a casing around the guard. Connected to the bottom part (13) of the net structure are mutually crossing hang-threads (14) which form the bottom of the guard. A closure thread (17) is located at the other end of the net structure, this thread when tightened gathering together the upper part of the guard. The closure thread (17) is knitted integrally with the net structure and comprises a thread of high surface friction, so as to be self-locking when tension is released. At least one loop (18) formed from the closure thread is attached to the bottom end (15) of an adjacent, corresponding plant guard, such that the closure thread (17) is drawn together when the two plant guards are separated one from the other. The application also describes a method and a circular knitting machine for manufacturing such a plant guard.

Abstract: A hamper comprising a bag formed to have a closed bottom end, an open top end and a sidewall extending therebetween, a cylindrical shell insertable into the bag to provide an upright support, the shell having an upper edge defining a shell upper opening plane, and the bag having a drawstring for drawing the open end into a bag opening smaller than the shell upper opening and lying generally in the shell upper opening plane.

Abstract: A line throwing bag comprising a bag with a sidewall, an open end, a closed end formed by an end wall, and an interior compartment with sufficient size to loosely receive a plurality of folds of a central portion of a line. The line has a first end portion fixedly attached to the bag and extending through an aperture in the bag end wall with a loop positioned exterior of the bag for grasping by the person to be rescued. A looped second end portion extends through the bag open end and is positioned exterior of the bag for grasping by the person throwing the bag. A weight is fixedly attached to the bag end wall and weighs a sufficient amount to carry the bag forward when thrown for a distance substantially equal of the length of the line central portion and to gradually play the line out of the bag under the rearward drag created by holding the second line end portion stationary.

Abstract: A backsack including a flexible pouch with an open upper end, and an opposed pair of shoulder straps. The shoulder straps comprise elongate cords looped about the open end of the pouch in opposite directions for a contraction of the open end and a closing of the pouch upon an outward pull on the straps. The looped cords are engaged through apertures at the closed bottom of the pouch, each cord extending beyond the corresponding aperture and forming a waist strap.

Abstract: In a drawstring handbag, a series of pockets having top openings which are less than or equal to 3/5 of the distance from the bottom to the top of the bag. The walls of the handbag are flexible and a strip, less flexible than the walls, is secured about the bag so as to facilitate the folding of the top portion of the bag downward over the exterior of the bottom portion of the bag. A cup is secured to the base of the bag for the holding of Bingo chips and the like.

Abstract: A large bulk bag formed from a tubular blank of woven fabric having inwardly folded gusset panels along opposite side edges. While in the flattened condition, the blank is sewn along predetermined stitch lines and severed at predetermined portions so that, when the stitched and severed blank is expanded, it forms a bag of rectangular cross section having a closable spout at one or both ends. If a liner is to be used in the bag, the liner is formed from a gussetted tubular blank and sealed and severed along lines corresponding to the stitch severing lines on the bag so that the flat liner can be inserted into the flattened bag with the gussetted portions of the bag and liner interfitting in interleaved relation and the spout on the liner extending through the spout on the bag.

Abstract: Four triangular lifting panels are formed integrally with and extend upwardly from the upper edges of the side walls of the cargo bag. Each of the triangular lifting panels includes wide lower ends, inwardly tapering sides, and substantially pointed upper ends with the wide lower ends of the triangular lifting panels being integrally joined with at least one-half of the upper edges of at least two of the side walls on opposed sides of the cargo bag. In one embodiment, pairs of triangular lifting panels are formed integrally with opposed side walls so that the lifting stress is equally distributed to opposed side walls. In another embodiment, the four triangular lifting panels are formed integrally with and centered above the juncture of adjacent side walls so that the lifting stress is equally distributed to all four side walls. Lifting loop means is associated with the lifting panels for supporting and moving the cargo bag from one location to another.

Abstract: A receptacle for collecting gasoline fuel spills is provided having an outer flexible wall and a bottom pervious wall. The outer flexible wall is provided with a tie string in the neck thereof whereby the receptacle may be sealed by pulling the tie string together. A central aperture is provided in the bottom pervious wall. Secured within the central aperture is a central flexible wall having an upper and extending above an upper end of the receptacle. The upper end of the tubular central wall has a tie string therein for securing the neck of the tubular inner wall against a fill pipe of a gasoline underground tank. The receptacle contains layers of absorbent material for absorbing gasoline which may spill out of the fill pipe during filling of the underground tank. When the absorbent materials absorb sufficient gasoline, the receptacle may be removed from about the fill pipe and the drawing strings pulled together to contain the absorbed gasoline within the receptacle.

Abstract: Freezing mould bags are disclosed, having a plurality of mould compartments, which communicate with each other and, in turn, with a liquid inlet. The liquid inlet and the mould compartments are defined by a pattern of joints or sealings between two opposed bag sheets constituting the bag walls. The mould bags are well-suited for preparing ice pieces of the ice "cube"-type, but may also be used for other purposes.The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/000,090, filed October 15, 1981, has been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).