Abstract: A case for transmitting audible and written messages, the case comprising end panels, a bottom panel, contrapositioned walls defining a rear wall adjacently positioned to the rail of a bed and a front wall affixed together to form an open container in which written messages may be cataloged. The rear wall includes a flap which extends over the rail of a bed, holding the case thereto. Affixed to an exterior portion of the front wall are a plurality of cassette pockets for holding audio cassettes and a detachable recorder pocket, holding an audio cassette recorder, for receiving and sending messages. Attachable to the arm of a wheel chair, the detachable recorder pocket includes straps having hook and loop type fastener. Messages are recorded and then reserved in the cassette pockets which are designated by name tags.

Abstract: A novel manufacturing technique for strengthening integrally molded handles on a membranous or thin-film article against tearing, by integrally molding the peripheries of the handles and adjacent rim regions of the article in a mold which provides a three-dimensional curvilinear pre-bias against the stress-pattern engendered by lifting of masses carried by the article.

Abstract: An asbestos glove bag comprised of a glove bag having a zip-loc closure within an interior surface of the glove bag. A pair of arm and glove sleeves are secured to the interior surface of the glove bag. A flap portion is secured to the glove bag adjacent to an open top thereof. The flap portion has tab portions extending outwardly therefrom. The flap portion and tab portions have a pressure sensitive adhesive strip thereon. The pressure sensitive adhesive strip has a peel off film removably coupled therewith. The flap portion secures over the open top of the glove bag with the pressure sensitive adhesive engaging the front wall of the glove bag and the tab portions engaging the rear wall of the glove bag.

Abstract: A commercial laundry collection apparatus having a removable laundry bag maintained on a bag stand. The bag stand includes a bag supporting portion freely expandable to a predetermined extent. A bag body of the laundry bag has a larger bottom portion tapering to a smaller upper portion defining a bag mouth. The smaller upper portion is folded back upon the bag supporting portion of the bag stand such that the bag mouth will be open for receipt of soiled laundry. The upper portion of the bag body is dimensioned such that the bag supporting portion of the bag stand will be unable to completely expand to the predetermined extent. As a result, the bag supporting portion of the bag stand will impart an outward force tending to maintain the laundry bag thereon. The laundry bag further includes a pair of longitudinal tie members attached to the upper portion of the bag body at respective opposite locations across the bag mouth.

Abstract: A coupon organizer is provided which allows for easy access to coupons by a shopper. The coupon organizer includes fastening means for maintaining the organizer in a open and operative position and means for maintaining the organizer in a closed position to store and transport the coupons.

Abstract: A flexible intermediate bulk container has a liner which is provided with one or more hollow suspension members for fastening the liner to an outer container in correct relative position. The suspension means members form vents for expulsion of air from the liner during and subsequent to filling with particulate bulk material. The suspension members are preferably tubular to provide vents for the interior of the liner. Such vents may be controlled by one-way valve devices.

Abstract: Plastic bags made of film are suspended in a pack on a rack having support rods for suspending the bags by their handles. During removal of a lead bag from the pack, adhesive contact causes opening of the next bag.

Abstract: A snack food or confectionery bag gives the consumer both hands free by providing a built in loop or strap to be placed around the neck or over the shoulder and enables the consumer to eat the contents at will. The novel bag also has a built-in easy bag opening facility by providing two lips at the top of the content area, not sealed with each other to be held between index finger and thumb of each hand and pulled apart. The loop or strap is so designed that it will not tangle with each other during packing process while manufacturing.

Abstract: A flexible container or bulk bag for bulk materials such as animal feed, granular products and powdered products includes a generally tubular body defining a bottom end and a top end. A bottom seal closes the bottom of the body. Stitching or other mechanical elements seal and close the top end of the body after the container is filled with product. The body defines a single point lift at the top end of the body for transport of the filled container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) for transportation, storage and lifting of bulk material. The container has improved bottom and top construction, and it comprises a hose shape blank made from a round woven fabric or from at least one piece of flat woven fabric joined at its bottom and/or top end after folding the blank in three or more longitudinal folds each consisting of two layers. The length of the joint(s) is less than 1/4 of the container circumference. The FIBC has a filling opening, possibly a liner and might have a lifting loop which is formed by integral extensions of the side walls of the blank.

Abstract: A flexible sterilized bag which easily unfolds to receive an x-ray cassette and is easily closed using a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating strip located around the bag. The bag is advantageously used in a surgical or operating room environment. The bag is composed of a sterilized bag portion, a cuff formed at the open end of the bag and a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating along the circumference near the open end of the bag. As the cassette is pushed into the bag the adhesive coating strip becomes reoriented so that the adhesive coating on one side of the bag directly faces the remaining adhesive coating on the other side of the bag. The open end of the bag is then sealed by simply pressing the opposing sides of the bag together at the location of the adhesive coating.

Abstract: A bag and liner, wherein the bag is maintained open by an attached elastic band. Preferably, the elastic is placed on either side of at least one gusset fold(s) in an untensioned state, so as to bridge the gusset. When the bag top is folded over a container rim, the elastic is stretched on the outside of the container. This placement permits the bag to be folded flat while providing a means to keep the bag open during use. The elastic is useful as a closure after use.

Abstract: A leaf collecting and bagging assembly is made up of flexible plastic sheet having a draw string along its perimeter and capable of being spread out on the ground to serve as a leaf collecting surface and then converted into a bag by drawing the draw string to contain the leaves for discarding along with the bag.

Abstract: Large shipping containers used to hold bulk-packaged commodies, such as hay, can be efficiently fumigated of pests and vermin by means of an apparatus which includes a long, flexible chain or string of gas-permeable, solid fumigant holders, and a long, rigid pole or thrusting member. The holders are joined at predetermined intervals within the string by means of pre-cut lengths of rope or cord and the pole is attached to a distal-most one of the holders and used to thrust the string of holders into the container through its open end and into the headspace above the commodity to be fumigated. The pole is then detached from the string and removed from the container to leave the string in place. The container, is closed, and fumigation is accomplished by permitting the solid fumigant to react with ambient moisture within the container for the static time necessary to produce its toxic gas. After fumigation is complete, the string of holders may be emptied of residue and washed for reuse.

Abstract: A gussetted plastic bag and liner, wherein the bag is maintained open by an attached elastic band. The elastic is placed on either side of at least one gusset fold(s) in an untensioned state, so as to bridge the gusset. When the bag top is folded over a container rim, the elastic is stretched on the outside of the container. This placement permits the bag to be folded flat while providing a means to keep the bag open during use. The elastic is useful as a closure after use.

Abstract: A bag for collecting and transporting loose debris such as leaves, twigs, grass cuttings and the like in which the bag mouth is held open and positioned to receive the debris by a person, with the top of the bag mouth hung behind the person by a shoulder harness attached thereto and the bottom of the bag mouth being moved along the ground by the person's feet, engaged in stirrups which are secured to the bottom of the bags. The bag is fabricated of an inexpensive plastic material which is conveniently disposed when filled with debris.

Abstract: A flexible container is formed from a hose-like blank having two diametrically opposite longitudinal slots or holes and at least one intermediate slot or hole. One half of the hose-like blank is inserted through the intermediate slot in such way that one inner sack, one outer sack and at least one integral lifting loop defined by material areas are formed. Two material areas are formed by material sections between the opposite slots and the intermediate slot extending from the outer sack directly into the inner sack. A third material area is formed by a material section between the opposite slots and extending from the outer sack between the first two material area and into the inner sack.

Abstract: A combination bag holder and bag therefor characterized by a bag holder that has no standing vertical member from a freestanding base with a hanger rack means adjacent the top and holding a flexible permeable collection bag above the floor, the bag having a yoke that is open along its bottom to receive the hanger rack. Also disclosed are the hanger rack and the bag, per se.

Abstract: A tool holder and storage device to interfit over the upper rim of a five gallon bucket is provided. The device includes a tubular cloth panel which drapes and conforms over the inside and outside surfaces of the bucket with inner pockets sewn on the panel to drape on the inside of the bucket and outer pockets sewn on the panel to drape on the outside surface of the bucket with slots cut lengthwise from an end of the cloth panel of sufficient length to allow the panel to drape downwardly around the handle ends of the bucket on the outside surface with ties between the edges of the slots to fix the device under the handle ends.

Abstract: A bottom filled, top gusset plastic bag (10, 106) includes a pair of flexible ear handles (24, 26 or 130, 132). The handles include circular hand-receiving openings (76 or 134) and have circular outlines and circular transition regions (78, 80 or 136, 138) are provided between the ear handles (24, 26 or 130, 132) and attached base portions of the handles. The circular hand-receiving openings (76 or 134) and the curved transition regions (78, 80 or 136, 138) function to distribute weight forces substantially across the full width of each side of a filled bag (10, 106).

Abstract: A flexible intermediate bulk container includes at least two lifting loops which are integral extensions of a side wall structure and a base structure. The extensions are folded and joined to adjacent side wall panels such that each lifting loop connects with or is an integral part of two or three side wall panels and all fibers of the lifting loops have the same lifting height. The wall structure can have double layer walls such that each lifting loop is connected to or is integral with both layers and the ends of each lifting loop are displaced circumferentially relative to each other. Both wall structure and lifting loops can have integrally woven or stitched on reinforcing bands. The container can have an upper closure including a top lid, a filling spout and a wall structure with an open lower end.

Abstract: Dual-section ultra-thin (0.1-0.8 mil) plastic produce bags having a large upper compartment with an open top boundary (fill opening) and a bottom boundary that is partially open to a smaller lower section. The bags are provided in a series on a roll enabling dispensing of each bag by unrolling and tearing along a line of perforations. Individual plastic bags are defined by lines of adjacent heat seals and perforations on a flattened plastic tube. Two elongated side straps have ends attached to the bag adjacent to the top opening so that the top opening of the bag may be closed by tying the straps together. The straps are generally trapezoidal in shape with the widest dimension of the trapezoid being 50-60% the width of the bag at the junction line of the strap to the bag. This design provides strength to the attachment of the strap to the bag in order that the straps may also be used as a handle for carrying the bag.

Abstract: A portable, insulated, storage container including a bag and a receptacle positionable in the bag including flap structure which projects outwardly from the remainder of the receptacle and provides means whereby the receptacle may be positioned in the bag or removed therefrom.

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 shopping bag for use with a supermarket shopping cart has a rectangular base and foldable sides with stiff upper edges for hooking over the sides of the basket of the cart.

Abstract: A flexible container is formed of a single piece of material and includes a bottom, a top and side walls, with two opposite openings in top portions of the side walls below the top. The material of the top is folded or gathered from the opposite openings toward the center of the top, thereby forming an integral lifting loop formed of integral extensions of the side walls. The lifting loop extends over the center of the container between the opposite openings. The thus folded or gathered material is joined at an uppermost lifting area of the lifting loop, thereby forming a permanent lifting handle.

Abstract: A flexible bulk container comprises a side wall structure having an outer wall (10) and an inner wall (11) lying within and closely adjacent to the outer wall. A base closes a lower open end of the side wall structure. A plurality of lifting loops are provided at the upper end of the side wall structure, each lifting loop having a first end that is connected to or integral with the outer wall (10) and a second end that is connected to or integral with the inner wall (11).

Abstract: Plastic bags are made from linear ethylene homopolymer or linear low density copolymers (LLDPE) blended with up to about 10 weight percent of an aromatic polymer, e.g., polystyrene or poly(para-methylstyrene), to improve the ease of opening the bags by reducing the blocking tendency of the film. Although ease of opening is improved the aromatic polymer does not adversely affect the other physical properties of the bag, such as MD tear strength and stiffness, but improves them.

Abstract: A mail bag is fabricated from canvas sewn together to form a bag body with a closed bottom and open top adapted to be closed by a draw string. Three sets of handles, each also formed of pieces of canvas, are sewn to the outer surface of the bag. A first set of four handles are sewn to the bag spaced around the bag in a line proximate the top of the bag; while a second set of four handles are sewn to the bag spaced around the bag in a line proximate the bottom of the bag and so as to be parallel to and aligned with the first set of handles. A third set of four handles are sewn to the bag spaced around the bag aligned with the handles of the first and second sets but so that the handles of the third set midway between handles of the first and second sets and so that the disposition of the hanldes of said third set is either perpendicular to the disposition of the handles of said first and second sets; or parallel thereto.

Abstract: A flexible container for transportation and storage of bulk material includes integral lifting loops having openings for the insertion of lifting devices. In the upper part of the container is placed a separating member, preferably of flexible material, which separates and can close off that part of the container to be filled with bulk material from the lifting area of the container. The separating member is fastened to the container adjacent the openings thereof and possibly also to walls of the container or is pressed thereagainst by a lifting handle sleeve. A filling spout preferably is an integral part of the separating member. Also, the separating member can be Y-shaped or T-shaped including legs or branches that can be equally long or have different lengths. Side legs or branches have openings adjacent edges of which are fastened adjacent the openings in the lifting loops of the container.

Abstract: In accordance with a method and an arrangement for producing bags, sacks or similar objects, and in a synthetic plastic material for its production, a plurality of printing marks are arranged on a supporting foil, and then the supporting foil is attached to the synthetic plastic material, for example by gluing.

Abstract: A package of the type used to contain one or more products to be carried out of a store or restaurant, includes a paperboard base tray having tapered side walls and a tapered, flexible bag portion made, for example, of transparent plastic film. The sleeve forming the bag portion is attached to the side walls of the base. The package thus has a rigid, smooth inner bottom for supporting upstanding articles, such as drink cups, has the capability of being nested in an open configuration for storage, and can be made from a minimum of materials.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a container made of a rigid tubular conformation. Each end of the tube is flattened at a substantial central portion to produce and provide a protruding end portion, and in this flattened and sloped end or portion at least one access aperture is formed. This aperture is selectively closed by a plug, valve or cap adapted to be secured in a fluid-tight manner in this container. Usually this container is made from thermoplastic pipe or tubing from three inches to more than two feet in diameter. The ends are sealed to prevent contamination or ingress of water and the like. The ends are sealed to keep contents from getting out. Hand holds may be formed where the ends are sealed. This tubular container is made with a small amount of tooling and minimum skills by the fabricator. These containers can and may be made economically with very short-run processes, and size extent and length may be changed easily.

Abstract: A bag pad arrangement, and method of making same from tube stock, for bagging a pair of liquid containers, such as containers for carry out for milk shakes, carbonated beverages, and other types of drinks, that are commonly available at fast food outlets, at the point of sale of such products, for easy and effective carry away by the customer, in which the bags of the bag pad are all the same and are incorporated in the pad in congruent relation, with each bag having a bottom fold that is gusseted for flat bottom shaping when open, front and back panels extending between side end seals that extend normally of the bag bottom that are spot welded together at the center of the bag but spaced from the bottom gusset thereof, and that define rectilinear side edgings forming the upper corners of the respective bags that extend to the bag end seals adjacent to but spaced from the bottom gusset thereof, and aligned handle forming openings formed in the bag front and back panels adjacent the upper end of each bag; as i

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic bags which are characterized by two perforated tabs symetrically attached to the front and back walls at the mouth of the bag. Using a sculptured bag or any of several thermoplastic bag structures currently in use (handled or flush-cut; gussetted or flat), the configuration of the two tabs is such that it enables the user to easily open and load the bag while the mouth remains open and the bag in place. Additionally, the placement of the two tabs permits easy loading of a unitary pack on dispensing holders, including armless stands, resulting in more efficient use of time and space by retail users. The placement and scallop design of the tab perforations create stress transfer tips which distribute stress away from creases and slit-seals at the open mouth, preventing tearing or zippering at the mouth of the bag where stress concentration is most likely and permitting greater use of slit-seals and corresponding reduced costs of manufacture.

Abstract: A package bag of a box-like shape has folded sides and the front and upper walls provided with reinforcement layers. The bag is formed of thermoplastic film. Each reinforcement extends predominantly over the entire flat of the front and back wall whereby a stiff structure results.

Abstract: A flexible bulk container comprises a tubular side wall structure (1 to 4) of woven fabric, lifting means (13) at an upper end of the side wall structure, and a base (14) closing the lower end of the side wall structure. The base is in the form of a polygon having an even number of sides and comprising a plurality of thicknesses of said woven fabric. Each thickness is formed by two joined flaps of woven fabric forming integral extensions of the side wall structure and each extending from one side of the polygon towards the opposed side thereof. In each thickness of the base, each flap is of substantially right-angled triangle shape having a first adjacent side lying along one side of the polygon and a second adjacent side extending at right angles from said one side to the opposed side of the polygon, and the two flaps are secured together substantially along the hypotenuses thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a marine power cord stowage device and more particularly to a device 10 comprising a flexible front panel 12 and a flexible back panel 14 which are joined at all but one substantilly straight edge to form opening 18, a cover 32 which is engagable to close opening 18 so that passages remain in opening 18, and a mounting structure 42 operable to removably mount device 10 on a suitable boat structure. The device of this invention allows a boat user to safely stow surplus lengths of marine power cord when in use at dock, yet does not require permanent mounting on a boat.

Abstract: Four pairs of lifting panels extend upwardly from and have their lower end portions formed integrally with the upper edges of the side walls of the cargo bag. Each of the four pairs of lifting panels includes a pair of adjacent lifting panels positioned adjacent a corresponding corner of the cargo bag and the upper end portions of the lifting panels are folded inwardly to form multi-plies thereof. The multi-ply upper end portions of adjacent lifting panels are positioned in overlapping relationship and are interconnected to form a lifting loop above each corner of the cargo bag for supporting and moving the cargo bag from one location to another.

Abstract: A serially interconnected chain of reclosable, zipper-lock plastic bags is arranged for facilitated handling in an automatic bag filling machine. The bag chain may be formed with single or plural connecting spot links between side edges of adjacent bags to maintain alignment of the bags in the chain as the chain is unwound from storage and threaded along a lateral transport path running through the filling machine. The connecting links are adapted to be broken during the loading operation so that separate, loaded bags may be discharged from the machine for packaging. Each bag is formed with raised ridge surface means running laterally thereacross adapted to be slidably received in a suitable guide track means of the filling machine to provide vertical support for the bags as the chain is being drawn between various work stations in the filling machine.

Abstract: A hamper bag is removably-mounted by a supporting base defined by a pair of opposing scissor-linkages. The hamper bag includes a pair of rods inserted through its upper lip, which rods are used to hold the hamper bag open on the supporting base by extending the rod-members over dowel-members interconnecting the upper portions of the pair of scissor-linkages, such that the rods are overhung relative to the dowel-members. The upper portions of the slats forming the scissor-linkages serve to prevent the removal of the sides and, therefore, the bag without first moving the rods away and up from the dowel-members to clear the dowel-members. The hamper bag may be carried separately or together with the collapsed supporting base.

Abstract: A method for positioning handles on a sachet-type container made from a flexible synthetic material comprises attaching handles to a sleeve of synthetic material while the sleeve is on the mandrel. The sleeves are cut and flap-like corner portions are folded over onto the handles. The handles may be fed from a magazine.

Abstract: A portable electric humidifier uses a flexible, disposable bag as a container for water, to provide a compact, collapsible, and easily portable system. A humidifier head contains a motor and an air humidifying apparatus such as a spinning disk and conical shaft. The head is supported on folding legs. The flexible bag is supported by and hangs beneath the humidifier head. The conical shaft extends downwardly from the spinning disk and draws water from the bag and conveys it to the disk, from which it is dispersed in an air stream into a room. The shaft in one embodiment telescopes, to occupy a minimum vertical distance for storage within the height of the folded legs, and in another embodiment is removable for storage. The flexible bag container is inexpensive and may be discarded after use at one location, prior to packing for further travel. Thus, the humidifier provides overnight humidification for a hotel room or the like, while being conveniently packable for transportation in any small suitcase.

Abstract: A sack of a thermoplastic film comprising an open mouth region, a body region and a closed bottom region, said body region having at least one cold-stretched, circumferential band of reduced diameter therein. The method of forming such a sack comprising providing a sack of thermoplastic film; folding said bag at least once longitudinally so that the fold line is at least generally at right angles to the bag mouth opening; and at ambient temperature, applying a stretching force within at least one comparatively narrow band region across the folded bag, said stretching force being sufficient to neck-down the plastic film to a reduced diameter in relation to the original diameter of said bag.

Abstract: A flexible bulk container has a side wall structure 1 formed from a length of tubular woven fabric comprising a base fabric and a plurality of parallel reinforcing bands such as 2 to 5 integrally woven with the base fabric and extending parallel to the tube axis. A bottom 26 is stitched to the side wall structure at one end of the fabric length and a top wall structure 24 may be secured at the other end of the fabric length. The container has a plurality of lifting loops 20 to 23 at the top end of the fabric length, each lifting loop being formed by cutting back a portion of the base fabric alongside each of two adjacent reinforcing bands (e.g. 3 and 4) to leave parts of the bands projecting from the base fabric, and securing together the free ends of the projecting parts to form the loop (e.g. 20). One of the projecting parts may be twisted through 180.degree. before the free ends are joined together.

Abstract: A bag made of flexible synthetic material is provided with a removable stiffening element that can serve as both a handle and a stopper element after the bag has been opened.

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: A continuously flexible belt displaying two opposing walls (5, 6) and longitudinal upper and lower edges and incorporating a number of consecutively arranged packaging blanks (2), each with a bottom section (4) at the aforementioned lower edge and two bonding zones (7, 8) arranged transversely in relation to the longitudinal direction of the belt which form the side closures of the packaging blank.

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 leaf collecting and bagging assembly is made up of flexible plastic sheet having a draw string along its perimeter and capable of being spread out on the ground to serve as a leaf collecting surface and then converted into a bag by drawing the draw string to contain the leaves for discarding along with the bag.