Abstract: A case for a portable hand-held devices, such as binoculars. The case assembly includes a main case portion having an opening defined by a periphery and a cover. A reconfigurable member is attached to at least a portion of the cover and can be configured to correspond to an outer profile of the hand-held device being stored within the case.

Abstract: A packaging bag unsealed from a first side to a second side opposed to the first side, including: an inclination seal part (5) at a corner provided consecutively to the second side, wherein the inclination seal part (5) has a strong-pressure seal zone (7) along an inner edge (50) of the inclination seal part (5), the strong-pressure seal zone (7) being pressed by a higher pressing force than other parts of the inclination seal part (5), and being smaller in thickness than other parts of the inclination seal part (5). Also disclosed is a pressing member and a method for manufacturing the packaging bag.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to flexible packages having an access control feature in the form of a strip of a malleable sheet material that can be used to form a dead fold to re-close an opened package and prevent spilling. The access control feature can also be used to keep the mouth of the package open for easier access when the contents of the package are being consumed. Exemplary embodiments operate in an intuitive manner and are easy to use. The access control feature provides a tactile cue to the user for properly closing the package, as well as visual assurance that the package has been closed.

Abstract: A bag formed of a sheet material adapted to be filled with contents and opened at the top for taking out the contents. The bag has fused joints along the lateral edges thereof. A plastically deformable wire-like member is attached inside the fused joints over a length from the output opening side portion to the body portion.

Abstract: A bag formed of a sheet material adapted to be filled with contents 16 and opened at the top for taking out the contents 16. The bag has fused joints along the lateral edges thereof. A plastically deformable wire-like member 18 is attached inside the fused joints over a length from the output opening side portion 13 to the body portion 12.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recloseable bag having a front and rear faces. One or more bendable shape-retaining flat T-shaped spines are stamped and bonded to a face of the bag. In one embodiment, the T-shaped spines are formed of a bendable plastic shape-retaining polymer material. In a second embodiment, the T-shaped spines are formed of resilient plastic having a shape-retaining strand such as wire embedded centrally therein. An installation machine is also disclosed for formation of and heat- or adhesive-application of the flat T-shaped spines to the recloseable self-sealing bag material either prior to or during the filling and sealing process. The present invention's design is simple and straightforward, highly effective, and can be economically manufactured.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for resealing bags comprises affixing a malleable strip along a vertical axis of a bag such that, when the bag is rolled, the malleable strip retains its shape to hold the bag closed. In one embodiment, the malleable strip comprises a metallic material. In an alternative embodiment, a self-adhesive is affixed to one side of the malleable strip. In an alternative embodiment, the malleable strip is affixed into a vertical spine of the bag.

Abstract: A liquid storage tank and a method of fabricating and testing the liquid storage tank. The tank is collapsible for ease of transportation when not holding a liquid and includes a base portion and a top portion. The base portion has a bottom wall and a frusto-conical sidewall that is sealed to the bottom wall. The top portion is sealed to the sidewall, and has a flexible opening. The opening is linear in the preferred embodiment and is openable to draw liquid from the tank and closable to prevent contaminants from entering the tank. The bottom wall is substantially circular and the top portion includes two substantially semi-circular sections joined and overlapped along the straight edges to form an overlapped region. The sidewall includes generally triangular shaped sections, and the sections are joined to one another with seams that extend in a slightly helical fashion about the tank. The opening includes a slit in the overlapped region and two L-shaped members.

Abstract: The body of a sterile collection bag has opposed sidewalls and an upper body end. The interior of the body defines a sterile collection space for an object. First and second flexible closure strips having integrated centrally located wires are attached to the bag sidewalls and extend beyond the side wall edges. The upper end of the body includes one or more small notches cut into the body sidewalls to facilitate tearing of the upper body end from the bag body, with abrupt edges of the strips acting as tear guides. Pull tabs attached to the closure strips can be drawn apart to open the mouth of the bag for insertion of a sample.

Abstract: An elongated reusable bag is divided into a plurality of segmented sections, separated by perforations through the bag. Pocketed openings or through passages are located adjacent to each perforation. The openings or through passages are formed by separate thin paper or plastic sheets or one elongated thin sheet which overlays the exterior of the bag. A flexible, bendable tab member, used to close the top of the bag when the bag is full, is also conveniently used to close the bag after varying amounts of product are removed. As the bag is emptied, the segmented sections of the bag are torn or cut off and removed at the perforations. After a section is removed, the original tab is inserted in one of the pocketed openings or through passages and used to secure the bag at a point at which the product remains in the bag.

Abstract: A flexible pouch is provided which includes a flexible product-confining compartment that is folded upon itself. The compartment has a closure assembly adjacent to its mouth, and a wrap-around flexible flap extends above or beyond the mouth. A deadfold strip is associated with the flexible flap such that the flexible flap can wrap partially or entirely around the compartment, depending primarily upon the amount of product within the compartment, with the compartment also folded on itself in response to the amount of product within the compartment.

Abstract: A method of making continuous rolls of a thin laminate composite that is ideally suited for the large scale production of reclosable bags which can be used for sealably packaging a wide variety of articles, including food products. The bags of the invention, after being opened, can quickly and easily be closed by rolling the open end downwardly upon itself in a manner to sealably deform one or more inelastic, malleable metal filaments which are interconnected with at least one of the laminate side walls of the bag.

Abstract: A bag is disclosed herein having a pair of flexible sheets joined about their peripheral edges to define an interior storage compartment and which includes an entrance or mouth leading into the storage compartment. A length or strip of deformable material such as wire is carried on the sheets adjacent to the mouth for selectively closing the entrance subsequent to the initial bag opening or for maintaining the bag in open position when desired. The deformable element or material may be a continuous strip which extends across the sheets at the mouth of the bag or may be trained about a convoluted path across the sheets and sides of the bag adjacent to the mouth. In one form, integral end tabs protrude beyond the bag sides at the ends of the bag mouth to effect closure.

Abstract: A resealable bag is formed of flexible sheet material having, embedded therein, a number of parallel, spaced apart strips of inelastic but bendable material which are capable of assuming a set position when bent. The strips, which extend generally longitudinally along the full length of the bags, each include a substantially widened portion, near the mouth of the bag, which co-operates with the flexible package walls to form a closure for resealing the package. A series of filled bags may be formed by first forming a continuous length of a flexible two-ply sheet material having a number of strips disposed between the plies. The end of the sheet is drawn past a hollow mandrel so as to bring the sheet edges into overlapping relation. The overlapped edges are joined to form a tube, the end of which is sealed with a transverse seam to form an open-ended bag. The open bag is then filled through the mandrel, sealed with a transverse seam and severed from the length of material.

Abstract: An elongated serving, storing and heating bag for a food product of the type having a folded shell construction such as a taco, burrito, hot dog or the like is disclosed. The bag is in the form of an open ended bag of paper-like material having a dead fold capability with the bag including first and second side panels hingedly connected to one another along substantially parallel first and second fold lines with the first and second side panels combining to form an elongated tubular sleeve having a first open end and a second sealed end for receiving the food product therein. The bag further includes a gusseted fold line forming one of the first or second fold lines so as to permit expansion of the bag along one longitudinal edge.

Abstract: The deadfold reclosure sticker for hand pressure application to a bag has a flexible backing liner with a low adhesion surface. On the liner is a flexible deadfold reclosure sticker having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer forming a base surface releasably adhered to the low adhesion surface of the liner. The sticker comprises a laminate of pliable layers and at least two deadfold wires having a thickness at least twice as great as the laminate. The wires are in spaced parallel alignment and are embedded along their length in the laminate with the ends of said wires exposed to view. The flexible backing liner has a structural feature for easy removal of it for hand application of it onto a flexible bag to form a deadfold reclosable bag easily reclosed by simple folding steps.

Abstract: A collapsible flaccid bag bottle, such as those used for baby bottles, for closed containment of fluid to be aspirated therefrom. Integral with the bottle is a thin passive film, for example, a 2 mil thick additional layer of plastic, that passively manages collapsing of the bottle as fluid is dispensed. The presence of this layer insures against sustainment and proliferation of fluid retention pockets that typically proliferate inside of flaccid bags and block discharge passage of fluid.

Abstract: A plastic bag, such as a trash bag or the like, of linear low density polyethylene or a blend of low density polyethylene and low density polyethylene has a closure portion along its open end. The closure portion is of a plastic having dead fold properties, such as oriented high density polyethylene or polystyrene. The bag can be closed by twisting the closure portion. The dead fold property of the closure portion will maintain the twisted condition of the closure portion to maintain the bag closed.

Abstract: A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for encapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing reclosable bags includes a continuous webbing of flexible bags joined end-to-end, a continuous roll of metal strip with an arrangement for forming the metal strip into discrete segments. A roll of adhesively coated sealing tape and an arrangement for positioning the sealing tape over a metal strip segment while applying the sealing tape to one end of a flexible bag. A method of forming the reclosable bags includes the steps of providing a serial succession of bags joined end-to-end, stretching a portion of each bag so as to be free of wrinkles, aligning a metal strip segment with the wrinkle-free portion of the bag and sealing the metal strip segment of the bag with a portion of sealing tape.

Abstract: A reclosable bag having an open end with a side margin adjacent the open end, a metal segment in the side margin having ends extending beyond the opening and a sealing tape overlying the metal strip for excapsulation thereof. Apparatus for manufacturing reclosable bags includes a continuous webbing of flexible bags joined end-to-end, a continuous roll of metal strip with an arrangement for forming the metal strip into discrete segments. A roll of adhesively coated sealing tape and an arrangement for positioning the sealing tape over a metal strip segment while applying the sealing tape to one end of a flexible bag. A method of forming the reclosable bags includes the steps of providing a serial succession of bags joined end-to-end, stretching a portion of each bag so as to be free of wrinkles, aligning a metal strip segment with the wrinkle-free portion of the bag and sealing the metal strip segment of the bag with a portion of sealing tape.

Abstract: A resealable bag closure apparatus (10) including a bag member (13) having a mouth portion (15) and a closure unit (12) including an elongated flexible wire (21) arranged in a serpentine configuration and operatively attached to the flexible walls (14) of the bag member (13) and disposed at a location proximate to, but spaced from the mouth portion (15) of the bag member (13) to form a resealable closure for the apparatus (10).

Abstract: A prefabricated wrapper for a bouquet of flowers is provided having a decorative crush-to-hold intermediate portion. The bouquet wrapper has a generally conical shape with a lower portion formed as a cup for receipt of flower stems. An upper portion is open for receipt of flowers. The intermediate portion is formed of a metal foil or the like, and is positioned between the upper and lower portions of the wrapper, as a laminate on the upper and lower portions formed unitarily, or as an intermediate portion attached at its margins to upper and lower portions. The wrapper is made of flexible material so that when the intermediate portion is crushed around the stems of flowers, the flowers are held in a gathered position. A disk-shaped portion may be fastened to the upper end of the wrapper to further secure a bouquet of flowers within the wrapper.

Abstract: A bag having front and back walls and a bendable metal reclosure therefor having a total length greater than the width of the bag bent at two points spaced a distance corresponding to the bag width to have two tab portions at the ends of an intermediate portion, the latter being secured to one of the walls adjacent an end of the bag extending across that wall generally from one side edge of the wall to the other, the tab portions being bent back on the outside of the intermediate portion, and a cover strip overlying the reclosure.

Abstract: An assembly of disposable biodegradable containers has smaller containers of the assembly telescopingly housed within next larger containers of the assembly where each container includes a body and a closeable reopenable closure at an end of the body including a cap joined to the body where the cap extends longitudinally from the body to an aperture, where the cap includes a pair of longitudinally extending opposite V-shaped flexible folding hinge portions whereby when the longitudinally extending exterior surfaces of the cap which are subtended by the V-shaped hinge portions are urged towards one another, interior surfaces of the cap bounded by edges of aperture contact thereby closing the aperture and including a contact adhesive for releasably maintaining the cap closed by securing contacting interior surfaces of the cap and including a deformable strip for retaining the container closed upon wrapping strip end portions about the cap has been folded about the strip.