Abstract:
Packaging for electrical equipment is disclosed in which metal electrically conductive staples are stapled—in contrast to tacked—through the packaging to provide an electrical path between the inside and the outside of the packaging. On the inside of the packaging, each staple clutches and is electrically connected to a wire that is connected to a jack on the electrical equipment. This provides an electrical path between the outside of the packaging and the electrical equipment. When the electrical equipment is to be tested or configured, the testing tool is connected to the staples on the outside of the packaging with spring-load clips. This provides as many electrical paths between the testing tool and the electrical equipment as necessary or desirable and for very little cost.
Abstract:
Containers are especially adapted for the reconstitution and dispensation of concentrated or powdered products. The containers preferably include a sealed flexible pouch body defining an interior space; removable primary and secondary seal regions which seal primary and secondary openings into the interior space of the pouch body, and a resealable closure member provided adjacent the primary seal region for reseating the primary opening upon removal of the primary seal region. A strip thermometer may be physically attached to the pouch body so as to provide visual temperature indication of the reconstituted liquid product within the container. The containers may be prepackaged with a desired amount of concentrated or powdered product for later reconstitution. In use, the primary seal region may be physically removed and the resealable closure member opened so to expose the primary opening to the interior space of the container. A reconstitution liquid may then be introduced through the primary opening and into the container's interior space. Resealing of the primary opening by the closure member allows the product to be mixed with the reconstitution liquid. Thereafter, the secondary seal region may be removed to allow access to the reconstituted liquid product through the secondary opening.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for detecting damage to a device are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a device includes a housing with one or more visual damage detection elements. The visual damage detection elements provide a visual indication if the housing is subjected to a force greater than a threshold level.
Abstract:
The side wall portion of a plastic article, as a plastic container, is opaque and includes a transparent portion, as a view stripe. The opaque portion limits viewing the inside of the article, whereas the transparent portion permits viewing the inside of the article therethrough. A method for forming the plastic article is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A display package for a storage container includes a primary and secondary blister package. The primary blister package includes an opening incorporated thereon allowing a user to rotate a cover of the storage container through the opening about its hinge. A base of the storage container is retained within the primary blister package thereby precluding the user from withdrawing the whole storage container from the primary blister package. The secondary blister package includes a plurality of tool accessories arranged therein. The secondary blister package is disposed within an extension section of the primary blister package and positioned above the base of the storage container.
Abstract:
An anti-theft box which displays an article in a manner which allows a consumer to handle the article without removing it from the box, and which deters theft of the article and/or box is disclosed. The anti-theft box includes a base for supporting the article, and a cover which engages and is lockable with the base. The article is visible through the cover, and an opening in the cover allows a consumer to touch the article without opening the cover or removing the article. In addition, the base includes a locking mechanism in order to normally lock the cover to the base so that it cannot be readily disengaged by the consumer. A retailer can readily engage the base, for example with a key plate, in order to easily open the cover. In one embodiment, an EAS marker is also supported within the base, preferably hidden from the consumer.
Abstract:
Product packaging adapted to house an optical device at an angle to the plane of the packaging, permitting a person to view through the objective and ocular lenses without removing the device from its packaging.
Abstract:
A mail tub in the form of a substantially rigid container and a removable lid which seals the container. The container includes an air inlet port and an air outlet port for sampling air in the mail tub for possible biological contamination, such as anthrax. The container includes structure along the bottom and walls to prevent mail from contacting the walls and bottom. Such structure, in one embodiment, may include raised standoffs along the bottom of the container and channels along the walls to facilitate airflow efficiency through the mail tub when the lid is attached and an air pressure source is applied to the one of the ports. Air samples of the sealed container air are collected for contamination analysis.
Abstract:
A package for displaying certain features of a toothbrush is disclosed. The package includes a movable slider bar as part of the package that can be manipulated by a potential consumer. The slidable bar engages a movable portion of a toothbrush so that a potential customer can observe that movement without opening the package.
Abstract:
A stopper cap includes a first tubular skirt having a longitudinal axis (X) and a base defined transversely to the first tubular skirt. The cap is configured to close off an opening presented at a neck of a receptacle, and the stopper cap includes a tab extending along the outer periphery of the first tubular skirt. This tab is configured to allow the sampling of a product contained in the receptacle by at least partial insertion of the tab into the opening when the cap is detached from the said receptacle. The cap includes a second tubular skirt having the same longitudinal axis in an illustrated example, with the second tubular skirt having a maximum cross section greater than that of the first tubular skirt so that the space requirement of the cap is limited to the frontal area of the second tubular skirt.