Abstract:
A container for storage wherein an organic light emitting device is provided on a surface thereof or as part of a wall thereof such that light emitted from the organic light emitting device is visible from the exterior of the container.
Abstract:
A communication package has, enclosed in a storage disc, a voice chip connected by power input bus terminals to a renewable, battery power system which provides easy battery accessibility. The storage disc preferably contains an acoustically resonant chamber and diffusion apparatus and preferably contains a removable barrier between the power system and the power input bus terminals that must be removed before the voice chip can be energized. A unitized interface system (UIS) is used to store a voice message in the communication package by recording the voice message, replaying the voice message, optionally re-recording at least a portion of the voice message until the replay is satisfactory and converting the voice message to a compressed, digital "sound file". Identifying information is encoded and converted into a compressed, digital "text file" and combined with the "sound file". The identifying information is separated from the combined files and is displayed or printed. Only the contents of the "sound file" are downloaded onto the voice chip of the communication package.
Abstract:
A security container for storing various articles is formed of transparent plastic material and has four tabs extending from a bottom wall with latching flanges extending from the ends of each tab. The flanges are positioned to be inserted into the four openings formed in the side walls of most jewel boxes for the storage of compact discs, removably securing the jewel box to the bottom wall of the container and allowing the jewel box to be opened and the compact disc to be accessed while the jewel box remains secured to the container by the flanges. A holder with a U-shaped opening for receiving at least one or two compact discs is removably secured to the inside surface of a double hinge panel of the container and holds the compact discs for display through a front wall of the security container. A locking mechanism secures the contents of the container while allowing the articles to be displayed through the container walls. An E.A.S. tag also may be secured inside the container or the locking mechanism to prevent unauthorized removal of the container and contents from a retail store.
Abstract:
Optical arrangements are provided by which observers of flat containers or display boxes, such as compact disc (CD) jewel boxes, can be presented with different information about the contents of the box when looking at one of its surfaces from different angular perspectives. Advantageously, parallax effects are compensated where the size of the observable images and the viewing distance create undesirable visual artifacts. Horizontally and vertically oriented lenticulated panels are used in combination with interlaced images to convey the differently coded views without the need for physically manipulating such boxes as in the past to see equivalent information. Compliant inserts preferably provide the information content of the various views and are adapted for use with industry automated insert machinery while being self aligning with the lenticulated panels. These arrangements enhance the possibilities for displaying more and different kinds of information on a given box surface area compared with conventional approaches, and as such, enhance the prospects for increasing initial and multiple sales of CD products.
Abstract:
The method is for using a foldable card as a USB contact. A foldable flat card has a folding line and a foldable front flap section and foldable rear flap section. The card has contact segments. The front flap section is upwardly folded until the front flap section bears against a top surface of the card. The rear flap section is also upwardly folded until the rear flap section bears against the top surface of the card. A front segment is downwardly folded along the folding line until an underside of a rear segment bears against an underside of the front segment and the contact segment comes into contact with the contact segment to form a USB contact. The USB contact is then inserted into a computer.
Abstract:
A packaging for an optical article comprises an electrical device configured to be in contact with the optical article; and an electrical circuit element configured to interact with an activation signal provided by a communication device configured to interact with the electrical device. A system and a method of packaging are also provided.
Abstract:
An index card for mounting on a casing for accommodating a recording medium includes a contact type or non-contact type IC for storing information or for processing signals.
Abstract:
A container for holding cigarette rolling papers is provided comprising a card having front and rear surfaces; and a rear panel fastened to the rear surface to define a cavity adapted to contain a plurality of cigarette rolling papers. Preferably, the card is approximately the same shape and size as a standard credit card and constructed from a plastic material. A ridge or other obstruction is included above the rear panel adapted to retain the rolling papers while inside the cavity. The card may further comprise a USB flash drive or portable media player flexibly attached to the front surface of the card.
Abstract:
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a thin optical disc having remote reading capability is provided. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, the optical disc includes a central clamping area that defines a central aperture operable to be engaged by a spindle mechanism of an optical disc drive, an optically-readable data storage area substantially surrounding the central clamping area, the optically-readable data storage area having a planar thickness of less than 1.20 mm, and an electronic tag coupled to or embedded within the optical disc, the electronic tag comprising a radio frequency tag or radio frequency identification tag.
Abstract:
A double-sided USB connector may include a first PCB that may provide a first set of electrical contacts on its first side and solder pads on its second side. The first PCB may further include a components side, solder pads, and signal traces. The double-sided USB connector may also include a second PCB that may provide a second set of electrical contacts on its first side and terminals on its second side. Contacts selected from the second set of contacts may be connected to selected terminals, for example through via paths in the second PCB. Contacts from the first and second sets of contacts may selectively be connected to components on the first PCB using signal traces rather than wires. The first PCB may be joined to the second PCB by using the terminals, and the two PCBs may be packaged using a common molded body.