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A stackable poultry coop formed of complementary upper and lower sections and a door. The upper section has an upper wall with a central opening bounded by a plurality of upwardly extending flanges. The lower section has a lower wall formed of a flexible grid and a plurality of downwardly extending ribs...     

A packaging device forming an insulative structure for hot food sandwiches. The packaging device includes a pair of identical members, which when interconnected, form an insulative food container. Each of the members comprise a dish-shaped portion whose periphery has a planar flange. The inner surface...     

There is disclosed herein an enclosure for a cable splice that rigidly fixes two or more spliced cables and moisture proofs the splice and exposed cable ends. A pair of mating plug members grasp the cable ends and are then partially immersed in a body of sealant contained in a vial. The plug members...     

An arrangement for mounting plural covers on opposite surfaces of one or more planes employs elongated fastening nuts for receiving mounting bolts from opposite directions via the cover tops, formed with a pair of grooves which permits each nut to mate with a notch in a wall of one of the covers so that...     

A temperature insulating receptacle, e.g. of styrofoam or polyurethane, which is composed of two sections hinged together so as to be adapted to be folded like a suitcase while the ends opposite the hinging means are provided with interengaging closure means a part of which simultaneously serves as a...     

Base and cover members of a vacuum filter having walls each terminating with an annular bead are sealably joined together by a flexible annular joint. The joint has a median part defining, with an inner flange and a first rounded outer lip, an annular cavity in which the bead of the base member is tightly...     

A closed container composed of identical separable parts each of one-piece plastic construction. Each part has a rectangular base, an upright rear wall, and upright side walls cut diagonally or on the bias. The top and front of each part is substantially open so that it may be used independently of the...     

In a hogshead formed from convolutely wound paper tubes that are cut into complemental halves, reinforcing staves are adhered to the marginal cut edges of each tube moiety, and hinge members, comprising generally two part hinges, are secured to each stave with their turned ends embracing against the...     

A terminal box for use with telephone cable systems has a housing formed of geometrically identical channels interfitted by tongue and groove edge portions. Within the housing, vertical brackets for terminal blocks are movable along U-shaped horizontal supports to permit an increase in spacing between...     

A symmetrical container of desired cross-sectional polygon configuration having a floor and a plurality of upstanding side walls, at least one side wall having a flange of predetermined dimensions extending a predetermined distance above the upper end of the one side wall, and at least one other side...     

A housing for receiving an electrical device and connecting the device into an electrical circuit has a pair of identical housing members joined together along confronting interior faces by complementary catch elements formed integral with the housing members. The electrical device is received within...     

A container and dispenser for a rolled sheet of gauze material which permits a user to dispense a selected length of gauze without touching the surface of the gauze during the dispensing operation, and which prevents the dispensing of additional gauze at other times.

A reusable enclosed transport case made up of a pair of complementary interlocking members each having a base, a wall along a first edge of the base and a pair of opposed side walls adjoining that wall is disclosed. During shipping, the two interlocking members are locked together to safely retain and...     

A motorcycle trailer comprising two body parts hingedly connected with each part having triangular sides and a rear wall on the upper part. A wheel suspension is secured to the lower part and comprises a pair of leaf springs having a transverse tubular member secured to their lower ends and a pair of...     

A toy detective set for the amusement of children includes a casing for housing various detective play items. The casing is formed from two identical and mating casing halves which can be separated and expose the play items. The set also includes a flashlight which has a top handle. The flashlight has...     

A generally dish-shaped container has a projection or projections at its mouth edge, and a recess or recesses in its bottom or its base, whereby such containers can be secured together to form a structure on a building block principle, by interengagement of the projection and recess. The structure can...     

A component carrier for supporting a small precision electronic component with fine leads includes a pair of like generally J-shaped thin plates for mating relationship with each other in slightly overlapping relationship to define an opening accommodating the component with a number of parallel channels...     

Enclosed shipping container assembly for an elongated article such as a roll of flexible sheet or film material. The container assembly includes a pair of open five-sided container halves of identical structure which fit together in opposite orientation to form an enclosed container, and a pair of spaced...     

A plastic food package of base and lid components which have a locking means comprising a locking projection which is stiffened and a locking flap lockingly engagable with the projection. The locking projection in practical constructions is formed by projecting walls which meet to form a peak whereby...     

An electrode boiler for operation at substantially atmospheric pressure having a container consisting of upper and lower parts with a resilient band encircling the container to hold the parts together and provide a liquid seal between them. The container consists of identical moulded parts, each part...     

An air intake silencer includes a box-shaped expansion chamber constructed of identically dimensioned, separable havles respectively connected to a carburetor intake system and a tubular intake member. In a basic form of the silencer, the tubular intake member includes a metal tube mounted in the expansion...     

A receptacle for selectively alternatively holding a standard recording tape cartridge or cassette which are of different dimensions includes a rectangular tray shaped member having a rectangular base wall and upstanding front, rear and end walls delineating a cavity for nesting the standard cartridge....     

A flexible multi-compartment container is provided for the storage, handling and shipping of fragile disks such as silicon wafers used in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The container comprises a generally tubular hollow bellows section formed of identical longitudinal halves from thin sheets...     

A multi-purpose cargo shipping container having provision for optional individual unit use or plural interlocked use. On the one hand the individual unit may be utilized for carrying relatively high density cargo, while on the other, a pair of interlocked units forming a container may carry low package...     

A dialysis device of the type including a stack of parallel membrane support plates and membranes. A casing encloses the top, bottom and two opposing sides of the stack with the casing formed of two plastic molded interchangeable parts. Each casing part comprises a base member and a pair of integrally...     

A computer tape reel carrying and storage device having just ten parts, all of which are paired identically. Most of the parts are of plastic and the identical pairs be molded in the same mold. The parts may easily be assembled to form a cylindrical body having a flange at its lower end and a movable...     

A document storage and access case for a plurality of groups of documents including a housing in which are disposed a plurality of inclined ramps and document supports associated therewith. The ramps may be formed as an integral part of the housing or as an insert and each group of documents rests on...     

A reusable resilient package particularly for the shipment of beverage cans is provided having at least two mating half sections, each containing at least one pair of mating recesses, one recess of each pair receiving half of a lengthwise section of a beverage can of one size and the other recess of...     

A toy construction kit is provided which includes, as basic building elements, a plurality of interlockable plate members, each plate member having a tongue along one side and a groove along the other side whereby two or more plate members can be connected together in tongue and groove fashion to form...     

A novel food container for the storage and transport of food, particularly hot food such as pizza. The container comprises an identical upper and lower portion, each portion having a flat, base surface, outwardly extending side walls with a circumferential lip therearound. A locking means is carried...     

The toilet tissue storage container has two wide flexible tabs protruding downwards and angled inwards, one on the front wall and one on the rear wall. The strength and flexibility of the tabs is developed by the width, length, thickness and angle. The strength and flexibility enable the tabs to hold...     

A toaster/oven accessory pan sized to cook small food items (eggs, etc.) comprises a flat major panel, integral upstanding sidewalls, a peripheral flange extending from and surrounding the sidewalls, and two handles integral with the peripheral flange and defining a slot opening for receiving the tines...     

A box for storing and dispensing food-stuff distributed upon a foil band and wound to a spool upon a shaft comprises two like components, each defined by a base plate and three adjoining walls. Each wall is provided with an open slot starting from the edge of the pertaining wall remote from the base...     

A pair of identical, semicylindrical shells, each having a latch and a socket, are snapped together around a coaxial cable and connector assembly. The shells are made of comparatively brittle plastic material so that, once snapped together, they cannot be separated without fracture thereof, whereupon...     

The invention relates to a packaging container of plastics consisting of two halves, which are foldably joined. Each half comprises a cavity for receiving goods. The opening of each cavity is surrounded by a flange onto which a closing sheet is sealed. For keeping the two halves together in a folded...     

Two upright perforate pipes, one inside the other, the space between the pipes being filled with soil and the inner pipe being filled with solid nutrient material. The inner pipe is provided with a closeable opening to permit removal of exhausted nutrient materials.

A coin holder for a stack of coins of a predetermined diameter comprising first and second housing sections of transparent plastic sheet material hinged together along one of the longitudinal edges of the housing sections so that the housing sections can be moved between open and closed positions. The...     

A compact, reusable specimen mailer for safely shipping fragile specimen containers via the postal service. Two substantially identical L-shaped matable parts are each provided with a long leg having a flat free end and a flat inside face, and a short leg having a flat inside face, so that the two parts...     

An essentially two piece case such as a handbag which is adapted to move between a closed and a limited open position. The case includes two shells of identical construction and each including hinge portions which when interengaged form the overall construction. Each shell includes a pair of opposed...     

A sundae dish having a bottom dish and a cover that are identical. The rim structure of each dish is part male and part female, and each is provided with a locking element. The two parts of the container are self aligning by virtue of their rim structures so that when one is inverted on the other, the...     

An especially high strength, high temperature, economical material useful for insulation is preferably made by making up a mix having the following proportions in parts by weight: 20-50 parts expanded perlite; 0.5-4 parts sodium fluosilicate; 0.2-5 parts fiber material; a water solution having 9.5-19...     

A cooler having a removable coolant receptacle secured between and dividing a pair of insulated containers attached together by a hinge. The coolant receptacle closes the openings of the two containers and divides the cooler into separate compartments. The coolant receptacle extends partially into both...     

A multi-purpose cargo shipping container having provision for optional individual unit use or plural interlocked use. On the one hand the individual unit may be utilized for carrying relatively high density cargo, while on the other, a pair of interlocked units forming a container may carry low package...     

A pair of circular, shallow, container lower and upper half-sections, integrally molded of a light-weight, thermally insulating material, are formed along their peripheral side-walls with mutually interfitting and interlocking means which is readily releasable for uncovering a contained pizza pie. Each...     

A container consisting of cooperating top and bottom trays. Each tray has opposed upstanding end walls and opposed upstanding side walls. The height of the end walls of each tray are greater than the height of the side walls of the same tray. In order to assemble the two trays together to form a container,...     

The present invention is directed to a deodorant container in which an air-treating material is positioned. The air-treating material can be either a volatile material or a material which absorbs odors. The container includes a top member movable mounted within a base member. The top member and the base...     

This invention relates to an improved package or container made of a rigid cellular foam for protecting fragile articles such as light bulbs during storage or transport and is composed of two hingedly connected housing elements having recesses adapted to enclose said article; holding it in snug engagement...     

A packaging block for cylindrical articles includes first and second identical L-shaped members adapted to be secured around the cylindrical article. Each member is formed with first and second substantially perpendicular legs having a semi-circular concavity formed in the interior contiguous surfaces...     

A universal pacifier case provides a sanitary enclosure for baby pacifiers of the type having a nipple, a guard flange and a handle, the pacifier case including a housing fully enclosing the nipple and the guard flange, with the handle projecting out of the housing, the housing having a pair of wall...     

An interlocking stackable tray having an opposed pair of sidewalls which are especially configured to be inwardly deflected toward each other into interlocked supporting engagement with a similar tray upon stacked placement of the similar tray thereon.

A pizza box carton is disclosed wherein identical molded insulation carton halves enclose a conventional takeout pizza box so that the carton is in a tight, non-slidable, interfit relationship so as to prevent the pizza box with a pizza therein from sliding and leaking, while preventing heat loss. The...     

A storage unit for use in storing a prosthetic heart valve in conjunction with a plurality of heart valve orifice measurement gauges that includes separate container units (11 and 12), which container units can be selectively connected and disconnected by a connecting unit (13). Opening units (14) are...     

A decorative plate apparatus comprising two or more plate sections, each plate section formed with an integrally formed male extension and an integrally formed female receptacle for securing the plates one to the other. The present plate apparatus further includes an opening through which the mounting...     

A casket having a base or body produced by a single press of a forming stamp, and a top or cap also formed by a single press of a forming stamp. The base or body may be formed by the same tooling as the top or cap reducing the equipment necessary, time of production and labor costs in manufacture of...     

This invention provides a combination ornament and identification device for vehicles formed so as to be fixedly secured to the radio antenna of a vehicle. The device includes a pair of engageable marker members, each being formed having a longitudinal channel to encompass the antenna, and including...     

The following specification discloses a container such as a box, packing or shipping container for items that are to be maintained in a vapor proof environment. The container is made out of a sheetlike material, such as plastic derived from one of the olefin family of plastics. It is formed with bumpers,...     

A storage and transport container comprises a pair of like housings each having a normally vertical back wall having upright and parallel side edges and horizontal top and bottom edges, a pair of generally parallel side walls extending horizontally in one direction from the side edges, and respective...     

A carrier (30) for thin flat electronic devices (36) is provided which has a high volumetric efficiency and is adapted for use with automatic handling equipment. The carrier (30) comprising a hollow tube (31) having a longitudinal interior bore (35) in which is placed a longitudinal cage of metal rails...     

A one-piece thermoformed plastic wrap dispenser is provided for containing and dispensing sheet wrapping material such as plastic film. The dispenser includes an elongated body having a pair of like confronting hollow body shells. Each of the body shells has a pair of adjacent longitudinal edges interconnected...     

A package assembly for an article comprises first and second housing portions each having a flange around a periphery thereof. The flanges are positioned adjacent to and in engagement with each other. The housing portions together define a compartment. An article is included within the compartment. A...     

A structural ice mold of the large, single use type, preferably made of FDA approved low density polyethylene plastic, is rotationally molded into a shape forming a hollow cavity on the inside thereof which defines the ice sculpture or figurine to be formed therein. In the improvement of the invention...     

An improved wafer carrier adapted for use in storing and transferring semiconductor wafers is described. The carrier generally resembles prior art carriers in that it is an open topped basket with internal slots for receiving spaced apart semiconductor wafers. Rails having smooth upper surfaces are provided...     

A tamper-proof, tamper-edvident package includes a pill, capsule, ingestible or medicant bottle-holding container and a sealing lig thereover. The lid includes a flexible lip with a conical sealing surface surrounding the container and in angular juxtaposition upon assembly with a more rigid conical...     

A toroidal transformer insulation tube includes first and second identical, molded plastic U-channel halves. The halves each have an arcuate bottom and generally semi-cylindrical sides which extend upwardly from the bottom and terminate in inner and outer edges. The edges have symmetrically arranged...     

The container is preferably a rectangular box or cube and includes a central storage space defined by an identical pair of mating portions. Each portion includes a flat bottom wall, a spaced pair of parallel vertical endwalls bearing upraised integral ears of a width less than the remainder of the endwall....     

Housing for electrotechnical equipment comprising two side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall which form a box-like framework with two openings which are sealable by means of a back wall, door, or inspection window, whereby in at least corner areas of the top and bottom walls support legs are pivotally...     

A junction box readily adapted for installation to an electric power cable made up of a pair of identical interlocking sections which are joined together over the cable at any appropriate point on the cable. In one embodiment the box is employed as a "stringer" box where a series of the boxes are installed...     

Disclosed is a method for packaging a number of disc-like information recording media each having a hole at its center portion. The disc-like information recording media are collected with the holes thereof being aligned with each other to form a cylindrical assembly with a through-hole, and an elongated...     

A game carrying case convertible to a game board includes two identical half sections, symmetrical in construction and doweling. The two sections can be adapted to house the playing pieces in the carrying case configuration. The sections can also be oriented so that when section one and section two are...     

A personal sports equipment carrier adapted for carrying baseball or softball equipment is provided. The sports equipment carrier has a rigid frame with recesses formed in it to receive bats. Balls may be positioned in the bottom of the rigid frame and are held in place by straps that are fastened longitudinally...     

The packaging frame includes two identical parts consisting of a peripherical rib of "L"-shaped cross-section forming a rectangular frame or any other geometrical configurations, provided with perpendicular extensions also of "L"-shaped cross-section and internally reinforced at the vertices for assembly...     

A desirable tub box can be constructed using identical, hollow housing and closure sections having perpherial or edge flanges carrying cooperating male and female structures which secure the sections together in a face to face relationship. Knockout opening areas are provided in the peripheries of the...     

A box construction includes hingeably connected top and bottom box sections which are preferably of identical configuration and each integrally molded from a plastic material. Each of the top and bottom box sections includes a sidewall portion having a pair of aligned hinge bars thereon and the hinge...     

A portable insulated storage chest is disclosed. The portable insulated storage chest comprises first and second container sections, each having a base and plurality of wall portions defining respective first and second receptacles, a hinge for pivotally joining the first section with the second section,...     

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for blow molding a recessed lip in a molded article. The apparatus comprises two plates reciprocally movable toward and away from one another. A center ring member is fixedly and perpendicularly mounted on each plate. A mold half is mounted on each plate...     

A container is provided having a tray component and an independent cover component which is adapted to assume open and close modes with respect to the tray component. The components are interchangeable and each is provided with a recessed center portion having a base delimited by an angularly extending...     

A syringe disposal container which is characterized in a preferred embodiment by a bottom panel provided with upward-standing tabs along one side and on both ends and tab-receiving slots or seats spaced along the opposite side and also in the ends, with a syringe cradle formed therein to receive a syringe...     

A packaging assembly is provided for facilitating shipment and use of articles contained therein. The packaging assembly includes a pair of identical cartons, one positioned atop the other, and suitable connectors for maintaining the cartons in assembled relation. The connector elements may comprise...     

A container made up of a box and a lid. Three internal container volumes can electively be obtained in use. Two container volumes are obtainable by different orientations of the lid on the box. The third volume is achieved by use of a second box placed in inverted fashion on the first box, in place of...     

Latching structure for thermoformed plastic containers for food and the like wherein the lid and base of the containers are each provided with mating male and female elongated elements where the locking takes place at the end of the elongated elements rather than along the sides of these elements.

A capsule which is dividable into accurate individual dosage units by the user is comprised of first and second capsule units, each being cylindrical about a longitudinal axis along the major part of its length. The capsule units are detachably joined in such manner that the longitudinal axes of the...     

A dispensing device for dispensing paper product supported on a roll comprising a pair of open-sided members which are hinged together along one longitudinal edge thereof. Each of the open-sided members comprises a curved base portion and has a pair of opposed end walls, and one or both of the open-sided...     

A vessel containing perfume is placed in an accommodating space in an outer case consisting of two half shells articulated one upon the other. A cap ensures both that the vessel is tightly closed and that the case is locked in a closed position.

A thermally insulating drinks carrier is formed in two halves, an upper body portion and a lower body portion. Each portion defines six cylindrical pockets arranged in two rows and six columns. A pin and recess on each body portion enables the two portions to be located and locked together. A carrying...     

A clamshell package supports a hip prosthesis so that modular pads and/or a modular distal sleeves can be added during surgery so that sterility is maintained while achieving a custom fit for the patient.

A cabinet structure is described for enclosing a fire extinguisher or the like. The cabinet structure comprises a housing having a permanently hinged access panel which pivots away from the housing to permit access to its contents. The access panel is secured to the housing when in a closed position...     

A frusto-conical lantern reflector comprised of two semicircular, flat sheets made of a resilient material, each with at least one surface that reflects light. Each generally semicircular sheet has a semicircular cut-out that forms an opening in the top of the assembled reflector. Fasteners are located...     

A cosmetic organizer has a lower tray and an upper cover. The upper cover has an upper rim hinged to the lower tray. The upper rim has an erect annular wall. A relatively flexible upper shell overlays and is mounted flush on the erect annular wall. Thus, the shell has a soft feel but maintains an erect...     

A semiconductor wafer container comprises two identical parts, one forming the bottom and the other forming the lid. Each part has the overall shape of a disk defining a central axis (4) and comprises on a first surface a high number of protruding parts (6) arranged according to a peripheral circle and...     

An underground water storage reservoir has a molded tank of attachable upper and lower bodies, the bodies being of common geometry nestable for storage and transportation prior to installation, the installed reservoir co-acting with a precipitation receiving roof of a building, water inlet, conduits,...     

A display case including first and second display case halves which may be formed individually, or with an integrally formed living hinge portion. Each display case half includes a peripheral edge portion in facing relation with the like edge portion of the other half, the edge portions including matingly...     

A high density closed-cell foam burial vault is disclosed. The vault consists of top and bottom halves which are formed of a closed-cell foam having a density between 8-30 pounds per cubic feet. The foam is sufficiently rigid to protect a casket within the burial vault, and is also resistant to leakage...     

A container wherein a top member and a base member are formed as identical units, e.g., from a common mold, and have interactive shapes that permit the top to be laid upon the bottom in a nesting, closed configuration, and rotated relative to the bottom to one or more open configurations with at least...     

A biodegradable container baked from a waffle material is composed of a pair of half shells each of which has a pair of lugs for flaps engaging in recesses of the other half shell and formed with ribs along generatrices of the respective side wall having detent recesses engageable by bulges or beads...     

A time capsule for personal use comprising a hollow two-part cylinder of high strength, non-corrosive, non-biodegradable plastic; means to interlock said two parts of said cylinder in hermetically sealed relationship, said means including a resilient, compressible gasket member. Preferably said gasket...     

A tool box having (a) a first half having two first recesses formed therein, two anchors formed in the first recesses, two second recesses formed therein and two pairs of claws formed in the second recess and (b) a second half having two first recesses formed therein, two anchors formed in the first...     

A container for holding a plurality of magazines, includes a first side wall having a first bottom edge, a first rear edge, a first top edge and a first front edge; a second side wall having a second bottom edge, a second rear edge, a second top edge and a second front edge; a bottom wall connecting...     

A container for containing automatic transmissions or the like comprises first and second cases which are identical in shape. A first group of coupling portions are possessed by each case, which establish a coupling of the first and second cases when the first and second cases are mated in a front-to-front...     

An electrical junction box is formed of two identical, oppositely facing, and reversed members. Each member comprises a base, a plurality of peripheral walls extending from the base which are joined at adjacent ends thereof to form an open interior in the member. The walls of each member extend towards...     

A device casing includes at least two casing parts, which are held together by corner parts that are pushed over the corners of the casing parts. Locking elements are provided to connect the corner parts with the casing parts. The locking elements prevent the corner parts coming away from the casing...