A pack for arrays of needles has a plate-like carrier with a hinge between its upper and lower sections, and a cover which overlies the front side of the carrier and has upper and lower sections connected to each other by a hinge. The lower sections are permanently bonded to each other around a field of parallel pockets for needles in one of the lower sections, and the upper sections are separably connected to each other to permit pivoting of such upper sections relative to each other in order to expose the needles. The upper sections can be recoupled to each other, and at least those portions of the cover which are adjacent the needles consist of a light-transmitting plastic material.

A package for sewing machine needles or the like, comprising a plate provided with needle reception pockets arranged in the form of rows adjacent to one another, the plate being made out of a flexible or elastic material. The reception pockets, corresponding in their length approximately to that of the needles and being closed on both ends, are provided with catch projections projecting into the free space of the pockets, and the reception pockets have at least one penetration opening which extends to the rear side of the plate.

A rhombus-shaped toothpick holder for connected triangular toothpicks in a way that avoids toothpicks accidentally exiting the holder and poking someone is defined by a rear surface, four connected walls and a front bottom cover member that opens outwardly for insertion of the toothpicks and snaps closed. The front surface of the connected toothpicks inside the holder is smooth for the display of a logo on it except for spaces between the toothpicks at or near its top whereas the back of the connected triangular toothpicks appear accordion-like. The inside surface of the holder's rear surface has an identical logo displayed thereon so that as toothpicks having portions of the logo are dispensed the logo remains visible and whole. Alignment markers keep the logos aligned. To fit into spaces between the toothpicks and thereby prevent their movement, ribs of gradually increasing height are provided at a lower end of the inside rear surface at an area corresponding to that of the cover member. Upper slit openings and a notch opening ending at the corner of two adjoining walls at the end of the holder where toothpicks are removed allows a broken off toothpick to be slid out of the holder by the use of one hand since the rear surface is flexed back at that upper corner, the rhombus shape further preventing accidental removal of the toothpicks. A safety bar is provided across the top surface.

A component container for use in accommodating electric and/or electronic components, such as resistors, capacitors or semi-conductor elements, of a type having no lead wire outwardly extending therefrom, which comprises a casing having a plurality of elongated storage chambers defined therein and extending in parallel relation to each other in a common plane. Each of the storage chambers has a first end opening on one side surface of the casing and a second end opposite to the first end and opening on the other side surface of the casing opposed to the one side surface. The component container further comprises separate barrier members each for providing removably an obstruction to a group of the first or second open ends of the storage chambers to substantially close them with the components accommodated within the storage chambers in respective rows.

A single dispensing surgical suture package containing multiple surgical suture strands is disclosed. The package comprises a panel which has a back, a strand cover flap adjacent and connected to one side of the panel by at least one score line, and a foam layer contained on coordinating surfaces of the panel and the flap. The package also comprises an outer panel containing the panel described above.