A promotional device which preferably includes a laminated record which can be detached along a perforated line is attached to the bottle or can carrier by means of spaced arms projecting from the device and having lock tabs which engage spaced webs in the carrier. When attached to the carrier the promotional device is positioned closely adjacent the side of the carrier and resists accidental removal.

A marking means for timber packages (1), by which on the side (3) of the timber package are imprinted with a paint spray gun (2) the data relating to the timber package and to the goods contained therein. The paint gun (2) is movable under remote control in a coordinate-controlled plane beside the timber package (1), spraying the prescribed markings on the side of the timber package.

A reusable tilt or inversion indicator comprising a clear, plastic vial having two chambers and a funnel. The lower chamber of the vial is filled with a granular material such as sand. The funnel is inverted and retained between the two chambers of the vial. When an article to which the indicator is attached is tilted or inverted, the material will spill through the opening in the funnel and become trapped between the funnel and the walls of the upper chamber of the vial to provide a permanent i...

A panel body portion can be attached to a wall or to the inside of a kitchen cabinet door. The panel body portion can include a rear compartment for loose paper bags and the like defined by marginal flanges which cause the panel body portion to stand off from the supporting door or wall. Two way adjustable holders for dispensing packages of various sizes and types are mounted on the panel body portion at a plurality of elevations. Packages for foil, plastic wrap, wax paper and various types of b...

The disclosure herein relates to an ornamental article to be affixed to a package which includes a flat blank formed of a pliable sheet material bearing on its outer surface a correspondingly-shaped fanciful printed character; the blank includes a central portion corresponding to the body of the character and two elongated narrow portions extending from opposite sides of the central portion, each side portion corresponding to the arm of the character and terminating at its extremity with a hand-...

A cartridge is described for use in loading onto display racks, packages of hardware and like articles. The cartridge includes a disposable carton containing a plurality of such packages. A tear-strip is provided in one wall of the carton and is removable to expose the packages for individual pricing. After removal of the tear-strip, a top portion of the carton can be folded back to expose the tops of the packages so that they can be loaded seriatim onto a suspension element of a display rack.

An electrical integrated circuit package protector capable of protecting an integrated circuit chip, which accommodates a metal-oxide-silicon transistor, and which is enclosed in a package to be protected by the protector, from damage by static electricity appearing at soldering tags which are connected to the chip; which protector comprises a girdle capable of encompassing the package to be protected, and when the package is encompassed by the girdle, both of making detachable physical engageme...

A machine for sealing packages comprising a frame which includes a base, a pair of generally parallel columns extending upwardly therefrom, and a member spanning between the columns for maintaining the columns generally parallel. An upper die is mounted between the pair of columns for traveling along the length thereof and a hollow lower die having an opening extending therethrough for receiving a package to be sealed is mounted to pivot between a position between the columns and beneath the upp...

A cardboard insert for reinforcing collapsible packages, such as see-through plastic bags, is formed from a onepiece blank in which a number of panels are separated by score lines. The panels are sized and shaped to define the desired form, generally a right paralleliped, and the mating edges of the insert blank are pre-slit - and alternate tabs bent inward to form interlocking fingers. The interleaved projecting tabs define a locked seam which is, additionally, reinforced by the adjoining inwar...

A method and a machine for continuous production of liquid-filled packages employs a series of transverse welding mechanisms for making seams across a hose-like material. Thus, pockets are formed into which liquid material is introduced somewhat in excess of the desired nominal amount. The over-filled pocket is then moved to a squeezing station where pressure is applied to force part of the liquid back out of the pocket into the next following pocket and where the pocket is shaped into the final...